politics. i'm sure i'll see you then. the grim picture in germany hospitals one of their on the brink of collapse with the number of patients being admitted into intensive care 40 percent on the spring . america 2 struggling to cope with the record number of cope with infections and deaths but congress is so far to agree on another stimulus package questions are being raised about the money from previous deals has gone. you know a big chunk of it goes to the military and politician. people are taking advantage of it i think the early just neither side really cares about poor people . with around among the middle east the trees hardest hit by the pandemic tehran says u.s. sanctions are blocking vital medical and. other

thanks so much for joining us on. the pandemic scrip is tightening on germany hospitals are warning they are severely overstretched the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared with spring and while every single german state is now deemed to be officially at risk to all of the reports. 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 intensity of the illness in those that have it which means many more are requiring intensive 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 locked down light 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 is putting german health

care deral 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 have not been enough to combat the spread yes a millibar can start the 1st wave was a children's party compared to what we have now we have very high case numbers many people affected and we didn't have at the start we had the pandemic well under control and now we have significant difficulties bringing the numbers down. while politicians from the local right through to the federal level here in germany a concern that the current covert measures aren't enough to stop the spread of the virus we're also seeing protests against those very same measures by covert

skeptics conspiracy theorists and those concerned that anti coronavirus measures will see them lose their jobs. i. did not. know. despite those protests it seems more likely that the federal government would introduce tougher coronavirus measures across the whole country than there being any type of festive reprieve to the measures all. already in place peter all 'd over r.t. early. d.v. ologists one of a possible 3rd wave of the pandemic hitting in early 2021 our panel of experts debate didn't assess city of lock downs and their effect on society that's coming up later in the bulletin. meanwhile the united states is seeing its worst cove in 1000 figures since the spring 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 worth of funding it's aimed at helping american businesses like restaurants hotels and airlines and also people without jobs but as radical 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 who would 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 or then don't whether to finally give the shrugging family a few $100.00 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 by mosques by gloves perhaps anti sceptic. pentagon used tanks spend money meant for mosques and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor 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 covert relief money are you tired of white supremacy. welcome to the club called $1800.00 burn it down resources for the revolution snack block and 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 no 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 kind of it relief money right see this is something the pentagon doesn't get either this is money for the desperate to lose it pain because of the virus lot money for jet engine parts or stirring up riots and these problems 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 if north all the incompetence and the corruption hoop that a few $100.00 trickle down your way to pay off an 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 over everything should be on the floor but instead the democrats put cats and cannabis this week they'll say such pretty things i 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 them 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 works and it includes doing that with relief efforts by the government. we asked new yorkers how they feel about how stimulus package is a being delivered. and i know they're talking about it right now and get a little bit more progress on the 2nd relief but it's still a long time coming i think it's going to get stalled no matter what i think both sides don't really actually care it's really politically charged that's probably why it's strategically take insulin i deprecate it's very unfortunate but at the same time i realize there's kind of hurdles that you have to overcome in order to actually get it passed. i know that chunk of it goes to the military and paying politicians the systems are already set up i kind of i mean for

a little bit easier for probably money and approvals to go through in that in those situations they weren't prepared for any of this they might have more a. it might help them out more to give money to. the military than to help the people that are essentially for this is america. i mean if there's a there's people that there's a way to take advantage and if you find $5.00 on the ground even go give it to the store that you find out front of i don't think so i have a small biz myself actually i know for a fact that people are taking advantage of it individuals as well as this is that don't actually need. large corporations even there's been a lot of people giving money back which is good i guess it's a step in the right direction but i guess you call it fraud right i think it would be nice to be able to feel that those communities are supported by the tax dollars that are being paid by those communities so that it kind of filtering to the people who are the loudest and have the most people out there reach a kind of arguing for them. washington is actively attempting to

prevent iran from buying any coronavirus vaccines that's the claim being made by the chief of iran's central bank echoing earlier remarks by the country's foreign minister so far any methods to make payment and transfer the required currency have faced obstacles due to the inhumane sanctions of the u.s. government. among 50000 iranians have died story in the pandemic with over a 1000000 confirmed infections it's the worst hit country in the middle east let's look at how sanctions might be affecting the situation to temper ministrations restrictions on iran's financial system part of its maximum pressure campaign they target iranian individuals and banks as well as foreign entities working with iran's central bank transactions for medical supplies can be exempted but need the u.s. treasuries approval. we've asked the u.s. treasury to comment on iranian allegations that u.s.

sanctions are preventing access to a covert vaccine. for c.r.b. political scientist and author of the arabian origin shared his thoughts on the situation. is sanctions are primarily in a financial and trade in need but the basically i think all aspects of the rein in economy have serious people effects on the how sake they are the u.s. is doing what it really can't do and then mind iran its ability to look you in this the medical devices and in this case vaccines are on the rise and. 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. and i'm pleading the global war to come by these disease so you

u.s. is not it will be declined in as an a you would be money yank arms then it would not take such drastic actions that directly in the world being a millions of iranians. a union representing britain's health care workers this calling for a public inquiry into the p.p. shortages led to avoidable deaths dr chen evolved from doctors association u.k. says that this would enable the government to learn from its mistakes. we think the government 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 frontline 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

thing 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 pipe proper judge led inquiry. according to one report between april and october more than 100 staff members including those who are working in the care sector died as a result of the job and more human rights group amnesty international says that over $600.00 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 interest providers have been ordered to were always able to get what they needed in time but stuck to jenny born again challenges that plane. why is it that the national audit office have come out and said they need there 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 much of da 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 dove men might decide to have later on it was not the case that p.p.a. was officially getting to the front line so you know this needs to be taken very seriously and the way the government does is it commits to a timely judgment inquiry a soon as possible and that's why the doctors a cut so ca should together with the good law. get all projects and our costs are taking the government to court and it is the right decision. that's come a spade to the grieving parents of a teenager shot dead by israeli soldiers during the west bank protest after the break.

