the deaths that happen every single day this is a history of the usa america. headlines this hour german hospitals in crisis that is the number of coded patients in intensive care jumps 40 percent compared to last spring meanwhile america is struggling to cope in a record number of kobita infections and deaths but congress has so far failed to agree another stimulus package of questions are being raised to about where the money from previous ones has gone you know a big chunk of it goes to the military and paying politicians small business works . people are taking better care of it i think they're legit neither side really cares about poor people. as around grapples with the worst crisis in the middle

east are on rations actually what it brands inhumane u.s. sanctions that it says scuppering its efforts to get a backseat. hello there good afternoon just on 2 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international the pandemic script is tightening on germany where hospitals warn that they are severely overstretched the number of patients in intensive care is up 40 percent compared with spring and every single german state is now doing to be officially at risk is peter all of the reports german hopes for a loosening of covert restrictions over the christmas period look in doubt as cases of the virus remain high across the country on sunday the state. became the final region to be cast. 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 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 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 the real 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 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 and. 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. am not sure 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. epidemiologists do warn of a possible 3rd wave of the pandemic early next year but are further lockdowns the way forward later in the program

a panel of experts debate their necessity and impact on society. america's crisis is also getting worse the average daily infection rate over the last week has topped 200000 with some 2000 people dying every day despite the die situation though congress has so far failed to agree a new aid package to help those most in need during the pandemic the buy part bipartisan proposal includes around $900000000000.00 in funding this is a good helping american businesses in particular restaurants hotels and airlines and also targets the unemployed but it's not against the f. now explains previous aid packages have not always helped 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 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 a 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 babson 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 $100.00 burn it down resources for the revolution snack block and a parent group that helped organize b.l.m. protest 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 kind of it 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 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 in the morris

husband gives half a $1000000.00 and go with relief funds when will the voters in minnesota do something about her course the congresswoman denies any wrongdoing as is tradition what can you do while you can if north all the incompetence in the corruption hoop that a few 100 bucks 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 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 theoretical 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 $523000000000.00 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 over 25 percent of all that money that was not the engine that

was not the purpose but that is the way the society works and it includes doing that with relief efforts by the government while in california people are calling out what they see is another misuse of funds during the pandemic the state's governor radek hated $80000000.00 to hoardings carrying educational messages about covert but that's angered some who claim that the money would have been better spent supporting local businesses that have struggled during lockdown when as americans wait for congress to release the latest covert relief package we got reaction from new yorkers about the holdup. and i know we're talking about right now getting a little bit more progress on a 2nd relief or it's still one time coming i think it's going to get start no matter what i think both sides don't really actually care it's really politically

charged and probably weigh it strategically to interrupt i deprecate it's very unfortunate that 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 right i mean for a little bit user for probably money and approvals to go through in that and those situations they are prepared for any other space might have more. they might help them out more to give money to. the military than to help people that are essentially poor this is america. i mean if there's a there's people that if there's a way to take advantage of we're going to defend it if you fire fighters on the ground and go give it to the story that you found out front of i don't i don't think so but i was modest myself actually i know for a fact that people are taking advantage of it individuals as well as businesses that don't actually need. large corporations even though there's been

a lot of people giving money back which is good i got to 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 their communities are supported by the tax dollars that are being paid by those communities and sort of it coming filtering through the people who are the loudest and have the most people out there retiree kind of arguing for them. meanwhile in britain the union representing health care workers there is calling for a public inquiry into whether p.p.a. shortages led to avoid a board death spoke to jenny vaughan from 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 k.p.h. there is no chance that a sign 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 explains 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 we need to learn these lessons and the only way you can actually learn those lessons is pipe truck judgment inquiry. well according to one report between april and october over 100 staff members including those who were working in the care sector died as a result of their job meanwhile human rights group amnesty international says that over 600 health workers have died during the pandemic in the u.k. that is the 3rd highest reported figure for any country globally however the u.k. government doesn't says that those n.h.s. providers who have been audited were always able to get what they needed in time but dr born-again disagrees why is it that the national audit office of come out and said there needs there needs to be comprehensive lessons learned there needs to be is proper exercise as to where there p.p. that was promised did actually reach the frontline they've had

a long careful look at this and they've produced a report and i can tell you that i was giving a lot of interviews and as it was you know much of dear u.k. we were listening to frontline doctors all of us were working hard and we were reporting these issues we have clear 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 document 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 just let inquiry astuteness 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. well as nations around the world in a battle to turn the tide against 19 experts are warning that we could face a tough start to next year too. 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 way this possible but it's also preventable so we don't have to wade through it again we must have or the mistakes of the summer by not wasting time in listening to those speak loudly about these untruths that another outbreak is impossible while the u.k. france and germany are among those who have been implementing various lock downs and restrictions to fight the 2nd wave however chancellor merkel has warned that current measures 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 i called again and he will discuss the possible 3rd way for the panel of experts. quote 19 actually as far as to why this would not really care that it is of course most why me or the know anything anytime the us will get the chance to

