A lesson after outrage over his idea for arabic lessons in school. Live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight an r. T. International Daniel Hawkins welcome to the program. There are hopes a breakthrough can be reached in the bitter conflict between armenia and azerbaijan the Foreign Ministers of both countries are holding talks right now in moscow are on course at the venue awaiting news of development. Well certainly Great Expectations of the eyes of the world are right now on the russian capital where the talks between the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan mediated by their russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov has already begun there on the way at the moment now journalists were allowed in for about 30 seconds for they had to witness their initial encounter then everybody was asked to step outside as its also continued behind closed doors once again there are ongoing right now as we speak meanwhile earlier Vladimir Putin called for and still if hes in gordon a car bomb and to allow for the exchange of bodies and prisoners and for all the humanitarian reasons reasons that some of this russias president to school to be into the still exists in the government core of conflict zone for humanitarian reasons hes also suggested the 2 sides look at an exchange of prisoners and the remains of those killed now once again all eyes are on moscow right now as the Russian Foreign minister is mediating talks with his nearby johnny and armenian counterparts now the call they keep it up just recently with both sides accusing each other off escalations and both sides have been really serious about standing on my ground sold the solves are going to be very important. To not only stop the hostilities in the region but also perhaps find some Common Ground between the 2 sides thats all this once again are ongoing and we will be here to cover everything thats going on and of course well give you the all come as soon as we have it. Will soon as 3 decades old conflict escalated nearly 2 weeks ago the fighting has only been intensifying there are conflicting reports on both sides about casualties and videos are released on a daily basis showing the destruction inside the disputed region and its surrounding areas. Historical phaedra were at the heart of the garden occurred about kerrys been badly damaged after being shelled heres the aftermath of the shelling it was hit twice in the same day the Armenian Foreign Ministry blames as early forces claiming they pose a threat to the civilized world. In the meantime 3 russian journalists nearby the cathedral were injured one is said to be in a Critical Condition and unable to be airlifted out of armenia the other 2 have been since left on a country of the country on a russian government flight that are Receiving Hospital treatment back in moscow. Meanwhile as earlier thought to say 7 people have been injured in a recent shelling by Armenian Forces rockets hit a restaurant in the city of bar the left of school severely damaged in a separate shelling incident in the golden boy region as a by john also reported the local Police Station was destroyed along with civilian buildings. Well internationally as it was john is backed by turkey which was supported by attempts to regain no got an i pad about armenia however along with russia is a member of the collective Security Treaty Organization which is based on a nato style but for now the head of the sea is theo says at present the alliance the used to do nothing but call for peace and an interview to r. T. That he was asked if that would change if armenia itself was attacked by a. Well im sure that as a regime will not hit the actual territory of armenia im sure such development will not happen thats because as a vision initially said that it has no territorial claims to armenia it does not challenge armenia sovereignty and territorial integrity i think that it is neither in the interest of armenia nor as a vision for the conflict to grow into a regional war but if it happens then any member of the c. S. T. Has the rights to count on help without this there is no organization but the fiercest clashes there recently have been reported in the south of the spirited region you go to an office near the border and have been talking to some of the armenian mothers whove seen their sons head off to war they spoke of both pride and concern sentiments echoed on both sides of the conflict. Arsenic lives a modest life as shes inviting us in her apartment its almost like weve traveled back in time the house is 137 years old and has been home to generations of our ancestors she offers us coffee enthusiastically be good to talk about her son fighting in the back while he was conscripted when he came of age the usual service he was on the 7th of january he had been serving for 10 months or he was in hundreds from the very beginning from base to chechnya and backwards i didnt know that he was sent to the front line i found out by chance he hadnt called me for 4 days afterwards and when he called he said nothing about being on the frontline others told me about it his son is fighting on the Southern Front near the town of a drought for a 1000000 forces its a life or death bastion of defense and for their by journeys a clue szell gateway to flood the region with own troops. As mc son is right there trying to stop the relentless onslaught of his enemy his mother waits patiently for an occasional call from him when they do come theyre all too brief for his own safety all he can tell is everythings fine so he calls me i dont he calls me to say that hes fine and thats it it doesnt happen often once in 23 days at the beginning he used to call me once in 4 days now more often the war hasnt changed my routine a lot but we do communicate a lot with other mothers whose kids are on the front asking each other about them we all have kids serving i can ringback share my emotions in church only i feel bad. But i can sure