azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, has been shelled by armenia.ared to be dead. the nigerian government has ordered that judicial panels of inquiry be set up to investigate allegations of abuse carried out by a notorious police unit, popularly known as sars. the special anti—robbery squad has been accused of committing extrajudicial killings and torture. the unit was dissolved by the government last sunday but protests have continued. the bbc‘s mayeni jones sent this report from lagos. gunshots cracking down on dissent. this social media footage filmed in lagos on monday reportedly shows live ammunition that was used to disperse protesters against police brutality. bystander ikechukwu ilohamauz had stepped out of his car when he was hit by a stray bullet. social media footage analysed by the bbc shows he was more than 250 metres away from the protest centre. the police initially said he was killed by demonstrators, but eyewitnesses disagree. ikechukwu's wife ngozi is still in shock. i can't even believe that my husband would have died like this. i

azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, has been shelled by armenia.ings have collapsed, and dozens of people are feared to be dead. konul khalilova from the bbc‘s azeri service joins us now. bring us right up to date with what we know? an attack on civilians in the second largest city of azerbaijan, ganja, happened around 1am local time today. at least two residential buildings collapsed and at least six people have died, 35 injured. i have been watching live tv and i saw a lot of bodies, taken under the rubble by the rescuers. there were children as well, and some people had been wrapped in blankets, obviously they were sleeping at the time when the attack happened. there was a previous strike on ganja about a week ago, tell us about that? a week ago there was another attack on ganja, and that happened just one day after the ceasefire agreement was signed between armenia and azerbaijan, and again, that also happened after midnight, when people we re after midnight, when people were sleeping. and several people died, and... there were many injured as

azerbaijan says media missile attack has killed at least 13 people in the city of ganja. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up pressure mounts on thailand's king as central bangkok is shut down ahead of more antic up of protests. 4 riot police clear protesters from the streets in chile a year since demonstrations began against social equality. savoring one last meal together countries in europe reimpose curfews to try to stop the surging coronavirus infectious. we begin with an escalation in the conflict to the disputed region of the goto color back despite a cease fire coming into effect a week ago as a by john says that at least 13 people have been killed by an armenian missile attack on ganja the city has been repeatedly hit since facing fled up 3 weeks ago in response armenia's defense ministry denied firing into azerbaijan but at the same time has released a list of what they say a legitimate military targets in ganja media also says that step out of was his that's the largest city in the globe kind of back they said the missile

azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, has been shelled by armenia.le are feared to be dead. intense fighting between government forces and the taliban continues in afg hanistan‘s helmand province, with the us once again having to come to the defence of afghan forces with airstrikes. as taliban and afghan government delegations continue to meet in qatar, serious concerns are being raised about whether this latest battle could completely derail the fragile peace process. shaharzad akbar is the chair of afghanistan independent human rights commission. she tells our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, how she has been coping with the latest surge in violence. it's very difficult. i mean, personally, for me, before i will say mum, it was easier. now that i'm a mum it's much harder. my husband and i, every week, we talk about me writing a novel. you just can't get wood because they keep thinking of my son. every time i am in a car eight think about having contacts, because they think they might be my last thoughts. it is that serious. you bellu

come back as a by john says that at least 13 people have been killed by an armenian missile attack on ganja the city has been repeatedly hit since fighting began 3 weeks ago on me as defense ministry says that it did not fire towards azerbaijan it also said the type of missile that it's accused of using doesn't even have the range to reach ganja under serious but it smith does involve a town in southern on media but 1st let's speak to sin and cos the olu is in azerbaijan's capital baku so what's the latest from gunja. well the number of the that is rise and has rise and by one person and there are more people who are known to be injured right now the general prosecutor's and the minister of state of emergency were in the field investigating the scene at the end but old officials are actually in a way implementing a social media diplomacy both the president and his aides his assistants and ministry of defense and foreign affairs have been tweeting since morning basically . president hu address this nation just health an hour ago announced that his army to control of more villages and physica

