but on this morning germany set to celebrate christmas under lockdown as the country announces the shutdown of shops and schools and made a spike. really makes me think the government could have had a lockdown earlier and that business worked for these 2 weeks. british for a children of all they may not get christmas presents to least trucks form 16 kids trying to get into the country but officials tell people not to stockpile goods and plane breaks it uncertainty with a deadline for a deal with brussels extended yet again. the top british art gallery admits a vast mural showing a black child with a chain around his neck in the restaurant so the quickly offensive the now the man from to remove it all together our debate on the issues exchange. to do we just

need history away. in the. history of the museum of colonialism and slavery. hello there start a brand new day and we good morning from moscow this 14th of december glad to be with you to bring you this morning's latest world news update from us. first on the news that germany is ramping up lockdown restrictions ahead of the christmas holidays as the number of new coronavirus cases grows there the measures come in a wednesday and they're set to last all the way through more or less mid january. the math none of the measures that we took in november have proven insufficient they did allow us to hold the rising numbers temporarily but unfortunately

infections are spiking again with a large number of deaths reported we know that the health care system is strained and our aim is to prevent it from being overwhelmed so let's go to our tease peter all of this for you berlin morning papers going to be huge blow them to germans of course love christmas morning a lot of us a strict lot over the festive period right the way through it so this is not the maid it's around about this is the 2nd week of joinery the 10th isn't it what more do we know what can and can't be done well all non-essential retail schools day care headdresses. they're all going to be closed because during this new lockdown that's coming in religious services will be able to take place but they'll be no public singing alcohol will be banned from being able to be sold on the streets and fireworks will not be able to be sold for new year's eve as part of these new plans it's not a surprise that we've seen new lockdown measures come in here in germany it is

perhaps a surprise that this was agreed to so quickly on sunday return angela merkel and the leaders of germany 16 states the states have been pretty reticent to give in to the chancellor's requests for stricter lockdown in the past these new measures will be loosened both between the 24th and the 26th of december in order to allow some families to come together over the christmas period during those days for adults from 2 different households and there's many children under the age of 14 will be allowed to gather however the message from angela merkel is caution. we appeal to families who are inviting relatives to avoid contact for 7 days before doing this so it's a protective week for new year's eve and new year's day the normal rules will apply no exceptions. well the german chancellor wanted a strict

a lockdown back in october however she was not on the same page as the leaders of germany's 16 states they wanted to keep as much of business open as possible that's why we saw the measures that were put in place that were called lockdown lite it's pretty clear that this announcement on sunday is an acknowledgement that those previous plans to keep business open well they've pretty much failed. if that really makes me angry the government could have had a lockdown earlier in it tobar and that business worked for these 2 weeks and that's the action of us prepared for the 2nd knock down i've expanded my own line shop and started selling new products there and honestly i was not surprised by these decision. alongside chancellor merkel on sunday was finance minister or life shorts he said that the federal government is making available between 10 and 12000000000 euro per month in order to help out businesses and individuals forced

to close down their economic activities because of these lockdown measures he said that the majority of those in the bundestag were in support of giving out aid to those that need it you know we always need to see what will happen in cases should last longer and that's one of told you that we've got a lot of leeway from the german bundestag to help where is necessary. well the reason these new lockdown measures are needed is that there's been a rise in cases and that is state steady across germany 16000 new infections on sunday with the states of north rhine-westphalia bavaria button voting book worst affected we've also seen the number of people who have died with covert 1000 in germany past 21000 this prompted angle of merkel the leaders of germany 16 states to announce that we will be heading back into

a much stricter lock down from sunday until at least the 10th of january next year . producer speed and was. peter all over in berlin we spoke to were berlin journalist thomas fassbender and thinks it won't be easy for authorities to monitor the to latest restrictions though. if you read the regulation i read them 3 or 4 times for christmas. you need sort of a law degree to understand really what is allowed and what is forbidden for christmas but christmas in germany in 2020 it will be a lot of. anger criticism and humorous etc about it. again government wants to restrict is much as possible in context knowing that of course all these measures will not be fully implemented and they will not

