coal, oil prices starts december 4th. this is news coming to you live from armenia begins handing over disputed territory. uncertainty lies ahead for those leaving their homes after a contentious peace deal, see several districts in the region and no end to the e.u.'s. the deadlock over its 3 trillion,

your own long term budget and our recovery and told and again refused to budge over plans to make the money conditional on respecting the rule of law. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. army says it has entered the 1st of 3 districts to be handed back by armenia as part of a contentious peace accord. the russian brokered agreement ended weeks of fighting over the disputed region in and around nagorno-karabakh. the 6 week war killed thousands of people in the go on a car that's now armenian populated region inside azerbaijan. armenian backed forces later expanded their control over surrounding regions, but under the recent peace deal has recaptured its lost territory and gained

control of new regions shrinking the borders of the gone or armenian troops must leave the regions now that they lost control of by december 1st russian peacekeepers are being deployed to oversee the peace deal for more, i'm joined by emily. sure. when she was in the armenian capital territory, were armenians have been living for decades is being handed back over to today. what does this mean for well, this handover is part of a road map. as you said, 3 districts are being handed over in the next few days, one today, and another 2 in the coming days and weeks for people here in armenia in yerevan and also for people in the region in that this is hugely emotional. after all,

here in armenia, nagorno-karabakh is seen as a much wider region. it includes districts around what we see as nagorno-karabakh that have been under armenian control for decades, but are very under international law. people even have a special name for that region. people call it out and the people that i spoke to on the ground said that they really feel like they are losing a huge chunk of their homeland. so a hugely emotional time for everyone here. you met some of the armenians who are trying to rebuild their lives after the recent fighting a 2nd. look. it's a choice. after weeks of fear, that the fighting and hundreds of refugees are returning to their every day. russian peacekeepers watch over the process.

to come back to the nearby city of shushi, which is now under control. just like for many here to them. the recent peace deal is a betrayal. we don't know what we will do and where we will live. we just came here because we have no other option. we didn't have a home. i left everything behind in sushi, a 2 bedroom apartment, with everything in it all done up and renovated. i didn't even manage to take any clothing with me. my neighbors got some of my code, so one of everything that i'm not as what i came here with a population of just over 50000 people is the biggest city in here

. think they could soon be dealing with up to 25000 refugees from nearby regions which are no longer under armenian control. but the several hotels are big hotels, so the people can live there for now. while we start building more houses, that people have come from the regions all want to live in and we have to explain to them this isn't big enough to provide for everyone. we have to live in villages in other areas. even for those who didn't leave their traces of the recent war, lurk around every corner people and have gotten used to living in the middle of a frozen conflict. but after the most recent fighting, even that normality seems far away. preparing for the return of his children and grandchildren who left during the fighting, the windows of his building got blown out in a bomb blast for now,

plastic sheets will have to do instead. the 65 year old says he and his neighbors lived in the basement for around 3 weeks. many can still remember the fierce fighting of the 990 s. . i was machine gunfire back and forth. this time it was really scary weapons. we have to start over now. we don't have anything. we don't have work either. probably going to do our best to live well. even with destruction everywhere. most people say leaving an option even smaller. it will always be their homeland armenians picking up the pieces that are well, russian peacekeepers have been deployed to the region to oversee the peace for the

ceasefire. the peace deal. what do people the reason make of the family? well, initially here, there was a kind of sense that russia had sort of betrayed armenia. they didn't intervene on arm on the part of armenia during the fighting of the past few weeks. russia has a defense treaty with armenia and russian president vladimir putin said that he would intervene if armenia proper and not just not go in the car was attacked. but now there's been a shift of emotions. when we saw peacekeepers on the ground in the region, we saw them in character as you just saw in the report, and also at an old very medieval monastery in the call, but char region, one of the regions that's being handed over to azerbaijan. they're stationed there as well. people are extremely grateful for the presence of the russians there. i saw people kind of coming up to them, thanking them, handing them chocolate,

handing them pies, calling them our brothers taking photos with them. they said, thank you for protecting our church. so that sense of betrayal that people may have initially felt has very much so shifted to the prime minister here in armenia now. and what about the prime minister? the armenian prime minister, he's been under tremendous pressure since the peace deal was signed his name. absolutely. there have been ongoing protests here in yerevan almost every day calling for a new call to resign. people have been chanting, calling him a traitor. and even recently, in the last few days, the armenian president has called for and his cabinet to resign and for new elections to take place so far on himself seems to want to weather the storm. he has said that hill reshuffle his cabinet,

