don't clearly neo-cons again, can control the steps we have taken recently will lead to the establishment of a long term piece of the benefits of slaves as a pleasure and a media in the stories that shape the week. here on our t.v. armenia and azerbaijan signed a peace deal brokered by moscow ending almost 2 months of bloodshed in its seas. russian peacekeepers on the ground in the region. armenians however, are outraged branding the deal. both a betrayal and a humiliating defeat also ahead

tensions flare up in the u.s. . as the election. fallout continues. thousands descend on washington d.c. in a show of support for donald trump, who's still refusing to concede defeat. and trial data suggests russia's corona virus vaccine is highly effective with hungary joining the queue to buy the shot. bring you all of this week's top stories. this is the weekly on r.t. international. my name is donald quarter. welcome to the program. now after 2 months of bloody fighting calm has returned to the disputed nagorno-karabakh region, armenia and azerbaijan. this week signed a historic. 'd peace deal brokered by russia, as part of the truce. moscow has sent peacekeepers to the frontline.

what is happening in karabakh is a truly great tragedy. i want to note with great satisfaction, the outlines of compromise and the agreements reached on ending the bloodshed. i hope that all the steps we have taken recently will lead to the establishment of a long term peace for the benefit of both as a body and armenia. under the new peace deal, both sides will hold. 'd on to their current military positions that leaves armenia in control of the regions capital step on occurred over here. while azerbaijan gets the 2nd largest city shushi, which it took just before hostilities ended. armenia will also have to hand over 3 further districts to azerbaijan. in while russian peacekeepers have been deployed to the law chin corridor, or the only major road link between the region and armenia, the russian contingent includes nearly 2000 personnel and almost $400.00 vehicles in hardware. now this mission will last 5 years with an automatic extension if required, and both yerevan and baku meanwhile have presented the troops in very different

ways to their people. the text of the statement is unspeakably painful for me personally and for people i have made this decision is the result of an in-depth analysis of the military situation. this is not victory, but there will be a defeat, a list you recognize itself as a loser. we will never recognize also says losers. and this should usher in a missile unification and revival. for my part, i would like to see that i'm very grand jury. we've sealed the deal to settle a years long conflict between armenia and azerbaijan. compute the occupation of regime land, news of the truce led to widespread anger in armenia as many see it as a capitulation. i i i, i, i, i, i,

i, i, i, you call it pushing young, betrayed us here, traitor. he said peik how he could do this to us. these decision is a stab in the back for all armenians. i think because again, made a speech via facebook and on television. you may disagree with it is lost because the last few days haven't appeared in public. he did say mention today that he feared for his life when you signed the deal. he knew that the kind of way of the situation just the man being arrested today. right now behind me,

felix being taken over to the right place with the protestors and media following behind this very small amount of i mean on the streets. it's hard to say whether this is the general feeling of the majority of the population or whether a very vocal minority, you know, of currently leading the protests. but what will come, he said, is all means aren't sure where we are. and short of following monday's deal. and the way they're expressing it, it's slightly different, perhaps with by john about to take control of large, large parts of the region armenians. there are fleeing their home, some of even burnt down their properties. so they're not left to the enemy as they see it, but on the other side of the conflict people in baku have greeted the ceasefire as a national victory. those rooms are saying

that the red cross spokes person in the garner carbolic and the former canadian ambassador to armenia both gave their take on the situation over the disputed region. the impact of this coalition, like the think you can across the region devastated and their life down on that piece, talking to people who had to leave their homes. now you search for safety in 0 or 0 point one. we're not horrible mellicent. we talk of the, you know, the people are in need or who can't make it closely since and who are maybe being a few fans who've penderecki to support for a 50 by face if there's nothing wrong with patriotic commotion. but when they are

directed with such hostility toward the other side from both sides, it takes great creativity to counsel people to, to learn again, to live together. it's going to depend on the extent to which russian leaders change the complete cooperation of the leaders of the 2 countries in year 2000 and very well trained, russian troops will be very effective. but what will be most effective will be self discipline. on the part of the 2 sides, and i think that can only be obtained through communication from muster. thousands of donald trump, supporters descended on washington d.c. over the weekend in a shell of support for the president who still refusing to concede defeat in the election. but tensions flared on saturday when counter protesters also took to the

