Has an old this sundays parliamentary vote following huge riots and next president of the Central Asian states is also being released from jail amid the chaos with the building set on fire. Good afternoon watching r. T. International just going for moscow now will start without breaking news because the head of Russias Foreign Intelligence Service is warning that Foreign Terrorists including the notorious Jabhat Al Nusra are seeking to join the conflict in the disputed new corner cutting back region where fighting has intensified between as and armenia with more his hugos you don. The Russian ForeignIntelligence Agency they have released a memo a statement and at 1st theyre just expressing the general concern for the well being of the people of Nagorno Karabakh and they are calling the issued a call. To both sides to stop the fighting immediately but this is weve already heard from many many sides but what gets when it gets more interesting is as youve mentioned they have said that they have information about hundreds if not thousands of syrian mercenaries fighting in this conflict and they are talking about some of the most radical groups too and they have raised alarm saying that they may be that have this information there and intelligence agencies will according to their sources they get hundreds if not thousands of fighters there heres what they had to say have a listen according to the information that is available to Russias Foreign Intelligence Service mercenaries from warring International Terrorist organizations in the middle east are actively heading to the conflict zone in particular job for cattle harms us halt on moron as well as extremist kurdish groups so youve already heard a number of a number of names that they have released out there who those fighters they hate for the money to coding to this statement theyre here trying to earn money and so on and so forth when it comes to the names the most notorious one i have to say is of course depart it was formerly known as the al qaeda in syria but later they broke away and they try to they tried to sort of make 2 rebranded their group but they failed because theyre known for atrocities for numerous atrocities brutality and world its one of the most extremist groups in syria out there queues of many many crimes against humanity and terrorism and we actually have a short clip that we can show you to break down what is known about them and what theyre notorious for what i have to give you a warning because you may find some of the pictures in this clip disturbing. Well its important to specify that this statement by the Foreign Intelligence Service of russia does not specify as to which side these thousands of radicals are fighting on however there is mounting evidence and accusations from an International Community that it is turkey that is helping i swear by john hiatt these people hire these mercenaries and take them to the border take them to the front lines of the nagornokarabakh and so essentially that theyre fighting on the side over there by john and this war this is something that armenia has accused there by john as well but again these 2 sides armenia and azerbaijan they accuse each other of many things and each side is denying what the other one is saying so this is one of such cases by john is denying that any foreign fighters are fighting on its soil and in fact they havent turned excused armenia of using foreign soldiers in this war so well have to see how far this situation will go and also we have some news just in at parenting the foreign minister of turkey has announced that its that his country turkey that ankara hes ready to work with moscow on solving this problem on solving this a war in the corner cow back and bringing the 2 sides back to the negotiating table i will keep a close eye on it and but bring you all the latest from here you go here donna what is the shooting does continue to dozens of civilians have lost their lives on both sides infrastructure and were going to cut up. Has been severely damaged as there is as a result of the fighting many humanitarian organizations are alarmed by the escalation of violence and the level of civilian casualties things are also heating up in azerbaijani territory teenie the disputed area the government says the 2nd largest city in the country came under fire on monday these are pictures now of a market that was shelled according to his eerie authorities the armenian side though denies that they have fired on as a persian territory meanwhile in series outside the conflict zone doing what they can to help their forces reporting next is mail from the capital. In the wake of the recent losses or there was an army in the continent. People born in who are in the region of the few consolidated and want to make their own contribution. For the progress of this old throughout the capital there are several collection points by activists this initiative of the people they want something from the or were already sent from riot trucks just today was sent about 150 baht boxes i think of big portion of the salary we must be spent this way. We hear to stand our support to frontline troops we want to assure our soldiers there were always with them. Its statement even should that be the big gratitude to the people for this as well in the same time they said that people military personnel leave who are equipped and provide it was all neat and in order to prevent any kind or misuse and irrational or he shoots him you saw the president set up a temporary hotline where people can get in touch with the officers in the Missile Defense and then they will help them to reduce tribute the assistance to the destination final destination that of the soldier or national army. Another. Trump is back in the white house he had spent 3 nights in hospital after testing positive for cope with 19. Learned so much about coronavirus and one thing that dont let it dominate you dont be afraid of it i didnt feel so good and 2 days ago i could have left 2 days ago 2 days ago felt great were going back were going back to work going to be out front as your leader i had to do that and i know theres