A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour we start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan and the south caucuses the main city in the disputed province of mccormack has been bombed from the air and locals have been hearing the regular sound of air raid sirens. Several buildings have been damaged including the Emergency Ministry where the windows were shattered and holes blown through the walls Armenian Defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on full combat alert as a bridge on has not confirmed or denied the bombing raids has also seen its share of damage though a border region was hit by mortar fire and several buildings were destroyed are reports now from the government. 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 what we could see the smoke from the explosions which were on the outskirts in the suburbs this is the very city center and moreover this is the building of the ministry of emergencies so it has been obliterated i mean look look at this everything is gone windows are gone the whole wall theres a hole in the whole wall and its not just this building theres a whole complex its a large its a large complex and its everywhere like this obliterated not raise to the ground but its gone i dont see any way how it can be fixed all renovated we dont know what we dont know what exactly caused the explosion but we didnt hear any sirens and sirens so probably wasnt a drone but some really heavy artillery and with a with a very long range as well but we have to go they are telling us its not safe because sometimes as the azerbaijanis are using these socalled double tap so that they not only they destroy the building but also the kill soldiers who arrive here weve arrived here with the soldiers as well so we have to go this is the crater that was made by one of the rockets and this is a piece from a the military here is telling me that this is a 250 caliber 250 millimeter caliber so it is a massive rocket they dont know exactly what it is theyre telling me these these are not laws but that this one is also israeli made. Russian singer and activist really a chant and i happened to be in the area at the time of the 2nd airstrike and saw the explosion. And terrible 31st there was an explosion and something was flying around over had them there was an air raid alert these were drones i said huge hole in the breach then Something Else fly over the village there was no. Were to hide the meters leave the car so as not to become targets i hid under canopy i saw the bridge being bombed with my own eyes and heard more explosions. The conflict is one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union clave populated mainly by armenians broke away from us about iran in 1988 but has not been widely recognized as a sovereign state. Meanwhile turkey says its ready to give military support to its ally azerbaijan if they need it although buckaroo claims it hasnt asked for any help yet meanwhile the french president has accused turkey of funneling syrian militants into the conflict zone and the menu has told nato turkey has already crossed our bread line. With more on that. Well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things that heating up on the diplomatic International Stage i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline stance on what is happening in the region in these in this conflict the nasty thing that theyve come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologists mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is headed by john in the fight against armenia. Today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from to how does groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and care obama has this information regarding the transfer of mercenary fighters from the middle east to the going to curb area the information exists and it was presented in social networks and relevant publications previously tacky and as it about john had vehemently denied that they were usually using utilizing syrian mercenaries in the in the fight against armenia against catabolic but in recent days that lied has changed now theyre accusing armenia of itself using hiring mercenaries under the guise of them being volunteers. There is much historic evidence for meaning of terrorists and mercenaries during the occupation of nagornokarabakh and adjacent regions of their beach on their mini and leadership continues this policy today mercenaries are pumped into the conflict zone disguised as mountaineers according to our information about food fans and militants have recently been deployed by turkey from syria to azerbaijan they are already fighting for azerbaijan they are trained in militant camps in than transferred merely calling its International Concern doesnt quite do it justice there are very concrete fears that have taken root that this could be a runaway conflict the potential as collation could be catastrophic because all these powers regional powers could be pulled into this war into this conflict irregardless of what they want russia for example with its security pact defense pact with armenia iran making it know very well that it is tremendously concerned about syrian fighters mercenaries which is his forte in syria now being flew to its doorstep. Just just to show how can they are france the United States and russia have come together in a comparatively rare feat addition to the joint statement calling for peace though turkey for one doesnt quite believe that that can happen you should learn the fact that america russia and france known as the minsk trio are looking for cease fire in the face of these negative developments just because they have been equipped to this problem for nearly 30 years is an acceptable turkeys position and to a lesser degree that of john is that there has been years decades of talks and theyve led to nothing theyve been completely fruitless the karabakh