A precautionary measure after testing positive for corona virus speculation runs wild about the implications of his infection for the 2020 president ial race. And emanuel mccrum unveils plans to convert islam is separatism with a new law defending secular values critics lament as a desperate bid to mask his failings during the pandemic. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow lets get started with a live news update. And we begin with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan our correspondent who is in the conflict zone says 3 more explosions have been heard there today earlier during a nighttime bombing raid several residential buildings in the regions capital were hit hospital that was treating soldiers was also damaged and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties are reports from the scene. Today we witnessed 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 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 fully able to hold 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 but it. Is being born relentlessly and like a very large rounds of the pool. At least this is what the Defense Ministry of armenia is telling out. Like that again and again. This is the epicenter of one of the explosions that has bassetts to tonic air tonight this could be a shock now it seems like it has been devastated just shattered glass somewhat heal 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 goes something that im not even sure if it used to be of course saw it on the floor of. The manager just put it in the back it was all to take you to actually treat i give you i can even go and grab its looks its something that looks like a deodorant. Well now its easy come easy go its like a welcoming sign from a road its well this is where the project was. Yeah well good luck with it you still live in the world round. The building leave the damage there. And. Theres one thing that i have to tell you there was no reason for example to jump to this place. Residents of that building you just saw ran for cover in their basements during the raid they described to us what they saw. We were all a tall man who have a bomb in a cloud of smoke at the moment and their 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 for a bit of background the kabaka 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. Leader says 1000 azerbaijanis have been killed in the conflict zone with 60 civilians injured and on friday hostilities spilled beyond the confines of the disputed territory when a bordering a very town was bombed azerbaijan 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 is mild for to live reports from by cool his piece includes images of military strikes to be warned. Hans you are. Going to go on each of the 9 pm youll see the curfew. Police what you were doing mark our time ask you for one. Hour in line. And youve got to go on a special line for mission listeners are quite enthusiastic. Including the one time. Say they. Will seek a. Negotiation process so my support will be army you can see the National Flags that they hang on ill find that out for just. Thank you the card. Lets listen to some of them will be asked recent expectations signal or not as i am originally from carol 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 just i think we will win all 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 america have a negative attitude to the war or young people or go into the war their minions must surrender and leave our lands. They service them a goodish and conscription a. 1000 young people. Came to the. Service. Its pretty decide to join the army or something because we think national t. V. Or congress and online media. Outlets where we can see that absolute majority will become rich. 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 this Charity Video they can his supporters. Thank you everybody for the tremendous support im going to Walter Reed Hospital or think im doing very well but were going to make sure that these were the 1st ladys doing very well so we would thank you very much very appreciative of your. White House Doctors say the president is experiencing mild symptoms including low grade fever he doesnt mean oxygen support but has started antiviral therapy and number of people close to tromp have also recently tested positive white house says the president will carry on in his role but many of his political opponents are hoping he wont. Explains. 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 it suggests 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 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 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 on the right here in the United States is 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 the 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 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 no one really trusting of action 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 mechanism 6 dreamily slow extremely inefficient and maybe faulty in design its hard to believe nancy pelosi taking over the white house but its thats 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 troubled enough as they were now they are doubly so. Over a Dozen Campaign rallies have now been cancelled 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 going to answer that question. R. T. New york. In french president is proposing a new law to fight radical islam and socalled religious separatism emanuel made the announcement in a speech on friday claiming that islam is in crisis disturbing. 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. The law targets what it calls and the means of friends is almost separatist and terrorists it restricts foreign financing of mosques and religious schools and ratchets up surveillance of groups and individuals suspected of separatism its provoked some negative reactions among french politicians however. Mccrum didnt speak of separatism and republican cohesion he spoke only 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 but the bluer has become singular and mr macross speech was exclusively devoted to islam and islam islam as if the republic was threatened only by the excesses of a tiny minority mccrone evokes the degradation of life in 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. The law comes in the midst of a social crisis in france are simple found that 40 percent of french muslims put their faith above the laws of the republic and best to think like that are under 25 years old french journalists are not benedetti says microns 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 and 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. A spike in sea pollution has been reported in russias far east a problem was detected off the coast of come chaka and the exact cause is unknown it started several weeks ago when servers in the area fell sick they reported severe eye irritation sore throats and fatigue since then people have spotted dead sea life including seals being washed ashore along 40 kilometers of coastline experts at the scene tech samples and found petro chemical levels in the water were 4 times over the legal limit and also found elevated levels of final toxic chemical a long Line Campaign called save the pacific is now urging the local authority as an International Environmental organizations to establish the source of the pollution and to clean up the waters. Still to come in the program a british way or has been overwhelmed by new friendships from all across the globe thanks to a poster he put up in his window during a lockdown at theres a twist in the tale ill tell you more about that and other stories after this break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back the mayor of the british city of middlesboro has spoken out against the countrys new coronavirus restrictions saying theyre doing more harm than good we spoke with him about