this is data over the news live from berlin tango in armenia after its prime minister agrees to tough terms on ending the fighting in a corner karabakh protesters stormed government buildings in outrage under the deal as a big john king said territorial gains with russian peacekeepers deployed to the disputed region. also coming out for hopes of treating the coronavirus it's a shot in the arm germany's beyond tekton u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer announced their coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent of affected. meanwhile u.s.

president elect joe biden unveils his covert 19 task force he warns it will be months until a vaccine is widely available and says the u.s. has a dark winter ahead. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program protests have erupted in armenia after its prime minister agreed to a peace deal with as a vision on the truce and the fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh enter laos as a bridge on it to to keep its territorial gains more than a 1000 people have been killed since the longstanding conflict erupted again in september russia maybe i had the safe fiat waved moscow says will enable a permanent end to the bloodshed. thousands of armenians demonstrated outside

government headquarters in the capital yerevan to show their displeasure over the country's peace deal with azerbaijan that also includes russia as a peacekeeper hundreds of the protesters actually needed inside the government building where they were also able to ransack some of the offices just earlier armenian prime minister nicole on had released a statement on social media saying that he had signed a declaration with the presidents of russia and azerbaijan to end the war he also called the decision incredibly painful both for him and his people he said the decision was based on what he called a deep analysis of the combat situation he called it the best possible ending. russian president vladimir putin also announced the end of hostilities and cited russia's role in the agreement. of the republics of azerbaijan and armenia are to stop at the positions they have

taken peacekeeping forces of russia are being set up along the line of contact in the corner and along the corridor connecting nagorno-karabakh with the republic of armenia. during 6 weeks of fighting as are by shiny forces had been making steady inroads into nagorno-karabakh they claim that they had taken many settlements but armenia disputes that the region had been in armenia hands since it won a war with azerbaijan in 1904 the territories also mainly inhabited by armenians azerbaijan claims it has always been an integra part of its country. and then on monday a russian military helicopter at a russian base in armenia was shot down killing both occupants azerbaijan said it was responsible and that it had made a mistake russia has relationships with both countries however it's still not clear whether the downing of the helicopter had played

a major role in the sudden peace agreement. for more on this i'm joined by data arrant and thanks for coming in you were just back from covering this conflict in yerevan did this news come as a surprise no i don't really think it does you have to remember their meaning prime minister has been signaling for weeks now that he was ready to accept very painful compromises to prevent the complete capitulation of the governor and he was very light in specifics leading up to this decision but it basically reflects the reality on the ground i mean since the get go the armenian military has been on the back foot they haven't been able to prevent the azerbaijani forces from from projecting their power forward into the government so i really think the question for him was simple if he doesn't accept some losses he's going to lose the entire region and that would be a devastating blow for the armenians living in the garden a car bomb it is of course part of azerbaijan legally but it's been controlled by

armenian forces since the 1990 s. so i think it was a bitter pill to swallow but it just really reflects the reality on the ground what does this mean for manias both into going to have back and back in time well while i was there i was able to speak to many military observers and then also just refugees who have fled the area and what they all kind of said to me is the government has in the last several decades become a real symbol for them it's about the struggle of the armenian people you have to remember this is a people who had a genocide committed against them in 1015 and as many of them told me there there are people that's surrounded by enemies on all sides there and as many refugees told me for them this is about a matter of survival they say it's about their culture surviving in the entire region it's not just about the villages that they're losing here it's about the survival of their culture moving forward so while many are means i spoke to said that they would never turn their back on the governor for them it really must seem

like the government is doing that and of course russia played a big role in this can you elaborate why. it was russia's well well for russia this deal is really kind of a win win situation you have to remember russia has a mutual defense pact with armenia and if the conflict actually gone directly to me as border that could have drawn russia into an actual shooting war a military conflict in the region and given the influence of turkey in the region iran that something iran russia rather really didn't want to get involved with at the same time this gives them an opportunity to do the thing that they've wanted to do for decades now russia really would like to become kind of a new united states they want the clout to be able to negotiate peace in various parts of the world in the mid east and then also in their near periphery so at the same time this allows them to avoid a larger conflict and gives them more international clout on the international stage and for russia that was really seem like a win win at the same time many are means i spoke to said they hoped moscow would come in and take a more active role in the conflict and of course they're going to be very very