a risk theres a danger but thats ok and now im better and maybe im immune i dont know but dont let it dominate your lives get out there be careful we have the best medicines in the world however his comments there did actually concern medical experts he said it downplayed the deadly threat of the virus from made this statement a few hours after leaving hospital following his release the president ial helicopter touched down in washington with the u. S. Leader going to the white house balcony and removing his mask to pose for photos. Of the American People are of course still being affected as well the northeast is seeing another big spike in cases new york city is already set to close schools in several neighborhoods getting hit hard by the virus the new restrictions come into force on change that my number one concern has always been schools i would not send my child to a school in a hot spot cluster that is not interested were going to close the schools in those areas tomorrow or the u. S. As a whole does remain the worlds hot spot for the pandemic on friday new infections hit a 2 month record with over 54000. 00 positive cases thats the highest daily tally since the middle of august when the country recorded just over 64000 cases we heard from people in new york about the latest decision to close the schools. Why was he thought millstones there is no great optically at what was my sons school which is actually to want to toy with out loud to the closet its for safety of the students of the day that theyre fully cutting it down to making the most. Of. This somewhat discouraged at the same time but. Whatever whatever needs to be done theyre doing it you know that the school particulars are doing a correspondent in now looks into why new york is once again facing a spike in cases. The rate of infection in new york city is rising once again the highest numbers weve seen sense back in may so who is to blame for this well new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo says the buck stops with local officials. Say go over effective enforcement for every jurisdiction for local jurisdiction cannot or will perform effectively violating entities notify the states and to close all Business Activity in hotspots where local governments come to comply now cuomo says words have led to allegations of hypocrisy hes criticizing local officials for not doing what he has recommended well back earlier during the pandemic he was criticized for not doing what federal officials recommended i dont believe that any federal administration could be serious about physical lock downs of states or parts of states across this country i dont believe its legal i think it would be economic chaos the decision around nursing home with Governor Cuomo decreeing that co that 19 patients should be sent there at a pretty big impact many have not forgotten what they see is a pretty big misjudgment that cost many lives there is something disgusting that democrats are doing that joe biden does and that you do which is you try to blame the people who lost their lives on your political enemies was it a mistake when your brother implemented a policy that Nursing Homes had to accept coded positive patients and endangered the lives of my brother was the 1st one to say the state was there was a learning cuomo has also faced criticism for allowing black lives matter protests to take place despite talking up the risks are talking about reopening in one week in new york city. And now were seeing these methods maersk. Yeah that rings over the past several minutes that could in fact exacerbate the covert 9 team spirit now despite his policy differences with the white house new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo sent his best wishes to President Donald Trump when he got coded 19 that is unlike new york citys mayor bill de blasio who saw it as an opportunity to take the president to task i think its another reminder of why what some of us have been saying is right wear masks practice social distancing and take it seriously this president obviously didnt do it and paid the price party lines power and position mean nothing to the coronavirus everyone is at risk now new york Governor Andrew Cuomo admits the leaders of the state have made some pretty big mistakes along the way however he still wants everyone to believe that he is the guy to lead us through the crisis well andrew cuomo is a leading figure within the Democratic Party the Democratic Partys strategy. During this 2020 a lecture and has to run again in his trumpet and to run against coded new york has had the worst record in his handling. Of it in the country i mean new york has had the worst. Case death rate statistics and little was fraid of the incidence of covert in the country because much of the media in the United States is entirely in cahoots with the Democratic Party cuomo hasnt suffered any adverse consequences on that so yes its hypocritical but he can get away with it hes going to blame him to go with trump and pose as the hero who somehow save new york at the same time in the media and watch and allow him to get away with it. Meanwhile the u. K. s code response has been hit by a major scandal almost 16000 k. With 1000 cases vanished from the National Tracing System all because of a technical error and in turn it was to find the contacts of those who had tested positive for the virus thousands of people blissfully unaware theyve been exposed to code it potentially spreading this deadly virus a time when hospital admissions are increasing and where in the 2nd wave of the issue occurred at the end of september with 19 case data failed to transfer from the the bar of trees to an excel spreadsheet to tally the numbers misleading official figures did suggest that the u. K. Strain of virus cases were beginning to plateau but the missing cases now confirm that the country is still on an upward path Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says all those exposed have been contacted and the u. K. Health secretary was forced to admit the mistake this incident should never have happened but the team of acted swiftly to minimize its impact now its critical that we Work Together to put this right what i can say is that all those people obviously being contacted in the key thing is as i say that everybody whether it be in this group would generally shouldnt should so pricey thats the way to make it work but when the area was 1st announced there was an outcry on my not least because the test and trace ystem was using an old version of excel and that is shot many to considering the billions of pounds spent on developing the tracing app weve got opinion on the streets of london. Losing knifes every day and we know small numbers worldwide and big numbers so this is a Serious Business the number 40 would come to these buttons and if you go to a new app and i imagine theyll develop it as time goes on and there is no real president for the n. H. S. 16000. 