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Donald trump supposed to test his media pundits are ready to take it easy on the president who remains in hospital. There just gone 4 oclock here in the russian capital you with r. T. International now the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan shriek night over a week ago shows no sign of relenting as fighting continues in the region of nagornokarabakh where the conflicts between the 2 nations in the area has reached back over 3 decades the region is controlled by Ethnic Armenians but is internationally recognized as part of his. That has been almost continuous shelling in cutbacks capital here is some of the latest pictures. Hostilities and im spreading beyond the disputed territory with several times in as a page on being hates according to these area government stating that some of them were hit by missiles on media to speed up some of that information is our correspondent don of reporting now from the pool and i have a package. Things like this one on here in the go and i care about in fact this tiny village alone was battered by 6 massive missiles here is where one of them landed and this is all the devastation that it has left but it is not where the azerbaijanis had hoped where it would land because we about we were just a few 100 meters away from the airport of step on a cart and here the airport its much bigger than just taking people from point a to point b. Its political its a symbol of independence and the symbol of allegiance of the local government to the authorities over menial and that is why there by john isnt happy at all that its here in fact since since this airport was renovated and became operational again back in 2012 it became a regular target of attacks in fact it went as thereby john went as far as threatening to shoot down planes coming in and out of this airport but later backtracked saying that it would never target civilians but even if it doesnt even as it doesnt target civilians specifically well they still get the short end of the stick as you can clearly see but i talked to them i talked to the owner of this house who still live. And hes told me that hes not going anywhere bush. Ive lived here for almost 20 years and i dont want to move away i will work your instead into the end of my life and hes not the only one its the general mood here as people prefer to stay and live in their homes even of bombs fall on their heads done of reporting from the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. Where authorities do say in the region that nearly 20 civilians have died since the start of the renewed fighting however as a Defense Ministry does say it does not target civilians and a Senior Adviser to see as a big chance president gave us his views on the escalating conflict army be a good. Answer doctor of course for those who are and we have seen other. Live pictures of this tense i was in the moscow to be able to come. But exactly d happened the disturbance of some. Of the trying to come to the church and to attack the story was appropriations. Intensive and share with us which incidents come to us or i have received or i just was in hour d or 2 cells and after that it is landed after cigarettes which are just school in the. Mirror so those are 6 hours or so but then. You sort of pause a bit you know i think theyre going to sort of feel as a government that these 2 are going to. Ok lets bring in hetherington now shes from the International Committee of the red cross and a very welcome thanks for your time this afternoon ruth just from your perspective and from what youve seen how bad is the humanitarian situation in the you go on a cattle back region at the moment. Thanks so yes we are just over a week into this latest escalation of this conflict in the region and already were seeing its having a terrible impact on civilians the humanitarian consequences are already apparent we are on the ground across the region and what we are seeing and hearing is that people are absolutely terrified being forced to make really impossible decisions on how to keep them themselves and their families safe so there are reported civilian deaths and injuries life changing injuries in cases on both sides of the line of Contact People are reportedly on the move trying to find shelter trying to find safe places others are sheltering in place having to move to on heated basements with their families including children and babies and sheltering there night in day because of the violence on top of this this is this is all happening in the context where winter is coming people have already been dealing with dayglo boko that pandemic so in terms of Health Care Just in terms of fears for their own safety and their health that is something thats weighing on them as well and of course this is a population and a region that has dealt with this conflict for the last 3 decades so were especially where it is what about the Mental Health impact that this will have on people given that they have been dealing with this for almost 30 years given the context in which this escalation is now happening it is a terrible situation. People in that region receiving any idea the moment of what is the red cross able to do if anything. So we have been helping hospitals in the corner kyra back on request weve helped with emergency medical supplies and we are trying to assess needs our teams in the field its quite restricted in terms of what they can do because of the volatility of the situation because the fighting is so intense in places so we havent actually even been able to get out and do a full assessment as we as we would like to do were keeping in contact with