. , ., ., rayhan? that is right, samantha, there has been _ rayhan?ight, samantha, there has been a _ rayhan? that is right, samantha, there has been a lot _ rayhan? that is right, samantha, there has been a lot of _ rayhan? that is right, samantha, there has been a lot of calls - rayhan? that is right, samantha, there has been a lot of calls from| there has been a lot of calls from there has been a lot of calls from the international community, from the international community, from the western leaders, from the united states, calling azerbaijan to stop what it describes as its local anti—terror measures to disarm armenian armed forces which azerbaijan claims are dislocated in its breakaway nagorno—karabakh its breakaway nagorno—kara bakh territory. its breakaway nagorno—karabakh territory. this is the second day now and the fighting has continued overnight. thousands of people who, several thousand people who live close to the frontline, they have been evacuated from those villages and many thousands of course bentleys night in the basements, in the

rayhan, what about the way _ think i'm a refugee."ed | about the way this is being viewed elsewhere in the caucuses? when you think about all because the up, other separatist groups, are they �*s feeling vulnerable at the moment? the first thing to mention is that it's really astonishing that the georgian government has not issued a single statement since this crisis began, since azerbaijan's military operation last tuesday. this story is not really featured that much in georgian media, which is really surprising, given that there are three countries in the south kosice caucuses. —— south caucuses. we've heard nudes they are watching with great concern what's happening in there.— what's happening in there. because the russians _ what's happening in there. because the russians are _ what's happening in there. because the russians are looking _ what's happening in there. because the russians are looking the - what's happening in there. because the russians are looking the otherl the russians are looking the other way? the russians are l

our south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytrie has more.baijan and its breakaway nagorno—karabakh region. local authorities in the ethnic armenian populated territory say that azerbaijani armed forces are using artillery, missiles and attack drones. there are reports of casualties, including children. azerbaijan launched what it described as an anti—terror operation to gain full control of its nagorno—kara bakh territory. it is demanding full withdrawal of armenian armed forces from with internationally recognised territory. armenia says it has no military presence in karabakh and claims the aim of the offensive is ethnic cleansing. that azerbaijan wants to drive ethnic armenian population out of their home. there has been strong international condemnation of this anti—terror operation, with urgent calls for azerbaijan to end hostilities and return to negotiations. but barcoo says it will continue its anti—terror measures until local authorities in nagorno—karabakh�*s arm and surrender. as we just heard from rayhan demytrie there, the opera

i was joined earlier by our correspondent rayhan demytrie who gave me the latest. situation is that karabakh armenians, they surrendered to azerbaijan. they signed this ceasefire agreement on wednesday. and now what's happening is the process of disarmament, because that was part of the ceasefire agreement, that karabakh armenians agreed to lay down their arms. and this process is ongoing. today, the minister of defence of azerbaijan published a list of military equipment that has been seized so far. but of course, all eyes are on the humanitarian situation in nagorno—karabakh itself, in the regional capital, stepanakert, where there are thousands of people who were displaced by the conflict. and as we speak, they are in the basements with no electricity, no heating, very little food and lots of uncertainty. rayhan, if the ceasefire holds, is a big effect, could mark the end of a conflict that has raged on for decades. what's the sense in the region of whether or not this could be a long term end to this? well, for sure. what happened on tuesday was almost kind of

rayhan, if the ceasefire holds, is a big effect, could mark the end of a conflict that has raged on for the sense in the region of whether or not this could be a long term end to this? well, for sure. what happened on tuesday was almost kind of finale of the war that began three years ago in 2020, when azerbaijan launched a military offensive to retake its territories that it lost in the 19905 to armenia, and it succeeded militarily. three years ago, it retook lots of territories surrounding the enclave of nagorno—karabakh. and now, on tuesday, it finally moved to kind of establish full control over this territory. but once again, there is still quite a lot of uncertainty because azerbaijani authorities are not in the regional capital, stepa na kert. there were talks between azerbaijan and karabakh armenians and azerbaijan says that there will be many more needed to come to the terms and to start the process of reintegration, as they say. to the war in ukraine now. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says — the united states and ukraine's other allies are, quote, "directly at war" wi

