it was in this small agricultural country which happened there. even today, kids in laos, fall victim to the bombs dropped decades ago. is the u.s. making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people needed in that little land on the u.s. death toll from the pandemic passes a quarter of a 1000000 people emotional health care workers complain. they're devastated by a soul and not least the risk they're having to take. it's ok for us to be exposed . you can get it both, but we keep. a yarmulke non-working. australian inquiry finds the country's troops may have unlawfully killed 39 afghans over any leavened year period in that country's war. one of the things compounding the humanitarian

disaster here got about is the sheer raw goodness of the mountainous country. refugees return home to go and care about because russian peacekeepers to kill the only route linking the region to armenia are few, takes the trip and test fit safety. and the un warns of a humanitarian catastrophe in ethiopia as tens of thousands flee, brutal fighting. and then all of them i was severely beaten and tortured, and we were detained for 3 days. children as old sons, pregnant women are being shot and thrown into the streets and bitter was sticks. a very good morning to you. it's 8 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me carrying one death. every minute the us is

setting as a more appalling records with a new 6 month peak of coronavirus victims reach this week. that makes even tougher look, look down restrictions increasingly likely. new york city is closing all public schools from thursday. more than a 1000000 students will move to distance learning, but not all parents agree. it causes a lot of strength and the 3rd year as we really don't have to close down just yet. it kind of leaves don't do this to. i believe keep the schools open for a little sad. it's close by fats with trash from the can. it's super unfortunate that these kids are going to be denied an education, but we can go eat dinner inside a restaurant. and yes, it makes no sense to me out obsolete and fears of strict along downs of people scrambling to stock up supermarket chains struggling to keep up with demand have put limits on the number of items that softens, combine. caleb maupin reports on

a growing us crisis over the pond that make the number of covert cases across america now stands at roughly 11000000. in addition to that, 250000 people have died. we now have bloomy predictions coming from scientists saying that that number could double in the coming months with the virus giving no sign of abetting. many hospitals around the country have been pushed to the brink. one nurse in texas told the horrors of overcrowded morgues. 'd we never says it's ok for us to be exposed, but you have doctors, you do not even come in here. you can't get exposed, but we can, you make, you know, on a monday. in fact, it has gotten so bad that in el paso, texas, its prison inmates who've been given the job of transporting bodies in north dakota . the governor has signed an order saying that medical workers who test positive for cold at 19, should see still show up for work as long as they're not showing symptoms. nurses

are furious. union leaders say this is putting workers in mortal danger. we really feel like it has an issue that patients even are seeing as well. do you really worry about a nurse right now? nurses are exhausted across the street and everybody in fact has and i get started . we have asked people to really stay home. and to quarantine if they're on time to their positive and we're going to turn around and go to work that we are totally counting on the empower, our respect and the credibility that we have delivered. a community who may not want to hear back from politicians though the public health crisis is an opportunity to point fingers and blame each other. joe biden blames the coronavirus deaths that have been forecasted for the next few months on donald trump. and his refusal to concede the election. furthermore, joe biden is saying that donald trump is the reason that many americans are suspicious of the vaccine. what do you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now, given president trump's unprecedented attempt to obstruct and delay

a smooth transfer of power. more people may die. the only reason people question the vaccine now is because of the. now polls are showing that only about 58 percent of the american public is willing to get vaccinated, and that is not going to change depending on whether or not donald trump is willing to concede the election results. if i took it in, some people might die again with the my down no vaccine and some people might die in the future, like in 10 years. so even if it got tested that it was positive and it had no ill effect, i still wouldn't want to take it. i want to see like what the actual effective rate is, how the doses are going to be administered. is it a single dose of the dose, like how frequent, like, what the gap between doses. so just more information in terms of what the actual rollout will be. the covert 19 pandemic has devastated the country both in terms of public health and the economy. there is not much optimism right now, and there's not much hope that

a new administration in the white house is going to turn things around. art see new york. and staying with the subject of the pandemic, countries discuss mandatory vaccination as the solution to rising numbers of covert victims. we'll debate the issue with guests later in the program. what should we do that vaccination should be obliged people to have the vaccination. these my military action suit respects holds just as i actually need to, why you voted 91 percent. some people that i wrote, the backgrounds, you know, are actually very happy. they did the rocks and thousands call out to new german law to beef up local down. power is unconstitutional with protests turning violent in australia. the inquiry has found that its troops may have a low,

