Azerbaijan, Armenia clash as France, Turkey trade barbs: Live

Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of the decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. Armenia said three civilians had been killed in Martakert, a town located in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as a result of an Azeri attack, local news agency Armenpress reported. French President Emmanuel Macron said Turkey’s “warlike” rhetoric was encouraging Azerbaijan to reconquer Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed region inside Azerbaijan and controlled by ethnic Armenians. It broke away from Azerbaijan in a war in the 1990s but is not recognised by any country as an independent republic. Here are the latest updates: Wednesday, September 30 18:24 GMT – Nagorno-Karabakh reports 23 more losses: ministry The defence ministry of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh said it could report 23 more casualties. Dozens have been reported killed and hundreds wounded in fighting since Sunday. Civilians gather in the basement of a building used as a bomb shelter during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Stepanakert [Vahram Baghdasaryan/Reuters] 17:37 GMT – Fourth rocket lands on Iranian soil Iranian media reported that a rocket has landed on Iranian soil as part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The missile reportedly landed close to a residential area in a village called Mohammad Salehlou located in Khoda Afarin county, near the Armenian border. It is unclear who fired the rocket. No casualties or damages were reported. This is the fourth rocket that lands in the Khoda Afarin border area. All three previous rockets had landed in non-residential areas, inflicting no casualties or damages. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">