be able to monitor or. there is a certain despair in the government measures that cannot be denied but it is difficult even even with discipline germans to keep 83000000. and under strict control in this situation. the news this morning police are shot dead a man who fired at them at a christmas choir show outside a new york church officers fired 15 rounds into the shooter who was heard shouting kill me the man was rushed to hospital he died of his injuries no other casualties were reportedly authorities still investigating what his motives could have been. huge queues or trucks have formed on the british border made uncertainty over the failure to reach a divorce agreement still with the e.u. suppliers increasingly fear new terrorists from a no breaks it deal with prime minister boris johnson again then extending his deadline to try to reach a compromise. i say to all the doctors dude we are going to energize the country

we're going to get bricks it done although people thought it was but in the meantime get ready with culprits of the generally the 1st trigger. if we act while the brakes it panics made worse by the traditional surge in demand this time of the year christmas with the government now even warning stores to stockpile food to me to polk has got more on. sunday's talks were supposed to be final but what we got was another cliffhanger i'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile so what are the remaining sticking points for one fish specifically the u.k. fishing industry which is tired of having to share its waters with european competitors while abiding by e.u. quotas which they see as unfair we will until basically you know for us we just one

of those dark side for an ideal for us that's just a slight it won't work so i think as official realize it doesn't one might or it will feel as though we got about 40 years old when they were enabled it's when we can gun fish and catch fish have a drink but i haven't had a drink for the last. 46 years old been a tito. definitely get the romeo or the end of it and boris johnson has vowed to support them he's even ready to send in navy gunships to chase away european fishing vessels in case of a no deal brags that europe's response calmed down. i want to say keep cool just because we're at the end of a negotiation doesn't mean we have to lose our temper and go overboard while the situation in the sea heats up the trucks waiting in line hundreds of them stranded in kent santa might be late this year as the pre-christian is build up has contributed to an already dire situation at the border as elves are stuck with

countless toys in their trucks some of which might not reach the children until easter well barbie dolls might not be a necessity food and medicine certainly are u.k. ministers are even advising stores to start stockpiling food and corporation for no deal which would see prices skyrocket and some products disappearing from shelves altogether the u. says if you want tariff free access to our market we need to maintain the same standards for goods labor and the environment but those are all the things the u.k. wants to decide for itself. and then there's the problem of how to resolve disputes which are bound to come up the you lost the power to retaliate if the u.k. doesn't follow the rules with fines and tariffs the u.k. isn't so keen on that and it doesn't want the european court of justice to be the final arbiter were people are great at making progress but i think in the general public you we care. because we course we proceeded to leave the e.u. in 2016 so no i don't agree we can marry people be it strictly surprise that are

yes we're not going to look i think we have to remember the our e.u. referendum in 2016 when the question to leave during the e.u. it wasn't leaving the e.u. if we had to do so trying to set up a deal yes of course which causes it to try and achieve again most capable or not again it's having a good working relationship with the e.u. what we don't want to do list muscular and infer are very savvy sorted out later on and just move on top of the. rules now. nexus morning reporting this one the german capital suffered a massive rise in drug use with entire berlin districts known the dealers control in places our sister channel r.t. germany used a hidden camera to capture this disturbing trend. the

intimidated me a well built young man came into my kiosk i told him to get out but he refused they started grabbing me i called the police but they arrived too late so i gave a statement but nothing has changed. if nothing you can see them looking out for a potential victim and if somebody is not paying attention they smash their bag or wallets.

that i move on with when i go to the station looking for a dealer i tell him what i need he takes a rubbed elbows out of his mouth the standard price for a $10.00 to euros i give him the money and we go our separate ways. disturbing trend on the streets of berlin they're coming up in a program this monday morning from moscow thanks for watching by the way moral code becomes the 4th of nation to normalize ties with israel now but what price he's got more on how the gift given to morocco in return could destabilize the entire region is coming up. is your media

