For allegedly using the. Peaceful protests before. Just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow and it is the 1st friday of october welcome to our to International Im you know neal. We begin deep into the borders of europe and the territorial feud between armenia and azerbaijan theres already been 5 days of intense fighting with both nations rejecting calls for a cease fire these are pictures from the. Video agency ruptly as you can see rocket launchers other heavy weaponry to lie. Along the front here. In the local reporters are being caught in the crossfire a cameraman from an armenian t. V. Channel of a severely injured during shelling at these are pictures of his car 2 french journalists also injured while covering the conflict are being treated in hospital parties eager shutdown of reports now on the impact on local communities. Nagornokarabakh is sandwiched between the 2. And as theyre by john but as commanders in chief are deploying platoon after platoon to the frontline its often civilians who end up in the crossfire on both sides or in a small town in the disputed nagornokarabakh region the front line is about 5 to 7 kilometers that way and is there by johnny shell flew from over there and made this crater and well that was a bust staying right here has already been cleared the debris and it was bustling with people as a result because of the strike this strike killed 2 people and 5 more were wounded all of them civilians this is no military complex its just a building just a house where you live and in fact im being told that these these areas are being shelled relentlessly even though the closest military position is about 3 to 4 kilometers away that way but what youre hearing right now is them firing in fact we could hear just minutes ago a u. S. V and sometimes even see it as it was making circles above us it was not in armenia and it was in azerbaijan one so this is one of the places where it is as horse as it gets in the going to carry their own many places that have it worse than the town of martini within the 60 minutes that we were filming there we had artillery infantry drones all of them had their deadly say. If you would when you move you do this through the. Air raid sirens and the buzz of drones have become the terrifying soundtrack to this war in the gorn a cab and this frontline town is enduring bombs all calibers this is whats left of the round that fell and this backyard its really and well im being told its about 160 millimeters in caliber which makes it a truly formidable project and you can see the amount of damage that it did here for instance here used to be the gates well there are now completely gone both sides are ready to fight to the bush rend both sides have the fervid support of their populations sharing an underlying belief that its them fighting for the right cause and not the enemy with all the horrors that have already haunted this land this war shows that the you all grievances have only deepened and weve done of reporting from the greenock arab or. Was just some background surrounding this. Conflict is one of several border disputes which arose after the collapse of the solve the union the area broke away from us or by john in 1980 on the carrot itself independent or by the enclave populated mainly overwhelmingly really by army and is not widely recognized as a sovereign state armenia and azerbaijan accuse each other of starting the latest hostilities. We have only one condition that armenia leaves our lands completely and immediately this is valid if the armenian government complies with this the fighting will stop there will be no bloodshed there will be peace peace will come to our region. I believe the Armenian Army can secure a country and the selfdefense forces of the Golden Corral bark are successfully protecting their region from a political standpoint i believe its very important for us that International Partners know how and who started this military action well speaking of those International Partners they are alarmed with russia and france saying extremist militants brought in from the middle east are arriving to fight in car a back arties breaks down the findings. These arent just media reports it is the french president and manual macron making it clear officially that hes got the information that armed fighters from syria are engaged in the battlefield in the or in a car about here is what exactly came from the french theater. Today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from to how does groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of calm but to encounter a bomb soon after mr mccraw on the Russian Foreign ministry followed up and said that they have similar information as well which follows their own statement from wednesday when the Russian Diplomats warned of armed militants being moved from syria and libya to the call flags own in nagornokarabakh but officials in moscow for now are refracting from pointing out who the foreign militants are fighting for i can tell you that the government of us here by john is saying that there is no way that some kind of fighters from outside could be on the battlefield together with their army however the armenian side has previously blamed but who along with allies turkey for doing just that and theyre actually saying that turkey and azerbaijan are exploiting terrorists to try and win the battle against the Armenian Army now in the meantime in a rare display of unity that doesnt always happen with Many International conflicts the president s of the u. S. Russia and france came out with a joint statement in which they are the governments of armenia and azerbaijan to urgently lay down arms and come back to negotiating table without any preconditions but i can tell you that the turkish the. Peter baird on pretty much destroyed this statement by saying that the 3 countries have pretty much failed in their attempts to do something to the crisis over the decades you