now for the post-mortem, how did you major political parties change the selection cycle? by maintaining the already weakened by the democratic opposition? is there such a thing as trump is? did he change that you are going to go cold? turkey? americans are worried that their thanksgiving celebrations, i guess debate whether festivities ought to be canceled during the current guidelines that there are more shoulder thanksgiving in your life. like an emergency algorithm to deal with misinformation in the wake of the u.s. election. critics say that the platform is giving preference to content that supports joe biden. and the u.k. government is accused of having an orwellian unit that is screening and obstructing requests under the freedom of information.

good afternoon, just gone 2 o'clock in moscow. you watching r.t. international. now the pandemic is casting a grim shadow over the festive season, including in the united states where the day death rate is now hire them back in may experts say that hospitals could be overwhelmed by christmas with americans celebrating thanksgiving on thursday. president elect joe biden is asking people to limit their celebrations for our families for 40. so choose 40 some really tradition traveling over thanksgiving. but this year will be on the whole. jordan used for grow family traditions, but it's so very important for countries in the middle of

a dramatic spike in cases of the night supposed to show that most people still intend to gather with their loved ones. though the figure has declined since september states across the u.s. though a reading at measures that will celebration plans is don't call it a now expects. thanksgiving is coming up in the u.s. and that means it's turkey time, although maybe not because 2020 is trying to find yet another way to ruin everybody's lives. there's a run on small turkeys, turkeys that are 10 to 14 pounds are in high demand right now. even if you're one of the few privileged enough to have a smaller turkey on your table this year, don't get too excited. this thanksgiving is supposed to be especially dangerous. with more people staying home for thanksgiving, more americans will be cooking at home for the 1st time. and some of them are stressed and with more amateur cooks hitting the kitchen this year. one firefighter's says it could be a recipe for disaster and case. that's not enough for you to stress about new york's governor. andrew cuomo capped the amount of people you can have to dinner at

10. i don't think you can get away with an extra straggler too. big brother cuomo was watching while cuomo didn't seem to have any problem sacrificing other people's thanksgiving day when he urged families not to gather for the celebration. he himself invited his mother and 2 daughters home for the holiday. that wasn't long before he withdrew the invitation. but many people still aren't happy about that. cuomo is the worst governor in america. he's arrogance, and he pull chrissy knows no bounds. do as i say, not as i do. pennsylvania's gathering limit isn't as draco nian as new york's but the state's alcohol ban is a trip in itself. bars and restaurants have already been ordered to halt all booze sales and some people just don't understand the relation. pennsylvania bans,

alcohol, oregon legalizes hard drugs, 2020 is wild penna, and just banned alcohol for one night. only before thanksgiving. what exactly are we come back to again and fire us alcoholism? freedom nights before thanksgiving has historically been the biggest algal consuming night of the year. probably in preparation for the relatives, since you can't have them over this year, you would be getting drunk just for fun. oh and it probably goes without saying political discussions at the dinner table this year might not be the best idea that a great post-election conversations. the stress of a hectic year and contentious presidential election could still cause dina's to turn tense.

with all these new rules and restrictions, it's likely americans will have little more than their safety to be thankful for this year. one quarter that will professor of psychology plan a media specialist, cameron thomas discussed whether people should be free to celebrate the holiday as they place it comes to, you know, personal responsibility and, you know, individuals who want to protect their families. i think it's a sign that people should step aside for thanksgiving this year and stay safe. i think bret realize asian is very important. i think freedom is very important. and i thank our culture, you know, culture is very on a lot of dimensions. the united states is known as was a very loose culture and some americans feel that their referendum is being taken away by, by these measures. but you know, your life is a fair, fair price to pay thanksgiving in your life. i don't know what i choose from what i choose. i think i choose life,

