knowing that there is genocide in its own past to be addressed so why has it come to the south caucasus again well president lee have his declared turkey must be part of any future talks i'm just finally and briefly going to ask you and we have by the direction back to the london on the show is people around the world probably know about the from kim kardashian who has been tweeting in support of armenia what about reports that she has close ties to jared . what are you hearing from the united states administration about what side the u.s. is going to take in this battle when it's exactly because of the genocide of 950 and i mean yes are spread all over the entire globe and of course there are many prominent armenians citizens of there and you know homeland and they feel solidarity with their people and their historic home and i can't comment on the party representing alex and their connection so the u.s. administration all i can do is welcome the efforts of these people even i mean you are not an armenian around the world that come up with their solidarity and express their support or

and yes it is vital for our existence otherwise to do you wouldn't have dared to come to the south caucasus again. a 100 years nature given the context of the our long general strike at helping the 90000 it would keep its hands out of the south caucasus knowing that there is the genocide against all past to be addressed so why has it come to the south caucasus again well president lee have his declared turkey must be part of any future talks i'm just finally and briefly going to ask you and we have either direction bastard london on the show is people around the world probably know about. from kim kardashian who has been tweeting in support of armenia what about reports that she has close ties to jared . what are you hearing from the united states administration about what side the u.s. is going to take in this battle when it's exactly because of the genocide of 950 and i mean yes are spread all over this entire globe and of course there are many prominent armenians citizens of marion you know homeland and they feel so i didn't see really their people and their historic comments i can't com

and avoid mass gatherings but here in the mountainous region of new going to camp back in the south caucasus locals have a starkly different reason to avoid crowds and shelter in basements. there's a heavy influx of wounded soldiers from the front lines and civilians from shelled towns many hospitals have been bombed too but the situation is so dire some of them had no choice but to stay off aeration oh our health system is

earlier we spoke to i came to know young a specialist on the south caucasus region at the university of minnesota is that it was essential to get turkey behind the scenes fire and order for the truth to hold . turkey use your number one culprit in all of this there is no question about it were it not for turkey's involvement and its forceful sort of insertion of itself into the region i don't think this conflict would have lasted as long as it has so i think it bears to remind that european powers the united states have a certain degree of responsibility in pushing turkey to get out of this conflict and let armenia and azerbaijan deal with it of course with the help will set hours and with the help of diplomacy turkey's probably the number one cause for the next. that was professor art him tony young a south caucasus specialist at the university of minnesota speaking to us earlier now into the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic brazil passes a bleak milestone 150000 people have now died from cope with 19 it's the 2nd highest national death toll after the united states in

well i think the key thing in in a sense about the south caucasus is that it's surrounded by a number of regional powers russia turkey and iran that each have separate agendas russia and turkey are seeking to elevate their status in regional and global politics but it's also i think the humanitarian catastrophe that is currently ongoing the united nations high commissioner for human rights has has written on this has stated that there is a major humanitarian disaster ongoing very high numbers of houses and schools civilian infrastructure being destroyed in the one you care about itself and in the azerbaijani towns around the combat zone now when you add that to the impact of the town demick which has hit both countries quite hard plus winter is coming you have the basis for a major humanitarian disaster that european states cannot ignore. ours for us thank you so much for joining us with that analysis thank you very much tens of thousands of elevations have taken to the streets of the capital minsk to protest against president alexander lukashenko opposition groups say that security f

from all i'm now joined by dr tanya on research in south caucasus at the university of minneapolis thank you for joining us can you explain why we have this blame game between the 2 sides over the breaking of the truce. sure. well in all sorts of wars of course blame game what happens it is natural it is to be expected. and to be believed obviously at this point it is difficult to tell but given the fact that. controls the flow of information and the armenian side is more or less open on these regards. it is up to you. to really judge who could be breaking the truce into situations but we have a situation of truce at the moment and what army and government government under. the leadership have confirmed as of 1520 minutes ago is holding so and we normally see russia prominent on the world stage on a range of issues but on this particular one it's been hesitant to get involved why is that. russia's role is really complex he's. the only country that is supplying weapons to both countries to the both conflicting parties. tremendous amount of diaspora cresent presence for both of these count

