A precautionary measure after testing positive for the corona virus as speculation runs wild about the implications of its infection with a 2028 president ial race. And unveils plans to counter islamist separatism with a new long running secular values that explained that as a desperate bid to mask its failings during the pandemic. Youre watching R T International bringing your live new updates from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. We start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan on europes southern border with asia our correspondent whos in the conflict zone says 3 explosions have just been heard there earlier during a nighttime bombing raid a hospital in the regions capital where. Hit and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties the hospital was treating soldiers who have since been evacuated from the area several residential buildings were also hit in the air strike. Reports from the scene. Today would witness one of the worst bombings of the planet the city which is the capital of nagornokarabakh the disputed region here right behind me is 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 off the backs we are 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 somebody killed i was. Very sober and we had to leave but were being told that this right here right here we see ambulances rushing. It has to be like this all day a good thing is being told the little is the end like a very large round of the cool d things are better at least this is what the Defense Ministry of armenia is telling us were. Going to get going and going anyway. This is the epicenter of one of the explosions that has bassetts to comic air tonight this is your show now it seems like it has been devastated a case that shattered glass something or hell because shattered glass windows are broken in fact look at this just managed to pull it off there are boxes of there are boxes of stuff just goes something that im not even sure if it used to be it was sold here on the floor of. The manager just put it in the back it will take you to actually treat i give you i can even go and grab. It looks something that looks like a do you order and. Now its easy come easy go its like the one coming started from the road this well this is where the portrait of. Those people live or what he looks of it use to live in the world right to rule this building and leave the damage there is the most significant move. Theres one thing that i have to tell you there was no reason for example to jump to this place. Residents about building you just saw ran for cover into their basements during the raid they told us what the experience was like for them. You dont have all that tall men who have a bomb in a cloud of smoke at the moment and the windows have been shot at the manage to climb down you have a lot of i was in my room i was going to tidy up when there was a loud bang it wasnt bearable there was one massive impact i suppose of rubble 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 become a conflict is one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union the enclave populated mainly by armenians broke away from azerbaijan in 1988 but the area has not been widely recognized as a sovereign state as a leader says in 1000. On these have been killed in the conflict zone with 60 civilians injured and on friday hostilities spill be on the confines of the disputed territory when a bordering a very town was bombed as a price on claims over 2000 shells were dropped in that raid and its capital people have been showing support for their own military as campaign local journalist as well if i tell if reports from his piece includes images of military strikes to be warned. Knowing hed be wrong. Youll see. Police what you were doing mark now i think you saw. Our fine lady and you got to go on the special line for me said the residents are quite enthusiastic. Including the one time i. Say. The only. Thing i was a. Negotiation process so i supported the army you can see the National Flags that. Ill find out or just seen on the thank you the card. Lets listen to some of them will be asked ration expectations signal now that i am originally from carroll i am ready to defend my land i have been to areas where the fighting is if they call me im ready to go to war. I think we will win the lands back as soon as possible and we will go to karabakh and put our flag there only our people and soldiers can take our lands back people are not tired everybody feels motivated and wants to help our troops. That means i have a negative attitude to the who are young people or go into the war their minions must surrender and leave only and thats. The service the mobilization and constant should be. The state. 1000 old young people. Seem to be for the service. Its pretty good just like you doing to our lead story coverage of the national t. V. Or congress and online media. Outlets where we can see that absolute majority of the coverage. Was crossing much and cold war. Donald trump has been moved to the Walter Reed Hospital as a precautionary measure after testing positive for corona virus the president says hes doing ok and has shared a video thanking his supporters. Thank you everybody for the tremendous support im moving to Walter Reed Hospital or think im doing very well but were going to make sure things were the 1st ladys doing very well so were thank you very much very appreciative. Here white House Doctors say the president is experiencing mild symptoms including a low grade fever he doesnt need oxygen support but has started antiviral therapy and number of people close to tromp have also recently tested positive for a house says the president will carry on his role but many of his political opponents are hoping he wont kill martin reports. 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 yes a 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 just 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 with 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 going to go right here in the United States lowest in. Numerous categories were lower than the world they wanted me to come out and screw people and dying with no no 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 weve done a great. Democrats jumped on Donald Trumps diagnosis to once again call him out for mishandling the crisis going into crowds unmasked and all the rest to sort of a brazen invitation for Something Like this to happen though they have not done so in the past 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 he is in a High Risk Group for home cove it can be lethal but i want to 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 us to view early 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 they have to proceed taking over the white house but if thats what the the law says though it may very well happen she does situation as unprecedented the u. S. Is now trying to a period of extreme turmoil thing. All the trouble what 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 fight a radical islam and socalled religious separatism among all micron made the announcement and a speech on friday claiming that islam is in crisis. Islam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world and we dont just see it in our country it is a deep crisis that is linked to tensions between fundamentalism specifically between religious and political projects that says we have seen lead to radicalism even in countries where islam is the majority religion. Well all targets what i call the enemies of friends islamist separatists and terrorists it restricts foreign financing of mosques and religious schools and ratchets up surveillance of groups and individuals suspected of separatism thats provoked some negative reactions among french politicians. Mccrum didnt speak of separatism and republican cohesion he spoke only of obsessive lee 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 but the plural 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 mccrone invokes the degradation of life and working class neighborhoods and the organization of islam but his proposals still to be specified are only on islam and nothing