I was a bridge on celebrates a truce that steals its gains from the disputed fighting over newborn oconnor abbas while in armenia people stormed parliament demanding resignations after the Prime Minister accepted to deals tough chart. And as things go downhill for amusement parks because of the coronavirus in japan one venue is mixing pleasure with poor. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Leaders in science and politics have been welcoming the news of a Coronavirus Vaccine that reportedly works and does so safely germany is biotech and u. S. Drug maker pfizer announced their experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in Clinical Trials but if Health Authorities give the green light it could be rolled out in limited quantities by the end of this year. Its somehow fitting that beyond takes headquarters in the german city of mines is located on a street called at the gold mine because the German Biotechnology Company along with its American Partner pfizer just may have struck it big. As the results are showing that after an interim evaluation the vaccine is able to prevent infection with over 90 percent probability. So. If the results are confirmed the vaccine would be a major breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 researchers were delighted with the initial results for me to see this is been the best news that weve heard out of the medical industry since the pandemic began. These vaccines are of course being developed a very quickly at the moment but weve had a considerable group of people who have now been vaccinated and theyre showing significant side effects this is something that gives us hope because he has held the socalled m r and a vaccine works Genetic Information from the corona virus is brought into the human body via messaging 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 the drug may have been developed in mines but the effort to develop the vaccine against covered 19 is a truly global one hundreds of people would be on take laboratory in sao paulo brazil have already received the vaccine and theyre just one group of among 44000 volunteers involved in testing worldwide most of the volunteers are in the americas but there are others in europe and africa the company says so far there have been no serious side effects. Its a species. Its important that we test the vaccine on people from different regions. And different ethnic groups. To make sure that any possible side effects dont vary for people with different ancestry. Beyond taken 5 and now planning to apply later this month for emergency use approval in the u. S. Even if it all goes well authorities have stressed its unlikely any vaccine will arrive before the end of the year. While Germanys Health minister has called the news very encouraging but spahn also warned against false expectations saying that the vaccine will not be available over night he urged people to remain cautious and to keep socially distanced until they finally get a vaccine so this knowing that there is a good chance that their next Autumn Winter might be considerably better than this year that gives me and i hope gives other germans and europeans optimism that confirms us in our approach we must look after one another particularly well this november on this winter in general stick to the rules of and on the off to personal. Space is a once in a century kind of situation its exhausting its the boreas and its sometimes hard but knowing that it wont be forever can give us extra strength and support for the Current Situation and understood some for the time that was Germanys Health minister lets bring in now debbie is Derek Williams from d. W. Science who has been following all of this for us derek how optimistic should we be about all of this and how close could everyone be to returning to some sort of normal life. Well its obvious that the news is is very good news and its important to say everybody keeps saying too that these are interim results and of course its you know these are interim results that were reported by the a company and a press release so you have to take that into consideration we still have to look at the data other scientists have to look at the data but that said theres it looks very very good if it ends up holding water. Very large scale study afic a c. Is then one of the Big Questions 90 percent a sick a c. Is way way more than and then they were hoping for a set sort of a bottom bottom rung of about 50 percent efficiency and so 90 percent is a big great news so what exactly does that mean the dark 90 percent effective. They they give theyve basically in these large scale phase 3 trials they they they give cohorts tens of thousands of people as we heard 44000 people in this particular case are taking part in the trial and half of them have been given the vaccine and the other half and get enough of cboe now neither they know nor of the doctors that have given it to them know which one they got and its specific times during that during during the trial they stop and they look and see how many people have become infected at this particular point it was its 9494. 