this is coming to you live from berlin. armenia begins handing over disputed territory to uncertainty lies ahead for those leaving their homes after a contentious peace deal. see several districts in the going to come under control . we'll go to our correspondent in no end to that. he used to deadlock over its

nearly 2 trillion euros long term budget that included recovery, package, hungry and cold, and again refused to budge over plans to make the money conditional on respecting the rule of law. and 75 years ago, the norm back trials began. they sent a legal precedent on holding international leaders to account for their crimes and laid the foundation for today's criminal court in the case below. 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 the contentious peace accord. the russian brokered agreement ended weeks of fighting over the disputed region in and around nagorno-karabakh. got some maps for here,

the 6 week war killed thousands of people in the go in a car that's an armenian populated region inside. the armenian forces later expanded their control over surrounding regions. but under the recent peace deal, john has recaptured its last territory and gained control of new regions shrinking the borders of nagorno. well armenian troops must leave the regions under the peace deal that they've lost. control of by december 1st, russian peacekeepers are being deployed to oversee that peace deal. earlier i spoke to d.w. correspondent, emily short one in the capital, the armenian capital yerevan. i asked her what the consequences will be for a means now that the territory is being handed over. 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 the car. 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 of stock and the people that i spoke to on the ground said that they really feel like they're 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. just

like we don't know what we will do and where we will land. we just came here because we have no other option. we don't have a home yeah. i left everything behind in shushi, a 2 bedroom apartment with everything in us, old enough and renovation. i didn't even manage to take any clothing with me. my neighbors thought some of my clothes. one of everything, and this is wash, i came here in 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. had several hotels so that people can live there for now. we start building more houses for people who have come from the regions all want to live in stock on the kurds. 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, there's a lot of rebuilding to do. traces of the recent war lurk around every corner. people in have gotten used to living in the middle of a frozen conflict. but after the most recent fighting, even that normality seems far away is 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 thought i was machine gun fire 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. we're going to do our best to live from, well, even with destruction everywhere. most people say leaving is not an option even if it has just gotten smaller, it will always be their homeland. armenians picking up

the pieces there. will 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 was attacked. but now there has 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's been ongoing protests here and yerevan almost every day, calling for a new cold 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 poaching 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 pull your obama. see a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. officials say dozens of people are dead in central and south america. after hurricane iotas swept through the region, has struck nicaragua's caribbean coast on monday as a category 4 hurricane, causing heavy rain in 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. a recount of about 5000000 votes came from an audit

acquired required by new state law. and the law, the recount was not due to any problems with the original count. the united states is top public health agency. the c.d.c. has urged americans not to travel for thanksgiving or spend it with people outside of their own else. old $1000.00 cases are skyrocketing in the u.s. and officials are concerned. the coronavirus could spread even more rapidly between states over the holiday period. e.u. leaders have failed to convince hungary and polled in to back down on their veto of the blocks long term budget and the release of emergency coronavirus funding. the 2 e.u. member states are unhappy about plans that would allow the e.u. to block payments to countries deemed corrupt or who disrespect the rule of law. warsaw and budapest say this targets them some 1.8 trillion euros is at

stake, nearly half of which is aimed at helping the e.u. recover from the pandemic. possible to need to do in this hugging room is providing some comfort. the 2nd wave of covert 19 is hitting italy just as hard as the 1st wave did in the spring, and the economic consequences. but equally rough italy, along with many other e.u. states, is anxiously awaiting a multi-million 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. here 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 1.8 trillion euros for the next 7 years, including 750000000000 euros of coronavirus aid. the financial plan needs unanimous support to be approved. and the latest me tony from opposing member states means

a solution for these political fights. we pushed back to next month's summit. in the meantime, 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. so another look at some of the developments in the corona virus pandemic. the reuters news agency is reporting that the european union has agreed to pay $15.00 euros and $0.50 per dose for the covert vaccine from the pharma companies buys her and biotech. in india, the total number of people infected with cove it has passed, the 9000000 mark, and the us states of california and ohio have ordered residents to stay at home and avoid non-essential social gatherings between 10 pm and 5 am. the number of new infections is surging. across the u.s. . well here in germany, the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases has increased by more than 23 and

a half 1000. that's according to data released on friday. robert call institute for infectious diseases, reports that almost 880000 people from across the country have now contracted coated 19th rise comes as germany continues to battle. the virus with partial loss downs tougher restrictions will be put in place when chancellor merkel meets with the heads of the federal states next week or more on that. let's talk to our chief political editor mckay to kill that despite a partial lockdown. that's in place right now. germany keeps hitting record highs in daily coronavirus infections. is there a political consensus now that tougher measures are needed? there isn't yet. going to machall will need to state premiers once again next wednesday. and the big question then is,

will they simply extend the regulations that are there or will they slap more regulations on top of that? we heard from the hobart call institute for infectious diseases here yesterday that they were hopeful that these infection rates would at least stabilize just 24 hours later. we see yet another rise, but it's a moderate one. and that gives hope that at least we're nearing the plateau of this 2nd wave. public backing remains high for the measures that are in place. some 3 quarters of are still in favor still support this despite a loud minority taking to the streets against these measures. speaking of hope, how is germany position when it comes to approving and rolling out vaccines? well, we heard from tonsil americal in her function as leading the e.u. presidency, that she hopes that

