so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers. the grim picture in germany where hospitals are warning they're on the brink of collapse with the number of patients being admitted into intensive care 40 percent on the split. america 2 struggling to cope with a record number of coded infections and deaths but congress has so far failed to agree on another stimulus package while questions are being raised about where the money from previous ideals has gone. you know the big chunk of it goes to the military and paying politician. back you know for back if people are taking advantage of it i think that they're they just neither side really cares about poor people. brown grapples with the worst crisis in the middle east to round lashes out at what is branded inhumane u.s.

sanctions says scuppering its efforts to access a vaccine. you want this is our teens a national thanks for joining. the pandemics grip tightening on germany where hospitals warn that they are severely overstretched the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared with the spring well every single german state is now deemed to be officially at risk due 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 robot called institute in the south the state of bavaria declared a contineu ation 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 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 putting german health care to read all strain is interesting as 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 has not been enough to combat the spread. of the 1st wave was a children's poncy 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. believe it and i think you 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 over r t. while epidemiologists will of a possible 3rd wave of the pandemic hitting in early 2021 our panel of experts debate the assess ity of lockdowns and their effects on society that's coming up later in the bulletin. meanwhile america's covert crisis is

also getting grimmer the average daily infection rate over the last week topped 200000 with some 2000 people dying every day despite the dire situation congress has so far failed to agree a new stimulus package to help those most in need during the pandemic a bipartisan proposal includes around $900000000000.00 worth of funding it's aimed at helping american businesses in particular restaurants hotels and airlines also those americans who haven't got jobs for those artes around against 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 that means as 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 on end 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 that by mosques by gloves pabst 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 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 no web page and only recently started a twitter account is vital to the community 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 and they also got a check of taxpayer provided relief people have lost jobs and homes in the morris husband gets half a $1000000.00 in co it's relief funds when will the voters in minnesota disarm can about her costs the congresswoman denies any wrongdoing as is tradition what can

you do while you can ignore it all the incompetence and the corruption hoop that a few 100 bucks trickle down your way to pay off for the ag bucks trickle down your way to pay off the angry landlord to keep you afloat 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 colbert really 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 awful all the fear wrecked it will help in the world billions trillions in relief that many americans will never see but hey pedagogue just

schooled 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 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 it a crisis the health crisis and the christian 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. we're $523000000000.00 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 died over 25 percent of all that money that was not the engine

that was not the focus but that is the way the society works and it includes doing that with relief efforts by the governor in california people are calling out what they see is another misuse of funds during the pandemic the state's governor allocated $80000000.00 to hoardings caring educational messages about covert but that is angered some who claim the money would be better spent supporting local businesses that are struggling with the impact of lockdown as americans wait for congress to release the latest covert relief package we've got reaction from new york about the holdup. and i know we're talking about it right now and getting a little bit more progress on a 2nd relief or it's still a long time coming i think it's going to get stalled no matter where i think both sides don't really actually care it's really politically charged and probably why

it strategically to intel i deprecate it's very unfortunate at the same time i realize there are kind of hurdles that you have to overcome in order to actually get it passed. i know a big chunk of it goes to the military and paying politicians the systems are already set up. a kind of i mean for a little bit easier probably money and approvals to go through in that in those situations they are prepared for you to speed might have. they might help them out more to give money to. the military than to help people are searching for this is america. but i mean if there's a there's people that there's a way to take advantage but we're going to defend it if you fire fighters on the ground or you're going to give it to the story for no front of i don't i don't think so but i was more business over actually i know perfect that people are taking advantage of it individuals as well as businesses are the direction you.

want of corporations even though there's been a lot of people giving money back which is good but it's a step in the right direction but by difficult broad right i think it would be nice to be able to feel that they. are supported by the top stories of the workers is calling for a public inquiry into whether p.p.a. shortages could have led to avoidable deaths up to jenny waldheim doctors association u.k. says that this would enable the government to learn from its mistakes we think the government's kicking the can down the road basically we've already had the 1st wave of cave age there is no chance of that 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 mosques we worry that the government is conveniently forgetting course lots of this what we need is to learn these lessons and the only way you can actually learn those lessons is by truck judgement inquiry. who are