thank you for that he has a tony as a researcher at the on the south caucasus at the university of many minneapolis thank you thank you for having. u.s. president donald trump has resumed his election campaign with his 1st public event since contract in the coronavirus as a number of cases across the nation searches trump took off his mask and addressed hundreds of supporters from the white house. he declared that he is feeling great as he recovers from cope with 19 told a cheering crowd at the pandemic which has killed more than 200000 americans is going to disappear. i want you to know our nation's going to defeat this terrible china virus as we call it. and we're producing powerful therapies and drugs in wheeling the sick and we're going to recover in the vaccine is coming out very very quickly in record time as you know it's coming out very very soon we have great great companies doing it and they'll be distributing it and we will through our military very very rapidly and for more on that let's go to do you correspondent see me some astounding who is in washington sumi how did the

well i think the key thing in a sense about the south caucasus is that it's surrounded by a number of regional powers russia turkey and iran that each have separate agendas russia and turkey are seeking to elevate their status in regional and global politics but it's also i think the humanitarian catastrophe that is currently ongoing the united nations high commissioner for human rights has has written on this has stated that there is a major humanitarian disaster ongoing very high numbers of houses and schools civilian infrastructure being destroyed in the one you care about itself and in the azerbaijani towns around the combat zone now when you add that to the impact of the pandemic which is hit both countries quite hard plus winter is coming you have the basis for a major humanitarian disaster that european states cannot ignore. ours for us thank you so much for joining us with that analysis thank you very much tens of thousands of belarusians have taken to the streets of the capital minsk to protest against president alexander the shango opposition groups say that security forces

thank you for that he tony as a researcher at the on the south caucasus at the university of many minneapolis thank you thank you for having president donald trump has resumed his election campaign with his 1st public event since contract in the coronavirus. as the number of cases across the nation's searches trump took off his mask and addressed hundreds of supporters from the white house balcony he declared that he is feeling great as he recovers from coke 19 he told the crowd that the pandemic which has killed more than 200000 americans is going to disappear. i want you to know our nation's going to defeat this terrible china virus as we call it. and we're producing powerful therapies and drugs in wheeling the sick and we're going to recover and the vaccine is coming out very very quickly in record time as you know it's coming out very very soon we have great great companies doing it and they'll be distributing it and we will through our military very very rapidly. and for more on that let's go to do you correspondent see me some a scandal who is in washington sumi how did the 1st public a

thank you for that he presser tawney as a researcher at the on the south caucasus at the university of many many apple us thank you thank you for having. and we turn to the u.s. know where the white house doctor has said that president donald trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but the statement did not say that the president had tested negative for covert 19 it comes as president donald trump resumed his reelection campaign and interest hundreds of supporters in a white house balcony it was his 1st public a bent since contract in a crew of virus and the president declared that he is feeling great he told the cheering crowd that the pandemic which has killed more than 200000 americans is going to disappear i want you to know our nation's going to defeat this terrible china viruses we call it. and we're producing powerful therapies and drugs and we're healing the sick and we're going to recover and the vaccine is coming out very very quickly in record time and you know it's coming out very very soon we have great great companies doing it and they'll be distributin

spoke with tony on research on the south caucasus at the university of minnesota and i asked him why moscow was hesitant to get involved in the not gone conflict. russia's role really complex he's. the only country that is supplying weapons to both countries to come to think or against. tremendous they ask for a christian presence. of these countries russia upwards of 2000000 armenians and upwards of 2000000 azerbaijan italy and russia so russia does not want to have this conflict spill over into interethnic conflict on its territory so it's trying to tread you know. rather gingerly on this issue and it is trying to be more or less. arbitrator whether if they are succeeding in doing this remains to be seen at the moment but it is sort of their role in the conflict right now and that's further complicated by touches involvement. yes actually. it is actually complicated because of turkey and no way turkey has been trying to. put its weight and insert its title into the conflict on the side of massacre which modding conflict even further and it's making the solution to the conflict even

