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
This morning i got a call from the same im an ideal candidate here this is. Theres not much in there looks like a couple of drops. Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our International Thomas certainly have you with us now there has been another turn out of hundreds on the streets of minsk for a protest against the belorussian president the situation flared up right after Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th term. Good. There was a heavy Police Presence earlier in the day and some clashes in the capital several demonstrators were injured and dozens were arrested as well now the unrest has been simmering for almost 7 weeks now since the disputed election with people calling on luka shanker to resign and there have also been counter rallies in support of the president rival groups past each other on the streets opponents carrying the red and white flag and the government supporters with the official red and green flag. Has been following the unrest and the Police
Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. And Germanys Social Democratic Party leader Martin Scholtz has announced his resignation with immediate a fact his decision comes after he lost out in the german election to chancellor Angela Merkel and then faced criticism over agreeing to a grand Coalition Government for a second time he said his decision will allow the party to refresh itself and come back stronger. Yes you did all. This big you need to compute when you will put organization including its personnel and this is the urgent wish of the Party Members with my resignation and also the relinquishment of my federal government membership i want to help bring an end to this debate and then allow monitors to really focus on coalition the green party. With the background to this decision heres how the debate is going. We know that resignations is something that Martin Schultzs done well in the