should do. The fact that america russia and france known as the minsk trio looking for ceasefire in the face of these negative Development Just because they have been equipped to this problem for nearly 30 years is unacceptable. On the other hand we are hearing from russian in turkish diplomats that for example. Foreign minister perhaps chose a bit more of a diplomatic approach to this we know that. Are in touch over this and they are ready to coordinate their peace efforts thats how they are. Moving on now kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pascoe office accuse russian activist alexina valmy of working with the cia the russian Opposition Leader has now threatened to take legal action it follows that in the valise claim in an interview with german media love him or putin poisoned him or tease peter all of the reports from berlin. Alexina valmy used this interview to the german news magazine beagle to thank the german people and in particular angle america for the helping to receive german chancellor visited mist in the valley secretly while he was in the shot at a hospital here in berlin in the interview mist in the valley pulls no punches about who he thinks is behind his alleged poisoning he points that finger of blame firmly at russia and directly at president Vladimir Putin the kremlin has responded to this kremlin Spokes PersonDmitri Peskov saying the claims made against me if britain against russia were unacceptable and also accused Foreign Intelligence Services of working with mr novell me i claim that putin is behind the crime and i have no alternative versions of what happened i dont say that to flatter myself but on the basis of fact the most important fact is normally chuck the order to use a manufacture it can only have come from 2 men the head of the f. S. B. Or of the Foreign Intelligence Service the s. V. R. Government and western Intelligence Services are working with him in particular the cia we believe his accusations against the russian president are groundless and unacceptable his interview reveals that he thinks hes as important as the leader of a state but the real rivals at that level are quite different people germany says tests that were carried out show traces of novacek were found now the same type of tests that were carried out on alexina family in the city of almost skin russia where he 1st received medical treatment while they showed no sign of any such poisoning alexina valise team sent acquired a bottle from a hotel room that hed been staying in in the siberian city of tomsk this bottle was then sent with other things he had to germany where tests were carried out on it and that is where the novacek was found now theres a lot of questions about how that bottle got from a hotel room to. Here in in germany and how those tests were carried out all of those remain unanswered its important course because the whole idea that he was report that he was poisoned with an overcharge nerve agent hangs on the results of those tests now the russian prosecutors have sent 3 requests to berlin for the sharing of information relating to those tests and others that were carried out all mist in the valley so far all of that has fallen on deaf ears but it is not abuse that we turn to the a p c w which unfortunately was playing for time and then told us we need to go back to berlin can you believe that when we were 1st appealing to believe in it directed our communications to the p. C. W this is a vicious circle it is illogical absent and everyone understand it or go back to the interviewing alexina violently says the russian made attempts to keep him in the country once he was in hospital in siberia i think they were determined not to let me out of the country which is why they publicly stated that i was not fit for transport they waited for me to die in my eyes the chief medical cost bittle is worse than the Intelligence Officers who kill people for them killing is at least their job or previously Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov it said that the very facts alexei the valley was alive right now was down to the quick thinking in the professionalism of the pilot that made the Emergency Landing the power medics that arrived on the scene at the airport and the medical professionals that gave him treatment in hospital in the siberian city no one is supposed to children so the impeccable work for pilots doctors and paramedics is presented as a lucky coincidence they dont even admit that we acted in a proper way our western partners look at us with arrogance because we dare to doubt their correctness and professionalism thats why they doubt the profession is move our doctors and investigators alexa in the valley was discharged from hospital here in berlin last week he had spent 2 weeks in an induced coma and is currently undergoing physio therapy following that he has said though that he wants to return to russia as soon as its possible. Meanwhile russia has invited experts from the Global Chemical weapons watchdog to visit the country as part of their probe into the novelli case Foreign Ministry spokeswoman maria so heart of said russia hopes for a productive cooperation with the o. P. C. W. To quote shed some light on vees murky events security analyst charles hsu bridge thinks the o. P. C. W. s credibility will be called into question if it turns dawn moscows in the take. The west to say if they want to if they believe. Its actually hiding something here which it may be it may not be this well done of course its open to the west and many of those who of course will work for you if you see. Are sponsored by and supported by western governments we saw that very much during the syria series of reports of your p. C. To be produced for any i think neutral objective investigative work questionable at best should we say good moving on to the new one we can use it allows the p. C. To view on the west to call russias bluff if thats what they believe is happening it would be interesting to see what the o. P. C. Response to this is because they dont except in the tension of course it can stem as an organization has absolutely come to a preordained conclusion. Moscow and other major russian cities are tightening their coronavirus restrictions after a surge in cases taking us through developments what we know in our taste on the quarter. Over the past several weeks russia seen a significant rise in the rate of new covert cases with nearly 9000. 