steve rosenberg and moscow. thank you very much steve are joining us. that was fascinating.rs, who knew? must‘ve been a thing that sold out fast. let's move on to another country which has a lot at riding on the outcome of this election. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called preisident trump the "greatest friend" of israel. and this white house has done much to help the current israeli government. it has moved the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and placed financial sanctions on iran. a biden presidency could row back some of those moves, which could in turn affect neta nyahu's own political future. joining me now is the bbc‘s yolande knell from jerusalem. thank you very much for staying up for us. and then ask at the same question i asked steve rosenberg and moscow, how much does israel feel it is not out of the trump presidency? well, i think mr trump would really wish that he could have the kind of poll numbers you see and among israelis back home in america. because polls suggest about 60% of israelis would like to see a second term for donald trump. he hims

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. let's get some of the day's other news...ust, in an update to its policy on hate speech. mark zuckerberg said it was responding to a rise in anti— semitism, and what it called an alarming level of ignorance about the holocaust, especially among young people. a british—born italian teenager, who used the internet to express his love of religion, is one step away from becoming the world's first millennial saint. carlo acutis, who died aged fifteen in 2006, was beatified in a ceremony in assisi after he was claimed to have cured a sick brazilian boy. in europe, two of the countries worst hit by coronavirus have seen a big jump in cases and hospital admissions. spain has registered nearly 28,000 more cases since friday, bringing the total recorded infections to nearly 900,000. 200 people died over the weekend, taking the total deaths to more than 33,000. france has placed the southern cities of toulouse and montpellier under maximum alert, along with paris, marseille and lille. here in the uk, the prime minister has introduced a

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. let's get some of the day's other news...pdate to its policy on hate speech. mark zuckerberg said it was responding to a rise in anti— semitism, and what it called an alarming level of ignorance about the holocaust, especially among young people. a british—born italian teenager, who used the internet to express his love of religion, is one step away from becoming the world's first millennial saint. carlo acutis, who died aged fifteen in 2006, was beatified in a ceremony in assisi after he was claimed to have cured a sick brazilian boy. the australian cardinal, george pell, has met pope francis for the first time since he was acquitted, on appeal of child sex abuse. cardinal pell had been given extended leave to fight the charges, which he always denied. senior officials said he had returned to the vatican not after being summoned by francis, but of his own volition. there have been more protests in belarus, despite a government warning that police are now authorised to use lethal force. the deputy interior minister said the a

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. think tank based in bratislava, slovakia. she told us that it would be difficult to predict how the strike could go. a lot of people are going to strike. are going to take off to express solidarity with the strikers. but we should also understand the difficult situation in which the people of belarus are. striking has been a very difficult and risky enterprise in the country. the government has taken every possible measure to intimidate people and prevent strikes from happening. a lot of leaders of the striking committees were arrested, and some of them had to flee the country. people who intended to strike were fired. workers are facing a very difficult choice. as jobs are very scarce, especially outside minsk, and the government controls most of thejobs. even private companies are facing persecution for being closed down on the strike days. hence, it's very difficult to predict what's going to happen tomorrow. but this by no means implies that the protests are going to decrease in n

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. let's get some of the day's other news..e holocaust, in an update to its policy on hate speech. mark zuckerberg said it was responding to a rise in anti—semitism, and what it called an alarming level of ignorance about the holocaust, especially among young people. there have been more protests in belarus, despite a government warning that police have been authorised to use lethal force if necessary. demonstrators formed what they called chains of solidarity across four—lane highways in the capital minsk to halt traffic. a british—born italian teenager, who used the internet to express his love of religion, is one step away from becoming the world's first millennial saint. carlo acutis, who died aged fifteen in 2006, was beatified in a ceremony in assisi after he was claimed to have cured a sick brazilian boy. as the us and the uk struggle to test even a fraction of their populations, china has embarked on the ambitious goal of testing an entire city this week. chang—dao launched the agressive campaign after just a handful of