people are volunteering down in goris where rayhan is, where i've just been for the past week. collecting food and clothes. and at the moment, the question is, has not yet turned to politics. people are focused on the humanitarian situation. but as you say, for the past week, 100,000 people have come across that mountain checkpoint. and now that flow of thousands of cars and buses and open—top trucks has ground to a halt, with local leaders saying that only a few hundred people are left. and those i speak to, even the ones who initially said "i'm going to stay, i'm not going to leave, this is my land," every time i've tried to contact them now they've told me they're actually across the bridge, they're inside armenia and they're uncertain about what comes next. do you think that azerbaijan will be facing any consequences as a result of what we're witnessing? well, we put out a storyjust this week looking at the growing calls in washington and brussels for azerbaijan to face sanctions or punishment for its role in this emerging humanitarian crisis. but everyone we've spoken to,

on the 20th of shahrivar, on her birthday, rayhane, accompanied by a large number of people, came to meet the leader of the revolution. finally , you came to meet the leader. you achieved your dream, uncle. what is your question ? i am 16 years old. on my birthday, my parents gave me a birthday present in their absence. the presence of sistani and baluchestanis shows beautiful manifestations of unity. shia and sunni always love this land, i believe that iranians believe that shia and sunni are brothers, and god willing, this is our presence in the city of enemies. haters of iran's islamic revolution, what does it mean to be together haj agha, what is the reason, allah, love means friendship, it means unity, the love of hazrat agha has brought everyone together, the moment of meeting is approaching . after a long time, a historic moment has arrived for the people of sistan and baluchistan. and the eyes of the lovers were enlightened to meet the friend. at the beginning of this meeting, the leader of the revolution said about the history of their presence in this province that they did

live now to rayhan demytrie, who is our correspondent in the south caucasus and central asia.y good evening to you and george r. i think you can hear us, what is the very latest happening at the moment where you are? world, in nagorno karabakh, the focus is now on humanitarian crisis because we have people escaping from the azerbaijan so people are concentrated now in the basements, there is no electricity, some pictures have emerged on socialfrom journalists posting regularly about the situation in nagorno karabakh and it shows really overcrowded basements with no electricity and people sitting there in fear not really knowing what comes next. i really knowing what comes next. i want to ask while we have you, the foreign minister has been speaking at the united nationsjust foreign minister has been speaking at the united nations just in the last few moments. saying azerbaijan will treat ethnic armenians as, quote, equal citizens, tells what he means by that. quote, equal citizens, tells what he means by that-— means by that. well it is not the first time we _ means by that. w

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earlier we heard from our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie, who's been following the story.ainty for the ethnic armenians living in nagorno—karabakh. we have seen video footage of many people gathering at the airport in stepanakert, the regional capital, even though the airport never functions because the airspace was closed by azerbaijan. we know many people are seeking shelter at the russian peacekeepers' base in nagorno—karabakh. i've been in touch with some people and last month i visited the armenian side of the conflict in an effort to report on the blockades that were in place for many months and today i was reaching out to these people because they are divided, they are karabakh armenians but stuck in armenia are unable to reach karabakh because the only road was shut for many months. they say they can't reach their families over the phone and some people are still in the basement. the humanitarian situation of what's happening on the ground sounds... people feel very vulnerable and uncertain about what the future holds after the authorities earlier today signed the

our correspondent in the region, rayhan demytrie, is following developments from neighbouring georgiame this update. well, so far it appears that the ceasefire is holding, although earlier today we heard a statement from azerbaijan's presidential adviser who said that azerbaijan was preparing to offer an amnesty for karabakh armenian fighters who agree to lay down their arms. that announcement came, according to azerbaijan, amidst reports that some military units, karabakh, armenian military units, have refused to lay down their arms and they pledged to continue their resistance to azerbaijani forces. the humanitarian situation is really critical and difficult in the regional capital, stepanakert. thousands of people who were displaced by these conflict since azerbaijani forces took control of some of those villages close to the front line. so those people spent the night in schools, churches, very little food. although today, azerbaijan says that it sent several trucks with humanitarian aid, mainly food supplies, and ran every day. this week we've seen these protests taking place in