people and affected communities by phone trying to assess in that way but even that in many in many places communications are cut so we are also obviously we collaborate with the National Societies the armenian red cross and the azerbaijan red crescent. Constantly anyway and we plan to do so when we can where we can in this situation so theres room to do a lot more and were working on it but obviously people people do need support and people need help and where we can weve been stepping up and we obviously hope to do a lot more. In lives should the needs require it sure is part of your role. Explain your humanitarian crisis that is unfolding to the authorities and theres a big and armenia if there is going to be help presumably you need cooperation from from both sides. We have been seeking as part of our general dialogue we seek to go to sides bilaterally to all sides bilaterally confidentially and we have been speaking about the impact that this has been having and to that International Humanitarian law obligations and our message to to all sides since the beginning has been that civilians must be protected they must be spared it is the obligation of all the parties to take all feasible measures they can to make sure that civilians are protected that also that civilian infrastructure and by that i mean schools and hospitals and marketplaces that they are also protected Water Supplies for example they must be protected these are all obligations under International Law and that absolutely that is something we we speak to parties of any consequence conflicts all the time bilaterally confidentially and we have also been in speaking trying to raise awareness and speaking about this publicly because we have seen from the very beginning the impact that this is having on this on the civilian population. Your insight this afternoon i was retiring to and from the International Committee of the red cross thanks for coming on. But its quite new coronavirus rules banning mask other rings in israel thousands rallied over the weekend demanding the Prime Ministers resignation they are angered and many yet not use and link of the pandemic and his ongoing corruption trial dozens were arrested for a slip has more. Was it well over the weekend we saw tales of thousands of protesters demonstrating throughout israel against the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now mass protests are currently forbidden in the country and people are only allowed to gather within one kilometer from their home so the result is that was small we saw hundreds of small demonstrations taking place in tel aviv was one of the scenes where those demonstrations was altered in violence. Has complained of criticized protesters for using violence against Police Officers for example throwing eggs we know that 38. 00 protesters were arrested in tel aviv alone for the violation of public water and at the same time for attacking Police Officers many protesters disturbed order blocked roads to ignore distractions of officers resorted to physical and verbal violence a large majority of virtually broke the emergency regulations when they gathered with no distancing not Wearing Masks and danger in Public Health now one of the organizations that has organized protests is known as the black Flags Movement and it is to make that the 100000 people out on the streets of the weekend that think it is difficult to independently verify that what we are hearing from witnesses is that this is an historic fateful moment they say that they will not be silenced either organized as. But the protests will not be stopped but will instead go until the Prime Minister netanyahu lose his post this comes as criticism against the police in the way that they have been handing the whole protest also grows we heard from the countrys defense minister. The attacks on protesters tonight and in recent days around thinkable demonstrations were held in accordance with the guidelines are religious and an essential part of a democracy i call in the police to find the attackers and bring them to justice now the countrys Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist that the way hes been handling the protests is legitimate particularly the way hes been handling the whole pandemic is experiencing its 2nd lockdown however its likely that these protests against the Prime Minister will continue in the weeks and months to come theyre criticizing the way hes been handling coverage 19 and also they calling out against his corruption charges. Doctors treating donald trump for code would say the president could actually be discharged from hospital later today that after his condition improved even briefly left his ward to greet supporters outside water reed hospital in his motorcade the president waved to the crowd wearing a mask however there is still much speculation about the exact stances of informing ill. Expect. I want to experience the roller coaster of being an american in october 2020 so a bit of a stretch i know but imagine i mean media pundit in the us off to trumps covert announcement so my 1st question obviously when was he diagnosed just 72 hours into the diagnosis now the 1st week of it but 72 hours i mean he found out on wednesday not want us to as he said i must sniff out more inaccuracies confusions and conflicting reports the time that is my 1st query of course but that has been cleared up in a memo not that convincing though the white house is clearly sketchy and involved in some kind of cover up also there was a misspelling in the memo im sure we can read something into that something terrible and sketching obviously then we come to symptoms of the bad are they very very bad how