russia and france say syrian military are pouring into that conflict zone in the south caucasus and the warning signs trade accusations or foreign mercenaries. also this hour the white house says president trump is suffering a mild symptoms after he and the 1st lady test positive for probate 19 but just a month to go before the u.s. election. and the e.u. slapped sanctions on 40 fellow russian officials over allegations of election rigging with responding in time. to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 16 welcome to the program. we start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan in the south caucasus the main city in the disputed province of not going to karbala has been bombed from the air and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. several buildings have been damaged including the emergency ministry where the windows were shattered am holes blown through the walls i mean in defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on all combat alert . has not confirmed or denied t

dangerous apportions in chechnya but we begin in the south caucasus where on conflict between armenia and azerbaijan. continued this week despite a cease fire the 2 nations from the former soviet union are boiled in a dispute over the not gone the car park region which has already cost the lives of many civilians. on the ruins of what used to be her life. her neighborhood was destroyed in the missile attack over the weekend. for home the meaning of years. this is from where the rocket came there were houses everywhere here but they were hit and everything got destroyed. the small sports school to. look they were close and mattresses line around my belongings also somewhere here. next to the bombed out homes a makeshift memorial. many ganja residents come here to commemorate those killed in the attack certain people according to the authorities. they bring flowers and signs saying who they blame the armenian army. to rest in peace ganja people may god bless you. if you believe. the likelihood that britain will fail to reach an agreement on its future relations with the e.u. by the end

the brains of she's an analyst for the south caucasus region sylvia both sides are accusing each other of bombing civilian areas this morning now that the ceasefire has officially come into effect how likely is it to actually hold. it was a good sign that both stars come together and negotiated for 11 hours there are really remaining great doubts as to whether they are really ready for a longer term solution there is total lack of trust between the 2 sides and they have completely accorded through goals and what is also a program that as our job forces have apparently taken territory in the past 2 weeks and that this possible they do not want to stop at this point jets because art by johnny president has actually gone as far as to call on the armenian government saying it's their last chance to settle this conflict peacefully there have been talks in the past of course do you think we'll see a breakthrough this time around. it's a very difficult situation as a barge are no longer wants to accept you know control it's not going to progress and 7 so wrong area and in recent years has sho

building a lasting peace in the south caucasus is a huge challenge.teve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. more than 1,300 arts venues and organisations in england will share over a quarter of a billion pounds from the government's culture recovery fund to help them survive the pandemic. many haven't been able open their doors to audiences since march. our arts editor will gompertz has more. students at the royal academy of dance are put through their paces, and breathing a sigh of relief at the news of a £600,000 emergency funding grant from the government, which will enable their institution to stay open this winter. this is a life—saver. to know that all these teachers that come here to the royal academy of dance have a chance now to have a career as dance teachers to go and inspire the next generation of wonderful students, kids out there that, you know, get so many attributes from what dance has. notjust physical wellbeing, but mental wellbeing as well. the culture secretary was pleased with the funding... it's a really important moment fo

russia doesn't want to have a major conflict involving an external power such as turkey in the south caucasus a quite sensitive region for russia turkey has entered the conflict in a much more explicit way improved as a by john's battlefield performance and given the confidence to push back against russian mediation but neither ankara nor moscow i think are in full control of the situation and they're not really invested in a fully fledged political process so that's why it's very important for european powers to mobilize and act in the interest of deescalation stabilization and peace tens of thousands of belarusians have taken to the streets of the capital minsk to protest against president alexander lukashenko opposition groups say the security forces to take hundreds of demonstrators along with much of the international community they say the country's authoritarian leader rigged elections in august and they say he must step down. the people of minsk have reached the boiling point. up on the new us there he stands a fascist then yes i will remember him for my whole life. once more they too

