Between armenia and azerbaijan. And bombs are also falling in israeli controlled territory that despite a cease fire having been agreed just a few days ago. Thanks for joining us youre watching r. T. International. First this hour russia says that it will stop taking part in consultations over the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 tragedy occurred over Eastern Ukraine back in july of 20146 years later in the investigation is still ongoing lets get more on this now from our correspondent refer to me in the studio welcome maria i mentioned in the headline there russias foreign minister calling this this whole operation pointless that they further explain what they meant by that yes this is a toupee. The statement by Russias Foreign Ministry that i hold in my hands about it says in possibility of russias patisserie patient in 3 sides consultations with us trailer and now the lens regarding m. H. 17 passenger airplane tragedy back in 2014 thats after the government of the netherlands that is explained in this document filed a lawsuit against russia against a member of these a Consultation Team you know that in the European Court of human rights alleging that had played a role in their plane crash in 2014 just remind you 298 people died mostly dutch nationals russia denies of course all the allegations and accusations of any involvement and accuses netherlands of been interested in only putting all the blame on russia rather than find in truth the dutch movies considered yet another blow to russian dutch relations and the hague courts determination contrary to common sense is to continue on the wrong path of unilateral attribution of responsibility to russia for what happened in the sky above donbass such unfriendly acts by the netherlands make it senseless for us to continue to participate in the 3 way consultations responsibility for the breakdown of the consultations those lies are entirely with the hague. So 6 years passed since this tragedy thats a lot of time to establish as many facts as you think is will be possible what exactly have you learned about this this event well i remember that day and it was july 17th 20143 months after official cave launched what its called massive counterterrorism operation in Eastern Ukraine using tailoring tanks and. So it was i was there is since day one. Covering it for me and i remember that very quickly turned into a very bloody and the operation with many casualties from both sides including the monster bill in population so the situation on the ground was very dramatic and the war the real war was raging when they hear this tragedy happened they and age 17 passenger airplane with again with almost 300 people on board was down killing everybody and the investigation has been going on ever seen and till today we did not know exactly what had happened these are the key points. Very dramatic scene here and to Government Forces were very quick to accuse each other and in this situation the now the lend support to the position of the official cave according to the results of the investigation of the joint Investigation Team the mh 17 passenger airplane was brought down by the surface to air missile known as book fired from the rebel controlled territory but the thing is that there was no any solid evidence to support this idea and plus no radar or satellite images data supported back to this position you know this version so it was just i mean other than this. Wouldnt swap facts what information is that implicate russia in the issue that well they say that this book missile belongs to russia but. They handed over all data from russian radar is and plus all documents proving that that particular missile belonged and was on the service of Ukrainian Forces but all this information again moscow complains was ignored heres russian president Vladimir Putin talking about that whatever the present it doesnt say anything we have. Syria we have presented is put no one wants to listen to us and unless there is a look we will not find the right response to the questions that still remain on the search to the tragedy of. The people we mourn. And we believe. These incidents are unacceptable. So you have to understand what we hear today from Russias Foreign Ministry it didnt start yesterday this lack of trust and misunderstanding it has been piling for months months and years. Those who believe that russia was responsible. Of course of course russia did know this of course. Theyre the ones that did it is there anybody else who is casting doubt over the. Yes we are talking about 3 consultations so there are 3 members here australia netherlands and russia but there is also another country involved here because it was delayed Airline Plane and malaysia is supported russias position saying that the whole investigation and that alliance led investigation is politicized and here is the countrys Prime Minister talking about this we do not exclude from an examination but from the very beginning we see too much politics in it the idea was not to friend how did this happen. But it seemed to be considered. To be on russia had it been the new troops the examine the and making conclusions be. Accepted. By these who have some political interests in the middle. So russia now is out all the sides hope and. Hopes that everybody will continue after its to find the truth because i mean you have to understand what had happened and those. Who did that they should be punished of course without is very financially in the studio thank you very much. Well the