A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour we start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan and the south caucuses the main city in the disputed province of mccormack has been bombed from the air and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. Several buildings have been damaged including the Emergency Ministry where the windows were shattered and holes blown through the walls Armenian Defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on full combat alert as a bridge on has not confirmed or denied the bombing raids has also seen its share of damage though a border region was hit by mortar fire and several buildings were destroyed are reports now from the government. Has come under probably the heaviest shelling since we arrived here 2 massive explosions in the very center of the city usually what we could hear what we could see the smoke from the explosions which were
Tough lockdown measures. That lie from moscow this is the International Money that you had lined news 1st the troubles in the caucasus more than a week since a decades old conflict between armenia and azerbaijan burst back to life theres little sign of peace on the horizon fighting is still raging over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh the conflict has roots stretching back more than 3 decades the region controlled by Ethnic Armenians but its internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan theres been almost continuous shelling in karabakh capital heres some footage filmed by the Armenian Defense ministry. Still as hes now spreading beyond the disputed territory with several towns in azerbaijan being hit according to his every government it claims that some were struck by missiles or by well media disputes that he goes on and reports next from the troubled region. Things like this one common here in the go and i care about in fact this tiny village alone was battered by 6 massive
Tough lockdown measures. In moscow money welcome to world news from international 1st the troubles in the caucasus and more than a week since the decades old conflict between armenia and azerbaijan burst back to life theres little sign of peace on the horizon fighting is still raging over the disputed region of. The conflict has roots stretching back more than 3 decades the region is controlled by Ethnic Armenians but is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan has been almost continuous shelling in karabakh capital has some footage filmed by the Armenian Defense ministry. Hostilities are now spreading beyond the disputed territory with several towns in azerbaijan being his according to the his every government it claims that some were struck by missiles although all media denies that he watched on of reports from the troubled region. Things like this one common here in the gorn i care about in fact this tiny village alone was battered by 6 massive missiles here is where one of
Tough lockdown measures. International in moscow has just turned 1 in the morning on tuesday here just 14 am in the capital thats where were starting this hour breaking news there weve been tracking the postelection unrest in for the past few hours now we can tell you that rioters have broken into costanza parliament in protest at disputed elections recently protesters in the Central Asian states armed with petrol bombs and stones occupied the Central Square in the capital bishkek earlier on they clashed with police who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades. The countrys Health Ministry earlier reported that more than 120 people have been injured in the unrest so far about half of them Police Officers the opposition is demanding a new election as the vote was dominated by the 2 progovernment parties both taking 107. 00 out of the 120. 00 contested seats many claim that that vote was rigged after opposition parties were said to have failed to meet the minimum threshold needed t
Capital return to tough measures. Thanks for joining us there are. Welcome to the program we start with breaking news protesters have torn down a gate leading to the state committee for National Security in protest that disputed elections the former president who had been convicted of corruption has also been released after demands from demonstrators where the current president is urging protest organizers to be reasonable. And stones broke into the National Parliament which houses the president ial office. I am. Pleased the countrys Health Ministry is reporting that over 120 people have been injured about half of them are Police Officers the opposition is demanding a new election as the vote was dominated by the 2 progovernment parties both taking 170. 00 out of the 120. 00 contested seats or many claim the vote was rigged after opposition parties were said to have failed to meet the minimum threshold needed to win any seeds Central Square has previously been the flashpoint of 2 revol