Wherever youre tuning in from right across the globe this hour welcome to moscow and to r. T. International my names you know neal good to have your company. On resolved decades old territorial dispute between armenia and azerbaijan has flared up again violence on the nagornokarabakh border 1st erupted on sunday morning with military clashes reportedly killing more than 50 people. Oh a journalist for the Sputnik News Agency in an r. T. C. Down of who is currently in armenia reporting on the situation in the 2 countries. Mania the Health Care System is bracing itself clearly bracing itself because right now hospitals have soaps admitting new patients and they have been focusing as they are focusing on treating those wounded in this conflict now armenia has also declared Mass Mobilization and thousands of men have already volunteered saying that they are ready and willing to go fight in this disputed region now johnny forces during the 1st night of clashes they managed to capture several villages from the negro in a cab back defense troops and the military told bras of this disputed region has already vowed to take back these villages there fell out of a job it is conception azerbaijans ministry of defense regularly reports the shelling of their positions and territories from the armenian side connor offensive operations have led to the liberation of several settlements to the south as well as a range of strategic positions to the north the Defense Ministry also reports losses among the enemys personnel and military equipment official see that there is or by john army is ensuring the security of its sovereign territories the escalation has led to deaths and injuries both military and civilian speaking about the perception of the population as are by. Johny citizens and reacted down things yes tickly to the news of the armis successes. Earlier in the day or to. Discuss the escalating situation with neil harvey. This is a conflict that has flared up and gone through parents of love for over 3 decades now but within the last 24 hours we have seen the most serious escalation in recent years that happened on sunday but the military activity continued through the night and is still ongoing and monday how we got to the stage is not entirely clear because there are such conflicting versions both on media as a brake on a child of a deadly clashes which violate a 994. 00 truce both alleged to have footage supporting that respective stances neither of which can be it depends if verified not the lead of the 2 arch enemy really countries have both spoken out passionately and quite aggressively showing no signs of backing down the armed forces are very menial have shoulder settlements as well as our military positions from several directions. At present the us or by johnny armies firing in the enemys military positions most of their equipment has been destroyed armenia is doing Everything Possible to disrupt the negotiation process and i can see that they have succeeded but youll have to stick to a real regime has resumed hostilities it is a war imposed on the old meaning people it is a war against our independence freedom and dignity we were prepared for the possibility of war because we realize that the armenian phobia and latino hatred with which the azubuike johny dictatorship that its people for many decades could not lead to any result of the war. Another alarming sign that tensions are. Is the introduction of martial law and both countries and cut his insults and cities and us of a jot amenia has also mobilized to put the militarily calling on its conscripts to step up and saw. And this latest incident his rig 90 what was a longstanding conflict already has more of the background to this well this conflict has roots dating back over a century as muslims and christians competed in the area now the new going to car back is a small mountainous region in the caucasus and its really large between armenia and azerbaijan but it does have a predominantly ethnically armenian population and they chose to secede back in the ninetys but internationally it is still recognized as part of john well lets take a look back at its troubled history. So as is often the case with disputes along religious or ethnic lines we can see the region has been scarred by really bloody clashes and that was back in the ninetys actually took 30000 lives and left 1000000 people displaced now that as a big johnny president says hes confident that this enclave will be fully retired as a big john but the armenian Prime Minister says well actually im now ready to consider the regions independence a really differing perceptions of how the future of iraq will look the countries were involved in brokering a peace when there were hostilities in the past whats International Reaction been on this occasion well over the years there have been numerous attempts to stabilize the situation to that and russia france on the. Us or coach chad the ments group and in fact the armenian Prime Minister only recently asked for the group to reboot its efforts with a renewed passion saying that they are on the brink of a really large scale war that has been unanimous has offered to broker the deal the un and nato forces spoke out express your side has thrown that support behind us of a john you know its a true sign between these 2 countries has always been pretty shaky so understandably this warlike rhetoric the ongoing military activity it is alarming and with many hoping that we wont see a return to those bloodiest days. Coronavirus seems to be tightening its grip on europe with numerous countries now reporting record numbers of dealey inspections restrictions on other measures designed to stop the spread her return to with more unearth some ramifications as well charlotte. Well theres a warning that france faces months of 19 problems thats because the epidemic is apparently likely to overwhelm the Health System if no action is taken that is a warning from frances one of frances top doctors the 2nd wave is a running faster than we thought in 3. 