germany's president warns of the biggest restrictions in the history of the republic with all non-essential services shut down for christmas is. really makes me the government could have had a lockdown earlier and that business worked for these 2 weeks. meanwhile british children are warned that they may not get their christmas presents until easter trucks for the 16th long to keep trying to get into the country however officials tell people want to stockpile goods complained bricks of uncertainty but the deadline for a deal with brussels again extended. to take over parts of the film as the effects of a sharp rise in cases in the german capital also to come this hour

a top british gallery. showing a black child with a chain around his neck in their restaurant is unequivocally offensive and i considering demands true move it all together we put the issue up put it back. a little to do we just need the shield. so your friends aren't alone. in the museum of colonialism and slavery to. follow that good afternoon you're watching r.t. international just gone 3 o'clock. the german president has warned of some of the toughest restrictions the new lockdown was announced ahead of the christmas holidays following the. cases 20000 victims were registered on sunday alone the measures come into force this week and will remain until the 2nd week of

january. from neutral on. from wednesday on words our public and private lives will therefore be more severely restricted than ever before in the history of the federal republic of germany the situation is bitterly serious thousands of deaths in one week an infection that threatens to get out of control we cannot avoid drastic measures 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 on 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 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 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 law. 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 the tober and that business worked for these 2 weeks and 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 all our shoulders 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 one has 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 they too are reporting there will burn in journalist must fassbender to think that it won't be easy for authorities there 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 you're a jerk 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 of 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 even with discipline germans to keep 83000000. under strict control in the situation. that huge queues of trucks have formed on the british border amid uncertainty over the failure to reach a divorce agreement with the european union supplies increasing fear that new terrorists could be imposed as

a result of the new deal breaks into prime minister boris johnson again extending his deadline to try to reach a compromise i say to all the judges 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 generally the 1st trade on w t o terms if we have the brics it panic is made worse by the traditional surge in demand that christmas but the government now even warning stores to stockpile food with more his to meet from power. 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 want to know until basically for 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'm not a drink for the last. 46 years old military told. definitely get the wrong mail order and if 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 temper and go overboard and while the situation of the sea heats up the trucks are standing 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 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 proper ration 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 where people in the slowing are great at 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 know if we can many people would be strictly surprised that our yes we're not going to look i think we have to remember the our e.u. referendum in 2016 was the question we'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 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 was muscular on the front stoop confer our producer be sorted out later on i'm just laid on top of the. rules now. now the german capital has suffered a massive rise in drug use with entire districts apparently under the control of data is our sister channel r.t.

german used the hidden camera to capture the disturbing trend. the intimidated me a well built young man came into my kiosk i told him to get out but he refused and then she started grabbing me i called the police but they arrived too late so i gave a statement but nothing has changed. if

you are 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 will buy move 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. and the racism campaigners have set their sights on the leading art gallery in britain and a mural that those shown in slave black child during the colonial period type britain now accept 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 when the mural which covers the wall of a gallery restaurant is called the expedition in pursuit of rare meets it is by rex with slayer and shows a hunting expedition characters in the piece include a captured black boy being led with a chain around his neck campaigners want to remove all or the restaurant closed in the gallery says 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 room and we will keep the public informed of future plans what it has polarized opinion between those that want me to stay and those who call it an unacceptable carry over from britain's colonial past we put the issue up for debate . 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 criticism there is in a country house 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 through. 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 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 to be alone is a leftwing mouches political party which should go to a party now so the actual movement for black lives is lost its momentum as being any credibility will less and u.k. 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 slavery chance atlantic. falsely 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 cumin history solar 50000000 africans exported from west africa and the interior what we will to do we just have a history away so a lot of friends are going on and that's our it's a 90 day rule and i 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 shocking. it's quarter past 3 here in moscow who is brewing in the western sahara after the us agreed to recognize the disputed territories part of morocco in return for morocco normalizing ties with israel but they moved us threaten to break a 30 year ceasefire with prime independent supporters in the western sahara warning

that they now have little choice but to fight back against if explains more. christmas will well havoc i suppose especially good for israel this year see santa claus 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 conflicts and 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 colonial ism then it was invaded by morocco and mauritania whom the locals fought