fully killed. 59 afghans live any leavening apparent in that country's war. the country's defense force, chief admitted squadron's, may or may have what he called a warrior culture issue. report finds that some specialist service ridgemont commanders in australia fostered within the s.a.'s. what justice burton terms, a self centered warrior culture? a misplaced focus on prestige status and power. turning away from him or from the ridge, ment's heritage of military excellence fused with the quiet humility of service. the australian military report describes the phenomenon of so-called blooding, where commanders force junior soldiers to shoot a prisoner to get their 1st kill. the murders are covered up as a legitimate act of self-defense with guns or grenades, placed on the victim's body. international affairs professors,

the fear mclennan says it's clear foreign troops simply don't care about afghan lives. the war in afghanistan was a brain and a 2 pronged way, one on the one hand accountability for the attacks of 911 arguments that afghanistan had been used as a breeding ground for terrorists. and on the other hand, an attack against a humanitarian intervention to save the afghan people from a brutal regime. the reality is that neither of the behavior that we have witnessed in these reports shows any serious care for the afghan people. at no time do we get the sense that there's any concern for the future of the nation. and for the complexities of rebuilding a country that's been ripped apart by war since $979.00. and in fact, in the, the afghanistan papers that were released are only just about

a year ago. we found out that the u.s. government wasn't even really taking seriously counting civilian casualties. they didn't count the bodies of dead afghans because the afghan lives did not count in the war. and so i think we see, you know, a consistent pattern here, where there's no accountability and no concern at all for the people. and who group of refugees has returned home to the disputed region of the carabao, of the truth reached between armenia and azerbaijan. last week, where russian peacekeepers have the killed the care road, connecting the area with armenia, allowing dozens of buses and cars to pass through the have tested the route himself and brings us this report. one of the things compounding the humanitarian disaster here is the shia ruggedness of these mountainous country for the 10s of thousands

of people who fled the fighting for them to return home. they need a safe road, but because of the fighting various segments of the routes to get about under the control of different sides. what the russian peacekeeping mission has been able to do is to make the achaeans key, corridor safe for all these refugees to return. so we went for a very literal test drive to see if it's true. it freshened peacekeepers really had convinced that said by john to let, i mean refugees written it turned out to be a very cautious drive. the other problem, of course, is the weather. these late in the year in november, december, it gets increasingly cold, increasingly wet and visibility is down to what? 20 reasons at this point. the roods a treacherous. if you're a refugee, though, it isn't the fault, you're afraid of, die the result, the bad routes,

the end exploded munitions or the bodies of the dead. it's the leaving that scale you just over a week ago. this was a fiercely contested front glide. it still is a frontline in the room no longer contest that the next 19 kilometers off to the sun. held by is headed by judd, through russian mediation. the sides have agreed to let all traffic through unmolested on meenie and it's headed by john the military vehicles. civilians or refugees at 1st few willing to trust the other side. we heard that there were, as are by johnnie's about ambushes here, but i didn't know if it was true or not, but now i know everything is fine here when i'm i afraid of course i'm not of a threat is what is there to fear when you're driving under a russian flag, the situation is that booth side who were at war just over a week ago have to share the same stretch of road. and it's up to russian

peacekeepers who patrol the road and who is stationed at various points to prevent the 2 sides from taking revenge on civilians or harassing them. it took a lot of work, but russian peacekeepers were successful. new weapons are allowed, not even for as they did by johnny. i mean the troops, everyone searched every vehicle, inspected every weapon, confiscated. here we filmed a small, by johnny, military convoy, pass immediately after cars carrying armenian refugees, which by itself was unimaginable. 2 weeks ago. when the 15 days were back now, thank you. everything is good with fine. but everything changes. if you would have believed russian peacekeepers and i did it by jonny outposts would be situated metres apart or that the troops would be barbecuing

food and setting the table as armenian refugees return to carry the city we have had no difficulty bring out very good relations if they need something, we help them. and if we need something, they help us. everyone's playing by the rules. the ceasefire stands and thousands of people are returning to their homes, their previous lives. yes, i'm not, i'm happy the rusher is with me. i have nothing to add, i've always respected russia, and i've nothing to lose. i feel happy and proud that we have friends like this that help us and don't leave us in trouble. under the peace deal, armenia and azerbaijan will hold on to their current and military positions gives