problem is still a problem the flare ups are still happening and they say this is not the time for peace this is a tired. To resolve this conflict by military means because all these talks have led to nothing and if we keep talking the conflict will keep escalating it unless the underlying issue is resolved and that is who controls care about the problem will persist. Armenia has also accused azerbaijan of using cluster munitions in karbala and has published photos allegedly proving it as a person has not yet responded to that allegation but both science has released a string of videos to back up their claims of tactical victories but are making contradictory claims about the damage inflicted on taylor looks at how this information has become one of the key weapons in the standoff. Deception and full of military victories are as old as wolf heart south but in the digital age the dissent from ation can be tough charged the military Propaganda Machine of armenia which found itself in a stalemate after a series of successful hostilities by the us or by johnny army began a large scale provocation in the Information Space though the armenian side as always presents old video of battles as new ones the goal was to present their failures to the population as successes the ongoing conflict in the want to care about is an example of how information is deployed just as powerfully and destructively as guns claiming victory as important a role as physically claiming territory its all about the image you project so one surprise in that just as azerbaijan tried to discredit armenians claims of success yaron shot off its own attack the enemy both at the front and in the Information Space is making its last is running out of steam and therefore threw Everything Possible weapons into an even fakes and falls over the past few days there has been a relentless stream of accusations from one side followed by denials from the author and this exchange of fire has made finding the truth almost impossible for example armenia says one of its su 25 warplanes was shot down by tuckers fighter jet talkie and by john denounce this is law is on with no footage or i want to says its one sides was against the others so was the truth but even when evidence is put forward the truth proves to be just as elusive the car back to finance ministry sit down and sorry helicopter a photo of a burning helicopter into the ground is posted on social media a small victory is claimed it tuns out the photo was actually of a Helicopter Shot down over syria back in february but it doesnt matter because people were. Thought it was as airy and that will stick as way john uses the same tactics to post about a successful strike bridge on his i did not publish any images of the strikes and their mean in positions of military equipment it turned out it was for those from the war in syria these videos were shattered thousands of times and so without being the truth they become a version of the truth so were letting this has this war of information become that journalists have been put on high alert. All members of the media in armenia and azerbaijan to not take part in the ongoing information war journalists should avoid manipulation and official propaganda it is important to crosscheck information even when it comes from official sources journalists should never become soldiers in the information war one of russias most famous authors once compared finding the truth to looking for gold he said the only way is 1st to wash away all that is not gold then you will find your shining nugget well when it comes to car but theres still a knot of sifting through the muddy river of misinformation to be done before we even get close to the truth. Donald trump and his wife mourning a trump have both tested positive for coke at 19 u. S. President is experiencing mild symptoms according to media reports citing white house officials earlier my colleague will discuss the developments with cardinal hughes. Most people went to sleep here in the United States they gave us hope hicks the president s longtime aide and 31 year old assistant was the one who tested positive last notes from the president most people went to sleep was that he had been tested he and his wife been tested since then about 12 o 5 the official memorandum came from dr connally the president s physician confirming that both the president as well the 1st lady what had tested positive however it does that the president in good health and will continue to be able to handle the position we here in the United States do have the ability thanks to the 25th amendment that the president is incapacitated he can temporarily pass his powers over to the Vice President we are not at this stage because the president himself is a systematic as of now and only took the test because of a closeness that he had to hope that after he tested positive herself and she said i shouldnt amount to the must have some implications when it comes to his campaigning how hes going to fight what he would normally be doing in his bid to style this president. Well that is a very good question were going to find out a lot once the sun rises here in the United States how people are going to react to it is there going to be fear obviously the markets are going to be the 1st has to see how wall street is reacting to it but the campaign is very much alive and on on task considering its 32. 00 days the president has stopped all campaigning there all of it that he was going to be attending as evan now has declared his schedule is only one happening at 1215 today hes going to host a phone call from the white house on aldon of coping 100. 