00 people out of both of those correlates cohorts have become infected with copd at 19 and they basically a 3rd party and independent review board looked at the information on how many of those patients were from the cohort that got the placebo and how many were from the cohort that got the vaccine and basically theyre saying 9 in 10 of those people who got it were from the placebo cohort so that means that less than 10 or less than 9 of the people out of those 94 who got the work people who got the vaccine so thats where that 90 percent number comes from which means that that is the fear is to be a very very strong and call it a very strong and powerful immune response in the people who get it while it sounds like encouraging news derek but i mean there are so many hurdles of course ahead so lets talk a little bit about that i mean you know 1st we have to learn more about this vaccine that would need to be produced distributed and significant quantities and then people need to be convinced to take it alternately what is being done right now globally to ensure that a vaccine is effective and safe so that people indeed do trust it. Well these these trials i mean thats the 2nd you mentioned save safety is the 2nd aspect of these large trades phase 3 trials they are. World wide theyve been following this isnt the 1st large or this isnt the 1st trial that this that this vaccine has gone through its been going through a series of smaller ones before hand that have been looking at that looked very closely at whether or not getting this vaccine was putting people in danger and so far the results have shown that yes that can there can be some fairly mild side of fact some some things aching joints and shivering episodes there are some mild side effects but so far according to the data that they that they provided there havent been major side effects and so that in the long term benefits obviously of about see. Would far outweigh any any small side effects so it looks to be fairly safe but theyre theyre still waiting on that thats the next big hurdle that has to be cleared but stuxnet hopefully in about 3 weeks by the end of november were were going to hear more information about the safety but so far it seems to look ok so thats safety on the how about production and distribution any any sort of guess any sort of potential timeline just briefly mo theyre saying theyre saying up to you know there could be they could be vaccinating people by the end of your a few know young that expected to be next year they said that they could get up to 1300000000. 00 is so possibly half a 1000000000 people could get vaccinated by possibly sometime next year its not the end of the race but it brings possibly the end of the race inside really interesting stuff Derek Williams from data via science as always breaking it all down for us and i know that youre going to have more for our viewers who are interested and that is part of our cove 819. 00 special that people can watch on youtube. Keep on the meantime in other news long time spokesperson and veteran peace negotiator for the palestinian side erekat has died at the age of 65 following complications related to cope at 19 he had been hospitalized last month for treatment after his condition deteriorated palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has described the passing of a brother and a friend as a huge loss for palestine and our people abbas has declared a 3 day mourning period more. And lets bring in sami suckle who is joining us now with the view from jerusalem how was he to be remembered by the palestinians and also on the other side of the negotiating table in israel. Well a sagarika that doesnt mean the negotiator of the palestinians and hes more than anyone else. With negotiations with the israelis and with the whole Peace Process and of course the oslo process so if we look back at 91 through on who was the deputy head of the delegation to the drift talks and then in 95. 00 the south will be israelis to and formulate the interim agreement which brought about the totally that we have today the self ruling that we have in the d in the west bank and you went on and on with negotiations and you can see that at times that the whole process of negotiations did not make any progress when we see the growth of the settlements throughout the west bank and many palestinians todays feel that the whole process has failed and so a lot of it is also associated with inside every cot so hes been respected for standing up for the palestinian cause but also as a person who did not succeed him. To the palestinians their yearning for ending the pendergast palestinian state i can tell you the israeli negotiators they all the israelis who have been in contact with over the years they they they liked him even though they disagreed with him even though they argued with him he was a very likable person and you know the kinds of things that weve been hearing so except for some more right wing grows something extreme is who have not been part of the to go see a show and process and who are just watching from the outside and from these there are these circles weve heard even today some people celebrating there the passes away of said i thought otherwise the journalists whove met him and hes someone whos been meeting journalists over the years there is a lot of sympathy i would say to disperse a and its bad it is seen as a tragedy not only for him but for the Palestinian People he recently tested positive for cocaine 1000 as we mentioned he was ill for a few weeks he was admitted to a hospital in jerusalem a created some controversy what do we know about the circumstances of his illness. Well through a Lung Transplant 2 years ago it was shitty was supposed to be the Lung Transplant in israel there was a position he had to go to the United States he went through this Lung Transplant in the United States now naturally because of his Lung Transplant the culprit when it hit him he was he immediately the situation deteriorated he came to the hospital right behind me over here he came when his situation was really critical and for the last 3 weeks theyve been fighting for his life. But the situation was it was very bad in the report that i got your hospital and they write that its a bug you all gain if sadia. So this is this is the medical situation. Sami asako with the view from jerusalem and as we have mentioned there are side erekat dead at the age of 65 complications related to cope with 95. Lets have a look at some other stories making news around the world he was attorney general bill barr has authorized federal prosecutors to look into allegations of voting irregularities