last night, and the tanker andromeda it was back under the control of its crew after what the ministry of defenceg. 16 members of the special boat squadron based on a nearby port we re squadron based on a nearby port were landed on the ship as night fell. defence secretary ben wallace said... what is good to see is that the reaction from our forces, what is good to see is that the reaction from ourforces, the coordination between our agencies, number 10 would have been fully involved in what was going on indeed. this is a good outcome for britain. drama began yesterday morning as the ship prepared to enter the refinery near southampton. seven stowaways, believed to be nigerians, were said to become violent and made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place aboard the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence but it is understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only

earlier the ministry of defence said there was no military involvement at that stage. ning things have changed. hampshire police put in this request for assistance and the bbc understands that some kind of special forces operation has been requested and that has now been involved. the nature and scale of it, as i said, is unclear at this moment. butjust in the past couple of seconds the incident on boat is over.” in the past couple of seconds the incident on boat is over. i know the details have been feeding out very slowly, but do we know anything else about those stowaways? we think the number is seven. we understand that the ship didn't stop en route from lagos to southampton, so presumably they boarded in lagos itself. whether they are migrants seeking asylum, we simply don't know anything about that. the hampshire police have said that they were involved in verbal attacks, if you like, involving the crew and the police as saying that nobody has been injured in this incident. quite what has been going on throughout the curse of the day is unclear, with the crew have

the ministry of defence have told us currently there is no military involvement. here's jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. hello, reeta. we start with an incredible achievement by lewis hamilton, beating the record of all time wins in formula 1. he took victory in the portuguese grand prix, making that his 92nd win. joe wilson was watching. always thinking, always winning. for lewis hamilton and formula 1 this circuit in portugal was new. lewis hamilton and formula 1 this circuit in portugalwas new. lights out and away we go! the start was familiar. from pole position, hamilton led, but within seconds... he was second. team—mate valtteri bottas was in front. this is hamilton's view, in pursuit, watching, hunting, passing. started on pole, back into the lead. watching, hunting, passing. started on pole, back into the leadm watching, hunting, passing. started on pole, back into the lead. it took a little vile, but that was the race. hamilton has the best team, they have the best driver. simple. his 92nd victory. the record is broken! statistics prove who is best

last night, and the tanker andromeda was back under the control of its crew after what the ministry of defencejacking. 16 members of the special boat squadron based at nearby poole were landed on the ship as night fell. defence secretary ben wallace said: what is good to see is the reaction from ourforces, the coordination between our agencies — number 10 would have been fully involved in what was going on indeed. this is a good outcome for britain. the drama began yesterday morning as the ship prepared to enter the fawley oil refinery near southampton. seven stowaways, believed to be nigerians, are said to have become violent and made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place aboard the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence but it's understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identi

last night, and the tanker andromeda was back under the control of its crew after what the ministry of defenceected hijacking. 16 members of the special boat squadron, based at nearby poole, were landed on the ship as night fell. defence secretary ben wallace said... what is good to see is the reaction from ourforces, the coordination between our agencies. number 10 would have been fully involved in what was going on. this is a good outcome for britain. the drama began yesterday morning as the ship prepared to enter the fawley oil refinery near southampton. seven stowaways — believed to be nigerians — are said to have become violent and made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place on board the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence, but it's understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up a

the armenian ministry of defence said shelling and rocket fire had been reported from the north and theerbaijan is yet to respond to the allegations. over the past couple of days each side has accused the other of fresh attacks violating another truce, including an azeri claim that armenia had shelled its second city of ganja, killing civilians. earlier our correspondent rayhan demtyrie sent this report, which contains distressing images from the start. three weeks of fighting has left a heavy toll, hundreds of people have been killed on both sides. a new ceasefire, if it holds, has come too late. the azeri authorities say there were at least 1a civilians killed when armenian missiles struck a neighbourhood in ganja, azerbaijan's second—largest city. the rescue works continued late into saturday evening, there may be more people trapped under the rubble. azerbaijan's prosecutor general said armenia would be held responsible for the attack. i think this is really serious crime. this is war crime against civil people. people who are not involved in war, in fighting against armenia. this i

