so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers it's. a grim picture in germany where hospitals warn that they are on the brink of collapse with patients being admitted into intensive care 40 percent on the spring . america 2 struggling to cope with a record number of infections and deaths the congress so far failed to agree on another stimulus package more questions are being raised about where the money from previous aid deals has gone. with the round among the middle eastern countries hardest hit by the pandemic tehran says u.s. sanctions are blocking vital medical a. good

morning great to have you with us this is r.t. international german hospitals are being overwhelmed by coronavirus patients that's according to the head of the country's hospital federation there are now 40 percent more patients in intensive care units than joining the 1st wave of the pandemic in the spring peter oliver reports now on how states across germany are struggling to reduce the infection right. german hopes for a loosening of coded restrictions over the christmas period look in doubt as cases of the virus remain high across the country on sunday the states. became the final region to be categorized as an at risk area meaning the whole country is now in the highest risk level according to the scale used by germany's public health authority the robert cock institute in the south the state of bavaria declared a continuation of a state of emergency is blocked by the fact remains that the numbers is simply too

high the figures must come down to the health system because it's already a threat it's not just the number of people who have coronavirus which is causing problems it's also the entering intensive care treatment those ending up in i.c.u. of risen 40 percent from the spring during the 1st wave of the virus. in states like saxony the number of patients in intensive care is 5 times higher than it was in april hospitals either reaching their capacity limits or have already exceeded the the lockdown measures that were brought in at the start of november haven't worked in lowering the number of infections to where authorities would have wanted them coupled with problems with contact tracing this person german health care under real strain. we can see that the health authorities are increasingly exhausted for example they are no longer able to determine from where people have

contracted the virus we see more and more outbreaks in older people's homes and nursing homes is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the virus out of these institutions and to protect the people there local government officials here in the german capital fear the restrictions in place of not being enough to combat the spread. of the 1st wave was a children's party compared to what we have now we come very close keyes numbers many people are affected and we do have that at the start of the pandemic well under control and now we have significant difficulties ringing in the numbers don't look don't light is not as fast as we'd hoped while politicians from the local right through to the federal level here in germany a concern that the current covert measures on to nuff to stop the spread of the virus we're also seeing protests against those very same meshes by covert skeptics conspiracy theorists and those concerned anti coronavirus measures will see them

lose their jobs. and i. know that. despite those protests it seems more likely that the federal government would introduce tougher coronavirus measures across the whole country than that being. any type of festive reprieve to the measures already in place peter all over r.t. early. epidemiologists are warning of a possible 3rd wave of the pandemic hitting in early 2021 we'll be taking a closer look at that a little later this hour. meanwhile the u.s. is setting some grim code red calls with the daily infection rate now topping 200000 some 2000 people dying every day despite the dire situation

congress has so far failed to agree on a new stimulus package that could help those most in need a bipartisan proposal includes a total of around $900000000000.00 in funding this is aimed at helping american businesses such as restaurants hotels and airlines and also those without jobs but as broke as the of explains previous stimulus packages appear not to actually help those they were supposed to. the united states is hurting worse than anyone else by coover it it's been a disaster by any metric lost lives lost jobs lost opportunity now is the time to help the american people at least hypothetically quote from mcconnell yesterday he said we're both interested in getting an outcome now that seems like bland talk but in washington speak with the means we're actually talking see for you all for me couvade relief might mean money for food to pay rent for medicine

a few $100.00 might make all the difference so how would you feel knowing that those same politicians that card agree for months on end whether to finally give the shrugging family a few 100 dollars wall less that those same people gave the pentagon a 1000000000 in kuwait relief money to quote prepare for and respond to the crew of ours so what are the pentagon do that by mosques by gloves babson anti sceptic. pentagon used tanks spend money meant for mosques and swabs to make jet engine parts and board yama and people are wondering where the heck the trillions of dollars it could relieve just for a 2nd that's 12 zeroes where that covert money has gone ok so if issues are now calling for the pentagon to be investigated for such brazen misuse of money desperately needed elsewhere what about the rest turns out there's

