Wild about the implications of his infection for the 2020 president ial race. Unveils plans to counter islamist separatism with a new law defending secular values critics as a desperate bid to mask its failings during the pandemic. Great have you with us here in moscow this is r. T. And well begin with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan on europes southern border with asia our correspondent whos in the nagornokarabakh conflict zone says that 3 explosions have just occurred earlier during a night time bombing raid a hospital in the regions capital and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties but it was treating soldiers who since been evacuated. So of all residential buildings were also hit in the to strike teams just on the reports from the thing i dont. Think they would witness one of the worst bombings of the planet the city which is the capital of nagornokarabakh the disputed region here right behind the hospital it was bombed literally just minutes before we arrived here we actually had to had to hide in a bomb shelter and right after that were right here its all dark but its all done because they wanted to be so delicate because well this is this is a matter of defense they make it more fully on board our. Every fire and we have to leave but were being told that this right here right here we see ambulances rushing. It has to be like this all day that. Is being borne relentlessly and like a very large round of the cool things are better at least this is what the Defense Ministry of armenia is telling us were. Going to get in and get in the way. This is the epicenter of one of the explosions that has battered stomach air tonight this has to be a shock now it seems like it has been devastated just shattered glass something he will because shattered glass windows are broken in fact look at this just managed to. Pull it off there are boxes of there of boxes of stuff just something that im not even sure if it used to be of course here on the floor of. The manager just put it in the back it was told to take you to actually treat i give you i can even go and grab its looks its something that looks like a do you order and. Well now its easy come. Easy go its like the welcoming sign from a road is well this is where the project is. In the park with those people live for well taking lots of it to use to live on the ground talk a lot of this building really did damage there is good most significant im looking at this as one thing that i have to tell you there was no reason for us here by john to head this place. When residents of the building you just saw run for cover into the basements fearing the raid and they told us what that experience was like. The ego more we are all at home and theres. A cloud of smoke at the moment and the windows have been shot at the manage to climb down yeah well of course i was in my room i was going to take me out when there was a loud bang it wasnt there there was one massive impact of probable doris retard their hinges and windows shattered there isnt much left of the house. People were killed and wounded although we dont know the exact number they were taken away i guess the number is around 5 to 7 people. Care about conflicts one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union the enclave populated mainly by armenians broke away from us of john in 1980 but the area is not being widely recognized as a sovereign state because every leader says 19 azerbaijanis have been killed in the conflict zone with 60 civilians injured and on friday a 30 spilled beyond the confines of the disputed territory when a bordering as very town was bombed by john planes more than 2000 shells were dropped in the raid in the capital people have been showing support for the military campaign local journalists the tally of reports from back in this piece includes images of military strikes. Youll see. I want to watch right after the. Hour. And the. Special line for Michele Norris this hour why. Do we call it the only time i. See the. Negotiation process so whats the poor to the army you can see the national. Just. Thank you cards. Lets listen to some of. The ask recent expectations. I am original carob i am ready to die down by where i have been to areas where the fighting is if they call me im ready to go to rule. I think we will win our land back and soon as possible and we will go to karabakh and put off life there only our people and soldiers can take our lands back people are not chinese. And wants to help our troops. Have a negative attitude to going to young people and go into the war their maintenance must surrender not only. On service the mobilization and consequences for the. Thousands of young people of. The. Service. Its pretty decide to join the army or something because i national t. V. Or congress and online media. Outlets where we can see that absolute majority of the coverage. Was crossed by john and paul who are. Donald trump has been moved to the Walter Reed Hospital as a precautionary measure after testing positive for corona virus the president says he is doing ok and assured the video thanking his supporters. I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support im going to Walter Reed Hospital i think im doing very well but were going to make sure of the things were the 1st lady is doing very well so were thank you very much are appreciated i will never forget they hear. White House Doctors say the president is experiencing mild symptoms including low grade fever he doesnt need oxygen support but started antiviral therapy a number of people close to trump of also recently tested