in headlines this morning germany set to celebrate christmas under lockdown as the country announces the shutdown of shops and schools. that really makes me the government could have had a lockdown. and that business went for these 2 weeks. british they've made no christmas presents till easter trucks form 16 kilometer queues trying to get into the country but officials tell people not to stockpile food and blamed gregg said uncertainty with a deadline for a deal with brussels extended again. the top british art gallery admits a vast mural showing a black child with a chain around his neck in the restaurant's unequivocally offensive but now mulling

demands to remove it altogether our debate on the issue sparked an angry exchange. only able to do is just. a. group of people. in the museum of colonialism and slavery. hello there start of a brand new day and week for good morning from moscow this 14th of december my name's kevin owen very glad to be with you with this morning's world news update from r.t. starting with this the great news germany's ramping up of lockdown restrictions ahead of the christmas holidays then as the number of new coronavirus cases there grows the measures come you know wednesday through till the 2nd week of january. they must know 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 all non-essential retail schools day care head dresses 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 between angela merkel and the leaders of germany 16 states the states had 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 as 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 or the german chancellor wanted a strict a lockdown back in october however 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 light 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 after effect really makes me angry

the government could have had a lockdown earlier in october and that business worked for these 2 weeks and sensation 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 all our shorts he said that the federal government is making available between $10.12 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 8 for those that need it and 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 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 fortan book worst affected we've also seen the number of people who've 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 lockdown until at least the 10th of january next year. but journalist thomas fassbender thinks it won't be easy for the authorities to monitor those restrictions. 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 scepter 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 with discipline germans to keep 83000000. under strict control in the situation. of trucks have formed on the british border madame certainty on going over the failure to reach a divorce settlement with the e.u. suppliers increasingly fear new tires from a no deal breck's it with prime minister boris johnson again extending that 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 on october 31st but in the meantime get ready

with confidence at the general. if we have to. panics made worse by the traditional surge in demand at this time yeah christmas with the government now even warning stores to stockpile food dmitri pogues got morning. 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 a for us we just want almost dockside for an ideal for us that's just

a slight it won't work so i think it's official life it doesn't work in my day or it will feel as though we got about 40 years old when they were enabled it's when we can go on fish and catch fish have a drink but i've been out a drink for the last. 46 years old been a tito. definitely get the romeo on 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 calm 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 temple 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 precursors build up has contributed to an already dire situation at the border his elves are stuck with countless toys in their trucks some of which might not reach the children until easter while 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 we keep on saying make you curtis but i think in the general public you need carrots getting fried out because we course we proceed to lead the e.u. in 2016 so you know i doubt if we can really. be surprised that our yes what

markets are looking i think we have to remember the our iraq throw him into a person $16.00 question or 2 leaving the e.u. it wasn't leaving the e.u. if we had to do so trying somebody all yes of course which causes it to try and achieve again most people are not going to stop a good working relationship with the e.u. what we don't want to do with smoking around on the front stoop infer things to be sorted out later on i'm just laid on top of the. rules now. thanks to the news this morning is that the german capital suffered a massive rise in drug use with entire berlin districts known that they lose control system channel r.t. germany used a hidden camera than to try to capture this disturbing trend. the

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

effect on me 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 job is just $20.00 euros i give him the money and we go our separate ways. until racism campaigners have set their sights on a living art gallery in britain over a colonial era mural showing an slave to black child type britain now except the word is they say 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 wall of a gallery restaurant called the expedition in pursuit of rare meat sits by rex

whistler it shows a hunting expedition but it's controversial correctors in the piece include a captured black boy being led with a chain around his neck campaigners want that mural removed all the restaurant closed and the gallery says it's considering how best to respond but we're taking this time to consult internally and externally on the future of the room and the mural and we will keep the public informed of future plans is polarized opinion between those 2 on one side so they want to be able to stay on the other who call it an acceptable carry over from britain's colonial past we put it 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 drawn 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 it. what you looking out. deeply offensive were placed in one of the most prodigious predecessors galleries in the country pulse black lives matter that the whole paradigm shift in thinking is that what was formerly accepted what used to be acceptable is now no longer except. that you can move to remove it all up 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 grow up in a premier arts establishment of the country it can be moved and it can be praised the proper educational context but he said he not in a public space in the credit prestigious art gallery or just a creep saying it's british colonialism is not to mislead in an essentially folse