a 1000000 other dubious ways to spend qubit relief money are you tired of white supremacy. welcome to the club called $1800.00 burn it down resources for the revolution snack block than a parent group that helped organize b.l.m. protests a group that supports and enables the rights of writers that have shaken america qualified for $145000.00 in covert relief parity the group which has new web page and only recently started a twitter account is vital to the community done talk to cops you know you're the man right like we're all building because we want you to stop the police offices from repeatedly striking individuals systemic racism is a blight on civilization but this is conveyed relief money right see this is

something the pentagon doesn't get either this is money for the desperate for losing pain because of the virus lot money for jet engine parts or stirring up riots and these problem goes right to the top where a company that belongs to a congresswoman's husband the company which had a great year raking in millions and consulting fees can then claim half a $1000000.00 in extra pandemic relief money. it's amazing how well socialism works for the few don't you feel powerless when you read stories like this one i sure do along with angry now that's keeping it in the family while omar's husband's firm get half of all her campaign spending they also got a check of taxpayer provided relief people have lost jobs and homes and husband gets $500000.00 in relief on its well builded walters in minnesota did something

about her. of course the congresswoman denies any wrongdoing as is tradition what can you do while you can it's north all the incompetence and the corruption hoop that a few $100.00 trickle down your way to pay off the angry landlord to keep your throat while you search for a new job that might still exist you and millions more just don't expect too much help from above they're busy doing what they always do arguing with each other with all the challenges america has right now we think overeating should be on the floor but instead the democrats put cats and cannabis this week they'll say such pretty things and have tears in their eyes as they profess to care about your situation and then off all the fear radical help in the world billions trillions in relief that many americans will never see but hey pentagon just scored the sweetest new

dress uniforms why can't you just be happy for that it is a kind of naive to expect that even in an extreme situation that we are in now with a combination of the cold did a crisis the health crisis and the crash of our capitalist economic system the dominance of large corporations and the dominance of the wealthy is not going to be operating in the relief program and that is what is happening in the paycheck protection program 523000000000 dollars a lot of money was supposed to go to medium and small businesses it now appears from a report of the small business administration in washington that the richest one percent of companies got over 25 percent of all that money that was not the intent that was not the purpose but that is the way the society were. and it includes

doing that with relief efforts by the government in. washington is actively attempting to prevent iran from buying any coronavirus vaccines according to the chief of iran's central bank so far and in methods to make payment and transfer the required currency have faced obstacles to you to the inhumane sanctions of the us government. in all the covert 1000 death toll in iran reached 50000 last week the country faces the worst coronavirus crisis in the middle east with more than a 1000000 confirmed cases of infection to run as a member of kovacs a global collaboration that by the w.h.o. which works to secure vaccines around the world but around says that american sanctions are getting in the way restrictions on iran's financial system were imposed under america's maximum pressure campaign and they block a range of a rainy and individuals am banks from accessing u.s.

financial institutions and to impose penalties on foreign entities that deal with iran's central bank medical supplies can be exempted from the sanctions if approved by the us treasury washington says it's open to offering humanitarian assistance to iran during the pandemic it's come under increasing pressure to ease sanctions preventing medical deliveries. after c.r.b. political scientist and author of iranian origin shared his thoughts on the situation. the sanctions are primarily you know financial and trade in need but the basically i think all aspects of the rein in economy have serious people. how sick they are the u.s. is doing what it really can't do and then mind iran its ability to look you know the medical devices and in this case vaccines on the horizon. a case in point is pressuring. government outside. not to

unfreeze billions of dollars of the acid that iran needs in order to purchase. you know millions of doses of vaccine by causing all these restrictions. or to come by these disease so you u.s. is not it will decline and has an a. young constant or you don. it would not take such drastic actions that directly of the world being a millions of uranium. the union that represents britain's health care workers is pushing for a legal challenge to examine whether a shortage of p.p.a. led to the death of employees took a journey for doctors association u.k. says an inquiry would enable the government to learn from its mistakes made in the 1st wave of the pandemic we think the government's kicking the can down the road