00 new infections over just the past 24 hours of course the countrys 2 largest cities have been hit the hardest in St Petersburg cases have exceeded those from june worrying authorities that a 2nd wave may have already begun theyve already made it mandatory for people to wear face masks on public transport under the penalty of a fine but on the other hand moscows mayor seems to think the capital has enough hospital beds to handle whatever comes out it but he still introduce new measures to deal with what he considers to be a very serious situation in the developments a very serious i expect the daily caseload to predict 3000 in the coming days we are seeing an increase in the number of people hospitalized they say was seriously ill patients on the ventilator all these numbers are rising the Daily Hospitalization rate has reached 1000 and this is twice as high as 2 weeks ago. So gannons new measures will go into effect on october 5th and theyll require all businesses to have at least 30 percent of their workforce on an at home work regime people 65 and older and those with serious illnesses will also be required to work from home and as for children the mayor has declared a 2 week School Holiday for the beginning of october to curb the rate of infection the proportion of children who contract it could be 19 has for the 1st time exceeded 900 percent of all cases over the usually have mold symptoms or nonis will they can post the disease on to older family members who are likely to develop much more serious symptoms so far russia sporting the vaccine is going ahead with phase 3 testing as planned with no serious side effects reported the mayor of moscow hopes the 1st batches will be produced either by november or december and perhaps this time around the authorities will have an advantage on keeping new infections low. 17 minutes into the Program Still ahead pope francis is the kleins a request to meet with the us senate could. State that story and more after the. First president ial debate exhibited lots of like but not much one can argue neither candidate last night was a perfect reflection of the nations politics could the campaign coming to an end do the debates have any meaningful impact is there such a thing as an undecided voter. A look at the international has issued a damning report condemning the french governments brutal crackdown on protesters and it also alleges that the pandemic is being exploited to bring in repressive measures short of dubinsky with more and more. Amnesty international doesnt hold back in this report accusing authorities of using oppressive laws in the period pre and post the code 19 locked down thousands have been arbitrarily fined arrested detained and prosecuted for peaceful activities which should not be considered defenses peaceful protests have been banned under draconian kovan 1000. 00 powers and hundreds of protesters find the report says that despite the coded lockdown ending in may a ban will all public gatherings of more than 10 people remained in force it claims that this was disproportionate given that other launch gatherings in open spaces were permitted yet even though it was deemed illegal protests did take place including ones linked to the black lives Matter Movement was a. Good. Thing was just. Going to the burn was eventually overturned by francis highest Administrative Court but amnesty says that dozens if not hundreds of protesters were fined for participating in small public gatherings over the past few months it says in the cases that it has documented the fines imposed appear to constitute a disproportionate restriction to the right to freedom of Peaceful Assembly that includes the case of eleanor a Health Worker took part in a protest calling for support for the Public Health system they say the Police Stopped eleanor who was alone at the time in front of the Closing Stores are Law Enforcement official. Checked eleanors backpack which contained a gas mask and a pair of goggles they told her that she would be fined for participating in the band protests they subsequently arrested her and placed her in a precharge detention for participating in the group with a view to preparing violent acts in 20182019. More than 40000 people were convicted on the basis of vague laws the Yellow Vests Movement was hit particularly hard. But its not just protesters whove been at the receiving end amongst those detained with 1st aiders human rights observers and journalists we were in plaster republique i was filming the priest cordons there were clashes around the square but not where we were walking we decided to leave and suddenly my friend shouted brice watch out several Police Called me from behind and forced me to the ground they insulted me and asked if i throw projectiles against them i told them that i was a journalist and that i had my student card royce was placed in precharge detention before being told that he would be prosecuted for using violence against Public Officials he was later acquitted amnesty is now calling on the French Parliament to review and to repeal all laws that impose a punishment so for the exercise. Of the right to Peaceful Assembly it also wants the interior and the Justice Ministry to offer clearer guidance for Law Enforcement officials so that in less someone is carrying a pair of goggles or a face mask and this suspected of being involved in a Violent Crime they are not subject to detention in light of this report amnesty says its ironic