this is g.w. news live from berlin and historic moment as britain launches its nationwide corona virus vaccine program as this 90 year old grandmother got the shock watched around the world its speedy development has some people worried at a white house to you kate decided it is safe to roll and also coming up indian farmers stage a nationwide strike as are standoff with the government intensifies congress fears new market reforms will make them vulnerable to corporations that slashed prices. the time running out to

a new chief was enough on the line invites british prime minister boris johnson to brussels for a last ditch brags of talks we ask of the e.u. lawmakers close to go she mentions if there is any hope of a deal. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us but united kingdom has sort of the big task of inoculating its general population with a fully tested and approved coated 19 vaccine market chain and a 90 year old grandmother got the 1st shot at a hospital in coventry to launch the mass vaccination program the 2 dose vaccine was developed by german company high on tact in partnership with the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer it is the fastest fully certified human immune is the immunization afr brought to market. or earlier we spoke. to do.

about that significant moment and what happens next margaret kena 90 years old she is the 1st person to receive the vaccine outside of clinical trials a lot of government figures here in the u.k. figures from the national health service here saying they feeling extremely emotional this morning as those pictures roll in margaret herself turns 91 next week she says it's the best birthday present she could hope for she said that she should be able to see family now she's had this vaccine and really that is what this is all about isn't this is about getting us back to some form of normality but the government has been keen to stress it that this will be a marathon and not a sprint that normal that we're all hoping for is still some way away after all this vaccine rollout is going to be phased the 1st to receive it will be over 18 people who are likely to have took appointments already you can come into the hobs

50 homes across england like the one just behind me to receive their vaccine over the coming weeks from either the h s workers and care home workers as well also in line in the most though is certainly going to be the new year when they'll receive the vaccine it really is going to be a long journey but of course the whole world as you said is watching this roll out as other countries consider approving this vaccine they're looking to see not just how the u.k. justice logistically how it wins over hearts and minds we've spoken to a lot of people on the streets about how they're feeling take a look at my report. this is a moment the whole world's been waiting for the u.k. is the 1st to roll out the bio and take pfizer 1000 vaccine it's a momentous moment for a puppy lation with the highest death toll in europe and office window of the future. very very sadly lost many residents of

those care homes who died from kobe had been a huge really challenging and difficult year and all the time this promise and this hope of a vaccine has been so it's very exciting to the point where it feels like we might be able to make a really positive step or with the help of the box in. the u.k. health service is calling this the biggest immunization program in its history 1st in line for the vaccine will be people over 80 as well as care home staff and frontline health care workers but this rollout poses major logistical challenges this vaccine needs to be stored at around minus 70 degrees celsius and carefully meaning in england it will at 1st only be administered from 50 specific hospital hubs. but the majority of the public here vaccinations at sites like this hospital still away all the for authorities in the u.k.

the messaging surrounding the start of this rollout could not be more important after all approving the vaccine is one thing actually encouraging people to take it is quite another. as the 1st in the wall to water rise the vaccine the u.k. is dependent on public trust and enthusiasm isn't universal risk is what the long term effects thanks to i would take it. is the benefits outweigh the risks seems sensible thing to do yet and it's the only way we're going to add to the pandemic i think is very very fast i was come out. barchester i would say. of. this device see here. is our chance for me that every field thank you for your truth on facebook uptake of the vaccine will be cheats with success and authorities are being advised to find creative ways to address public concern. tako misinformation there's some speculation the queen may

even reveal she's had the vaccine to be confidence it is extremely important that these people get the vaccine so we need to find a way how to communicate it to them and how to in a way isolate them from these damaging examples of misinformation that they sing on social media and i think it is the role for the health providers it is a role for the community leaders to actually go out and try to explain to them what are they saying as social media is actually not always the truth. the eyes of the world are on the u.k. this week with governments came to see not just how it tackles the logistical challenges but how it sells this vaccine to a public being asked to keep pace with science. charlotte she also porting for us there. well let's talk more about the vaccine now with mohamed near he's a fire ologist and vaccination expert at lancaster university mohammad welcome so

