There this is r. T. International from moscow my names called embrace sunday so were going to take you through some of the biggest stories covered here over the past 7 days 1st though the weekends developments to bring you up to speed on and the latest on the standoff in the caucasus between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of nagornokarabakh there the 2 countries say theyre abiding by a cease fire that came into force on saturday but both sides of accused each other of violating the truce with russia serving as intermediary of the 2 sides managed to seal an agreement including an exchange of prisoners of war dead in the contested region the deal paves the way for further talks to be mediated by russia the u. S. And france heres some of what we saw from the key players on saturday. A ceasefire is announced from 12 pm 110th of october for humanitarian purposes. We are committed to a peaceful settlement of the current conflict in the room. 30 to resume the Peace Process but it but if you have if the armenian side is committed to the truce regime the phase for a political settlement will come and the phase for pressured negotiations will end our goal remains the same to restore the integrity of azerbaijan the fighting erupted into going to back in late september with armenia and azerbaijan laying the blame on each other about your own claims that 9 people died and over 30 were injured during the shelling of the city of gunja in the early hours of sunday a rocket reportedly hit a residential building and a rescue operation is underway i mean it denies any involvement in that attack but locals think otherwise. It was 2 in the morning we were sleeping i heard a huge sound and i saw everything falling on me glass wood the wall everything my son ran and in a t. Shirt and picked me up. I saw a rock fall on my face i opened my eyes and another rocket hit i said to myself what is this i opened my eyes and couldnt see anything but clouds of dust whats cease fire we know these armenians very well we know how they behave they are 2 faced they completely lack honor you cant even call them humans. They are barbarians they are not human if you have a war its with soldiers but we are civilians we were sleeping at night. Just hours after the truce took effect on saturday air raid sirens went off in carabao and locals ran for cover our correspondent don of his in the local capital and heard several explosions the citys bore the brunt of the shell fire over the past 2 weeks there are multiple civilian casualties although the numbers are unclear at this stage it will process this report from the area just as the fragile truce initially came into effect. On the city of step on the kurds is a sorry sight i can see it has been razed to the ground but it has been battered by so many bombs of so many calibers sizes and types this street got the full wrath of a Cluster Munition all the hallmarks i hear burn down because shattered glass and if you look closely at the walls and windows here along this whole street they have pierced with tiny tiny holes this is the deadly power of a cluster bomb and other aspects of using one is that when a rocket shoots dozens of little bombs of little grenades many of them dont explode so we were being told not to go down that street because thats where locals gathered those grenades that didnt explode and theyre detonating them on purpose theyre doing so because each unexploded grenade like this poses a grave threat to especially to children because they look harmlessly look innocent so a kid picks up such a such a bomb starts playing with it and it explodes in their hands now its been just hours into this tentative cease fire bit. Armenia and azerbaijan but everyone who ive been talking to and counting on it mostly do nothing since mid day no truth has been observed the war continues there is absolutely no change with a bit of a cease fire is temporary for 2 or 3 years it will be calm and then it will start again like this time every day we are in danger we wake up and thank god that we are in life i dont know what is going to happen to us as. We have moved trust in what they say in particular in the current developments the ceasefire looks very suspicious daws a director of britains Crisis Research institute told us he thinks neither side will be able to make Real Progress without broad public support. This shaky partly because they are all about intercity on both sides not just between so displeasure with Public Opinion and for instance we must be afraid that was a risk that already but there are some dissenting voices saying why are we stopping the war when we as a result we winning so theres a danger that governments who made the improvement could be pressured by Public Opinion to new that will particularly only as there is not the other problem is that the agreement is essentially a very short on it says that its to enable the wounded to be recovered and also christians to exchange and those felt the top story she found a way of mechanism of bringing about a longer term ceasefire and even peace i think russia is the key player because it enjoys a considerable degree of trust and a lot of contact with both those that are drawn on armenia and its next door. And so it has its own interests in a peaceful solution and if the problem is perhaps other players further away. Interests that they dont have any risks rushnell the state stands to lose if theres a conflict in its backyard. Patients across europe are tightening their coronavirus restrictions after a spike in case numbers. Germany france and the u. K. Have all seen dramatic increases in recent weeks the british Prime Minister is expected to announce a partial lockdown for the north of england on monday it could include the closure of all pubs and restaurants but local man as a resisting the plans and threatening to launch a parliamentary challenge a nationwide public trust in the government at a low ebb shaadi Edwards Daschle now explained. And considering the