in the day's headlines critics warn a highly controversial french police security bill in the wake of multiple brutality and misconduct cases will only make tensions with the public worse. iran val's to avenge the murder of its top nuclear scientists and end the blame on israel we discuss possible motives and consequences with our guests. i think it was done in order to provoke iran into a response that could then be used as a pretext for a strike on iran and its condemnation is going to go anywhere it must go to the to the to the iranian regime that celebrated this month is not nuclear weapons it is a provocation. plus and one of the most shocking lockdown violations in the

pandemic a top european parliament member for an anti l.g.b. tea party quits after trying to sleep the reason police on what's being described as a male fax porgie. and india c is one of the biggest national strikes in history as 258000000 people come out to protest free market measures. a very warm welcome to the program to you all this is our 2 international bring you your live news update this hour. and france tensions are high over a new security bill that could criminalize filming of the police officers are already in the spotlight over widespread accusations of brutality with critics warning far more significant changes are needed to structural and deep rooted problems within the force charlotte 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 with 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 general 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 in 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 police officers or flexion of the good side of our society but for many woods are not enough accusations of police violence of tarnish the name of the force these will brought into sharp focus over the past week as she. examples

emerged. tried to call my lawyer and try to calm people with 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 musée back during the yellow vests rallies. zainab was hit by tear gas canister in 20000 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 before and the 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 record speed toyah 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 so what do you can ski r.t. paris. iran's parliament has passed a bill to raise the stakes on nuclear development unless western countries sanctions it's urging the government to suspend nuclear inspections and boost your rhenium enrichment above the levels agreed with international powers but the country's president hassan rouhani criticized the bill calling it bad for diplomacy

a final decision on the issue rests with iran's supreme national security council the bill comes amid uproar in the country over the killing of iran's top nuclear scientists for which they blame israel. the israeli government is the primary suspect in this assassination and now serious evidence has been provided the situation is that from now on we will follow the same path and we will seek to create legal responsibility for its iran as has been said and it is our firm policy will respond to both the perpetrators and the commanders it will be proportionate independent and god willing with maximum pain for those who have done. israel's government is still refusing to comment on the issue earlier we discussed the escalation and where it could lead with our guests palliation is inevitable because the israeli regime has carried out an act of war it has carried out carried

out an act of terrorism and there's no other way to look at this so the iranians will have to punish the regime so that it does not have been sent to carry out such an atrocity again 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 iranian regime that celebrated this man that carried him around in government motorcade gave him a state funeral and i think it was done in order to provoke iran into response that could then be used as a pretext for a strike on iran trying to 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 issue is not nuclear weapons it is

a provocation the israeli regime is looking for a provocation to bring about war in this region because for them it is the it's not the interest of the united states or europe or of the region it is their own interest in the canid he endowment is to for peace reckons that iran has sunk over $100000000000.00 into its search for nuclear capabilities and indeed for nuclear weapons now at the same time the arab gulf states institute reports that by the end of 2019 poverty in iran was at 33 percent you know when they say one $100000000000.00 were spent and they just say words that don't have much meaning. when they say he was saying i think they say keep talking about how then he burns on being on the nuclear weapon where it's all of these people these people and you know they cannot tolerate other people speaking so they have to interrupt if you're wrong which has that technological capability if they wanted to produce

a nuclear weapon they would have done so years ago the only regime that has nuclear weapons in this region with the support and help of the united states is the apartheid regime and palestine i wait for the palestinians i wait for the palestinians the hatreds. the palestinians who are taught hatred in schools by iranian by iranian sponsored an apartheid regime weeps for the. people they should weep for the palestinian people who are subjugated by such. an evil regime an apartheid regime that believes in hierarchy you show it you should for the palestinians or subjugating gaza and who are treated as subhumans it's despicable you're the you're no different than apartheid south africa you know the saying your supremacy the reality is iran isn't looking to join the nuclear club it's looking to join the nuclear genocide club and until the west continues the

pressure to prevent the regime developing that kind of weaponry the middle east will continue to be unstable until we see more normalization more isolation of the last round and indeed a better future for the rest of the people as well and i think we also need to keep in mind that if there even if there was not a state actor behind this that this could not have happened without somebody being involved with some will call cooperating actors and then you ask the question why would they on their own accord go after a nuclear scientist residence some other target within the iranian government so i think if there was outside actors a state actor behind this where there was the israelis or somebody else we did you could. siddur helpers townley dangerous this is who we really want to strike and not being diplomacy by assassination. one of india's biggest strikes and history has seen 250000000 people come out against a new farming law that they want will devastate their livelihoods and the capital