and now to steve rosenberg in goris in southern armenia.an? in general today, armenia has been painting a very different picture of events, saying it is not us, it is azerbaijan which has been violating the ceasefire, targeting civilian areas. the armenians even suggest that today turkish jets were in the airover karabakh, that today turkish jets were in the air over karabakh, driving drone attacks, something we cannot confirm, but the armenian authorities insist they are the ones who are committed to the deal agreed in moscow. so one or both sides achieving each other of? trying to undermine efforts for peace. that means the ceasefire, for now, it means the ceasefire, for now, it means the ceasefire, for now, it means the red cross cannot begin to do what it is asked to do, to facilitate the removal of people who have been killed and facilitate prisoners. steve rosenberg. and apologies for the break—up on that line. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much, mishal. good evening. lewis

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh. breaking news.e us being conducted byjohnson & johnson has study in the us being conducted byjohnson &johnson has been paused, i'm sorry, do to unexplained illness all stop in a statement, the company is saying that they posited to ensure the safety of all those involved, but the illness are an expected part of trials. the study comprises of 60,000 participants, one of many in the us and abroad, of course, buying to produce a vaccine. in europe, two of the countries worst hit by coronavirus have seen a big jump in cases and hospital admissions. spain has registered nearly 28,000 more cases since friday, bringing the total recorded infections to nearly 900,000. 200 people died over the weekend, taking the total deaths to more than 33,000. france has placed the southern cities of toulouse and montpelier under maximum alert, along with paris, marseille and lille. here in the uk, the prime minister has introduced a three—tier alert system — putting every area on medium, high or very high alert. the live

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh.sandford airport in florida. a fortnight after being treated for coronavirus. interesting to see the numbers of people there, some with face coverings, but florida hits quite badly by coronavirus. the number of dead there last friday had just gone past 15 —— 15,000. by donald trump attacking his democratic rival, joe biden. just 22 days to go before the presidential election. for me and the team here in london, bye—bye. good morning. it really wasn't the best start to a working week in terms of weather, was it? with the majority of the country seeing outbreaks of rain at times, slowly spreading its way southeast. this weather watcher picture from whitby, north yorkshire, tends to sum up monday afternoon for many. but i can offer a glimmer of good news as we had throughout the week, gradually turning a little bit drier, but staying on the chilly side for the time of year. now, for today, however, we're still under this area of low pressure. it's a bit of a messy weather story to try and

here's a tweet from steve rosenberg.rosenberg, who are reporting from either side of the conflict. they've spoken to many people who've lost their homes. and we can hearfrom steve rosenberg now — he's in the armenian capital, yerevan. to describe the cease—fire between armenia and azerbaijan is fragile is something of an understatement. the fighting has not stopped in and around the area. the two countries accusing each other again today of cease—fire violations. you're in armenia, in an address to the nation, the countries from minister said that i should buy sean continues its policy of being the occu pa nts of continues its policy of being the occupants of the area. he admitted losses but said that the armenian people would not be defeated. azerbaijan's president had a different message, accusing our media of targeting and trying to attack the energy pipelines and azerbaijan. as for moscow, which led to negotiate which should have been hostilities, what is trying to bring it into is the fighting. russia's defence mini

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in nagorno—karabakh.e 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 for arts in this country. the money is flowing throu

our correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report from the city of stepanakert in nagorno—karabakh wherestant shelling. when you drive into karabakh, the first thing you notice is the beauty of the place. it's different in the towns. what you see here are signs of war. in the town of martuni, armen shows me his house, or what's left of it. despite the ceasefire, a shell landed here and killed his father. he blames azerbaijan. in the last karabakh war in the 1990s, armen lost two brothers. "it is politicians who make war," he says, "and ordinary "people who suffer." suddenly, air raid sirens. we head for cover. officially, nagorno—kara bakh is part of azerbaijan, but it is controlled by ethnic armenians. ophelia has spent more than two weeks down in the shelter. "my house was destroyed and there is bombing "every day," she says. "where else can i go?" "the graves of our grandparents and great grandparents "are here," says vladimir. "we are not leaving karabakh." i asked this lady, could she imagine peace between armenians and azerbaijanis? "that's impossible," she says. "we've lost so man