it only when i light a candle in church i keep everything inside. Sending a son into the line of fire is soul destroying for any mother but in this conflict it seems there is no greater on up yes about im proud of having such a child no mother knowing there is currently a war in the garden carver will call me rest her head on a pillow during calls and conversations he always told us that he was very far from the front line we learned that he had been allocated to serve in the garden carver and im very proud you support them. Im proud to the to have a son who is a soldier now serving in one of the military unit in the car back i know they are strong i know how hes doing hes in a fight in spirit and he inspires me to the strong here at home and ask me kobes the fighting will be over soon and his son will come home and return to his studies before the conflict intervened with life hed only just graduated from high school and had started university he wants finance to be his line of work but right now hes on the frontline of war this sentiment is not exclusive to this side of the front line as are you mothers equally as proud of their boys advancing on the enemy. Both my sons completed their military service with distinction when the conflict started my oldest son was already on the front line and proud of both of them both of them volunteered my oldest is there now and the 2nd one is waiting hes ready to go there any moment hes an excellent mood hes ready to carry out any order any word of our president. My son just came back from the army when the conflict began after september is events when our enemies once again attacked our country he was conscripted again to exercise 1st and then to the frontline my son is there now defending his country who speak by phone when there is a possibility to do it he always says to me that everything is fine. Amongst a week before the war began my son volunteered it was when the very 1st conflicts emerged he was immediately sent to the front line you always wanted our lands to come back to us that is why he volunteered i mean mothers are mothers too i dont want their children to die nobody understands a mother better than another mother they should call their children back now made them targets on foreign land and we just dont have reporting from the border with nagornokarabakh see. As meant to combat extremism but theres been nothing but an extreme reaction to the french president s new plan for arabic to be taught in schools left and right of united in their opposition to the idea shot at devinsky reports. On the plans announced by president korn france is fighting back against separatism and a deviation away from the secular nature of the republic but the law which is yet to be fully drafted and released has been seen as an attack against islam not on speech did this little to alleviate those concerns. The problem is islam ist separatism this conscious theorize politico religious project which materializes in repeated deviations from the values of the republic which often results in the constitution of a counter society and whose manifestations of the dropout of children the development of Community Based sports and cultural practices which are the pretext for teaching principles which do not comply with the laws of the republic french authorities fear that children and Students Learning arabic in mosques all being taught by religious associations could fall prey to indoctrination by isnt mists and in a bid to have more control the government plans to expand its availability in schools but not everyone is convinced that its a good idea according to a new poll some 69 percent of respondents were not in favor so what do people here in paris make of the idea. Yes for me it is a good idea today people from around the world have arrived to speak their language to teach arabic in our schools is a good idea because we have a lot of young people from North West Africa and europe. Personally and completely against this idea because here in france there are too many generals ations we point the same march of muslims when there are more serious matters but who i dont really have an opinion on that but it has to be controlled might be a good idea or if there are other languages it might be a good idea to learn. Arabic hebrew italian Spanish English all these languages i think thats a really good idea i think people do what they want to do if theyre interested its critics have also rounded on it the note saying it is being counter productive its ridiculous its the best way to boost the proliferation of quranic schools or denominational schools if we want to islam ice france this is the best way to get there the language of the republic is french institutionalizing learning of the arabic language in schools is cowardice and a mistake but even if arabic losses widely offered there is no indication there would be a prolific appetite for them its currently the 8th most popular Foreign Language chosen by 11 to 15 year olds and figures show that only about 0. 2 percent actually study it whats not clear yet and this is perhaps where the concern comes from is whether or not under the new plans arabic will become part of mandatory lessons here in france if that was the case it is likely to feel the fire of those who believe teaching arabic in schools only fosters communitarianism and blues the feeling of patriotism the exact opposite of what mr. Theres nothing wrong with teaching kids cause. I think theres a message. Thats where all the french are. Going to if we dont want to push integration if we want to help communities trying to live together. And which is one of the best instruments which can be used to get people around to get along together of course we teach the other languages even the president is in favor of teaching the arabic language so i think we shouldnt mix the subjects and say as ive also heard people saying online that teaching arabic. It is an act of separatism you know that arabic