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of course. and what's going on between mister putin and someone else who's off jo biden's christmas last. china's president sheesh and pig, i'm fil gail in berlin. and this is the day. ah, no, you were not wanting to the east is what we were told in the 1990s. we were brazenly, do you ever hear? not that everyone is sick of proven challenge, which is a good guide. i'm grateful to him. it's not us with we didn't come to the borders of the u. s. the u. k. you came to was, oh good, i'm good up with him for a long time now that he's just made enemies of all countries. also on the day it's beginning to look a lot like another cove it christmas. germany has seen its 1st to only con,

related fatality, and with strict rules just days away. the highly infectious corona virus at variance, it really is dampening holiday spirits good on the anger killers. in vibrick, the children and grandchildren are far away. of course, it's a bit sad. that's why we came to the market to so cut the atmosphere. well enough, not say last, 2 of us at christmas before the family is quite large, but all far away. and so we make ourselves comfortable at home in the russian president vladimir putin use part of his annual press conference to repeat his demand that the west rules out allowing ukraine to join it's military alliance and undertakes not to deploy weapons. there is, of course, is against a backdrop of whigs of international concern over russia's true build upon its border with ukraine. the, for our event addressed a broad range of issues,

but on ukraine, mister putin accuses the west of duplicity and stoking tensions. yet no one knew him were not one inch to these is what we were told in the 1990s. and what happened when we were duped? now we were brazenly jew ross the mag ala money. there were 5 waves of nato expansion or should in another. and now these missile systems are appearing and poland and romania, but we will either that's what we're talking about, what the human reason you have to understand who it's not us who are threatening, which deliberately today we didn't come to the borders of the u. s. or the u. k. lead daniel, you came to us or to help us understand this or better that's bring in that cadre leak who's a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. welcome to the w. does president protein really believe the west is threatening russia? i think he understands that there are no evil intentions this, i mean, russia,

but i think his theories, but russia is hold the way ukraine is a robot think. and while ukraine might not become nato member, a western military help will actually still be available to ukraine. and that is, of course, something that defense planners in russia would pay attention. so hence the escalation and, and hence he has made but the nice to and now when president biden has also put in to discuss 3 things, he has dramatically widened the agenda to include everything. his bitter about including mater, lodgement, and all the things he mentioned today. okay, so the, the troops on the board with ukraine are essentially a bargaining chip if he doesn't. so does that mean that you really don't expect him to invade ukraine? i to not,

but many other experts too. so actually we are all guessing. and none of us knows what will happen military experts will tell you about the build up the serious. it is much more profound than what we saw when. ready the spring gets over, so done much more cover play by itself. i think it's politically with been math nice also in terms of domestic politics, but the trophies, but none of us really knows we own guessing. well, let's talk about domestic politics because it is ukraine apprised that russians would allow their sons and husbands to shed blood for no, i don't think so. it of over the, a crane would definitely not be a popular thing for the russian society. and i think the kremlin ought to know, but they are conducting their own opinion balls and they keep a keen eye on public opinion. and all that the a crane cannot are something made popular. i mean, crimea was popular,

but that was a bloodless, quick, swift takeover off a piece of land that has immense, emotional value for many in russia. the rest of phil crane has none of these qualities. and that is one that one aspect that makes me think that attack is not so likely. ok, let's set to ukraine aside and look at some, some other subjects we put came up in this for hours. china, of course, was another topic that came up today. let's listen to part of what president putin said about relations with beijing. from us legion at machine was president. she and i have a very high level of mutual trust today, which is contributed to the development of practical relations between our 2 countries. in the economic field, asia is growing very rapidly to me, and china is the country with the most vigorous economic growth on them in asia. you pan the world? i. yes. keep them in a country league. would it be overstating things to describe russia and china as

allies at the moment? it had been slightly yes. that because they are on the same page on, on many issues. they understand each other quite well, but they don't want them to formalize relationships, and they don't want to any kind of alliance commitments. they may have an alliance in 19 fifties and, but did not then very well, both sides ended point. they paved away for charlene off turns west. so right now varies understanding to have a flexible relationship. china is not obliged to support russia in russia's adventures in ukraine. and likewise, russia probably would not like to side low, try not on the share of time on, but i say on many other things varies, varies understanding and quite likely also with personal relationship doesn't hurt

