no more to the investigation what let the foreign ministry to take the decision well as it is explained in document the last straw for russia was the government of the netherlands filing a lawsuit against russia in the european court for human rights alleging mosca had played their role in the mh 17 passenger airplane crash back in 2014 when all 298 people on board mostly nationals died russia denies all the allegations accusing the now the lens of being interested in only putting all the blame on russia rather than fighting the truth here's the russia's foreign ministry the dutch move is considered yet another blow to russian dutch relations and the hague court's determination contrary to common sense is to continue on the wrong path of unilateral attribution of responsibility to russia for what happened in the sky above donbass such unfriendly acts by the netherlands make it senseless for us to continue to participate in the 3 way consultations responsibility for the breakdown of the consultations those lies entirely with the hague. we'll receive the netherlands reaction they say they

officials are directly addressing this threat in a statement here's what exactly the russian foreign ministry said according to the information we have received militants from illegal armed groups have been transferred to the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone from syria in libya to take part in the still it is we call on the leaders of the countries involved to take active measures to prevent the deployment of foreign terrorists a masterpiece in the conflict and to ensure their immediate withdrawal from the region so and this is very important moscow is not pointing the finger at any of the sides for being behind it but like i said when your yvonne was voicing concern about alien fighters in the region they put the blame on turkey straight away in fact armenia has been saying all along that turkey is to blame for provoking this

yes turkey's foreign ministry along with foreign ministries around the rest of the world who are reacting to these murders in nice have condemned the attack and they say they stand in solidarity with the french is a statement particularly welcomed in france because relationships between particular between emanuel and. turkey's president have been strained. one has criticized france before today's attack 40 perceived as a clampdown on a crackdown on muslims freedom to practice their religion but this 1st and foremost is about the murder of 3 people and that is why turkey's foreign minister says they stand in solidarity with the french they took a little bit of criticism after the murder of the high school teacher 2 weeks ago samuel patsy for not quickly denouncing not to talk they did ultimately do that so yes tookie along with everybody else globally the vatican also i'm just hearing the pope has spoken out against the brutality of this attack again. let's talk a little bit more about the context if we can bernard obviously a very sensitive time in france less than 2 weeks after the murde

such incidents are unacceptable you understand what we hear today from russia's foreign ministry didn't start yesterday all this. misunderstanding has been piling for months and years moscow's have long time reservations about it does anyone else in the. questioning investigation it was malaysia airline and malaysia is supporting. the whole investigation and the investigation is politicized from the. we see too much politics indeed the idea was not to find how this happened with all that but you seem to be content. to be in the rush or headed me in a new troop by the examinee and making conclusions we. whole is willing to accept but here we have these who have some political interests in the matter what is important now is that yes russia is out of 3 way consultations at mosco says it is open and ready to cooperate with another that services another country services anybody involved in the investigation anybody interested in finding the truth or we got reaction to russia's the solution to quip liability talks with a number of guests including 1st political analyst chris bambery. most wi

when for the 1st time the russian side began to address this threat here's exactly what the foreign ministry statement said according to the information we have received militants from illegal armed groups have been transferred to the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone from syria in libya to take part in the still it is we call on the leaders of the countries involved to take active measures to prevent the deployment of foreign terrorists a masterpiece in the conflict and to ensure their immediate withdrawal from the region so in this particular case and it's very important moscow is not pointing the fingers at any of the sides for being behind this but like i said when you're yvonne began talking about alien fighters in the region they started blaming turkey right away in fact the armenian side was blaming turkey from the very beginning for provoking this call flick now in an interview to the russian media both leaders of armenia and azerbaijan addressed this specific issue and here's exactly what they had to say as their big john handed over the air command of offensive operations against the

itself now what is interesting about what china's foreign ministry spokesperson said today he said he did not flat out deny that there would be a response or some richard boucher or impact on u.s. nationals here in china he didn't flat out deny that laura he did say that foreign nationals in china are protected as long as they do follow the law katrina how seriously shoots the u.s. take this threats of retaliation from china. well there was no confirmation from china's foreign ministry that they had been sending this message to the u.s. but if these reports are to believed in as it is quite serious according to the wall street journal these messages were repeatedly sent to the u.s. government via various channels including to the u.s. embassy in beijing now this is the case then there should there be some concern for u.s. nationals in china now china has always maintained that it protects all the foreign nationals and the ex-pats who are living here and in china but china has at the same time been accused by many governments of hostage diplomacy we do know that for example there are 2