surface of the story and i can speak that to Martin Gulzar hes a politician for Germanys Left Party good afternoon t. Martin so weve heard the breaking Development Russia said it is going to stop taking part in any consultations over the downing of that flight why do you think at this point russia would pull out so far down the line. Receiver development we can see clearly that there is a one sided investigation and of course its necessary if you want to find out what happened to take all the evidence which i presented doesnt matter by which side are taken into account that is a necessary way of you want to find of the truth so i think the malaysian president if you say and ask why are we not included as a more neutral. Or falls into the into the into relation and into the evaluation of what happened hes right and it would be good if there would be some kind of independent real independent. Instance which would try to find out what happened so i think if theres a real one sided procedure going on and never learns that australia will be over there for links and then later on when they have. They have a strong. Year or 2 or just all the blame on russia the wasting the investigation doesnt make any sense and so i would like if the international. Community of the United Nation or anyone who could be independent would really fly a bit of a worry for instance which independently takes a little call every every day which is a little broader on the table. And read a lot about this incident and there is some evidence which could be proved which shows that the rocket came from the ukrainian side so that has complete taken into account as well. To an extent betraying itself is a victim here it says the investigation was shallow that politics was involved and it said that everything was aimed at supporting accusations against russia doing thats russia just trying to confuse the matter by playing the role of victim or theyve got something to the claims theyre making. I think when we look from from beginning from beginning there was a one sided accusation and i think its necessary diffuser have something tragedies like that where more than 250 people were died the 1st question i always have to this incident why didnt the governmental few creating laws the airspace emersed up your wall region thats the 1st question right off their test to be for all of that process to be followed the same as like when there is evidence brought on the table which shows that the rocket could have come from Ukrainian Forces that has to be approved it doesnt mean there must be true but if this evidence is there it has to be proved and it has to be taken into account software. From beginning on there was not of independent investigation and so on and of cost some people might say russia wants to compu computer but no for me that is not the way because if i look at the facts i can see there had been evidence brought to the table which hadnt been taken in the current and always. I ask myself if you want an investigation and that of the real victims of the passengers and the real victim is. This the force which presents most of the passengers because it was a malaysian and they have to be included as well so there has to have been some lets. Do regularities on bed while you each one with the facts and so i can understand why russia draws back i think its not to confuse that i think there have to be if you want to look for a prospective that has to be some kind of. Yes neutral instance instead of netherlands and australia. To my mind more misleading and be more investigation than rush it. Were listening to the views of models of germanys love part of ours and thank you. Well its good friends now were present among your micrometer not strict new rules for paris and other major cities in response to covert 90 the nighttime curfew will be in force as of this weekend for a minimum of 4 weeks and we have made a decision to not lose a curfew it will be in force in the paris region 8 other french cities a new nationwide state of health of urgency has been declared in france as president mark on outline new stricter measures to try and defeat covert 19 hes announced a curfew that will take place not just here in paris but in 8 other of the worst affected cities across france that will come into force on saturday and will be from 9 pm in the evening until 6 am in the morning and it will be strictly enforced with the 1st time that you are caught outside without a good reason with a fine of 135 euros but that will go up to 1500 euros for repeat offenders when some of those measures will be in place for at least 4 weeks but the government wants to try and push that to 6 weeks taking it to december 1st and he said president mccollum this would be strictly enforced i. E. If you actually restaurant and you live half an hour away you will need to leave the restaurant by half 8 in the evening he also talked about reducing private gathering saying that 6 was the magic number and he said if you will with friends and families at a private gathering and you couldnt be more than one meter away from each other you would still have to wear a mask well there was thick and furious reaction to those announcements by president mack on. 60 percent of the infections happen to work School University is between 8 and 7 pm but macron is banning people from going out to bars restaurants between 8 pm and 6 welcome to absurdity there must be great disappointment among medics tonight who have heard no announcements of extra. Support or present back and said this was about trying to bring down the number of 19 infections that came is the latest figures show there were almost 23000 new cases of the virus in the 24 hours to wednesday with 104. 