it. Government amounts to extraordinarily short notice they certainly didnt communicate with us at all a range of measures 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 are 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 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 than a research and also a fact live report war in turn and hartlepool they include a ban on people from different households mixing indoors interacting outdoors isnt banned but also is an advise and only essential travel is allowed. The mayors words have already been heavily criticized with the communitys secretary granting them irresponsible that any president again insists hes taken depend demick 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 sissoko health to be ok what we do know from our local experts is that 80 percent in fact just over 80 percent of all coked infections are happening within the home so we agreed with the government that it temporary restriction on socialising or was a really good idea but categorically that should not spill out to your garden similarly we wanted 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 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 coronavirus restrictions in the u. K. Have left many elderly people deprived of Human Interaction and one were decided to tackle the problem by putting a poster in his window asking for new friends are to study Edwards Darcy went to meet him we spent probably one and a half hours sometimes to the eating. Drinking conversing and that was an evening it was in the cage and. Now i dont have that. Tony williams lost his wife to cancer cheering the cave at 19 not 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 loveliest person ive ever met. But i was on my own i was in an area i had no friends or family i was absolutely isolated put a couple of virgins in the local paper but i didnt get in takers 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 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 mountain earring youd want them on the end of the rope because your life depends on it that is a friend some do you trust implicitly child adult stash d r t u k is time share. Thats been our breakdown of the days top headlines for thats our thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. The entrepreneurs to our Developers Like trumps logic but already they take risks they know theyre risking that these properties could blow up and not be worth anything of value and thats what entrepreneurs do and they get taxed the government gives them tax incentives to be entrepreneurial to be Property Developers thats what those tax incentives are for to encourage entrepreneurs to go create millions of jobs by being Property Developers. Everybody is reaching for that you. Soucie and i mean its a rush and i think the resolution of this is this going to be a gnostic war thats going to go on for maybe months as john in an already rejected its. Almost goes off to mediate because the fighting is too early on the people are now battling to see what territory they can get and i think when the fighting settles down and the lines are drawn and people realize that theyre not going to move forward or backwards then theyre going to to the other. As the u. S. Economy was booming growing 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 it is were not financially equality and a lack of Affordable Housing or living minimum wage give many people no choice you know thats been a problem with the city who knows turn around and told me stay away i dont know ms coulter concluded that there is no answer. Yes that requires resources. On the streets to become invisible. This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss friendship or in washington coming up another world leader has tested positive for corona virus as the pandemic continues to ravage the globe straight ahead well bring you the latest details on the breaking diagnosis and how the world is responding and there has been a major crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry as Exchange Giant bit max has faced some scrutiny from regulators we bring you up to speed on the controversy with 2 keen crypto observers with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with news that u. S. President donald trump and 1st lady maloney a trump have tested positive for cope at 19 the president announced the diagnosis on twitter hours after tweeting he and the 1st lady were waiting for test results following news that one of his top aides hope pics had contracted the virus in a tweet sent around 1 am friday morning trump said they will begin the quote quarantine and Recovery Process immediately adding we will get through this together following reports questions were raised as to whether other Administration Officials had been exposed to the virus Devon Omalley the press secretary for Vice President mike pence issued a statement saying as has been routine for months Vice President pence is tested for coping 1000 every day this morning Vice President pence and the 2nd lady tested negative for cope at 19 Vice President pence remains in good health and wishes the troops. Well we recovered so with the latest news well lets take another look at the trends and spread a virus globally with our 2 correspondents. Start where we brought in so brand cover in 1000 has now infected almost 35000000 people killing over 1000000 out in the u. S. More than 7500000 come from gate cases while deaths have surpassed 213000. 00 so short of a vaccine still no one is safe right now from this virus not even the u. S. President by also want to take a look at us trend which is actually looking a lot better and going into the right direction as cases have been lower all of this week compared to last week so on thursday there were 41984 cases now that up 8 percent compared to last week but in prior reaks are actually seeing increases up to 30 percent in new cases so this is actually looking a lot better and then in that there were 847. 00 reported also on thursday now thats a decrease of 16 percent from the numbers again that we saw last week and all this week the numbers have been much lower compared to last week so thats exactly the direction the country needs to be going brant and sorrow of course the biggest news story of the play is president roh being diagnosed with cobra now other World Leaders have been diagnosed you tell us about that so president is by no means the only world leader to have tested positive for the virus so far theres been brazilian president president jalal so naro there is russian Prime Minister mikhail. And then theres been u. K. Prime minister boris jobs and now from this list u. K. s Prime Minister johnson has experience and were. Of the virus where he spent about a week in hospital and 3 nights in intensive care now President Trump on the other hand is currently only experiencing symptoms like a minor cold now theres also been other high profile figures have also gotten the virus which include chief brags it negotiator Michel Barnier britains Prince Charles there is a straight Home Affairs Minister peter dutton irans Deputy Health minister iraq. An advisor to Iran Supreme Leader hominidae id act out of velayati now additionally brand more than a dozen u. S. Members of congress have also tested positive for the virus and at least 110. 00 capitol workers and 43 members of the u. S. Capitol police so brand this virus obviously has no bias to who you are whether youre a world leader or a front line worker or just ordinary people like you and i brant are 2 correspondent side temperature thank you for keeping us up to date. And we have more jobs data out of the United States as the bureau of labor statistics announced nonfarm payrolls grew by 661000. 00 in september while the Unemployment Rate dropped to 7. 9 percent from 8. 4 percent in august congress had expected gains of as much as 800000 jobs but we missed the mark there are other sectors