And spikes in covert 19 cases across europe and the u. K. Have governments scrambling to figure out how do you bring those numbers back down. Now time to how much now have all the sports yes Atlanta Braves they take it to nothing in the National League championship series. So were starting with a fight over not going to cut about both on the ground and in words between the 2 sides as well as their allies but the media and as about john continue to accuse each other of ceasefire violations but it is russia that is calling for an immediate end to the fighting moscow wants the dispute settled through diplomatic means its defense minister spoke to both sides and urged them to abide by that cease fire which came into force. On saturday the armenian is a russian ally and has a defense pact with moscow but president Vladimir Putin says that does not apply to nick on account of our manias Prime Minister is accusing azerbaijan of not wanting to stop its aggression until it takes over the whole region that it began a step on a state what you mean by zhang didnt keep the ceasefire agreement for even a 2nd and up to now continues attacks in during the creation of the verifying mechanism of ceasefire monogrammed it means that as a budget and continues its policy of occupying the whole nagornokarabakh azerbaijan is backed by turkey its president says there will be consequences if armenia targets the pipelines in nocona kind of attack. Is armenia put their ugly plans to make Gas Pipelines as of water into practice the response will be very severe for them if we want to resolve this difference of opinion and we want this we must have countries that would suit to the purpose of maintaining peace and of course we see the brother country turkey taking part in this process. So heres the team covering both sides of the conflict and smith. But were starting with simco in miniature here in. An update from you on whats been happening on the ground and in. Well kamal despite the cease fire the fighting continues for us are very johnnies them to what we hear from the azerbaijan officials is that they are continuing to fight but as not an offensive way as a defense a way because they say we are being. Violated the cease fire they have been firing at us so we are responding to those elements or to those attacks this is what they say and this morning we woke up with a tweet by geo assistant to the president he said that Azerbaijan Armed forces destroyed ready to launch Ballistic Missiles of our mania it was in the civilian area it was an aim to area and his army is successful or destroyed those misses so. There is a war ongoing in the battlefield there is a war ongoing in terms of media in terms of news and propaganda but one thing was in interesting as john present in family have delivered an interview to turkish news out that. In some parts he mentioned that armenia doesnt have a mania has some little reserve left in its central bank and it already has foreign debt and the list that the military equipment and vehicles that they have the stronger it on their minions side and he made a calculation that its a few 1000000000. 00 he said how are they going to sustain the so in a way apparent they both sides believe that both financially and in terms of paris and our military personnel wise this war is kind of stuck and this cease fire could have been a way to benefit for both sides but while asians are still under way but as compared to the forces fight its less ok that simple so you soon thank you for that update will now crow toobin and smith standard and go to tsunami of bernard. Well yes an admittance from the Prime Minister of armenia nicole pasha now that there are having difficult times he said that in address to the nation today and he said that we have had many many losses and i mourn them and i take all the victims personally in front of them 532 at least i think armenians soldiers killed in the fighting when the government releases the names releases that dates of birth most of them born between 20012002 just 18 or 19 years old doesnt release the list of killed soldiers but there will be casualties on their side as well as aires the armenians i should say believe that involvement in this fight has made things is how give the advantage to azerbaijan azerbaijan to spend billions on israeli and jewish weaponry armenia does not have the resources. And that is why its finding this such a challenge come on ok thank you for that bernard smith. With his report from greece there. Just to again remind you about where all this is centered and to put it on the map so you really understand what were talking about this mountainous region nagornokarabakh youll know the name well by now internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan it sits within as you can see the borders but it is ethnically armenian it has been an officially run by Armenian Forces since the end of a 6 year war back in 1904 if you why did now youve got turkey backing azerbaijan accused of deploying syrian fighters to the region which is something the turkish president has denied and as we mentioned earlier russia with its military defense pact with armenia but putin has said it does not apply to go on a kind of lets try to make some sense of all of this though mathias i can also is with us a lecturer in security and development at Kings CollegeLondon Department of war studies thank you so much for your time. Youve got to really concentrate on the story dont you make sure you remember whos with who and whos saying what at the moment lets just start with russia 1st of all russia which has an allegiance but is seeming to play the media here the moment and saying equally to both sides you need to stop this i mean do you think that can be successful. I think its probably the only way because russia have leverage very strong leverage on armenia and but at the same time it has a Strong Partnership which has developed over