rights and security of karabakh armenians as azerbaijani citizens. 0ur correspondent in tbilisi, rayhann air i saw footage that was posted by a local journalist in stepanakert, that's the regional capital of nagorno—karabakh. in that short video you can clearly hear gunfire. it is not clear who is shooting but also some unconfirmed reports from the armenian social media telegram channels saying that azerbaijani forces are moving towards the regional capital stepa na kert. that same journalist described the scenes at the hospital this morning. he simply said that the situation was horrible. ethnic armenians reported about a00 people that were injured in the 2a hour fight or anti—terror operation which azerbaijan launched two days ago to finally gain full control over its breakaway nagorno—karabakh region. and also, according to armenian sources, about 200 people were killed including civilians. we're also hearing about large numbers of ethnic armenians who are trying to leave the area. are there fears of repercussions? huge fears, huge fears. we're talking about the communities, ethnic a

territory is recognised internationally as part let's get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhanholding. although earlier today, we heard a statement from azerbaijan's presidential adviser, who said azerbaijan was preparing to offer an amnesty for 22 armenian fighters who agreed to lay down their arms. that announcement came, according to azerbaijan, amidst reports that some military units, karabakh military units, have refused to lay down their arms and they pledged to continue their resistance to azerbaijani forces. the humanitarian situation is really critical and difficult in the regional capital, stepanakert. thousands of people displaced by this conflict since azerbaijani forces took control of some of those villages close to the front line, so those people spent a night in schools, churches, very little food. although today, azerbaijan says it has sent several trucks with humanitarian aid, mainly food supplies. humanitarian aid, mainly food su lies. �* , humanitarian aid, mainly food su--lies. �* , , ~ supplies. and every day this week, we have seen _ supplies. and every d

the local population are mostly ethnic armenians. 0ur south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhann and its breakaway region. local authorities in the ethnic armenian populated territory say that azerbaijan armed forces are using artillery, missiles and attack drones. there are reports of casualties, including children. azerbaijan launched what it described as an anti—terror operation to gain full control of its territory. it's demanding full withdrawal of armenian armed forces from its internationally recognised territory. but armenia says it has no military presence there and claims that the aim of azerbaijan's military offensive is ethnic cleansing, that azerbaijan wants to drive ethnic armenian population out of their homes. there has been strong international condemnation of these anti—terror operation with urgent calls for azerbaijan to end hostilities and return to negotiations. but baku says it will continue its anti—terror measures until local authorities disarm and surrender. a quick update before we go. australia's bureau of meteorology has declared that the country is f

our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in the armenian town of goris.n centre here in greece, here in greece ——goris. which has been working 24/7 since the influx from nagorno—karabakh began last sunday. there is still a lot of people in need of help with more than 100,000 people being registered. now, there's hardly anyone left inside the nagorno—karabakh enclave which came under azerbaijani control. baku's so—called anti—terror operation against the separatist ethnic armenian authorities inside nagorno—karabakh lasted just 24 hours. karabakh armenians had surrendered and have now largely been disarmed. their former leaders are being arrested one by one by azerbaijan, which accused them of terrorism. their republic, which existed for 32 years but was never recognized by the international community, ceased to exist. matthew bryza, a former us ambassador to azerbaijan — who was a mediator in the nagorno—karabakh conflict gave us his analysis. i'v e i've covered this conflict pretty much since 2001, so 22 years. including as the us mediator. and you know,