-russian relationship over the last four years >> steve rosenberg and moscow, thank you very much.was fascinating. donald trump hamburgers, who knew? another country has a lot riding on the outcome of this election. prime minister benjamin renetanyahu was calleddent trump the greatest friend of israel and this white house has done a lot to help rrent israeli government. it has move theom.s. embassy el aviv to jerusalem and placed financial sanctions on iran. a bide presidency could roll back some of those moves which in turn couldffect mr. netanyahu's own political future. ining is never in jerusal joland knell. thank you for staying up for us. how much does israel fees it got out of the trump presidency? >> i think mr. trump wou really wish he could have the kind of poll numbers you see among israelis back home in america. the polls suggest about 60% of israelis would like to see a seco term for donald trump. eshe himselfibes himself as the most pro-israel u.s. president there has ever been. there is a long list of things he has done. there is that recognition of jerusalem as isra

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.te — a think tank based in bratislava, slovakia. she told us that it would be difficult to predict how the strike could go. a lot of people are going to strike. are going to take off to express solidarity with the strikers. but we should also understand the difficult situation in which the people of belarus are. striking has been a very difficult and risky enterprise in the country. the government has taken every possible measure to intimidate people and prevent strikes from happening. a lot of leaders of the striking committees were arrested, and some of them had to flee the country. people who intended to strike were fired. workers are facing a very difficult choice. as jobs are very scarce, especially outside minsk, and the government controls most of thejobs. even private companies are facing persecution for being closed down on the strike days. hence, it's very difficult to predict what's going to happen tomorrow. but this by no means implies that the protests are going to decreas

from moscow, here's steve rosenberg.e of minsk descended into chaos and violence. banging what you can hear are stun grenades fired by the riot police. what you can see is blind panic. anti—government protesters run for cover. they come out to deliver an ultimatum. either alexander lu kashenko agrees to resign orfrom monday there will be a nationwide strike. from the authorities, the response, as you can see, was no. police sparked terror as they hunted down protesters in apartments. earlier, tens of thousands had taken to the streets to accuse lukashenko of stealing the presidency. the strength of feeling against him seems as strong as ever. but will the belarussian people heed the call for a national strike? svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the opposition leader has been forced into exile, hopes they will. i think that the will of the belarussian people can be changed. even if we do not succeed or do not get the effect we are waiting for, people will be looking for another kind of a struggle, protest, but we will not stop.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.now, where millions of people have been casting their ballots in a referendum on whether to change the country's constitution. despite some bad weather, voters waited patiently in the long queues which built up because of the need for social distancing. president sebastian pinera agreed to hold a referendum after major anti—government protests broke out last year. i'm joined now by our south america correspondent katy watson. just first off, to put into context for us, how do we go from metro fair protests to u n—attem pt for us, how do we go from metro fair protests to un—attempt to rewrite the constitution? that's right because this is a culmination of a year or two since the protests started and if you mentioned it was a metro price hike of around four american sense but that was the tipping point. the culmination really of years of frustration that despite the fact that chile is one of the most stable countries in the region, one of the most prosperous, it is also one of the most u

in his first video interview since leaving hospital in germany last month. 0ur correspondent, steve rosenbergifying insight into what it's like to be poisoned by novichok if you remember, alexei lobel they have been flying siberia to moscow in august when he fell ill on the aeroplane —— alexei navalny. he talked about coming out in a cold sweat. said it was consumed by an overwhelming belief that he would die as if his body was telling him this was the end. he said that was more terrifying than pain and this is how he described the experience. translation: it's difficult to explain because it's something that you don't experience in everyday life. there are some things that you haven't experienced, thank god. a heart attack, you've never had your leg chopped off with a chainsaw, but in general, you can imagine what it would be like to have your leg cut off with a chainsaw. here, you are in a cold sweat, you are becoming very ill. in the interview, he pointed the finger of blame very clearly at president putin, saying the russian president would have had to sanction the use of a military grade