that these such incidents are unacceptable so you understand what we hear today from russia's foreign ministry didn't start yesterday all this lack of trust this misunderstanding has been piling for months and years. on russia's side also as you know it was malaysia airlines airplane and here is the country's prime minister talking about this investigation and also calling it politics from the very beginning we see too much politics in the idealists not. all that. seem to be contained. to. russia i mean the new true but the examinee and making. except. these who have some political interests in the matter what is important now is that yes russia is out of 3 way consultations but most says it is open and ready to call for rate with another one services another country services anybody involved in the investigation and anybody interested in finding the truth. while in france as you can see in the live pictures right behind me health walkers are protesting that 19 rages across europe the demonstrations are being driven by lack of hospital resources to effectively fight the. well let's go to our c

such incidents aren't acceptable so you understand what we hear today from russia's foreign ministry didn't start yesterday all this lack of trust this misunderstanding has been piled in for months and years moscow's had long time reservations about it does anyone else in the international community shad this questioning investigation it was malaysia airline airplane and malaysia is supported russia's position say that the whole investigation and that alliance led investigation is politicized from the very beginning we see too much politics indeed the idea was not to find how would this happen when all that but you seem to be concerned that it needs to be in the on russia had it been a neutral by the examinee and making conclusions we. accept but here we have these who have some political interests in the matter what is important now is that yes russia is out of 3 way consultations but moscow says it is open and ready to cooperate with another that services another country services anybody involved in the investigation anybody interested in finding the truth we got reaction to russia

time with cumulative losses reaching $28 trillion by 2025. >>> nhk has learned that japan's foreign ministrys considering lowering its global travel alert due to the coronavirus pandemic. the ministry has four categories of oversees travel advice and warning, depending on the potential risk to people's security. the ministry raised the alert to level two in march for the whole world and asked people to avoid non-essential travel. officials are now considering lowering the alert to level one, or lifting the advisory completely. the ministry now believes that japanese nationals are less likely to face restrictions overseas or end up stranded on foreign soil. >>> like many around the world, people across japan have been taking precautions to prevent the risk of spreading the coronavirus. many have been staying home for months, but that social distancing is creating a new concern for some of the most vulnerable members of society. nhk world reports. >> repeporter: this 88-year-old woman lost her husband in the great east japan earthquake. she lives in a public housing complex for people whose ho

our eupe regional editor, mike turkey has condemned the attack, it's foreign ministry saying there cane no reason fo excusing and killing a human being and justifying violence. this comes as the french attempt to crackdown on her islam has angered turkey d other muslim countries. the turkish president has called for a way caught of french goods. it worsened after a cartoon of the turkish president appeaebd in charlie earlier this week. >> the foreign ministry has been quick to react because fnce, obviously mr. macron has been on top of the agenda and the policy over islamic separatism has been on top of the agenda in turkey. we see mr. erdogan is representing himself as the defender of islamic values across the world. evenea yesterday, we h him saying western leaders, countries criticizin mohammed and making caricatures are laching crusades. so we see him as thefe main er of islamic values. karin: the protests against presidents macron' defense of the cartoon and several islamic countries. these pictures come fr southwest pakistan, setting pictures of president macron a light. this is

the conflict over the disputed territory rages on between azerbaijan and armenia the russian foreign ministry says one of the journalists is in a serious condition this video shows the aftermath of the shelling it's the 2nd time the church had been hit that day the armenian foreign ministry blamed as very forces for both attacks claiming they pose a challenge to the civilized world however azerbaijan denied the accusations stressing that its military doesn't target religious or cultural buildings. or the fighting intensifying both sides have released their latest combat footage conflicts taking its toll on civilians caught in the middle of course regional officials say that half of nagorno-karabakh residents of now fled. visited one town on the border which has become a temporary home to ethnic armenian refugees. the latest escalation in the war over nagorno-karabakh has now stretched far beyond the front lines neat sleepy villages then towns on the home front some populated only by cattle shepherds and farmers have been battered by artillery fire and drone strikes have. turkish would have. j

combat and syria to rejoin the field of calm but i'm carol soon after mr mccraw on the russian foreign ministry followed up and said that they have similar information as well which follows their own statement from wednesday when the russian diplomats warned of armed militants being moved from syria and libya to the call flags own in nagorno-karabakh but officials in moscow for now are refracting from pointing out who the foreign militants are fighting for i can tell you that the government of us here by john is saying that there is no way that some kind of fighters from outside could be on the battlefield together with their army however the armenian side has previously blamed but who along with allies turkey for doing just that and they're actually saying that turkey and azerbaijan are exploiting terrorists to try and win the battle against the armenian army now in the meantime in a rare display of unity that doesn't always happen with many international conflicts the presidents of the u.s. russia and france came out with a joint statement in which they are urged the governments of armenia an

