Authorities for approval. Im aaron tilton welcome to the program we begin with breaking news at this hour armenia has ordered an end to the fighting with azerbaijan over the disputed nagornokarabakh region armenias Prime Minister said its an extremely painful decision by john has called it a capitulation the longstanding conflict for control of the territory erupted again in september with azerbaijan steadily advancing into areas controlled by Ethnic Armenians thousands have died in the fighting in moscow mediated the peace deal and says it has already deployed peacekeepers to the region. During 6 weeks of fighting Azerbaijani Forces had been making steady inroads in nagornokarabakh they claimed they had taken many settlements but armenia disputes that the region had been in armenian hands since it won a war with azerbaijan in 1994 the territory is also mainly inhabited by armenians azerbaijan claims it has always been an integrity part of its country. And then on monday a Russian Military helicopter at the russian base in armenia was shot down killing both occupants as a by john said it was responsible and that it had made a mistake it also offered compensation russia has relationships with both countries however its still not clear what prompted the sudden peace agreement. Late on monday armenian Prime Minister nicola released a statement on social media saying that he signed a declaration with the president s of russia and azerbaijan to end the war he also called the decision incredibly painful both for him and his people he said the decision was based on what he called a deep analysis of the combat situation and he called it the best possible ending you pull each way however in the armenian capital yet of on the announcement prompted huge crowds to Storm Parliament where they ransacked some of the government offices there meanwhile russian president Vladimir Putin also announced the secession of hostilities in the uk and that he would also be sending peacekeepers there. Its the most Promising Development yet in efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic German Company buy on tech and u. S. Drug maker pfizer have announced their experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in Clinical Trials the vaccines expected to be submitted to u. S. Authorities for emergency approval this month if given the green light it could be rolled out in limited quantities. By the end of this year. The hope for an effective vaccine against the corona virus could be growing German Company biotech says test results are more promising than expected. As our results are showing that after the interim evaluation the vaccine is able to prevent infections with over 90 percent probability. So. This is how the socalled m r n a vaccine works Genetic Information from the corona virus is brought into the human body via a messenger molecule the body then uses it to produce viral proteins against which the immune system forms antibodies those antibodies should then defend against cold 19 more than 43000 people around the world have been vaccinated. Because these vaccines are being developed very quickly at the moment but we have a considerable group of people who have now been vaccinated and they arent showing significant side effects so this gives us hope. Biotech and u. S. Drug from pfizer say they plan to produce nearly one and a half 1000000000 doses by the end of next year but this is i dont want to rule out the possibility we could receive approval here but it is also possible it doesnt happen till next year. These new results could accelerate that process so is this the breakthrough weve been waiting for to find out were joined by Mark Phillips such professor of epidemiology at the harvard th chans school of Public Health thanks for joining us thank you for having me. First off pfizer and biotech say this vaccine is 90 percent effective what does that mean in reward terms. That means that if you look at the people in the trial the the risk of getting disease coded disease. In the people who got vaccinated was 90 percent lower or more than the risk in the people who got placebo and that means that the vaccine is having a very strong a cracked at least on symptomatic disease. All right now the vaccine were told needs to be stored at below minus 7 degrees celsius is that a serious barrier to its distribution yeah minus 70 degrees celsius is a temperature that that requires a very specialized freezer those freezers exist in hospitals and universities mostly for research purposes. But the the capacity to store such vaccines in say a Community Health center or a doctors offices generally not there so this is going to be an important limitation that requires a special form of distribution all right so tell us now what still needs to happen before the vaccine can be rolled out to the general public. Well as i understand it the these safety end points have not been fully met yet which is which is to say that. The f. D. A. The food and Drug Administration in the United States requires that a 2 month. Safety record be established in a sufficient number of people. Before the authorization to use this vaccine would be considered. So thats the 1st step i think the various regulatory agencies will look at the data to make decisions about what sorts of approvals might be possible. It would probably not be a full licensure but would rather be a but some sort of interim measure that would make some doses available to people. As further data are gathered. All right now youve been talking about some of the safety concerns right now and we know that is very much in the mind of a lot of people. Both in the United States and abroad so more generally are there safety concerns that one should think about and take into consideration when it comes to taking a covert vaccine. With any bechstein its really essential to get safety data and so this is not because there is a special concern about this vaccine but because responsible regulators insist on a certain amount of safety data before moving forward with any back seen what will know after 2 months of safety data accumulated on on tens of thousands of people is that it is safe in the short term and that will be very important data its also important in my view that we continue to monitor the people in the trial and compare them to those who receive placebo in order to find out what the long term outcomes are both for safety and efficacy and also to accumulate more data so we learn what it does for people who are in the high risk groups alright preselectors or have to leave it there but thank you very much for being on the program tonight thank you for having me despite the new optimism around the Coronavirus Vaccine president elect joe biden is warning that the United States is facing a very dark winter the number of new cases in the United States now tops 10000000 according to Johns Hopkins University Biden