2 vulnerable seniors sent then i think the president knows very much personally right now how to handle we are within the 14 day quarantine timeframe however to the next debate which is supposed to happen on october 15th so it will depend on whether or not the president able to meet the specific guidelines as of now they are too negative a test to a jew negative test taken whether or not the president has this 2nd debate as scheduled on time i honestly my personal thing is i do not think it is going to be very likely i think they will push it outside the 14 day window and there will be that 3rd debate the supposed to be happening in nashville tennessee on october 22nd as well all of these can be pushed on the one thing that cannot be pushed off however is the actual election date which is november 3rd it has never happened in history they will take it in through a 3rd vote by congress to change the election date and congress has not gotten along very well on any issue and lets be very highly doubtful that they would change it even on this. The french president is proposing a new a lot to fight radical islam and socalled religious tepper to them and i know mccraw made the announcement in a speech on friday and we can now come to our tease charlotte you can see in paris for the details on that charlotte what did present mccrone have to say exactly. Well this has being the long awaited how the french government would seek. To defend the countrys secular values against radical islam president back on friday has set out his stall. Islam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world we dont just see it in africa it is a deep crisis that is linked to tensions between fundamentalism be civically between religious and political projects that says we have seen lead to radicalism even in countries where islam is the majority religion. Well the draft glorys due to be presented in december and it will seek to strengthen the secularism here isnt here in france now present much talked about france liberating is from foreign influences and some of the ways it intends to do this with this law will be for example more oversight in how mosques here or funded there will be stricter scrutiny of schools and associations that so religious communities and when it comes to home schooling which is quite popular amongst islamic communities here that will only be allowed for Health Reasons now immediately following that statement there was a theory of reaction on social media with many people crying speech. The destruction of france has been written by the hands of the president of france crown hows islam in crisis all over the world today do you realize as the leader of a nation the ramification of your words especially on french citizens who follow islam mccanns latest comment on crisis and islam is nothing other than a shill to the crisis in europe of their identity and liberalism. On the other hand many people feel that this is needed to stop a slide away from francis. Secular values it has forced the country in the last few years with the terror attacks that france is seen to take stock of what its core Republican Values are and some of the things that have come out have been concerning to many french people for example a recent poll found that 3 quarters almost 3 quarters of the young muslims under the age of 25 thought that their values of is more important than the french republic and that really worried many people just in the last week we saw fresh terror attack here in paris and the man who carried out that attack did so because he was unhappy with the satirical magazine charlie we publishing controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed and in the last month we saw divisions widened again when m. P. s walked out of a parliamentary sitting including m. P. s from mcdonalds party because they were unhappy that somebody in that city was wearing a muslim headscarf the reality is that people are also suggesting that this speech has got a lot of politicking about it where less than 2 years away from the next french president ial election and some people are suggesting that maccan could be looking to shore up perhaps more conservative leaning voters the reality is this has been long awaited its been talked about for at least 7 months since mark on talked about it early in february of this year and the idea of islam and how that sits with those values of secularism in the french republic is a thorny issue will this stir the debate or will it settle it well thats yet to be seen. Arties charlotte devinsky reporting live from paris thank you. The regional authorities in madrid have launched a legal challenge against the spanish governments new lockdown order to filed an appeal in the National Court claiming that the measures violate local laws on self rule will cause unnecessary economic harm the madrid area has one of the highest corona virus infection rates in spain and the Health Minister insists the shutdown is unavoidable. Ok what i can tell you is that we have to act with determination to take control of the pandemic in the majeed region and this is the most important thing we have to do in this moment because health comes 1st. We believe this document contains decisions that concern the entire National Health system and above all the fundamental rights and freedoms of millions of people the minister is imposing measures that go against the will of many citizens. Under the new restrictions residents in madrid will not be allowed to leave the area unless they have to make an essential journey so forget the social gatherings will be limited to 6 people all bars and restaurants will have to close at 11 pm and parks and playgrounds will all be off limits the measures have already led to mass protests over 2000 people gathered to denounce them last friday protesters push trash bins and a road and chanting slogans demanding freedom we asked madrid residents what they think about the new lock down. The havent turned it into a political war theyre playing with us and they should be aware that they have to see this is a pandemic not a political war i think there is a real threat and this could be improved a lot if then of sri measures