armenia control of the disputed regions, largest cities, their power kurds. as a biogen gets the 2nd biggest city shushi which it took just before fighting ended, armenia will also have to hand over 3 other districts in the region. the un refugee agency is warning of a full scale humanitarian catastrophe in ethiopia. more than $27000.00, people have fled to neighboring countries from fighting in the north. if europeans government is battling the people's liberation front, after accusing it of attacking a military base or thora te's, then launched a military offensive calling the alleged assault and the act of treason. the piece 2 days of this will work for so many of us left. everything can plat who came with just our clothes on our backs.

but i don't know about. i was severely beaten and tortured and we were detained for 3 days. we near death from hunger and thirst before they released us, that i'm worried about my sons and i can't eat mass been doll so i didn't know what's happened to them if they killed him in the war or if she's still alive. but children, adults, and pregnant women are being shot and thrown into the streets and beaten with sticks. after they took control, they stole our whole lives. look, i don't want more children, this suffering in term and that my daughter has experienced the humanitarian situation on the border between ethiopia and sudan is quickly evolving and is extremely urgent. in the matter of a week, the u.n. h.c.r.

has already recorded more than 30000 refugees who have crossed from ethiopia into sudan. we lost everything our belongings, our livestock, everything. i do not know anything about my children. does the world not see us now? where we go, where we just die. we've barely escaped with our lives. we ran away well or did not actually will die.

political science professor colin castle fears the situation could deteriorate further. it does not appear that an end of the conflict is imminent. appears the prime minister video goes on 20th, killing is determined to root out the degree in opposition to the root cause of this particular car for a different vision, for the development of the old. we could exacerbate that refugee crisis, especially if the european union and the united nations, the united states, and other major powers, russia, china, etc, do not act to seek to quell. there's a fear of those disruption that is going on in ethiopia.

however, we have not seen much assistance as yet to tackle the growing covert crisis. countries like gauging public opinion are making vaccinations mandatory. a british government survey found almost half the population supports that. but despite significant opposition to an obligate tree, japa seen em pay says those who refuse should be banned from public places. if vaccination works, and if we're confident it's safe and all indications so far are good, then i can certainly see the day when businesses say, look, you've got to return to the office and if you're not vaccinated, you're not coming in. according to the ruling party lawmaker only vaccinated passengers should be allowed to use public transport, but are sparked a massive online backlash. many still question the safety of an antique vaccine, while others know to mandatory job could only make things worse. meanwhile,

in denmark, a new epidemic law is being considered that could allow police to administer the vaccine by force to certain people or groups that's triggered. widespread protests with reports now suggesting that copenhagen could backtrack on the plan. we took the idea of mandatory vaccinations to a panel of experts on sunday, march against vaccinations at one of city. my son's partly the situation since we should hold these parts, nations were necessary. most boxing's cheney is still human heart should be improved yet. so this law is playing fast. facts are also great. bizzare are the insuring people channel sued them and we've actually gotten to school anything which happens more. he's as a result of this foxy, i think that we're in a real emergency situation and it's not like, you know,

56 years ago when you make a choice of the river or not. you have actually in rio faced a major threat make a public health threat by the and their frightening government is not really right . in speeding things up. people are worried that this essentially is kind of straying into the area of the cousin and nor a bit of health or a terry intends to at all. want to respond to people who add to that. and let's assume for one moment we have the facts, a nation which is safe. what should we do with that vaccination? should be obliged people to have the vaccination. well, there is no law in the u.k. that the government could use at the moment to make you know, bigotry. in fact, the 984 act which comes closest to it actually prevents the government requiring people to undergo medical treatment or vaccination. so there isn't a more, a lot of people are mistrust who are going back in because, you know,

people are saying, well, there's all these big crowd through companies coming in there making loads of money on it. who knows what's really behind them. so now actually there is, there is sufficient and i would be right, if they were christians openly my view, i think there and, and he baiting there and creating a mediation where those that were like myself, really wanted to go ahead rocks in order to get indexed bigger and bigger market needs. rotten mean crime. you can rent the operation because the worst thing that you can do is use chords that were simply confirm. people who destroyed their work to create, call them, or call them in the long run. and then you can read a little bit, basically it's the same discourse actually should, because if you can't get over her title, public transport going to russia or to work, or if you thought about actually wish most people going she'd meet we or go total for total so really in the states, if we got