a vaccine will be in place by the end of this year at the latest, at the beginning of next year. here in germany or thirties have been told to be ready for roll out by the 15th of december. so we're going week by week here, and that's of course, where all the hopes lie that a vaccine will be available soon, or at least these fast tests to allow for people together and groups again. you know, thank you very much for bringing us up to date there. that was our chief political editor, mckidd a couple well, the pandemic has turned 2020 into a truly exceptional year. for most people, keep distance, wear a face mask, stay at home. it's become the new normal, but have children adopted. our reporters met up with some berlin youngsters to find out what they think about the way coronavirus has changed their lives. this is called a big coronavirus in the middle. it's around greens. and

has thoughts coming out of the hospitals in the whole world, almost filled it with people why i missed the news. this going? swimming 80 pounds, meeting friends, that's something i miss grandma and grandpa. i'm afraid one of my family could be affected. is this i think i don't need to be afraid for myself. still. i'm fit the, i'll be supportive. i'm healthy. those joints. i'm a child silly children, get corona, but not me. and if it's a cold in the snow, we always have to wash our hands. not us, you have to keep distance like 5 meters you have to cough into your hand to elbow u. . conn's touch oh, face was a man like that. make me a mask.

and in the classroom, when you get out on the subway in stores and shopping on the streets, i have no difficulty breathing, a chap called that ought to know that you can't him even if you have i think everything he does sense of peace being everything that he wants and what you should bring is the corona machine for the next corona go away. it shoots a laser beam corona away and go on at 75 years ago today, the trials opened in nuremberg of 24, high ranking members of the nazi dictatorship. the judicial proceedings were the 1st of their current norm back trials sought to hold individuals to account instead of punishing an entire nation. they also came to lay the foundations for today's

international criminal court in the hague. nice marshal here. money, hitler's deputy who has and chief ideologist as good as they sit on the court dock on november 20th, 945. many other leading nazi figures had already gone into hiding or committed suicide. as had hitler for the 1st time in history, the rulers of a country had to answer to an international criminal court. the allies wanted to show that individuals would be held responsible for the cruel crimes of the nazis, not the german people as a home. there's the charge against the main war. criminals is conspiracy against world peace planning, unleashing and conducting a war of aggression, crimes and violations of martial long crimes against humanity. because

like cameron girling, none of the accused is willing to take responsibility. many germans only learn about the unbelievable extent of the crimes during the trial. on october 1st, 1906, the sentences are pronounced. 3 acquittals. 3 life sentences for prison sentences, 12 death sentences are carried out shortly thereafter. the nuremberg trials are an historical milestone. they pave the way for the future international criminal court in the hague for more and joined by professor and director of the institute for law and comparative law at the university of cologne . and she's a former vice president of the european court of human rights. thanks for being with us professor. first of all, tell us how important were the norm trials for international law as we know it today. i would say it was the start of a completely new era,

something unheard of before before there was 0. always this idea of absolute state . senator randy. and now those responsible for a war on of the satin who were sitting on the bench responsible for the crimes of starting the war. so this was completely a new start. and also the fact that the alan, how us work together as sort of representatives of international community. so something like a new international community looking at responsibility was informed. so the nuremberg trials, sorry, go ahead. you were at the victims very visible for the 1st time. they, they could come and some of them could come to court and could testify about this, atrocities, crimes. so the war was in court. so a milestone than the norm back trials, however, were also controversial. some call them an example of victor's justice. what would

you say about the trials? were they seriously flawed? well, yes, to some extent they were not i.d.e.o. . there were the judges on the bench came from the victorious powers. there were the judges from the soviet union who had been involved in show trials just a few years before. so this was something that was attacked on and as well, there was the problem of moon cream. and so this idea that there should be no punishment without a law before laying down the criminal responsibility and waiting and aggressive war up to then was not really part of customary international law. so this was a point of that was quite serious. but nevertheless, i think it shaped the new international law and it was an example of how it could

be done. the alternative would have been just to hang them without and try and like that was a huge step forward. today we have the international criminal court in the hague, the i.c.c. . it deals with war crimes and crimes against humanity. but with many important countries, like the us, china and russia are not recognizing it. how effective can the i.c.c. be today? well, it's bad was also a huge step forward the rome statute in 1908 that found so many states that would accept except it and that here to it and you are right, the most important and powerful states so far don't accept it. and that is the important piece lacking to make it to turn it into a real success professor, thank you very much for talking with us, but was professor ungiving of the from the university of cologne. thank you., thank you. well u.s.,

secretary of state mike pump aoe is in the middle east on a trip that's breaking with the stablished us foreign policy 1st. he visited a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank and occupation, not recognized by much of the international community. and 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. 2 for a long time, the state department took the wrong view of settlements. it took a view that he 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 settlements 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. trita parsi is from the quincy institute for responsible state craft in washington earlier. he told me that any change in the u.s. stance on illegal settlements is in the hands of joe biden. i think what's really important to keep in mind here is that democratic presidents all too often have ended up accepting the limitations and the framework that previous republican presidents have imposed on them. and the question is, is there enough political will to really actually have to do that? and biden define his framework himself and define whatever limitations he has himself. instead of letting him be defined by a president, trump, or secretary of from feel. there has been a gradual acceptance of illegal settlements at something that the u.s. at 1st objected to later on,

viewed as an obstacle to peace later on became more neutral towards to what we have right now. a complete embrace of illegal settlements and violation of international law. and i think in some ways from pos and trump in the stray, she may have gone too far to me have pushed it so far. that biden may have no choice to, but really push back, even though he will likely play a political price for doing so. that's your news for now. coming up next, our debate show to the point of looking at whether the pandemic, very proud of her control base, watch the

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