but what we're seeing now is so many americans not following the guidelines and not following the rules, is partly the fact that we do live in a loose culture where people are from a very small age, very young age sort of and courage to sort of make their own rules and force their own paths and life. hey, i'm very tired of it. i've been isolated. you know, i haven't seen my mom since april. yeah, i'm getting tired of it. but, you know, the bottom line is that there is this ranging pandemic out there. it's sad me actually i have tears in my eyes, seeing so many people being so irresponsible. you know, human beings will follow their emotions. and there's a lot of people who are like, i know this isn't the right thing to do on you know, and one sense, but darn it, i'm doing it because i feel like i have to blot of people are doing compromised. were supposed to sit next to each other, you know, arm next on shoulder necks, the shoulder cutting through dying stock and warrants in concerts, conditions,

and is in a lot of ways, very unnatural. and i would argue, in a long term sense is very unhealthy. it's going to be the same next year. traditions are disappearing. they, you know, because traditions have in grained in the, in the american psyche. been going on for, you know, hundreds of years. sacrificing one year is not going to make a difference. there's so many ways you know, these current guidelines and conditions might be good from a public health standpoint and they are great. do you think there are any and you are emotional and social intramural health? and i feel like thanksgiving is really just, i'm just like a really strict us example of a particular problem. now, british travel agencies added to the backlash against qantas airways. that's after the airline announced that it would require international travels to have travelers to have a covert 19 vaccine. the tour operator announced it would no longer do business though with qantas. if it goes ahead with its no job,

no fly policy. we feel that bodily autonomy with regard to medical intervention, is a personal choice and not something to be forced on people by businesses. we are not anti vaccination, but we are pro-choice. there is a huge difference between coercion and making a free choice. or no airline has previously required passengers to have an injection before boarding. some have praised the travel agency for its stance on quantas another's though side with the airlines saying it is safer to fly without anti vacs is on board. the best migration expert in francesco to zoom, a professor of european law, discuss the feasibility of the no job, no fly rule. the airline has a responsibility of ensuring the safety of its passengers. and also, of course, complying with the rules and regulations of the not only the polish country

with those involved. they destination country ready countries to have pre travel health checks which they require people to focus on seeing them. a visa in the classic example is on to the kilo sort of things of, of that nature. i do not believe that an airline can impose on its free will, whom no job, no fly. i think that that would be rather foolish. this cannot simply be on the initiative of the other, you know, a private outline. this is, this is about public order. people aren't forced travel, they choose to travel. and if they choose to travel, then they're going to in these difficult pandemic times comply with regulations which satisfy the airline that safety. there is a parallel in europe, of course that i experienced this summer that knew you would not be allowed to fly

on less. you were wearing face covering so in many ways we know how to deal with it, except of course, asking people to engage go through an invasive procedure is slightly different than the general tendency in europe for not to make maximisation these days anyway. compulsory, if we were dealing with an airline that's have a total monopoly on all their well, that would be a different issue, i think. but you know, people will vote with their feet if they don't like travelling all of their lima church emotes this requirement, then it's the element that's going to suffer the end of the day because it won't travel on it. i actually believe that the issue will only be resolved if it is dealt with at an international global, certain european and beyond level with rules that apply to everybody who wants to travel,

whether it's testing or whether it's vaccination and so on. i don't actually think that a sort of piecemeal, you know, one hour line does acts on another airline does, why? it is actually acceptable simply because you need to have an overall sense of control and management all of the virus and how you treat the virus. now facebook has made what it calls a temporary emergency change to his algorithm, him response to the u.s. election. the network says it is trying to eradicate misinformation, but one knock on effect does appear to be giving a preference to content that is pro joe biden, where a week after the election. some facebook work is referring to the algorithm is the nicer news feed, reportedly spoke about the possibility of it becoming a permanent think because you've done of, examines now whether nicer means the same as more honest election fraud 2 words you would never associate with the united states of america now

a phrase that could send fists flying in the country, allegations of cheating have also outgrown the issue of a vote recount. as some republicans claim they've been called and elsewhere too on social media. you know, the people that, that i hear from, of course, believe that conservatives were wrongfully being silenced, while those on the left that were given basically a free rein of your platforms. and one of the points of contention that is often brought up is that you do recruit, have a leave from california, which leads to your employee base skewing quite heavily to the left. at 1st glance, the allegations that facebook's nonpartisan algorithms that have been tweaked to give biden an upper hand don't seem to hold after all, biden and his team have been rather unflattering towards the platform to say the least. i've never been a big fan of facebook as you probably know. i've never been