streets. you know like 40 say one person was stabbed and another 20 and 20 people are arrested. police say there, they've had to respond to multiple reports of fights between extreme left and right wing groups. some near to the white house from supporters have been spurred by the president's claims of electoral fraud and are demanding recounts. much of the media has been celebrating joe biden's win, but the end of trump's headline making time in the white house could see t.v. ratings departing with him, as it explains tears on the air over the and of donald trump's presidency. it's been a long time coming. my mom and her grandmother this morning. they didn't have it right. we're going to do. just look at this t.v. colleague of mine emotions as strong as after the end of the war or winning an

olympic gold medal. character matters. it matters to him is truth matters because a good person matters and this is a golden tie probably put on by another journalist when he realized trump was defeated. he said for 4 years, he'd only been wearing black ones. i can probably show you hours of air time recordings proving how frenzied the liberal media are this time around. but just let me ask them the past 4 years of what you called. 'd one big white house reality show where they've really trauma and black tie grief for your careers. he saw the presidency as the world's greatest reality, t.v. show. he was the executive producer, the chief promoter, and the star of the trump show. if it wasn't for this reality show would ratings for cable news look so good throughout mr. trump's 1st term,

an entire new standards dream team can be put together our of reporters, who if you think of it, probably all the president, a big one for a true career, boost the star and a means of trump. on the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalist, not such a racist question among in america. it's people like this that cause division. one of the statements that you made in the killing of the campaign. do we go that? honestly? i think you should let me run the country. you run c.n.n. . and if you did it well, your ratings. i mean, i'm not going to give you. you are fake news. turning the loading of president trump in all shapes and forms into a perfect top story came to the rescue of cable news amid the rise of online media . what will be left for them to go on about once the maggot man is out? who's on healthy burgers and cans of coke? are they going to count? will there be someone else as important to be caught for cheating in golf for

splashing the cash on moscow prostitutes that it will have to be something else than the russia collusion. story to land the pulitzer prizes cry or not cry. stay tuned for the new era. gone is russian collusion? nobody talks about russian collusion anymore or chinese collusion or any kind of no collusion. vote was 100 percent legit. him? when hillary clinton lost it was russian culture. but not this time. mainstream media need this more than you can imagine, mainstream media are sitting back to be on the side. silent the president is going to be citizen, trump, it appears that he will be able to inject, is opinion into anything in still maintain, maybe even more of a powerful position because of the unfettered attitude and expurgated on. he'll be able to see and want. so if they

think they're going to forget donald trump, if they think he's going to be just something from the past, he can't be because their very existence, their employment, their revenue, their, their reason for being there exists a point, donald trump, he gave them life. he gave them careers, he gave them something, he created the democratic party because they became the anti trump. and without trump is nothing counting and recounting is still ongoing, nearly 2 weeks after election day and questions surrounding the role of the electoral college have also heightens concerns about the voting system. let's briefly go through it. the electoral college aims to prevent either congress or the public from having complete influence over the vote within the system, each of america's 50 states choose electors. their number differs from state to state, with population being a primary factor. now to win, the candidate needs

a number of majority of electors. however, critics of the system stress it's unfair, as doesn't equate one vote to one person. we put the potential flaws up for debate . we know republicans always win texas, just like democrats always win california. and what i tell voters here to try and get them to vote libertarian, as i say, your vote will have no impact on the outcome of the election. so go ahead and vote for a 3rd party like libertarians if you want. 'd that example demonstrates how the electoral college does make a lot of voters preferences. not very influential. i would love to see a much smaller, less powerful government so that we really didn't care so much who won the election . there's no real identification of fraud in the us voting system. we have a secure system. what you have is a level of mistrust between both sides of this 2 party system who always believes

the other side is cheating, even though i think it's more of an american thing where we don't trust this moment . more like our sport. we believe the other side is deflating the outgoing president. we know that he tends to have more tangent than normal. that has no relation to the electorial college and we are technologically advanced enough to simply count the votes. i think we need to even move beyond the contract and have a system of course in representation. we have a long history in united states of 3rd 4th and 5th parties trying to break into the political system in the dance. because before there's even discussion of the contract, we have this richard 2 party system that is based on that, it's a call. so that contact again is a 1st step in the right direction, but it's still not enough for a lot of america and peru where interim president manual marino has resigned this sunday. just 6 days after taking office, the announcement comes in response to protests that have turned deadly since the appointment of the new government. 2 people died in the peruvian capital on

saturday after a rally in support of former president martin biscardi descended into violence. he was ousted, ousted just last week over corruption claims and his supporters call it a coup. antigovernment protests have also been staged for a 14th consecutive weekend in the belorussian capital. dozens were reportedly detained on sunday. people also gathered in memory of a fellow opposition supporter who died this week in the hospital. thirty's deny claims that the death was linked to injuries caused by police. a mass rally started back in august amid accusations that the presidential election was rigged. and protests too. in the british city of liverpool, this time over coded lock downs, 25 arrests were made over violations of