the ministry of defence has confirmed that members of the armed forces boarded a ship off the isle of, and gained control after a suspected hijacking. seven people have been detained. the liberian registered vessel is positioned in the english channel south of ventnor. duncan kennedy is in lee—on—the solent for us this evening. duncan. this has been a dramatic few hours on the solent, ending in this incredible raid involving four helicopters and we think around 16 members of the special boat service, the sbs, who descended on ropes to the sbs, who descended on ropes to the deck of the ship. they used what we we re the deck of the ship. they used what we were told was overwhelming. detain seven individuals. the whole operation lasted about nine minutes, extraordinary moments. it was authorised by the home secretary and the defence secretary at the request of hampshire police. it all began at about 9am this morning when the seven about 9am this morning when the seve n stowaways about 9am this morning when the seven stowaways confronted the crew members. the crew took shelter in a specia

as many people did, but about 30 minutes ago, the spokesperson of the armenian ministry of defence announcedmmediately after the ceasefire was supposed to be in effect, she accused as of the giant of violating this ceasefire stop there are effo rts ceasefire stop there are efforts to verify how true this is, but, let's — let us say my optimism, if the report holds true, is shattered on this matter. to what extent do regional powers, russia and turkey, play the key roles in this conflict? can you repeat the question? to what extent do regional powers, russia, and turkey, play vital roles in this conflict? both the roles of russia and turkey are critical. turkey, as your view is probably already know, has sort of tipped the scale of the balance in favour of azerbaijan, there are credible reports that turkey has been sort of helping in more ways than one to wage this war against armenia. russia has been different. it had tried to beast sort of an aloof imperial army arbitrator, to have the warring parties stop playing war. it has been at the forefront of this newmatic initiative to have war sto

but about 30 minutes ago, the spokesperson of the armenian ministry of defence announced that actuallyter the ceasefire was supposed to be in effect, she accused azerbaijan of violating this ceasefire. now, there are efforts to verify how true this is, but, let's — let us say that my optimism — if the report holds true — is shattered on this matter. to what extent do regional powers, russia and turkey, play the key roles in this conflict? both the roles of russia and turkey are critical. turkey, as your viewer probably already know, has sort of tipped the scale of the balance in favour of azerbaijan, there are credible reports that turkey has been sort of helping in more ways than one, azerbaijan, to wage this war against armenia. now, the role of russia has been completely different. it has tried to be a sort of an aloof imperial arbitrator, sort of to have these recalcitrant warring parties to stop playing war. and it has been at the forefront of this new diplomatic initiative to have the war stopped, at least on humanitarian grounds, for the exchange of prisoners war and recovery of

the daily telegraph says the operation tookjust nine minutes — and reports the ministry of defence's ing'. the times describes the scale of the military operation — reporting that four military helicopters took 40 personnel to the scene — and that 16 troops boarded the vessel — securing the ship with the backing of airborne snipers.

it's very difficult to imagine that the ministry of defence could do all that it's going to be requirede it's going to be required to do lots of new things. and there is a sense, in some parts of government, that if you find the right technologies, you can do all of these things more cheaply. you can't. the defence secretary ben wallace now wants to persuade the treasury to give him more money. it might still mean fewer boots on the ground to fund more cyber warriors. the royal navy's two new aircraft carriers, built for the next 50 years, will still be part of the future. but the revolution in warfare also means that britain's armed forces are getting ready to fight using software and cyber, notjust with military hardware like this. jonathan beale, bbc news, on hms queen elizabeth. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. today's 40th london marathon turned into a sprint with ethiopia's shura kitata speeding to the finish line to win the men's title. brigid kosgei retained her marathon title. and thousands of runners around the world found creative w

we don't know whether that means border force, or some other actually ministry of defence military forcenow what they are talking about when they say contacting military for military assistance. it's also not clear whether they are activating some sort of plan or whether that military assistance is just on standby. we know that the home office are well aware of what is going on and are monitoring things closely, but so far as what exactly is going on out there five miles out in the middle of the solent is unclear but certainly developing this evening. 0k, duncan, we will leave it there, thank you for the update. richard meade is the managing editor of the shipping news organisation, lloyd's list. thank you forjoining us here richard on bbc news. first off, this call for assistance, military assistance, how significant is that? well, until we know exactly what's going on on board, it's hard to say but i would assume that would be fairly standard protocol in a situation like this. we know there are stowaways on board and that the crew had an incident, in terms of trying to detain them in a