a big zuckerberg fan, but the latest report suggests that this could all be smoke and mirrors, and that facebook is already buttering up the new white house landlord from promoting content which rubber stamps joe biden's talking points to secretly screwing the traffic for publications by non-mainstream and pro republican outlets,, it resulted in a spike in visibility for big mainstream, publishes like c.n.n., the new york times and national public radio, while posts from highly engaged hyper partisan pages such as breitbart and occupy democrats became less visible. facebook denies any bias explaining its strives to achieve balance to the best of its ability, but some actions speak louder, suggesting a mutual affection. the supposedly facebook loathing joe biden doesn't seem to have a problem hiring from their roster.

'd 'd 'd biden's deputy communications director also seems to have had a change of heart and deleted tweets, giving facebook a dressing down big check. it shows he had permission this country to control who sees what they censor. conservative news, big tech. it's been working towards this for 4 years. and it would be bored to ensure that joe biden wins their party is the democrat party. and so of course,

joe biden is going to be stacking his transition team with members of the silicon valley cobol. so of course, you're going to see former c.e.o.'s from facebook from, from other technology companies. they are, these are joe biden. people big tax is for the democrats and look what we've got coming up now. we've got 4 years of the media, which is going to be happy dogs when i or people know thing to criticize here. we're already gearing up in this country for a return to the swamp as we call it a return to normalcy. return to war mongering, a return to big pharma, a return to all these industries that love the democrats that love globalization, and they got their man and with joe biden. previously, facebook has repeatedly found itself in hot water with the u.s. authorities. it seems this time the giant has finally learned its lesson and is preemptively raising the hand that could very soon be feeding it. still ahead here

this hour football fans around the world are mourning the death of football legend . diego maradona, who died of a heart attack on wednesday after the break. we'll take a look back at the amazing life by contain is going to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy on sunday . shouldn't let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only closely. i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk shows seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call me

yet to shape out these days become active and engaged with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. hello again, football fans around the world are mourning the death of football legend, diego maradona. the argentinian died of a heart attack. at the age of 60, he was famous for his outstanding playing ability and his colorful characters, both on and off the field will be missed by fans all over the world,

including here in moscow where let's go live now to dan hawkins is outside the argentinean embassy in moscow and dan, just explain what's been happening there today because i know you've heard lots of tributes from all around the world. say that from here in moscow. yes, the story of dollars more than the story of a footballer. it's the story of a true global legend. a superstar tributes have been pouring in. of course, from key figures in the world of football, pele messi, david beckham, but more importantly from the fans, with whom he won. ration across borders last has been no exception. fans gathering across the world in stadiums, in embassies, to lay flowers, wreaths, and flags. that's been happening here in moscow as well. and in fact, here at the embassy in the center of the city, the flag of argentina has been put at half mast. you can see it up there, usually reserved for the highest dignitaries as 3 days of mourning. have been

announced in argentina to all of the country's best football ever. really capsulated everything from the sublime and surreal to the crazy. all of off the pitch, he scored over 300 goals in his career. but what really, i suppose characterized him as a player as a character was of course that famous and large it is exporter final. when you scored the ball drop the hand of god against england against peter shilton before minutes later, scoring a fantastic individual effort, which was voted the goal of the century. and i suppose those minutes really summed it up as a player. he really made that number 10 position his old, you combine skill that celebration ball control and he brought up playing style to europe, playing for clubs such as seville, barcelona in particular, where he won the isolation, the worship of fans, winning many titles, but also struggle of course with demons and problems off the pitch. well documented

issues with drug and alcohol abuse, allegations of links to the mafia, extra volatile affairs, even a suspended prison sentence. you really could not write a script that would capture the drama and often controversy on his life off the pitch. and nevertheless though, despite all his faults, he did win the other lation of fans across the world who authored a paying tribute to their idol. i never thought this day would come my 1st time. my idol. he's the greatest of all the monsters of football. the one who gave the same 3 thing. i mean when i heard about it and died with him, that's what happened to me. do you go? amanda maradona means everything. the whole world has to be murray doona today. the whole world price for diego, armando, murdo. you can see it and hear it in those fans words. it was surely no quid since maradona was labeled god or deals deal by many fans across the world