. right? so we can see was what russia has to do to gain from the, the coming super power by, by coming up with them. what does china again, from, from siding with russia? well, i think in its standoff where they and i did states a russia is convenient, the life for china. and that is actually something that one could see, but try not became much more important. sorry, russia became much more important for china when the stand off the united states started when donald trump made it clear of china is a big issue for him. then many more chinese officials started coming to russian conferences, et cetera. so the change was, was visible, the country they can use in our standoff. understood. so we've discussed 2 of the topics that came up to in today's,

for our press conference. clearly covered a lot of ground. did it. however, shift the needle in either direction in terms of rush relationship with the west, or was today more about mister putin restating his position. well, today actually many many questions were about coffee and economic issues, pensions, economic recovery, inflation. so i think that also answers your question on about whether a war with the popular it's, it's not a rush and people are worried about other things. and i think, you know, if we try to look at the de leaves, the president put then also said his hope pull up all the negotiations with united states. they are hoping to have a 1st round in january. so my $0.02 would be that will be no invasion of any kind. at least risha. next year we will see. all right,

we value your 2 sense. thank you for sharing with us a country leak from the european council on foreign relations. ah, the u. s. micro chip maker in town has been caught up in a row with china. it's apologized to beijing after it called on suppliers to avoid goods and services from the jin chang region. and that angered the government in many countries, including the united states, accused china of a brutal crack down on the meat on the muslim, we got minority who live engine jack in town now says that statement was made in order to comply with us sanctions against china. of the issue and was not a letter of intent or position. the chinese government has rebuked the manufacturer . woman, truly though you, when we want to make a statement, you are your once a year. we hope the relevant company can respect facts and tell right from wrong

one. earlier that we have repeatedly stressed that the so called forced to labor and other allegations about shinji an are complete lies concocted by anti china forces in the united states. to discredit china's image. and disrupt shinji angle and contain chinese development. so don't go farther. well that's intel and you told i'm chelsea delaney from dw business can tell us more about what to go and welcome chelsea at what made intel issues such a grumbling apology. well, it is very strong language and i actually just read out part of those just to give you a sense of how strong this apology is. they say we express our sincere apologies for causing trouble to our esteem, chinese customers, partners, and the general public. so they are really apologizing here, and i think this comes down to money. this is a huge market for intolerant accounts for about 26 percent of their revenue. so

those customers are crucial to intel. and we're seeing a huge backlash right now. it's not just on social, meet social media, one of china's biggest boy sanders. kerry wang says he's canceling his brand new master deal with intel now. so there's a lot of money on the line for them. ok, and so would it sounds like until would rather turn a blind item accusations of genocide in june. jag for the sake of that this, this massive market. yeah, i think i think they don't really want to acknowledge that because there is so much at stake for them. and it's really not just intel, we're seeing a lot of western companies, really, any company that has a major stake and china face the same issues. we've seen this earlier this year with a de does with nike with h t m, where they've made comments about the potential for labor engine jong and been absolutely blasted on social media. h an m last about 40 percent of their market share in china after that. so this is a really big stakes for these companies. and for a lot of them,

they just aren't willing to, willing to take that risk. so they just don't want to talk about it because this is really their biggest and most important and potentially fastest growing market in the years ahead. so, so intel said it made its original statement because of us sanctions. so now that it's turned around and made nice, china, where does it stands in terms of the u. s. government? well, i think reading between the lines here and tell us saying we're sorry, but we do have to follow this us law, which was signed today by joe biden. so they do have to remove potential force labor from their supply chains until it's already said that they've done that. they had an investigation into this and they said they don't have products from jazz that were made by force labor. but of course, there's a lot of questions over how accurate the supply chain investigations are. it's very difficult to trace these very complex, very winding supply chains. right? so that, that, that they've effectively agreed with,

with both china and the united states. we've, we've done what the u. s. wanted, we've taken the john products out and we've apologize to you. so please everybody love me. right? i'm definitely trying to, to walk the middle road here and, and, and keep everybody happy. this points up to why the question that's gonna affects us all now. i gotcha. it's i, i phones i games console or laptops, laptops that are on board computers are cars. they all depend on china. they're either built in china or they depend on the red us that the china is, is, is a commanding the, the market. and so, so that leaves us all vulnerable. it does, and we've famous, especially throughout the pandemic where global supply chains have been really caught in the cross hairs of lock downs of, of different and bottleneck issues. and we've seen just how interconnected these markets are. and we've also seen that through trade wars where suddenly you can get products from china, you can get them from the us. so we definitely are really at the mercy of,

