Continents 2 biggest nations. Come to the program has been a major escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan of the disputed region of nagornokarabakh at least 16 Service Personnel have been killed and many more injured both sides have declared martial law and a blaming each other for starting the fighting dozens of Armenian Military reservist living in the disputed region have been summoned for jury duty many homes have been damaged and azerbaijan says 5 members of one family were killed by all means shelling all been forced to walk as more. As a very tunks under attack according to army news Defense Ministry it also claims that is very drones and helicopters were also destroyed but civilian casualties are among those reported killed early in the morning ground say. Gena forces launched large scale aggression including missile attacks. Along the line of control that. They are targeting syrian population and civilian infrastructure. As a by john has condemned what it ca
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For safer areas after days of intense fighting this is Afghanistans Helmand province heavy rain triggers flash floods and landslides we bring you the latest from both vietnam and cambodia. So lets begin with the coronavirus pandemic as the number of infections continues to surge again across europe many countries seeing their highest levels in months lets run through some of them germany where the daily number of cases is now at its highest level in 6 months chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for states to impose tougher local measures france is declaring a Public Health state of emergency starting from saturday hospital admissions there are at their highest level since june and the u. K. Well its hit nearly 20000 new corona virus infections in a day which is its 2nd highest number so far england has already introduced a new 3 t. Lockdown system to try to curb the worsening outbreak now at the moment the city of liverpool and its surrounding areas are under the toughest rules and weve
Weve now had a statement come through that is being made by the vice speaker of Parliament Saying that parliament has to vote on the state of emergency in order for it to be legal we understand that emergency session of parliament will be held tomorrow to do exactly that certainly the opposition are putting pressure on the government to follow the kind of legal parameters that this country is proud of setting up in recent years but as i say in the last few days the chaos that weve seen on the streets seems to suggest that all those legal parameters seem to be falling apart. Talks are underway in a bid to end the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan but the as area he does ruled out making any concessions the deescalation meeting is the 1st diplomatic contact between the neighbors since fighting broke out nearly 2 weeks ago the dispute centers on the territory of nickel and nagornokarabakh an Ethnic Armenian area that belongs to azerbaijan the head of the World Food Program said no o
To keep up the pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko. And disharmony in chile avi Indigenous People in boiled in a land dispute thats getting more dangerous. And i welcome to the program our top story democratic president ial nominee joe biden as Senate Republicans to do what is right following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking at a Campaign Event in pennsylvania he also said the Late Supreme Court justices wish not to be replaced until after the election should be on it President Donald Trump is that hell announce a nominee to replace series early as next week alan fischer reports now from washington. The Supreme Court has suddenly become the dominant election issue in the United States donald trump says hes going to move forward with filling a big can see this week democratic challenger joe biden says with ellie voting already underway that simply wrong the people of this nation are choosing their future right now as they vote to jam this nomination through the senate is