has made tackling the pen demick his top priority and already named the members of his task force they include an immunologist who was sacked for criticizing trumps administrations response to the virus other biden concerns include the economy tackling racism and Climate Change which means rejoining the paris climate agreement. Biden has also called on americans to night in the face of the by dent endemic this is a crisis effectively results said throughout this campaign i will be a president for every american. This election is over time to put aside the partisan partisanship and the rhetoric that designed to demonize one. This time in the politicization of basic responsible Public Health steps like mask social distancing we have to come together to heal the soul of this country so that we can affectively addresses crisis as one country where hardworking americans have each others backs and we shared goal defeating this virus. Is Washington Bureau chief in this poll is following the president to the likes 1st steps she sent us this update from washington with more than 10000000 cold cases in the u. S. And over 270000 americans who died of the wire us president elect joe biden fulfilled his Campaign Promise and made the fight against the pandemic his number one priority and his 1st speech as president legs he announced that he wants to implement a nationwide mosque mandate where he will work with local governments to help facilitate a policy he also trust the issue of how African Americans have been hit the hardest by this disease he wants to ensure that they have access to p. P. And tests to help bridge that gap as soon as possible during his speech address the fire is a vaccine and said that he was happy to hear about the progress but tamps down the excitement of the news by making it clear that even if its effective it wont be widely available for months so he has made it a priority to push for more social distancing and mask wearing to help slow down the spread of the virus. Most president s elect have met quickly at the white house with the outgoing president to start the smooth transition of power from for example a medal bamma only 2 days after he got elected for a 90 minute talk so far we havent seen anything from the Trump Administration to start this very complex act of transition from one leader to the next emily murphy who has been put in charge of help moving the new administration into the white house has not even acknowledged bidens when at this point we are not certain if there will be any exchange of information between President Trump and president elect biden and this could disrupt the transfer of power lets look at some other news stories from around the world. U. S. President donald trump has fired his defense secretary marc asper president s who win reelection often replace cabinet members but losing president s have generally kept their pentagon shes in place until leaving office as for anger trump this summer when he opposed the use of the military to quote black lives matters protests. Austrian police have raided 60 properties in a move against alleged islam his supporters the Public Prosecutor says the operation is in connection with suspected funding of terror organizations and money laundering. Ukraines president of load them years olinsky has become the latest National Leader to test positive for the coronavirus his office in kiev says the president seen here last month is feeling well despite the diagnosis and will continue working while self isolating. And finally tonight another development on the science front one that could revolutionize travel as we know it the hyperloop goes back to an idea that tech entrepreneur elon musk came up with a decade ago high speed travel in a vacuum tube now virgin is turning the vision into reality and its carried out its 1st human test of the technology in nevada. Stepping into the future virgin executive josh key goal boards his companys hyperloop capsule where the 1st human test ride engineers had previously conducted more than 400 test runs without passengers using the magnetic levitation technology. For free to. Colleagues were hurdled 500 meters in just 15 seconds. That. Developers say the hyperloop could eventually achieve top speeds of more than a 1000 kilometers an hour potentially cutting the travel time from los angeles to San Francisco to 45 minutes with no carbon emissions. Virgin says it aims to have the hyperloop ready for commercial Passenger Service by the end of the decade. What a wild ride youre watching news live from berlin up next our documentary film series looks at many like Christian Communities remember you can also get all the latest headlines at our website dot com or follow us on social media thanks for watching. And for. Which courses. Any time any. It may look like a scene from a bygone era these young people are part of a community in present day Central America. They belong to a Christian Group known as mennonites ultra conservative protestants who issues the modern world. Head by. I hear schoolhouse hill sit on one side boys on the recession passages from the bible and on the touch and all right larry hair this morning the youngest children and theyre now off the bat. I. Look at the letter i am pointing to. God. The older children are reading the new testament printed in frock to a traditional german script and not to history geography or Foreign Languages the bible is the textbook. All. Saying and baby i teach them to read saying pray recite poetry right here the account thats it. The children begin their schooling at age 6 and finish from the 13th long enough to learn the basics. But this is what we learned from when i went to school when the prouder my grandfather went to school that every hour with. No university is not an ai so college or anything. Studying and practicing and i learning you feel better doing repeat them. After he finished school became a blacksmith like his father he has 20 children 3 of his 60 grandchildren are peoples in this class mennonites believe children are a blessing directed from gaunt. Blue eyed blondes abound originating from germany the netherlands and switzerland the mennonites from niger up 250 years ago and some ventures settled in central and south america. Devours anabaptist thanks strictly adhere to the doctrine of men or siemens a 16th century dutch priest lead lives full of rigor and discipline. There are over 2000000 mennonites worldwide but only a fraction are old order mennonites virtually selfsufficient they live in settlements with their own schools churches and tried this isolation shields them from modern day temptations. Mount one colony of this secluded community has agreed to be filmed for this documentary. Life in this religious group revolves around the bible everything is predetermined right down to the color of their clothes just have to read as connectors thats going to religion it