of different economies here i would say where metals are, are definitely a big concern because china does have be vast majority of the market there. the u. s. has been trying to build up that market, but it's really difficult. it takes 2 decades really to do that. but it goes the other way as well. the other way for china, because we've seen this with intell, actually they say they to boycott and tell, but actually they don't have a lot of other options, especially because we're in the midst of a global semiconductor shortage. they really have no other place to go for those chips that they need to make their consumer electronics. so when we have all this talk about the coupling really that's, that's kind of like mutually assured destruction because we are still so reliant on each other. i think that chelsea chelsea delayed me from dw business. ah, india, where the coven 19 pandemic may be hiding? another silent pandemic suicide. recently released figures show a 10 percent increase in the number of people taking their own lives last year.

experts believe the economy and personal stress brought on by the pandemic of affected all sections of society. debbie d. w met with some of those who are trying to help. 25 years ago. i do my new truck cool founded a center for a problem really addressed in indian society, a crisis intervention center. so maxie operates a health line for the depressed and society. over the years, the center has helped countless people by providing them emotional support at a time when they felt they had no option left but to take their lives to date. well, what drives taking calls in the center alone? do people talk to us and we listen to them in a non governmental redondo. i will do that. edu or disagree, the video going to indian life, re she of their feelings. we don't trivia situation, but we share their feelings. not as, as the core with 19 pandemic has had

a huge impact on people's mental health. and that the number of distress caused the receive has almost doubled since the beginning of the crisis. in his experience, emotional and financial troubles are the 2 biggest reasons behind suicidal ports of the corners. according to the n, c i b, or the national crime records bureau data, there has been a sharp rise in the number of debts by suicide in the country in the year 2020. while daily wage laborers meet up, the largest share of the total number of suicide, there's been a significant jump in the debt by suicide among the business people as well. last year's love down to club the spread of forward lead to any konami and humanitarian prices. small businessman and vendors had to shut shop, and many workers lost their employment, triggering a master saunders of migrant laborers back to their towns and villages. economists santos marrow tra said the su sites have increased mostly among those who are the poorest, who lost their jobs and savings during the pandemic. that is entirely due to

economic distress, which has caused mental stress, family dentures. and my suspicion is that you're going to see a repeat of this data in in 2021. marrow tra, says unemployment has only increased, which will lead to a worsening of poverty. with no end to the pandemic in site, my thoughts are also believes that it will take time for the situation to improve. people have gone through a lot of things like that. loss of job loss. so for this and i don't believe cycle, they're gonna prove it is going to be impacted on jeremiah forest let the longer day because we're not coming and daily out of it, like no matter how emotionally drained the feel, my hotel believes everybody deep down has the desire to live and feel. that's why they reach out to the crisis center. and he and his fellow, one in tears are here to help you want to pick some going my can hold on. if you

feel like you're suffering from serious emotional strain or from suicidal thoughts, don't hesitate to seek professional help. no matter where you live, you can find information at befriend us world wide. at the web address, you see on your screen a germany has reported its 1st omicron related death. the new corona virus variance is spreading rapidly across the country and our thought is expected to become the dominant strain in a few weeks. as millions of germans prepared to celebrate another cove at christmas that also facing strict to rules on social gathering, which come into effect. i. d. w, has been out assessing the mood of travelers and revelers at the famous krist christmas markets. the bags are packed. there are presents to wrap and trains to catch at berlin's main station. the christmas get a we is on. and travelers are reckoning with looming restrictions,

and household headaches reform is called smith and i'm looking forward to celebrating with the kids. one of our christmas tree base can only hold christmas trees up to 2 meters, but our christmas tree is 3 meters high. so now i have to figure that out, took mcgriff, it's not losing his club. i think you're alluding to whether the corona situation is a burden. and of course, this is a depressing situation, but there are plenty of other world events that don't make you feel happy or the i'm had miss furnished unless the highly contagious omicron variant has cast a shadow over the sheer celebrations and made the journey home on busy trains fraught with risk at the lexia christmas market. nearby corona continues to loom large, but it appears to be no match for glue, vine, and fetched of spirit. and people like it when i show this one field, freedom like foods. emma,

