A lot of funding secular values. Welcome to the program and happy friday to you all this is our 2 international bringing your last news update this hour. We start with the deadly standoff between armenia and azerbaijan and the south caucuses 2 large explosions have been heard in the past hour in the disputed province of newborn a car bomb earlier the main city was 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 were blown through the walls Armenian Defense ministry has blamed azerbaijan for the airstrikes and put its army units on full combat alert as oppression has not confirmed or denied. Its. And as a president has also seen its share of damage a border region was hit by mortar fire and several buildings were destroyed art is a ghost town of reports now from now on aqaba. 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 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 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 its obliterated not raised 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 very long range as well but we have to go they are telling us its not safe because sometimes as the as there by johnnies are using these socalled double tap so that they not only they destroy the building but also the kill soldiers who arrived 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. 4 journalists were injured in shelling attacks in the in a car bomb on wednesday to them are french reporters and they were airlifted to government for treatment. As you can see in these pictures and theyre now back in france on thursday a car carrying 4 other reporters including russians was hit by shell fire but no one was injured. The car bomb conflict is one of several border disputes still unresolved since the collapse of the soviet union the enclave populated mainly by armenians broke away from azerbaijan in 1988 but has not been widely recognized as a sovereign state in all turkey says its ready to give military support to its only azerbaijan if they need it although buckaroo claims it hasnt asked for any help meanwhile the french president has accused turkey of funneling syrian militants into the conflict zone and the manual mccrone has told nato that turkey has already crossed a red line is r. T. S. Ragas if with more. Well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things are heating up on the diplomatic International Stage and 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 and theyre saying 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 carol we have 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 ed by 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 and or the guise of them being volunteers. There is not 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 volunteers according to our information about 4 families and militants have recently been deployed by turkey from syria to azerbaijan they are already fighting for azerbaijan they are trained in militant camps and then transferred nearly 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 iraq making it known very well that it is tremendously concerned about syrian fighters mercenaries which is his forte in syria now being flew to its doorstep and you know just just to show how can they are france the United States and russia have come together in a 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 have been years decades of talks that theyve led to nothing theyve been completely fruitless the care about problem is still a problem the flare ups are still happening and they say this is not the time for peace this is a thought 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 and unless the underlying issue is resolved and that is who controls care about the problem will persist our media has also accused azerbaijan of using cluster munitions and car bombs and has published photos allegedly proving it and the president has not yet responded to that allegation aside time released a string of videos to back up their claims of tactical victorias but are making contradictory claims about the damage inflicted artist muscatel it looks at how disinform mission has become one of the key weapons in the standoff deception full scale aims of military victories are as old as of warfare itself but in the digital age the distance a mason 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 those the armenian side as always presents old video of past 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 come play 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 armenia as claims of success yet on shot off its own attack. The enemy both at the front in the Information Space is making his last efforts is running out of steam and therefore through everything all possible weapons into battle and 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 turkey and as a by john denounce this is law is and with no footage or i want to says its one sides word against the others so what is the truth but even when evidence is put forward the truth proves to be just as elusive the car back to France Ministry both sit down and sorry helicopter a photo of a burning helicopter hurtling to the ground is posted on social media a small victory is claimed it turns out the photo was actually of a Helicopter Shot down over syria back in february but it doesnt matter because people thought it was a sari and that will stick as a point john uses the same tactics to post about a successful strike bridge honest i did not publish any midges of the strikes and their mean in positions of military equipment it turns out it was for those from the war in syria these videos were shot 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 fast to wash away all that is not gold then you will find your shining nugget well when it comes to cars theres still a lot of sifting through the muddy river of misinformation to be done before we even get close to the truth. Present and the 1st lady are both suffering mild symptoms after contracting cope with 19 according to the white house it does a positive with the virus with just over a month to go before the election now were going to bring in live our to your map and for more on the hill whats the latest on the u. S. President s condition and how potentially disruptive could this be for the election. Well donald trump is 74 years old he is overweight and that puts him in the category of being at high risk when it comes to coded 19 now the white house doctor says that both trump and the 1st lady are in Good Condition but we are seeing reports that mild symptoms are already showing up from the president of the United States hes already showing mild symptoms now many critics of donald trump have pointed out that he has a history of somewhat downplaying the danger posed by the corona virus lets review some of dhamma trumps words over the past few months. The white house knew that hope except tested positive and the president had been in close contact with her yet he proceeded to still travel yesterday fundraiser he is not able to fully perform his his duties as commander in chief we were seeing people without masks regularly were seeing