so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. european leaders ease restrictions for the upcoming christmas celebrations with their concerns for this could spark another wave of covert 19 infections. 270-0000 people in britain have fallen into poverty due to the funds and make according to me with. one of the most shocking lockdown violations in the pandemic i told brussels i need to pay for an anti l.g.b. tea party quit after being ports trying to flee what is described as a male all g. being raided by police in. iran and vows to avenge the murder of its top nuclear scientist and puts the blame on israel we discussed possible motives and

consequences would all get. i think it was a draw and order to provoke iran into response they could then be used as a pretext for a strike on iran is condemnation is going to go anywhere it must go to the to the the iranian regime that celebrated this issue is not your weapon it is a provocation. a very good morning to you in the 11 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international that means you. have less than a month to go to christmas the e.u. states are responding to mass anti lock down outraged by easing restrictions but leaders fear the planned festive gatherings could spark a fresh wave of covert 19 outbreaks our europe correspondent peter all of a has a story. european leaders are facing

a balancing act between keeping covert restrictions in place to stop the spread of the virus and allowing families to be together over the festive period there's also the need to try in the peace some of those that have been out on the streets of european cities angry and fed up with the current restrictions thanks. if. the problem is ease restrictions for christmas and new year you may well get a spike in the virus in january here in germany chancellor angela merkel has reluctantly agreed to ease restrictions on the number of people that are allowed to gather together that's been raised to 10 not including children in that number

between the 23rd of december and the 1st of january but she has said that there is a personal responsibility on people to try and keep covert safe people in winter are worst equipped against the virus and then in the sound that because we spend much more time inside close spaces the situation the const more difficult we just have to get through this winter months and we hope people get vaccinated in the czech republic they've gone a bit further than germany and they'll be opening bars and some shops that have being closed albeit with extra carona measures in place when it comes to religious services there's also a split across year up in italy and in ireland there will be socially distanced masses taking place while in germany and iceland they going for the 1st 2 options we recorded shoot services that we broadcast online and have also created virtual confirmation classes my soumitra to. do something outside the church on christmas

eve such as a coup or a performance or a sure service the e.u. might get a glimpse of tension what could be coming down the pike by looking across the atlantic to the united states last week's thanksgiving celebration saw people travel across the country and get together with families will be looking to see if that produces an uptick in the number of corona infections but while restrictions that have been in place across europe of seeing numbers either drop off or level out here the question is is it justified to ease these restrictions for a few days of christmas cheer. meanwhile new york's governor has been ridiculed for comparing coverts to the grinch and some media think the best candidate for the children's character who stole christmas is under cuomo himself. oh greed is the great. think of it that.

moment is the grinch the grinch that helped spread to convert into nursing homes profited on their deaths by writing a book about leadership in the middle. and analogy for love if you're trying to encourage people to be happy by the end of days because the good guys of the function that we had celebrated regardless of how the grinch tried to be christmas get on not have anything to say i. know we will encourage it's going to steal christmas because we're going to put on christmas like they did when stevie i . thank.

you. i. think think think think think think think think think think think think think. it's one of the most appalling breaches of covert restrictions now a top european parliament's member has quit after brussels police caught him trying to avoid capture what's being described as sex as a sex orgy offices raided what's being called a gay party held above a gay bar which was surprising which has surprised many as a very just shy i was part of an anti l g b t coalition it was attended by some 20 people including european diplomats shi'a who had been chief whip of the european peoples party was caught carrying drugs as he fled through a window and shimmied down a drain pipe when police broke it. at passer by reported to the police that he had seen a man fleeing the law in the gutter he was able to identify the man the man hands