how hard to contend with the threats of cancellation as markets were shut down elsewhere in germany. that one is very popular. there's also another version of the one in this is in for that. we are glad that we were allowed to be open, that we were allowed to sell. i can't complain. everything is great spot for this gen mika. the market caps off a rocky year. problems and global supply chains forced him to rethink his business . oh, yeah, we had to change a lot. were we now we manufacture in germany completely. um and we do some, a craft men's work on our own. so we, we manufacture goods on our own completely now to make sure that we can deliver all goods all over the market. stories of people making the best of the situation. begin on the anger kilo's in vibrick, the children and grandchildren are far away. of course it's

a bit sad. that's why we came to the market to so cut the atmosphere. enough not say last, 2 of us at christmas before the family is quite large, but all far away. and so we make ourselves comfortable at home in the leash. as germany and the world hedge into another year of uncertainty. one thing seems: indisputable. no one knows when the coven 19 journey will end. escape warranty doubly political correspondence, simon. a young welcome, simon. and 1st of all, what, what more can he tell us about germany's 1st army chrome fatality? well, we don't know whether it was a male or female patient, but we do know the age between 60 and 79 years of age. so that puts them squarely in the, at risk group based on, based on being a bit older. and it's books we're saying we don't know for sure that they don't aid

from covey 19. but what we can say is that doctors believe they strongly suspect the patient had the micron barrier when they died. and you know, this is, this is worrying trend it's, we're saying that not every test that's done in germany at the moment is a sequence. so we don't necessarily know which variant is involved, but if there's a clear trend of rising wave of all micro cases, that's what the authorities have been saying. that they're worried about that in spite of the fact that we're also hearing positive news about a micron, possibly not being as dangerous as the delta variant before. it is, of course highly infectious. and a big problem for that reason alone. right now, job is looking at more restrictive measures from the 28th. is a lockdown likely?

well, the measures that have been agreed by the central government and the state governments don't exactly amount to a lockdown. i mean businesses and the restaurants will be able to continue, at least that's the plan. but a lot of private gatherings will be much reduced. no more than 10 people in most private gatherings and even tied to restrictions for the vaccinated. what was also agreed was that to big outdoor events would have to go ahead. day berlin has said, well, it's got a slightly different plan there. it thinks that to outdoor big events like sports events over the holidays, could have up to $3000.00 spectators. and they say they weighed up those, you know, the health race to the one end, but the, the business culture bought cost the downside on the other side as well. and they

say that, you know, it's better to have a few people there than that. then in that effect, completely cancel these big and important events. so you can see already some of the, some of the german states going slightly different way. we've seen that before in this pandemic. right. and how close is germany to mandatory cove and vaccinations? well, that's a discussion that said going to continue and certainly a lot of senior politicians have said they are in favor of that idea. they think in the end that's the only way to stop it. but there's significant opposition as well . there's going to be a vote in the, in the buddhist talk next year on this. i'm pretty sure some politicians saying, you know, you can't force people to take vaccines into their body. but on the other side, people say, well, actually, when there's a pandemic and there's a huge threat to the health care system and massive disruption potentially, to national life as a whole,

while then possibly you can impose that. and the legal people seem to say, would be in line with the constitution. so we'll have to wait and see how that discussion plays out. i simon d. w political correspondent, simon young. and i said for another day and another yes, the day will back in 2022 with a conversation you can always continue on live. you'll find us on twitter. i've asked d w news or you can follow me up. phil guy, i was with julius, very merry christmas. ah, with

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repeat his demand for reassure and says that nato will not allow you craig to join . ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. germany has reported its 1st only con, related death details of scarce, but health authorities say it's one of a rapidly growing number of corona virus infections. so far, germany has confirmed more than 3000 cases of the new variant. and the number of new army con infections jumped by 25 percent in a single day. united kingdoms army, chrome wave is even more pronounced. u. k. health authorities report is a record $120000.00 corona virus cases in the last 24 hours. but a new study shows that the new variant may result in 50 to 70 percent fewer hospitalizations than delta. well,