how much immunity does this shot actually grant. well we know that this vaccine is a life saving that does put our people from getting really safe or and they go off in hospice and or unfortunately die but we don't really know if that this vaccine. getting some of the who is vaccinated from getting the infection or fossil evidence ourselves that these are the best that need to be addressed in coming days but at the same time i want to be old so i don't know if or how long the immunity would last although the immunity that is offered to show us within 7 days is significant enough to go back from the from the spirit form of the disease but for how long it will or not is something that we are not certainly sure because that is the one about the fear is that while the work of the phone book action against a serious form of the infection but this is certainly a good start because it would still have a citizen and then act on saving lives by a mere conspiracy in the hospital to an employee building the likelihood ok so

you're saying it's a good start the government in the case is keen to stress that as well and yet a lot of people are worried about the safety of this vaccine so what would you tell to these to say to these people. yes this is really important point because most of the people involved in the u.k. to europe or america so that they are concerns about the safety of the parks and so this would like to notify is that 80 to 90 percent of fights off the vaccines they are given short and short lived so hidden through there is often immunization you're going to see all those signs of fiber and simply learning about each part of the mind like. a cane seaver t.v. which are managed to live in fear for that the long term impact of the vaccines they also us in our loan and secondly the work we want in millions and i would do the same as faith in the photo on the hill with one of the 1000000 could have accidentally off so certainly that the timeline we have a house for this vaccine has been significantly short but the number of people

who've been tested would have been tested on a regular basis on the same day so therefore if it is approved by the good of the density or i'm not taught or beginning in the united states that's for sure it is safe and good to go this is going to be a regular part of our lives will we have to get vaccinated for covered $1000.00 every year just like we do often with the flu vaccine well that's probably is likely the scenario at the moment we don't know for how long the immunity last but based on how for expedience we've got a clone of i this is the community where last actually least for one year which means that it would probably have to x. and it would appear so it's just got left because once the without which the word immunity about what we're told 75 percent of the bird population that disease it sounds far peter out on ultimately the weight off that that is something you really need to auntie. mohammed moneer from lancaster university thank you so much sang froid. now to some other stories making news around the world at this hour

german chancellor angela merkel says the current coronavirus restrictions won't get the country through the winter she's pushing pushing for a just decision on tougher restrictions before the christmas holidays and the state of bavaria is already tightening measures asking people to stay at home with only a few exceptions. u.s. president elect joe biden will nominate retired general lloyd austin to be a secretary of the defense that's according to a number of us media reports austin would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon after a 41 year army career austin is now on the board of raytheon one of america's biggest weapons firms grammont in new zealand and inquiry into last year's christchurch mosques attack found that security services had not focused enough on the threat from right wing terror the 800 page report said 7 by agencies that placed an inappropriate focus on islamic extremism before the attack but stopped short of saying authorities could have prevented the massacre. now farmers in india

are staging a one day nationwide strike in protest over the government's reforms to agriculture laws tens of thousands of farmers have been blockading roads into delhi since the end of november demanding that these changes be repealed under the new provisions state run purchasing will be scrapped allowing farmers to sell directly to supermarkets farmers say they will be worse off the government says the sector needs to be modernized. and we can bring in correspondent michelle jones while standing by for us in delhi so farmers say that these reforms are against their interests the government on the other hand is saying that these new laws will not hurt farmers income so who is right here. let me get this or in just a matter of perspective the gotten rich is insisting that his new laws i don't necessary to just lucian and i mean agricultural in egypt and the correct import to

the imbalance of the government regulated market structure that got our middle man a lot of pomalyst to access markets which i'm compared to because they allow that this and out saying is government regulated markets to play with players as well what about finance and so on and then once frank there's an offer to get in get in and then she got to get a look when they get by have to drag down prices dramatic weak links will launch in the long run they also might have the government back from a get a trace they had offered so far one spoke to steve will and this is special concern was not mentioned is guaranteed trades or the minimum support trades but as we're seeing images there of these protests you know the farmers are not backing down so how determined is the government to really push these reforms through. well it looks like the government is just added to tomlinson you because why did their boy to keep the fighters out of nickels emotions between the government and our leaders

while you know that existing that even when he backed off from the store just one as well she was an e.q. what the government is this instinct that these laws will be in are people going to be really trying to you it's negotiations to convince on was these laws are actually for the greater good you want to be out of this deadlock loony if i decide that it's off at least one course we could be if the government issues that original data and that minimum support guarantee cries they've offered so far they may continue on the farm leaders of the say lines of these nickels you should have said that gaddafi will also not be enough of this is then a really big movement of the farmers have essentially had delhi under siege for nearly 2 weeks now and there is today strike how much support do they have in india right now. and there definitely seems to be a significant out ordinance of all i don't get especially seem to be joining the national strength in the past we have