were bloody it is possible that he may have been injured while philine their code exe were found in his backpack and his resignation letter shy admitted his behavior was irresponsible he apologized for breaching lockdown rules but claims the drugs in his backpack had been planted from m.e.p. david coburn says the whole incident sets a terrible example it's not setting a good example to the people in a time of america's jimmy going to have a good laugh about it you know the congress even though. it is serious and as much is that people don't want to be set an example like that it's all just a goal if they're out there politicians are having a tremendous party while the rest of us i might have each isolate i mean it look at my hear a lot. i never had hail as long as i was a student i was you know bob i'm in months so you know i try to be the rules and set an example as a goes a little bit away and by you know i think it's better people obey the rules

overseas but it's not to to do the opposite to what you're you're you're selling to the public. new research shows that the economic effects of the kovac 1000 crisis have plunged nearly 700000 people in britain into poverty so here it was the reports. the covered 19 pound demick has left a few corners of our lives untouched from our health to our social lives and even the food on our plates nearly 700000 people have been driven into poverty by the crisis including one 120000 children that leaves a total of $50000000.00 britons below the poverty line a staggering 23 percent however a small boost to save some as a further $700000.00 people have actually been narrowly prevented from falling below the poverty line by a temporary 20 pounds per week boost to universal credit the study however does not take into account the impact of the benefit cap which could send tens of thousands

more people below the poverty line over the next few weeks when the 9 month grace period comes to an end what it means so is that many claimants could see their benefits slashed by hundreds of pounds but many antipoverty campaigners and the chair of the institute conducting the study claim the government needs to go further there have been significant increases in poverty amongst families that will work prior to the code 19 crisis these have resulted from job losses and earnings reductions that have tipped them into poverty there is a clear need for a comprehensive antipoverty strategy to be placed at the heart of the u.k.'s covert recovery response now those hit hardest by the crisis have been young workers in low paid jobs in sectors like retail and hospitality who have been crippled by the lockdown measures with many of these businesses predicting to shut their doors for good the risk of thousands more people slipping through the poverty cracks remains high.

transferred and ready. in france tensions are high over a new security bill that could criminalize filming of the police officers are already in the spotlight have a widespread accusations of brutality with critics warning far more significant changes are needed to structural and deep rooted problems with the force show and dubinsky reports. it's the burning issue in france right now how to improve protection for the police while also safeguarding the public from police brutality

. amid a wave of anger at the plans to criminalize the publication of images of the police if there was intent to harm the government has backed down the ruling party and the that the much profiled article 24 would be entirely rewritten hours later the interior minister outlined his plans for reform so key a mike what is my deep conviction in what the government thinks is that we absolutely have to keep the protection of police forces during their police actions so i repeat they are not protected enough addictions with more training more

leaders and more police and the generalized use of police body cameras these would he said tackle the root cause of the problem meanwhile the french police chief admitted that there are some issues but he defended the owner of his offices the police the police are not violent and are not racist saying this i'm not in denial and i am not waffling i tell you what i see and what i hear every day i see the eyes of police officers or flexion of the good side of our society but for many woods or not enough accusations of police violence of tarnish the name of the force these were brought into sharp focus over the past week as she. examples emerged.

tried to call my lawyer and try to calm people even a neighborhood my screams and he wanted to call the police but it was the police. then as protests turned over the weekend did emerge that one journalist was caught in the fray injured by a police baton as he attempted to cover the demonstrations. an award winning photographer was clearly identifiable as a journalist was shocked by the injuries suffered by a colleague how be condemned the unprovoked violence the injuries were sustained as he exercised his legal rights as a photojournalist documenting protests on the streets of paris and now questions

have been raised about the police role in the death of an 80 year old in mass a back during the yellow vests rallies. zainab ok do on was hit by tear gas canister in $20000.00 while in her apartment originally an expert report submitted as part of the investigation concluded that the officer that fired the grenade had done so properly and she'd been hit accidentally that's now being questioned following an independent investigation it claims the officer launched the corner to an angle and too close to her building and it was there for any legal shot a lawyer for the victim's family is so. that it was a deliberate act we believe that the police officer fired tear gas grenade because he thought that mrs ray the one who was on the phone using its loudspeaker was

filming the police violence that took place outside her house rewriting also called 24 is unlikely to be the end of the story the recalls the entire global security bill to be scrapped passions are high not just over press freedom and the ability of citizens to film police officers but also of the deep rooted problem of police violence issues that simply cannot be whitewashed. arty paris. so to come in because she is one of the biggest national strikes in history as 250000000 people come out to protest free market measures more on that sound other stories after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us of the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. thank you.

