a british woman dies after spending hours waiting in the cold for an ambulance highlighting the systemic pressures on the national health service we ask patients about the perceived health care crisis in the u.k. . it's. too much people. here know the doctor for agrees. russia sharply condemns new u.s. sanctions targeting firms involved in the nordstrom to gas pipeline project but stresses that it will be completed despite washington's interference. and a diplomatic terror israel directs a barrage of bitter criticism at the international criminal court over plans to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied palestinian territory.

broadcasting live from moscow this is r t international and sean thomas certainly good to have you with us. and there are renewed concerns in the u.k. over the state of the national health service after a woman died in the hospital of cardiac arrest following what her family says was a 6 hour wait for an ambulance having broken her foot outside her home in south wales gilby was left lying on a freezing sidewalk until help arrived the ambulance service has apologized for the long delay but also emphasized that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. . are. the challenges faced by

the n.h.s. . well we're hearing story upon story of the state of the n.h.s. and the crisis within it but this one really has shocked the nation after a woman died after waiting for 6 hours for an hour after breaking her. despite neighbors running around to providing her clothing and warm she was finally taken into hospital but later died of cardiac arrest here's the father's account of what happened is just right she was waiting. told us that they were dealing with a heavy influx of calls and. when there was. late to begin this time we were told they were doing their best but they didn't know when they would get. the call handler did say that they were dealing with a heavy influx of calls plus they said they'd be there as soon as possible but the issue is they argue that it's not just a situation within the welsh and

h s but the entirety of the united kingdom we know there's plenty of allegations against the n.h.s. when it comes to issues of being woefully short staffed and woefully under a crypt when it comes to hospitals across the united kingdom but as we know this incident is not isolated and there are several issues within the n.h.s. . well the n.h.s. has long being held as a big could have british society and of course has been in operation since 1948 but

the issue of the crisis in the n.h.s. has led to many people becoming quite concerned when it comes to many people outside a london hospital of thoughts of the crisis with an n.h.s. well it's been 6 hours just wait for you in the field hospital just to get a couple stitches on the figures for my husband last night we had to wait and see him business was dead when we called he said to me mum to always wait and he had to drive himself to the hospital. in on the 29th. they were there within minutes your heart never had a prob the saying it's. too much people. it's this is not true it doesn't look like it when you come into the hospital you see the doctors will be looking out for the both what happens is the ambient people call and leave the patient until. they get seen so i think that's partly because of my. new car fortune for me if you go call from

a viewer population adding to the existing population every year enjoy not build a new hospital you're not building new doctors for agrees. a cold we're turning well this isn't the only crisis in scandal to hit the n.h.s. as we know 'd the hop of consensus post breck's at trade deals and negotiations particularly at the heart of concern is the n.h.s. now the leader of the opposition jeremy called and has accused boris johnson of going down the path of selling off the n.h.s. we've now got everything on the boris johnson and a chance is on the table and will be up for sale he tried. cover it up in a secret and this is the reality of years of down negotiations in h.s. it's far for sale but truth be told that's a barrel of issues when it comes to the n.h.s.

from all of us like cuts to services but also a growing population and aging population evolving health care needs but one of the biggest most crucial factors at the moment is of course the increase of reliant says on the privatized sation when it comes to the national health care system so as you can see the same sybian unending crisis. russia's foreign minister has spoken out against the united states a decision to impose sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline sergey lavrov said the move undermines the sovereignty of european nations and he stressed that the project will be completed despite washington's attempts to block it to the states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interest in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated in the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect look at nordstrom to is the 2nd

stage of a pipeline network linking russia to germany through the baltic sea once completed the system will transport up to 55000000000 cubic meters of russian natural gas per year to europe or to 0 design of takes a closer look at how the project has caused a rift between europe and the us. washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas trees into europe currently under construction the united states commands all our european partners who've taken a strong stand against north stream to and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on

russian energy we don't want your energy supplies to be defended and. to be fair washington has been backed into a corner here it's been our thing and puffing over the project for years dishing out threats and blackmail but to no avail the threat of sanctions has seen key european contractor all seize hold its operations nevertheless in an admittedly rare act of disobedience to the us europe has been on russia's side determined to have the pipeline built as a matter of principle the e.u. opposes the imposition of sanctions against you companies conduct a legitimate business deal is a good federal government is against extraterritorial sanctions we don't approve of this practice we oppose especially extraterritorial sanctions that hit german and european companies. washington has decided that even the closest allies don't deserve mercy if the us geo political and commercial ambitions are at stake why

while it's easy follow the money russia doesn't ask much for its gas and nord stream too will be europe's cheapest way of getting the blue fuel and that's in stark contrast to the alternative washington is trying to force feed on its treasured allies across the atlantic shale gas because really there's only one economy that has to be strong uncle sam's even at the expense of its nato partners and the made in america stamp may be fancy but the markup for the freedom brand makes the whole affair outright economically stupid for the e.u. also washington's been trying to convince brussels that tightening its belt and enjoying a bit extra economic stress is well worth it because it's all for a good cause supporting a nother european

