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

<p>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 lightning offensive by Azerbaijan overran the ethnic Armenian enclave. Azerbaijan's military has detained a former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist forces. That's in addition to Ruben Vardanyan, the former head of Karabakh's separatist government, who was charged with financing terrorism after his arrest while fleeing through the Lachin corridor.</p> <p><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/azerbaijan/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Azerbaijan</a> insists it has 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, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/recep-tayyip-erdogan/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Recep Tayyip Erdogan</a>, who said that if <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/armenia/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Armenia</a> does not allow the trade corridor to pass through its territory then Iran was up for offering a detour. </p><p>A week ago at this time, we were commenting on <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/ukraine/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Ukraine</a>'s s increased use of long-range weaponry and now, with US ATACMS missiles on the way soon, special forces in Kyiv are claiming that last week's attack wiped out <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/russia/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Russia</a>'s top brass in <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/crimea/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">Crimea</a>, 34 officers including the commander of the Black Sea Fleet. But then Russian state media published images of Admiral Viktor Sokolov. </p><p>It's not every day you see a US president walking a picket line to support a strike. In fact, it has never happened before. <a href="http