basically we already had the 1st wave of caveats there is no doubt about the fact that there was a problem with securing and ensuring that p.p. got the frontline we know because the doctors association were right at the front line of actually listening to frontline doctors who were telling us that i had daily reports of doctors telling me that they were having to go to screwfix to get think basic things like masks we worry that the government is conveniently forgetting course lots of this what we need is to learn those lessons and the only way you can actually learn those lessons is by proper judge led inquiry more important than that you know there are families out there who have lost their loved ones who need answers we worry that the government is just pushing this down the road that it will take many years and actually to get learning lessons to stop more deaths that's why you need to keep going and happening choir according to one report between april and october over 100 staff members including those who are

working in the care sector died as a result of the job meanwhile human rights group amnesty international says that more than 600 health workers have died during the pandemic in the u.k. which is the 3rd highest reported figure for any country globally but the u.k. government insists that those and it just providers who have been audited were always able to get what they needed in time of a doctor journey born-again challenges that plane. why is it that the national audit office have come out and said there needs to needs to be comprehensive lessons learned there needs to be is proper exercise as to where that p.p. that was promised did actually reach the frontline they've had a long careful look at this and they produced a report and i can tell you that i was giving a lot of interviews and as was you know much of v.a. u.k. we were listening to frontline doctors all of us were working hard and we reporting these issues we have clearly data to support that it wasn't getting to the front line so this is again something that really worries me about the kind of memory

problems the judgment might decide to have later on it was not the case that p.p.a. was officially gets into line so you know this needs to be taken very seriously and the way the government does is it commits to a timely just let inquiry a soon as possible and that's why the doctors occurred so c.h. and together with the good law. good law project and our class are taking the government to court and it is the right decision was the nation's all around the world battle to turn the tide of what's described as a 2nd wave of covert 1000 right now experts are warning that we're in for a tough start to 2021 is what we could still see a very severe peak particularly i think probably in january is when i predict there would be most likely if we take our foot off the pedal on this 3rd wave responsible but it's also preventable so we don't have to weave through to go on we must the board the mistakes of the summer by not wasting time in listening to those who

speak loudly about these untruths that another outbreak is impossible the u.k. france and germany all been implementing various law downs or restrictions to fight the 2nd wave but still in chancellor angela merkel says that it may be deemed insufficient when we look back relying on hope one help us the situation is getting very serious these measures will not be enough to get us through the winter. my colleagues you know neal discuss the possible 3rd wave with our guests i think 2021 of them certainly be different than what we have had somebody anybody in 2025 medically because we are seeing the vaccine coming into the into the human arms and of course it would take a little bit of time before to get into the general public to achieve the herd immunity so that we can believe it's also a stringent of the virus any time the others will get the chance to come across with the susceptible population it's one in fact that is going to maybe likely

happen because of the mixing we will be seen during the christmas time the vast majority of some people to get into the population are going to bring the violence back into communities and which will be likely to see in general effectively as a number of it's a start let me go to the focus not be more impacting the disease not trying to break it instead of the what ifs of a 3rd wave 3rd wave coming is obviously absolutely frightening and i do think that it's wearing on us as humans as individuals but on the other hand we've got to let the experts really drive this and see this to an end and i work with 20 year old kids and young people and i am thinking that that generation having to experience this situation at that time in their lives will make them more resilient and will make the next great generation this extremely. noteworthy it's a real turning point for human liberty and for human interaction there's

a wide gap between the rich and the bigger companies getting bigger or smaller operators going out because the gap is widening people who are taking. the brunt of lockdowns are the core i would hope that this 3rd time we might do something close to. people who work. for. the united states and european union are refusing to recognize the weekend's parliamentary election in venezuela with the opposition refusing see to take part the majority of votes went to parties supporting current president nicolas maduro. did result in represent the will of the venezuelan people that opinion goes on that it is rare enough sight it is the leaders to pray that it does seem to people and to actually come together to start the minister and lead transitional process. and we are ready to support such a process yuppy thought. despite the fact that they have announced more persecution

against as against the people of venezuela against its slow makers and against them and national assembly as the president and judge say we will continue here together with you this force was nothing more than an attempt to install a complicit puppet national assembly beholden only to madeira while destroying the country's only remaining democratic institution truly representative of the venezuelan people venezuela's national assembly was seen as the opposition's last legislative stronghold is being led by the u.s. backed one goh i don't know who declared himself interim president last year but following this election with terror has consolidated his power in a way that he insists was democratic. we have complied with the constitution that we have complied with this constitution 5 years later i have to say we have a new national assembly the product of a popular vote the people have elected their new lawmakers and we have had

