This is Art International thomas certainly glad to have you with us and we start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan on europes southern border with asia hospital has been hit by a large explosion in the disputed province of. There are unconfirmed reports of casualties as well earlier the regions main city was bombed from the air and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. Several buildings were damaged as well including the Emergency Ministry where the windows were shattered and holes blown through the walls d the Armenian Defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on full combat alert has not confirmed or denied the bombing raids. Reports now from. Step on it 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 at which we could see the smoke from the explosions which were on the outskirts in the suburbs this is
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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 in 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 remains in good health and wishes the troops well we recover so with the latest news well lets take another look at the
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
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 in recovery. So with the latest news well lets take another look at the trends and spread of virus globally with our correspondents. Start where are we right or so brian cowen 1000 has now in fact that almost 35000000 people killing over 1000000 out in the u. S. More than 7500000 current firm gait cases while de