azerbaijan says that an armenian missile attack has killed at least 13 people in the city of ganja. hello i'm adrian for the good this is al jazeera live from also coming up thousands of protesters in the thai capital defy government warnings at a transit shutdown. ports the beethoven the turkey test a russian made missile defense system raises concern in the u.s. . police clear protesters from the streets cheering the years of stemming stray shots began against social inequality . fighting has escalated in the conflict of the disputed region of the go to cut a buck a week after a cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia took effect as a by shot as accused media of deliberately attacking civilians in the city of ganja with a missile that killed at least 13 people but armenia denies that it carried out the attack that targeted civilians saw hideouts reports. assessing the damage from the air missile strike destroyed at least 20 buildings in ganja azerbaijan 2nd largest city of 300000 people who are so. we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was

has accused armenia of deliberately attacking civilians in the city of ganja with a missile that killed at least 13 people armenians defense ministry says it did not fire towards a page on several reports. assessing the damage from the air and missile strike destroyed at least 20 buildings in ganja azerbaijan 2nd largest city of 300000 people or so. we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was no use our suffering a lot i wish we were dead but our children would have to live without us we believe in our state and president may god give us back our back. people hate all fall from the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh azerbaijan and armenia are fighting over but they were not spent armenians defense ministry denies firing tools as operation adding the type of missile it's accused of using doesn't have the range to reach gunja however it later released a list of what it called legitimate targets and ganja as a right john says it has proof that the missiles came from armenia just how. immoral our. political. and army and on the forces. in other words j

s from ganja that we have been speaking to while working here and they're telling us that at the end a city has been targeted because it is the 2nd largest city and last week and again civilian centers city centers marketplace have been targeted they have been they believe armenians are trying to frustrate us or its people and to create a pressure both on the city civilians and governments and maybe push them force them to make a call to stop the war this is some of the pull of what the some of the politicians say here but the ceasefire was into force in just a couple of minutes later yesterday we heard both sides violating each other both sides supported by alicia's from each other and we have been hearing from our men yes that's the bank at the main city of not going to cut about wasn't already. we have the under fire by azerbaijan forces over the night and this is the scene saw me and much much worse needed to explain and. at the same time other cities have been targeted by missiles forces minggah church which is again close to the area was hit by a few missiles this is what we he

officials say the city of ganja was struck by missiles overnight as out of a job.

this morning between 3 am and 4 am ganja city was targeted again by they say noise and rockets and one of them was a torch go you which hit this residential area right behind me you see the everest of the. rockets and the building that was hit is totally destroyed according to officials there are 7 kills and 39 injured in this building and me and my cameraman were able to witness at least 2 bodies being found and taken out in bags in body bags and relatives all those people who have been killed they were crying because they were waiting outside this area hoping that their beloved ones may become come out alive from under this destruction this is not the 1st time that's going to city has been targeted the 1st start the 1st one was in october 4 again 2 civilians were killed but tonight even less than 20 in 24 hours at most a game just it was hit by a ballistic missile and. which is also another important big city of ours our bridge on was hit a couple of times and again the officials say that it was a ballistic missile that hit me over as well and we were able to hear the sound of the ex

a makeshift shrine in a residential district of ganja. a community torn apart. they were my friends and close acquaintances you can't grasp just how much my heart is bleeding. at least 13 people died here in azerbaijan 2nd biggest city on saturday baku accuses armenia of launching the attack death and despair in the corner karabakh to a ceasefire an ounce by the 2 sides after saturday's deadly attack in ganja prove short lived and fighting resumed soon afterwards the disputed region has been controlled by separatist ethnic armenians since 1994 but it remains an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan. armenia denies any involvement in the ganja or attack and accuses backer of continuing to shell heavily populated areas and cite nagorno-karabakh. this man and she says these are a very rockets phyllis that we are respecting the ceasefire but are the as a by johnnie's respecting it where is the ceasefire don't look they're firing the ship is full of these rockets this is prohibited ammunition. as tensions between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears are grow