the last 10 years with us there by john so i think it has the possibility to to a certain extend if it can both sides. To the negotiating table. So if russia i mean there is the new Development Today which really certain extent might change their equal asian because. Today armenian territory. Sort of. So. Very awkward position because it might be forced to really come to the aid of armenia they have several agreements of military cooperation lions and also within the framework of their socalled to Security Treaty Organization which not only includes russia but also concrete facts. And other Central Asian states so if armenia is that time directly then all these other mechanisms sort of keeping. Russia russia i mean the big question is you know its russia going to now really side with armenia and provide additional military support and i wouldnt exclude that entirely you know in prolonged lets just pause for a 2nd because i want to we talked about the russian side obviously i want to hear from the turkish president to one who has spoken as well its a several of the same. Longer thats you know a lot of you 3 members of minsk the United States russia and france are still putting this off with their stalling tactics just give them the occupied lands let them go to their lands let them do what they want in their own lands but there is an invasion here if there is democracy and human rights in this world and if you have been assigned to solve this problem as 3 members of the minsk group for 30 years what you need to do is not stall what you need to do is finish your negotiations and hand over the lands to their arena. So president just i mean it makes it sound very simple doesnt it just give them the land its theirs be done with it obviously its not that simple is that on t. And then i wonder how much of a hurdle is turkey and in particular president to im going to be here. I mean firstly. More complex because the area especially the area of. Bin i mean primarily. They are very population was in the minority before the war but it has been expanded way. Occupied lands around karbala primarily inhabited by very and they also fled so these are terry creates where you could argue that the armenians definitely occupied the. You know the area in karbala they are primarily inhabited by armenians so i mean its very hard push for ethnic cleansing the armenians are all going to leave because they actually live there the problem is that their results are there by Johnny Community from a bar whos been in exile internally now that by john and they have been waiting now for 30 years to go back to work so he did the very complex because there are ads there by johnnies or are there varies who also used to live in car bar for example you have a mosque and also the area has a very strong symbolic value for there by john is from. Almost literally point of view. And thats why its a lot more complex. I could. Just because were running out of time and i just want to ask you about this because president when we heard him mention there this other group youve got. Russia the u. S. And france i mean hes trying to draw them in and get them to take some responsibility can that really help bring in more apparent mediators and potentially splintering things even further. I think that turkey is trying to push it into the mediation mechanism and turkey is a is really not helping at all with the resolution of the conflict in a peaceful manner theyve been providing moral political and military support by john so. What they are trying is to become the main sort of peace brokers and the russians are very keen to avoid any kind of turkish further involvement there means group that cochairs of the mens group who have worked very hard throughout the years but they have not been able to impose they have really not wanted to impose effect he meant on the side then tried to put pressure on the sides and theyve come up with many many proposals but it was generally both sides which were not ready to compromise also because of their domestic constituencies so i think at the moment i mean theyre really where we are the pressure should be exerted not only on either by john i mean yes but also on turkey to change the language and make sure that you know its not supporting such a sort of military stick which is really a novelty and there is another actor which we havent mentioned which is iran iran is a neighbor of the region it has it has another very minority but it has a generally had very good ties with armenia and it is also the transit area out for their refurbishment of armenia from the russians because the georgians have closed the access right so i think iran could. Run potentially a moderate in a you know. Potentially another place. Great to talk to you we really appreciate it thank you thank you. Were on to other news and tens of thousands of afghans have been forced to escape days of heavy fighting between Government Troops and taliban finds his aid agencies say hospitals are becoming overwhelmed by the wounded from the battles which began in southern afghanistan on saturday the fighting in Helmand Province is centered on the regional capital of lush gar. U. S. Airstrikes have supported Afghan Security forces on the ground the Major Taliban offensive of course coincides with talks being held here in qatar to end americas longest war fighting could complicate Donald Trumps plans to have american soldiers home by christmas reporter. Feeling you can throw food he is in the capital kabul and says Health Services are stretched in the area where that fighting is happening the main trauma hospital in provincial capital. Has been operating at full capacity cannot treat anymore people and the m. S. F. Supported another m. S. F. Supported hospital in the area has been serving as an overflow facility with over 20 people have been outwitted there in the past 24 hours and among them are even pregnant women and children in terms of the displaced according to the u. N. And local sources 35000. 