00 to 4. 00 weeks if nothing changes for you so widespread outbreak across his whole territory for several autumn and winter months well his main concern is about the ability of medical staff to deal with this because he says theyre exhausted and there are not enough staff to plug any gaps as needed lets have a look now at some of the latest figures for code 9000 here in france in the 24 hours to saturday there were more than 14 and a half 1000 new cases in the last week around 4000 people were quiet hospital treatment and of those 760 around required intensive care treatment all of this comes as there are new restrictions coming into force in 11 parts of france from monday that includes here in paris where we will see bars not allowed to open later than 10 pm sporting facilities being closed and a ban on gatherings in public spaces of more than 10 people this would put in place 15 days but that could be extended in paris there was anger over the weekend over these new restrictions with people going out on protest saying its devastating their economy and that was also the case down in marsay which saw new scription its coming over the weekend many restaurant to cafe owners and bar owners say that theyve just had enough we dont know where they find their statistics in the end it is a bit unclear we dont know if theyre supposed to close tonight also maru we dont understand anything in these accusations goes Restaurant Owners have just gone theyve made it big. Sacrifices everything they needed to do. Im going to stay open i have the keys to my business its mine i paid for it as i said just far from the sky its my life so even now theyre just taking it so im going to stay all going to have the keys and i need to owner of this business now the majority of people in france support the restrictions are being put in place by the government and by the local prefecture but a recent poll showed that 65 percent of people said they did not trust the executive to fight effectively against the epidemic here now lets have a look no its spain where there is also a heightened concern over 19 woodridge of course extended its many lock down freud day but the Spanish Health minister says he wont even tighter restrictions because. The situation in madrid is complicated with other serious risks tough weeks or head of search and what must be done is to concentrate everyones efforts to protect Peoples Health global this is not an ideological battle this is that if you do me a logical battle against a virus and we know how to do this because we did it once before and all efforts need to know you concentrated on that humans we need to listen to science or you can listen to the experts know most of the areas under restriction around the madrid and its suburbs are poor areas and that has led to a lot of anger there people describing whats happening as being quasi fine meant now lets move to the u. K. Where in some parts of the country. Of areas and locked down and there have been protests held in london over the weekend against the cocreator 19 restrictions clashes between the police and protesters with the police having to use battens to control the crowds. Was. It. You were. Right all of this comes as the World Health Organization is predicting that deaths from covert going could reach 2000000 people across the world but this is a model and its saying that things could be even worse than that and less serious efforts are made to stymie the transmission of the virus charlotta been ski with that reporter we spoke to an Infectious Disease expert who believes another 4 locked on would not be an affective solution. Its just me isolating and avoiding the transmission of virus by avoiding contact between people is the medical position and theres the economic position is countries are free to continue living their lives the balance between both is hard to achieve i believe that the absence of a total lockdown fits this decision is not perfect for everyone be those on the medical or economic extremes its a difficult balance theres no need for another lock down if people observed distancing measures if we were mosque when there is a risk of infection theres no need to reintroduce a lockdown this is a last resort in case the population fails to comply with the measures in place. So ahead on r. T. International a trove of leaked documents appear to show western contractors were behind us of propaganda effort in support of syrias opposition story and more after the break. Join me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or business im showbusiness ill see if that. