A senior in the official in the pensacola testing positive for the virus turkey stopped for mass accuses armine of committing a war crime in azerbaijan as the border fights takes a toll on civilians from both sides a lifeline from mali the west African Regional bloc lifts economic sanctions that were imposed following a military coup. And 3 scientists awarded this years nobel prize for physics for their discoveries about one of the most mysterious objects in the universe. But we begin this news hour in kyrgyzstan a country gripped by political turmoil the Prime Minister has resigned now this comes right after the Election Commission in the old the. Early results of sundays vote weve also learned the speaker of the parliament has also resigns and this comes after a night of violence where protesters stormed the buildings there accusing the government of rigging the election in its favor protesters also freed former president. And other senior officials from jail president. Jeenbekov has
From your of on is armenian foreign minister store of minots economy how much responsibility does armenia bear for the conflicts escalation. Armenian Foreign Ministers or of not the congo on welcome to conflict zone thank you very much there is currently fighting in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh which is governed by Ethnic Armenians but which is recognized as part of azerbaijan by the International Community hundreds have already been reported dead you have been part of talks to broker to cease fires in that regard and yet the fighting continues what responsibility does armenia and the forces in the region which you back bear for the continued fighting that we have committed. Selves fully to the 2 statements one in moscow the joint statement of the time for october and the 2nd one on the 17th of october committed fully to respect the cease fire to go back to the negotiations and to find the peace were a solution to this conflict we have been totally faithful however the german
A place at the negotiating table. When more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell a un report says World Leaders are failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. We start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court alan fisher has been following events on capitol hill in washington d. C. The goal to have amy quiney bennett on the u. S. Supreme court before the president ial election the 1st step the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing 16 days after her formal nomination from the Committee Chair a lament that politics plays such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is Justice Ginsberg when asked abou
A state of alert in the capital and france reports the highest number of cases since the outbreak began. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 the World Food Program a u. N. Agency wednesday 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its global efforts to fight hunger and starvation we speak to the head of the World Food Program. Im joined again with the sports raphaela tao continues his domain an imperative as he reaches a 13 french open final with victory at the g 8. Thanks for joining us on the news hour we begin in kurdistan and nation gripped by Political Uncertainty the former president s back says there has been an attempt on. His life his car was reportedly shot out on the streets of the capital bishkek of the current president served by jim because of his order troops into the capital to enforce a state of emergency though enforce a curfew and tight security that will last the least until later this month now just hours earlier jim because of dismissed the government he also said that he will resign
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