let's bring in sylvia she's an analyst for the south caucasus region good to have you with us the tension between the 2 sides runs deep we don't have many details on this ceasefire just yet but how likely is the truth to actually hold. it's already a very good sign that they came together and had this talk spots i'm very hopeful that this will hold very long because i already see that there are posts on facebook and twitter and people voicing their thoughts and sometimes the other side is preparing during this truce for more fights and so on so it's really really necessary to have a lot of pressure on both sides to find a solution for this the answer by johnny president has called on the amine and governments saying it's their last chance to settle this conflict peacefully there have been talks in the past of course will we see a breakthrough this time around. the problem is that the president also and now instead the goal for this fights is to cut through the whole region like that the whole not going to kind of a region and 7 surrounding areas which are also controlled by damming inside

russia doesn't want to have a major conflict involving an external power such as turkey in the south caucasus a quite sensitive region for russia turkey has entered the conflict in a much more explicit way it's improved as a by john's battlefield performance and given its confidence to push back against russian mediation but neither ankara nor moscow i think are in full control of the situation and they're not really invested in a fully fledged political process so that's why it's very important for european powers to mobilize and act in the interest of the escalation stabilisation and peace these 2 weeks of fighting have left hundreds of people dead and wounded or homeless just how big is the humanitarian crisis at the moment i think there is a humanitarian catastrophe ongoing in the united nations high commission of human rights has reported on this the vast majority of the civilian are infrastructure that's been destroyed is in the only car behave yourself and about half the population some 70000 people have fled the territory there's also a very serious situation in the various azerbaijan

thank you for that he also tony is a researcher at the on the south caucasus at the university of many minneapolis thank you thank you for having me. and we turn to the united states now where the white house doctor has said that president donald trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but the statement did not say that the president had tested negative for code 19 it comes as president trump resumed his election campaign and addressed hundreds of supporters for a white house balcony it was his 1st public event since contracting a coronavirus and the president declare that he is feeling great he told the cheering crowd that the pandemic which has killed more than 200000 americans is going to disappear. i want you to know are they going to defeat the terrible china viruses we call. those who are producing powerful therapies and drugs revealing the sick and we're going to recover the vaccine is coming out very very quickly in record time as you know it's coming out very very soon we have great great companies doing it and they'll be distributing it and we will through

in the back although both sides have already accused each other of violating the terms the 2 south caucasus nations reached a tentative agreement after marathon talks on friday evening here in moscow russia served as mediator the negotiations ran for 10 hours plus behind closed doors and neither side spoke to the media afterwards it was russia's foreign minister who read out the statement. as ceasefire is announced from 12 pm 110th of october for humanitarian purposes to exchange prisoners of war and other did team persons on the bodies of the killed in line with the red cross principles the specific parameters of the cease fire will be agreed later on. the truce includes an exchange of prisoners and war dead although the final details are yet to be finalized the deal paves the way for further talks which will be mediated by the. group which includes russia france and the united states but azerbaijan's already cast doubt on the deal in the past few hours the foreign minister said the conditions have not yet been met for a ceasefire to take effect with more on the claims from both sides and

retaliation for a missile attack on its second city, ganja which it says killed a civilian. 0ur south caucasusst developments from the region. explosion. azerbaijan's second largest city, ganja, was struck by a rocket, killing at least one civilian, the authorities said. this marks an escalation in the week long war because fighting is spreading beyond the conflict zone. but the mood in ganja appears defiant. translation: we have no fear. everyone is at home. victory is with us, we will go forward, we have never been 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 conti

well i think the key thing in a sense about the south caucasus is that it's surrounded by a number of regional powers russia turkey and iran that each have separate agendas russia and turkey are seeking to elevate their status in regional and global politics but it's also i think the humanitarian catastrophe that is currently ongoing the united nations high commissioner for human rights has has written on this has stated that there is a major humanitarian disaster ongoing very high numbers of houses and schools civilian infrastructure being destroyed in the one you care about itself and in the azerbaijani towns around the combat zone now when you add that to the impact of the pandemic which has hit both countries quite hard plus winter is coming you have the basis for a major humanitarian disaster that european states cannot ignore. our spurs thank you so much for joining us with that analysis thank you very much. the number of corona virus cases in india has surged past 7000000 and experts say the real number may be much higher only the united states has more infections and they're r