and off the wall 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 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'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 the robbery's 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 really stick and credible hebrew presents a potential approach to 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 happy hanukkah enjoy this latest little present that father trump has left you on top of the power of previous gifts. for i guess the affair now hospitality works in france from hotel staff to restaurant gathering in paris at the moment over the prolonged lockdown measures that they say

a crippling their industry although some restrictions will be lifted on tuesday restaurants bars and cafes will have to stay shut right across the holidays until mid january threatening not only their livelihoods but also as they put it the french art of living so let's get more now and go straight to paris and talk with is covering the story for a show that i know the protest is due to start shortly is there a big turnout. yes there's probably about a 1000 people who come out to this protest today these are people as you mentioned from the restaurant sector from boston cafes but also those who work in that tourism sector here in france and those who are in places like ling alys and they are about the situation here with france and they calling on the government to allow them to open up their sector once again they say this sector has had the most dismal year on record 9 months of essentially not for many of these businesses and

they say that the industry is at the port of bankruptcy just to give you some very good there was. that said around $90000.00 all over the business is within this industry of around $200000.00 so almost half said that they might be looking to close completely you would fall for bankruptcy in the coming months really worrying figure in terms of the situation here front now there is a solidarity fund that many businesses can access from the government this is with up to $10000.00 euros a month or 20 percent of it from the same period last year but many businesses just say it is not enough it's not sufficient this is partial unemployment for many their employees but business is nummi and not employees which means they don't get paid for this time when the business is being shut now many people have raised just not enough is being done for the industry despite these promises from the

economy minister from the president himself now just to give you a sense situation is here in france at the moment almost 60000 deaths attributed to big 19 and we're still finding the positive if you break this is the number of people being tested and finding themselves positive 19 is still around 10000 per day present not going to hope by now it would be down to hoffa at about $5000.00 per day because of the government. plans to reopen some businesses the cultural sector. this week would not go ahead that's now being put at least 3 weeks before need to sit in is made and that means that many of the restaurants who were hoping that they would be looking to reopen the businesses on january 20th in the new year wondering if that is going to take place there are these warnings. of covert 19 and the reality is many are not sure that generally 20

is going to be businesses will be able to reopen so they heed to call for more help . from the government and from the government to let their businesses open. short i mean is there are many issues aren't there at the moment in france that a spring people latch on to the streets to protest not least at the weekend we saw people in protest over the new global security law all more expected. at their own more protests expected we've seen this protest over the last few weeks about the global security law and then to add fuel to the fire that there is this new promoting republican values and many of the protesters who came out of the weekend said that there are certain aspects of that mall which used to be known as the separatism mill which will mostly tend to cool article 24 from the global security bill which is incredibly controversial this idea that you would criminalize publishing people who publish images where individuals can be

identified and there is no intent to harm them now there was also huge criticism of the protest over the weekend with the police using new tactics to try and avoid some love violence we have seen over the past few weeks essentially carrying out what i would describe as a smash and grab this is where the police ram into the crowds and they take out individuals who they think are trouble makers have a look at what happened on saturday. the. well almost a 150 individuals were detained at the protests on saturday many of these

detentions coming in the 1st hour or so of protests before. it was really too much trouble and all of those detained 2 would journalists now there's been huge criticism about from many opposition sides also from human rights groups and journalists groups as well and that comes as the new press freedom index the 2020 francis slipped down the scale yet again it's now at number 4 the world it was previously at number 32 in this is mainly due to how journalists were treated in 2090 in the press freedom index said that there were issues in this being able to report being able to film things being stopped from filming having their quickness taken from them and then of course there were all those injuries from journalists not just security forces but also from the protesters or which are painting the really worrying picture particular in this context of these articles about

criminalizing images or showing the police if this intent to home because it's not just the journalist unions that that have said there's a problem with this the e.u. in the un of also said this is an issue with democracy the government says there is freedom of the press here in france but these rankings show that that certainly is diminished. we're going to leave it at that show it's been reporting for us from the center of paris thank you. just coming through here are you watching us international back again at the top. of. the old. russian television some demonstrators right now the propaganda machine.

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