u. K. Governments response ok but 19 pretty and probably wouldnt be the words on the tips of most peoples tongues over the course of the year the u. K. Has seen thousands of people dying in care homes tests and tracing deadlines set and missed the u. K. Topping the death toll across europe plus of course britain being on the verge of a round 2 and while most people think the governments response needs to be completely written off it seems as though not everyone agrees its been a failure i think it will be like the lympics thats when its all over and we look back and reflects we would actually be extremely proud of ourselves some people might think a wooden spoon is more appropriate than a shiny metal especially considering the latest news that 16000 positive tests for private 19 have been lost meaning the super spreaders a blimey on the way theyre still spreading thousands of people blissfully unaware theyve been exposed to code potentially spreading this deadly virus a time when hospital admissions are increasing and were in the 2nd wave blunder after blunder critics say the governments not learning from its mistakes but as the country hurdles towards a 2nd wave of the virus private confusion is still lingering in the yeah with mixed messages coming from those in power. But as i understand it. Apologies i misspoke today in the northeast new rules mean you cannot meet people from different households in social settings indoors including in pubs restaurants and your home you should also avoid socialising with other households outside go to work but stay at home eat out to help out but dont socialize kick start the economy but stay in your bubble its no wonder the country is continues especially considering the man telling the u. K. What to do is accused of being a tad confused one of the major problems is widespread confusion about the local restrictions people feel very let down a very frustrated very forgotten can we pin all the primal Boris Johnson off to rule these all around president a times far to go back to all that no Prime Minister has ever fought before a lot of months of economic paralysis Boris Johnson began to im not the look down even though parts of the u. K. Was still plagued with the virus and so the north south divide found its latest partition the timing of the lifting of National Lockdown was london centric please remember this the next time you see politicians pointing fingers at our people on the eve of a 2nd wave many might think the government would know what it was doing by now especially considering its how to round 6 months to prepare but when carrot has been replaced with confusion can the government really expect people to for the rules when it doesnt seem to know them itself to address the artsy long. Standing environmental mistry emerged on tuesday thousands of dead Sea Creatures washed ashore at russias far east sparking fears of an ecological disaster is more on the unfolding crisis and can tackle. Research center that flashing the petition for the past few weeks all the surface at the beach who went into the water were experiencing not problems at 1st we didnt pay too much attention to their symptoms we initially put it down to the bright sun and strong winds but when the problems persisted on cloudy days too we became worried and several started showing other symptoms nausea fatigue and fever to seem quite dangerous can a slide show of some of the 1st sign was some of the surface feeling sick we thought it was a rotavirus something to do with the Drinking Water then people started complaining about ira tastes and sore throats in general it would seem. To. Check. The post if this sometimes happens off the stone. Starfish often washed up on the shore in large numbers but we havent seen octopuses wash up before that strange. Some of the local service of some of the animals have been behaving strangely in particular the ring seals would swim with us they usually only come up for spending most of the time on the water is now when they break the surface they stop why do wild. Wouldnt bullshit is are dotted honestly receive test results from the water all 3 solid pools we took showed hoyle based products were 4 times over the limit and final was twice the limit. For. You to. French president s plan to fight extremism by teaching arabic in schools was met with staunch resistance earlier this week a report from paris. On the plans announced by president mike korn france is fighting back against separatism and a deviation away from the secular nature of the republic but the law which is yet to be fully drafted and released has been seen as an attack against islam not going speech did they kill to alleviate those concerns. The problem is islam ist separatism this conscious theorized political religious project which materializes in repeated deviations from the values of the republic which often results in the constitution of a counter society and whose manifestations of the dropout of children the development of Community Based sports and cultural practices which are the pretext for teaching principles which do not comply with the laws of the republic french authorities fear that children and Students Learning arabic in mosques or being taught by religious associations could fall prey to indoctrination by ism midsts and in a bid to have more control the government plans to expand its availability in schools but not everyone is convinced that its a good idea according to a new poll some 69 percent of respondents were not in favor so what do people here in paris make of the idea yes for me it is a good idea today people from around the world have a right to speak their language and to teach arabic in our schools is a good idea because we have a lot of young people from North West Africa and europe. Personally im completely against this idea because here in france there are too many generals ations. We point the thing that says much and mostly when there are more serious matters but who i dont really have an opinion on that but it has to be controlled might be a good idea or if there are other languages it might be a good idea to learn arabic hebrew its holy and Spanish English all these languages i think thats a really good idea i think people do with they want to do if theyre interested its critics have also rounded on it the note saying it is being counter productive its ridiculous its the best way to boost the proliferation of quranic schools or denominational schools if we want to islam ice france this is the best way to get there the language of the republic is french institutionalizing learning of the arabic language in schools is cowardice and a mistake but even if arabic classes or more widely are offered there is no indication there would be a prolific appetite for them its currently the most popular Foreign Language chosen by 11 to 15 year olds and figures show that only about 0. 