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This conflict their biggest dream is for a last piece. Of a more im joined by a doctor for a jeff if he is the chairman of the center of analysis and International Relations based in as a vision in capital back doctors have if thanks for your time this conflict has been going on for years a lot longer than just this recent escalation why is it proving so difficult to solve. Well you just said that the. Commanders its the disputed territory and its actually quite internationally recognized as a part of their budget and in 1903 United Nations Security Council adopted for demanding immediate withdrawal all applying forces from other barge up unfortunately the versatile lucians are both implemented for 26 years negotiating the peaceful resolution and. Their union side announced that the abandoning the documents which we kept for the last dozen of the years we discussed the principles and moreover we decided to change the form of the negotiation so we came to the point when the one side i m
After a long absence crucifying coronavirus restrictions the royal ballet finally returns to the on tuesday. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program a ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan appear to have been short lived as a vision and Defense Ministry has released footage of what it claims are strikes against the Armenian Army it says the attacks are in retaliation for mania violating the cease fire. In turn has accused its follower of breaking the deal the 2 former soviet republics early agreed to russian demands to hope they had decades long conflict of the disputed region of nagornokarabakh. Hundreds have died in fighting over the last fortnight caught in the middle felson of displaced civilians. The mother and child forced to take refuge in a school. Who is just one of several azerbaijani families who fled here from nearby villages there escaping heavy fighting near the border of not going to carry back thats torn their lives apart. In the mess we have cash in the gulf as we
People of all races, religions, creeds, sexuality, building power. I believe that we will win. This movement is not about saving the Democratic Party or criticizing the republican party. This is about saving the soul of this nation. Fightare rising up to poverty. We must do more, organizing, organizing. Educating. Vote. Who stand that i claim to be a follower of jesus christ and be silent about the moral outrage going on in our country. We are not afraid. Any nation is in a moral and economic crisis. There will be a movement. Bring people together. Thisthe heart and soul of democracy. Almost 57 years ago my father , reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. Now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real, the promises of this democracy. He was working with poor people of every race from every corner of this nation to build a Poor Peoples Campaign when he was as
[chanting] any nation that ignores half of its people is in a moral and economic crisis. We will do more there will be a movement. To bring people together save the heart and soul of this democracy and this world. [crowd chanting] almost 87 years ago, my father, reverend dr. Martin luther king, jr. , reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. But now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling off. It takes the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. But now is the time to make real the promises of this democracy. He was working with poor people of every race, from every corner of this nation, to build a Poor Peoples Campaign when he was assassinated in memphis, tennessee, five years later. Today, as his daughter, i am honored to add my voice to the Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call for moral revival, and stand with the 140 million poor people and low wealth people urging america to address with the fierce urgency of now the big issues of poverty and race. Please join us in t