what we do know is that the home office are well aware of what's going on and the ministry of defencere is no military involvement in this incident, so far as they are concerned. separately, the bbc has contacted the owners of this ship, which is a greek shipping line, and they say this is 100% not a hijacking. it's not clear where or how those stowaways got on board, whether there was one of them or more or why they suddenly, in the words of this source, turn violent towards the crew. the ship itself was about an hour or so from docking in southampton, where it would have off—loaded its oil. it's not clear yet whether it is back on route or if this incident off the isle of wight is still unfolding. and presumably, duncan, this is a relatively routine journey for oil to undergo, such a long journey and for tankers to be in and out of there on a regular basis. so the fact this tanker suddenly apparently stranded off the coast must have raised quite a lot of concern for people, even if they didn't know, as we still don't, what's going on? no, exactly right. it is an extremely unusual in

this footage released by armenia's ministry of defence gives you a better sense of the destruction.as escalated outside of the region into azerbaijan's second biggest city — ganja. there was heavy shelling in the city on sunday. ganja is home to 330—thousand people. nagorno—kara bakh authorities claim to have struck a military airport — although azerbaijan disputes that. hours after that attack, azerbaijan's president went on national television — with this warning. "azerbaijan will not allow anyone to conquer nagorno—karabakh. nagorno—karabakh is azeri territory. we must return and we will return."2. my my last condition is that we be given a schedule as we a schedule for the withdrawal of the armenian armed forces from the occupied territories."> (pres) for the latest on the ground — here's jonah fisher in armenia's capital, yerevan. we are told been under fire today. it was also attacked at the weekend. we were told then by the armenians that they were attacking a military airport but it does apparently some of that shelling has hit civilian areas. this conflict is now in its nin

the ministry of defence has paid out more than £20 million to settle claims of mistreatment and unlawfuld been acting dishonestly, that much of the evidence wasn't credible. the hallett report into robert campbell's case found the evidence against him wasn't reliable. robert is angry with the process, the repeated investigations, notjust for him and his colleagues. this process has been rather cruel on the shabram family as well. the lawyer that persuaded them to do these things have done so selfishly and given them false hope. do you feel sympathy for them ? of given them false hope. do you feel sympathy for them? of course. it was absolutely horrific thing that happened that day. the government is currently passing legislation which he says will provide greater legal protections to the armed forces serving on operations overseas. in a statement, the defence minister johnny mercer told us: do you think you will recover from this? i... i tried to block it out, but right now it's just been this black poison cloud hanging over me since 2003 and while i am relieved in some way that a part o

the ministry of defence has paid out more than £20 million to settle claims of mistreatment and unlawfulcredible. the hallett report into robert campbell's case found the evidence against him wasn't reliable. robert is angry with the process, the repeated investigations, notjust for him and his colleagues. this process has been rather cruel on the shabram family as well. i think the lawyers that persuaded them to do these things have done so selfishly and given them false hope. do you feel sympathy for them? of course. it was absolutely horrific thing that happened that day. the government is currently passing legislation which he says——it says will provide greater legal protections to the armed forces serving on operations overseas. in a statement, the defence minister, johnny mercer, told us: . do you think you will recover from this? i...i tried to block it out, but right now it's just been this black poison cloud hanging over me since 2003, and while i am relieved in some way that a part of it has come to an end, the fallout from it will continue. a chapter in robert's life has close

of azerbaijan but is populated and governed by ethnic armenians. from goranboy in azerbaijan our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. the battle for nagorno karabakh. this footage released by azerbaijan's defence ministryce ministry. this is a war of liberation to recover pa rt is a war of liberation to recover part of the motherland. azeri forces are closing in on the mountains of karabakh, gaining control of some areas nearby held by ethnic armenians. we saw military vehicles on the move. and got a glimpse of the battle, but azerbaijan won't allowed journalists to reach the front line. ijust been hearing a number of more shouting in the distance, and the past few minutes, we've heard what seemed to be a rock of landing. azeri forces have pushed back the armenians, but this matters not just for these two back the armenians, but this matters notjust for these two nations. it has implications for the security and stability of the region. so, moscow is pushing for a quick cease—fire, but some in azerbaijan have been waiting 30 years for this moment. like the residents of this grim housing complex in baku, is home to many who fled no pawn no karabakh in the 905. they said they are counting the day —— day