a hold on treatment rather than vaccination, and we kept doing what we're all trying to do, wear masks, why gloves, social distance, is that not enough to be really need to stray into as people are saying, this realm of to konya north stepping and stepping on the toes of people's liberties. well, i think if we could do you know where we are, we already being on people who are really i would rather not wear him out. now we were out and one who actually did it and who the rest of my life, i would go out and have actually done so with millions of writing, most people that i know you and your background, you are actually very happy to go there. actually in the hope that the world are about to go back to a normal real wife instead of the present circumstance, which because i'm a liberal, you go with it. so most people are reacting is that liberating intervention. and i think it's very steely to say that we don't need iraq. gemini's passed

a new law allowing tougher coronavirus restrictions, but it didn't pass without incident inside the parliament. m.p.'s taunted each other while outside protesters against the law clashed with riot police, which responded with water cannon. authorities say 365 people have been detained and 10 officers were injured. was the ied. i was. well, what we were looking at was the amendment to the protection against infection act. what we had was a series of points that were essentially government advice. what this amendment would do would in trying them in law that's what drew people out onto the streets. we're hearing as many as 14000 from some police sources that may have been out on

the streets of berlin. at least demonstrations turned quite nasty. what we saw was rockets, fireworks thrown at the police bottles, rocks, pepper spray. according to the police union being used against officers, there police returned with water cannon that was used to douse the crowds to essentially make them wet, miserable, and go home on their own volition. that hasn't worked for a hardcore nucleus, though. we've remained in continue in a standoff with police officers. now we also saw one of the politicians understand getting involved in this for a car that's been going on cost him his who's a member of the alternative for germany. and a member of the bundestag shared a video which alternative for germany, his party on mr. hill say show him being confronted by police officers for not wearing a mask. he then produced a documents that he says gives a me a medical exemption from wearing a mask. the police weren't accepting not him,

he was taken away in a very forceful manner. but alternative, the germany are just making accusations based on the video. they're also being the subject of some accusations. this is after a number of protesters seemingly gained access to the bundestag and they were able to harass a number of politicians, including german economy minister, a close ally of pizza altmire. the free democrats have suggested that it was alternative for germany to let those people into the building. those allegations haven't being backed up as of yet. but what it all comes down to is the points that are included in this amendment to the law. basically, it will allow orders to stay home, forcing to people being forced to wear face coverings, and people being ordered to social distance will now be enshrined in german law. now, while it's being quite tense, outside of parliament and on the streets of berlin, also go

a bit spicy in parliament in the bundestag during the debate. today's draft is an empowerment of government on the scale you on seen in decades in some from merkel's own party, had made these restrictions go against the constitution. merkel's draft concludes the garonne no alternative to. but the reason the alternative for germany is not what we just saw was a drowning political force clutching at straws, drowning as a party because they have no topics, ideas and no answers of their own who are not capable of creating. all you can do is be against your radical friends outside have been calling to block the entrance to the parliament. and you just like them. want to block the way of lawmaking. you want to hold the whole institution of parliament through the mud because you hate it. that's your real agenda. you've got my will turn it if all you want is turmoil . well, the amendment to the act went through 415 members of the bundestag in favor, 236,

against with 8 abstentions. but while that's passed, what we have seen all wednesday is that there is a large number of people who are willing and are committed to coming out onto the streets to show how deeply unhappy they are with how the german government is handling this pandemic. we heard from politicians of different political parties and it seems, the opposition to the law is far reaching. it's not only our prophet, it's not only the members of the parliament. there are also many, many people. on the streets of both saw experts, law experts and going to visit to teach us if you cannot suspend to basic your rights such as freedom of assembly or the right to privacy. does this very serious violation of the chairman constitution? the way this law is through the journalist is just completely exactly what

normally you would have. it is, gosh, this you and how many parts of the society is a wish measures are quoted and have you, scientists and politicians on one cable. but here it is just the government, not do you make looting. the opposition parties and the actions and writing this lot through the going was thanks for joining us this thursday morning. we're back in 30 minutes with the latest

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