that a country with such a long and proud tradition of collective action for social change is criminalizing protest in this way. R. T. Paris we have asked the french government for a response to these claims so far no comment we also spoke to right the fender in the country who say is the way protesters are being treated has undermined trust. The french government. To repress the crowd at this point to youre asked to call them do you know best. The president micro used the police. Very strong strength to stop the protest using force which was not necessary but in fact he was using force to get the people the home to grow this industry there were not guns there are delinquent people they were just upset of the leaving of the level of living in france i think the people are. In there risky in there and they are hurting their soul and there is no account lets not trust the president and i think hes going to be very hard to lead to. These 2 years before the new a president ial election there is a dress of i think from from the french people from. The European Union is taking legal action against the u. K. Over its plan to override the brake to divorce treaty it comes after the house of commons passed an internal market bill which contradicts they were troll agreement approved last year arties apart what about owning. The u. K. Government have introduced this internal market bill its still in the draft stages or waiting to be troops into classics and normal essentially what it would do is by omission of the u. K. Government itself is go against the Withdrawal Agreement that was agreed by the 2 sides at the beginning of this year and do much of the hard work done by negotiators on both sides of the e. U. Commission have now put the u. K. On notice that they could be facing legal action as a result of this latest measure as you know how we had invited our british press. Needs to remove the problematic parts of van draft internal market beyond the deadline lapsed yesterday because the problematic provisions have not been removed. Therefore this morning the commission has decided to send a letter farmer notice to the u. K. Government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure this bill challenges some of the most important parts of the withdrawal egremont in particular to do the Northern Ireland protocol of course the border between the north and the republic of ireland is hugely important to the stability and peace of the island of ireland and yet there are those on the european side who say that this could threaten the good friday agreement this could violate the integrity of the Single Market this bill that is but also there are some again even within the British Government the Northern Ireland secretary now themselves admitting that by doing this the u. K. Government are violating International Peace gods Great International law in a very specific and limited why were taking the power to disappoint or you know a concept of direct effect the strategy and behavior of the British Government was one of brinkmanship was one of threatening to crash as she you know if if you dont if we dont get to know graham and we michael how it has on you that sort of thing trust has been eroded. Tension has been created out of being created and thats not conducive to solid because the actions we are less than 100. 00 days away from the end of the socalled transition period and both sides and i should be really at this point trying to negotiate a deal to avoid a nodal outcome that many economists say would be disastrous for both sides not least the u. K. And yet here we are with one side threatening the other with legal action this is surely not how negotiators hope things be going at this very late stage. The u. S. Secretary of state paid a visit to the vatican where he was hoping to meet with pope francis the holy see the kleine that request saying the pontiff does not meet with politicians during Campaign Election time not my pump air how to urge the Catholic Church to join washington and in 1000 violations of religious freedom in china. 2 years ago the hooli sea reached an agreement with the Chinese Communist party hoping to help chinas catholics yet the Chinas Communist Party is to be use of the faithful has only gotten worse the vatican and dangerous its moral authority should renew the deal. Pompei 0 was referring 2828000 deal in which the Catholic Church agreed to recognize several bishops backed by beijing it was seen as a 1st step in reestablishing relations between the vatican and china which were severed back in 1951 in response to criticism from the u. S. The papacy defended the agreement with china thing direction has been marked out that it is worth it continuing International Relations analyst Victor Garber thinks washingtons attempt to pressure the vatican is misguided. Maloneys secretary of state said the wrong thing and tried to interfere in the internal affairs of the holy see but also all the timing is very suspicious a very sensitive right now and this is really troubling to see the secretary of state of the United States not doing diplomacy but actually becoming a warmonger. In the world very much in. The same footsteps with his president and we can see that washington is really losing its moral you the ship suffering from a seizure of the hysteria extremism and hopelessness whatever your college and all it wants to do whatever it can to practice the. Syndrome to watch the kneecaps of china it wants to see china as an enemy and it wants to rally the whole world behind it to an art succeed because china has now a very significant force called global girls. Well if you fronted deeper dive into any of those stories our t. V. Dot com is the place to venture and im back in 30 with all the are global news updates hope to see event. As the u. S. Economy was booming gaining numbers of people were made homeless. You can work 40 hours d in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of the