of azerbaijan but is populated and governed by ethnic armenians. from goranboy in azerbaijan our international correspondent orla guerin reports. the battle this footage released by azerbaijan defence ministryrces are closing in on the mountains of karabakh. gaining control of some areas nearby held by ethnic armenians. we sought military vehicles on the move. and got a glimpse of the battle. but azerbaijan won't allow journalists to reach the frontline. we just been hearing the rumble of more shelling in the distance and in the past few minutes we've had what seemed to be a rocket landing. as dairy forces have moved forward pushing back the armenians. what happens to negara karabakh armenians. what happens to negara kara bakh matters not armenians. what happens to negara karabakh matters not just armenians. what happens to negara karabakh matters notjust for these two nations, it has implications for the security and stability of the region. so moscow is pushing for a quick cease—fire. but some in azerbaijan have been waiting 30 yea rs azerbaijan have been waiting 30 years for this moment. like those in this grim housing complex. it's home to many who fled from nagorno—karabakh in the 1990

reports that the shelling of the largest city in the district of nagorno—karabakh, stepanakert, has continued also and the defence ministryivilian infrastructure. so what we are seeing is that tomorrow will mark three weeks since the start of this escalation and what is becoming clear is that without the international mediation, if this countries are left to fight, this conflict will continue to escalate. the british police officer who was poisoned in the nerve agent attack in the english city of salisbury in 2018, is leaving the force. detective sergeant nick bailey was contaminated with novichok at the home of sergei and yulia skripal — where it had been sprayed on a door handle. but, after returning to duty last year, he's tweeted that he's "had to admit defeat". jon donnison reports. detective sergeant nick bailey has been a police officer for 18 years, but his life has not been the same since the salisbury attack. as the investigation began, he was one of the first officers to visit the home of sergei skripal, the main target of the poisoning operation. it's not entirely clear how detective sergeant bailey became con

of violating the truce. these pictures were released by the azerbaijan defence ministry, which says it continued combat operationscame into effect. at least 400 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in two weeks of fighting. nagorno karabakh is governed by ethnic armenians who broke away from azerbaijan in the 1990s, but whose administration is not recognised internationally. our correspondent orla guerin is in azerbaijan and sent us this report near the frontline. well, nagorno—karabakh is just beyond the hills, about 15 kilometres away. when we arrived here we could still hear shelling, quite intense shelling. at around 12 noon local time, the guns started to fall silent and the ceasefire came into effect and it has been quiet here since then. this house here on the azeri side was hit twice by shelling and over the past few days we've met civilians sheltering underground, we've been to the home of an elderly woman who was killed in her own bed when her house was hit. but you can see scenes like this on the other side. there has been indiscriminate shelling by both sides and there are civilian

of it coming into force. an armenian defence ministry spokeswoman said azerbaijan broke the ceasefire by firing artillery shellsazerbaijan is yet to respond to the allegations. french officials say that the man who beheaded a teacher in paris on friday had been waiting outside the school and had asked pupils to identify his victim. it's thought the teacher, samwell patee, was targeted for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed. a national tribute will take place for him on wednesday. australia's state of victoria's easing some of its coronavirus restrictions. people from melbourne will be able to travel 25km from their home, rather than 5km. other changes include the re—opening of hairdressers and golf and tennis clubs. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: how technology is being used as a tool of abuse. and how it can help survivors. the latest offering from apple. and the next generation of games consoles is here... nearly. welcome to click. for many of us, 2020 has been the year we have all been stuck at home more than we would have liked. now for some, spending more time with our partners has

defence minister. the list of charges i have here involved first protect thing the h2 cartel from ministry operations,against their rivals, also securing maritime transportation for drug shipments. those drug shipments involve methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine introducing cartel members to other bribe taking officials and the government, and finally, warning the cartel of us investigations against them. taken as a whole, that is a very damning indictment of the man who was supposedly charged with leading the fight against the drug cartels. in terms of the political ramifications, i see two. one for the incumbent president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, this will bolster his efforts to present himself as the man leading the charge against corruption in public life. and secondly of course by his predecessor, former president enrique pena nieto. this is the second high—profile member of his government to have been arrested in recent months. previously the former head of the state run energy company was arrested on alleged bribery charges, and now this situation with the former defence minister. this com

