1st. this is did every news live from berlin a deal to end fighting in the going on carol back to meets with joy and outrage celebration on the streets of azerbaijan which now steals its gains in the disputed territory fall in armenia people still calm and demanding resignations up to their prime minister greater respect a russian brokered cease fire and also coming out the hopes of beating a coronavirus it's a shot in the arm germany's biotech and us pharmaceutical giant pfizer and

non-state corona virus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective. meanwhile u.s. president elect joe biden unveiled his covert 19 task force he warned it will be months until a vaccine white be available and says the u.s. has a doctorate and. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program protests have erupted in armenia after its prime minister agreed to a pace deal with azerbaijan the truce and the fighting in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh and allows azerbaijan there to kape its territorial gains at least a 1000 people have been killed since the longstanding conflict erupted again in september russian media should the safe file which 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 posh fenian 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.

as 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 a growing a car a block with the republic of armenia. during 6 weeks of fighting as are by shiny forces had been making steady inroads into nagorno-karabakh they claimed that they had taken many settlements but armenia disputes that the region had been in armenian 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 the 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. ok let's look at some other stories making news this hour u.s. attorney general william buys authorized federal prosecutors to look into allegations of voting irregularities in the presidential election it's the 1st time he's addressed president donald trump's repeated and unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud since last week's election won by democrat joe biden. and president all trump has fired his defense secretary mark presidents who win re-election often replace cabinet members but losing presidents have generally kept their pentagon chiefs in place until leaving office as for angered from this summer when he opposed the use of the military to quote black lives not as protests. as the most promising development yet in the efforts to control the corona virus pandemic germany's biotech and u.s.

drug maker 5 a have announced their experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in clinical trials of vaccines expected to be submitted to us so far to use for emergency approval this month and it given the green light it could be rolled out in limited qualities quantities rob of by the end of this year. the hope for an effective vaccine against the corona virus could be growing german company biotech says 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 that. 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. 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. biotech and 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 a group here but it is also possible it doesn't happen till next year. these new results could accelerate that process of more on this potentially exciting development let's bring in derek williams from date of any science eric the whole weld is waiting for a vaccine against coated 19 how close are we to returning to some kind of normal life. well that's the $1000000.00 question isn't it i can say

that since yesterday i am a lot more hopeful that it's going to happen. along the timelines that we all would like the best base a best case scenario would be that we would see sort of. large scale vaccination by spring time and and and getting this approval or not this approval but but these results at this particular moment just indicate that if authorities get on top of that we could see people actually getting vaccinations and you're so so that's incredibly positive is incredibly positive news yes and definition good nice had lost the downside from this trial says it's 90 percent effective what exactly does that mean. well that they give in testing like this this this sort of large scale double blind studies basically they're giving tens of thousands of people either the vaccine or a placebo and nobody knows whether they're getting the vaccine including the people

who are giving it to the patients and and then they basically they sit back and wait and they and they and they see how many people from each of those 2 different cohorts they call them how many people actually get infected and you have to wait for a while and then after that a certain number of people have been infected you call that data and you say and an independent board looks at whether or not they got the vaccine or whether or not they got the placebo so you can see how many people from each cohort actually got infected and in this particular case there were 94 people who got infected and out of that they said 90 percent of them were apparently people who got the placebo so so less than 8 of those $94.00 had been given the vaccine that's what that that's what that particular data mean so so that means it's 90 percent effective if you think about the fact that basically authorities were saying we want one that's at least 50 percent effective and 90 percent effective is actually huge all right what is being done and globally to ensure that a vaccine where thinks one or another one will be effective and safe. well that's

why they they give these vaccines to tens of thousands of people and the safety issue is the next issue that's really on the table you have to you have to make sure that if you're going to give it to potentially not just tens of thousands of people but billions of people worldwide you have to make sure that people are going to have seriously adverse reactions to it and that's part of the press in this this process and this phase 3 trial that they that they say they have to wait they're waiting for at least 2 months since they gave the 2nd dose that each of in this particular vaccine the test subjects get 2 doses and they have to wait for 2 months afterwards to make sure there are no serious adverse effects so far they haven't seen any that doesn't mean that they won't come that doesn't mean that there won't be a problem but right now things look very good and they'll continue to track those people over the course of the next 2 years to make sure that there aren't some kind of long term problems that crop up but as of right now in terms of the effect as the we've talked about that the 90 percent fantastic is seems to be very effective and

the question of safety it's still up in the air but that so far is also looking good to one tank thanks very much darrent williams from dahab nissan's he'll say more of derek in today's edition of 19th special. well i meant the optimism over a coronavirus vaccine u.s. 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 in january 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 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. detailed plans built on a bedrock of science and we keep compassion empathy and care for every american and its core making rapid testing widely available. 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 kill steps like mask and 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. bought and won't officially take hold of the leaves of power until january but many in the us

a good to see more leadership on the issue. needs to follow through on the. program and start doing a lot of things that the current government. been doing for many months but we need to enforce. that more. just heard social distancing. 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. i was only 50 years ago that germany's football

association lifted a ban on women's football in west germany prior to 970 the thought of girls playing the sport at all let alone with boys was unimaginable for some but attitudes have thankfully changed they don't believe visited a club nish good god that helps female youth players develop by playing alongside and against the opposite sex. for 3 years she gets transistors let the feet do the talking they play in an under 15 voice team lighter is a natural leader as it makes feel. it's all about minimizing threats understands. the other person tell you that they get no special treatment from the boys didn't like it when the user challenge i'll say they didn't really try and what we know they did. they kept biting and under 15 site play in the 15 the twins also represent the germany under 17 women's team. yasmin mack the sure you noticed at

the boys are little more robust and strong on that football is also a mental game i think we have just the smartest voice of america over moment when you play with toys you notice that you actually have a certain pace that girls who play in women's clubs don't have yet and. the 16 year olds are part of a german football initiative where top female youth players join voice teams to further develop they coach says the girls have no trouble keeping up with the boys . by sight see if they're not too sure of them brought on the pitch you quickly see that the girls are very different from the boys when they're loud they make their presence known and they play fantastic football that was well received by the guys i'm. so good that elijah was even made captain. of the old timers are the ones who voted for me when i think they wanted it too but they also respected me allowing me to take over their own it's only 100 solution ideas i've learned some things from them for example they communicate

a lot during the game like small loudspeakers the kind of motivational. level actually just friends are testament to the fact that things are getting better for female athletes in 2020 and they just want to be judged on their football. you know watching data and news live from berlin we'll have more headlines at the top of the hour i'm rebecca returns in bed and thanks for watching. the visionary and the pragmatist the diplomat who always gets straight to the point . the good to institute's outgoing director. close to. the last cultural diplomatic. starts november 16th on a day w. .