But mainly to rich countries. Developing nations. Germany of playing for the kremlin spokesperson repeated requests for information. We want the truth. If you have information that we please share it with your churning in from across the globe are welcome to international my names. You know, your company. We will get headlines stories in just a moment, but we start with news coming into us from montreal. Encountered a police, there are saying theres a major tuck to cooperation underway after reports of a hostage situation. According to local media, dozens of people are trapped inside an Office Building so far theres no information on who is holding them there or possible casualties. We do know that the building being spoken of by houses, the offices of the video gaming firm, soft, best known as the creators of a number of games. Assassins creed, far cry to name a few images on social media are showing several people climbing onto the roof. Of the building we are of course keeping track of the situation. Any significant updates from there. Well bring it right to you. Russias president saying hes fighting has come to a complete halt in the disputed region of think or no cutback since the signing of a cease fire between us or by john under media glare, putin updated his cabinet ministers on the situation in car, a buck or almost 2000 russian peacekeepers being deployed, armenias Prime Minister, who is the offended his decision to sign the russian brokered cease fire saying it prevented catastrophic loss of life, but hes facing strong public resistance. Throughout friday, crowds gathered yet again parliament calling for nicole resignation. Many armenians are furious about the terms of the truce, which are mine, john, to hold on to the land. Its captured in the past 7 weeks, plus armenia is obliged to hand over 3 other districts by the end of the month. Heres a look back at the past few days of unrest in your of the was the only job was was not, god was was well during fridays cabinet meeting, russias president also highlighted the dire humanitarian situation in karabakh, after weeks and weeks of deadly fighting. Just more than 4000 people have died in the fighting, including civilians and more than 8000, injured. According to various sources. The number of for f. E. U. G. s is in the 10s of thousands, many Ethnic Armenians left car a grind after the ceasefire was signed when it became clear about their home. Villages would be handed over to azerbaijan, makeshift centers with volunteers and aid workers have been created in armenia to help accommodate them. But some of those fleeing to find shelter in homes of total strangers is important. On a report we built our dreams. We wanted our dreams to come true, but after 30 years its war again. Again, everything is destroyed. There are many places in the world where peace spells torment, but nagornokarabakh is one of them. The truce between armenia and azerbaijan hasnt brought any relief for those who fled the war, but nona didnt want to run, not at the beginning, at least, but did for the sake of her children. Yet as with the 1st bombing, i woke the children and we went to our neighbors basement. Were in an area where there are no bomb shelters. I didnt want to leave my home, but another siren. My daughter said mom, theyre coming for the sake of my children, i left step and i kept to care of the kids. Well, while shes Holding Back Tears a little dude who runs around as if war has never been a feature of her young life. Finding home in armenia has never been a challenge. People werent just welcoming. They were actively searching for refugees to give them shelter from the other bomb what i thought something needs to be done. And i started looking for family to help. And they found me, they found me and i found them. And they have been living with me since october 1st, as none are, was following the war from afar. At 1st, everything seemed bright, just as if victory was around the corner. But then troubling news from her husband on the front line was the 1st sign that all was not well in her homeland. It has been said that the is there by jan. Hes were waiting outside the city to attack, and at night a drone attacked a car in which he and other military personnel were and he reached and his relatives took him to the hospital. But he wanted to go back and fight. And now hes in stepanek at the peace deal, which for many looks too much like surrender hate karabakh. Refugees like a hammer blow, says the as a by journeys will never give them a chance. At coexisting, my adults in my relatives lived in had root. It was very scary. They were in the basement until mid october, but they were lucky enough to leave there and escape. My other friend lived. She lost her home and her husband, and she has no idea how to continue living. As well aware of what happened and how much of new going to karabakh they have to give up. And she finds it impossible to accept, but it looks like she and tens of thousands of other refugees will have no choice but to get used to it. Amigos done of reporting from armenia for us. The world waits for a viable covert vaccine finding a job is not the only challenge. Another is how to make it accessible, while rich countries can afford stockpiling drugs per what is often locked, especially the storage equipment needed. Picking up the story are to charlotte to ski 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 wasnt 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 