The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler undati pursuing solutions for americas neected need and by contributions to this pbs stion om viewers like you. Thank you. Waon and this is bbc world news america. The battle continues. The sides are meeting for the first time to agree to a ceasefire. Forces have movedrd for pushing back the armenians. It matters not just for these nations, it has implications for the security and stability of the region. As daily cases retail record high, spain declares a state of emergency in madrid. President trump lens to hold in person events at the white housr nine days aft testing positive is he really in the cle . And new york citys jazz scene was outdoors. Musicians are finding ways to perform during the pandemic. Welcome news america on pbs and around the globe. The prime ministers are meeting ee a truce a a the nations fight over the the negotiations are being brokered by russia whose foreign minister relsed this image. It is the firs facetoface meeting since their forces began fighting nearly two weeks o. The city is recognized as part of azerbaijan. Our correspondent reports. The battle for nagorn okarabakh, this image released by the defense ministry. This is a war of liberation for this person, to recover part of the motherland. Forces are closing in on the mountains. Gaining control of some areas nearby held by ethnic armenians. We saw mil move. Ehicles on the we got a glimpse of the battle. Azerbaijan will not allow journalists to reach the frontline. We have been hearing the rumble of shelling in the distanc weve had what seems to be a rough landing in nagornokarabakh. Avforces moved forward, pushing back the armenians. T what happensnagornokarabakh matters for these nations ands plications for the security and stability of the region. So moscow is pushing for a ceasefire. Some in azerbaijan have been waiting 30 years for this moment. Like the residence of this housing complex, it is home to many that fled nagornokarabakh in the 1990s. They told us they are couo ing the days back. I even see it in my dreams. I am yearning for it. I cannot forget about it. It is my motherland. How do you feel about the people that are there now . Could you lth them as neighbors . Of course we can lier toge we have been very friendly. N they alsot want the war. Some of his neighbors want outright victory, not coexistence. Today i have signed to fight in the war. I am ready to giveor my blood my motherland. With videos like this, the government is stoking the strong nationalist sentiment. The president is sticking to his guns, saying his country will keep retaking land, by war if needs be. Destabilize the region. T could or then 350housand infections were reported to the World Health Organization on friday. A new daily record. In spain the government has emergency. Two week state of here is a report from madrid. The beginning of a bank liday weekend. With the police stopping many from leaving, it is not typicalt the l government has announced a state of emergency, preventing all nonessential travel in and out of the capital and nearby cities. These restrictions were already the court struck own onys until thursday saying they violated i the rights oabitants. The state of emergency overcomes that legal obstacle. It has inflamed a dispute gibetween the al authorities and the Central Government whicw ried the spread of the virus in the capital was out of control. Theresident of the region has decided too nothing. Last week 63 people died from covid19. Right now the are 3361 people hospitalized in madrid. There are 498 in the icu. Fighting for their lives. We can cross ourst arms o the virus. The local government sagrees, insisting existing measures have started to improvn the infect rate, making the state of emergency unnecessary. Some locals take a similar view. It seems the measures are intended to annoy madrid. So manregions are going through the same thing. I am not at all in favor of what the central govement is doing. Madrid has bee spain biggest concern, providing a third of the new infections and e government says spread regions. S to neighboring so far during the second wave of coronavirus, Spains Health care system has managed to cope. Whether that continues couldnd depen how successful measures like this state of emergency are in stabilizing the pandemic. Laura in America President trump plans to hold an in person event tomorrow. The gathering will take place nine days after he tested positive for covid19. His doctor says his patient can safely return to public engagement. Formaljo for more we ared by a physician who is a yahoo news medical contributor. Thank you for being with us. The president holding an in person event at the white house. Hey. Will speak from a balc do we know if he is testing positive for the vus . We do not know the last time he tested negative to understand his course of illness and whether he is 10 days from his positive infection. The other issue a lot of this sostarted at another in p event, at the rose garden. Although the president may be