welcome back one of the biggest national strikes in history has seen 250000000 people come out against a new farming law that they warn will devastate their livelihoods and the capital new delhi demonstrators clashed with police to find tear gas and water cannon used but tongs to force upon protesters. i.

septembers little scrap to minimum prices for crops and i've been the door for corporations to negotiate prices directly with fondness and addition private companies can now stockpile staple crops which could previously only be done by the government prime minister narendra modi assists the new rules will benefit farmers allowing them to attract investment and choose from a large number of potential buyers and he's accused opponents of deliberately spreading falsehoods. we're seeing the same old misinformation against these historic agriculture reforms is coming from the same people who have constantly misled the farmers for decades we're working with pure intentions and without any purpose of betraying anyone. a new delhi based journalist and political commentator says the moves have simply not been thought through. through these 3

laws that the government has brought in a split couple hari. is going to replace the brazilian man with far more power for corporate entities there will be greater role for a broker. in deciding everything over by chasing and the savior of are going to go to reproduce and then that all believe means you are reinforcing the mafia the private good is the invisible hand is going to be far more powerful in less time should read of the farmers interests. iran's parliament has passed a bill to raise the stakes on nuclear development unless western countries ease sanctions now watching the government to suspend un nuclear inspections and boost your a new man which meant above the levels agreed with international powers but the country's president has an rouhani criticize the bill calling it bad for diplomacy

a final decision on the issue rests with iran's supremes national security council the bill passed a made up role in the country over the killing of a wrongs top nuclear scientist to iran is blaming israel. the israeli government is the primary suspect in this us nation and now serious evidence has been provided this situation is that from now on we will follow the same path and we will seek to create legal responsibility for it iran as has been said and it is our firm policy will respond to both the perpetrators and the commanders who will be proportionate independent and god willing with maximum pain for those who have done it. israel's government is still refusing to comment on the issue my colleague southgate tara discussed the escalation possible motives and outcomes with our guest. i think it was done in order to provoke iran into a response they could then be used as a pretext for a strike on iran and i think this was designed to get the iranians to to take some

response with it which would then justify. an attack on iran is what appeared to be the closing days of the trump administration bearable concerns that this attack could provoke iran to develop nuclear weapons what's your comment on that 1st of all there's no evidence that iran ever attempted to produce nuclear weapons iran which has the most advanced military technology in the region and we've seen that how it has been used against the american base. if iran which has that technological capability if they wanted to produce a nuclear weapon they would have done so years ago the issue is not nuclear weapons it is a provocation just as your previous guest rightly pointed out the israeli regime is looking for a provocation to bring about war in this region because for them it is it's not the interest of the united states or europe or of the region it is their own interests

let's look at who factories are there was he was a weapons specialist a nuclear weapon specialist now a school that doesn't have a soccer team doesn't hire a soccer coach and a regime that isn't seeking to carry out nuclear attacks doesn't hire nuclear weapons specialists and really you know if condemnation is going to go anywhere it must go to the to the the iranian regime that celebrated this man that carried him around in government motorcade gave him a state funeral condemnation and again i have no idea who is involved the condemnation does not deserve to go to the people that removed this man from a very problematic situation condemnation only goes to the iranian regime who continue to oppress their people and continue to seek the execution of another iranian protesters were calling on a war with america over the killing impact. in january of course we thought that the 2 countries came very close. to a confrontation over the model of general sort of made me my question is is this