our correspondent steve rosenberg, who's in armenia's capital, yerevan, says the temporary ceasefireappears to be on shaky ground. the ceasefire came into effect today at noon, local time, but i think what today showed was that a ceasefire on paper doesn't necessarily agree a ceasefire in reality. so what we have been hearing here, 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 of launching a new offensive. and azerbaijan 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

region, although it's internationally recognised as azerbaijani territory, 0ur correspondent steve rosenbergpeaking to people living under constant shelling. when you drive into karabakh, the first thing you notice is the beauty of the place. it's different in the towns. what you see here are signs of war. in the town of martuni, armen shows me his house, or what's left of it. despite the ceasefire, a shell landed here and killed his father. he blames azerbaijan. in the last karabakh war in the 1990s, armen lost two brothers. "it is politicians who make war," he says, "and ordinary people who suffer." suddenly, air raid sirens. we head for cover. officially, nagorno—kara bakh is part of azerbaijan, but it is controlled by ethnic armenians. 0phelia has spent more than two weeks down in the shelter. "my house was destroyed and there is bombing every day," she says. "where else can i go?" "the graves of our grandparents and great grandparents are here," says vladimir. "we are not leaving karabakh." i asked this lady, could she imagine peace between armenians and azerbaijanis? "that's impossible

our correspondent in moscow steve rosenberg told us more about what mr navalny has been saying: reallyfeel himself getting sicker and sicker and it wasn't so much pain, b is consumed by this feeling that he was going to die, as if his body was telling him that this was the moment and i was more terrifying than pain. the plane landed in siberia where he was hospitalized and his friends and family pushed for him to be transported as soon as possible to germany for medical care. there was a delay in that happening and she believes that the label was the authorities wanting all the traces of novichok and his body to disappear before he was allowed to be transported to germany. and you talk about the russian intelligence services. in this interview, the point the finger at president vladimir putin. he says that only the russian president could've sanctioned the use of this military grade nerve agent against a russian citizen. let's talk about tiktok‘s role in the us election. donald trump has spent the last few months threatening to shut down tiktok‘s us business — that hasn't happened — an

here's a tweet from steve rosenberg... here he is with more from moscow. it is not black—and—white.ries and territorial disputes some of which predated communism. others were caused by the soviet union and some of which remain unresolved today like karabakh. the other point to make is that 30 years after the fall of the ussr, democracy and civil society really have not struck deep roots in this part of the world. not everywhere, but certainly in many parts here. there are very few checks and balances. institutions are weak, you take belarus which has been run for 26 years by one man alexander lu kashenko. but been run for 26 years by one man alexander lukashenko. but the interesting about belarus is amid the recent protests there against police violence and against a stolen presidential election, what we are seeing is people mobilising and civil society developing and building very fast. at the last point to make is about russia who sees this part of the world very much as within its sphere of influence. russia doesn't intervene and interfere in all these countries but it does inter

the russian government has denied any involvement in mr navalny‘s poisoning. 0ur correspondent, steve rosenbergumed by this overwhelming belief that he was going to die, as if his body was telling him this is the end. he said that was more terrifying than pain. this is how he described his experience. translation: it's difficult to explain because it is something that you don't experience in everyday life. there are some things that you haven't experienced, thank god. a heart attack. you've never had your leg chopped off with a chainsaw, but in general, you can imagine what it would be like to have your leg cut off with a chainsaw. here, you are in a cold sweat. you're becoming very ill. and in this interview, he pointed the finger of blame very clearly at president putin. he said that the russian president would have had to sanction the use of a military grade nerve agent like novichok used against him. he also believes that the russian authorities delayed his medical evacuation from siberia to germany because they were hoping that traces of novichok would disappearfrom his body. the kremlin a