they have confirmed this the city of ganja the 2nd biggest city in a city by john they have confirmed this the head of the gordon said that he gave the order to strike and he also gave the order to stop these missile strikes this was a warning a message to the u.s. and by johnnie's he said we're warning you to stop to deescalate to come to your senses and to stop before things get out of control before we reach a point from which there is no going back as it about john itself says that what was targeted in the city of ganja wasn't a military airfield is the golden corral fox said but populated areas civilian areas turkey has come out very strongly against this kind of bucks strike on ganja they're blaming this on armenians and saying that this was essentially a crowd amenia which is peace and defeat and there's a budge on it to reduce the design couponing start getting civilian residential areas in the 2nd largest city of his or by john gunn john why do done so many of violate so principles of human it's a rule including the geneva convention armenia itself has. come out though and sa

this has been this consecutive from so attack only ganja the previous 2 planes lives of 11 residents many dozens were injured as a vision of government officials together with members of the diplomatic corps today was it at the scene as well they held their praise briefing according to surveys in a few shows armenia continues to covert war crimes even under the declared moscow cease fire. well this isn't the 1st time that the city of ganja has been shelled in the last few weeks the i mean president has denied any involved saying. that initially broke the ceasefire on mensa kisi and spoke exclusively to r.t. . clear information from my government from ministry of defense for foreign minister and former minister of spoken about that already it's definitely not already know that we should not. forget. this account the real fact who started this war that was the other side clearly. people of nagorno-karabakh a republican guard. so violations are there there are fortunate and i think all parties have to put a lot of efforts in order to stop it meanwhile the number of regions in the corner

as a john so what does ganja look like after a night of reported shelling the. well some again she looks like especially the area where we are looks like what you see behind me this area was hit around 34 am local time and so far we know that there are at least 7 killed and more than 40 injured and we know that at least 10 of the injured are children now you see the search and rescue teams they are actually working under this ministry of state of emergency those men are trying to reach to a body of one of the as there is citizens who was who was actually. left here so they have been working here like for more than half an hour as we have witness we know that they reached a body and they are trying to take it out we learned that there is there they are expecting a few more bodies might be under this rubble site me and by the way the impact of this explosion is a very wide the street behind this building is totally distracted all windows are on the ground and the. workers are cleaning on that side but this is a massive year but they are meter off the explosion are

ganja the 2nd biggest city. 60 kilometers far from the phone line again came under attack for me near as a result of 4 to certain civilians were killed including 3 children and more than 40 others injured more than 20 homes destroyed according to azerbaijan national engines to pour my neck sion missiles fired at ganja initially identified as scott operative tactical ballistic missile it is worse to mention that they're all could sloan's from armenian side. areas around while i am after the midnight obviously residents were sleeping here we can see their fragments. this has been consecutive attack only ganja diprivan to play with lives of 11 residents many dozens were injured as a vision of government officials together with members of the diplomatic corps today was it at the scene as well they held their prison briefing according to their vision a few shows armenia continues to covert war crimes even on the declared moscow cease fire. this is not the 1st time the city of ganja has been shelled in the last few weeks meaning president has denied any involvement from his side saying it w

narcs from being beyond the disputed territory with several towns in azerbaijan bombed the city of ganja came under fire earlier on some. claims one person was killed and 32 wounded on friday the town of tara was also attacked by a coup claims thousands of shells were used in that raid since the start of the conflict. 24 civilians have been killed and over 100 more people injured because the of has the story behind those pictures. well we're seeing unfortunately events down a path that was feared by many but few thought that we would get here many people thought the things would deescalate especially with such tremendous international diplomatic pressure on both sides calling them to deescalate put that hasn't happened we have seen now for several days unprecedented terrifying bombardment of step on like at the biggest settlement the biggest doubt in the war zone and during that bombardment at some point authorities came out looking at forgeries and said look if as it is by john doesn't stop targeting us with with shells multiple rocket launchers with an ash strikes we will respond in an

