A conservative judge to the u. S. Supreme court sparking a backlash from democrats. Divided over the pandemic tensions rise between brazil and argentina over each others handling of the crisis. Really affected us even financially. And fears for the future of kenyan Football Players hope the government will lift the ban on Contact Sports despite the coronavirus. Media and azerbaijan are blaming each other for a major flare up in violence in the disputed nagornokarabakh region Defense Ministry is saying is shot down 2 helicopters and 3 drones as john says its launched a large counter offensive in july the 2 sides. All the worst fighting since 2016 dozens were killed nagornokarabakh is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but its controlled by Armenian Forces discovered now to robin for us to walk it joins us on the phone line from tbilisi whats the situation at the border now robin. Good morning well what we know so far is that this all started just a few hours ago in at about 10 past 8 local time and the armenians are saying that the azeris have launched attacks all along the front line with the goal of the carpet carve i mean that contested region that as a by john. Claims and that is internationally recognized this is a very good its held by armenian pro Armenian Forces they say that were used in that offensive and the fight that it struck the regional capital the car back i mean in school the capital its the konica it is very significant indeed because that has to my knowledge not happened in. The frequent exchanges of fire between sites over the last few decades when there was a conflict back in july in interest to me that was in the karabakh line that was along the actual border between armenia and azerbaijan but the concern was that there has been a risk of a major conflict brewing between as if by john and i mean youre going to come back now lets refer to what these areas are saying which is that the they have accounts are offensive so theyre presumably claiming is that the armenian started this latest outbreak of violence and they say that they are responding with their forces to suppress come back to activity of the Armenian Forces and also they have said that theyve shut down the internet in azerbaijan to prevent what i think they believe is the potential for meaning in this information about what is happening but you can look at it another way which is to keep a very tight lid on what activities these area forces will now be taking taking. And this is obviously very Serious Development now in this long running conflict it looks like potentially very serious quite you know with the armenians having been so big shot down. And. So this is a very very serious escalation all right thanks so much for the update adelle becoming banks robin later on lets continue this now though with Matthew Bryza hes a former u. S. Ambassador to azerbaijan and currently a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Councils eurasia and Global Energy centers joins us on skype from istanbul good to have you with us so is this just another border skirmish or nagornokarabakh skirmish or do you think the 2 sides are heading back into a major conflict. Well thanks for having me sammy and i say the following also given my background is the former u. S. Mediator between azerbaijan and armenia of that are going to fire theres an International Team with the russian french ambassador so this is the as your correspondent was just saying the most serious increase in fighting or recurrence of fighting since since certainly since april of 2016 and maybe since the cease fire in 1094 because. I just heard for the 1st time live on this report that perhaps the missiles have struck step on the character which azerbaijan in the the the capital of the bone of iraq region so it is serious that the u. S. Embassy also had put out a warning to u. S. Citizens in azerbaijan just just in the last day or so not to travel outside of the capital area. Again when i was ambassador i never had to issue one of those for anything having to do with. One more bit of context in the last year or so the armenian and leader nickel pushing none has been i think he no longer wants to negotiate according to the formula that people like me had been trying to bring together between azerbaijan and armenia and he said theyre going to carve off is always going to be part of armenia that has really ticked off very severe negative emotions in azerbaijan because the whole of the of the negotiations is to after you get to the end when you figure out to move on before to carve off ultimately belong when according to International Law right now it is azerbaijan the so tension has been building there going reports over the last few days of Russian Strategic aircraft about 124 flying into armenia in the past theyve delivered weapons now the russian government saying with this these were Construction Materials so tension has been building no doubt the armenian negotiating position has been hardening whats been happening to diplomacy particularly with the o. S. C. Minsk group. Not stoled. Yeah its really stalled so last a week ago last saturday the president of john the obama leader made a statement saying those negotiations are pointless given what i said before about crime its a question of armenia and a recent announcement that. Would move d its parliament to its a very sensitive formally azerbaijani. Inhabited town shusha president of the us that last week these negotiations are going nowhere and so the mens group i know it needs to come out with some very clear active an