oh clutch it is it this is the central park support diagram is kind of problem right now so stop. the headlines this hour germany is set to celebrate christmas under lockdown as the country announces the closure of shops and school spiking tell you good case it's. really makes me think the government could have had a lockdown. and that business went through these 2 weeks british children are warned that they may not get christmas presents until easter trucks. keep trying to get into the country but officials tell people not to stockpile goods some blind breaks uncertainty that the deadline for a deal with brussels again extended. drug the takeover of the films the effects of a sharp rise in cases in the german capital and also to come

a top british art gallery minutes that showing a black child with a chain around his neck in their restaurant is unequivocally offensive and considering demand to remove it altogether we put the issue. sure so little friends over the long. history of the globe these are the slave. fellow that welcome you watching r.t. international this monday afternoon where 2 o'clock in the russian capital the german president has warned of some of the toughest ever restrictions is a new lockdown was the names the head of the christmas holidays following. 20000 registered on sunday alone and the measures come into force this week and will

remain until the 2nd week of january. 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 have been pretty reticent to give in to

the chancellor's requests for stricter lockdown in the past these new measures will be loosened 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 since 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 but if that really makes me angry the government could have had a lockdown earlier in it told her and that business worked for these 2 weeks. as yours and others 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 off shore 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 aid to those that need it you know we always need to see what will happen in cases should last longer and those

were 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 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 anglo 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 these are all over there will burn in journalism as fassbender does think that it won't be easy for thora things to monitor the new 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 there are a jerk 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 contacts knowing 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. and under strict control in this situation. a huge piece of trucks have formed on the british border made uncertainty over the failure to reach into force agreements with the european union supplies increasing the fear that new tariffs could be imposed as a result of the name deal breaks it prime minister boris johnson again he 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 on october 31st but in the meantime get ready with confidence the generally the 1st trade on w t o terms if we have to the proxy panic is made worse by the traditional surge in demand at christmas with the government now even mourning stores to stockpile food with more his artie's from each pack. 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 for us we just want almost backside 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've got about 40 years old when they walk in able to when we can down fish and catch fish have a drink but i've been out a drink for the last. 46 years old been a tito. definitely the romeo all doing it and boris johnson has vowed to support them he's even ready to send the 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 use 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 going to take on the slowing making progress but i think in the general public you really care. because we course we proceeded to lead the e.u.

in 2016 so you know i don't agree many people would be strictly surprised that our yes what markets are looking i think we have to remember the our e.u. referendum in 2016 was the question you're going 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 you to try and achieve but in my state we're not going to stop a good working relationship with the e.u. what we don't want to do wish muscular on the front stoop to further our producer be sorted out later on i'm just laid on top of the. rules now. that the german capitalists suffered a massive rise in drug use with entire districts coming under the control of data is our sister channel r.t. german he used a hidden camera to capture the disturbing trend. the

woman before the intimidated me a well built young man came into my kiosk i told him to get out but you refused him then she 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. that i'm the one who when i go to the station looking for a dealer and i tell him what i need he takes a rubbed elbows out of his mouth the standard price for a job is just 20 euros i give him the money and we go our separate ways. now and the racism campaigners have set their sights on the leading art gallery in britain over a colonial era mural that does show and in slave the black child type britain now except that 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 trusters discussed the need to acknowledge the strength of feeling around mural and

the harm that imagery has caused while the work which does cover the war has a gallery restaurant is called the expedition in pursuit of rare meets it is by rex whistler and shows a hunting expedition characters in the piece do include a captured black boy being led with a chain around his neck campaigners want to remove though all the restaurant closed in the gallery does say it is considering how 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 but it has polarized opinion between those who want the mural to stay and those who call it in an acceptable carry over from britain's colonial past we put the issue put it back. but 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. what you looking out. deeply offensive work placed in one of the most prodigious predecessors or is in a country post black lives matter that the whole paradigm shift in thinking is that what was formerly acceptable used to be acceptable is now no longer except. that you can move due. 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 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 pretty 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 m b l n is a left wing matches political party which should go to your party now so the actual movement for black lives is lost it's momentum as being any credibility or less thank you kate people about the entire history of the slave don't how the fuck 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 that led to such. honestly wasn't there periodic in slaven of warring tribes that could be released in the negotiation between different villages it was the most brutal at long last the

exploitation probably one of the greatest crimes each human history sold a 50000000 africans exported from west africa and the interior what we will see do we just have a history away so a lot of friends are going. through and i want to hide anything away i want to put it out. in a museum of colonialism and slavery. 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. becomes the 4th arab nation to normalize ties with israel but at what price after the break we'll have more on the move could in fact stabilize the region.

just more moving to those who didn't just sit in japanese and i. don't mean it just became is and. the channels are. aligned to the left coming out of. the map. and you. have the economy more than a. substance that. was going around and i must think i don't know it was not only. me who was. going to. look at what's going to come along with the market going to come i think it's not just. missing out. you know i think i mean people are really happy that you're going to be.