for rich nations. Its worrying that phase a bio when 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 isnt 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 for 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 for my nations, leaving them essentially frozen out. Some n. G. O. S of cool. Dont foist on tech to clarify how the vaccine will be made accessible outside high income countries. And they want the firms to make that Vaccine Technology available via a w h o scheme. So billions of doses can be produced as quickly and this cheaply as possible. Now thats unlikely, because when scheme was launched, pfizer made its feelings clear, i think is nonsense and at this point of time, its also dangerous. Theres a giant effort right now happening to find solutions. The risks were 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 centralized profit seeking the theory of home with market in some because last country to be really determines when the pandemic is going to be one who pay for it getting worse. I mean, we cant complain much, but the point is really, if it is eventually optimal for them to leave all these poor countries untreated because we could eventually travel back to the bric countries. At the same time. Profit incentive shouldnt be in the mind, the worlds greatest invention and treatment by a lot by products. One of the biggest global changes brought about by the pandemic is a mass shift to working from home. Millions of people worldwide are staying away from the office, and researchers at germanys biggest bank are saying those people should be taxed for the privilege of working from home will be part of the new normal. When after the pandemic has passed, we argue that Remote Workers should pay a tax for the privilege our calculations suggest the amounts raised could Fund Material income subsidies for low income earners who are unable to work remotely. And this is old economy and health risks. A Deutsche Bank team is suggesting an additional 5 percent levy for remote stuff. They argue that its roughly equivalent to what people save transport in food. Adding the money could be redistributed to those who cannot work online, many of whom are Blue Collar Workers and lower incomes. Now the researchers estimate that such a scheme would raise quite a bit of cash 48000000000. 00 in the United States and tax revenue 9000000000. 00 here in the u. K. And a sizeable 19000000000. 00 in germany. Well, most surveys this year have shown positive attitudes to working from home. A poll here in the us find only 12 percent would prefer to work solely from the office while a hefty 72 per cent. They want a combination of remote and office judys name knowledge workers. Now, earlier i spoke with journalist Charlie Boyle on geo political analyst, reiner rough for us. They give us their views on the idea of a new work from home tax. They said the best way to invent new taxes all over. If you want more, trust is social justice. Why havent we tried to lift the wage of nurses before . So i think its not really fair to talk about an extra tax, but i dont think the government saw much through all this year. But actually tony, im just speaking specifically about kerry because its been by stross that doing its a major cost for people is really nice and that is getting to work and that is next fights to get something every year. And a lot of cases that automatically remove the you know, significant costs associated with, with getting to joe. I think this needs to be proven 1st. The people who are working from home at the long run will save money, but you need a fully equipped, equipped office. You need hardware, you need more space, which you need to rent or to buy as a white Collar Worker as well. I think we have to have a wider conversation about working from long, hard work, 60 quite large fiancees this year. Ryan miller looks through waves 1st and 2nd mark. And very recently they made it clear that they dont want their workers work from home. Workers tend to want to go back if people stay at home, work from home, the turnover is reduced for many other businesses and this hurts the overall economy. But there is a long term conversation about you know, what we do with compensating people. Businesses that dont have to rent in, in big cities, and also its a, its a double swing, but this is not going to be resolved in the next couple months because the super slow downs over everyones getting crunched, going back to what you know best and give a mans have really increase to their deaths quite considerably. So if this tax, if this extra tax for people who cant work for from home is supposed to be Something Like a compensation for these losses and for these deaths, i think its a totally misconceived strategy. But i think like im holding my view, this is ground 0 and principle. Its one for the long term. I think in the shorter term, theres no time to even implement. Theres even, its political will. And i say yes, organ secured across 3 months next year. Once it actually gets rolled out and well have the conversation for 3 and a couple years time. I mean, this would just be a revenue for the state, but what we need is to foster Economic Growth and activity. And this can never be done through a tax. So i think the state in general should be rather limited to its basic functions in the medical study has fallen not catching cold. That 19 can result in mental disorders. More enough, later in the in germany, babies cry in