issue. Once the fighting dies down but for now we have a mens group is its moribund and by the way the mens group is not it doesnt have a mandate to mediate along the azerbaijan and Armenia International border thats pretty far away from the corner iraq conflict how do you read the policy of this Current Us Administration doesnt pull the implementation of the Security Council resolutions which called for the withdrawal of. Meaningful says all keeping force as it turns them from of the retired 3. No it does not actively do so and to be fair no no u. S. Government since back then in the mid 1990 s. Has really pushed Army Commendation of those for un Security Council resolutions nonetheless they represent International Law that truck administration earlier when when our john bolton what the National Security advisors seem to get interested in the south caucasus and i think largely derivative its Pressure Campaign on your own. And its the only but iran and russia in our media also but since both her departure the trumpet ministration really have not been focused at all from a meeting in the corner. That said of course the administration recognizes the really important infrastructure in terms of oil and gas pipeline realigned barbara abels. Highways that run through azerbaijan. Its been great getting on now sis thanks so much Matthew Bryza thank you now a days after the death of u. S. Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader GinsburgPresident Donald Trump officially nominated Amy Kone Barrett to replace a confirmation hearing could start as soon as october the 12th if confirmed barretts appointment would further consolidate a conservative majority for the court for decades given how that explains. It is a highly anticipated nomination made official when u. S. President donald trump and now is turning a judge amy coney barrett. Judge barrett currently serves as a federal judge in chicago and is president trumps 3rd pick for the u. S. Supreme court she is a woman of unparalleled achievement towering intellect sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution. If confirmed judge barrett would replace Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died earlier this month and was an iconic champion of womens rights she not only broke last ceilings she smashed them for that she has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed all over the world like the pioneer before her barrett is also a working mother she has 7 children including one with special needs and 2 adopted children from haiti she is devoutly religious and disagrees with the viewpoint the u. S. Constitution is an evolving living document a judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers and they must be resolute and setting aside any policy views they might hold critics fear that view could shift the high court further right and lead to decisions that could undo abortion rights and the Affordable Care act that provides Health Insurance for tens of millions of americans democratic president ial nominee joe biden urge senators not to confirm barrett arguing the future of health care hangs in the balance the democratic leader in the senate agrees her views are way to the right of the American People and as they learn about it she will become less and less popular. But. The 28000 confirmation for Justice Brett kavanaugh was contentious republicans accuse democrats of a Smear Campaign against kavanaugh who fought off accusations of Sexual Assault during the hearings this time trump appealed for fairness and further your members of the other side of the aisle to provide judge bat with a respectful and dignified hearing that she deserves and frankly that our country deserves the high stakes battle to confirm Amy Connie Barrett now moves to the Republican Controlled Senate the hearings are expected to move at a swift and unprecedented pace with republicans promising to confirm baret seat on the Supreme Court before the november 3rd president ial election kimberly health at aljazeera the white house ok media editor for the blog which covers the Supreme Court extensively she believes parents will be confirmed before novembers election. I think it will most certainly be a better battle and fact the original timeline that we thought the confirmation that what happened albeit still shorter than the cli we see here in the states just got shortened even further we are now expecting confirmation to begin in approximately 2 weeks which usually about 4 weeks short of what we could pick lisi the democrats have already started the message their intent to delay there was a message they sent around to all democrats last week noting 19 different delay tactics that they can engage in and of course of the ones that they wrote down and leaked to the press so i suspect there will be some that theyre keeping for safekeeping and will launch later in the process but they have a lot of tools but i think we are in for a bitter battle but a quick one and she will be taking the seat that the head of the liberal block of the court she most certainly will sway the balance of the court to a point where the court will be 63 that will be a solid 6 majority 6 person 6 justice majority conservative bloc on the court which means that liberals in the case of pieces that are important to them on issues they care about like abortion they not only need one justice they need 2 to get them to their side so it will most certainly change the balance of the court the crowds of antiracism protesters in the u. S. City of poland have been met with a swift police crime found all