a fresh. need ukraine which had been left out of the pipeline deal will keep working together to stop the nord stream to project that undermines your creates economic and strategic security we do not want our european friends to fall prey to the kind of political and economic manipulation russia has attempted in ukraine since it cast off its soviet shackles it would create another tool for the kremlin to use russia's energy resources to divide europe and undermine and destabilize ukraine it was almost like russia listened because hours before sanctions hit north stream 2 construction moscow and kiev shook hands on a gas transit deal so europe all out winds from the pipeline both economically and geopolitically seeing russia and ukraine finally touch base again and this statement by the u.s. envoy to germany hasn't aged well at all. currently there is a lot of talk in germany about doing more for europe and we believe that when it

comes to north stream 2 we have taken an extremely pro european position washington's crocodile tears are not fooling anyone anymore trying to maintain a compassionate face pretending it's acting in the best of intentions only to have itself exposed as a super bully rolling out one creative plot after the other of forcing its will on friend and foe alike is spokesperson for nord stream to told our team that the project is essential for ensuring that europe's energy security and that work will be finished as soon as possible we asked several analysts for their views on the story. well out of this risk. is due to the fact it's really sort of the songwriting got very good it's a traditionalist remained cold holy shit with the banks and so also the very sensitive question that us is sucked out in itself is something to do that it's for 2 syllables they try to avoid the problems of the 6 leads the position of

a specific audience. america doesn't have to be part of every deal that is made on the planet and there are important of course our most important and eyes are germany on the other hand they have no problem whatsoever to quote the allies under pressure which is not sort of an act of friendship believe that the americans were hoping that their pressure would work along the way at some earlier point and now they don't they realize that europeans are very firm and they want to complete north korean too they want to have the cheaper russian gas delivered to europe and only now are they taking actions because they realize that the game is lost and now they're putting on sanctions to make it difficult for russia and the europeans to close the deal u.s. interests that dog maintain a rift between western europe and russia because they need in the future more than

even more than in the present they need. to have a close ally and did a highly disciplined approach us atlantic western europe at their site. israel's ambassador to the united nations has launched a scathing attack on the international criminal court accusing it of diplomatic terror that is after the organization's chief prosecutor for 2 bensouda announced plans to investigate alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories. i am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in palestine war crimes have been or being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip the i.c.c. prosecutor's decision has turned the international criminal court into a political tool to do legitimize the state of israel this is a dark day for truth and justice bad advice and now after 4 years of hard work and

follow up and after providing all the necessary information about the crimes committed by the occupying forces against the palestinian people in the occupied palestinian territories the decision was finally made today this is a great day for us we have achieved what we wanted. the i.c.c. has the authority to hear cases relating to war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity israeli officials insist however that it has no jurisdiction to investigate alleged crimes committed in the palestinian territories as palestine is not universally recognized as a sovereign state the court's top prosecutor has signaled her intent to look into alleged war crimes carried out by both hamas and the israeli defense forces into the since 2014.

show why is it me director of the based al hakim and rights organization he told us that all crimes committed in the territories should be investigated. for instance for the special robot wars to get them to investigate they do to allow for the commission of you know the u.n. commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case you know this is all these ladies dealing and treating very sissy a dozen top only in one way and the palestinians all of them to accept. that if there is crimes you know committed crimes such as the unions literally i see the size of that go after the palestinians at least 3 of those or something like that

but i think is that is the concern. that if they know well that palestinians called me to crimes this is the i.c.c. go after that. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this sort of tea to function. the u.s. has released images from a recent military exercise in south korea and that story and much more after a short break this is. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

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military has released images from a recent joint exercise in south korea the drills that took place last month near a u.s. base now in these photos commandos from the 2 countries can be seen simulating a raid on an enemy facility and according to south korean media the scenarios included the capture of north korean leaders in the event of war with pyongyang the release of these pictures comes before a new year deadline set by north korea for the u.s. to soften its position in nuclear talks and pyongyang earlier warned that if washington fails to meet its demands it will get a christmas surprise. what is left to be done now is a u.s. option and it's entirely up to the u.s. what christmas gift it was so let's get. you now hear from erica's iraq and human rights attorney and someone who's intimately familiar with the vents and things happening in north korea thanks for being with us here r.t. international so how provocative are military exercises like this and how are they

affecting overall dialogue between the u.s. and north korea it seems like this has been a sticking point for forever it has been a sticking point for the earlier regular large military exercises always ramped up the rhetoric and created an obstacle to peace so these kind of exercises are only set it seems to intimidate in some way but they seem to have the opposite effect to often i i mean why else would you photograph such an exercise and release it unless you want to descend further message and and so it becomes the back door approach to what john bolton you know used to call maximum pressure and what he's still going around saying about it and it seems to me that the issue is far beyond the pressure element at this point but what can we do to accomplish peace and word games and we will attack you and here's