fatal is oxygenation levels how budding is his fever was he taken to hospital because hes literally at deaths door as before its clear the white house is covering it all up. And not just the doctors who say hes actually feeling fine his videos while probably a body double think. Were going to make sure things were reversed live is doing very well visit fever why but i and my funeral outfit he doesnt have one was the Washington Post said thats not particularly encouraging either way lets pass the wost Case Scenario and even back to the power not to my pants of course no no to not see polo see shes a good solid democrat then thats the question of intent some of my colleagues a suggesting that trump was a no win super spreta what should we do with such covert criminals look them up of course comes doing notifying people of. Constitutes Reckless Endangerment in the 1st degree he presented a genuine risk of death to another person in a way demonstrating a deprived indifference to human life. Knew he had coded 19 traveled in a plain spoken event went into peoples faces traveled by never worry telling anyone that he was exposing everyone in his airspace to go be 19 in peace in the hospital. If trump knew he had killed that 19 at the time who debate to joe biden he should be charged with assault oh speaking of the debate even molony is not as innocent as she looks molony was the only trump Family Member who wore a mosque during the debate then she took it off when she went up on stage with the bidens were was she purposefully trying to infect joe biden dont put it past her shes evil just listen to the tapes on the topic of those tapes its obvious from these leaked phone calls with her trusted formally 8 that she did really miss being in the white house. Working that. I knew. About. It right so its agreed shell stop at nothing to stay for a few more festive seasons meanwhile as my colleagues predict trumps imminent death there are some out there who are sharing it on president trips in a hospital from colbert and i just was same our heart goes out to covert. Social media platforms even had to step in and take down the thousands of posts wishing trump dead i mean if twittering coa delete and contest against donald trump we know its descended into chaos either way all those people who already dancing on trucks killed a grave need not worry because that chosen candidate might be the oldest democratic nominee ever but you know matata hes an a for the long run these. Things are going. To be very busy this is the. Right. Word just. Because. Its like can say is this is really building anticipation for the upcoming 3 peat debate which if you really think about it all Things Considered looks a lot like a president ial debate i cannot wait for november. Because i live there now some few paris bars are set to close as the authorities herbst you think skyrocketing Coronavirus Infections us among the stories to come yourself. Join me every 1st week on the alex song im sure ill be speaking to get out of the world of politics sports business im sure. Ill see you then. Again. The strictures of coming to force in paris and its surrounding suburbs the french capital seen as a has seen a steep spike in cases and on saturday france registered his highly highest figures of infections since the outbreak of the pandemic needy 17000. As more data. Well the announcements came thick and fast on monday with the 1st announcement the limit on the number of people who can gather together there is a ban or more than 10 people gathering together in public spaces and in places like stadiums there is a limit of a 1000 people that though doesnt apply to protests if they have got the ability to go ahead now you know that bars will shut down in paris and the in the suburbs from tuesday but restaurants will be able to remain open a restaurant will be defined as a place whose main activity of business is selling meals but the selling of alcohol and the consumption of alcohol in public spaces will be banned after 10 pm in the evening now outlining these measures the paris police prefects said that this was because the epidemic was coming too hard too fast and something need to be done before it overwhelmed the health system. The measures will be taken for the next 15 days with a reassessment at the end of these 15 days to see whether or not we will renew a certain number of measures whether we will change them. Other announcements are a band of festival student parties and we know that swimming pools games rooms and dance halls will all be closed as a result of the new measures outlined and universities will see a deuced capacity of only 50 percent of the numbers that they can normally hold the mare of paris described the measures as being very hard. And we know that the Health Crisis is have an extremely dramatic consequences for many families and dramatic consequences for the Economic Activity of our country and our capital theres also been concern from Industry Groups over the fact that those bars will close they say that thats going to force young people into drinking at home and that they wont be any health. Protocols there were anybody watching them while they do that and the president of one bar cafe in braz or Ri Association said the situation has been so tough on Business Owners that many of them now having to take antidepressants it is a Great Sadness it will be an Economic Disaster im afraid that economically and psychologically the damage will be much greater than the gruner virus there is also being and go down in france is 2nd city of mass say and thats because theyre less than impressed by the fact that restaurants will be allowed to stay open in paris if