this is charged to hundreds of people on the streets who have been out despite a curfew poland a seen 4 months of night protest since the killing of george floyd in may. Earlier in the day hundreds joined a rally held by the right wing group the proud boys many of them were armed and chanted against the black lives Matter Movement the crowd was far smaller than authorities had expected oregons governor declared a state of emergency after saying white supremacist groups were traveling to the city for the event hundreds of people have marched in the u. S. City of louisville for a 4th straight night over a grand jurys decision not to charge offices in the Fatal Shooting of a tailor you have a chance he is there and sent this report. Its the 4th night of her h. S. In louisville the curfew is just beginning there still plenty of people in the streets theres now a very real fear of arrest and there is more evidence to back up the reasons why there is such disbelief but no one in the grand jury decided to indict any of the Police Officers and the death of Briana Taylor vice news has now got its hands on the body count footage of the Police Officers who arrived at the scene after Briana Taylors death i want to chose once again is Louisville Police breaking its own rules they allowed the officers involved in the shooting to walk around freely around what is a potential crime scene to talk to other officers to talk amongst themselves none of this should be allowed because in any crime scene you dont want the potential a potential suspect to be able to move evidence around to try to get their story straight no theres no evidence any of that happened but its yet another sign of the Louisville Police department breaking their own rules we know that they broke the rules in perhaps getting. The arrest warrants in the 1st place by cutting and pasting information into an arrest warrant now we have evidence they broke the rules after the death of Briana Taylor but authorities insist no rules were broken during the death of Briana Taylor. Still ahead on aljazeera sudans new government looks for ways out of an economic crisis made worse by the pandemic and devastating floods. That are very unsettled picture across europe the definitely fading and looking like all some planes you can see has some very strong winds and thunderstorms even some snow but there is also some sunshine across into the south of turkey people enjoying some tired lining but of course the says being coming down a little line. Of the outside this is looks like close to innsbruck meanwhile dark clouds gathering across germany some very heavy rain there for the next couple of days and strong winds really bashing the ways here in the north of a space now as we go through sunday conditions will clear across the southwest the winds are still fairly strong but really its about the rain very heavy across france and then look at this mass here and i have low precious and strong winds but some particularly heavy amounts of rain this could well lead to flooding across as italy and on towards the balkans it is fine in trying to the east of there and then through much of mainland europe we have got cloudy conditions and again quite a bit of rain the temperatures as well well below the average in rome these temperatures anywhere between 7 and 10 degrees below the average up again to come back up again on monday still very unsettled plenty of cloud more of that rain across the central and southeast of mad and again another system pushing into the u. K. So cloudy skies but a drawing to in london. From home in haiti to school in the dominican republic. And cultural barriers tennis on that 9. 00 to 10. 00 in. Discovering filmmaking talent from around the viewfinder latin america well as a young man who will stop at nothing to secure an education. Across the. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap the headlines now armenian and forces are blaming each other for a major flare up in violence in the disputed region armenia says its shot down 2 helicopters and 3 drones as john says its launched a large counter offensive. The u. S. President has nominated judge amy Kelly Barrett as his choice to replace the late supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader GinsburgSenate Leaders say confirmation hearings will begin on october the 12th. U. S. Police officers have charged the hundreds of antiracism protesters in portland the city is seen 4 months of nightly protest since the killing of george floyd. So the leaders are holding a 3 Day Conference to figure out a way to solve the economic crisis there are stating floods and the coronavirus pandemic of compounded problems caused by years of u. S. Sanctions ever morgan reports. Facing rising inflation and a currency thats lost have its value in the past month alone sudans Transitional Government launched talks aimed at resolving the countrys troubled economy you well that. Our economy has been deteriorating for years and its reached its peak now citizens appearing more than they can which forces us even though were late and doing it to look for Sustainable Solutions at home and abroad at home we need to know the causes of the economic crisis because were still trying to figure out of the problem is structural or administrative it was a shortage of fuel bread and high inflation that triggered protests in 2018 that led to the overthrow of sudans president a few months later and its these very same issues along with the continued drop in the valley of the sudanese pound that the Transitional Administration now faces the coronavirus