this big oshie aging process and the reason why it's a glaring omission because the the turkish foreign ministry pointed out the omission it went angry about. yes there's no question turkey is making. trouble and turkey has no interest in ceasing to make trouble. it wants to make trouble for russia because both me and azerbaijan are good terms with russia. you know of a save the military arrangement with amin is more expensive with azerbaijan nonetheless america russia has good relations with both any conflict between awning and as a bunny is a headache for russia and i think this is really the danger of far as russia is concerned that along with belarus with ukraine with georgia there are powers that have a vested interest in causing headaches for russia because this is russia's sphere of influence and if there's a conflict and russia is unable to resolve this conflict then it's a serious problem for them and i think that for the russians is that they really want to settle this soon as possible i'm not a socialist is that's really on the cards you know and human kind of speculating here right n

you know george i was looking at some of the communication coming out of the foreign ministry and the kremlin on this affair and it was very obvious to me that it was a very obvious omission and it was i took it as a no there was no mention that the service president president there that one would be part of this to go she ating process and be the reason why it's a glaring omission because they the turkish foreign ministry pointed out the omission and they were quite angry about it yes yes there's no question turkey is making trouble and turkey has no interest in ceasing to make trouble. it wants to make trouble for russia because both me and azerbaijan are good terms with russia. you know of a save the military arrangement with amin is more expensive with azerbaijan nonetheless america russia has good relations with both any conflict between on the ng and as a by the un is a headache for russia and i think this is really the danger of far as russia is concerned the along with belarus with ukraine with georgia there are power was that have a vested interest in causing headaches for ru

we didn't hear a statement from him but we heard from the interior ministry the french foreign ministry and the department of defense now essentially they were saying that the soldiers are deployed across this country to try and prevent any attacks on places of worship or on schools and the same applies of course to any french people living abroad they were warned by the foreign ministry that they are all targets and that includes the consulates the french schools abroad and any other video individuals they say this is the most urgent warning issue so that is the state which some people are saying is a state of war here at the moment political opinions are really hardening across france indeed send in the middle of all of this it's easy to forget the individuals who have been affected by this gruesome attack what more do we know about the victims of the attack on the girls of those who were who were injured. yes that's an important point because the stream of people coming here behind me at pacifica to lay flowers of tribute to light candles from all sides of this community an amount of

begin with breaking news in the conflict over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh armenia's foreign ministry has said that it has agreed to a humanitarian truce with azerbaijan well this of course comes a week after russia initially brokered a cease fire which failed to stop the fighting it also comes hours after a missile killed 13 civilians 2 of them babies. in the azeri city of gunja it's north east of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh which is internationally recognized as positive as a by john but it's run by ethnic armenians as a by john and accused of deliberately attacking civilians in gunja a charge on media denies weeping relatives gathered for a mass funeral ceremony on saturday all than 650 people have been killed since fighting broke out over the disputed enclave 3 weeks ago while our correspondent burnet smith has been following this story he is now in the armenian capital of yarra van and of course civilians have been dying in this conflict which is speaking about that missile strike it's a region that's desperately in need of a cease fire what do we know about this new

the muslim world will accept the french ambassador in tehran who had also been summoned to the foreign ministry on monday and also on wednesday during his weekly cabinet meeting we've heard from president here's what he had to say. here i have a than big p.r. battle disrespecting the prophet incites violence and it's immoral westerners must understand that all muslims love the prophet and so can the prophet manes and so to muslims and all prophets if the western europe claim they want peace and security then they must stop interfering in the internal issues of muslims the prophet told us to respect as we hope those who made mistakes will compensate for it and respect all religions. these words by the president to echo the sentiments that we've heard within the iran over the past. days but of course iran has had a very close relationship with the french president man you walk around during the debates in this question as they had over the nuclear agreement it was president rouhani and president mccracken who were on the phone with each other a number of times so this has an escalated much furthe

