Ruling party. On the cultural issue welcome to the program armenia and azerbaijan have agreed a ceasefire in the disputed territory of nagornokarabakh after talks brokered by russia the region lies in azerbaijan but has been under the control of Ethnic Armenian forces hundreds of people have been killed in 2 weeks of heavy fighting between the former soviet states its the biggest escalation in the decades old conflict since the 1990 s. The ceasefire comes into force in an hours time following the negotiations and moscow. This is a version of the republic of us a by john and the republic of armenia are starting substantial negotiations with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible with the mediation of the o. E. C. D. Mens group cochairs and based on the basic principles of the settlement. Lets bring in sylvia shes an analyst for the south caucasus region good to have you with us the tension between the 2 sides runs deep we dont have many details on this ceasefire just yet but how likely is the truth to actually hold. Its already a very good sign that they came together and had this talk spots im very hopeful that this will hold very long because i already see that there are posts on facebook and twitter and people voicing their thoughts and sometimes the other side is preparing during this truce for more fights and so on so its really really necessary to have a lot of pressure on both sides to find a solution for this the answer by johnny president has called on the amine and governments saying its their last chance to settle this conflict peacefully there have been talks in the past of course will we see a breakthrough this time around. The problem is that the president also and now instead the goal for this fights is to cut through the whole region like that the whole not going to kind of a region and 7 surrounding areas which are also controlled by damming inside this would mean that all the People Living there like that all the armenians had to or at least the region and this is this would come with a lot of loss and so on so the goal here. Is very very. Heavy and this is means that it cannot be resolved in this way. This 1st agreement was brokered by Moscow Russia and turkey have been heavily meddling in the conflict whats at stake here for them. Bourse russia is involved in this in this whole conflict and i mean you. Really have really dependent on russia and i mean you know who wants to hold the situation wants to remain there in the situation they want to want to stay there in the now going to kind of rough on the other hand as a by john really wants to change horses to ration what does mean so really that its to come with heavy losses and russia really doesnt want to have a big war they want to have to conflict there they want to be involved in this conflict but no one wants a real big war because its also dangerous for azerbaijan since the pipelines are running close to the region and then this happened sort of the attack for example a big loss for. Economy and azerbaijan and so a complex situation there thank you sylvie asked about for your analysis to germany now cologne has become the latest city in germany to pass a key threshold on coronavirus and factions cologne joins berlin and frankfurt and exceeding 15 new cases for every 100000 residents in a week chancellor Angela Merkel and the mayors of the biggest cities here and germany have agreed new measures to slow the virus. From her office in berlin Angela Merkels Video Conference with the mayors of key cities sent the message germany urgently needs to prevent coronas spreading in urban centers the other spirit we are the sense that the big cities there than areas are now the area now where we will see if we can keep the pandemic and control in germany as we have done for months so for if we lose control that is precisely where we are right now it and the important thing fear to contain the virus the mares agreed a tough new framework it could see experts from germanys armed forces and the National Disease control body sent into cities if the 7 day infection rate rises above 35. 00 per 100000 residents their job would be to focus on Contact Tracing cities where that infection number is above 50 will require people to wear masks in public spaces and there will also be limits on alcohol sales and socialising berlin and frankfurt have already reached their threshold and experts are worried the situation could deteriorate as it has in some other countries the experience in other cities its like. A look into the future if we are not ready. To act on the problem now especially in cities and the element of this activity is to inform the general public to avoid misinformation and to rely on the corporation of off the general public including the younger people many young people in berlins bars of not get change their behavior from saturday people in the capital will only be able to socialize in groups of 5 more if they are from only one or 2 households. You know we have a rule which allows us to take action very quickly because were saying very clearly these places must be closed from 11 pm its easy to see if a bar is still open or not if it is action can be taken quickly to get young people may find it hard to take a break from their social lives but as the chancellor appealed to them to observe the rules she also offered reassurance how this fits in with everything the return parties nights out from about corona really matters now is Something Else i respect and solidarity. And if the rise in infections is not halted within 10 days the mayors have agreed to impose even stricter measures. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a diesel tank exploded inside a bakery and beirut on friday night killing 4 people and injuring several others according to the Lebanese Red Cross the cause of the blast remains unclear the explosion comes 2 months after a devastating explosion in beirut sports killed nearly 200. 00 people. The 2nd u. S. President ial debate due to take place next week has been cancelled donald trump refused to join a virtual debate with democratic challenger joe biden the president is expected to make a speech at the white house later on saturday his 1st since testing positive for 1000. And hurricane delta has made landfall in the u. S. State of louisiana the storm skirted the eastern coast of texas bringing with it fears winds and big waves delta is the 10th storm to hit the u. S. This year breaking a century old record. Now north korea is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its ruling party the capital pyongyang has been staging a massive parade featuring its latest weapons hardware leader kim jong il was expected to preside over the display in the Central Square named after his grandfather the founder of the secretive state north korea has closed its borders because of the pandemic the authorities have not officially reported any cases of covert 90. Observers and south korea are expecting the north to showcase its new missiles were joined now from seoul in south korea by reporter frank smyth frank good to have you with us what does this parade tell us about north koreas military strength is it growing or is this all show. Well i think really we have to we have to sort of say this is kind of all show these types of parades have happened in the past especially every 5 years or 10 years in particular larger parades like this take place in the north korea when it celebrating major anniversaries like this Workers Party in 75th but determining whether these missiles are real or fake it is sometimes an issue and certainly the International Community gains more intelligence when it analyzes actually a Missile Launch what theyre looking for now in terms of north Koreas NuclearMissile Development is whether they have created a socalled solid fuel rocket that would enable it to launch a missile a bit quicker once it decides to deploy such a rocket what happened to u. S. President downtimes efforts to get north korea to denuclearize. Well that was thrown off track in the 3rd summit that took place back in february of 2019 President Trump was looking for a big deal from north korea wanted them to really give up their Nuclear Weapons in exchange for you know an opening up and a dropping of sanctions and north korea wanted to really see a phased approach and that kind of ended in in disarray with no agreement now north korea is dealing with a number of problems including covert 19 which you know in assessing painted a shutdown of its border with with china its main lifeline and and trading partner as well as dealing with some floods from a typhoon that take took place this year although it is looking to see at some point a suspension of the sanctions over its Nuclear Weapons program everybody here on the Korean Peninsula though including south korea in terms of relations with north korea is looking at the u. S. President ial election and probably lining up its its policy initiatives to follow that thanks math and so saying thank you very much and now to new york where fans of the late beatles starring john lennon have paid tribute on what would have been his 80th birthday. Well we would like to show you some pictures of that but im going to tell you the story anyway well wishers saying some of lennons biggest hits and left flowers and candles at the imagine mosaic and central park well going to show you the pictures now in a 2nd. You can hear them. Close to where one of the most famous performers of the 20th century was gunned down he was shot outside his apartment in the city really 40 years ago. Heres a look back at the battles life and legacy. Imagine john lennons 971 song became an anthem for the global peace movement. By then hed left the wild years of the beach speaking to him. It was an intense crazy world class korea he once said that the beatles were more popular than jesus lennon was the funny man but he was also very unhappy by the ends he in the others became time to defer to the arguments the touring and the screaming founds. His famous bed ins for peace with his wife yoko ono proved the last straw for the bands fans with few reus saying she calls the breakup. An intense period of creativity followed her lead and he wrote incredible songs and performed amazing concerts. On a journey of self discovery he became a hero for the peace movement. Then in december 1900 and shot him 5 times joan then and died soon off to probably never having truly found himself his music has gone down in history. And dated heres a reminder of our top story at this hour armenia and azerbaijan agreed to a cease fire in the long running conflict over the disputed region of nagar no care about fighting over the last fortnight left hundreds dead the former soviet republics are to begin talks on finding a solution. Youre watching news from berlin coming up arts and culture looks at travel restrictions and europe dont forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site thats d w dot com for me and the entire team in the newsroom thanks for tuning. In the galong stronghold. Where everything is connected. To set things in motion. Local hero show their ideas can change the world. 3000