the 2 countries have been in conflict for decades over the disputed region of nagondo carol back tony cheng reports from the armenian capital year over ah, alongside her armenian counterpart, nancy pelosi paying her respect to the genocide memorial. the speaker of the house of representatives appeared moved, but the message was clear. the united states as standing firmly alongside armenia in its time of need. later in the day, after meetings in the national assembly, she was equally resolute and meeting again had a particular importance to us because of the focus on security following the legal and deadly attacks and as of by the as the began up backbone. in the amine territory, we strongly condemn those attacks in our delegation behalf of congress, which tightens prospects are much ne piece agreement, but pelosi wouldn't be drawn on how the u. s. might contribute to the peace process we were here to listen to. i mean, is security need, she said, but conceded the russia had broke the seas. fathers currently and place initiated either series on the streets of the capital protest as cold for

series of convictions sued she has faced since she was asked into in a military coup last year, tony cheng has more from bank home. what is the military trying to do here? we've seen them piling up these charges against a clearly they want her out of the picture politically. they know very well that they hold elections as they have done in the past. she will, will win overwhelmingly again that they want to take her away from that. if elections go ahead, next years they promised they will, and there is a for the military, a satisfactory result. they may allow her, some degree of freedom, perhaps house arrest of some sort. but clearly she will never be allowed to return to the political stage while a military in charge. and at this stage, these sentences are sentences are effectively a decent. and you as vice president, carmella harris has visited the demilitarized zone separating south and north career and mid heightened tensions. harris earlier how talks with south korea president you and so p o north korea fine to short range ballistic missile test just a day before harris landed in the r

provocation, but armenian soldiers say that they were taken by surprise by drone strikes out as he was tony cheng and jim look one of the cities that was attacked. so now, an uneasy peace holds in the mountains, the divide armenia and as by john. but the battle for the moral high ground rages, a delegation of diplomats passed out to the border result of john, look by the armenian government. this was the scene of the fiercest attack, say the armenians heavy artillery and drone strikes. as the ambassadors went in to be briefed by arminius chief of staff, the few local people who remain was still coming to terms with the assault on their town. around commer kit was unexpected, loud noises, explosions and everything shook. and after that, the town was immediately covered in smoke. it was chaos, and no one knew what to do. no one expected this to happen. weekender inside military leaders stressed this was an unprovoked attack. caught him by surprise, by you so much. so the teams of azeri special forces managed to move 7 and a half kilometers inside armenian territory. they say the situation is now un

tony cheng al jazeera european, on a rare area of cooperation between washington and moscow, u. s. and russian astronauts have just blasted off into space as their 1st joint mission to the international space station since moscow invaded ukraine on board. the saw as capsule, our to russian cause north and, and nasa. astronaut trio flew from russia's bike nor cosmo jerome in kazakhstan. the do to spend 6 months at the station. cilla had here on out to sara soaring inflation and tuition fees for us college students to choose between eating or filling their car, cause fuel tank. ah . the hi there, hope you're doing well. here's your weather update for the middle east and africa. no real change, but we are seeing those when start to pick up across some of the gulf states. let's go in for a closer look. got that wind coming off the gulf, so that's pump that's bumped in the humidity of for places like doha. and at the same time, it's lifting the sand in dust for spots like your weight. you've got a high 42 degrees on thursday. we're seeing those monsoon rains, clear away from buckets on

tony cheng al jazeera european harrigan. fiona is still gaining strength as it rips through the caribbean. it's now being classified as a category for stone. residents of the turks and caicos islands have been ordered to take shelter. meanwhile, the hurricane has left a trial of destruction in the region, killing one person in the dominican republic and 4 people in puerto rico. manuel rapids reports from san juan hurricane fiona bears, down on turks and keiko, silent, making landfall as a powerful category. 3 storm, threatening to devastate the tiny caribbean archipelago in the dominican republic. crops have been destroyed and houses damaged by the 1st major hurricane of ve. atlantic season o. me joining all this area of farming. it depends on production on the crop and everything was destroyed. there was nothing left, a lot of people headlines to go bananas coffee co. everything is gone. for hundreds were forced from their homes by widespread flooding in puerto rico. among them other bare to reals and his daughter, martha, who are now staying at a shelter with other displaced people, wal