that around 80 percent of the cabinet will have to go. but he does seem to be standing his ground so far. he's trying to explain why he had to sign this peace deal that many here see as a betrayal. thank you very much. that was the only sure one in there, meaning to a full year of allah. look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. officials say dozens of people are dead in central and south america. after hurricane iotas swept through the region, nicaragua's caribbean coast on monday. as a category 4 hurricane causing heavy rain and massive mudslides rescue workers continue to search for survivors. officials in the u.s. state of georgia say a hand tally of votes cast in the presidential election there confirms democrat joe biden won. the state recount of about 5000000 votes came from an audit required by

a new state law and was not due to any problems with the original celt. you know, just top public health agency. this c.d.c. has urged americans not to travel for thanksgiving or spend it with people outside of their own household. over 1000 cases are skyrocketing in the u.s. and officials are concerned. the coronavirus could spread even more rapidly between, states. over the holiday period. for e.u., leaders have failed to convince hungary, in poland to back down on their b. 2 of the blocks long term budget and the release of emergency coronavirus funding. the 2 countries are unhappy about plans that would allow the e.u. to block payments to countries. if the sides are corrupt or that violate the rule of law, all they say this targets them at stake, some 1.8 trillion euros, nearly half of which is aimed at helping the e.u. deal with the effects of the pend. i think that, you know,

we do need to be in these hugging roomies providing some comfort. so the 2nd wave of coded 19 is heating the lead just as hot as the 1st wave did in the spring. and the economic consequences, equally rough italy, along with many other e.u. states, is anxiously awaiting a multi 1000000 euro e.u. finance package to help ease the coded 19 crisis. but the funds are being blocked at a virtual summit on thursday. hungary and poland used a veto powers to stall the funds from being distributed, saying that the conditions set for the payments go too far. yeah, we say no to all mechanisms that are meant to punish us like naughty children and that treat poland and other countries on equally in poland and hungary object to a new rule of law or mechanism that would allow the e.u.

to block recovery funds to countries it sees as violating democratic norms. slovenia also opposes the measure. german chancellor angela merkel stressing that there is more work to be done to get poland and hungary on board. we have every obligation to find a way forward. it is absolutely clear to all that this is an important issue. it's not an easy problem. i grant you that it's a very serious problem that we have to solve on the table is the e.u. budget of $1.00 trillion euros for the next 7 years, including $750000000000.00 euros of coronavirus aid. the financial plan needs unanimous support to be approved, and the latest veto from opposing member states means a solution for this political fight. we pushed back to next month's summit. in the

main time, governments around europe are desperate for policymakers to find a middle ground. but given these entrenched positions, it's clear that pandemic is not the only crosses europe needs to solve. the u.s. secretary of state is in the middle east on a trip that is breaking with the stablished us foreign policy 1st. he visited a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank, an occupation not recognized by much of the international community. later he stopped in the israeli held golan heights captured by israel from syria in 1967, syria has condemned the visit as provocative. it's a 1st for israeli american relations and a parting gift from america's outgoing top diplomat. mike pump a was a visit to the golan heights, makes him the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit the disputed territory. since israel sees the region in 1967, the united nations may have rejected the annexation. but for pump

a 0 and the trump administration, this is israeli land. you keep, you can't stand here and stare out at what's across the border and deny the central thing the president recognized that previous presidents had refused to do. this is a part of israel, a central part of israel, in another, unprecedented move made a stop to an israeli settlement in the west bank angering some palestinians who see legitimizes what they view as illegal israeli settlements. the secretary of state had no scheduled meetings with palestinian leaders. some have called the trip a victory lap of sorts, a chance for the trumpet, ministration to highlight what it sees as its diplomatic success in the region. including taking steps to legitimize israeli settlements. there for a long time, the state department took the wrong view of settlements. it took a view that didn't recognize the history of the special place. and instead,

now today the united states department of state stand strongly to the recognition that a settlement can be done in a way that are lawful and appropriate and proper a stance that puts the us at odds with many international bodies. and that could prove to be a stumbling block for incoming president elect joe biden. in watching d.w. news business is up next with monica charles. i'm terry martin. thanks for can that volume or not hard? and in the end, it's a me, you're not allowed to stay here anymore. we will send you that. are you familiar with this with the smugglers. what alliances? what's your.