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. So join us in the. Forum a bit in the shallows. Approaching 60 minutes into the Program Welcome back with global hopes of ending the covert crisis essentially resting on effective vaccines russias own job is now into advanced stage 3 trials among those taking part or stuff from our teams are to pick up on those channels. Thats easy and many try to dissuade me he said and its not been worth getting vaccinated is the risks are too high however for me the pros and cons here people say that you should be defers to wait for the facts seem to be coming reliable i considered all the possible scenarios that may occur after having the vaccine but decided to take part in its trial. I decided to get vaccinated because i see that the world has changed after the front of virus antibodies will arise through the vaccine and only in this way will we be able to overcome the corona virus. But it is necessary that there are people who conduct such experiments analysis so that we have move forward towards updating the fixing with those who would be the most reliable for. Obviously Going Forward is to take a course in Clinical Trials which is important to us because this is the 1st vaccine a test the vaccine. I feel like maybe im a little nervous about it all too much noise due to the pandemic too many people getting sick if more people tells the vaccine it will no faster whether it works or not. When russia was the 1st nation in the world to approve its job ahead of the start of stage 3 mass trials but led to accusations corners hard being heard a charge not leveled at the other countries around the world speeding ahead in the quest to develop a potential cure double quarter reports on that aspect. Such a small vial that could save hundreds of thousands of lives countries around the world are racing to perfect their own coronavirus vaccines Russia Sputnik v. Was the 1st to be approved for production and the west was quick to criticize the state of his developments is being questions proving its effectiveness has not been presented a bag seen that has not been trying to a vaccine that has not been tested outside of russia americas top researchers say russias cutting corners to develop its coronavirus that same u. S. Regulators are resistant to the new coolness cut when it comes to testing and for many t. J. That is the key difference between what america is doing and what the russians have Just Announced its too early to tell if theres any merit to these fears but face 3 testing doesnt involve 40000 volunteers and those who have already taken part have yet to declare any serious side effects at the same time the World Health Organization seems optimistic about russias vaccine do we see here is a good reason. For that it would. Seem to be. Pretty. Pretty. Theres no reason that i see to be skeptical and the west big pharma is rushing to get emergency approval from regulators before the end of critical phase 3 Testing Companies like pfizer have even published their clinical protocols after public concerns that their vaccines werent exactly safe then astra zeneca did the same after 2 participants had spinal inflammation and testing had to come to a halt these companies are trying to hide the multibillion dollar contracts behind their thirst for faster than life approval but it is surprising there hasnt been more negative media reaction to that especially in comparison to the onslaught that russia received over sputnik the its always been politicized and various different ways and we need to get the politics out of medicine russian pharmaceutical companies illegally cannot go to money to america. Elections while American Pharmaceutical Companies donated millions to american elections of course were going to be done to favor American Pharmaceutical Companies those people byelection in america the only way to get politics out of medicine is to get government out of medicine and americans if an american patient wants to buy a vaccine from an American Company that should be between the company and the person if they want to buy a vaccine from an Indian Company or a Russian Company or a Canadian Company that should be between them and that company the f. D. A. And the federal government should have no involvement at all because when they get involved you see this kind of produce nonsense the effectiveness of any vaccine American European and russian no doubt needs to stand the test of time but when politics and profits get involved its not always easy to remember who needs to benefit from the serum in the 1st place. Its a story were following closely on the program advanced propaganda infrastructure designed to promote support for the Syrian Opposition was allegedly created with the help of u. K. Government contractors that is the claim being made following a huge leak of secret documents obtained and published by the activist Group Anonymous picks up the story for us. 2 blog posts with an impressively long list of links we cannot confirm the documents are real but i know most is confident theyve exposed how british taxpayers cash was being splashed on dirty schemes for regime change in syria only small particles of information about covert operations of British Intelligence in syria have leaked into the media until today we have everything from criminal programs and tenders to bitters complete proposals so the leaks point to 10 programs or projects all logically put together inside government offices in london all united by a mission to nurture and trained and equipped moderate opposition with a polished image capable of overthrowing Bashar Al Assad nothing to do with the terrorists under each program come bettors and documents supposedly describing