of violence. azerbaijan says seven people have died in a missile attack on its second largest city, ganja, that's well away from the disputed territory. but the armenian defence ministrye lie" and accused it of shelling civilian areas inside nagorno—karabakh. the bbc‘s orla guerin is in the city of ganja, where she witnessed the aftermath of an attack and the search for survivors. they are still searching here by hand with dogs, and they have brought in heavy machinery. you can still see the extent of the destruction, and it is over a really wide area. the buildings here are clearly residential. these were apartments where people were asleep in their beds when the attack happened at about 2am local time. we have seen mattresses and blankets strewn around in the rubble. a local explosives expert has said that the weapon used here was a long—range rocket, and he believed it came from armenia rather than from nagorno karabakh. rather than from nagorno—karabakh. for now, that is unconfirmed. this was clearly a very large scale attack, and we have seen no sign of any kind of military targets in this area. there are accusations from across the front line that azerbaijan too

of the soviet union. azerbaijan says several people have died in a missile attack on its second largest city, ganja — that's well away from the disputed territory. but the armenian defence ministryvilian areas inside nagorno karabakh. the bbc‘s orla guerin is in the residential city of ganja — and she's seen evidence of an attack there. we are at the scene of the attack which took place overnight at about two o'clock in the morning. there is damage here that took place on a massive scale and spread over a wide area. it doesn't look like shelling. it looks like some kind of large missile attack, although for now thatis missile attack, although for now that is unconfirmed. in front of me there are military troops in hard hats and rescue teams, and they've been working with their bare hands, digging frantically, trying to lift the rubble. they thought a short time ago that they had heard a voice. there were local people saying that somebody was inside, alive, ina saying that somebody was inside, alive, in a basement and had managed to make a call asking for help, asking to be rescued. but in the last few moments as we watched, a body was brought out, human remains we re body was br

humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh within minutes of the trees coming into force. an armenian defence ministrypokeswoman said azerbaijan broke the ceasefire by firing artillery shells. azerbaijan has yet to respond to the allegations. french officials say that the man who beheaded a teacher in paris on friday had been waiting outside the school and had asked pupils to identify his victim. it's thought the teacher, samuel paty, was targeted for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed. a national tribute will take place for him on wednesday. australia's state of victoria's easing some of its coronavirus restrictions. people from melbourne will be able to travel 25 kilometres from their home, rather than 5. other changes include the re—opening of hairdressers and golf and tennis clubs. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament where the government brings in a new three tier approach to tackling coronavirus in england. but the labour leader reckons it's time for a short sharp lockdown. having read and considered the sage advice, i have ge

of territory, which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. the ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. kara bakh is azerbaijan, he declares. the armenian defence ministrywhich it claims shows the azeri forces advancing on armenian positions early on sunday, in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. but things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. they have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. dozens of civilians and more than 700 armenian servicemen, many of them young recruits, have been killed. translation: there are children dying, women, elderly people. our guys die who are 18,19 years old. stop this war. azeri people have also suffered. this was the scene in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city, that was struck by armenian missiles on saturday, killing at least 13 civilians and destroying more than 20 houses. this woman lost her home. translation: our people are humanist. we have a beautiful nation. armenia should know that we will not bow to them as people of ganja. we will take back karabakh from them if it comes to that. azerbaijan's military casualties remain a

of territory, which for the past 26 years had been under armenian control. the ancient bridge leads to the border with iran. "kara bakh is azerbaijan," he declares. the armenian defence ministrydvancing on armenian positions early on sunday, in violation of a ceasefire agreed the day before. but things were quieter on sunday in civilian areas in the disputed nagorno—karabakh region. they have been under constant bombardment from azerbaijan in recent days. dozens of civilians and more than 700 armenian servicemen, many of them young recruits, have been killed. translation: there are children dying, women, elderly people. our guys die who are 18,19 years old. stop this war. azeri people have also suffered. this was the scene in ganja, azerbaijan's second largest city, that was struck by armenian missiles on saturday, killing at least 13 civilians and destroying more than 20 houses. this woman lost her home. translation: our people are humanist. we have a beautiful nation. armenia should know that we will not bow to them as people of ganja. we will take back kara bakh from them if it comes to that. azerbaijan's military casualties remain a secret, but it's been very public about