else its not just believe but also citizens who want equal rights. Along comes in the midst of a social crisis in france a recent poll found that 40 percent of french muslims but their faith about the laws of the republic and most who think like that are under 25 years old french journalists are not been a daddy says mccrum policy is part of his reelection campaign. But you have 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 rate 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 hence it cannot be ruled out 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 has also drawn criticism this week for his perceived meddling and lebanons crisis its one of a number of International Situations hes gotten himself involved in prompting accusations of over and mission are to charlotte picks up the story. Initial over 3 years on the world stage from says president not call has apparently become the go to man ladies and gentlemen my im my 1st miss each he said france is back france is back at the core of for europe. Its up to you to write your history but the role of frances to be in a friendship by your side from syria to libya wrong to the son hell mccaughan 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 shon 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 president who resists sort of. Being in. Africa today. Each time he proposed mediation each time he proposed a conference or something that i doubt but. d no one success until now on the result for example we were active on leave and 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 change he made pull to mons he wanted an interim government appointed fresh elections and an audit of the National Bank we need a new Political Initiative and im here to bring her good because. 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 the reason no authorization for the french president or anyone else to be guardian 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 call 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 somebody you. Know needless to say despite mackerels best efforts the u. S. And iran remain polar opposites no one macro has been busy trying to fix up the world hes also found himself it hot water there was a spat with the brazilian president his bromance with trump crashed and burned and he called nato br. 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. To 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 just not call has being ambitious in his undertakings he wants to make sure that france holds all to its International Clout but for all his efforts some might be left wondering if he has perhaps more than he can chew. R. T. Paris still to come on the program a lonely british one or has been overwhelmed by new friendships from around the world thanks to a poster he put up in his window during lockdown but theres a twist in the tell as well find out after this. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday shouldnt let it be an arms race off and spearing Dramatic Development only. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those great. Thinks. We dare to ask. Welcome back a lonely widower in the u. K. Put up a poster and his window saying hes looking for friends and to his surprise he received an overwhelming response but also an unpleasant reaction from neighbors. Spoke with him. We spent probably the woman in the hall of those sometimes 2 eating. Drinking conversing. That was there youd think it was in the. And now i dont have that. Access. 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 that i had no friends or family i was absolutely isolated put a couple of virgins 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 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 turn with an inevitable public backlash that backlash came from tonys neighbors who told me they were his friends and there 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 made 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 for those 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 terms but also because people have misunderstood my motivation so theres 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 its on the you would immediately think of to go down the pub or to go on holiday with or if youre a mountain earring youd want them on the end of the rope because your life depends on it that is a friend somebody you trust implicitly charge edward stache t r t u k is timeshare oh its not just the older generations that can feel isolated during a lockdown so says the mayor of middlesboro who has rejected new restrictions in the u. K. The government announced a extraordinarily short notice they certainly didnt communicate with us i saw a range of measures to to try and protect people from these measures went way beyond what was necessary and theyre actually going to stifle all kinds of problems and of course thousands potentially thousands of job losses because Damage Mental Health and the going to break down some of the elements of society that the really important cherished health doesnt necessarily just mean 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 meets with from a neighbor because thats whats coming your Mental Health suffers when you lose your job or your partner does or your parent s. 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 than they were search and also fact Liverpool Warrington and hurdle paul they include a ban on people from different households mixing indoors interacting outdoors isnt a ban but also advised either and only essential travel is allowed and mares words have already been heavily criticized with the communities secretary bringing them irresponsible and the president again insists hes taken the pen demick seriously though. So im not soft on coal but 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 in fact just over 80 percent of all coated infections are happening within the home so we agree with the government that it temporary restriction on socialising a home is a really good idea but categorically that should not spill out to your garden similarly we want to make sure that our venues are very well run and we want to make sure that people could meet for a bite to eat a cup of coffee 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. As a breakdown of todays top headlines for now but if youre looking for more you can always had to our website our. Sitting at this hour. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Max kaiser this is the kaiser report well weve got another scandal or is it a scandal im not sure sure it is a scandal could be a big nothing burger not sure people say that anymore but it left like qualifies as a nothing burger i think stacy well once again kaiser report was right we were right 4 years ago on this whole tax story regarding trumps tax returns but i want to say you know this fits in this with the theme that weve been covering here and on orangeville pod cast every sunday which is that the the real world out in the real world outside of the beltway outside of california Silicon Valley washington d. C. New york manhattan but outside of those locations the world is actually pretty fine and people are not hysterical and it is not as hysterical as what you might see on the cable news where it is all entertainment this is gladiator style delivery of the news and its hyperventilating and screeching its not really like that if you look down deeper that there is a calm ockhams razor sort of natural explanation for most stories so back in 2016 everybody was like why is trump trying to hide his tax returns well this is what the Mainstream Media the cable news who since this point of 2016 have been empowered to determine for all these ordinary people out in the rest of america what is fake and what is real news is they they are on these boards they get to sit over facebook and determine what should be deleted from ordinary joe baggett donuts who somehow is like too stupid to know what the likes of Jeffrey Zucker the head of c. N. N. Knows so heres what they said was going on back in 20161718 we have a few headlines here of what they said at the time why trump wanted to hide his tax returns. Could toms tacks