. those are signs that a person on the incident embassy gates here today was he retired from football, who of course went into management where he enjoyed markedly less success than on the pitch. notably, that 2010, a game against germany where his team were knocked out 4 nil from the world cup. and speaking of the world cup, he of course, was one of the most colorful visitors here to moscow. ziering the world cup 28 here where he really managed to capture and bring some of that personality and character and charisma of. 'd his image here during that tour which

but diego maradona really managed to combine, as we've said, the sublime, the astonishing with the controversial, the crazy, both on and off the pitch during his decades playing football of being a manager of football, of course, can, devoid as well as you know it's, mario dollar did just that, but i think today really the international language of football has united fans across the world as they pay tribute to if a lot of the greatest of all time, certainly one of the one files they will be saying thank you. deals. thank you. god, thank you to one of the most legendary i can say that has now passed away here and i use that tribute issue to keep writing in over the next few days. thanks, dan, dan hawkins, that argentina embassy in moscow. the architect behind the freedom of information

act is calling for a private into what a new report has described as an orwellian unit within the government. this is accused of deliberately obstructing the release of potentially sensitive data. a partridge has more details. a storm is brewing in the u.k. about freedom of information with a new government, a new report by open democracy describes a so-called all well, you know, it's called the clearinghouse that obstructs media requests and even blacklist journalists clearing house shares with a range of whitehall departments a daily update containing the names of journalists and complainants, the requests they have submitted and advice on how referring to pardons should respond fast in the year 2000, the freedom of information act was meant to open up the workings of government. requests for information were supposed to remain anonymous or applicant blind, and in theory could help keep the author. it is a check. but according to this report,

the cabinet now rejects more requests than ever. the government was trying to keep it under wraps of this year's existed and investigation has led to the conclusion that it does exist. and obviously there are lots of questions to be asked about what is supposed to be doing under water the, you know, why it was such a lot, freedom of information actually past 20 years ago. and in theory, when people make applications in traditionally government, it's supposed to be neutral, who's applying the not supposed to care who's asking for it. but what this unit is doing is it's collating all of the requests and the what the ones which are serious, the ones which are going to uncover. but potentially government malfeasance are being referred to this unit. which is being kept secret. but it's actually under the care in the cabinet office being run. boy michael, go actually go aspirations to being prime minister. as we all know, number 10 says the consideration of foia requests remains applicant and motive

behind. and the clearing house unit remains fully compliant. but there is growing criticism within westminster labor peer lord clarke of when dimia was instrumental in the act becoming a law and is now calling for a government investigation into the controversial yunis, along with politicians across the spectrum. this clearing house is certainly against the spirit of that act, and probably the letter to ministers should explain to the house of commons precisely why they continue with this set up in view of the fact that it is contradictory to the whole purpose of freedom of information this is extremely troubling if the cabinet office is interfering in foia requests, and seeking to work around their requirements of the act by blacklist enjoying this, it is a grave threat to our values and transparency in our democracy. yet this storm over the law has been brewing since it was past 20 years ago, under tony blair's government. after the then prime minister discovered that governments couldn't discuss any issues with

a reasonable level of confidentiality. and freedom of information was mainly used by journalists. he cursed himself, you idiot, you naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop. there is really no description of stupidity no matter how vivid that is adequate. i quake in the imbecility of it. for political leaders, it's like saying to someone who's hitting you over the head with a stick. try this instead, and handing him a mallet. now it seems, boris johnson's government is also trying to put the lid back on a pandora's box that the british public are legally entitled to open. a partridge party loved and not bring her up to date, sir, for this hour, with all the news here in r.t. . we're back again in about 30 minutes because humans were geared for, you know, millions of years to build up an emotional point where the communication happens

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