infectious or not, we have to worry about other pple who may be infected having another in person event at the white house. This is a bad idea. Laur we know the president is going to be campaigning in florida on monday. Given his age and the fact hewi had oxygen t while being hatreated, wdo you make of this schedule . Again, it is a bad idea. Coronavirus patients dont just need oxygen in the acute setting, they are at risk of blood clot. Probably not cleared medically is now getting on an airplane to go to florida for a rally. From a medical standpoint, i would advise any patient not to doen this. F president. Laura we were told by the esidents physician that seven or 10 days after there is a risk of inflammation. Sunday would be 10 days after he developed symptoms. Is there still this risk of inflammation absolutely. His disease course is not over. We have no idea what is going on with him. Accurat have information about when he started having symptoms and how he feels now and we are managing this one patient with the exception when hundreds of virus in america and around the world, there are not a lot of exceptions to the rule. There are a lot of sick people that need to take care of themselves. The president does not seem to be taking good care of himse. Laura dr. Anthony fnd she is worried in the wake of his recovery, americans willelve coronavirus is not serious. That is very serious. From a Public Health perspective everything the president has done since the day he found out he was positive is wrong. He has not isolated. He did not isolate after he found out he was positive. Wt on a joy ride outside of the hpital. Potentially exposing other people. Now he hasone on this rant about being cured from something that is not curable. He got antibodies. We are excited about the treatment. The way the president has conducted himself as a patient is disappointing. Laura thank you so much for joining us. Four hostages set free have been welcomed by family and friends. The fren aid worker was held hostage almost four years after arriving in mali, touching down in paris on friday. Our correspondent has more. Reunited at last. Sophie son has font to keep his moms name in the public eye for years. I did everything i could. Ve she was relto be free. I am doing better. Think the authorities for all they have done. Known as the last frenc National Held hosge, the aid worker wasidnapped on Christmas Eve of 2016. Expressed relief. Emmanuel macron alsoas freed w theolician that was abducted welcome painting ahead of parliamentary elections. I am very happy to be here for my family. I spent six months in the most difficult conditions and auste climate and hard conditions. It is a desert. Two italian nationals were also freed. Eases come after a turbulent time for mali. In august, the former president was ousted in a military coup. Protesters had been calling for him to step down for months. In the nor of the cntry, and security continues to be a concern. International forces have been struggling to contain the jihadist insurgency sce 2012. Laura in other news woom around thd, china will join an initiative to distributevi coros vaccine. The plan would seek 2 billion dosesra. The pris meant to discourage National Governments from vaccines. In america, evacuations are underway in louisiana as another hurricane hits the shoreline. Delta is a categories category two storm. It is on track to hit lake charles. You are watching bbc world news america. Still toom c the young voices of the hong kong protest. We speak to thent ss fired on police and now face imprisonment. Germany has seen its highest daily rise in infections with confirmed cas rising to more than 4500. Jenny hill is in berlin and has details on thesuew ms being taken to try to slow the spread of covid19 throughout the country. We have heard from a string of health experts. They say they are not seeing infections breakingsi out in a ificant fashion. What they do see,ig gatherings, parties, private. Ents, bars and restauran anywhere well alcohol is consumed. In berlin, and it attempt to crack down the situation the authorities have imposed a restriction on the sale of alcohol after 11 00 at night. Laura song kong hn more than 1000 underage protesters arrested sinceemonstrations began last year. With rioting. Have been cha our correspondent spoke to stents shot by live rounds who face imprisonment. Aarning, some ofhe images may be distressing. I want to cry when i look in the mirror. He pointed the gun at me. I did not know he had fired. I heard a large sound. This is the moment patrick was shot by anffbler at pointank range. He was unarmed, arrested, and is facing trial for illegal assembly. E bullet prced his kidneys and liver. He survived. Anyone. He police would firet we had no weapons. We did notven have bottles. I thought the wanted to scare us and take us back to the police station. These images of a protester shot with live bullets plunged the city into violent division. The same day protesters set a disput violence like this prompted aging to react. It was here the