positive white house says the president will carry on in his role although many of his political opponents are hoping he wont report. Talk of an october surprise a Game Changing event that comes right before us election has been pretty common in the United States for the past several decades well this years october surprise is here it came in the form of a positive coded 19 test for donald trump and the 1st lady the nation is in shock the white house knew that hope except tested positive and the president had been in close contact with her yet he proceeded to still travel yesterday. He is not able to fully perform his his duties as commander in chief we were seeing people without masks regularly were seeing people stopping to not socially distancing they stop taking temperatures for people who are regular visitors to the white house and we have seen that it has ended up in the worst Case Scenario for the white house donald trump got tested after it was confirmed that his staffer hope ics had been infected the results came in and it was pretty clear at that point that the campaign is now curving in a new direction now lets not forget that donald trump actually downplayed the coded 19 threat and even mocked joe biden for being more cautious looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer miraculously goes away hope thats true we have a very much on the right here the United States is lowest in numerous categories were lower than the world that they wanted me to come out and screwy fearful of dying with. We did it just the right way now were weeks away from a vaccine were doing therapeutics already fewer people are dying when they get sick far fewer people are dying we dont agree. Democrats jumped on Donald Trumps diagnosis to once again call him out for mis handling the crisis going into crowds unmasked and all the rest of this sort of a brazen invitation for Something Like this to happen though they have not done so in the postes. The Administration Must now full of the science and all recommended Health Person in order to not put additional people at risk and they must be completely transparent some of the reactions have gotten rather ugly its been against my moral identity to tweet this for the past 4 years but i hope he dies the 2nd scheduled debate intended for the discussion of Foreign Policy remains up in the air even if donald trump doesnt get too badly sick hell still be under quarantine now let us not forget that donald trump is 74 years old and overweight hes in a High Risk Group for home cove it can be lethal but no one really trust the information coming out of the white house you have no idea how sick you as a 74 years old hes overweight hes a High Risk Group and he may become a severely d ill if he goes into intensive care the way Boris Johnson did in april that could lead to a constitutional question as to who actually will run the white house and the constitutional mechanisms extremely slow extremely inefficient and maybe faulty in design its hard to believe nancy pelosi taking over the white house but its not just what the law says though it may very well happen the situation is unprecedented the u. S. Is now trying to a period of extreme turmoil things were already struggling a lot of stuff as they were now they are doubly so. Over a Dozen Campaign rallies have now been canceled so how will the public react will there be sympathy for donald trump now that hes been infected or will this be seen as further confirmation of the democrats argument that he lacks clear judgment only the voters can answer that question. R. T. New york. The french president is proposing a new law to find brown tickle islam and socalled religious separatism among a micro made the announcement in a speech on friday claiming islam is in crisis. Dissemination of what is your vision cruiser islam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world countries people didnt just see it and you dont you would lose a deep crisis that is link. Between fundamental decision to moderate is it likely between religious and political projects that says we have seen it lead to radicalism even in countries where islam is the majority religion would you measure the law targets what he calls enemies of france is the midst separatists and terrorist restricts foreign financing of mosques and religious schools ranches up surveillance of groups and individuals suspected of separatism its provoke those negative reactions among french politicians. Mccrum didnt speak of separatism and republican cohesion he spoke only of excessively stigmatizing muslims is his only way of hiding his calamitous management of the health and social crisis revolting we were expecting a speech on separatism by the poor has become singular and mr mccraw speech was exclusively devoted to islam and islam islam as if the republic was threatened only by the excesses of a tiny minority micron evokes the degradation of life and working class neighborhoods and the organization of islam but his proposals still to disperse a fight are only on islam and nothing else its not just believe but also citizens who want equal rights the law comes in the midst of a social crisis in france a recent poll found 40 percent of french muslims put their faith above laws of the republic and most who think like that are under 25 years old french journalist are no benedetti says microns policy as part of his reelection campaign. Its clear that Emanuel Mccraw is trying to toughen his stance when it comes to defending the values of the republic hes trying to please the traditional right which believes that this is a priority and thinks