a. celebrity to drive these coming out and support opposition parties had it's best of all and all of this change and straight there's been child support unions back unions as well adults unions that have sent in the views of what a promise trade a well promise that there is that is the district wielding it between 11 pm and she and are continuing to ensure the office goes and not inconvenienced they want to emphasize that this is a novice and while it mocked to add to their protest against things on last especially in the not up to the 6 down the middle serious and that are scheduled tomorrow in addition the only minister in india seems to have one on one you know as for dogs tonight it's not a. good watch to see if the old is deadlocked and. while reporting in delhi good to talk to you now there's still no sign of a breakthrough after another day of bragg's that talks time is running out to make

a trade deal and avoid cross channel economic chaos british prime minister boris johnson is now set to travel to brussels to try to strike a last minute deal in person the european union's chief negotiator michele bunya a however is downbeat about the chances of an agreement saying the key sticking points remain european leaders still locked in disagreement with the u.k. over the final terms of a trade deal held a high stakes call on monday to thrash out their positions. on going to bed to unlock the jam e.u. commission president was on the line spoke at length on the phone to yuki prime minister boris johnson but to no avail conditions were not there for an agreement they both said they plan to meet in passion in the coming days just a few sticking points have kept the sites from striking a deal one is the so-called level playing field that has rules governing business competition. a 2nd sticking point is more visceral who gets the fish

france has threatened to veto any agreement that doesn't grant e.u. fishing boats generous access to british waters the u.k. formally left the european union in january of this year but agreed to adhere to the blocked rules until a new deal could be forged after nearly a year of talks there's no deal and the deadline is less than 4 weeks away officials are gloomy and so are many on the streets of london. seems crazy i mean truth real single 16 we rotated in 4 years later but i think everybody progress it's all to be honest with you somehow this what we do we bury that story you say feels like it's been buried in the public to know about this and what's going on it is buried among. pirates and that needs to come out to these people not worried about it we need to get something so detailed if talks fail the u.k. would be left without a trade deal this would cost both sides hundreds of thousands of jobs and destruct

trade for years to come. have an interest in striking a deal you just don't have much time. just feel very sure let's talk about break that negotiations now we have felipe lamberts with us he's a member of the european parliament and also part of the parliament's u.k. court mission of mr lambert's good to have you with us so we see that the latest round of negotiations haven't led to a breakthrough you spoke with the e.u.'s chief negotiator michel barnier yesterday where do things stand how close are we are not to a deal. well you know we've been saying exactly the same things fall several months the fact is that the key gold you know treatment unsolved and if. somebody said by coming to brussels you will find. have your cake and eat it off or on the table he's going to be disappointed because this is not on offer so the british

prime minister boris johnson has said that he will travel to brussels you're saying that you're not hopeful that that will actually change anything well no i'm not hopeful because the problem is that the british prime minister has promised that the u.k. could have its cake and eat it and as instead he's not on offer he was not be able to come back to. that result and so he's bound to have to disappoint i have heard the heartbreaks of 2 years or more realistically of his majority but boot but there's no way around this so ambiguity as to meet patients what do you mean by that that the british prime minister wants to have his cake and eat it too i mean what exactly are you pointing to here that the british are trying to get these in these negotiations very simple very simple having market access with no strings attached. the united kingdom would never accept to strike a trade deal with anyone else with hope for market access and surprise surprise

european union is doing exactly the same thing you can access all or markets but we want to be certain that all local producers will not be undercut by unfair products to produce with less stringent standards in terms of social standards hence my mental standards and the like and so i mean market access comes with accepting a degree of alignment on the legislation if that is not acceptable for the u.k. well done that will be no market access mr lambert have to say don't some particularly hopeful of at the prospect of reaching a deal still how is it that after an entire year of negotiations we have gotten to this point well personally i've been. tortured i see not hopeful that there would be a deal up until a months ago when the prime minister sacked dominique cummings is most dear