has existed here for a long time and it never brought me that radicalism or terrorism there is a specific branch of muslims who naturally make the headlines but this is only a branch thats not all muslims dont generalise. Just days after proclaiming yourself cured of a coronavirus that all trump is reportedly pushing for the antibody therapy he received to be cleared for mass use the president says he wants an emergency use authorization signed off by the food and Drug Administration as soon as possible this comes not long after the acute he accused the same agency of launching a political hit job against him after introducing tougher vaccine guard lines that could potentially the lavi approval of any. New f. D. A. Rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before election day just another political hit job with a new vaccine guidelines say manufacturers have to wait 2 months before approval can be considered so trials can flag any safety issues that means the earliest any drug could win approval would be after novembers election the f. D. A. Insists its decision is not political ive made it clear from the beginning of my junior year that the only thing that will guide our decisions is data in science all out saying increased Administration Officials members of Congress Local officials are routed. The cif executive of the Washington Pain Center believes trump is risking his political future if you pose loose with vaccine safety. But it was about the election clearly you know occurred already the Democratic Party has put in Donald Trumps lap the failure of managing to cover questions here United States so he has a lot of pressure to make sure he does something with respect to vaccines as he did with personal protective equipment ventilators respirators he did everything right from that perspective and i would get this vaccine that he wants to turn out obviously before the election to hopefully you know regain another 4 years of the white house if he put something out there that was not safe and not effective that would be devastating to his legacy so he has to make sure that everything is about the road safe and effective for the American People to believe in it and obviously to believe it and then take the vaccine for safety. Still to come the u. S. Yet again raises the stakes on sanctions against iran at this time targeting the Financial Sector as r. T. Reports some on our stories after the break. Theres a threshold at which. Big tobacco realised what they were doing in that they continued to do it they continued to put more and more things into cigarettes that needed them more addictive and made me want to smoke more of them and the point im trying to make is that social media in particular these artificially intelligent algorithms are doing the same thing. The lockdown shifted the way people relationship with their bosses and their companies and. Costs. Down to the granularity of. The only know where paper costs are incorporated in the. Weekly basis in the prison business. New sanctions have been the slaps on iran by the United States further isolating the country from the worlds Financial Systems washington claims the move is to stop or on sponsoring terror activities and developing Nuclear Weapons to iran denies those allegations and says the restrictions will hurt the iranian people the hardest. Made covert 19 pandemic us regime was to blow up our remaining channels to pay for food and medicine iranians will survive this latest of cruelty but conspiring to starve a population is a crime against humanity culprits and enablers who block our money will face justice and iran knows that and theyve been put on notice of us around with us if you do something bad were going to do things to you that have never been done before and not very president ial language from donald trump their new sanctions freeze the u. S. Assets of 18 iranian banks which is almost all the countrys Financial Institutions and also places secondary sanctions on the firms that do business with those banks and where washington claims the restrictions dont apply when it comes to basic necessities for ticks a foreign banks will be scared off from getting involved in humanitarian aid while Affairs JournalistThomas Fassbender believe the sanctions are not just about targeting iran but sending out a wider message to the world even if there is some mechanism in place that would still allow medical humanitarian aid get into iraq. Any Foreign Company any for an bank that is dealing with iran that is involved in such supplies they will have to d apply they will have to wait for a full licenses for cruel thats. From a practical point of view that can be no question that this will impede aid and support getting into the country it isnt political move by the u. S. The u. S. Are gambling on using their economic my. Over the Global Financial infrastructure to pacify any potential opponents from russia china iran. Even germany as are u. S. Sanctions now and well see what this will lead to. A court in madrid has rejected new grown a virus locked on measures imposed by the Central Government ruling they violate peoples freedoms the lockdown order had come amid a significant covert cases in the spanish capital just over 5000 were recorded in the past 24 hours however opponents of the restrictions claim the decision was taken too quickly without consent they can order the fundamental rights of millions of locals. Internationally it was the hero of the superior court of justice of madrid has refused to ratify the measures aimed at restricting peoples mobility which were imposed by a recent Central Government order the community of madrid saw those measures as he still nonconsensual and affecting the fundamental rights of millions of citizens in the courts have unanimously seen eye to eye with us on this. Lying about rules that would have meant they couldnt leave their own city local opposition to lockdown was strong. I mean. It seems that the measures are