that its an issue that needs addressing and to some extent hes trying to please supporters of the National Rally who are also very keen on this topic and cannot be ruled out that this law against islamic separatism is part of his Election Strategy and in the end with 18 months to go before the end of his president ial term such tactics are justified. Frances president also drawn criticism this week for his perceived meddling in lebanons crisis its one of a number of International Situations hes going to be self involved in prompting accusations of over ambition. In paris picks up the story. And mitchell over 3 years on the world stage front says president not call has apparently become the go to man ladies and gentlemen my my my 1st miss each he said francis back france back at the core of for europe. Its up to you to write your history but the role of france is to be in a friendship by your side from syria to libya wrong to the sun hell mcconnell has fingers in many pies high profile interventions have kept the International Media fixated on him but as bold as they have been many of his cause celeb are seemingly in tractable this week alone hes been asked to mediate in belarus called for a cease fire in conjunction with russian president putin between as a by sean and armenia and made his feelings over recent well known developments in lebanon for all his efforts how much success has he achieved we have a pretty good reason sort of suck big. Time proposed me you should. Have gone for answer Something Like that but. d no one success until now on result for example we were active on leave and no use there is no result we were active and there was no result we want to be active in belarus for the moment of course no result lebanon is a particularly sought issue when corn arrived in beirut in the days following those deadly blasts he hoped to instigate chain. He made the lawns he wanted an interim government appointed fresh elections audit of the National Bank we need a new Political Initiative and im here to bring her good to coordinate with your plan and internationally should leave you to bring money on out directly to people and he broke the mold reaching out and holding talks with hezbollah that now backfired. We welcome president book ron as a friend who loves lebanon and wants to help lebanon get out of its crisis but there is no authorize ation for the french president or anyone else to be guarding georgia must of been on for some experts his intervention smacked of hypocrisy i definitely dont think that he can succeed in lebanon and not least because france doesnt control lebanon but also because his position on lebanon is contradictory with his other stated. Positions for example when he went to algeria a few years ago he said that colonialism was a crime against humanity well if it was a crime against humanity then it surely wrong today for the french president to try to. To control the government of lebanon from paris last year as france hosted the g. 7 summit not called got the nod to negotiate with iran as tensions between the gulf states and the u. S. Looked ready to spiral out of control he pulled out all of the stops even flying the Iranian Foreign minister to the summit to hold talks u. S. President trump though appeared to be less enthusiastic about the situation is the president the british you know force of the Iranian Foreign minister so we. Have. No comment needless to say despite mackerels best efforts the u. S. And iran remain polar opposite. Now one macro has been busy trying to fix up the world hes also found himself in hot water that was the spat with the brazilian president his romance with trump crashed and burned and he called nato brain dead and then there is his relationship with turkeys president usual love let me remind you of my Statement Last year on nato being brain dead i think this is the best example of it when 2 nato members are confronted with the situation we are seeing and denouncing it its intolerable let your. Turkey has drilling practices in the exclusive Economic Zone of cyprus that are today on acceptable and it is multiplying provocations that dont represent the dignity of a great state no one can dispute that not calling has being ambitious in his undertakings he wants to make sure that france holds on to its International Clout but for all his efforts some might be left wondering if he has perhaps bitten off more than he can chew charlotte r. T. Paris. A lonely british widower has been overwhelmed by new friendships from around the world we put a poster in his window during lockdown but there is a twist to the tale well explain after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Welcome back a lonely widower in the u. K. Put up a poster in his window saying that he was looking for friends to his surprise he received an overwhelming response but also an unpleasant reaction from neighbors daschle spoke to him we spent probably one on the heart was sometimes 2 eating. Drinking conversing and that was a neat thing it was in the case. And now i dont have that. You miss us. Tony williams lost his wife to cancer cheering the cave at 19 locked down after 3 decades together but as is increasingly common for the older generation the loneliness that came with losing a longtime partner was devastating after my lovely wife died i found not only of her loss the love this person ive ever met. But i was on my own i was in an area where i had no friends or family i was absolutely isolated put a couple of versions in the local paper but i didnt get in taters i had some cards printed a sort of introduction to myself