pandemic and widespread floods have weakened the economy even further. In this conference we should look back at the past year and get over it obstacles by using the experience to achieve the 2nd article of our declaration that article states ending the economic deterioration and improving Living Standards of citizens in every aspect that will not be achieved until we take advantage of our resources and making sure the new issue of finance is in control of all public funds sudans economy has been in a downward spiral since south sudan gained independence in 2011 taking with it 75 percent of the oil fields which then provided nearly half of the countrys g. D. P. To save money the Current Administration has lifted the fuel subsidies which more than a 3rd of the countrys budget while keeping subsidies on other things like wheat and medicine. Reforming the economy is crucial for the stability of sudans Transitional Government and for its transition to democracy but the challenges in making reforms are not just the toll the sudanese governments been on the u. S. List of states sponsoring terrorism can fly 993 which has contributed to economic isolation by many countries that lack of Foreign Trade meant little access to hard currency and made getting off that u. S. List even more urgent after agreeing to massive compensation payments so dan had expected the matter to be resolved very soon but then during his visit to hot zone last month the u. S. Secretary of state at the requirement that sudan normalize ties with israel so dan replied by saying the Current Administration did not have such a mandate and that the 2 issues should remain separate meanwhile the sudanese people continue to suffer the impact of being blacklisted as one of them we now have a crisis in transportation in bread in market prices and its all because of the state of the economy we want the u. S. To get us off the list of state sponsored terrorism so we can develop like the rest of the world to have that if i buy a kilo of meat one month i cant do it in the next if i get medical treatment one month i cant get it in the next simply because the prices keep increasing because of the economy and the currency shortages its becoming unbearable for many more than 60 percent of the countrys 42000000 people live below the poverty line the government says the conference is the 1st step in a long journey to revive the economy he will morgan aljazeera hard to. Antigovernment protests have taken place in egypt for a 7th straight day at least one person has been killed in the rallies against corruption a deteriorating economy or Living Conditions and the demolition of neighborhoods change from past demonstrations these protests are happening in smaller cities. Solidarity protests have also been held in italy in the netherlands people gathered in milan and the hague calling on president of the fact that sisi to resign people in israel have defied a ban on protests to demand from minister Binyamin Netanyahu resigned demonstrations are not allowed on the crown of virus restrictions but for the 13th week in a row protesters have gathered anyway in front of netanya whose official residence in west jerusalem him of corruption and mishandling the pandemic. Brazil and argentina are embroiled in a row over each others handling of the pandemic as Daniel Schorr amla reports the rivalry has deep roots in history. Brazil has suffered more than 140000 deaths from the covered 1000 virus one of the worst death tolls in the world in neighboring argentina about 18000 have died but instead of working together the right wing brazilian president. Is criticizing president at birth often and this is left wing government for its handling of the economy amid the crisis saying its leading the country to failure because. The left is responsible for whats happening in that country their return to power is rapidly creating a regime similar to that in venezuela. But also naro and his allies in the United States and regionally Venice Whaler and its president Nicolas Maduro are the enemy to be the next been a swale is the greatest insult they can hurl this last year on the visit in friendlier times when osiris. I believe all of us in south america are concerned that there should not be new venezuelas in the region. The tension between brazil and argentina has been building for some time paul sonora didnt attend fernandezs inauguration last december. Despite the archon china leaders efforts to extricate himself from a dispute between the 2 men the ones who now know balsall now is the president chosen by the brazilian people so with all the differences we have i must work to improve relations between brazil and argentina the rivalry and friendship between brazil and argentina stretches back centuries to the spanish and portuguese colonial roots. It can be this most intense on the football pitch though brazil 5 times world champions argentina twice here in argentina the Foreign Ministry is doing its best to defuse the tension saying the polls are now as latest statements dont truly reflect the economic and commercial harmony that exists between the 2 countries brazil is now argentinas leading trading partner they share a 1200 kilometer long Border Movement across it severely restricted or both countries in their own ways fight the pandemic argentina is prioritizing Public Health over the economy or both sonora says the economy is more important and has dismissed the virus is a small flu but the corona virus is all a learning doesnt respect borders in the the spanish or portuguese. On the road a 01 osiris