let's get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie., ., , this. the latest is that there is uuite a this. the latest is that there is quite a lot _ this. the latest is that there is quite a lot of— this. the latest is that there is quite a lot of uncertainty - this. the latest is that there is quite a lot of uncertainty for. this. the latest is that there is l quite a lot of uncertainty for the ethnic armenians living in nagorno—karabakh. we have seen video footage of many people gathering at the airport in stepanek, the regional capital, even though the airport neverfunctions regional capital, even though the airport never functions because the airspace was closed. we know many people are seeking shelter at the base in nagorno—karabakh. i've been in touch with some people and visited the armenian side of the conflict in an effort to report on the blockades that were in place for many months and today i was reaching out to these people because they are divided, they are a millions stuck in armenia are unable to reach karabakh because t

live now to rayhan demytrie, who is our correspondent in the south caucasus and central asia. good eveningwhat the _ good evening to youthere in georgia. what the latest? the good evening to youthere in georgia. what the latest?— what the latest? the latest is that humanitarian _ what the latest? the latest is that humanitarian aid _ what the latest? the latest is that humanitarian aid is _ what the latest? the latest is that humanitarian aid is reaching - humanitarian aid is reaching nagorno—karabkh. 0n humanitarian aid is reaching nagorno—karabkh. on top of that, help from the red cross, a0 tonnes of humanitarian aid sent from azerbaijan yesterday, plus two trucks full of bread. also azerbaijan says it has set up tent cities to treat those who are wounded, to provide them with first aid. but i think the question now for many ethnic armenians is whether or not they will be allowed to leave the territory. there is no talks of opening any humanitarian corridor for now. azerbaijan says they are doing everything to ensure that this reintegration process goes smoothly but given that these two

azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. 0ur correspondent rayhan demytrie is inian registration centre here in goris which has been working 24/7 since the influx from nagorno—karabakh began last sunday. there is still a lot of people in need of help with more than 100,000 people being registered. now, there's hardly anyone left inside the nagorno—karabakh enclave which came under azerbaijani control. baku's so—called anti—terror operation against the separatist ethnic armenian authorities inside nagorno—karabakh lasted just 24 hours. karabakh armenians had surrendered and have now largely been disarmed. their former leaders are being arrested one by one by azerbaijan, which accused them of terrorism. their republic, which existed for 32 years but was never recognized by the international community, ceased to exist. people who were forced to flee their homes — like milena from kert village — have been describing what happened. translation: my son manages this after having seen everything. it pains me to be leaving, but i have hope that i'll be able to come back. t

power cuts are frequent. tonnes of relief aid to the disputed enclave nagorno karabakh — live now to rayhanntral asia. if the ceasefire holds it could mark the end of a conflict between armenia and azerbaijan that has raged, off and on, through the three decades since the collapse of the soviet union — is the sense that it could hold? well, the ceasefire agreement on wednesday and now what is happening is the process of disarmament because that was part of the ceasefire agreement that karabakh armenians agreed to lay down their arms and this process is ongoing today with the minister of defence is ongoing today with the minister of defence of our site and —— of azerbaijan seeing it so far. all eyes are on the humanitarian situation in nagorno karabakh itself in the original capital where there are thousands of people who were displaced by the conflict and as we speak, they are in the basement with no electricity and no heating, very little food and lots of uncertainty. if the ceasefire holds, a big if, it could mark the end of a conflict raging on for decades, what is the sense in the regio

mounted an effective blockade of a vital route into the enclave in december 2022. 0ur correspondent rayhaner assessment of what's been happening in nagorno—karabakh. there has been a lot of calls from the international community, from western leaders, from the united states calling azerbaijan to stop what they call local anti—terror measures to disarm armenian armed forces, which azerbaijan claims dislocated in its breakaway of the nagorno—karabakh territory. this is the second day and the fighting has continued overnight. thousands of people, several thousand people who live close to the front line, they have been evacuated from those villages. many thousands, of course, spent this night in the basements and bomb shelters without electricity and in really difficult conditions. azerbaijan says it is waiting for the local authorities in nagorno—karabakh, which it describes as regime, waiting for them to surrender and lay down their arms. this morning we heard that the local authorities in nagorno—karabakh, the security council meeting and what was said was there isn't adequate, as they said

