Gunshots in the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this comes after a peaceful protest was broken up by shooting legendary by nigerias Security Forces. Im told me all of the ball welcome to the program pope francis has said that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples this break from the vaticans traditional position on the issue the pope made the comments in a new documentary about him titled francesco which premiered on wednesday at the rome Film Festival the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Im now joined by chicago based journalist Michael A Laughlin he is a journalist and author who covers religion and politics with a particular focus on the Catholic Church michael good to have you on the program how have the popes comments on same sex civil unions been received in the u. S. Its been a welcome statement to many of bt
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Returned to peace in. The news the west this is getting ever more deeply involved in the political crisis. As the french president meets with the countrys example position leader he wants him in the media. And 2020 hopefuls donald trump and joe biden will clash in the 1st president ial debate novembers election to voters appear to have trouble telling the policies apart. Thanks for joining us this is our senior international. A decades old territorial dispute has seen its most serious flare up since a truce was established back in 1904 violence erupted between the nations of armenia and azerbaijan on sunday morning with both. Armenia and azerbaijan have both declared martial law on reporting creasing civilian and military casualties amid violent clashes the Defense Ministry of nagornokarabakh says 84. 00 of its soldiers died in battles during the 1st 2 days of the conflict with the latest isnt easy to start. This is the city of step on the the capital of the disputed nagornokarabakh au
Know the situation along the front line has been calmer today but these strikes on civilian population points of course are radicalizing populations across the divide and making it increasingly more difficult for the leader of to step back and fill out the terms of a humanitarian truce so i think a cease fire is in a very dangerous place and i think we could see a lot more violence in the coming days how much of a role are outside parties playing a mainly russia and turkey what are they stoking this conflict. Well this is actually never been a proxy conflict as such its driven by local concerns local identities but outside powers have paid a very Important Role in sustaining the conflict so for the last 20 odd years russia has preserved a kind of an equilibrium between the parties its formally allied with armenia but arms both armenia and azerbaijan but russia doesnt want to have a major conflict involving an external power such as turkey in the south caucasus a quite sensitive region
Rer. Today happens to be National Coffee day where you can score some sweet deals. Early today starts right now good morning im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. The stakes are higher than ever as they deliver their dualing futures. It will cover everything from coronavirus to the integrity of the election itself. Tracie potts joining us with a preview from d. C this may be one of the most anticipated debates ever this could be the debate. President trump and joe biden on the same stage for the first time in this fall president ial debate we are looking at debate prep but also expectations. A lot of the president s prep happens when hes quizzed by reporters frequently but we also know he has been working with Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie to do some debate prep hes been drilling down on policy but also doing some homework on twitter and moat were asked about their expectations for tonight the debate is coming up how are you preparing specifically i think i prepare every day when youre