new delhi demonstrators clashed with police who fired tear gas and use water cannon and use batons to force back protesters. septembers law scraps minimum prices for crops and help corporations negotiate prices directly with armors private companies can also now stockpile staple crops which could previously only be done by the government prime minister narendra modi insists the new rules will benefit farmers allowing them to attract investment and choose from a larger number of buyers and he's accused opponents of spreading lies. we're

seeing the same old misinformation against these historic a greek culture reform 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 been badly planned. through these 3 laws. the government has brought in a split couple 100. is going to replace the men with more bob through cooperated to do this there will be greater role. in deciding everything to do with chasing and the city. to produce and then that only means you're reading forcing the mafia the private good is.

going to be far more fall through in less time should greed of the form of interest . down to one of the most appalling breaches of coded restrictions a top european parliament member has quit after brussels police caught him trying to avoid capture what's been described as a sex orgy officers rated what's being called a gay party which has surprised many as of shi'a was part of an anti l g b t coalition it was attended by some 20 people including european diplomats who had been chief whip of the european peoples party was caught carrying drugs as he fled through a window and shimmied down the drain pipe when police broken a passer by reported to the police that he had seen a man fleeing the lawn the gutter he was able to identify the man the man hands were bloody it is possible that she may have been injured while philine their coordinates were found in his backpack and his resignation letter amid his behavior

was irresponsible he apologised for breaching lockdown rules but claimed the drugs and his backpack had been planted former david coburn says the whole incident sets a terrible example. it's not setting a good example to the people in a time of the americans generally don't 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 is the goal if there are politicians are having a tremendous poxy while the rest of us i am are each isolated when it look at my hand out a lie and i never had hail as long as i was a student i was you know bob i'm a mom so you know i try to be in the rules and set an example as opposed to little bit away and by you know i think it's better that people obey the rules overseas but it's not to do the opposite to what you're you're selling to the public.

still ahead we'll hear about easing restrictions for christmas cause another spike in infections that's a longer story after the break. seems

wrong. but old rules just don't. mean you get to shape out just because get educated and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back to become the 1st western country to license a vaccine against code that developed by pfizer and biotech the vaccine has been approved by the national regulator. tell us the details. what is the news we've all been waiting for here in the united kingdom and it's being described as a historic moment and that's because this morning the 19 vaccine has now been

approved by the british medical regulator here in the united kingdom and means that the vaccination could be rolled out as soon as next week now what it means as well though is that the announcement takes the united kingdom as the 1st country in the world to be able to roll out this vaccine and has now approved it. which is the british medical regulator says that the job which offers 95 percent effective against 19 is safe enough now to be rolled out so what the united kingdom is talking about is 40000000 doses to be preordered and sent directly to the u.k. means that the 1st supply that could be rolled out next week is around 800008 vaccination is it means that immunization could be as soon as the week after that but it is on the top of this list well what we know is that the elderly people over 80 are definitely at the top of the list so to other care home residents and staff members as well as the staff on the front line in the health care professions as

well we also know there's 3 modes of delivery with this vaccination centers in hospitals of course and also in a community rollout setting as well now earlier today we heard from the health secretary and he says that this is an accident news it's a 1st step but there will be challenges with this rollout to. the fore as a bio for coded 19. ready to start vaccinating early next week is the 1st country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply. well although the job has not been approved there are already some people costing doubts over all of this saying that the rollout could actually receive and see quite a large potential even a few weeks or so we also know that 50 hospitals are poised gearing up they're ready to receive that vaccination but there's still some doubt as well when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine too because what we know is that this

vaccine needs to be stored in minus 70 conditions so handling this vaccine will need to be instructed would need to have instructions for the health care professionals dealing with it also just to point out the government's handling of the pandemic has never been celebrated in 2020 of course the government has many times imposed deadlines and then also missed them so this isn't exactly much cause for celebration for many people there are quite critical of the government's handling and they say till they see this vaccine they won't necessarily believe it they also say while the u.k. is in the spotlight today will they actually be able to deliver on their pledges interestingly if we look over across the channel the e.u. regulator is saying that it will not be giving the green light until 2021 after christmas but pfizer is the company dealing with all of these vaccinations working on all of these vaccinations is working to mass distribute across the united states