itself now what is interesting about what china's foreign ministry spokesperson said today he said he did not flat out deny that there would be a response or some richard boucher or impact on u.s. nationals here in china he didn't flat out deny that although he did say that foreign nationals in china are protected as long as they do follow the law it's been revealed that diplomats from china and taiwan got into a fight reception in fiji or of this man's someone's foreign ministry's official suffered head injuries and staff trying to stop chinese embassy representatives from taking for to suggest celebrates its kind of one's national day china which regards the islands as a breakaway province says the fence was just a means. still to come here on al-jazeera ignoring a ban on protests and threats of arrest demonstrators in thailand's demand reform monocle. thousands of indigenous colombians arrived in the capital seeking an end to drug violence in their territories. hello the 1st snow of the seasons fallen in the midwest and in new england and you might think that looks like a winter lo

chemical weapons watchdog to visit the country as part of their probe into the novelli case foreign ministry spokeswoman. said russia hopes for productive cooperation with the o.p.c. w. to quote shed some light on these murky events security analyst charles shoebridge thinks the o.p.c. w.'s credibility will be called into question if it turns down moscow's invitation it allows the west to say if they want to if they believe. he's actually hiding something here which it may be it may not be this well then of course it's open to the west and many of those who of course will work for the a.p.c. to be sponsored by and supported by western governments we saw that very much during the syria series of reports of your p.c. to be produced for any i think neutral objective investigative work questionable at best should we say good moving on to the news out of the case it allows the p.c. to view on the west to call russia's bluff if that's what they believe is happening it would be interesting to see what the a.p.c. to be response to this is because they don't accept an invitation of course it can stem

so you have to understand what we hear today from russia's foreign ministry it didn't start yesterday this lack of trust and misunderstanding it has been piling for months months and years. those who believe that russia was responsible. of course of course russia did know this of course. they're the ones that did it is there anybody else who is casting doubt over the. yes we are talking about 3 consultations so there are 3 members here australia netherlands and russia but there is also another country involved here because it was delayed airline plane and malaysia is supported russia's position saying that the whole investigation and that alliance led investigation is politicized and here is the country's prime minister talking about this we do not exclude from an examination but from the very beginning we see too much politics in it the idea was not to friend how did this happen. but it seemed to be considered. to be on russia had it been the new troops the examine the and making conclusions be. accepted. by these who have some political interests in the middle. so russia now is out

figures are realistic indeed now when it comes to the bigger developments armenia today the foreign ministry accused by john of giving up all operations offensive operations bombings control to the turkish military so essentially they've said that now everything that's going on every bombing is something that turkey has ordered something that has been ordered from by you the turkish military now ankara of cause has adamantly denied by saying that they are not involved in this conflict militarily armenia has promised to show some proof but hasn't done so so far now as to what we have seen we traveled to a frontline town basically in an hour that we spent there filming we witnessed everything artillery artillery fire from both sides a drone came in flew into buzzing the armenian soldiers shot at us didn't they missed the drone bomb those those who shot and flew away and then artillery work to get all that in the span of just an hour now i will be standing by here reporting from the frontlines and from and report giving you bringing you personal stories alike so stay tuned for that meanwhile az

iran's foreign ministry has responded to that deal between israel and sudan it's treated payoff from some close your eyes to the crimes against palestinians then you'll be taken off the so-called terrorism blacklist of history the list is as phony as the u.s. fights against terrorism shameful. but during the announcement on sudan of israel president trump went on to suggest that egypt might blow up ethiopia's ground renee's on stand the projects but a source of tension since construction began in 2011 ethiopia sudan and egypt have failed to reach an agreement after nearly a decade of negotiations or ethiopia built the ground renee some stam on the blue nile that's the source of most of the dolls water egypt and sudan to downstream and fear their water supplies could be at risk if the o.p.'s says the dam will produce power that's essential for its economic growth. and it's a very dangerous situation because egypt is not going to be able to live that way and they'll end up blowing up to them and i said it they said loud and clear don't block that dam and i have to do something because

chemical weapons watchdog to visit the country parts of their probe into the novell me case foreign ministry spokeswoman marie is a core of russia hopes for productive cooperation with the o.p.c. w. to quote shed some light on these murky events well this comes after the german chancellor angela merkel accused russia of violating the chemical weapons convention by using the banned nerve agent a claim moscow denies. school to charges schubert's charlie is a security analyst and former counter terrorism intelligence officer thanks for joining us charles just to point this off for 1st of all from russia to let chemical weapons experts visit the country there's been strained relations between the 2 in the past do you think it will do anything to country the western allegations. well what it does it allows the west to say if they want to if they believe. is actually hiding something here which it maybe it may not be as well let's keep an open mind then of course that it's open to the west and. many of those of course will work for the a.b.c. to be sponsored by and supported by western governments