how you'll be arrested and this is what's going to happen if you don't. agree to our terms is not really constructive negotiation so north korea's end of the year deadline is coming up what concessions do you think that they are hoping to get from the u.s. in these nuclear talks and vice versa. well it seems that. you know the end of the year gift in the christmas gift if you will in is more just rhetoric back and forth between the parties i assume what they wanted after months and months of stalemate was to have a high level delegation be prominent north korea sit down and talk and have ongoing talks. this has not happened you can't meet a few times and assume you're going to make some progress like this it takes many many meetings to accomplish that if you remember the vietnam war and the hundreds

of meetings that took place to end that standoff and that terrible tragic war here in korea we face a similar situation where donald trump has been using this as rhetoric on his side to show he's powerful with leaders all around the country to do what no other leader has done before but what we're discovering with donald trump that for years now is he doesn't tell the truth and so consequently how is it on the international level when you have a president who constantly in the media is being revealed as the lying is we expect our allies and our adversaries to trust on an international level that we can have peace and that anything you offer to us will be followed so we're in a deep right now and i'm sorry it's just been slipping back and back and it's a rather depressing christmas gift to see the state of affairs all about that

christmas gift. in the past we've heard about hell fire raining down from the sky from both sides actually in terms of the rhetoric if this deadline is not met what kind of a surprise do they have in mind is this another missile test or is this something a little bit more. i mean from the reports it doesn't seem like it's going to be any type of substantial missile test i think that the the christmas surprise may be we're done talking and we're not going to talk to you anymore and good luck with that impeachment business mr president is seems like that type of approach could be the extent of the guest if you will i don't think you know i think it's tongue in cheek and it was set up a long time ago that by the end of the year there needed to be this progress there has been this progress and i imagine they're going to say we're breaking off talks and will not speak with you again how that builds peace on the korean peninsula i

have no idea and why we want to box a country like that into a corner who have nuclear capacity or is more isolated than most places i have no idea and this is not an administration attempting for peace in perea it's in a ministration attempting to stir the pot for political purposes and not find common ground you bring up you bring up a good point if there's earlier this month north korea claim that washington's efforts have dialogue are a foolish trick to keep north korea bound to dialogue and use it in favor of the political situation and election in the united states. so it does seem that saying we're breaking off dialogue might be the tactic do you think that they're right about that though. well. no one's ever right to stop talking i mean the problem in this dispute is is either side has not chosen to take the high road and

that gets problematic because each one is as a bit of a temper tantrum of mentality sometimes and and now in the united states we're experiencing things we've experienced with the d.p. r. k. for years is that the responses often over the top and so i don't see. really that this supports any move toward peace on the korean peninsula i don't think it's that they're going to get a better deal with a new administration if in fact there is a new administration in washington i think that they're going to find that the same issues are right there and that people are going to demonize donald trump for meeting with kim and that's really not the right approach either and very few democratic candidates have had the courage to say i would continue i would meet and i would enter a peace treaty so they understand that we are not a threat to them and if we're not a threat to them the justification for nuclear weapons goes out the window this

isn't rocket science. and human rights attorney always interesting to hear your thoughts specifically on north korea with your experience there that's working with here on our to international have a happy holiday you as well but. russia has reiterated its willingness to cooperate with international investigators are looking into the downing of malaysia airlines flight m h 17 over eastern ukraine in 2014 moscow's envoy to the e.u. said on monday that russia will submit all of the data it has to the netherlands ahead of a new court hearings in march. rushy was ready from the outset to provide the data collected shortly after this incident to the joint investigation team including the data relevant to the issue you just raised unfortunately the group ignored our offer we are ready to work together to clarify the details of the instant in march court hearings on the matter will begin we are ready to share the

information we have. while the dutch led joint investigation team launched a criminal investigation in the wake of the tragedy the group believes the aircraft was shot down by a missile belonging to russia malaysia meanwhile has questioned the probe's intention to establish the truth back in june investigators named the 4 russian and ukrainian nationals who they hold accountable for the disaster russia has dismissed all claims of its involvement as groundless. thank.

historian martin mccauley believes that russia will only get a fair hearing in court. the dutch investigation team originally ignored some of the russian data and they didn't take it. very seriously because they said it was not entirely relevant and they relied on their own data the problem with russia was presentation of potential nowadays because of the widespread opposition to russian views and the views of the russian government and the views of the president believe it put him there is a bias on fortunately in the west and in mission america not to take russian evidence or trace value and therefore it will be up to the court to

listen to the russian evidence and evaluate it without bias without concern for a pro western view it's very important that the court then. acts from a purely legal point of view that the russians part of you can be examined legally does for me this hour back of the next hour with another look at your news this is art international. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see that. twas the night before christmas and all over the world people are my life seeking

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