00 deaths and president back on said that the Health Care System was simply overloaded with staff being exhausted and he said that the situation was more worrying now than it had been during march at the start of the 1st wave of the pandemic now these measures will also of course affect restaurants and he said that they would be help for people who worked in those sorts of businesses with 90 percent of pay basic pay being covered by the state but you can imagine that many businesses who are already hard hit by kosik 1000 of probably worrying about what the future will hold for them now and press it back on said that france would have to live with this virus until at least the summer of 2021 so not just a long winter ahead but possibly a long spring and a long summer for france as even stricter measures could be put in place if as president machen said people do not respect the rules and those numbers of covert 9000 infections are not put down we spoke with the Health Director for Red Cross International peace supports the tougher restrictions. The stuff for mentions of measures are welcome and now we are red cross today called out for political leaders to intervene in a speedy courageous and inclusive way to ensure that these measures are put in place to protect that the health and the social mix status of all of the people of france any many other countries even europe or many countries that are being taken little bit by surprise by the iraq surge all cases and so the are many countries are reacting within the deposits 48 hours with new measure that being put in place what is needed added moment to ease. Measures that can reduce the deferred a transmission but measures that can also bring people. You know wanted to assure that those measures are actually paying people. The struggle between armenia and azerbaijan still seems in full swing despite a sings far agreed last week bringing the likes of spain over to. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. What else seems wrong. Why dont we all just dont hold. Any. Yes to seep out just. To. Engage. The trail. Find themselves while the quiet week just to look for common ground. Welcome back hostilities continue between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh that despite an agreed cease fire. Reports from a cathedral that was hit last week and meets some civilians caught in the crossfire. The war in the going to care about has not just about trivial territorial gains its a long lasting with lots of bad blood between both sides and recently it has spilled into a new turf religious this 19th century only savior cathedral was a place where soldiers and volunteers alike used to come and pray before heading into battle that made it its argot but it wasnt just soldiers would come to this church the a Syrian Military was battering the town of shushi at that time so alone and her family decided to hide from the bombs in the cathedral script one place they thought that was safe from the shelling but they were wrong god does not have to now there were 7 of us including ensued children when the shell hit the cathedral it was deafening there was destruction everywhere masonry found from the ceiling thats all they can remember 2 strikes obliterating everything in their path the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed no place is sacred no place is safe in this war not only was this church hit twice but the 2nd strike injured 3 russian journalists one of them is still in intensive care after spending several days in a coma he believes the hit on them was intentional the streets of shushi bear a striking resemblance to those in other towns of nagornokarabakh its a place of desolation and despair those who can fight are already on the front lines those who had somewhere to run already have done but i dont or doesnt have any choice but to stay i was told he got my and we have to fit in this small shelter with a kitchen and bathroom are the same place we are too scared to go with doors when we hear the sound of the sirens the russian here to hide every evening in the reason alone we can hear the shelling people seem to be unfazed by the story state of the cathedral theres plenty of candles still burning within the half destroyed walls of the Church People pray here for peace to return to this land sooner rather than later because donna reporting from the goanna kyra artsy. As the president ilham aliyev commented on the damage to that Historic Church he says that the incident needs to be investigated and that if it was done by his forces it was an intention i mean is also accusing as well john of shelling a hospital in the disputed regions with a wednesday its in a tank back who denies a source 31st broke out medical staff from Different Countries rushed to the region r. T. Spoke with some russian doctors currently in the conflict there. At any prostitution its no easy decision for any doctor to leave behind a content life and go towards us here of course its not hand to hand combat but the threat is there every 2nd i just followed my heart i went through the 1st war as a student observe military medicine i gained experience in that my the doctors who saved lives i think it was imprinted on my mind having broad experience in emergency medicine i didnt want to sit idle but i wanted to share my experience my knowledge and save