come across me susceptible population it's when in fact that is me like you have been because of the mixing we will be seen during 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 22 and you want to be 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 made explicit in june 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 also around the world. so a 3rd way of calming 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 the naked. almost. 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 block are the single mom their people their kids getting to people who could least afford to up 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 focus production people work. but we tell people we're elderly who have come what better to use if they want good start and you're. so plenty head to this hour including we speak to the grieving parents of a teenager who was shot dead by an israeli soldier during a west bank protest will have the details just off the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i'll see how that strategy will be

successful very critical time to sit down. again welcome back. is actively attempting to prevent iran from buying any coronavirus vaccine at least that's the claim being made by the chief of iran's central bank echoing earlier remarks by the country's foreign minister go with 19 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 over 50000 iranians have died in the pandemic can with over a 1000000 confirmed infections that is the worst hit country in the middle east so let's have a look then at how sanctions could be affecting that situation the trumpet ministration has imposed restrictions on iran's financial system as part of its

maximum pressure campaign these target iranian individuals and banks as well as foreign entities working with iran's central bank transactions for medical supplies can be exempted but they do need u.s. treasuries approval we've asked the u.s. treasury to comment on iranian allegations that american sanctions are preventing access to a vaccine. a. political scientist meanwhile and author of iranian origin shared his thoughts on the situation. sanctions are primarily in a financial and trade in need but the basically i think all aspects of the main an economy have serious people effects on their sake that the u.s. is doing whatever they can to undermine iran's ability to pool cue the necessary medical devices and in this case vaccines that are on the horizon and the

case in point is pray sharing. government osogbo. and not to unfreeze billions of dollars of the remaining an asset that iran needs in order to purchase. you know millions of doses of vaccine by causing all of these restrictions if you will so i'm creating the global war to combine these disease so if u.s. is not it will be caught and has an iota of humanity and constantly iran it will not take such drastic actions that directly affect their well being are millions of iranians. he has approved a new global sanctions regime for human rights violations the books foreign policy change his core that a landmark agreement. it will allow good of being unioned good target seriously and rights abuses are in violation of worldwide they're not going gave

a cage with analysts discussion for any specific case well the sanction mechanism will target both individuals and entities involved in human rights violations worldwide is found guilty would be banned from entering the european union and their assets frozen measures could only previously taken against individuals and organizations as part of a larger sanctions package against a specific country or 27 the states must unanimously agree on the new sanctions for them to be imposed we spoke to former here a pain parliament member breaks a campaign estaban wolf he says the sanction regime could weaponize human rights this is part of an ongoing kind of support which we in the european union the united states and countries such as russia possibly even china where they no longer target the nation but they're seeking to target individuals who are not those who have committed human rights abuses but actually appear to be friends or connected

to those they deem to commits it human rights abuse this is part of a slippery slope of an overall world ideal where only those at the top in the united nations or the senior power countries can decide in d. who will be the right thinkers the right way of saying things and the right actions is a very dangerous slippery slope i believe it's weaponization not just of human rights but of language completely. palestinian man has been shot and injured after he refused to comply with police orders at a checkpoint in the west bank hey you can see medics rushing him to an ambulance the man was unnamed sorry unarmed and was walking towards a checkpoint when guards approached him ordering to stop the officers then shot him in the leg twice police say they are looking into what happened this checkpoint is seen several similar incidents recent years including in august when officers

opened fire on a man with hearing problems now the latest incident comes after israeli forces fatally shot a palestinian child during a protest in the west bank palestinian president branded it a crime demonstrating the ugliness of the occupation is 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 for 15 year old enough so a bill the 24 hours later and hundreds are turning out to pay their final respects to the teenager being buried a lot of flaws. that 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 only 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 the wrong ropes 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 with means in accordance with the operational assessment and the standard operational procedure. following the censored and military investigation has been launched the findings will be examined by the military advocate general the minute it did not fire line phones but more the rubber bullets at the palestinian health ministry has reported the teenager's death as a result of it 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 we must be patient just difficult for the intentional targeting of children is a message to the parents that staying here is very costly that they will burn our cards but to give 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 chased hit and i 2 are still in intensive care according to the united nations since january to september of this year alone there were more than $200.00 incidents involving palestinian children being injured some of whom have sustained 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 e 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. 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 violence we still don't know whether the i.d.f. would investigate the incident but there are growing course from families here have been child advocacy groups that this is more than just a passion it's a bloody state on the fundamental dwight's of children. israel. just coming up to ha passed in the afternoon here in moscow that brings you up to date then i will back again at the top of the hour.

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