2 percent actually study it whats not clear yet and this is perhaps where the concern comes from is whether or not under the new plans arabic will become part of mandatory lessons here in france if that was the case it is likely to feel the fire of those who believe teaching arabic in schools only fosters communitarianism and blues the feeling of patriotism the exact opposite of what mr. Theres nothing to share in school or what purpose i think theres a message. Thats where all the french are against. Today and if we dont want to be around the bush integration if we want to help communities trying to get together. And wish is one of the best instruments which can do you. To get people around together to understand that is a little bit of course we teach the other languages even the president is in favor of teaching the arabic language so i think we shouldnt mix the subjects and say as ive also heard people saying online that teaching arabic is an act of separatism you know that arabic has existed here for a long time and it never brought me that radicalism or terrorism because there is this specific branch of muslims who naturally make the headlines but this is a branch thats not all muslims dont generalise. This is also from moscow still ahead the spanish governments move to open sea aloft madrid to tackle a covert spike is struck down by the capitals highest court will tell you about thats when the way he returns after this. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race based on often scary Dramatic Development that only really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by shaped by one person if there is. No dares thinks. We dare to ask. Hello again but retires court on thursday rejected new lockdown measures imposed by the Central Government ruling that they violate peoples freedoms the lockdown order was issued after a surge in covert cases in the spanish capital but opponents say the decision was taken too quickly without consent and ignore the fundamental rights of millions of locals. Internationally it was the having none of it disappeared courts of justice of madrid has refused to ratify the measures aimed at restricting peoples mobility which were imposed by recent Central Government order the community of madrid saw those measures as hasty nonconsensual and affecting the fundamental rights of millions of citizens in the courts have unanimously seen eye to eye with us on this and some of madrids residents have been telling us how they feel about the governments lockdown plan of the capital. I mean seek him out but it seems that the measures are only intended to annoy madrid because there are many provinces in spain which are going through the same thing as us and they dont have to do the same so im not at all in favor of what the government is doing. Has made us i think the measures that were taking were good but it is true that economically it will be very bad for us that. We have to move on we have to continue with our knives and i think that we can have a normal life if we are careful. Spanish political analyst jose ramos says the focus has shifted away from fighting the virus. Out of this. Instead of thinking about a real fix for the problem and a common effort to fight the virus from which everyone would benefit the Central Government and the regional authorities are constantly criticizing each other and looking for some new strategies all this leads to chaos from which we the ordinary citizens suffer. Around the world this weekend and public anger is boiling over in israel over the new nationwide coronavirus lockdown tens of thousands rallied in cities across the country on saturday calling on Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to step down clashes broke out in tel aviv and several people were injured. Security guards been arrested in the u. S. City of denver over a Fatal Shooting a protest was killed during rival rallies between left and right wing groups on saturday local reports say the suspect had been hired by a local t. V. Channel meantime over in dollar bruce. Police use stun grenades and more to come on against an opposition rally in the capital dozens of people were reportedly detained including russian journalists covering the rest of the latest in a series of protests since august disputed election in which the opposition claims are strict. Donald trumps physician says the president is no longer contagious and recovering from cope at 19 and that he can resume campaigning across the country that said the 2nd president ial debate will not be going ahead it was canceled after trump refused to take part remotely the Vice President ial candidates did manage a t. V. Face off this week but there was an unexpected star who stole the spotlight for all of 2 minutes. The v. P. Debate was in stark contrast to the earlier trump biden showdown kaamelott harris and mike pence mostly refrain from interruptions and predictably the pandemic took center stage. The very 1st day President Donald Trump has put the health of america 1st whatever the Vice President is claiming the administration has done and clearly it hasnt worked