now the u. S. State of new york has recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases in months more than 1000 new infections were reported cases have been rising in the last few weeks as businesses and schools reopen the u. S. Is the hardest hit country with over 7000000 cases and more than 200000 deaths. North korea has warned the south not to enter its territorial waters as it searches for the body of a south korean official south koreas military says the north shot at the man and see them burned his body. Sols Naval Operations in the area threatened to raise tensions at least 16 miners have been killed in chinas southwestern city of chongqing a rescue operation was launched to save dozens of workers trapped after a fire broke out in the mine its believed they suffered Carbon Monoxide poisoning professional footballers in kenya hoping to be playing against the government banned all Contact Sports as part of coronavirus restrictions 6 months ago the government announcement on what happens next is expected on tuesday as more from the capsule. This. Is banned in kenya the government stopped all Contact Sports including football 6 months ago to prevent the spread of hiv 19 but the Kenyan Premier League is hoping for government permission to restart next month. Club has won 6 times in the last 7 years the players are keen to prove themselves again so despite the pan training weve some covert prevention measures if you cant play in defense cant count towards you so it has been difficult to. Really get to because we had to stay. So it really affected us even financially. We did have a long line of not only football has suffered because of the coded restrictions nearly 2000000 kenyans have lost their jobs many from the poorest neighborhoods where football is a popular pastime. Community games like this one have resumed in recent weeks because of being closed since march theres not much to do especially for young people the corona virus hasnt really cause the kind of Major Health Crisis in kenya that people feared might happen relatively few people have become ill or died compared to many other countries so the people here feel never mind the rules life and football must go on. The much organizers say helps keep School Age Children away from drug abuse and crime you know the league clubs say they need to get back in shape ahead of africas Champions League and the qualifiers for the africa cup of nations here go to my hero are playing a friendly match and he seems nobodys stopping them. To passing Police Officers stopped to watch the game. And posing in front of you i dont think. As much as. It is right now. Lifted and hopefully that another 2 days. We should know this is a cue to reaching the rules. Because it rules are expected to be announced on tuesday that clubs and fans are hoping and expecting that big games will be allowed to kick off again malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. And lets take you through some of the headlines here on aljazeera now armenia and azerbaijan are blaming each other for a major flare up in violence in the disputed nagornokarabakh region armenia says its shot down 2 helicopters and 3 drones azerbaijan says its launched a large counter offensive problem for us to walk or has more from the georgian capital tbilisi the fact that it struck the regional capital. The car back i mean is coup their capital its the comic. Is very significant intrigue because. That has to my knowledge not happened in. Frequent exchanges of fire between the sides over the last few decades and this is obviously very Serious Development now in this long running conflict it looks like potentially very serious right now taking place with the armenians having themselves down so they shot down. Some hanks so this is a very very serious escalation 8 days after the death of u. S. Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg the u. S. President has nominated any county barrett to replace her confirmation hearing could start as soon as october the 12th 3 weeks before election day if confirmed barretts appointment would further consolidated conservative majority in the Supreme Court. U. S. Police officers have charged hundreds of anti racism protesters in portland this it is seen 4 months of nightly protest since the killing of george flurried. Protests against the government have taken place in egypt for a 7th straight day at least one person has been killed people are rallying against corruption a deteriorating economy poor Living Conditions and the demolition of neighborhoods the u. S. State of new york has recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases since june more than a 1000 new infections were reported cases have been rising in the last few weeks as businesses and schools reopen as the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story. Counting the cost brazils economic meltdown cope with 19. 00 denial and corruption but both somalis popularitys on the line mexican farmers for what little they have given to the United States and the battle to get electric cars off the ground. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Preelection control of the sea in the United States donald trump repeats the threat that he might not accept the result if he loses in less than 6 weeks time can he carry out his threat this is inside story. Story on the u. S. President ial election in november is happening against the backdrop of a Global Pandemic recession nationwide protests against Racism Police brutality and equality but it could take the United States into uncharted territory