but as these 5 broken by moscow does appear to be holding algae, there is tony cheng reports now from germ oak. for now, an uneasy peace holds in the mountains, the divide armenia and as by john. but the battle for the moral high ground reaches the delegation of diplomats burst out to the board a result of gentlemen by the armenian government. this was the scene of the fiercest attack. say the armenians heavy artillery and drone strikes. as the ambassadors went in to be brief by armine as chief of staff, the few local people who remain was still coming to terms with the assault on that town. i mean, commer, kate was unexpected. loud noises, explosions, everything shook. and after that, the town was immediately covered in smoke. it was chaos, and no one knew what to do. no one expected this to happen within the inside military leaders stressed this was an unprovoked attack. caught them by surprise. so much so the teams of a very special forces managed to move 7 and a half kilometers inside armenian territory. they say the situations now under control, watch washing, we have no concerns

tony cheng al jazeera european in watching when he is our life on london, marcella had foil on the program, have been di warnings of another disaster in pakistan where water born disease is spreading out of control after the worst floods in memory. also hearken, fiona is continuing to rip through the caribbean, leaving 5 people dead and puerto rico without power. and his fort australian rules . football rocked by allegations of racism and bullying at one of our most successful clumps. ah, people in iran is saying they can't log in to whatsapp or instagram and are experiencing widespread internet disruptions as anti government protest. bread nationwide, or rallies, being held over the death of masa armine, who died after being detained by what's known as and morality. police, at least 7 people have died in the unrest so far. well speaking at the united nations general assembly ron's president accused the west of having double standards over women's rights. julius nami is don don, how you doing this? lamar republic of iran considers the double standards of some government series of human rig

tony cheng is following the former. you can pass this case from bangkok. this is something of a surprise we had been told when vicki bowman and i've been, were arrested last week, there would be a hearing on the 6th of september. the fact that it has come through so quickly with a hearing and saying prison, the sentence handed down already is again, i think it's taken some people slightly back in addition to which this really is just as minor infringement of the conditions of her visa, which said that she had to remain in her residence in san chung, in a suburb of young, gone the apparently she spent much of the last year living in shan state. but i think the fact that she was such a high profile person that, that she had been the british ambassador in yan gone during a period when a previous military genta had been in charge, had marked her out friends of hers, had expressed concerns in the past that they were concerned, she might become a porn in the disorder, increasing the turbulent political environment within me. emma. and we've also seen the british

tony cheng al jazeera european as a by john is strongly rebuke. nancy pelosi for our comments on the border conflict with armenia calling them a serious blow to peace efforts. as if by john is repeated his position that the fighting was the result of a large scale military provocation by armenia. swine, ministry is described pelosi as a known pro armenian politician. and brandon, her remarks, unsubstantiated, an unfair bach who says the ceasefire is being observed and the escalation of hostilities has been prevented while the government in azerbaijan is moved quickly to. we build share city that was retaken in the war with armenia in 2020 charles stratford. has more now on a situation. now. the town you can see behind me in the valley, there is what's at the armenians calls their planet. killed the ass aries, give it another name, they call it a con current dees, the perma kurt is called into the air is occupied illegally by the armenians. this is very much a frontline in the self declared republic of nagondo kero bark, a republic that not a singl

tony cheng as more now from bangkok in neighbouring toilet. we have seen charge upon charges laid against her sentence upon sentence piling up 23 years her. she's now supposed to serve in jail. some of those sentences carry with them hard labor sentences as well, which will be incredibly difficult for a 77 year old woman. at this stage with the sentences she's looking at she's and she still has several still to come. she won't get out of jail until she is over a 100 years old. now, i think the, the issue here is, what is the military trying to do here? we've seen them piling up these charges against a clearly they want her out of the picture politically. they know very well that they hold elections as they have done in the past. she will, will win overwhelmingly again. and they want to take her away from that. if elections go ahead next year, as they promised they will, and there is a for the military, a satisfactory result. they may allow her, some degree of freedom, perhaps house arrest of some sort. but clearly, she will never be allowed to