are taken with more transport put on to avoid grounding. You know if you lock people up at home for the virus for the flu for a cold everything will get better but people dont have anything to eat you just have to take a walk through madrid to see the shops are all closed and people will eventually have to grow their own potatoes because i dont know what were going to eat at madrid closes again. The e. U. Has imposed sanctions on dozens of belorussian officials over allegations of election rigging and the countrys brutal crackdown on protesters minsk was quick to react issuing its own blacklist that the details here is peter over from berlin. It was a Long Time Coming but the European Union have agreed sanctions on belorussian officials following organists disputed election the reason for the delay was a standoff between cyprus and pretty much the rest of the e. U. Bloc cyprus wanted to see action taken against turkey over and cruise exploration for Energy Resources off its coast before it would agree to any form of sanctions against bella ruse that action against turkey that was agreed eventually and therefore they were able to proceed with the better russian sanctions so dozens of senior officials 40 in total will be. Facing sanctions this is to do with and they being accused of falsifying Election Results and a crackdown on protests following not election back in august now notably absent from this list is you gays bell russian president alexander you can shank his name not being there is raised a few eyebrows however underlying the e. U. Commission president says these sanctions send the right message there will be no impunity for those who are responsible for the crackdown on demonstrators and opposition politicians sunni important is this a clue. We are critical we repeat it we would like to to to consider the people of the has the rights to do to mean whats the only future french president to manual microamp back not putting sanctions on Television PresidentAlexander Lukashenko saying that if they did that they could see him retreat into a bunker mentality and refuse any future talks Angela Merkel the german chancellor said the result came after a long night of discussions but called this a real step forward minsk for their part they arent happy about this at all as you would imagine they say that no nation on. The plan it wouldve agreed to the demands that were being made of it by the European Union and that theyll be countering the sanctions with sanctions if they were saying sions have been imposed as a punitive measure for the belorussian failure to comply with a set of ultimatum requirements that not a single self respecting sovereign state would ever meet moscow which has a key role to play in the future of belarus to to the longstanding and close ties between the 2 countries has responded to the news of the sanctions to meet the press corps of the kremlin Spokes Person less than impressed with the moves made by brussels if these sanctions are a manifestation of weakness not of strength and could be included on the list that would have deprived the e. U. The chance to maintain dialogue including on topics of interest to both sides we have a very negative attitude toward sanctions in general the u. K. Young canada both are out sanctions against belarus previously the u. K. Issued a asset freeze against Alexander Lukashenko the reason for this delay from the european side is a touch embarrassing and highlights some splits within the union it requires unanimity to impose sanctions for the e. U. To impose sanctions on the nation basically the Baltic States and in particular lithuania were demanding action immediately while cyprus said no no no hang on there well get to your problem once ours is sorted so belorussian officials 40 of them in total will have sanctions placed upon them notably absent from that list though Alexander Lukashenko do political analysts rainer office says that any sanctions are likely to have a knock on effect on the population. So i think its just a game of slightly stepping up the the tone against bella who was against look i think coach and i see the difficulty that. Usually when we have reached the stage of sanctions once its like a one way road and we will never 3 never get out of it so we can take years and that was sanctions 1st may harm or amaze seem to harm the political elite but in the end we know from enough experience in this world iraq syria venezuela its cetera that its the normal people its most of all the poor people who are hit very very severely by those sanctions as soon as they get really tough. Or break down of the days top headlines for now thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. One else seems wrong. Roles just dont hold. Any the world yet to shape out these days. And in detroit because the trail. Runs on many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. Always be polite never engage with a negative aided or confrontational also. Dont get into any conversation or start answering questions just ask for an attorney. To survive territories. Definitely dont want to be going to trial jumpsuit on cops. 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He is a businessman conservative political leader as well as a former Senior Advisor to marco rubios 2016 president ial campaign or across up rules in effect that means you can jump and how you want and how its appreciated always go to george in dallas that as i said in my introduction you know one could argue maybe you want to agree with me one can argue that it was a dead heat neither side won neither candidate won or lost in that debate but for very Different Reasons here i want to focus on this program the impacts of this debate and as it may impact the final results on november 3rd so obviously youre a supporter of donald trump how did he do in this debate. Well ive agreed that this was a hard one to analyze i think if you look at