a ban on mass gatherings. hundreds turned up for the rally on saturday. also the former prime minister of moldova holds and narrow lead in sunday's presidential election over current incumbent. according to the electoral commission, the pro european candidate is ahead with almost 56 percent of the vote compared to the president, 46 percent sand, who lost out to don in the last presidential race back in 2015. he has made the night, the nation's ailing finances, a key part of her campaign, and has pledged to seek financial support from the european union. and other news, the makers of russia's covert vaccine revealed this week that the latest trial data suggests it is 92 percent effective. the drug known as sputnik v. is currently in advanced stage 3 trials. mass production is expected soon with nationwide vaccinations to follow. several countries including india and brazil

have already placed orders and hungary has become the 1st year in european nation to join that list. budapest will run its own trials of the drug in a few weeks time. the garion foreign minister who spoke to us while recovering from having caught kovac told my colleague, neil harvey cooperation is key in overcoming the pandemic. is any time international cooperation based on mutual respect, is now. and i think the political correctness judging each other during the shoot be left behind. and instead of just a look at docking go out, there are countries on the political basis we should think about how to cooperate. so sometimes i have the feeling that the issue of the vaccines is becoming politicized, which i think should be again, we are crossing fingers for all companies and countries which are hoofing for

developing the vaccine regardless what they are. so we are interested in india, american named the european union, the russian, the chinese indies for the vaccine development and research to be successful. you know, shooting with everybody including russia. of course. yeah. if this is correct of reports, i'm going to be buying some russian vaccines in december. but like you said, you were looking at all. 'd the options is there any concern though. 'd about how that will be met to response from other countries because as we say, these things are often politicized. this should be avoided. so now it's a vote, be a light for the people. always anytime political aspects should be left behind. as the world waits for a viable covert vaccine finding a shot isn't the only challenge another is how to make it accessible. while rich countries can afford to stockpile drugs for ones often lack the storage equipment

needed. as charlotte dubinsky reports, within hours of pharmaceutical giant pfizer and by own tech announcing there could be $1000.00 vaccine was 90 percent effective, that you swooped in and signed on the dotted line. and europe wasn't alone. massive,, deals have also been struck with the u.s. the u.k., egypt, pan, canada, and new zealand, leading some n.g.o.s to question whether this is just a vaccine, full rich nations. it's worrying that pfizer bio and tech has already struck deals with rich countries for more than a 1000000000 doses of its vaccine, leaving less than a quarter of its projected supply for the rest of the world. big pharma profits must not be prioritized over the health of billions. now, the european commission has been clear and member states can decide what to do with their vaccine doses. and that includes the option of to meeting them to lower and

middle income countries. the u. is unlikely to help a lot because it is in deep trouble itself. and many poor countries are not going to be able to be all the supply expensive coaching infrastructure and storage on time to deliver the missing. this vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degree celsius, requiring a special freezer of a type that isn't widely available even in europe and america. meaning countries will have to build deep freeze storage and transportation networks from scratch to keep the vaccine from becoming useless. its production is costly, its component is unstable. it also requires call chain transportation and has a short shelf life. the requirement through extremely cold temperatures is likely to cause spoilage a lot of vaccine. the price tag in building these and the difficulties in administrating the required 2 shots within a month, may be too much of

a burden from the nations leaving them essentially frozen out. some engineers have called on follow on tech, to clarify how the vaccine will be made accessible outside high income countries. and they want the firms to make their vaccine technology available via a w h o scheme. so billions of doses can be produced as quickly. and this cheaply as possible. now that's unlikely because when the scheme was launched, pfizer made its feelings clear, i think is nonsense. and at this point of time, it's also dangerous. there's a giant effort right now happening to find solutions. the risks we're taking represent billions of dollars and the chances of developing something is still not very good. and adding insult to injury the day. the vaccine was announced, the c.e.o. of fine, so many $5600000.00 worth of company stock. now pfizer says that this was

a scheduled transaction once the stock hit a certain value, but for many this was a cold shower. of a reminder, the big pharma is also big money. so a vaccine for coated 19 may be closer, which of course is good news. well, for those who can at least afford it, i say, centralize profit seeking the theory of home with market in some because last country to be really determines when the pandemic it's going to the one who pay for it get it 1st. i mean, we complain much, but the point is really if it is eventually optimal for them to leave all these poor countries untreated because they could eventually travel back to the bric countries at the same time. profit incentive shouldn't be in the mind. the world's greatest invention and treatment by