well i think the key thing in a sense about the south caucasus is that it's surrounded by a number ofregional powers russia turkey and iran that each have separate agendas russia and turkey are seeking to elevate their status in regional and global politics but it's also i think the humanitarian catastrophe that is currently ongoing the united nations high commissioner for human rights has has written on this has stated that there is a major humanitarian disaster ongoing very high numbers of houses and schools civilian infrastructure being destroyed in the one you care about itself and in the azerbaijani towns around the combat zone now when you add that to the impact of the town demick which is hit both countries quite hard plus winter is coming you have the basis for a major humanitarian disaster that european states cannot ignore. our spurs thank you so much for joining us with that analysis thank you very much tens of thousands of belarusians have taken to the streets of the capital minsk to protest against president alexander lukashenko opposition groups say that security forces

it is just armenians in the south caucasus or the last obstacle in the way of turkey in their expansionowards the north, the east. >> you really think they want to get rid of armenia? >> of course. i have no doubt about it. it has been for this historic purpose. >> it is a nato member you're talking about. >> i told you, one month ago, that member attackeked another member o of nato, greece. let's look at what turkey is doing in the mediterranean sea, what they're doing in syria, iraq. turkey now today has a clear objective of reinstating the turkish empire. do not be surprised if that policy succeeds here. do not be surprised if they attempt to incorporate in that empire not only the greek islands but expand further towards continental europe. if turkey succeeds in this, then we expect them -- wait for them in the vienna. >> so you see no solution to this other than to mobilize as many people as possible and keep fighting? >> seriousus talk of a peaceful resolutition will be possible wn the terrorists and turkey leave this region, together with their goals. civilization cannot but prev

in its neighborhood i mean it with it looks like that if he wants to have a bigger role in the south caucasus it wants to play a role in the future of the resolution of this conflict it i don't think this is the ideal scenario to go for the russians but i mean from the perspective of russia they don't want to have a head to head conflict with turkey says a need to sort of find a way away together going to fall off a what can be done to secure peace in the region and prevent an all out war. i mean after. think we've heard from you know azerbaijan's leadership also from turkey i mean the big issue here is that negotiations have been going on for 30 years. but yet the by john hasn't received any of its territory about come into occupied territories this remains you know unacceptable to the peace process that was until when. by the men's group you know it's sort of it's broken down of course it isn't just the responsibility of the cultures of the men's group it's also from the 2 sides so there needs to be a sort of. change in the approach that needs to be some sort of timetable or agreement reach

dangerous apportions in kenya but we begin in the south caucasus where on conflict between armenia and azerbaijan continued this week despite a cease fire the 2 nations from the former soviet union are employed in a dispute over the not going to car park region which has already cost the lives of many civilians. on the ruins of what used to be her life. her neighborhood was destroyed in the missile attack over the weekend. for home community is. this is from where the rocket came there were houses everywhere here but they were hit and everything got destroyed. the small sports school to. look they are close and mattresses lying around my belongings also somewhere here. next to the bombed out homes a makeshift memorial. many gunja residents come here to commemorate those killed in the attack certain people according to the authorities. they bring flowers and signs saying who they blame the army an army. to rest in peace gunja people may god bless you. since late september amenia and as a by john have been at war for nagorno-karabakh again. and it is difficult to get an independent pictu

russia doesn't want to have a major conflict involving an external power such as turkey in the south caucasus a quite sensitive region for russia turkey has entered the conflict in a much more explicit way it's improved terms and azerbaijan battlefield performance and given the confidence to push back against russian mediation but neither anchor and almost i think are in full control of the situation and they're not really invested in a fully fledged political process so that's why it's very important for european powers to mobilize and act in the interest of deescalation stabilization and peace . the number of corona virus cases in india has surged past 7000000 and experts say the real number may be much higher only the united states has more infections and they're still rising rapidly in india officials confirmed almost $75000.00 new cases in the latest 24 hour period the indian government is hoping to avoid another nationwide lockdown which would take a heavy toll on the economy. and 1000000 cases in just 2 weeks and yet life in the cities is getting back to normal but the government is ke