00 if that because its a big believe could be full 1000 but into the price rises he will have enough to affect him in the case of the ripples if they could it dished out a lot better and then not to anyone and i doubt wed be in such a hop if you meant that the governments going to have to rethink something here and think people will produce intense take out the solution people seem. To know their expressions to something that still feel guys already should be brought in and probably. Still to come moscows main does woman the situation in the russian capital is reaching a critical point that as the current numbers infections moves closer to the pace of the pandemic in the spring well have more details on that just off the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport business im showbusiness ill see you then. Again you with r. T. Now the coronavirus is tightening its grip once again on the russian capital the last 24 hours to see more than 4000 new infections recorded and that has led city authorities to talk about new restrictions so lets get more details and gary is across the story for us good afternoon nick a worrying situation developing in moscow what have the authorities been saying absolutely andria i mean that the russian capital has witnessed a sharp increase in the number of covert cases as you said up to 4000. 00 per day this is the country as a whole sees its highest level of covert cases since the beginning of may this year so most of those massacres to be an inhouse of war into the situation in the capital is becoming more complicated and serious by the day. The situation with cave 19 is getting more complicated and dramatic day by day in terms of identifying new cases were preaching the peak we had in spring the number of those hospitalized today has exceeded a 1000 people the op would trend continues. Now with such a substantial rise in numbers talk on the street has turned again towards whether moscow is heading to another lockdown but theres no official talk of that yet but things are tightening up starting from monday schools were told to take a 2 week break in unexpected break on top of that excuse me people over the age of 65 will not be able to travel on public transport for free that people of the age of 65 and people with chronic illness is on top of that you wont be able to go to the ticket venue to get your tickets for the theatre or any other venues anymore youll have to go online to do all of those the electronic tickets they exclusively and businesses across the city have been told that at least 30 percent of their employees will have to be sent home to work now 2 facilities medical facilities that were built specially for the covert pandemic have been reopened in the moscow mer was that earlier and really highlighted what a pivotal role these facilities will play in the fight against that. Certainly a good bit of truth in these hospitals do not exist separately they are part of the moscow hospital infrastructure leading the fight against covert 19 these clinics these inpatient facilities provide necessary medical staff for the backup hospitals i hope theyll work effectively and will save the lives of many people in moscow. So moscow really is bracing itself but while city will thirtys say that these measures will be enough to contain the further spread of the virus it really is up to all of those as well just like weve seen in other countries we have to play a role in following the rules in wearing our mosques in washing our hands and keeping our distance because nobody wants to return to another lockdown. No i certainly not like a fang said making him saucy sneaking out with the latest there on the rise in the cases in the russian capital. By following 24 hours of chaos on the streets of kurdistan following a disputed election there the countrys Central Electoral Commission has now an old the result of that vote one person was killed in the violence and more than 700 injured as protests descended into riots. I was. Robbed. Of. Several regional heads and i resigned voluntarily to along with the capitals main protest as of occupy the city hall and proclaimed a new men in government has called on everybody to maintain order like a journalist in bishkek did send us this report on the aftermath of monday nights violence. The alico square the how to curb distance political is still full of people political leaders today are going massed in an action of protest in the center of the scope trying to figure out how the country will get out of the political crisis the Central Election Commission today declared the elections in the country invalid and in the morning their leaders a Political Parties that did not answer parliament began to buy the offices of the ministries the current problem and was going to meet in the one of the hotels today but only a few deputies came to this meeting at the same time the coordinating council has been created in the country which is represented by a well known political who demand the resignation of the president and theyre going to zation of the new government in kurdistan in the meantime a current member of government. Clear that they continue to fulfill their judas the National Bank called on commercial banks to stop their activities until the situation is right there leaders of political