a lot by products. well also this week a new medical study found catching cold. it can lead to mental health problems. the university of oxford found one in 5 coronavirus patients go on to develop mental health issues within 3 months. of testing positive, the analysis was based on 69000000 u.s. medical records, or than 62000 of them had copd it. the majority of disorders linked to the disease are characterized by feelings of worry or fear, in some cases strong enough to make every day life seem unbearable. they include adjustment disorder, post-traumatic, stress disorder, panic attacks, insomnia, and even dementia. we talked to a co-author of the study. the short answer is that we don't know yet, and we have to do more research to find out, you know, we can start to speculate about what might be the reasons and i think there might be 2 main reasons. one is psychological. the and one is biological, the psychological one is quite intuitive. it is, you know, people suffer with the 19 which is quite scary in itself and the fear of having

a potentially life limiting in this might cause things like anxiety and depression . there's also a possible biological explanation, which is that it is possible that sounds good to say the very virus that causes covert 19 my get into the brain. we know that some viruses do. we don't know yet as far as i know where the sask of 2 does, but it's possible that it does. and in that way, it might, it might be affecting the brain and damaging the brain if you will, within the biological explanation is also an inflammatory explanation. so we know that to, as a virus, causes an information throughout the body that can be, can expand well beyond the lungs. and it may be that inflammatory response also involves the brain. and if that's the case, that in my view that the inflammation to the immune response of the body mount against the infection might be the cause of the given that there's going to be more

people suffering with mental illness as a result of team. we need to make sure that there is service is provided for those people in therapy provided for the people. we know the things that he depression, for instance, for example, is our treatable diseases. most people that we receive treatment for anxiety, depression do get better and very important that those treatments are available to all that need them. during the pandemic. those are the stories that shape this week . my colleague nic, my colleague, niki aaron, will be taking over in just about 30 minutes with more of your world news stories. thanks for watching and we hope you have a great day. was

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most of the people already on the last you know, those little sleep will wear sleeves, posts show. probable cause if you are sure some hokey, i carry forward to that. doesn't actually matter. that's the point of been measured by. did you get that? when you discuss all of this, when you just about like us, those medium, we will soon be confused with though it seems the more senior was used by his emotions to be somewhat put in his knees. come home and used the 20th century was thinking or of revolution, the great depression and world war, the 21st century of mental illness. those aren't my words. that's what surfaced

some psychometrist to tell us. the only question. it is a fact i'm ashen. are times when we're going on the run on the eve of the 12th brick. some of the most important meeting of the year into breaking the stranglehold of hegemonic power. coming on the show. does it matter whether or not the person that is a cost to your son or daughter or my son or daughter? my wife, your husband, my mother, your parents. it doesn't matter whether or not they were deprived as a youth. it doesn't matter, not whether or not they had no background that enabled them to have to become the

us social, become socializing the fabric of society. it doesn't matter whether or not they're the victims of society. the end result is they're about to knock my mother on the head with a lead pipe. shoot, my sister beat up my wife, take on my sons. so i don't want to mess what made them do this? let's take it straight. as liberals cheer the election of mass incarceration advocate, joe biden, we speak to you can queens counsellor chris door about why the u.s. u.k. approach to prisons is catastrophic. and why it's now time to shut down prisons here and abroad for good. and why does the u.s. have the highest number of coronavirus deaths with over 240000 and counting when the country militarily blockades, communist cuba has fewer than 200, we speak to co-present of cuban covert, 19 public health and solidarity about fighting about endemic with internationalism . all of them all going on today is going on the ground offensive. joe biden ever

becomes us president in january, he will preside over a country with the highest prison population in the world, 26 years after he supported a crime bill. the critics claim was responsible for a system of mass incarceration that imprisons more per capita than stalin or mao. joining me now is a criminal defense lawyer of a 25 years with scoring a 2 k. and us justice systems in his new book, justice on trial, radical solutions for a system at breaking point. chris dorky. chris, welcome. do going underground. a lot of people talking about britain, possibly breaking international law or over breaks it, but your new book is so beautiful and eloquently written about britain's justice system. how difficult was it even to write a book at such a damning account of the judicial system? we have from the inside to be honest with you, spend a bit of time last year, just thinking about want to miss. we've made about justice not just in the last few .