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 ensued after the controversial declaration, tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced. A seasfire in 1994 left armenia in control of the territory. A second war erupted in 2020, which claimed thousands of lives and this place tens of thousands of people, this time, azerbaijan recaptured much of the territory and its surroundings. The return of nagornokarabakh to azerbaijany control is likely to change the Power Dynamics in the south caucases, a region that for centuries has been at the crossroad of geopolitical interests of russia, turkey, iran as well as western nations. Years of geopolitical rivalry accounts for the dispute between the two former soviet republics over nagornokarabakh. The region lies within in azerbaijans internationally recognized borders and has
France has announced that it would begin withdrawing its troops from niger this swing after having a fallout with the military that took over power. Does this mean that this would be the end of frances involvement in niger, a former colony . What about other countries that were former colonies of france . Well in this edition of the spotlight we look at those two issues and look at how niger along with other african countries have gravitated more towards countries like russia and china rather than western ones like france or even the us. First let me into. Afrikan team member black alliance for peace joins us from atlanta. Also joining us is fidel amasu was an International Relations and security analyst who joined us from akrack. Welcome to you both. Ill first start with you. Tunda usa, im hoping im pronouncing that correctly. Looking at the announcement that france has uh. Made, which has been in the works for for a little bit of time here, even though they resisted it, but uh, they
Has been able to the issue properly. First let me introduce our guests for this program. Keithbin, professor of International Finance at City University, joins us from london. Tony gosling, historian and investigative journalist joins from bristol. Welcome to both, keith hilbeem, ill start with you. What are your thoughts on the strike by doctors consultants . Its a 3 day. Walkout, but it is said that its going to affect uh, obviously the care that patients are going to need, um, and thats another whole question that im going to ask on that regard, but um, do they stand a chance, it sounds like the government has to come to the negotiating table, but are they going to do that . Well, the government, lets be honest, is out of money, um, they wasted so much money during the covid pandemic, etc. , yeah, ppe equipment, they dont have much money. Left, we still got a massive fiscal deficit in this country, all right, and therefore there really isnt the money to make big pay rises of in the
This is the territory of donbass. And then comes the kherson, zaporozhye region, but even now it is actively flying through the territories of the belgorod, kursk, and therefore bryansk regions, so they fly there en masse, drones fly, rszo flies there, and there barrel artillery is used, you know, right now, in a few minutes, already at the aria news site, we will begin a briefing about which children are suffering, that is , a Parliamentary Commission is working, which is collecting all the data on the affected children, adults from actions of the ukrainian regime, so today we are recording a lot of this data, we are ready to transfer it to all those countries that are ready to hear us, so this is the platform on which the events of yesterday, which we are talking about, it gives us is important not to convey to those who ordered the crimes, we need it to talk with the world majority , so that our position can be heard there, so that they can convey, here is the evidence and those who
Days, british monarchs used to wage war against the french, but these days it looks like british and french heads of state try to feed each other to death instead. On september the 21st, 2023, president Emmanuel Macron hosted king charles ii for a glittering banquet at frances former royal residence. The palace of versailles, as the king began a threeday state visit. The aim was to show that despite hating each other for centuries. There is now crosschannel cooperation between the two states, even after brexit, a bit like making up with someone youve just divorced, but still living right next door to them. Macron is believed to have a strong personal rapport with charles. Indeed, the french president raised eyebrows by repeatedly touching charless shoulder, while bridget macron took it a stage further by actually kissing camilla. Oh, my goodness, it is unbelievable, macron. Is now shaking hands with king charles trabian, never minds that, look at zootos ladies, magnifique. King charles