unarmed protester was shot at pointblank rge. It was streamed live on social media. Victims of a polit crisiseel the forced to play out on the streets. A year ago hong kong saw street battles across the city. This 19yearold was shot in a street battle with the police. His shooting marked a new escalation in the violenceip tht d the city. The police said he was the aggressor. He wears the scars on his chest. I feel hong kong hasom b a battlefield. It is war. The people fighting for fedom an equality are trying to compete with the authorities. The war was not initiated by the protesters. And now they even escalate their esppression and further rict our freedom. I think it is a war initiated by the government. They are justoo of more than 10,000 protesters arrested. Authorities say they must face up to be consequences of vio nt the new National Security law has upped the risk of taking to the streets. The division remains. Laura the brutal crackdown on the youth of hong kong. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded toor the food program. The largest aid agency. For its role inompacting under ombating hunger. The oanizer said the news caught him unaware which is why hes delighted. Its amazing. I am thrilled on behalf of allnd of our employees partners. Literally they put their lives in harms way every d, in this nature. Tornadoes, things of they are out there. This prizel hope w an example for the rest of the world to follow. People willing to risk their lives for other it is amazing. I was in a meeting. We h been in the field. I had just come back in a they said Nobel Peace Prize. Who wanted to. The World Food Program. Youve got to be kidding me. It was quite a surprise. What an honor. We feed about 100 million people. And now because of covid, war, we are in all those extreme 270 situions. You ca imagine with the economic deterioration, i was watching your program with covid , oods and droughts. It is really bad out there. We need help. We need money. We need about 5 billion. In addition to whate normally get to really grow out and save lives. This is an important time. I am asking the billionaires. The billionaires right now are making billis on covid. This is a world catastrophe we are fing. Famine of biblical proportion. If we have the money, we can avert famine andesbilization and migration by necessity. Laura david beasleyd of the wood program. Broadway shows in new york wilil not open uhe summer of 2021. Have been gathering and parks to hear live jazz. The famous jazz clubs are closed but parks are a way to find audiences. Tom broke reports. In new york, central park, this trio can be found performing almost every day. Several miles away, the kings county quintet holdsou. New york city jazz performers have been forced outdoors to try to eek out a living after the closure of clubs. This is very bad. New york is the center of the jazz world. Musicians live off playing in front of people. They were denied that. I am here playing with different groups. I wasn central park yesterday this is all we have, being able to play outse. The prices is evident in Greenwich Village where jazz clubs are trying to stay afloat. This is the oldest jazz club in the world and faces possible extinction. Six months ago we closed our doors for what we thought was going to be month. Here we are six months later. We have not been able to welcome an audience. There is no end in sight. One solution for the clubs is producing Live Streaming of performances for a fee. For the musicians, that is not the same as playing to an house audience. Jazz is about the physica space. Peoplere doing recording. Jazz is about how it makes you feel. When people come in and buy our tickets and sit down and experience us, that is what jazz is about. Living music. Micians are not just playing in the park, they are at outdoor diners and subway stations. It will be a wild before it gets back to the way it was. Weve got to do what we do best, entertaining people in the street or subway. That is how it igoing to be. Out on thetreets and in parks, new yorkers are the magic of the music of displaced performers. Soon temperatures will fall and the musicians will be forceto try to find livehood elsewhere. It could be a long and lonely winter. It is just one more manifestation of the hugempt the pandemic is having on creative communities worldwide. Laura jazz tries to live on in new york city. Before we go, the iconic piano used by john lennon to write the song imagine went on display marking whate would h been his 80th birthday. The piano is being shown at Strawberry Fields, close to where he grew up, immortalized by the strong Strawberry Fields forever. John lennon was shot in new york i am laura trevelyan. Thank you for watching bbc world news america. Have a great weekend. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and mo. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Girl we are the curious. Woman 1 wow man 1 the adventurous. Man 2 oh daniel tiger grrr woman those venturing out fo. 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