in the president ial election its the 1st time that he addressed president Donald Trumps repeated and unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud since last weeks election won by democrat joe biden. Cities across florida are cleaning up after Tropical Storm at a flooded entire neighborhoods forecasters say it could rain intensify as it moves up the southwest gulf coast it struck Central America last week as a hurricane authorities and honduras have doubled the countrys death toll to have these 57. There have been scenes of celebration in azerbaijan and protests in armenia after the 2 countries agreed to stop fighting over the speeded rear region of garneau car buffs the russian brokered deal allows azerbaijan to keep its territorial games at least a 1000 people have been killed since the longstanding conflict erupted again in september russia mediated the cease fire with moscow says will enable a permanent end to the pla ted. Was a peace deal signed but this was the reaction in armenia. I am god the protesters storming the Parliament Building in get about demanding Prime Minister nicole resign the several government offices were ransacked and the local media report the parliamentary speaker was attacked and beaten. Was the Prime Minister pushing the uncalled for calm and said it had been easy to agree a deal. I saw. The decision has been taken as the result of analysis of the military situation and based on the assessments of the people who are the most familiar with the military situation is one of those. During 6 weeks of fighting Azerbaijani Forces made steady inroads into going to cut a buck and on sunday officials said theyd taken the key city of shusha were not going to cut it back has been meaning in hand since it won the war with azerbaijan in 1994 most of the people who leave their ethnic maney and but on the International Law it is part of azerbaijan. Both russia and turkey wield huge influence in the region and both will send peacekeeping forces as part of the deal. 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 car back and along the corridor connecting our growing our car back with the republic of armenia. In baku the capital of us about john the deal was hailed as a victory. Good imo most are now cut a buck is liberated nation is liberated thank you for today god bless you will i 70 words in my heart that i dont know what to say. 3 ceasefires he knew going to cut about have failed since fighting erupted in september and he hopes to still will finally bring peace to a troubled region. And lets get more now we are joined by do you leon and stumble your evil shadow has a few from moscow and yulia id like to begin with you because youve been covering the conflict you were recently in azerbaijan how significant is this ceasefire especially given the test territorial gains on the part of us afresh on. When we look at the images coming in right now from by john we see people celebrating on the streets waving flags driving around in motorcades and these people are not celebrating another cease fire agreement they are celebrating a victory and this is how its being sold by the leadership in baku the message here is we won and this is because under this new deal by john can keep the area as it has right now under its control so including the areas it has gained over the past week so most importantly maybe the town of that show in the borno car about cold shows she in armenian language its a very strategic location and we heard the president. By john talking last night and he said the armenian Prime Minister had no other option then to sign this deal and i quote him is to leave here he said it was essentially a copy to lation. We want to get the reaction also from armenia ask you about that in just a moment but 1st yuri i know youre going to talk about the the wider regional view especially as youre sitting in moscow right now because we know that armenia has a defense deal with russia azerbaijan meantime strongly backed by turkey given all of that what is the view from moscow today. Well sarah rushes can see that as your sad doesnt protect all of our media but in reality moscow refused for a long time to do anything specific in this conflict and this lets say reluctant position was obviously undermined has obviously undermined russias prestige in the eyes of potential partners and allies so that russia now seems to change it yes that that will play peace talks in moscow in the recent weeks of that and that with a peace deal but that the deal was broken just allies after signing off the signing and brought no peace as we know russias obvious in action culminated in a later letter that the Prime Minister and he called russian young girl to a few weeks ago asking the russian president to finally decide what kind of concrete and 8 russia is going to offer a shoot to the conflict as a lead for the even back then this was a clear sign signal that armenia didnt didnt feel well enough protected by russia which moscow now is likely to change trying to be at Peace Keeping in the region indeed armenia has been a difficult position throughout especially because now azerbaijan is saying that turkey will play a role in the socalled peacekeeping process yulia ill turn to you now will the armenians really accept that. Well right now turkeys role in this socalled peacekeeping process is somewhat ambiguous we dont know what kind of a role we are talking about but i guess its safe to assume that any kind of turkish presence in the area is a very very painful to accept for many armenians but azerbaijan that has been pushing for this for stronger turkish and woman when it comes to the future of nagornokarabakh turkey as of johns most important support especially militarily they have been providing the azeri army without weapons and training and my impression is that this has really edged the leadership in on to continue