you just think back to a week ago when marsay was put in a maximum alert zone they were told all of the restaurants would have to close that there were protests and people going out to the streets who were unhappy with those restrictions but there is a question there as to where the paris a by allowing restaurants to remain open is receiving some sort of preferential treatment but as a result of that restaurants in mass say will now be able to open with immediate effect and part of this sort of diverged between whats happening in paris more say has caused the leaders down there to say that they are now setting up their own Scientific Council and i quote and thats because they no longer want to have dick tat coming from paris so it seems that these covert restrictions are perhaps more controversial than many people would have thought. Now a mockery of common sense thats how russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has slammed the position taken by western countries over the alleged nerve agent poisoning of the kremlin critic alexina valley. The words this is just a mockery of common sense in my opinion it is clear to everyone it is also clear to our western colleagues who are denying our request which is based on a Binding International convention well here is mentioning a European Convention which outlines the rules of International Legal assistance in this particular case moscow is outraged by the fact that berlin has already we ignored 3 requests from moscow for a joint investigation on what happened to the opposition activists alexina vali i can remind you that he fell severely ill while he was on the flight from siberia to moscow the pilots went for an Emergency Landing in the western city of homs the doctors were fighting for in the vollies life then upon the request of his relatives he was moved to berlin and eventually the drama officials started saying that the opposition activist was poisoned with a nerve agent of the nava tog group however russia hasnt seen any evidence russian officials were trying to ask for some kind of probe test results they were trying to get access to alexina volley diplomats in particular but none of that happened in the volley is now out of the hospital but the european officials from germany and france in the 1st place keep blaming russia and threatening moscow with sanctions if she. Picked him up there was very clearly insults and im assassination attempt was made on russian soil against a russian opponent with a chemical agent in the business in russia. And therefore it is on russia to give indispensable clarification that we will have to drill from the information that russia provides. The consequences all its refusal to provide confrontation. If you want to list all the cool in russia to do more to investigate this case your case such as this must have consequences the for reserves the right to impose sanctions on the head of the German Government angola merkel has been more cautious in her statements shes calling on everyone to wait for the results of a report by the organization for the prevention of the use of chemical weapons the oh p c w we remember that germany passed all the information it allegedly has on. To that organization but russia maintains that the 2 countries could cooperate bilaterally on investigating this case i can also tell you that Angela Merkel has visited alexei vali and the hospital while he was still there and now mr. And his part continues to maintain that moscow is looking forward and is absolutely interested in a joint investigation of the alleged poisoning and this has been moscows line from the very beginning heres what else the Russian Foreign minister said. Of course we are interested in establishing the truth about what happened with alexina valmy as soon as possible but the situation is outrageous its exactly the same scenario is in the socalled script palled case where the charges were announced but no facts were presented. Your tank reports and thats not brings up tonight so far with all the nice today. Weve also got plenty of stories as a way on our website and you can find that. The world is driven by shaped by. No dares thinks. We dare to ask. The us economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. You can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the land of opportunity the reality of were not financially equality and the lack of Affordable Housing for a living minimum wage give many people no choice but know thats been a problem with the city has turned around and told me stay way out almost. Consider that there is no answer because yes that requires resources the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible comes. Along in welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Labelle the post soviet frozen conflict no news no go to look at about is no very hot we tell you what you need to know and its america in 2020 at. Similar events that witness the bolshevik revolution in 1970. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest george is an author and a you tuber at the gaggle and here in moscow we have Dmitri Bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor it interest me internet media project originally crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok lets go to the georgian budapest the conflict the call about a buck has flared up again those that have. Been watching the post soviet space have gotten used to this year now after over 7 days of the conflict create knighting again georget some kind of stalemate. Put it into context why is this conflict important to follow. Where you have to go back to the earliest days of the bolshevik revolution and to the decision