a tremendous and gigantic electoral victory. washington rejects the legitimacy of the current government demands fair and democratic elections and while being recognized by many foreign powers as interim president they serve our struggle to gain significant political traction within the country that the view of ph d. candidate in public policy under king. there's a ridiculous charge and. this accusation was just to be expected it is of course the same louis it is we have of piracy coming from the drug administration which is in the middle of the new power grab the war against the venezuelan people has been bipartisan foreign powers these down instrument is bipartisan the pentagon budget in the direction against indian view of those nations boards only the yellow democrats are more hawkish even than republicans months on foreign policy

issues in the i think the sanctions will not change and so i mean you know massive and ruthless people's movement. you know it's a hands on in its look and recognize there are elections that people in the democratic majority in venezuela support the socialist government in a paul who's. in the upper class elites in venezuela who are cool and i met a. palestinian man as we shot and injured after he refused to comply with police orders at a checkpoint in the west bank here we can see medics rushing him to an ambulance police say they're looking into what happened this checkpoint has seen several similar incidents in recent years including in august when officers opened fire on a man with hearing problems. latest incident comes after israeli forces fatally shot a palestinian child during a protest in the west bank the palestinian president branded a crime demonstrating the ugliness of the occupation i think it was only the latest

such crime perpetrated by the israelis against palestinians. this crime shows the ugliness of the occupation against the defenseless palestinian people it is the latest in a daily series of killings that cannot be tolerated a day just like any other full 15 year old enough so a bill but 24 hours later and hundreds are turning out to pay their final respects to the teenager being buried. he died on his birthday he spoke to his mother that morning to tell her to get ready for his party just oblivious to what might happen later it was for a day and ali and his friends joined a weekly protest against the israeli settlements near the palestinian city of ramallah it's not clear whether they were involved in throwing stones but these many soldiers insist they came under a barrage of rocks and been entirely is palestinian minors some of very young ages of participated in violent riots that have involved white threatening to voters

including burning tires throwing stones and throwing molotov cocktails an explosive that idea of troops idea of troops respond with the added would means in accordance with the operational assessment and the standard operational procedures following the censored and to military investigation has been launched the findings will be examined by the military advocate general the military insists it did not fire line phones but while the rubber bullets at the palestinian health ministry has reported the teenager's death as a result of being hit by life and mission in his empty. the occupying forces are unjust and brutal they don't care if it's a child or an adult what kind of harm going to child do so that was my son ali a 15 year old this is an occupation and we should be prepared for anything we must be patient just. the intentional targeting of children is a message to the parents that staying here is very costly that they will burn our hearts by taking those who are most precious to us our children in the past 2 weeks

4 other palestinian children have been shot and severely injured in the west bank injuries to the chest head and i are still in intensive care according to the united nations since january to september of this year alone there were more than 200 incidents involving palestinian children being injured some of whom have sustained long term damage human rights groups often condemn the respond. from these many forces but it seems to have little or no effect so israel is turning its back on international law not caring about legitimate resolutions or decisions especially the un s c and un general assembly which are talking about civilians and palestinian occupied territories. the israeli occupation forces killed recklessly they also are covered on a political level with support from the military command level that's why they are acting violently without any kind of responsibility. you need urged israel to

fully respect protect and fulfill the whites of all children and refrain from using violence against them in accordance with international law it also called on the palestinian authorities to prevent children from being exposed to the risk of violence we still don't know whether the i.d.f. will investigate the incident but there are growing course from families here when child advocacy groups that this is more than just a pattern it's a bloody stay on the fundamental rights of children. r.t. israel. well a mystery illness struck down u.s. diplomats in cuba and china fever speculation in the media suggested a new weapon was being wielded in the world well i washington's release the report into what's been dubbed a vanna syndrome. i

. am going to out. some cia analysts experts diplomats and scientists contend good evidence points to moscow which has a long history of experimenting with the technology a source. told n.b.c. news the cia had determined that some russian intelligence agencies. weapons programs were present in the same cities at the same time that suffered a mysterious symptoms.

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