Show through facebook, twitter, only on press tv, azerbaijan, armenia, the two countries have been involved in bloody violence for more than three decades. The last major escalation and the conflict between the two neighboring countries took place in 2020 when thousands of people were killed within a few weeks of bitter fighting. Russian peacekeepers brought the fighting to a halt, but tensions began to grow again. Now tens of thousands of Ethnic Armenians have fled from nagornokarabakh since the territory surrender to azerbaijan on 20th september. But how can the developments in this region, commonly known as the south caucasus affect the Islamic Republic. Of iran, how about tehrans red line and what stance has iran adopted in this regard . This and more on this edition of iran today. As the soviet union was collapsing, nagornokarabakh declared its independence with the intention of reunifying with armenia. A war insued after the controversial declaration, tens of thousands of people
Im zeinab badawi. Is the Sudanese Government coming in from the cold and moving towards becoming a fully integrated member of the International Community . The us lifted economic sanctions on sudan in october, ending two decades of its financial isolation. Washington says sudan has made progress on human rights, democratic reforms and ending ethnic tensions in the country. But critics argue it has not done enough, theres still no peace in darfur and other conflict areas and Human Rights Violations continue. My my guest is 0mar al bashirs, sudans foreign minister. Has the government really made a fresh start . Theme music foreign minister ibrahim ghandour, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. How far do you see the lifting of us sanctions as a fresh start for sudan . It is an inclusion into the International Economy and finance systems will not put quite sometime sudan has been bad from dealing with banks, transferring money, investors we re banks, tran
Was second, and the paralympic athlete, jonnie peacock, was third. Its the first time sir mo has won the award. The announcement of his victory was made in liverpools echo arena but the four time olympic champion was in a studio in north london, with his daughter rhianna, who eventually presented him with his award. But things didnt all go to plan as this happened. Mo, i hope you can hear us, rihannas there with the trophy she can present. Please dont tell me. Shes gone to bed . 0h, can present. Please dont tell me. Shes gone to bed . Oh, no i think thatjust shes gone to bed . Oh, no i think that just about sums up mos evening, doesnt it really . Im saw thats hussain pulling the plug out. The most brilliant non interview thats ever happened. When the line was finally re established to sir mo, this is what he had to say. As an athlete what ive achieved has been incredible over the years and for all the youngsters out there, you can work hard and achieve your dreams. Anything is possible
In from the cold and moving towards becoming a fully integrated member of the International Community . The us lifted economic sanctions on sudan in october, ending two decades of its financial isolation. Washington says sudan has made progress on human rights, democratic reforms and ending ethnic tensions in the country. But critics argue sudans not done enough. There is still no peace in darfur and other conflict areas and they claim Human Rights Violations continue. My guest is ibrahim ghandour, sudans foreign minister. Has the government really made a fresh start . Foreign minister ibrahim ghandour, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. How far do you see the lifting of us sanctions as a chance for sudan to make a fresh start . Its lifting of sanctions in the inclusion in the International Economy and finance system. For quite some time, sudan has been barred from the International Economy, from dealing with banks, from money, investors who are liftin
Announcer earlier today, former Vice President joe biden discusses the article he recently cowrote on russia and look at current relations with the kremlin, russias interference in the middle east and the foreignpolicy approach of the Obama Administration. From the council of Foreign Relations, this is one hour and 20 minutes. Good afternoon. I want to welcome one and all to odays council on Foreign Relations meeting. Liek al iron ridge you to read thisurge you to read issue. Havelk about how countries failed or either dealt with the legacies of their own past. This deals with countries like south africa and also the United States, given our complicated legacy. As well as russia, china and others. I would invite people to look at it. The subject of today is another article in the magazine. I should probably introduce myself. My name is richard hoss, i work here at the council on Foreign Relations. [applause] richard we are joined today by the gentleman on my right, joe biden who served