let's look at this with dr. muhammed manette. who is veronda just at lancaster university in the north of england, a welcome to d w doctor. how reliable is that this data on amazon given that it's only been around? so you've been identified for a few weeks. i think so far, we all have a modeling data, and these are one of the few studies that we have information from real life, which mean the people who have been infected with me, crohn they've been compared with what has been the situation with the delta barrier and based on that, it was concluded that the solidity of the disease is very low, and particularly for the hospitalized ation and for the emergency. but there are certainly copy it in this that data collection is that most of the data being collected from people who are very young, 40 years old because that is being caught, has been pretty prevalent. and also, there is no cool hard to kinda vaccinate people because most of the time the micron has been vaccinated previously exposed people. but all in all,

the overall trend is that it is miter compared to the del about into miles is an interesting word. i wonder if you might worry that this news might actually cause people to take it less seriously. i think that is my major worry out of this data because this data is only, as i said from the younger population from vaccinated people. but we don't really know what all me call would do in people who are of actually dated or in the ordinary group, or even in children. because literally we don't have that information at the moment . so therefore, but even if it is proven to be mitre, it might or doesn't mean it's a nerd, it would still be considered as a fatal disease. people who would be infected a bit, having known or unknown vulnerability. there could be that different outcome. and also every person immune response very differently so may not be the same situation with everybody. so i think moving forward, we have to be very cautious in reducing the transmission of this on the chrome. ok, stay with us please. dr. recent widen,

the discussion that the world health organization has argued against rich countries offering 3rd or even 4th shots. while much of the world's population has yet to get there 1st, his director general ted ross ad how to gabrielle us. blanket wooster programs are likely to prolong the pandemic rather than ending it by diverting supply to countries to that already have high levels of fascination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mitigate. it's important to remember that the vast majority of hospitalized ations and does are in and vaccinated people not on boosted people. so back to dr. manila dr. ammonia, sorry, dr. where are you on boosters? i, i completely agree with ted rules and i think we cannot emphasize enough that how important

it is to equally distribute the vaccine. because until we don't really immunize people back in that country where the possibility of this variant is to muted more and more, we can really say that we have a good handle on pandemic boosters. are certainly critical to put a level of neutralizing antibody very high. but compared to people who have not got even to fast, those than he doesn't make any relevance, because that is where we are living in that's been damaged. we have to think about a global scale as a continent or at a new country level to certainly was very important. but at the same time, people who are at the frontline, how to work or, or article in rebel, they need to be given. those is at the same time right now as people around the world ahead into holidays at this time of year. what's your advice on how best to keep safe and stay healthy? while we have seen so far, is that all mc one is very good in spreading within the community. even people who are vaccinated to people who are apparently considered healthy or have recovered

from previous infection, which means that we have to be extremely cautious and cautious. that's covered having an epic testing and if you're negative than your go and meet your, your family, keep your circle low, keep your ration very high and if possible, keep your rooms unconnected. i thanks so much for joining us for alicia. well, thanks for joining us, dr. hubbard mcnair from lancaster university. thanks for having me. not the night it states where a white former police officer has been found guilty in the shooting death of a black motorist in the city of minneapolis, came potter claim. she mistook her gun for her taser when she shot dante wright, the case is reopened, racial divisions in the city where george floyd was killed. we the cherry and the charge of manslaughter in the 1st degree while committing a misdemeanor. on our about april 11th, 2021, a handling county state of minnesota. find the defendant guilty during reached this

decision. after more than 3 days of deliberations, a potter was convicted the 1st and 2nd degree, manslaughter is sweet. as get more d w correspondent oliver salad in washington welcomed oliver. so let's start with the background of his case and the verdict. oh yes sir. phil, 2 homicide charges made against the former police officer kimberly potter, who shot a 20 year old donte right at the time in hurt in his chest and a police control. so the maximum sentence that the foreign police officer would face now are 10 and 15 years in prison for 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter. the defense was trying to argue in that case, that the former police officer mistakenly reached for her gun while she was actually trying to grab her taser, the body come footage. kind of like

a supported that case. but the prosecutor said that it was a betrayal of her oath of office, and the jury eventually delivered their verdict on anonymously. so that certainly brings closure to the family of don to you. right. and a certainly also celebrated in the bill and movement. and how did the family react? we just saw the mother of dante right. by the way, by the way, a white woman in a live tv interview saying that the verdict is the result of a long fight for accountability. there was a video also circulated on social media showing family members waiting outside the courtroom as the verdict was read. really celebrating and of course it's the verdict that they were expecting and hoping for. the attorneys that represented the family issued a statement as saying the family believes that this is just another good example, the killing of dante right. of course why american needs change and police training