because you misleading people of black history it earned because you are the l n b l n 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 for less educated 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 slave chance atlantic. mostly wasn't a periodic in slaven 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 in cuban history solar 50000000 africans exported from west africa and the interior what we will to do is just create

history away so sell their friends out on the net signs of 977 and i want to hide anything away i want to put it in a 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 shocking. police have shot dead a man who fathered them during a christmas quiet show outside a new york church office says 15 rounds then into the shooting was heard shouting kill me the man was rushed to hospital but he died of his injuries no the casualties reported in the authorities are still investigating what his motives could have been skip 17 past the hour good morning from all skoda smell the happy days going well this is ahead morocco becomes the 4th arab nation to normalize toys with israel but at what price more and how the gift given to morocco in return

could destabilize the entire region. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day. we ask. look forward to talking to you all. should work for people. must obey the orders given to like human beings except where such conflict with the

1st law. should be very careful about official intelligence the point is. the shia. area with artificial intelligence will slowly to. protect its own existence. existence. by going to morning war is brewing in the western sahara after the us has agreed to recognize the disputed territory as part of morocco in return for about normalizing ties with israel but the recognition threatens to break a 30 year cease fire with pro independence supporters in the western sahara warning

they now have little choice but to fight back is r.t. senior correspondent. christmas will well havoc i suppose especially good for israel this year see santa clause that doesn't work dawdled 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 in their genuine autonomy under american 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 whom 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 me just 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 golden voice of refugees as they fled those camps for algeria where hundreds of thousands of them now live in refugee camps and author of all that killing the atrocities the

terror serai 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 to consensus 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 hanukkah and joy this latest little present that father trump has left you on top of the power of previous gifts. british newspaper has claimed election of only it was poisoned with novacek not once but twice before being

airlifted from russia to germany the times that citing 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 the 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 alexina vanny fell severely ill during a domestic flight on the 28th of august the pilot made an emergency landing in siberia where the politician was then put into an induced coma 2 days after that he was flown to berlin where a military lab concluded that 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 the lab results but to no avail indeed 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 are not given political commentator on camera told us that when a story is based entirely on anonymous sources though it raises more questions than answers for this hour and so ridiculous it sounds somebody hear from somebody or get 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 that by now i think they don't

know how to get out of this story and they just dig themselves far into it. also a good time for the moment exactly 25 minutes past the hour hope the day's going well so far if you get a minute do check out our main site r v dot com more features on there and it needs reports for you from us but for now kevin o. is starting off have a great day. the demonstrators right now the propaganda machine. led.

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mr chips. 66th street. oklahoma in the heart of america one of the most deeply afflicted states in the opioids addiction crisis oklahoma might change the course of history. for the 1st time in the united states a doctor will be sued by the state for 2nd degree murder for over prescribing opioids here's the accused that to regan equals. a family doctor for over

22 years she's now suspected of being a prescription murderer. the judge has to ascertain if there is enough material to go to trial. the plaintiffs in the room have lost a child a brother a friend from an opioid overdose. dr nichols was their doctor she was the one prescribing the drugs. my name's urban box i'm an attorney in oklahoma city i practice cripple defense i've got a police officer and i've been a prosecutor and i've been a judge i've been here all my life i've born and raised in oklahoma. provide the hard to the oil production we're right on the edge of we're cowboys are

there and so we've got a lot of people in here that are hard working people and it's a pretty peaceful city as far as that goes. box knows these roads inside out and who's on 1st name terms with the local people all his career he's defended this community but today they kind of changed before i was having people from more the poverty level and i have people of all walks of life i have lawyers i have doctors children who have become addicted to the opiates now it's every level in every area of life is for is for the low income high and. all of what affected by the opiate use. he represents several families from this town everyone has lost a relative deceased if a cardiac arrest following a painkiller overdose drugs prescribed by dr nicholas. that for not figuring this.