any life possible you know all the battles going to that 1st side these are minor injuries small scratches in fact x. Rays show us splintered bones and torn muscles all this suggests that the weaponry has changed a lot there are very few cases of gunshot wounds here basically loser injuries from explosive mines cluster rockets and so on they are high energy explosives which leave incomparable damage when you speak to. My colleagues and i have been here since day one of the war and honestly we work 247 at the hospital i cant understand the enthusiasm of some to continue this war even if people dont die but there are still those seriously injured and adequate response is needed here to ensure a way to end all this. When you conflict broke out just over 2 weeks ago but it has roots that go back 3 decades with on and off balance of fighting the contested regions mostly inhabited by Ethnic Armenians but its legally part of us of these Arab Government reported again on thursday morning its territory being under fire. Was the sound of a shell hitting the azerbaijani town of tatar according to this area government the town came under bombardment on wednesday both nations that are not violent since this eruption of fighting many people fled their homes a few that chose to stay. There have been countless attacks this morning they showed our soldiers here luckily they survived every evening we sit here and watch the shooting 1st coming from the armenian side and then from our side it hit these areas and then it fell on the roofs of our houses there is no fear our soldiers are fighting over there why should i be scared here we should not be scared. The e. U. Has announced a new round of sanctions on russia the measures are meant to punish moscow for the alleged poisoning of russian opposition figures alexina valmy even government has denied any involvement lets discuss this now with our correspondent based in berlin thats peter all of a good afternoon peter this brings up to speed what do we know at this point about these sanctions hello the e. U. Council has announced that they do well theyve approved the sanctions that were initially put forward on monday at a meeting of European UnionForeign Ministers what we know about sanctions is that theyll target 6 individuals and one organization theyll take the form of travel bans and asset freezes those are the type of sanctions that you counsel can push through you know laterally without having to go to parliament what we do know whats perhaps more interesting about these than the sanctions themselves is what the reaction will be from russia earlier in the week we heard from circular for of the Russian Foreign minister who said that there could be a suspension of diplomatic ties between moscow and brussels should these be put in place he also said that russia would have to review doing business in europe. But there was no the question is not just whether business as usual is possible but whether any business with the European Union is possible at all the e. U. Behavior but whether any business with the European Union is possible at all the e. U. Be correlations and we need to ensure that a violation of the chemical weapons treaty which is one of the most acceptable agreements of human rights doesnt remain without consequences and on agreements of human rights doesnt remain without consequences and on that we have a consensus at the european level. Right. Russia denies all of the allegations against it in fact is made for requests officially for information for evidence that germany says that it has that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent so far no response has come from those requests in fact Sergey Lavrov has called on is european has come from those requests in fact sergey laughed it off has called on is European Partners to respect International Law in this respect you are so use. Should be easy approach to than a valley case is totally unacceptable 5 e. U. Countries claim they have established the truth but when we request them to provide evidence of their conclusions they say this is outrageous so let me be clear what we want is for the e. U. In germany to abide by International Law there are the conventions on cooperation in criminal probes we appeal to those conventions asking germany to bide by the norms of International Law and germany basically replies by saying you know whats you have International Law but we have our own rules and the rule is this if you dont believe those you are guilty. Well alexei lavaliere took a lot of flight from siberia to moscow at the end of august he was brought in where we received treatment at the shallots a hospital he was in and then joost coma for 2 weeks at the end of last month he was discharged he continues to receive treatment here but as he continues to recover here in the german capital more and more questions are being raised about what exactly happened to him and who was behind what happened to him ok many thanks to all of a brings the very latest there from berlin and that wraps it up for this busy news are you watching our team to national lost more to come do stick around updates for you in half an hour. Join me every thursday on the alex im im sure ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics Small Business im sure business ill see you. Because they give me my best made up with this tool is human and he said. Just but. Theres enough to know but im also the most amazing most im going to give us the seal. 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