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the important question u.s. dollar as the world reserve currency are we on the threshold of an era where it is no longer the world's reserve currency after basically a 100 year ron. welcome back nations around the world battle to turn the tide of the kovac 902nd wave experts are warning that we're in for a tough start to 2021 as well we could still see a very severe peak particularly i think probably in january is when i predict that would be most likely if we take our foot off the pedal on this 3rd wave disposable but it's also preventable so we don't have to wade through it again we must avoid the mistakes of the summit 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 have all been implementing various lock downs and restrictions to fund the 2nd wife with german officials discussing the necessity of strict about chancellor angela merkel says that they may not be enough 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 colleague in an am discussed a possible 3rd way with our guests. quote 19 action sauce 2 why this would not really care that it is of course most but why me or the either or anything any taller and the others will get the chance to come across my susceptible population it's one in fact that is going to me likely happen because of the mixing we will be seen during the christmas on december january time was when we 1st

started really to discover what the virus is all of the pandemic intensified into the summer a knob again are we facing the same scenario in 2021 do you think this is going to be a pattern i think 2021 of them certainly be different than what we have had some but again we in 2025 medically because we are seeing the vaccine coming into the into the human 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 change in of the virus but because of the vaccine $12.00 to $21.00 it will be different we've barely reached a plateau in this 2nd wave should the focus not be more impacting the disease not trying to break it instead of the what ifs of a 3rd way it's always a. brand new novel situation that we're all having to deal with 1st and foremost we've got to do what's best in terms of the public health issue i have a virus myself earlier and several months ago i think i'll lot of muscle around the world added or. die so

a 3rd wave coming is obviously absolutely frightening and i do think 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 so that we can really get obviously as we know it peter talk of a 3rd wave might dump in the spirits but just how important is it for businesses to get at least some of their seasonal trade in because you hear many stories of businesses having a tough year on the mic they make a. back almost on a good christmas a good new year if that's not here there's businesses that are going to close and they don't care too much about a 3rd wave or talk of it we have bigger companies getting bigger or smaller companies going out of business the gap is widening people who are taking. the brunt of locked accounts are the core of our single moms their people their kids getting your people who could least afford them we have lots of bankruptcies we've

got tons of unemployment but i mean. it's going to i would hope that this 3rd time we might do something close to production people work. but we were older we weren't beauties if they weren't. your. palestinian man has been shot and injured after he refused to comply with police orders the checkpoint in the west bank he pitches here medics rushing him to an ambulance the man was unarmed and walking towards a checkpoint when guards approached him ordering him to stop the officers then shot him in the leg twice 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. the latest incident comes after israeli forces fatally shot a palestinian child this is during

a protest in the west bank the palestinian president branded it a crime demonstrating the ugliness of the occupation i think it was only the latest such crime perpetrated by the israelis against the palestinians. this crime shows the ugliness of the occupation against the defenseless palestinian people it is the latest in a daily serious of killings that cannot be tolerated a day just like any other full 15 year old enough so apple the 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 wraps 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 at the idea of troops idea of troops respond with the added with means in the cordons 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 maul the rubber bullets at the palestinian health ministry has reported the teenager's death as a result of being hit by life and mission. 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 but 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 this year alone little 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 were 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. 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 state on the fundamental rights of children portsea r.t. israel. the us and e.u. are refusing to recognize the weekend's parliamentary election in venezuela with the opposition refusing to take part the majority of votes went to parties supporting current president nicolas maduro the result doesn't represent the real

of the venezuelan people. it's difficult to call that a victory because there was an overwhelming rejection of the regime with a majority boycotting the vote this farce 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. when this was national assembly was seen as the opposition's last legislative stronghold u.s. bank one guy doe declared himself interim president last year he was also head of the assembly and has not recognized his removal from this position in january this year following this election madeira has consolidated his power in a way that he insists was democratic. we have complied with the constitution 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 the new law make use and we have had a tremendous and gigantic electoral victory washington the rejects the legitimacy of the current venezuelan government and demands fair and democratic elections. been recognized by many foreign powers as interim president who so far struggle to gain significant political traction within his own country you've got views of public policy expert andrew king. i think there's a ridiculous charge and i think this this accusation was just to be expected it is of course the shameless it in me of a privacy coming from the trump ministration which is in the middle of a naked power grab the war against the venezuelan people has been bipartisan foreign powers the establishment is bipartisan the pentagon budget and the rationing against indian peerless nations boards only the other democrats are

more hawkish even than republicans once on foreign policy issues in the i think the sanctions will not change that's when you know massive in robust people's movement . you know it's a hands on in its will and recognize there are elections that people in the democratic majority in venezuela who support the socialist government in a poll lose the squabbling those in the upper class elites in venezuela who are tool of iron and. bridges right today thanks to a company that get tall such check out more stories by heading to our website. imagine taking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century what other chap.