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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. of her state's moscow time monday morning next time to racism companies have set their sights on a leading art gallery in the u.k. over a mural depicting black slave children it dates back to the colonial era after recent complaints now take britons then responded by stating indeed the work is offensive . the chair of the ethics committee noted that members for unequivocal in their view that the imagery of that work is offensive trustees discuss the need to acknowledge the strength of feeling around it mural and the harm that imagery has

caused so this mural which covers the walls of the gallery restaurant there is called the expedition in pursuit of rare meat by rex whistler and it depicts a hunting expedition characters in the piece include captured black children though being led with ropes around their necks campaigners say they want that mural taken away removed or the restaurant to be relocated and the gallery no says it is considering its next move as reported in the summer we're taking this time to consult internally and externally on the future of the room and the mural and will keep the public informed of future plans. all issues polarized opinion between those who want to be able to stir one side and those who call it unacceptable and a carry over from britain's colonial past on the other to put the whole thing up for debate. we need to debate and leave these things where they are so people can understand history and understand how far we have come from from these images they

may now from defensive well know the current. situation if you're just going to hide things away and you never going to educate people is passive which is also passive blackish to. what you're looking out. deeply offensive work placed in one of the most traditional predecessors the reason the country post black lives matter that the whole paradigm shift in thinking is that what was formerly accepted used to be acceptable is now no longer except. that you can move the middle rope to some sort of the museum of colonialism or british shaman you can provide the education context that. to have the super soft slavery while you retain your 45 grew up in the premier arts establishment of the country it can be moved and it can be praised the proper educational context but he certainly not in

a public space in the pretty prestigious art gallery or just a creep saying it's british colonialism is not to mislead an essentially folse because you misleading people of black history it earned because you are b.l.m. is a left wing mouches political party so which should go to your party now so the actual movement for black lives is lost its momentum as being any credibility or less basic a people about the entire history of the slave don't hide the fucked up black african tribes were complicit in it well before europeans got there and it wasn't just british colonialism can we just be absolutely clear because you no longer be used to be misled that chattel sling chance atlantic. honestly wasn't a periodic it's leavin of warring tribes that could be released in the negotiation between different villages it was the most brutal long lasting exploitation

probably one of the greatest crimes each human history sold a 50000000 africans exported from west africa and the interior what we will to do is just treat history away so a lot of friends out on the net chinese are not into who want to hide anything away i want to put it you know history in a museum of colonialism and slavery that puts it in the proper context and you my friend would be the 1st customer to get educated because your ignorance is so profound as to be absolutely shocked that. war is brewing in the western sahara as the us has agreed to recognize the disputed territory as part of morocco in return for about normalizing ties with israel the recognition threatens to break a 30 year ceasefire with pro independence supporters in the break wary a warning though that they now have little choice but to fight back his mortality

have explains. christmas will well spose especially good for israel this year see santa claus that doesn't look donald trump who has become the israeli equivalent of santa claus has managed to convince morocco to establish diplomatic ties with israel and when i say convenes what i mean is bribe the united states believes that an independent serai state is not a realistic option for resolving the conflict and a genuine autonomy under moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution western sahara is the world's largest inhabited territory that hasn't managed to achieve self governance largely because it keeps getting invaded the little people of us are always have had a rough time of it for the past few centuries 1st that was resistance to spanish colonialism then it was invaded by morocco and mauritania who in the locals fought and author all this struggle and all this bloodshed for independence the entire

area as far as the united states is concerned has been handed over to morocco by donald trump you see now why the locals are somewhat meath to the polish sorry and serai government condemn in the strongest times the fact that outgoing american president donald trump attributes to morocco something which does not belong to morocco the policies are you front is the un recognized representative body of the serai people they really made a name for themselves by potentially saving thousands of lives in the 1970s when morocco literally bombed serai refugee camps with napalm then bombed long convoys of refugees as they fled those camps for algeria where hundreds of thousands of them now live in refugee camps and off the all that killing the atrocities the tarot serai as have just been told to suck it up because they're now part of

morocco because. that's good for israel. since the stance of the arab israeli conflict we've been seeing in the observing peace in exchange for peace peace in exchange for security but today we see the consolidation of one occupation in exchange for the consolidation of another. month in which they live. from within the occupied region denounced this reckless statement of president trump which does not necessarily reflect use foreign policy washington's sheer cynicism and disregard for serai is right to self-determination aside this is all but going to cause more bloodshed russia spain and palestine have already condemned the announcement and the ceasefire that has held for 30 years is already breaking down you can't blame just trumpet this morocco has been a historical ally of the united states and even a bomber wanted the serai is to live under