of serving out the side it sat or at as much as russia is unnerved by turkey's presence in the south caucasus don't you think that it can also be partially believe that this problem is no longer. it's exclusively biggest rebel due respect in france and the united states made it part of the men's group but they had not really that vital interest and not connected to solving this problem as much as russia's interests are you know that is true and it that part of her engagement is consulate's mediation i think that been in the earlier years just to to ensure that relations between the united states and russia . and the parties were comfortable and looking at compromise knowing that both russia and the u.s. were part of this so i was so that her to help. said leave the church has changed and it is a tentative agreement. also while you're on on all sides because of the but its intensity it and i truly hope president one will look at this different it's ceasefire to be a severance on the basis of the discussions the foreign minister lavrov who be leading i meant that i think that will give more lib

distance and avoid mass gatherings but here in the mountainous region of nagorno-karabakh in the south caucasus locals have a starkly different reason to avoid crowds and shelter in basements. there's a heavy influx of wounded soldiers from the front lines and civilians from shelled towns many hospitals have been bombed too but the situation is so dire some of them had no choice but to stay off aeration oh our health system is a work lot is. because of the deceased can't treat cases properly and in the shower apart from those wounded the number of coronavirus patients has multiplied over the past week among soldiers and civilians alike including doctors in our hospital almost all doctors have had coronavirus or are currently sick but we keep working we have no time to rest and recover when i ask people here if they are a tool concerned about the band demick many think it's a joke in very poor taste 1st they have to get through this war or unaware as doesn't bore their anyone here that much. although without going to my world health organization cares about. gruner virus people are dying of the

dr artyom tonoyan specialises in the south caucasus region. associate at the centre for holocaust and genocide studies at the university of minnesota. we saw that last week's announcements of a ceasefire didn't hold. do you expect this one is a hold? they give having me on your programme. going in, i actually hoped that this is i would hold. as many people did, but about 30 minutes ago, the spokesperson of the armenian ministry of defence announced that actually immediately 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 alre

we begin with a deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan in the south caucasus a hospital has been hit by a large explosion in the disputed province of nagorno karabakh there are unconfirmed at this stage reports of casualties earlier we do know the region's main city was bombed from the locals have been hearing the regular sound of raid sirens. several buildings were damaged including the emergency ministry where the windows were shattered and holes blown through the walls and they were many and defense ministry is blamed for the euro strikes on per day its army units on full alert has not confirmed or denied the bombing raids are. reports now from the corner. it has come under probably the heaviest shelling since we arrived here 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city usually what we could hear at which we could see the smoke from the explosions which were on the outskirts in the suburbs this is the very city center and moreover this is the building of the ministry of emergencies so it has been obliterated i mean look look at this everything is gone windows are gone t

are now joined by our tayana she is south caucasus alice at the international crisis group in tbilisi georgia. of our time ya know we just showed in our report civilians again caught in the crossfire suffering from this conflict do you have accurate figures or of casualties an injured. we have to rely on their official records at current thrown off sites and according to his official reports in the us for more than 3 weeks a white ink we're having more than up to 100 civilians who died in it was quite a number of sites and there are hundreds of those horrible and it when it comes to the military casualties there are hundreds of those on both sides as a project does not provide the precise information from. what we have been hearing from association it should be more than colors and for the moment is there any incentive for the parties involved in this conflict to cease hostilities because it looks like armenia now has more to lose than as a by job. i don't think that was the case but the only worry is something that this local perspective for sure will have very very serious consequen

nagorno-karabakh the 2 former soviet republics have been engaged in a flare up over the disputed south caucasus region for more than a month now scores of civilians have been killed many a flood. a bomb that is ripped through an islamic seminary in northwestern pakistan killing at least 7 students and wounding dozens of others police say the blast went off during a visit by a prominent religious scholar no group has claimed responsibility. oblivion judge has thrown out an arrest warrant for exiled former president if i'm at allas the decision enables him to return to bolivia without risking arrest or all socialist party swept back into power earlier this month when libyans elected luis arca as president. hurricane zeta has made landfall on mexico's yucatan peninsula battering the coast with winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour forecasters say the storm's likely to regroup and move towards the u.s. gulf coast later this week it is the 27th storm in the stork hurricane season. now for some good news for all those dreaming about one day setting up camp on the moon nasa scientists say they found