and protocol and. 3 that it doesn't, of course, bring their last one back, but perhaps we're seeing here just another step in the shift of the u. s. justice system. but this, the shift is important to me very soon is important. it, it's not often that you see a white police officers convicted in these sorts of fish shootings. what impact is, is the verdict like me to half yeah, that's exactly right. fill in. it's a very important point and you know, we have just seen another important verdict. the one of george floyd, which was a very special case recorded on video, went viral on the internet, delivered that to, to trauma, really in american house and american living rooms. and people around the world and triggered those. beal and protests where millions took to the streets. the big question then when, when the foreign police over the officer in that case was found guilty was, is this just a one off thing based on the popularity of that case, or is that the beginning of a trend?

and we're now seeing another verdict of that kind. and as you mentioned, that has not been the case very often in recent years and decades. so the hopes are that this will be the beginning of something that we're seeing, some kind of a change to the justice system and that it's also a verdict that can have impact on the police directly because it's also a signal that your deeds as a police officer can be held accountable. thank you. about oliver sanity washington . let's take a look at small stores making headlines around the world. hundreds of women have protested in sudan over alleged reasons, sexual attacks by security forces on at least a dozen, women and girls are all western countries have condemned the use of sexual violence as a weapon and demanded an independent investigation. belgium has agreed in principle to shut down its nuclear power plants by 2015. the ruling coalition reached a compromise after long negotiations, but the prime minister court,

he might still decide to keep some reaction. a reactors open. if the countries energy security can't be guaranteed german foreign minister and a letter barber is pledged to do more to resettle thousands of local staff left behind in afghanistan. and the country fell to the taliban into, says she wants to reduce red tape and open up evacuation room survive. afghanistan's neighbors helped some 15000 people. leave the country feeling mention one of our report and says, though washington's willingness to discuss russia, security proposals to curb nato's expansion was positive. as fears mountain the west oberon major military escalation in ukraine. russian president used his annual press conference to amplify his belief that nato is raising tensions in the region by encroaching dangerously close to russia's borders. tensions between the kremlin and the west are stretched almost to breaking point, but there was little sign of strain on russian president vladimir putin's face

eagerly as he opened his annual press conference 0 with russian troops still massing on ukraine's border. he blamed the situation on what he sees as ukrainian hostilities and reiterated his support for pro russian separatists is good at right now. we're told war the ukrainian government is preparing another military operation against a separate us and warning us beforehand is that do not get involved, do not defend those people. who are you. he also blasted nato. did you say in the military alliance was forcing his hand by encroaching on russia's borders which you're much look philip, my reading book, yet no one knew we were not one inch to the east is what we were told in the 19 ninety's. and what happened? we were duped. we were brazenly duly roast. nagel, money. there were 5 waves of nato expansion or shooting. and that you have to understand that it's not us who are threatening the girls and i am much

deliberately to that we didn't come to the borders of the us or the u. k. so you came to us can, i'm pretty sure you talked between russia and the us plan for early next year. you rush us at the ball is now in washington's court. i heard, i spoke with a cadre lake who's a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. i asked her whether president putin really believes the west is threatening russia. i think he understands that there are no evil intentions this of a russia, but i think his theories, but russia is who will the way ukraine is a robot thing. and while ukraine might not become nato member, western military help will actually still be available to ukraine. and that is, of course, something that defense planners in russia would pay attention. so hence the escalation and, and hence he has made but the nice to and now when president by them has also put

in to discuss re things he has dramatically widens the agenda to include everything . his bitter about including nathan enlargement and all the things he mentioned today to country lake from the european council on foreign relations and football. the english primarily because postponed to more matches because of outbreaks of covey. 19 the clash between the leads, as well as the one between the hampton and what foot will not take place on boxing day. as sheffield, the premier league has now passed from 12 games because of cove it in the last 2 weeks, but has rejected breaking off the season over the holiday. that's it. you're up to date. well, well, there's at the top of the hour 1st though he is look at how various cities around the world of dressed up for christmas. it's all about the lights and lots of the have a good day. ah,

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