in the so close on to watch and also when at the last minute after having put an end to the negotiation when the british government climbed down the tree and reinstated them i felt well maybe after all they want to deal but since then there's been exactly 0 progress on the most told me shools and that again led me to believe that after all i was maybe right in the 1st place that he said they don't want to deal mr lambert's last question both economies the e.u. and also the british economy have been battered by the pandemic how worried are you about the economic fallout of failing to strike a deal. well. an outcome that you can template happy but then again just imagine what would be the outcome is actually as a result of a deal with the u.k. we would basically expose the entire us economy to a competition by either british producers or producers from the rest of the world

would use the united kingdom as a bridge into the single market we would destroy the single market and that economically is at least an order of might be true bigger than the impact of a new brakes and we'll have to leave it there philip lambert's member of the european parliament thank you so much for joining us here in the. malls with. a peace deal signed by arminius prime minister has prompted the opposition to call for his resignation many i mean eons are angry over concessions made by nicole passion young last month to end a 6 week war with azerbaijan over the nagorno-karabakh reach an agreement caesar menial returning a significant part of the disputed territory tore territory to us or by john now thousands of azerbaijan these are now starting to move back to areas that had been under armenian control. this time we did it we won says hum that ibrahim off he proudly show the 2 army captured in

a recent battle 28 years ago he fought against the meanie and himself that is when they lost. to amenia that is why he's especially happy about this victory. it's still loaded the tanks were still full of ammunition when we took them they just left everything there and ran away. we travel with hamlet to act i am one of the 3 so-called liberated zones act is a ghost town after being captured by i mean in forces in 1903 the assyrian population fled and the captures destroyed the city they call it the hiroshima of the caucasus. is returning here after 27 years she's proud and happy but she's not sure she will ever be able to live here again. there is where i went to school but over there is where

our house used to be that is now completely gone. they only left the mosque standing now he can no longer see anything fact i'm used to be so beautiful but everything was destroyed there's nothing there we left everything in the house we couldn't take anything with us i was only wearing flip flops. they had to flee act on her husband and brother wounded in the attacks and have been missing ever since they are just 2 of thousands of missing people why did they kill us what did my husband do wrong my sons showed me internet videos of a minion killing hostages how am i supposed to know if my husband was also killed in that way or if they tortured and murdered. such videos were also made by syrian troops both sides have been accused of war crimes the hatred runs deep the fighting in this region was also bitter. that burned bodies of

a 1000000 soldiers still lying in the back of a truck painted crosses lead the way to the dead in another ghost town from the 1990 s. hamlet walks through the ruins of a form a mosque. that was the minaret as big as the one at the amenia destroyed the mosque was very big that is what they have done to it it is in complete ruins. on the edge of the rubble lies the former headquarters of the emini and troops here now it's on the sciri control and it is the victors who wants to set the rules now . as all presidents said the armenians can live together with us in our country as citizens of our country under our flag with possible it's possible. but living together is not an option at the moment the battlefield is still there it is

a truce not peace. now with covert 19 rolling out live events artists across europe about to get creative to keep performing but as they say all the world's a stage in brussels has set out to prove just that. a curtain raiser of a different kind in the belgian capital brussels circus performers are adapting to the times with restrictions making a regular circus visit impossible these artists are bringing the stage to the street. i think that night. on the other side of the glass there is no applause no atmosphere for the g.a.o. to feed off but it's still a welcome change. we can't really see their faces or get their reactions but while the window blocks out some of the noise there is still a bond that is created. he had it.

just like the performers bastar have also been starved of patrons. look it's heartwarming just to open the café to have an activity see the smiles on the faces of people outside it's the best thing that has happened to us recently. for the most part a charity has been helping performers make ends meet although passes by are also encouraged to make donations so that circus in the city might help make their curtain call worthwhile and. it's they are watching before we go fans around the world are paying tribute to music legend john lennon 40 years ago today the beatles co-founder was murdered outside his home in new york city to mark the anniversary of his death will leave you now with a song here today a tribute by his band mate paul mccartney a few years after lennon's death. and if. i

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when you. see the. stars december 25th. ave. biz a deal to be done companies in the u.k. and europe brace as the deadline for a trade agreement nears with negotiations at a standstill at stake are businesses and jobs on both sides of the channel. including those of french fisherman who take a look at how one village stands to be affected if the e.u. loses access to british waters. welcome to the show i'm stephen. britain and the e.u. are still wrangling over trade terms bringing the prospect of a dam.