will play into different clothes. The rules are very strict breaking them can have severe consequences sorry you know if people dont obey the church we must shun them but. Yet the temptations are many a few months ago france for trying a forbidden object a smartphone you know the reality of. It enough you go there you see there are so many good things. Behind a serene facade some members are rebelling theyre challenging the communitys most fundamental doctrines. Vilhelm is one of the shop and. Then there are mine like a cellphone its made by see it from so concept and living up in our brand on the other hand is opposed to change thats why he and several other families plan. To set up a new colony in an even more remote part of the world hot of the amazon. At the end of the start and you know that from being around the world. So who are the mennonites and why do they play one civilization is it even possible to escape the contemporary world in this state n. H. We take a closer look at one of the 21st centurys most coolest communities. Our journey begins in Central America on the western edge of the turquoise waters of the caribbean sea. Situated between mexico and guatemala is the country hopefully the former british colony has an extremely diverse population among us 8400000 inhabitants on the citys os creoles in mind. Most of the mennonites live further inland hidden the why in the countryside is little billys an old order colony established in the 1970 s. Time seems to have stood still cause often didnt. Post on buggies he used to get around. Mennonites not used to having contact with outsiders going off hostile but someone could show up by our presence. I dont know what to make of our cameras some even hide their faces like this woman. Is it possible to know who the you who you are you. Allowed it because people you have. An young lady for when they get pregnant. When theyre yeah. Because theyre frightened. Theyre not did they not give you strict thats very. Conservative mennonites spurn one technology. A few are open minded mike france has agreed to talk to us. And were here. And i am braving here the whole of my life to have their tree and somewhere else. My home. Old country ok. I like it or get a culture and the retailers its beautiful and enjoy and i. Fancy is 36 years old and he lives on this farm which he built himself. When. He and his wife elizabeth have 7 children the. 15 year old twins honor and catarina of the eldest. Daughter is 13 and elizabeth 10. Abra ham and peter 6 and i. Am sorry the youngest is 4 years old. Theyre a typical mennonite family most have 7. 00 to 12. 00 children and. They live a simple way of life a few fields a chicken coop and a couple of towns are enough to keep the family facing. The girls tend to the livestock. And the little as i dont hoard it all on the same side put some here and some there. Soon. Franz works from home. Hes a mechanic in his workshop he repairs machinery for customers who are not members of the community. Here and around 500. 00 a month on average. His daughter catarina finished school 2 years ago since then shes been working with her father. We have only grow. Jobs like this if we had boys big boys and. I think she would have to work and the boys would have to do this job this is probably a job for the boys with. The roles in a mennonite household who clearly defined. The women take care of the home. And they do the cooking cleaning and laundry. They also so close for the entire family and that too is governed by strict rules. When elizabeth needs more fabric she goes shopping theres no sign or advertisement to indicate that it is a store and the choices here are limited. This one is too dark for me this ones pretty nice for the younger girls. The brighter colors are reserved for the younger girls stresses the darker fabrics of the married women the men are to wear straw hats and checked all stripes. For half a meter will do. Everything is precisely specified. As you see any big difference between these 2. Elisabet only speaks plattdeutsch or low german a dialect used primarily by mennonites her sister in law margaret however also speaks english and she feels this in on some of the customs there thats where we have learned like god since my parents my grandparents great grandparents were just people like that its been like that all the time it was what you know you just have to read this can address this cancer religion if you do all kind of different clues. You know and know not to you dont know up make up not in no make up no. Youre. Just out oh man its just how it like that. We dont mind it he holds. You have to. Material for 2 dresses and a shirt for what amounts to an 8 year old so theres no excessive spending mennonites little of so austere its almost monastic void of distractions no music no sports and no television. The closest they come to a moment of leisure is in church every sunday. We were asked not to film their way. A Community Leader has agreed to meet and talk with us. William is Something Like the colonies male he too has 7 children in order to give us a better understanding of their believes he invites us to his home for dinner the only source of light is a single oil lamp the house has no electricity to furnishings a spouse there are no pictures on the walls only the bare minimum. Let us pray. The girl sit on both sides of the table while william sits at the head and his son at the other end of the meal is eaten in silence its a practice mennonites of followed for centuries. Tonights dinner consists of bins of vegetable soup and sausages life as it was lived in the 19th century. You cant. Really do. With. This very bible says that to be accepted into heaven you are not allowed to have any modern things like t. V. s telephones computers or cars or were taught to renounce modernity when certain people do not want to obey the church very much shun them they can no longer take part in a Community Like city that are already in my i dont believe in trying to believe not on like. To know is explicit i think you abide by the rules or you were banished from the community. A lot has changed since the mennonites came and founded a colony here half a century ago. This used to be nothing but jungle now the colony is spread out over a 100 square kilometers and post nearly 3000. 00 inhabitants. When they built roads they paved the way to fit the development. In spite of their respect for the doctrine some believers find modern conveniences hard to resist. For france it all began when he had to buy a phone for work but hes taking a huge response showing it to us. For when i was so. For yourself things of yours and others that i feel very guilty. Feel very. They know their reality is enough hell go see there are so many good ones and france discovered the internet and i love the music the rhythm of country and western
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