of nagorno—karabakh. both sides had agreed to a truce starting at midnight local time. an armenian defence ministrysefire after just four minutes by firing artillery shells and rockets. azerbaijan later claimed armenia had broken the truce after two minutes. both countries signed a russian—brokered ceasefire last saturday, but clashes between the two have continued. our correspondent rayhan demytrie says the military campaign is ongoing. the armenian defence ministry says there was heavy fighting in the south. and later in the day, the azeri president published on his twitter account a statement saying that azerbaijan now regained control of that area. it is known as khudafarin. it's very, very close to the iranian border. there is this ancient bridge. that territory has been under armenian control since the 1990s, but today, we saw a video of an azeri officer standing there by that ancient bridge, saluting his country and just celebrating another territorial gain from armenia. here in the uk, a convicted killer who became a hero of the london bridge terror attack last november is to be considered

not to boycott its goods in protest at president macron's defence of the right to show cartoons of the prophet mohammed. the french foreign ministrywere baseless and being pushed by a radical minority. french products have been removed from some shops in kuwait, jordan and qatar, while there've been small anti french demonstrations in libya, gaza and northern syria. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lewis hamilton wins his 92nd formula 1 race, is he now the greatest driver of all time? indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person o

in armenia, the armenian defence ministry said that azeri forces had shelled settlements in armenia. and in nagorno—karabakh itself, ethnic armenian forces accused azerbaijan oferbaijan has accused armenia of shelling its territories, so as i have said, both sides accusing the other of ceasefire violations, which shows how difficult it is really to bring an end to the bloodshed. yesterday, russian mediation brought the two sides together, more than ten hours of talks in moscow to produce this humanitarian ceasefire. and for moscow, it is incredibly important to bring an end to this conflict. russia sees itself very much as the big kid on the block. the biggest kid on the block in this part of the world, so it is important for russia to demonstrate that it has power and influence here, particularly when there are other countries like turkey who are trying to increase their influence in the region, so russia will be very keen to make sure that this ceasefire is successful and that armenia and azerbaijan can move on to substantive talks on a longer lasting peace settlement. in north korea, state—run tv has shown previously unseen long—range ballistic missiles in

the azerbaijan defence ministry, which says it continued combat operations overnight and earlier today until the ceasefire came into affect. the truce is intended to allow for the recovery oforts. after nearly two weeks of fighting, a diplomatic breakthrough to allow a swap of prisoners and the deceased on the road to peace — thrashed out in moscow. announcing the humanitarian ceasefire after ten hours of talks, russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said substantive negotiations are ongoing, with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible. if russia intervened militarily to defend its treaty ally, armenia, it would have severed its bilateral relationship with azerbaijan forever. and russia sells a lot of weapons, hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons to azerbaijan every year. if moscow continue to stay out of this conflict militarily, then armenians, on their part, would have started to question the value of the alliance. but for those on either side of this dispute over land, it is not yet clear where this proposed pause in the fighting will lead or how long it will last. there have been tactical successes for azerbaijan, but no major significan

of shooting down an armenian aircraft. the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie has the latest from tbilisi in neighbouring georgia. the armenian defence ministrye front line, but we have seen some footage published by the azeri defence ministry showing rocket launchers, you know, launching rockets towards nagorno—kara bakh. in terms of the death toll, there are more figures coming from the azeri side, reporting only civilian casualties so far, 16 dead and 55 injured, and on the armenian side, there are also civilian casualties. their death toll on the military side is 103 service men. we are now on the fifth day of this fierce fighting, which started on sunday the 27th of september. now there is kind of more and more evidence that both sides are accusing each other, who started it. but the armenians are saying that the azeris have been preparing for this. there are now more reports about the involvement, alleged involvement of foreign mercenaries from syria. the armenian foreign ministry called on turkey to immediately... they are also accusing turkey of being directly involved on the ground, they have urged turkey to immediately withdraw from