only intended to annoy madrid because there are many provinces in spain which are going through the same thing as us and they dont have to do the same so i am not at all in favor of what the government is doing. To me. I think the measures that were taking were good but it is true that economically it will be very bad for us. That we just we have to move on we have to continue with our lives and i think that we can have a normal life if we are careful. Religious communities in new york are up in arms over new lockdown measures in the city which they claim unfairly target them looks into the story. With covert numbers rising in new york city once again andrew cuomo the governor is bringing the hammer down religious places of worship and schools are now closing now that sounds like common sense but religious communities are giving him quite a bit of backlash here is why i mean yes the ego her was her Orthodox Jews say they are being singled out they have taken to the streets to protest and they say they are planning a legal action against Governor Cuomo i hope we can avoid it but as i said before if that we dont make any progress and were left with what we are now we would. Probably ask courts to issue a temporary restraining order until we can figure this all the while the Orthodox Jews say theyve been singled out the Roman Catholic community is also quite upset the high ranking this ship from the Roman Catholic church is speaking out catholic churches in brooklyn queens have not had any covert outbreak so significant cases since reopening on july the 5th to 25 percent capacity we fervently objects to being told to further reduce capacity because we have strict did to cohabit 900 protocols and the Safety Measures have been working now the parents of children who attend Roman Catholic schools are also objecting they say that cuomo should punish the guilty close down the schools where covert is spreading but not blanket shutdown all educational institutions Governor Cuomo appears to be losing patience with those who complain about his wrist strict sions we have to close the temple because its over 50 percent ill do it we have to close a Roman Catholic church ill do it i had to close the st patricks day parade i did it. Ill do it now the government is not supposed to interfere with people freely practicing their religion except in very dire circumstances now Governor Cuomo and many others would argue that a Global Pandemic is exactly that however many catholics and jewish people disagree who will win out we shall see caleb poppen. New york. A state of emergency has been declared in the said dawn in Central Africa are off to some of the worst flooding there and years and for many it means life is proving even more of a challenge in what was already one of the worlds most poorest nations. The water has destroyed all of our furniture and belongings were lost in the flood of being evacuated from our homes to safer places several houses were in time its truly we managed to save some furniture because the rest was taken with the water. Some people are living now under a tree we dont have anything left the children live on the trees theres no place to shelter us and the village is still submerged in water were building a house out of wood and plastic sheets to show to ourselves and our families until things get better. With election day looming crosstalk asks if there is such a thing as trump ism and do the political on establishment elites understand why he was elected in the 1st place that he went back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines join us again the. Seemed wrong but old just told. Me. To shape out just to come out to it and engage with it was betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for Common Ground. But there was still i dont know about that get a list of all the. People i want to make out what why did why do you not know who the hell out of the. Pope but they were here all right some friends are that the us are still so but the so beautiful thing to do something to see. Yeah the charge for sure stores. They have about the other people to pull out the cell phone and im a simple ill put them on them that could have a look at the. Following welcome to crossfire all things are considered computer with election day its important to ask how donald trump has changed the g. O. P. If at all is there such a thing as trump is do the political establishment elites understand why he was elected in the 1st place just populism on the right future. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest ted harvey in denver hes chairman of the committee to defend the president and a Founding Member of the former stop hillary and summer were joined by chris fance he is former chairman of the Washington StateRepublican Party after his departure from the g. O. P. He is now an active member of the never trump group any job i originally crossed up and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want now its appreciate it ok lets go to ted in denver as i asked in my introduction as we is the election that is looming what impact has double trump hat on the g. O. P. Because i will put my cards on the table i think i see myself as a conservative i dont usually think of the president is being a conservative where does he go where does how does he fix it still in the mix of the g. O. P. You know him well as a conservative that goes all the way back to working in the Reagan White House i would definitely say that that President Trump is a conservative probably the most prolife president and American History and Ronald Reagan obviously was the 1st leader of the Prolife Movement in america if you look at his efforts to try to secure the borders thats something that ive been fighting for for decades lowering taxes slashing regulations that is going to be the legacy of this president not to mention putting 3 Supreme Court justices that are constitutionalists on the Supreme Court 300. 00 constitutional