less than 24 hours after a missile attack killed 13 civilians in the as area city of ganja a new humanitarian ceasefire comes into effect between on media and azerbaijan. hello i'm ari i'm was in london with al jazeera also coming up on the program. protest his return to the streets of lebanon a year after mass demonstrations shook the country but failed to produce sweeping reforms as new covert $1000.00 restrictions come into force in poland and france and gloom urkel urges germans to stay at home. was easier than voters reward just into our decisive coronavirus response putting her on course for a rare outright majority. welcome to the program in the last 2 hours a new humanitarian ceasefire has come into effect between armenia and azerbaijan it comes a week after russia brokered a cease fire which failed to stop the fighting in the disputed new kaurna car about region it also follows a missile strike on the as area city of gunja which killed 13 civilians 2 of them babies hada abdulhamid reports now from baquba the capital of azerbaijan. it was a city asleep when the explosions ripped throu

a makeshift shrine in a residential district of ganja. a community torn apart. as if they were my friends and close acquaintances you can't grasp just how much my heart is bleeding. at least 13 people died here in azerbaijan 2nd biggest city on saturday back who accuses armenia of launching the attack death and despair in the corner carabaos to a ceasefire announced by the 2 sides after saturday's deadly attack in ganja prove short lived and fighting resumed soon afterwards the disputed region has been controlled by separatist ethnic armenians since 1994 but it remains an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan. armenia denies any involvement in the ganja or attack and accuses back you of continuing to shell heavily populated areas and cite nagorno-karabakh. this man and she says these are a very rockets for real we are respecting the ceasefire but are the as a by johnnie's respecting it where is the ceasefire don't look they're firing the ship is full of these rockets this is prohibited ammunition. as tensions between azerbaijan and armenia escalate fears

this isn't the 1st time the city of ganja has been shelled in the last few weeks the armenian president denied any involvement saying it was azerbaijan that initially broke the ceasefire. spoke exclusively with r.t. . clear information from my government from ministry of defense for foreign minister and former minister of spoken about that already it's definitely not i mean you know that has told it we should not. forget. in this account the real fact who started this stage of war that was the other is side clearly the. people of nagorno-karabakh republic of art. so violations are there there are fortunate and i think all parties have to put a lot of firsts in order to stop it. meanwhile the number of regions in the going to fighting has flared up has been steadily growing reports from a shelter cathedral. the war in the going to care about has not just about trivial territorial gains it's a long lasting with lots of bad blood between both sides and recently it has spilled into a new turf religious this 19th century only savior cathedral was a place where soldiers and volunteers alike u

this is what's left of her neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city.ne, but not far enough. at the scene, remnants of what baku says was a ballistic missile. it is accusing armenia of a war crime. this was clearly a civilian target, apartment blocks, flats, where people were living. there is bedding and blankets and mattresses strewn among the rubble here. the attack happened at about 2am. now, this is supposed to be a ceasefire, but it looks more like all—out war. and what happens next? is there worse to come on both sides? standing here now, in the rubble, is the ceasefire dead? actually, it's hard to assess the situation. therefore, currently we are considering the situation. if armenia continues to attack azerbaijani civilians, then azerbaijan will be obliged to take necessary measures against legitimate military targets. you are saying that they have fired at you, and you are also saying that you reserve the right to retaliate. so, which is it, are you sticking to the ceasefire or are you going to retaliate for this attack? at this stage we are tr

but ganja was hit hard.n were asleep in these beds, and were lucky to survive. but she acknowledges the pain in nagorno—karabakh. "we are all mothers," she told me. "there and here — and our hearts are aching." orla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. twitter has flagged up another tweet by president trump as containing misleading and potentially harmful information related to coronavirus after he tweeted he was immune from the infection. scientists say the virus hasn't been around long enough to understand a immune response. earlier mr trump made the same claim on fox news, after his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk. it seems like i'm immune so i can go way out of the basement which i would have done anyway, which i would have done anyway, which i would have done anyway, which i did, because you have to runa which i did, because you have to run a country, you have to get out of the basement, and it looks like i'm immune for i don't know, maybe a long time oi’ don't know, maybe a long time o

