A warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r. T. International bringing you all the latest headlines in the week of the stories that shape the week 1st the latest on the standoff between armenia and azerbaijan in the gorno karabakh the 2 countries there they are abiding by a cease fire that came into force on saturday but both of accused each other of violating the truce with russia serving as intermediary between size managed to steal an agreements including an exchange of prisoners and war dead in the contested region but paves the way for further talks to be mediated by russia the u. S. And france heres some of what we saw from the key players on saturday. A ceasefire is announced from 12 pm 110th of october for humanitarian purposes. We are committed to a peaceful settlement of the current conflict and the ready to resume the Peace Process but it but if you have if the armenian side is committed to the truce regime the phase for a political settlement will come and the phase for pressured negotiations will end our goal remains the same to restore the integrity of azerbaijan. The fighting erupted in a corner carol back in late september with armenia and azerbaijan laying the blame on each other and just hours off the trees took effect on saturday air raid sirens went off in karabakh prompting locals to run for cover well our correspondent was in the local capital and heard several explosions the city has all the brunt of the shell fire over the 2 weeks now there are multiple civilian casualties although numbers are unclear at this stage igor brought us this report from the area right after the fragile truce started. The city of step on it is a sorry sight i can see it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by so many bombs of so many calibers sizes and types this street got the full wrath of a Cluster Munition all the hallmarks i hear burn down because shattered glass and if you look closely at the walls and windows here along this whole street they appear as with tiny tiny holes this is the deadly power of a cluster bomb and other aspects of using one is that when a rocket shoots dozens of little bombs of little grenades many of them dont explode so we were being told not to go down that street because thats where locals gathered those grenades that didnt explode and there detonating them on purpose theyre doing so because each unexploded grenade like this poses a grave threat to especially to children because they look harmlessly look innocent so a kid picks up such because they look harmlessly look innocent so a kid picks up such a such a bomb starts playing with it and it explodes in their hands now its been just hours into this tentative cease fire between into this tentative cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan but everyone who ive been talking to and counting on it also you know since monday no truce has been observed the war continues there is absolutely no change please can i. The silence frightens me after silence there is usually a bombardment i do not know what will happen whether they will strike again. Which we have moved across and will be soon particularly in the current developments the ceasefire looks were suspicious stores aside from civilians being caught up in the violence journalists have also been hit on thursday a bomb strike devastated a historic a feed jewel in the corner care about which was struck twice 3 russian journalists who were nearby at the time were injured one severely he was in a coma and on a ventilator earlier but is now improving the other 2 shown here have since left the country on a russian government flight in the now flight allowed Receiving Hospital treatment in a moscow. Lets go live now to our ally as a former Azerbaijani Diplomat who is currently chairman of the design army gang jarvey foundation thank you for joining us on the program now both sides have accused the other breaching the cease fire has azerbaijan held up its end of the bargain. And pretty much for us but will just a part turn into aging that when it comes to the cease fire a lot of my job has welcomed the requests from the National Community and thats why the ceasefire yesterday and all school unfortunately today what we have seen and its i started immediately and basically yes did they immediately after the cease fire took an effect that the media side did not abide by the cease fire when it had insist play rules and in deny today in the morning basically. Has been barred the ganja the 2nd biggest city by john and i have to remind you that this city is very far away from the front line its what if on a way from the occupied at it that hes on the bottom of it sells and it is that it will be his that this happened this morning in fact to him in the morning and unfortunately we already have casualties among the civilians almost dead in the 10 the dead person and therefore the injured including that woman. And the keats there is nobody in the ceasefire is saying that that by john has traditionally and has been consistent with his position over the last 40 years on the cease fire and unfortunately it will look at the facts as a margin has no reasons to. Break the ceasefire because this is our land and want to get a settlement on the issue itself and then when you compared to eagle illegal controlled that it carries in what you did was you was in as a by john you have to you have to be aware that their oldest had it is International Recognized part of azerbaijan including the car and the 7 adjacent regions which is not part of kind of like still occupied by the Republican Fund meaning so you cannot compare the eagerly control. And what there was happening at the illegal unlike azerbaijan azerbaijan is that an International State of the united way interNational Community and would be our only responsibility lets come back to the cease fire talks that mean at this particular cease fire doesnt tackle the root cause all the territorial dispute do you think theres any way on me and azerbaijan construct some sort of a long term conference. This to spy as you have a mission it is just a humanitarian ceasefire so that sides can exchange the dead bodies and the prisoners we were expecting this ceasefire to be a fold by a subsidence if peace settlement negotiations but unfortunately a limited beginning would have sent and see the approach from i mean side we as a by john has been really patients over the last 2 it years with the International Forces specifically the oyster negotiation process what we have to understand and i sing that was only said monday that that this process shall be based on the 4 u. N. Security Council Resolutions will be to reach the public if i mean it will keep like that it is over there by john. And the settlement definitely upset that it is illusional the conflict