dangerous apportions in kenya but we begin in the south caucasus where armed conflict between armenia and azerbaijan continued this week despite a cease fire the 2 nations from the former soviet union are employed in a dispute over the not going to car park region which has already cost the lives of many civilians. on the ruins of what used to be her life. her neighborhood was destroyed in the missile. over the weekend. for home so many years . this is from where the rocket came there were houses everywhere here but they were hit and everything got destroyed. the small sports school to. look their clothes and mattresses lying around my belongings also somewhere here in the. next to the bombed out homes a makeshift memorial. many gunja residents come here to commemorate those killed in the attack certain people according to the authorities. they bring flowers and signs saying who they blame the army an army. to rest in peace gunja people may god bless you. since late september amenia and azerbaijan have been at war for a new goal new car of a high again and it is difficult to get an in

unless you have our attorney honors the international crisis group's senior analyst for the south caucasus region she believes the fighting will only escalate. that accusation some claim so but we see they are something that we have been observing since the beginning with where for free weeks there was there has been an extreme meet with humanitarian stiff by situation on the growth continues to deteriorate we see. escalating conflict and the for the sized an ellipse make an attempt to take care of his humanitarian needs all those who are located inside the conflict zone or who continue to suffer with fighting i'm afraid that we've escalation is going to continue escalating we are left in the situation when there is no ice on the ground i mean international someone who can. give us an alternative information rather than risk conflict and reports that we receive from both sides and the u.n. security council is going to have a closed door meeting on monday and one of the issues that they are going to discuss 1st the problems as a humanitarian situation on the ground and the need for decks of

in recent years the disputed region has seen fighting flair on a regular basis located in the south caucasus accord a car buckets internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic armenian for. backed by armenia the conflict dates back to the dissolution of the soviet union ever since armenia and azerbaijan have claimed in a car back as their own territory a so-called frozen conflict that remains unresolved for decades later in july hostilities flared up again 16 people were killed in the fighting the conflict has international ramifications turkey has expressed its support of azerbaijan while russia has provided armenia with military equipment. while world leaders are calling for a deescalation it seems on the ground the worrying sides are fanning the flames of their frozen conflict. so let's explore this further with rubin rubini and he's a member of parliament in the national assembly of me had of a standing committee on international relations welcome to the w m last week your foreign minister said he was ready to know the country was ready to engage with the o

of the land there well richard number no car but is a very isolated mountainous region in the south caucasus which technically lies within azerbaijan but has been run by ethnic armenians who are the majority there and who are backed by the armenian government since 1904 now the remote location in addition to depend demick makes that. it's really difficult for news organizations to get crews on the ground which is why during this have come to rely on of grey need drone footage or information released by officials on both sides for their reporting and what have they been able to conclude from that well the narratives have been conflicting azerbaijan has long accused its neighbor of occupying the area where is armenia says that azerbaijan is trying to escalate the conflict by involving its regional ally turkey now there is another key player here russia boys . and armenia are former soviet republics and they know that moscow's backing could make all the difference which is why this past week armenian prime minister unequal plushy nian and azerbaijani president ilham aliyev both dialed into one

distance and avoid mass gatherings but here in the mountainous region only going to camp back in the south caucasus locals have a starkly different reason to avoid crowds and shelter in basements. while elsewhere hospitals are hoarding ventilators and personal protection equipment here in karabakh hospitals are stocking up on blood bags and painkillers the healthcare system is under massive strain there's a heavy influx of wounded soldiers from the front lines and civilians from shelled towns many hospitals have been bombed too but the situation is so dire some of them had no choice but to stay off aeration despite shattered windows collapsed rules and scarfs power supply the risk of covert isn't making things any easier but doing tests here is simply not a priority right now since we have an intensive war here. our health system is a work lot is. because of that deceased can't treat cases properly. show apart from those wounded the number of coronavirus patients has multiplied over the past week among soldiers and civilians alike including doctors in our hospital almost all doctors have had corona