working in the care sector died as a result of the job they walk 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. however the u.k. government insists those n.h.s. providers who have been audited were always able to get what they needed in time but dr jenny born-again challenges that claim 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 its proper exercise as to where their 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 met might decide to have later on it was not the case that p.p.a. was officially gets into the front line so you know this needs to be taken very seriously and the way the government does that is it commits to a timely judge let inquiry a serious possible and that's why the doctors occurred sociate and together with the good law. good law project and our class are taking the government to court and it is the right decision. as nations around the world battle to turn the tide of the covert 902nd wave experts are warning 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 the 3rd wave responsible but it's also preventable so we don't have to weave 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 u.k. france and germany have all been implementing various lockdowns of restrictions to fight the 2nd wave with german officials discussing the necessity of stricter measures chancellor angela merkel says they may not be sufficient relying on hope one help us the situation is getting very serious these measures will not be enough to get us through the winter i call again and o'neill discuss the possible 3rd wave with our guests my colleague in an earlier discuss the possible 3rd wave with our guests. quote 19 actually saw as to why this would not really care that it is of course most why me or the know anything anytime that others will get the chance to come across my susceptible population it's well in fact that is me likely happen

because of the mixing we will be seen getting the christmas time this september january time was when we 1st started really to discover what the virus was 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 a bit different than what we have somebody anybody in 2025 medically because we are seeing the vaccine coming into the into the human eye and of course it would take a little bit of time before to get into the general public to achieve the herd immunity so it ought to be and it's also a changing of the virus but because of the vaccine 12 to 21 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 a lot of muscle around the world added. 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 jump 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 good. 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 lockdowns are the core of our single moms their people their kids are going to get your people who could least afford to have lots of bankruptcies we've got tons of unemployment but i mean. it's going to be i would hope that this 3rd time we might do something close to focus protection people work. but we tell people who are elderly who have co-morbidities i think once we. start if you're going to just sort of. coming up we speak to the grieving parents of a teenager who was shot dead by an israeli soldier during a west bank credit tests after the break.

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welcome back washington is actively attending to prevent iran from buying any coronaviruses vaccines that's the claim being made by the chief of iran central bank echoing earlier remarks made by the country's foreign minister kobie $1000.00 vaccines have to be purchased through the official channels of the world health organization but all payment methods have been blocked by the inhumane embargo of the us government. all the 50000 iranians have died during the pandemic with over a 1000000 confirmed infections it is the worst take country in the middle east so let's look at how sanctions might be affecting the situation at the top of ministration slapped restrictions on iran's financial system part of its maximum pressure campaign these targeted rein in individuals 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 u.s. sanctions are preventing access to a covert vaccine in the meantime care of africa be a political scientist and author of a brain in origin shared his thoughts on the situation. is sanctions are primarily in financial and trade in each area where the basically all aspects of the the iranian economy have serious people. say the u.s. is doing what it really can to undermine iran's ability to pool cue the medical devices and in this case back seized on the rise and. case in point is preaching. government of sorts. and not to unfreeze whelan's of dollars of the acid that iran needs in order

to purchase. the meanings of those of vaccines by causing all these restrictions. and i'm creating the global war to combat this disease so you u.s. is not it will be declined in as an a humanity and constant it will not take such drastic actions that directly make the world being millions of iranians. the u.s. 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 party supporting current president nicolas maduro. result. of presenting the venezuelan people. is all i mean it's difficult to call that a victory because there was an overwhelming rejection of the regime with the 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 and as well as national assembly was seen as the opposition's last legislative stronghold in us by declared himself interim president last year and used to be head of the assembly but following this election madeira has consolidated his power in a way he insists was democratic. believe 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 venezuelan government and demands fair and democratic elections while long there's been recognized by many foreign powers as interim president he so far

struggle to gain significant political traction within his own country got the views of public policy expert andrew king. the people in the democratic majority in venezuela represent a recognized wonder what the years and the. washington consensus of us imperialism in us germany and they've continued to show time and again in the face of evil netlist to interact in that they will support the socialist government in a paul roos the swelling loss in the upper class elites in venezuela who are a tool of the i.m.f. in washington a war against the venezuelan people has been bipartisan foreign powers the establishment is by apartments in the pentagon in the direction against imperialism nations ford only the other democrats are more hawkish even than republican influence on foreign policy issues but i think the sanctions will not change and

when you know massive and ruthless people moving. you know city hands on minutes and recognize their elections. palestinian man has been shot and injured after he refused to comply with police orders at a checkpoint in the west bank we can see medics rushing him to an ambulance the man was said to be an ant and walking towards the checkpoint when guards approached him ordering him to stop the officers then shot him in the leg twice police say that they are 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 that was during a protest in the west bank palestinian president branded it a crime demonstrating the ugliness of the occupation adding it was only the latest such crime perpetrated by israelis against 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 a bill the 24 hours later and hundreds of 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 i learned 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 the watch 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 at the idea of troops idea of troops

respond with the adequate 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 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. 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 cards but taken 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 hit 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 a long term damage human rights groups often condemn the response. from these many forces but it seems to have little or no effect. 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 in 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 the israeli

authorities 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 stage on the fundamental whites of children. r.t. israel. and that's the world as it looks this today thanks for tuning in to r.t. international updates on the way in africa.