they have confirmed this the city of ganja the 2nd biggest city in a 0 by john they have confirmed this the head of the golden ticket about said that he gave the order to strike and he also gave the order to stop these missile strikes this was a warning a message to the ascent by johnnie's he said we're warning you to stop to deescalate to come to your senses and to stop before things get out of control before we reach a point from which there is no going back as it about john itself says that what was targeted in the city of ganja wasn't a military airfield is the go to care about said but populated areas civilian areas one person had been killed 4 others apparently have been injured all of them 3 all of them civilians as yet but john is now promising to respond turkey has come out and said that what what the government could about its done the targeting of ganja was it sees it as a war crime as a violation of the geneva conventions it didn't do specify what part of the could conventions the strike violated we can. presume that this was a coup is against targeting civilians in populate

but ganja was hit hard.were asleep in these beds, and were lucky to survive. but she acknowledges the pain in nagorno—karabakh. "we are all mothers," she told me. "there and here — and our hearts are aching." orla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. the us government's top infectious disease expert has criticised donald trump's re—election campaign team. doctor anthony fauci says comments made by him have been taken out of context and used without his permission in a republican party tv ad. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. this is a typical political ad that you see at this time of year and it included some words of dr fauci who were very positive, seemingly in the context of the ad, about the trump administration's response to the coronavirus. the reason he is angry is he says his words have been taken out of context and he didn't give his permission. in fact, the words that were used were from an interview that he gave about six months ago when he says he was talking in a broader cont

but ganja was hit hard.s, and were lucky to survive. but she acknowledges the pain in nagorno—karabakh. "we are all mothers," she told me. "there and here — and our hearts are aching." orla guerin, bbc news, ganja, azerbaijan. and now to steve rosenberg in goris in southern armenia. what do the armenians say about this attack in azerbaijan? in general today, armenia has been painting a very different picture of events, saying it is not us, it is azerbaijan which has been violating the ceasefire, targeting civilian areas. the armenians even suggest that today turkish jets were in the airover karabakh, that today turkish jets were in the air over karabakh, driving drone attacks, something we cannot confirm, but the armenian authorities insist they are the ones who are committed to the deal agreed in moscow. so one or both sides achieving each other of? trying to undermine efforts for peace. that means the ceasefire, for now, it means the ceasefire, for now, it means the ceasefire, for now, it means the red cro

have now updated numbers in terms of casualties still 13 killed but we have more injured people in ganja the presidency just that it is 52 people who have been injured and search and rescue under the rubble continues so apparent that they're expecting some more people that they can rescue from under the rubble well we are hearing from we heard from. prisons in how mali that some villages in physically one of the important battlefields for us our invasion have been captured and they have full control over the city center but still there is a way to go there are more villages if they want to take control of also in the earlier in the morning as are ridge and defense ministries that are mania had some retreat retreats in some areas but speaking about the scott claim that azerbaijan accuses our mania for use in scott missiles recent the attack again general. i asked my source in the presidency about armenia's. 6 6 declined about this comment i told them armenia says we're not using we it's not us who is strong who is sending those scott missiles from our mania they told my source told me tha

as about john says an armenian missile attack has killed 12 people in the city of ganja putting a cease fire further into jeopardy. hello i'm about this and this is all to see the light from doha also coming up. violence in chile after thousands come out to mark the anniversary of mass protests the rocks the nation. the school teachers beheaded in paris and what the french president has condemned as a flagrant attack on freedom. and early voter turnout smashes records in battleground states 3 weeks out from the u.s. election. and we're going to begin with breaking news in an escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan by john says at least 12 people have been killed by an armenian missile attack in the 2nd largest as the city gunja it's been hit repeatedly since fighting broke out over the disputed region over go on a heart attack 3 weeks ago rescue efforts are underway and it's one of the biggest attacks since a cease fire brokered by russia image of effect last week sin and cos you'll lose talking to us now from baku just bring us up to date with what we know about this