a nation they want no part of. morocco's autonomy plan is serious realistic and credible he represents a potential approach the concert is for the aspirations of the people in the western sahara to run their own affairs in peace and dignity while it is fascinating to watch how far donald trump will go to please israel it is causing a lot of wear and tear for the old moral compass trading away half a 1000000 people's right to rule themselves and telling them to live under a hostile state where an unelected king calls all the shots but if you're in israel happy hanukah enjoy this latest little present that father trump has left you on top of the power of previous gifts. of british newspapers claimed election of ali was poisoned with nova chalk not once but twice before being airlifted from russia to germany the times cited unnamed intelligence sources as saying the would be assassins tried to finish off the top kremlin critic while he

was in a coma but failed german security sources have told their associates in the u.k. that the attackers struck again as in a valley lay in an induced coma before being put on a medical flight to germany this was with a view to him being dead by the time he arrived in berlin one source said. election of only fell severely ill cheering a domestic flight on the 20th of august the pilot made an emergency landing in siberia where the politician was put into an induced coma 2 days after that he was flown into berlin were a military lab concluded he had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the group western governments were quick to point the finger at the kremlin which has denied any involvement moscow's also repeatedly asked for access to those lab results to no avail president putin himself said all attempts to cooperate have gone unanswered. are specialists are pretty to go abroad to those specialists who claim that poisonous warheads have been found

nobody invites we invited them they don't come to us official materials not given political commentator i come and told us that when the stories based entirely on anonymous sources it raises more questions than answers. whether this silence or ridiculous it sounds somebody hear from somebody or yet something from a friend so it's nothing and whenever you are asked for a proof whenever you ask for a libel information they say sorry we can't handle it over either it is classified or it is it is not for you or whatever this is ridiculous when you make up stories nothing fits together if the russian secret service is not even able to poison somebody with a deadly poison on its own soil this doesn't fit together at all so this is a big lie a story with no money and i think every child knows it by now i think they don't know how to get out of this story and they just did it themselves far into it. it's

about 26 minutes past the hour that's it for now so far this monday for more of all the other stories we're crossing the features are bringing you check out our main site r.t. dot com reporting from moscow kevin i wish you a great day and thanks for watching. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you there.

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hello and welcome across the uk are all things to consider 9 it's not over yet folks the latest breaks that we tell you what you need to know also what should we make of all this talk of secession in the united states is a divorce in the carts. there's gus these stories and more i'm joined by my guest glenn these and in oh ah slow he's an associate professor at the university of south eastern norway as well as author of the upcoming book russian conservatism and in london we have marcus papadopoulos he is the editor of politics 1st magazine crossfire president that means in jumping time you want and i was. going to marcus in london give us a update on breaks it all year long they have had to get this trade deal into place

and of course at the very end at the end of the wire. we still don't have one and of course from what i've been following is that we it is unlikely and there's a lot of scaremongering but there's still a lot of questions as well what my question is after 4 long years of this why are there still questions i mean you've got a lot of smart people in your country maybe not politicians but c'mon explain to us why we're still talking about well ok to the press and story is last approach and it's endgame because wast groups unless you're in union in political terms almost that's the 1st of january of this year on the facts you pass the december of this year britain will leave the e.u. both economically and legally britain is in a transition after martin's and after the sensex rest of the send off this year the transition cannot be extended its prime minister abbas johnson has said barry's

absolutely no doubts the transition will not be extended however the labor party is co-incidence transition which demonstrates that labor has not learned the reasons for why it's was a nightmare it's about the election general election last year and the sherries that labor is continuing to come to sense the people of the former labor houghton's in the midlands in the north soaring glens and in waves now can britain and me year to secure our free trade deal by this that's the best of the senate i entered its year needs a that's it's no increase and they are likely however if that is the case in france in france frankly it was not secure as it will not be contested big as a lot of people in britain a say and specifically near a little because what base operates in trades a currency well it's a trade you know how it's like it's it is.