time different and how it was for the purpose of the triggering an american attack on iran that one trouble drum print for the presidency 2016 he promised an america 1st foreign policy we didn't get we got israel in saudi arabia 1st foreign policy it's interesting to me that even the saudis in iraq don't seem to be going along with the script on this one so we could end up with a situation where the americans really don't feel that they have the regional support they would only have the cover of israel to launch an attack on iran so i'm hoping the war will not come under no matter what the iranian response turns out to be. investigative website declassified case that is being blacklisted by bush his biggest intelligence agency the sign phase that g.c. h.q. is refusing to speak following its revelations about the c.h.p. practices. 'd ringback

declassified u.k. blacklisted by jason age kill britain's largest intelligence agency internal e-mails from d.c. age he'll show it will not been gauging further with matt canot declassified head of investigations the day he published what the agency privately disparaged as a negative long read about his secretive schools program. but this is yet another worrying example of the u.k. government imposing arbitrary restrictions on media deemed to be critical

a champion move that has no place in british democracy since that was the blacklisting us no g c h q public officials are just not used to dealing with journalists doing the job they used to dealing with sycophants sorry but declassified u.k. is different we're working for the public not the state or. britain as country which likes to pride itself in freedom of speech and this goes completely against the grain quite like she c.h. she was made this decision is silly it is a journalist's job to ask all good questions to be critical of the information it receives so you know journalists don't do their jobs to be popular quite the reverse and. you know there's this little there's already been like. into a trip in style and decision and of course this is what we've seen in the

white house that when journalists upset. president donald trump they get blacklisted or are asked to leave the the white house press corps and for g c h q to do this to a. journalistic organization is astonishing. ray thanks for joining us this morning on r.t. international and you can find plenty more stories on our website r.t. dot com we're back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines. at this point no one knows when the cold crisis we invade however it is undeniable

that this whole crisis has negatively impacted the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even possible it will the divide separating the rich from the 4 continue to we'll take. a look. there's a saying. look there can't be cheap but then you went to all the countries but the idea is the right you call your scum bag he said if you give them everything you do the best to leave. this country. this is what we don't understand how we are poor in such a country. that is until the ones that i think i'm. noticing i'm going to when.

john i. didn't want to. be. the minority of kong or not that got a good mood believe again in the world with the phone without the computer without the plane to. come back to the police story you have to see. the rest. of the way to. the abuse things become more extreme than we used to write when this is going crazy not necessarily a good way. as the. right to scream is what the reality is.

this is the one business show you can't afford to mess up their montecito been watching 10 coming up to the much just a few that are streaming to german russian pipeline plans to restart construction later this week and nearly 100 percent of the funding has already been provided and cyber monday hit record online sales of $10800000000.00 we'll tell you what the forecast is for the overall holiday season with a retailing and consumer science that we have a lot to get to so let's get started. after a year is delayed germany said construction of its nord stream to pipeline will resume this week a german agency indicated it may have found a way to skirt u.s. sanctions those that halted the pipeline running from russia to europe across the baltic sea last december the vessel can lay down pipelines without anchors and it could set down pipe at about a 3rd of the speed. the vessel that swiss pipeline company all season is using

prior to this well a majority of the remaining section will be in danish waters and pipe laying out will restart in germany territory by the end of this week meanwhile the pipeline operator announced gazprom and its european partners they've provided nearly all of the funds for completion of the pipeline the company said almost 100 percent of required funds have already been provided by the shareholder and financial investors the us is expected to announce new sanctions against the pipeline in the coming weeks. the united states is imposing new sanctions against a chinese tech company for doing business with venezuela the u.s. treasury department accuse a chinese national of tronics import and export corporation of supporting the illegitimate maduro regimes efforts to undermine the next on democracy as artie's alex my hilditch explains the move is ramping up tensions but the 2 nations just ahead of the transition of power here in washington it's the latest move by the u.s. to try to contain venezuela and this time washington scene was to hit 2 birds with

one stone.