let's get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie.nds of people have basically collected in the regional capitals, without any kind of certainty of what happens next to them. there is a dire humanitarian situation as it was reported today by the international community which is called on azerbaijan to take steps to help these people. what happened on tuesday september the 19th is a 24—hour military operation. before that the entire community of nagorno—karabakh, an estimated 120,000 ethnic armenians, they have been subjected to economic blockade. the nine months, they were not getting proper nutrition, there were severe shortages of food. people had to queue for bread four hours. no medical supplies, to queue for bread four hours. no medicalsupplies, no to queue for bread four hours. no medical supplies, no hygiene supplies. this is the situation now. after experiencing this blockade for nine months, then there was this military operation that lasted 26 hours. a lot of people had to run away from their homes without any belongings and

let's get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie. driven quite a rapid development of this story. in the last hour, we have heard as the ethnic armenian leadership, they have reached a ceasefire agreement that was mediated by russian peacekeepers that are stationed in nagorno karabakh. there are three points in the ceasefire agreement the first one is that nagorno karabakh leadership has agreed to disarm in the second point is that they have agreed to withdraw any remaining military units and military equipment of the armenian armed forces, that is despite all the denials that we have been hearing for days now from the republic of armenia saying it has no military presence in the region. the third point under this ceasefire agreement is that azerbaijan will meet tomorrow, on thursday, in a town 100 commenters north from the regional capital, to discuss the future of the armenians leaving nagorno karabakh, their safety and security, and also the process of reintegration of the armenians into azerbaijan. just reintegration of the armen

just, rayhan, before you go, i wonder if you can reflect on the role of russia, who are mediating theree years ago, when russia helped to sign a cease—fire agreement, mediate a ceasefire agreement between armenia and azerbaijan when they fought a full—scale war over nagorno—karabakh, russian peacekeepers were stationed in that enclave precisely to guarantee safety and security of ethnic armenians. but what we're seeing now for armenians, theyjust feel extremely betrayed by russia. but russia, of course, helped to mediate a ceasefire that was reached yesterday, and is now taking part in the talks that are happening in yevlakh. to some breaking news now and india appears to have halted visa services in canada — part of an escalating diplomatic dispute between the countries. there's been no comment from the indian foreign ministry. relations plummeted this week when canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, said indian agents may have been involved in the killing of a canadian sikh activist shot dead near vancouver in june. live now to our correspondent archana shukla in mumbai. can you t

let's get more on this with our reporter in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie.rno—karabakh in the last months and weeks. what pre—empted this anti—terror operation was two explosions in nagorno—karabakh which is under the control of the russian peacekeepers. i is under the control of the russian peacekeepers-— is under the control of the russian peacekeepers. i am so sorry to stop ou, ou peacekeepers. i am so sorry to stop you. you are — peacekeepers. i am so sorry to stop you, you are interrupted _ peacekeepers. i am so sorry to stop you, you are interrupted by - peacekeepers. i am so sorry to stop you, you are interrupted by the - peacekeepers. i am so sorry to stop you, you are interrupted by the us. you, you are interrupted by the us president, thank you so much and sorry to interrupt you. let's go straight to new york and listen to the us president. mr straight to new york and listen to the us president.— straight to new york and listen to the us president. mr president, my fellow leaders, _ the us president. mr president, my fellow leaders, about _ the us

let's get more on this with our correspondent in tbilisi, rayhan demytrie.bout that? that's right. also just before coming on air i - more about that? that's right. also just before coming on air i saw- just before coming on air i saw footage posted by a localjournalist and in that short video you can clearly hear gunfire. it is not clearly hear gunfire. it is not clear who is shooting but there are unconfirmed reports from the armenian social media telegram channel saying that azerbaijani forces are moving towards the regional capital stepanakert. that regional capital stepa na kert. that same journalist said regional capital stepanakert. that same journalist said the situation is horrible. ethnic armenians reported about 400 people injured in the 24 hour fight or anti—terrorist operation which azerbaijan launched two days ago to finally gain full control over nagorno—karabakh and control over nagorno—kara bakh and also control over nagorno—karabakh and also according to armenian sources about 200 people were killed including civilians. irate about 200 peop