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Nagorno-Karabakh, General Sokolov, Biden & Trump in Michigan, France school bullying

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:45:35
Publish Date: 2023-09-30 08:17:35
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First came the shock, then the exodus. More than three-quarters of Nagorno-Karabakh's estimated 120,000 residents have fled since last week's snap offensive by Azerbaijan overran the ethnic Armenian enclave. Azerbaijan's military has detained a former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist forces.That is on top of Ruben Vardanyan, the former head of Karabakh's seperatist government charged with financing terrorism after his arrest while fleeing through the Lachin corridor

Azerbaijan insists it has got no more territorial designs. Still, president Aliyev's conciliatory discourse clashes with his choice of location to speak on Monday when he flew to Baku's own big exclave, Nakhchivan. Aliyev insists he absolutely will not try to take the Zangezur corridor by force and he invited his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said that if Armenia does not allow the trade corridor to pass through its territory then Iran was up for offering a detour. 

A week ago at this time, we were commenting on Kyiv's increased use of long-range weaponry and now, with US Atacm missiles on the way soon, special forces in Kyiv claiming that last week's attack wiped out Russia's top brass in Crimea, 34 officers including the commander of the Black Sea Fleet. But then Russian state media published images of Admiral Viktor Sokolov. 

Not every day you see a US president walking a picket line to support a strike. In fact, it has never been seen before. Joe Biden travelling to Michigan where the United Auto Workers - or UAW - is expanding its shutdown at all three big US automakers. Joe Biden followed by a day to Michigan by Donald Trump. The Republican frontrunner foregoing a second candidates' debate to visit a non-union auto parts maker outside Detroit and to also court those striking workers.

It was already a hot-button issue before the school year began in France and then during the first week of classes, a 15-year old pupil at a vocational high school took his own life. Already last December, his parents had alerted his establishment that he was the victim of persistent bullying. France's first lady, herself a former teacher, made the trip earlier this month to Poissy to meet with authorities and the family of Nicolas. This week, the government announced measures to combat school bullying.

Produced by Charles Wente, Juliette Laurain and Louise Guibert.

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