different now shall be a lot of this International Law and shall be in line with the un system is a un charter this is our approach you know contrary azerbaijan once full control i have a karabakh i think do much if thats what are your plans for the armenian population living that. We have to make it clear and it has been clear for the last 30 years that we where we dont target in any meaningful collision iranians have traditionally lived on of them by genocidal and we are looking for a peaceful coexistence of the 2 communities in the world incredible that was official position of azerbaijan over the last 30 years and we have a teacher rated destroyed many times and we have done practical steps that direction to show our city its definitely we believe that iranians and little by janice can live together weve been hearing from azerbaijanis in particular many support the Azerbaijani Military gains and one pocket to go on fighting why is that such a sentiment and why do you post money support as. I dont think that the you will find in a citizen among the un Member States which will not support it has to its own territorial integrity we have to again i think that this is he a key issue here we have to understand that the other by john has been admitted to the u. N. On the specific visiting it at that of us and we dont want any other countries than it is where it shall be made much clear that we had mark cleaning in it and if you know the public what media and the republic of i mean it is the perfectly aware of this what we are claiming were claiming implementation of the Un Security Council resolution very much clear so long i think that there are messages quite sometimes cottons going wrong direction as it was on my just fighting it on the government which is not the case i live by justice came back as a my job is claiming back to control what legally belongs st id like to ask you how much military is the poor your country is getting from turkey armenia is claiming that turkish fighter jets are involved is this true. This is no true and in fact if you look at azerbaijan and armenia we are in comparable the stems of the economy military power as in that this is the way how i mean in the public is trying to justify it is losses on the battlefield a little by general a strong country well will and does produce a country we have built up over the last 30 years no to Strength Army and as we were part of the negotiate as we were going to in the negotiation forces azerbaijan as always making making it clear that there we can solve this issue militarily but we want to have a peaceful settle and we were running i mean inside that. We want to get the word legally belong specters or by john in terms or that. You take it and i see that we just have reached a stage when we see that the justice and interNational Community is not interested in bringing justice to the region and then whats happening at the moment azerbaijan has decided that it has to bring the agent in conformity his International Law by it is all that has to bring justice by this on a lot of former Azerbaijani Diplomatic county chairmen are they in a zombie gown job the foundation thank you for your time thank you in a much more fluid. And western europe is getting floundered by coronaviruses spain and france leading the numbers with cases in the high hundreds of thousands the u. K. Is now in 3rd place in europe for the highest infections the passing 590000 cases are spiralling out of control in Northern England in particular as i think pressure to a British Government already under fire of response to the Health Crisis but critics say the authorities have done nothing but so the seeds of covert confusion along the way sean had with this report from london. And considering the u. K. Governments response to cave at 19 pretty and probably wouldnt be the words on the tips of most peoples tongues over the course of the year the u. K. Has seen thousands of people dying in care homes tests and tracing deadlines set and missed the u. K. Topping the death toll across europe plus of course britain being on the verge of round 2 and while most people think the governments response needs to be completely written off it seems as though not everyone agrees its been. I think it will be like the lympics thats when its all over and we look back and reflects we would actually be extremely proud of ourselves some people might think a wooden spoon is more appropriate than a shiny metal especially considering the latest news that 16000 positive tests for private 19 have been lost meaning that super spreaders a blindly unaware this still spreading thousands of people blissfully unaware theyve been exposed. Potentially spreading this deadly virus a time when hospital admissions are increasing in the 2nd wave blunder after blunder critics say the governments not learning from its mistakes but as the country hurdles towards a 2nd wave of the virus covered confusion is still lingering in the again with mixed messages coming from power. As i understand it. Apologies i misspoke today in the northeast new rules mean you cannot meet people from different households in social settings indoors including in pubs restaurants and your home you should also avoid socializing with other households outside go to work but stay out in town to help out but dont socialize kick start the economy but stay in your its no wonder the country is confused especially considering the man telling the u. K. What to do is accused of being a tad confused one of the major problems is widespread confusion about the local restrictions people feel very let down a very frustrated very forgotten can we pin all the primal Boris Johnson off for all these all around president to times far to go back to all that no Prime Minister has ever fought before a lot of months of economic paralysis Boris Johnson began to im not the look down even though parts of the u. K. Was still plagued with the virus and so the north south divide found its latest partition the timing of the lifting of National Lockdown was london centric please remember this the next time you see politicians pointing fingers at our people on the eve of a 2nd wave many might think the government would know what it was doing by now especially considering its head around 6 months to prepare but when clarity has been replaced with confusion can we government really expect people to for the rules when it doesnt seem to know them itself shut the artsy. Thousands of dead Sea Creatures have washed ashore in russias far east sparking fears of an ecological disaster heres more on the unfolding crisis in come child. 