00 people have been forced to flee their homes a lot of them with nothing but their clothes weve seen pictures of them trying to load as much as they can and some model bikes and try to escape the fighting now are you in assessment teams are on the air in the try to assess the situation and its extremely difficult to get information and a lot of the infrastructure the telephone lines have been damaged so its hard to assess what exactly what the exact needs are. 15 minutes past the hour here is whats coming up lebanon and israel hold in direct talks for the 1st time to discuss a maritime border disputes why now also heavy rain triggers flash floods and landslides but a lot is coming out of vietnam and cambodia sport andy murray still looking to hit top form since his return from surgery the details a little later on. What israel has approved the construction of thousands of new illegal settlements in the occupied west bank this is the 1st time israels approved the building of settlements since its normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates and behind the settlements are considered illegal under International Law but will it bring him is near ramallah in the occupied west bank with some reaction from palestinian officials. The spokesperson of the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the israeli move saying that israel is using the silence of the International Community and what he called the free normalization deals with israel this is the 1st announcement of its kind after the u. A. E. Thawing the agreement with israel to normalize relations and the u. A. E. Has said that this agreement has put an exception plans on hold but for Palestinians Israel is moving forward with building more and more illegal israeli settlements including this one this is the settlement of sogo its one of the settlements thats going to be expanded asper the new plan and palestinians are saying that more and more certain moments are being built on palestinians person in ground rendering any future palestinian contiguous future palestinian state almost impossible palestinians are hoping that the democratic candidate will win the us elections and our. Palestinian Prime Minister how much say stay has said if trump wins a 2nd term god helps us all now delegates from israel and lebanon which are technically at war for the 1st time in decades what are called indirect talks about a maritime border dispute are happening in southern lebanon both sides claim parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Where the oil and gas has been discovered the reports from the quarter. Away from the media israeli and lebanese negotiators talk about a decades old maritime border dispute for the 1st time the hostile neighbors are sitting in the same room but are speaking through their un hosts and u. S. Mediators they insist this is not about making peace but its about extending the exploration of potentially gaz a rich waters in the mediterranean the timing appears to be political its quite peculiar that is happening exactly i am. Showing. Towards some of the burmese. The deal was announced after u. S. Sanctions were imposed on politicians including a close ally to speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri for corruption and financially enabling hezbollah berry is an ally of the iranian backed group which has fought wars with israel in the past and previously opposed the us mediating role in the dispute hezbollah says its attitude toward israel hasnt changed and given that its the Strongest Force in lebanon its approval is needed for talks to go ahead both israel and lebanon and says the negotiations are not about normalization or reconciliation but this is the 1st time the 2 sides discussed a civilian issue since middle east peace talks in 1990 israel and lebanon claim about 860 square kilometers in the Mediterranean Sea where significant gas fields have been discovered the problem is that. I dont find. What you want at them. Best. But amid a Reelection Campaign the trumpet ministration has politically invested in these talks coming after the u. S. Brokered deals between israel and the u. A. E. And. Little bit of pressure so the pressure and the u. S. Having some sort of agreement moving forward but obviously the israeli by having more direct engagement with the mother or. Even its limited at this point thats not a full mobilization but but i think at this point its a win win whats not to get in the that we have in the especially a quick one there is no deadline but in the words of a u. S. Diplomat the talks can bring about stability and security along the volatile border deal or not for now these negotiations are serving the interests of all the parties involved. Now could a southern lebanon. Now a member of the far right Golden Dawn Party in greece has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a rap artist also the head of the party which is deemed a criminal organization was jailed for 13 years golden dawn members entered parliament at the peak of the great financial crisis back in 2012 tapping into the anger against austerity measures they had a fiercely anti immigrant agenda as well so lets talk to John Psaropoulos in athens about this john what does it mean for the future of the party now which you know had that rise what was it 8 years ago now. Thats right they entered parliament in 2012 at the height of the greek economic crisis they took 7 percent of the popular vote and they were politically essentially history last year because they didnt make the 3 percent threshold of the popular vote that is required to Enter Parliament so even though there were. Plenty of candidates who could have entered the chamber they simply couldnt take their seats there was no shortage of candidates is what i mean the party is now looking at a very bleak future because not b