the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those with. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. again welcome back my war is brewing in the western sahara after the us agreed to recognize the disputed territories part of morocco and return from morocco normalizing ties with israel but the move threatens to break a 30 year ceasefire with pro independence supporters in the western sahara warning

that they now have little choice but to fight back what a ghastly if explains more. christmas will well havoc i suppose especially good for israel this year see santa clause that doesn't work 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 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 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 terms 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 often 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 it'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. 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 bomb a wanted the serai is to live under a nation they want no part of. morocco's autonomy plan is serious realistic and credible hebrew presents a potential approach that can satisfy 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 have you had liquor enjoy this latest little present that father trump has left you on top of the power of previous gifts but a ghastly if they're not world news in brief from one of the biggest the most complicated logistics operations in modern u.s. history pfizer is beginning the mass rollout of its faxing patches have left the

distribution centers with the 1st shots expected to go to health care workers and nursing homes complications to include though the need to keep the job at minus 70 degrees celsius. talking of the cold here in russia very harsh weather has affected the city of moore lisc above the arctic circle severe blizzards have seen flights cancelled and roads blocked there are also reports of cars being buried in the storm and visibility you can see is heavily restricted. and elsewhere riot police have blocked thousands of protesters from marching to the home of the head of poland's ruling law and justice party demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the overthrow of the government prefer the tightening of already restrictive abortion laws they claim it is part of a wider author a terry push by officials. of the british royal family expert consulting netflix on its global hit t.v.

series the qur'an says the royal should hardly be surprised by the negative the trials of their behavior robert lacey told r.t. he's going underground media are only reflecting the reality of their less than perfect lives where you can watch the interview in full at our website at r.t. dot com but it is a quick preview. treated almost as a subject of religion i mean i think when it comes to health warnings there should be a health warning about the british attitude towards them on a cape because as i said they are human beings and actually they present themselves to us as a family don't they they call themselves the royal family they're supposed to be an exemplary family we pay them to be an exemplary family so when they are not i think we're entitled to to look at that establishment in britain was quite happy with the 1st 3 seasons which are of our coronations are happy marriages and jubilee is now in the fall season the marriages are going wrong story of them breaking down in

particular the marriage of di to charles brought about there's no secret by charles it's obsession and infatuation with camilla that's the history well in the book you say that camilla parker bowles used to brief the monarch sun newspaper so he detected a change now and we got coronavirus may be a new type of austerity you know denied by bars tronson coming is there have greater fear of republicanism than there has been in recent years i think there is because at a time of national disunity people look to the crowd of the royal family for a display of unity in the queen did that modestly at the beginning of the crisis with her great speech will meet again and so on since then the truth has been more divisive and of course the problem with camilla is that until season 4 of the crown came out she was headed serenely to becoming queen camilla with king charles the

3rd everybody forgotten about what happened in the 1980 is what got her there now suddenly being reminded of it and 'd it's not untrue 3. suddenly people are saying do we want to wave at the golden coach carrying the woman who displaced diana all the friends of charles are protesting about this they are of course in fact also friends of camilla and they don't want to be reminded of this pleasant history that's got us in our current state. just remind you can see that interview in full on our website nat gas the health workers are blaming the israeli blockade for severe shortages of coronavirus testing kits and other essential equipment as the number of cases continues to rise where these ladies see him posing as a stripper has a very bad effect on the court on the virus the poverty which is prevailing is one

of the main cause if it's of the siege on gaza strip and the closure of the borders of course which is preventing medical staffs and hateful wishless from outside to come in to help us in gaza strip while we have the israeli continuous illegal to block it we have the coronavirus with. health system and really difficult. conditions however israel does they did it is providing masks equipment and doctors to see gars it's also reportedly getting ready to provide back. well in a bid to stop the number of rising cases garza closed all stores except pharmacies at the weekend the enclave is one of the most densely populated territories in the world making it hard to enforce social distancing a local code survivor highlighted the severity of the problem. all had that is stands out that i see lack of discipline from the patients they don't wear masks don't keep social distancing sometimes even doctors don't fall with this roofs they

also keep touching their faces and dies after treating the patients despite them really cautious i get infected because i dealt with callous people i hope people do realize that this virus truly exists in here and it's kill us that brings up the fight for us are you watching i think just coming up to take this in the afternoon a moscow back again and about that. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we see me very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids opioids invaded

america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes at their dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers all the governments. oh and welcome across the uk great things to consider 90 real about it's not over yet folks the latest on parades 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 cart's.

discuss these stories and more i'm joined by my guest landis' and in austin oh he's an associate professor at the university of southeastern 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 high jumping prospectors an event that means in jumping time you want and i was ok i was going to marcus in london give us a day on break said 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 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 quite.