people stopping just not socially distancing they stop taking temperatures for people who are regular visitors to the white house we have seen that it has ended up in the worst Case Scenario for the white house. Now just just a month left before the u. S. President ial election donald trump is having to cancel dozens of planned rallies that he was holding furthermore out what is going to happen with the 2nd president ial debate that is scheduled is up in the air were waiting for word on that there was already one president ial debate with biden now the next one that was scheduled for the coming week was to focus on Foreign Policy which could have been a stronger point for donald trump may have actually helped him in the polls but its not clear if that debate is even going to happen how itll be able to happen with the president being quarantined and dealing with coded 19 now of course the u. S. Media is raking donald trump over the coals and pointing out that he did indeed downplay the threat of covert 19 to some degree or other heres some of the response of u. S. Media to the announcement that donald trump had indeed contracted covert 19 and tested positive. For the white house knew that hope yes a positive and the president had been in close contact with. Yet he proceeded to still travel yesterday fundraiser he is not able to fully perform his his duties as commander in chief we were seeing people without masks regularly were seeing people stopping to not socially distancing to stop taking temperatures for people who are regular visitors to the white house we have seen that it has ended up in the worst Case Scenario for the white house. Now if donald trump is on the able to fulfill his duties as president Vice President mike pence would be next in line to step up and take the oath of office and and assume leadership now if something were to happen to mike pence next in line after mike pence would be speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi. Now its important to note that polls are still being taken its not clear how much this will affect Public Opinion and potentially the Election Results but this is a very dramatic game changer the fact the present of the United States in the midst of the campaign with less than a month left has contracted coded 19 tested positive going into quarantine showing mild symptoms thats certainly a dramatic event that could have a pretty big effect on the results november 3rd parties kayla mop and thank you for bringing us that report. Now for the analysis we cross live to daniel is our journalist and author youre very welcome to the program and this throws the whole Election Campaign into turmoil with just 2 more debates lined up and only 32 days to go before the vote what do you think comes next is there any guessing at this point. Yes its a lot of guessing at this point when no one knows it will happen 1st of all we have no idea how sick donald trump will become he is. 74 years old hes overweight hes in a High Risk Group and he may become us to be early busy ill or bay even die. That will certainly be a game changer as far as the the race is concerned. We dont know about it but joe but joe biden may have also been exposed to the disease and made himself also have to track the virus if that happens i mean its even more to be even more turmoil. This is an astonishing development but one that was foreseeable given trumps remarkably cavalier behavior towards the virus he didnt wear a face mask and fact the last debate he made fun of joe biden for wearing a face mask so you know so hes hes raped his own rewards well exactly and we all know that hes downplayed the virus itself that he recently said that the penn demick is on its way out and whatnot so do you think hes behaved responsibly as the president of the United States during a pandemic. Trumps handling of this crisis is astonishing and the class by itself there are a few World Leaders who have handled it worse than john paulson r. O. And you know and brazil is one of comes to mind but trumps handling of this whole this whole episode has been incompetent in the extreme reckless unscientific. Astonishing and now he is a he is the victim of his own ill thought out policy. The white house is obviously playing this all down saying that trump is energetic and paying close attention to the economy do you expect anything else and are we ever really going to know exactly how hes doing. Well you know im no one really trust the information coming out of the white house we have no idea how. He may get very sick and they die. And that is the last the last an aerial happens itll be hard for the white house to cover it up obviously but but even if he is debilitated if he goes into a into. Intensive care the way Boris Johnson did i think it was in april that could lead to a constitutional question as to who actually will run the run the white house and and and whether donald trump should be removed from office its a the the u. S. The situation is unprecedented the u. S. Is that trying to a period of the extreme term turmoil things were already turbulent enough as they were now they are doubly so. Along those lines people are of course already looking at the order of succession if trump is out of action for one reason or another next in line of course is Vice President mike pence and then number 3 would be House Speaker nancy pelosi do you think that those sort of contingency plans are already being put into action. I think its a bit too early but probably people will start thinking along those lines in the next few days but the but the constitutional mechanism 6 drame least slow extremely inefficient and maybe faulty in design and so theyre for its unclear if that will hold up if this really turns into a into a major emergency its hard to believe nancy pelosi taking over the white house but if thats what the law says though it may very well happen so well say i think you put it as him being very cavalier in his approach to depend on mcdonnell trump do you think that thats going to change at all now that hes tested positive for cocaine 100. I suppose that will hard to say donald trump is so unpredictable no one knows i mean he could sail through this very very easily with only like symptoms thats the case then trump may may feel hes been vindicated by the entire episode and therefore will feel no reason to change his policies on the other hand he could be severely stricken which would suggest that is some kind of course change is required. The world is watching and of course we do hope that he recovers quickly along with his wife weve been speaking with daniel is our journalist and author that you for your time and your comments thank you. The french president is proposing a new law to fight radical islam and socalled religious separatism and then el matrah made the announcement in a speech on friday are to charlotte devinsky has a story. This has been long awaited how the french government would seek to defend the countrys secular values against radical islam president black on friday has set out his stall. 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