vehicles for breaching the humanitarian cease fire will surely will cross over to cynical salo in ganja as a 1st let's bring in burnet he's in god in armenia so bernard step out occurred had its share of devastation. yes but it seems that it's been quiet so far in those main areas in the towns and villages in nagorno-karabakh so the ceasefire such as it is is holding their butts we are having reports that there is intense fighting going on specifically in the south of nagorno-karabakh around this town called how drought is intense fighting and shelling going on that between armenian and as ery forces it's in nagorno-karabakh is an attempt by its very forces to take control of the town of how the armenian ethnic armenian fight is our defending of drugs now this russian brokered cease fire humanitarian cease fire was supposed to allow the exchange of the bodies of killed soldiers and the exchange of prisoners of war but the i.c.r.c. the red cross says it's not been stable enough for them to be able to facilitate that exchange in the leadership of now go on a kind of accept they thought th

but the mood in ganja appears defiant. translation: we have no fear. everyone is at home.n afraid of the armenians. we, the people of azerbaijan, have always been tolerant and strong. in stepanakert, the capital of the disputed nagorno karabakh region, many civilian buildings have been damaged by the bombardment. local residents have been forced to seek shelter underground. just today, azerbaijan started heavily attacking the capital city stepa na ke rt. targeting vital civilian infrastructures and civilian buildings with heavy missiles and aviation bombs. including with cluster bombs and cluster missiles, a result of which we have civilian many casualties. turkey continues to back azerbaijan in its campaign to recapture nagorno karabakh. crowds in his temple gather to show their support for the war. @ 

who's in ganja in azerbaijan to be. saying civilians have been targeted there on that side to show us what's been hit. what you see behind me this is the small belong. that hits this neighborhood a couple of hours ago almost 2 hours ago this totally a residential area right in the city center the rocket fell here it's exploded fully and you see the buildings that are damaged the rules have partially collapsed and the parked cars have been that much we hear that there are one civilian who got killed during this rockets hit and 5 civilians have been wounded and they are telling us that just a couple of blocks away almost an hour after the rockets hit here the 2nd rocket hits the other streets and there are also 2 other wounded people over there this street is called as early as street and i would like to show you one of the cars that has been damaged by the xplosion you see broken glass pieces everywhere and people are here some people came here to look for their children who are living in the area we saw people crying lo

what the schools the old city district in ganja where the old buildings are and the eyewitnesses say that the impact is large and there are 2 rockets actually that hit then officials claim these rockets 1 1 from inside are mania. touchy of assistant to the president as a base jumper since you have no idea he also spoke to one of those turkish news outlets and said the rocket was fired from inside iran yet this is important because so far the top officials in azerbaijan have been claiming that i've been saying that the rockets especially the targeting engendering get to the city where i am right now are fired from inside our main and this is what the armenian side has. repeatedly projected declines and. there was another rocket that hits me as i said the area where i am. and as per the oficial the air defense systems that are located here have intercepted before the rockets hit the ground then he activated 2 cities ganja and making it cherish are the targets for the armenian forces right now i mean those are based on gender is the 2nd largest city with 300 more than 350000 population

it was a city asleep when the explosions ripped through the quiet of the night and ganja people here were already on edge their hometown has come under fire several times since the conflict was reignited 3 weeks ago. this attack was the most devastating so far so. we've been living in fear for days we couldn't sleep at night we hid but that was no use we're suffering a lot i wish we were dead but our children would have to live without us we believe in our state and president may god give us back karabakh. cantors about an hour drive from the disputed region of the corner karabakh that azerbaijan and armenia are fighting over i mean at 1st denied it had the long range capability to hit as far as ganja but then in a statement it said that there were several as syrian military assets in and around the city that were legitimate targets here in baquba president ilham called the attack a crime against humanity and that revenge will come under battlefield a few hours after the attack in ganja announced his forces which are backed by turkey have taken control of more villages in physically