although i distributed 29 nobody back the next thing was i had a poster printed put it up in my window had trouble is very few people walked past my window more than a 1000000 older people like tony can go for over a month without speaking to anyone a situation only worsened by lockdown but the media took up tonys cause and he was inundated with support the lovely thing was not so much the quantity the quality the lovely messages i got from all over the world a heartbreaking tale with a heartwarming ending not quite as many have found before him media fame can take a dark tan with an inevitable public backlash that backlash came from tonys neighbors who told me they were his friends and that for him in his time of grief they claimed the media circus was all a sham and the apparent rift with the people who call themselves his friends has ironically make tony more lonely than ever and some of them showing real anger about this to my face and some dont talk to me and i cant do anything about that. This week ive decided to go theres 2 things in this 1st of all the awful associations with moving here youre becoming ill joe going into hospital and then coming home and coming home to die i cant think of this place except in those but also because people have misunderstood my motivation so thats another reason for moving away it seems tony and his neighbors have differing ideas of what true friendship looks like i was looking for something. Called friendship. Real friendship now a friend to me is some of the you would immediately think of to go down the pub or to go on holiday with or if youre a mountaineering youd want them on the end of the rope because your life depends on it that is a friend somebody you trust implicitly child adult stache d r t u k its time share. Its not just the older generations that can feel isolated during lockdown so says the bearer of middlesbrough who has rejected new restrictions in the u. K. We spoke with him. The government announced extraordinary short notice they certainly didnt communicate with us at all a range of measures to try and protect people but these measures went way beyond what was necessary and theyre actually going to stifle all kinds of problem and of course thousands potentially thousands of job losses because Damage Mental Health and then to break down some of the elements of society that are really important cherished health doesnt necessarily just means physical health it means Mental Health and Mental Health is severely impacted when you cannot even stand in your garden and have a coffee to meet with from a neighbor because thats whats coming your Mental Health suffers when you lose your job or your partner does or your parents by the way physical health will suffer with these new rules 2 people will not go out they will not interact they will not mix so a lot of people get a lot less exercise. The new stickers also affect Liverpool Warrington and hartlepool that include a ban on people from different households mixing indoors interacting outdoors that isnt banned but its also not advised and only essential travel is allowed. Or most burma stance on the measures has speed heavily criticised the communitys secretary branded it were irresponsible and disappointing on the most colleagues on the town Council Called the reckless and depressed and again insists that he is taking the pandemic seriously so im not soft on colbert i want to control it but we have to find a way of allowing the life to go on Mental Health to be ok and physical health to be ok what we do know from our local experts is that 80 percent fact just over 80 percent of all coked infections are happening within the home so we agree with the government that it temporary restriction on socialising on is a really good idea but categorically that should not spill out to your garden similarly. We want to make sure that out venue is a very well run and we want to make sure that people could meet for a bite to eat a cup of tea maybe even a beer in a safe well run environment in a socially just setting none of those 3 environments none of those 3 things are intrinsically risky so we feel that the government is important some of it goes way beyond what was necessary. Julian assizes extradition trial hearings have concluded now in london the judge announced the final verdict will be given in early january after 4 weeks of evidence hearing through wiki leaks and it is health has visibly deteriorated in the arrested back in april 29th enough to the demanded his extradition stateside he faces criminal charges for leaking secret documents that detail the u. S. War crimes in the middle east critics say his trial has been unfair and that a conviction would pose a threat to journalistic rules around the world and hes going underground spoke to water and filmmaker john pilger is a pretty. It is the most important political trial of this century if it goes hippies sent to the United States if his extradited hell find a way to take his own life the whole hearing shouldnt have happened the only way he can speak to his lawyers is to get down on his knees its been 10 years of incarceration of one kind or another there hasnt been due process in this court there has been due revenge the son of those on trial for journalism he gave us too much truth told us about war crimes he told us about how Governments Lie american jurisdiction can cross any ocean and reach into any country any journalist if they get away with this if they send a sondre across the atlantic it point be the last time it will be the beginning who will be next. 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