600. Naginata just for the past few weeks all the surface at the beach who went into the water were experiencing not problems i face who didnt pay too much attention to their symptoms we initially put it down to the bright sun and strong winds but when the problems persisted on cloudy days too we became worried and so 1st started showing other symptoms nausea fatigue and fever so it seemed quite dangerous in the slideshow of some of the 1st sign was some of the surface feeling sick we thought it was a rotavirus something to do with the Drinking Water then people started complaining about ira tastes and sore throats in general it would seem. Most of us just this sometimes happens off the stone. Fish often washed up on the shore in large numbers but we havent seen octopus is washed up before that strange. Some of the local service of some of the animals have been behaving strangely in particular the ring seals would swim with us they usually only come up for spending most of the time on the water is now when they break the surface they stop why do wild. She wouldnt it is a dotted dust we receive test results from the water. We took showed hoyle based products were 4 times over the limit and final was twice the limit. For. You to. Still to come this hour madrid has successfully sued the Spanish Government over a lockdown order that story and more when we come back. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development only loosely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. No one else chose seemed wrong why dont we all just dont all. Get to shape our disdain become educated and indeed trade equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Welcome back where the french president is planning to fight extremism by teaching arabic in schools has been met with staunch resistance so dubinsky 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 has yet to be fully drafted and released has been seen as an attack against islam that can speech did they kill 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 midsts 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 a right to speak their language and 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 thing that says much 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 Spanish English all these languages i think thats a really good idea i think people do with these 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 loss is widely 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 moore theres nothing wrong with teaching in school what purpose i think is a political message i think thats where all the french are. Today and if we dont want to push and shrink integration if we want to help communities that are trying to live together. And which is one of the best instruments which can be used to get people around here. 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 and ive also heard people saying online that teaching arabic is. Is an active separatism you know that arabic has existed here for a long time and it never brought me that radicalism or terrorism because there is a specific branch of muslims who naturally make the headlines but this is only a branch thats not all muslims dont generalise. A quarter madrid has rejected new coronavirus lockdown measures imposed by the Central Government walling they violate peoples freedoms or the lock down order with issued after a surge in covert cases in the spanish capital but say the decision was taken too quickly without consent and ignored the fundamental rights of millions of locals internationally it was the here and disappear courts of justice of madrid has refused to ratify the measures restricting peoples ability which were imposed by recent Central Government order the community of madrid saw those measures as he still nonconsensual and effecting the under mantel rights of millions of citizens that the courts have unanimously seen eye to eye with us on this. Residence of madrid told us how they feel about the governments lockdown plan for the capital. C. Came after 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. As me thus i think the measures that were taking were good but it is true that economically it will be very bad for us that. We have to move on we have to continue with our enlarged and i think that we can have a normal life if we are careful. Political analyst shows a wrong in madrid phase the focus has shifted away from fighting the virus. And move out of the step and sound instead of thinking about a real fix for the problem and a common effort to fight the virus from which everyone would benefit the Central Government and the regional authorities are constantly criticizing each other and looking for some new strategies all this leads to chaos from which way the ordinary citizens suffer. Thanks for joining us here in our 3 international were back at the top of the hour with a. Join me every thursday on the alex simon short and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy one fine day shouldnt let it be an arms race is often clearly a Dramatic Development only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. Of the day or thinks. We dare to ask. Its wrong with us as american citizens today to blast off. For an attack on the other. Guy and. I would vote for a republican i would vote for anyone who does not do this and has half a brain defeat the truth. Is if you get. A 2nd wife. She can handle it. She and i divorce because our trouble is what the president and i voted for her and she couldnt stand for. 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Again tried to put this forum and i well to discuss this im now joined by ambassador carey had been all for my cochair of the oyster mens group and that there is a great plastic read on after me to talk to you thank you very much for making the time where we are to be with you today so now we are now i rounding out the 2nd week of violence that several 100. That on both sides and that is to add to almost 30000 dad that accumulated over almost 38 years of this conflict and while International Mediators keep calling for an immediate cease fire i dont think anyone is listening who will watch can possibly stop this war right now i believe fortunately in the last few days weve seen so promising signs theres a procedure in president s being set up to get back to a cease fire and there heard by that good i would say who the dishes here oakley included maybe syria is the number of casualties that gets is much higher than is publicly that theres going to be as are but its only authorities know announced as we were terrible days is certainly to say to this or to screw this there are probably hundreds lets use wells so death through your mood will be recruits in thousands and that while our there is a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding this conflict i dont think we have seen any actual evidence from the ground that they have still is out about it and. 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