a pattern like saying entrenched babies would say rotten is so low is that theyre actually follow the rhythmic pattern of, you know, mom versus mom. So, you know, show, learning to get that turns out she looked into it 1st, what was happening was that the babies could actually hear their mothers feet in the room. Seemed wrong. Quite old paul. Just dont call me yet to stamp out this day, because as a kid and in danger, im an equal to trail when so many find themselves worlds apart, when shes to look for common ground. Hello again, russia has accused germany of stalling the investigation into the alexina volleyed case. The 2 countries have been locked in a stalemate for months with moscow, demanding lab data to back up berlins claim that the opposition activists was poisoned with a nerve agent. Russias Foreign Ministry says its only getting excuses from germany, didnt. You really doesnt want to hand over materials on the winemaking east to russia and was clinging on to any excuses. I would like to reiterate that we do not expect the bearer of bad news to be criticized. It would be better to deal with the news itself. We have informed the c. W. That the russian side can approach to ask further questions. Germany claims a military lab find traces of another truck type nerve agent in the valley system after he was transferred to the country for treatment. I. Conclusion that was later backed up by the Global Chemical weapons watchdog, the o. P. C. W. However, moscow insists that not only was tested for multiple talks since including nerve agents, while he was still in russia, all of the results came back negative. Russia has repeatedly asked the o. P. C. W to pass on whatever evidence it has. Those requests been denied leading russias un envoy to question the organizations neutrality. I will be blunt, the o. P. C. W. s technical secretary. It is increasingly turning into a tool in the wests hands, which is being used to exert informational and political pressure on countries that fail to toe the line. This conclusion is backed up by the watch dogs involvement in anti russian campaigns earlier with the scrape. Our case and now with the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy. Well, earlier we spoke with russias permanent representative to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. He explained their months long effort to get answers from the organization and also from germany. Russia has contacted the director general of the o. P. C. W. s technical secretariat, offering to arrange for an Expert Mission to russia, so they can find out along with their russian colleagues what happens in the vanni. Weve asked the technical secretaries about the cooperation between it and germany, and we were told to direct our questions to berlin, citing confidentiality policies under which the a, p. C. W is not allowed to disclose anything without germanys consent. So heeding the technical secretary, its advice we approached by lynn and sent a request there. But we still havent received a reply. Our german colleagues are trying to wriggle out of their obligations under the chemical weapons convention, which requires them to consult us and give us Legal Assistance as a member state when any questions arise regarding the convention. To be honest, weve got an unseemly situation on our hands. Our german partners is saying that this whole story is no longer a bilateral issue, but rather an International One which should be considered by the way. But at the same time, the technical secretariat directs us back to the german side for any questions. So we find ourselves trapped in a vicious circle. Just to recap the situation, alexina volley 1st fell sick on an internal flights in russia. Back in august, the plane made an Emergency Landing in the city, where he was taken to hospital and put into a winters coma. The opposition activist was then or lifted to germany for treatment. The novelli case and much more was discussed in an r. T. Interview with the kremlin spokesperson, their interpersonal exclusive sit alone, will be airing in full throughout the day, including again in 10 minutes time. Heres a taster. We are interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened. We want to know the truth. So we said please help us if you have information that we do not have, please share it with us. But no one wants to cooperate. Sometimes it seems that the patient does not want that truth to be out himself when we were doing it, but sometimes it seems the patient is not that sick when there are a lot of questions about his illness too. And if he is ill, we need to know how bad and whether his disease can fade and come back. Well, you have to agree that there are more questions than answers a new study has pointed to an unexpected consequence of covert 19. It found that infection can trigger mental disorders. The research was conducted by a team at Oxford University in the u. K. No, they found that one in 5 covert patients go on to receive a psychiatric diagnosis within 3 months of testing positive tens of thousands of people were assessed. The most common conditions relate to feelings of worry or fear. In some cases causing severe depression. Specifically, the time followed a heightened risk of post Traumatic Stress disorder, panic attacks and insomnia. We talked to a quarter of the study. The short answer is that we dont 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 other one is biological, the psychological one is