as well now we also have heard from boris johnson the prime minister and he says this is an excellent moment in history it's all about protecting and saving lives but will also allow the u.k. to kick start its economy again of course 2020 has been catastrophic for the economy as we've seen mass unemployment and hundreds of thousands of businesses severely suffering as a result of the pandemic and the economic standstill that came with it all of this comes as the united kingdom is lifting its lockdown measures as of today so the nationwide lockdown that last a month is now to be lifted meaning that all of the united kingdom. go into separate tears it means that perhaps boston restaurants across non-essential rita and india things like nelson loans and gyms will all be reopened today so the message from the united kingdom today is really a positive news as it is at the beginning of the road to recovery but the some skeptics out there as i say they were believe it to they say at. artesia the

edwards daschle bring us that report live from london thank you. professor in jones of britain's reading in a verse he welcomes the addition of new vaccines for the international community it's very effective and 90 percent effective in stopping inspection that is not to say that the other vaccines do not that's almost well they do including fact that by not being a virus this book next find vaccine and they know they're already seeing the wrong which is fine. and i would expect that the other trials that are currently ongoing will reports quite soon probably early next year but they reached a very good level it's actually it will certainly be a logistical challenge because the back scene requires ultra cold storage before it's actually used i don't think that's a stock of the romance i think in certainly in developed countries so i think the provision of minus 18 raises is not such a big deal but it certainly could be something that will effect the rollout more

generally 'd in other areas of the work world which don't stop access to vote storage but just a few weeks to go before christmas states are responding to mass anti-lock down outrage by easing restrictions that leaders fear at the festive gatherings could spark a fresh wave of covert outbreaks are your correspondent peter all over 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 this also the need to try and appease some of those that have been out on the streets of european cities angry and fed up with the current restrictions.

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 the senate 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 our worst equipped against the virus and then in the sound that because we spend much more time in such close spaces the situation to const more difficult we just have to get through this winter months and we hope people get a tax in 8 it's in the czech republic they've gone a bit further than germany and they'll be opening some shops that have being closed albeit with extra corona measures in place when it comes to religious services

there's also a split across europe in italy and in ireland there will be socially distanced masses taking place while in germany and iceland they're going for the virtual auction we recorded shoot services that we broadcast online and have also created virtual confirmation classes my sumo try to. do something outside the church on christmas eve such as a choir performance or a short service the a you might get a glimpse of tension what could be coming down the pike by looking at cross the atlantic to the united states last week's thanksgiving celebration so 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 the restrictions that have been in place across europe have seen 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 a this brutal despite its continues unabated as not to be disparate piece absolutely positively correlated to the contagion is provided by clothes so if you're going to see people go there in exeter more than leading to temptation lifting distinctions appears to be more like could he be paid to close the levy all of the night equations and gathering exeter it is dangerous he says police the measured east absolutely not big. interests we have no lease we have experiences i don't see any and you do clear that deer they look down east prove it to be an effective way old containing the spread of the spiders. that's a breakdown of today's top headlines for now if you're looking for more you can

always had her website r.t. dot com they're expecting in the south. at this point no one knows when the cold crisis will invade however it is undeniable that this whole crisis does negatively impact the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even. will the divide separating the rich from the 4 continue to will they. always be polite never engage with a negative a good or confrontational. don't get into any

conversation or start answering questions just ask for an attorney. to survive an interrogation. definitely don't want to be going to trial in the jumpsuit one cups. you're more likely to walk free if you're rich and guilty or if you're poor and. you've got 2 eyes and 2 ears and one mouth. so you should be seen in here and a whole lot more than you're saying if you don't take that advice easy going to dig yourself the whole. purpose. this is the one

business show you can't afford to mess up there montecito been watching 10 coming up to me much to you that are streaming to german russian pipeline plans to restart construction later this week and nearly 100 percent of funding has already been provided and cyber monday hit record sales of $10800000000.00 we'll tell you what the park. for the overall holiday season with retailing and humor science for us is we have a lot to get to so let's get started. after a year's delay 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 can set down pipe out about a 3rd of the speed as a vessel that swiss pipeline company also uses 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 the 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 with the 2 nations just ahead of the transition of power here.