disappointed by this turn of events and you know i think that's part of the reason we're seen such such anger unfold in the streets if you have on like we are seeing right now. thanks very much to report to you thanks for coming in. let's look at some other news from around the world now u.s. president donald trump has fired his defense secretary mark esper presidents who win reelection often replace cabinet members losing presidents have generally kept their pentagon chiefs in place until leaving office as for anger trump this summer when he opposed the use of the military to quell black lives matter protests. in peru congress has voted overwhelmingly to oust the country's president martin viscountess impeachment was prompted by corruption allegations and his handling of the pandemic flu has one of the world's highest covert mortality rates is qana says he won't challenge the congress to sit. austrian police have raided 60

properties in a move against alleged islamic supporters the public prosecutor says the operation is in connection with suspected funding of terror organizations and money laundering. oh it's the most promising development yet in efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic germans beyond tech and u.s. drug maker 5 have announced their experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in clinical trials the vaccine is expected to be submitted to u.s. authorities for emergency approval this month if given the green light it could be rolled out in limited quantities by the end of this year. the hope for an effective vaccine against the corona virus could be growing german company by own taxes test results are more promising than expected. as our results are showing that after an interim evaluation the vaccine is able to prevent infections with over 90

percent probability. so. this is how the so-called m r n a vaccine works genetic information from the corona virus is brought into the human body via a messenger molecule the body then uses it to produce viral proteins against which the immune system forms antibodies those antibodies should then defend against covert 19 more than 43000 people around the world have been vaccinated. because these vaccines are being developed very quickly at the moment but we have a considerable group of people who have now been vaccinated and they aren't showing significant side effects so this gives us hope. by antigun us drug from pfizer say they plan to produce nearly one and a half 1000000000 doses by the end of next year but this is i don't want to rule out the possibility we could receive approval buzz here but it is also possible it

doesn't happen till next year. these new results could accelerate that process. we're joined now by political correspondent thomas thomas this was a joint if it between an american and a german company when might we see the vaccine being available here in germany. the short on so rebecca is that we still don't know the long answer is that german authorities expect that to be the case at the beginning of next year in the 1st quarter of 2021 there are still some tests pending this is not the only vaccine that is being developed it's also not the only vaccine that is being supported by the german government and let's not forget that once the vaccine is ready then there are still many challenges that will come afterwards the german health minister yes for example stress that between 55 and 65 percent of the german population would have to receive that vaccine if the dynamic of the spread of the

virus is to be controlled so it's not only about the development of the vaccine as such it's also about what's going to happen once a vaccine is ready of course you mention lots more challenges to come and of course for a vaccine to be effective it's important that large numbers of people are indeed vaccinated what would a rollout of a vaccine look like so specifically to address this challenge german commission was created to determine who would receive the vaccine 1st and under what conditions there will be specific centers nationwide in germany to distribute the vaccine that has to do also with the way the vaccine has to be stored and at the same time what has been decided although this is only in theory not necessarily in practice is that risk groups would receive the vaccine 1st health officials will then receive the vaccine and then people in so-called relevant professions so teachers for example or police officers but i guess this is something that still has to be developed further as german officials understand that this will be

a very big challenge one does one start vaccine is ready for a positive step but many more challenges to come thomas thanks very much. and we'll have more on the biotech pfizer vaccine indeed of new business coming up after this bulletin well amid the optimism over the coronavirus vaccine us president elect joe biden is warning the country is still facing a quote very dark winter infections are soaring in many states and tens of thousands more americans are likely to die of the virus before biden takes office on january 20th he says he wants a science led response to the pandemic and he's unveiled a tame of public health experts to lead the way. it was only in january this year when the united states registered its 1st known corona virus infection now the country has sped past a grim milestone 10000000 confirmed cases. president

elect joe biden says the pandemic will be the priority of his new administration he spent the day showing off his newly announced coronavirus task force which will advise how to get the virus under control. this group will wise and detailed plans built on a bedrock of science and we keep compassion empathy and care for every american at its core. making. he stressed the importance of moscow wearing a measure that many countries have adopted but that's become highly politicized especially in the u.s. . this time in the politicization of basic responsible public steps like mass social distancing we have to come together to heal the soul of this country so that we can effectively address this crisis as one country. but don't want officially take hold of the leaves of power until january but many in the us

a get to see more leadership on the issue. needs to follow through on the. program and start doing things current government doing for many months. just for. the outgoing president donald trump didn't address the new case milestone as his administration faces another outbreak of infections in its own ranks housing secretary ben carson and chief of staff mark meadows among them. with news of a vaccine on the horizon health experts in the u.s. have urged people not to grow complacent warning that vigilance will be required for many more months. here watching data openings live from berlin stay with us to

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