movements continue negotiations about themselves it is not known what the president of the countries are in budging because hes going to do in this situation the demonstrations likely to continue but perhaps the cold evening will make its own adjustments to more small enough for russia today from mr william or against the current political crisis that my colleague kevin. It seemed peaceful enough when these protests begat really people taking to the streets to voice their displeasure at how these elections were conducted it the results of the election would gradually with passions and tempers rising people began hurling stones at Police Progressive became more and more Violent Police began firing tear gas water cabin back at the protesters indeed even robbed of bullets hundreds and hundreds of people now injured schools of them seriously many in intensive care in hospitals protests bit protesters begad assaulting government compounds the presidency the president ial palace the parliament the the office of the mayor all fall in to the protesters a deep the food the president son was among them leading one group that sees the central jail in in bishkek in the capital and he freed his father the former president who himself was was in jail facing corruption charges abuse of office even murder for his infamous role in violent resistance against a police raid. Unfortunately instance of ilion suffer from the antiterrorist telfer group read that was sent to capture me the violence and cynicism of the current 240 s. Are insane besides rubber bullets to special forces also used combat weapons one more time a call in the authorities to change their course and i would like to tell soldiers do not true to your own people this is all going to end badly for you at this point the situation is precarious because the the protesters are going anywhere they have doubt voice plans to install a new temporary Prime Minister to oversee read the writing of the country in prayer preparations for for new elections the president in turn was adamant that what happened in bishkek was an illegal attempt by protesters by those who had lost to seize power this kind of trouble for views around the world just kind of a picture for us is it unusual for kurdistan or not now this this isnt the 1st time were seeing events like this the reason that the government went out of its way to try make this election or make it seem as if it was piro was because of. In the past 30 years there have been 3 similar revolutions protesters out in the streets calling for regime change the 1st president after 15 years in power when this is happening for a 3rd time unfortunately given give you start history there is a new telling which way events will unfold. The german chancellor Angela Merkel is right now a meeting with the better russian next president ial candidates atlanta to cannot skier the German Government spokesperson said that she was being welcomed as the key opposition figure in better release taken off sky has been self exile in lithuania since the contested election which part nationwide protests and the e. U. And the us have joined the belorussian opposition in deny. Seeing the result as rigged were taken off sky did arrive in berlin on monday where she did take part 2 in a solidarity rally organized by the better russian to spore there during the event the Opposition Leader also reportedly said that she would like to meet with the russian president Vladimir Putin r. T. Correspondent peter oliver tells us more about her goals for todays talks. Shes brought with a list of names that she wants to see added to the current sanctions to the names currently sanctioned by the European Union this 40 names on that list already notable absent from that list though was Alexander Lukashenko the president of belarus that raised a few eyebrows when it was announced last week that shes also going to be looking for germany to play a role as a mediator in trying to sort out the impasse following the disputed election that took place in august our plans for changes in belarus consist of 3 points which we have already voiced pressure on the authorities which you lead to negotiations and danjou negotiations with new Fair Elections human rights are being grossly in viciously violated in belarus and balor russians are now crying out for help so we hope that germanys role in resolving this issue is the mediator will be one of the most important Angela Merkel is viewed as perhaps the best face for mediation the author of real option was a manual might call the french president but he has been quite publicly outspoken in his criticism of Alexander Lukashenko and in his support of the opposition angular merkels government has said they dont recognize the results of august selection however the chancellor of self is really kept our powder dry while giving her support to the opposition figures thats 4th take it up a year i will meet with their positions to one of square one we see brief women taking to the streets calling for a corruption free life i cannot but it mire that. Well president might call in france on chancellor merkel here in germany were 2 of the biggest and loudest voices saying that last being no outside interference in bella ruse trying to sort out what happened following that election in august however the e. U. Along with germany and france of course of put a large amount of pressure on the current the russian government and on Alexander Lukashenko himself now this hasnt gone unnoticed by moscow this to say we consider these decisions to be at odds with International Law they clearly fail to facilitate dialogue and in effect amount to meddling in internal affairs as soon as we get any news out of that meeting and indeed any news that comes before that meeting ill be bringing it to you here on out. Your reporting there so thats how things are looking so far shes they often here in moscow are back again as usual in about their. Nuclear power plants have become a battleground in the u. S. In vermont people of demanding the shut down of a local plant for my yankee is right now my focus because its a very dangerous. Power plant the