how they planned to do the job fascinating stuff there from military Training Camps to diagrams outlining the structure of the desired post Assad Government plus youll be amazed by the extent of the alleged p. R. Effort check out this bitch the reason i am an urgent need to provide a counterbalance to the regimes narrative to build trust and confidence in the Supreme Military Council and the Free Syrian Army within syria and among the International Community remember how at one point in the civil war the anti us that f. S. A. Clearly won the Media Attention pedestal the bike is trying to free syria from the grip of us soldiers pledged to defend the Syrian People against the assad regime poorly armed exhausted but im bowed some of these men have spent more than a year on the run from the Syrian Regime sophisticated and ruthless Security Forces we cannot say if that was somehow thanks to what the bidders were up to but a number of projects claim to have been launched by the u. K. Foreign office were purely about information war. Ors dubai based a r k f c which among others lists the state department and the European Commission as its clients sought a contract with all such programs the firms claims to be pretty much unmatched when it comes to its propaganda resources connections with the most influential networks piece of cake a. R. K has provided regular branded and unbranded content to key syria focused satellite t. V. Channels such as out 0 hour a beer b. B. C. Arabic aryans t. V. Aleppo today syria our god and syria shaab since 2012 a mission to turn a group that was once caught staging a rescue operation into International Social media darlings done the White Helmets are world famous ok created and continues to run a twitter feed and they Facebook Page on behalf of the Syrian Civil Defense teams posting photos and updates of their activities in english throughout the day bring up a battalion of activists turned reporters to deliver the right message roger that more than 150 activists have been trained and equipped by ok on topics from the basics of camera handling lighting and sound to producing reports journalistic safety Online Security and ethical reporting a. R. K which both did a wide president s and all 14 of syrias regions wasnt the only p. R. Prodigy listed the leaked docs show that virtually every aspect of the Syrian Opposition was cultivated and marketed by western government backed firms from political narratives to branding from what they said to where they said it but its all hard to believe right london and its allies would never stoop so low. We contacted the u. K. Foreign office as well as the a r K Organization for comment any response we bring it to you meanwhile we also spoke to the author of the article about the leaked documents Benjamin Norton whos the assistant editor of the green zone Investigative Journalism website he is of the view the extent of foreign interference in syria is shocking. Course weve known for many years from the beginning of the war in syria that western governments played a leading role supporting funding training arming the socalled opposition but these documents show that really every single so level of the Syrian Opposition both the political and the armed opposition was micromanaged by western Government Contractors from their own identity their marketing in their brand what they said where they said it who they were i mean these documents are incredible because it shows that not only was western media and arabic media reporting on syria extremely biased against the government in favor of the opposition but it shows that that coverage was in fact directly shaped and created by western Government Contractors its an example of the manufacturing of consent right before our eyes its truly incredible. I want to bring in the program to western russia where a bottles been raging against huge wildfires and a vote on a region an area the size could learn to run 300. 00 foot pole pitches has gone up in flames teens of firefighters struggling to contain the inferno. We were all sent across to some more great programs and moments here an r. T. International and ill keep the news updates coming up at the top of the hour i hope youll join me then to. He answered meekly india. Has now become in my opinion one of the most important Nuclear Companies in the world to me as i think driving all of the other countries and companies in the world to do better and our hotta and make nuclear more competitive and more determined because they are setting a bit of a standard out there. He answered meekly. I mention are times they were going underground as new coronavirus restrictions are put in place in the u. K. 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Turns in an arguably disastrous reliance on private companies for testing traits can it really be said that the government is guided by the science one of the worlds most frequently cited neuroscientists prophetical 1st in news modeling has helped to educate the world about the realities of coronavirus and its impacts says were already falling off the knifes edge here in britain and he joins me now from london call thanks so much for coming back on as i said 10 days ago you said were falling off the edge of the knife since then Boris Johnson as an active new policies are closing bars at 10 pm instead of 11 satisfied with his response. Yes i think thats very understandable response so predict your. Studies