the session in the united states is a divorce and the car. rolled out across the largest country in the world every region in russia prepares to give covert vaccinations in the hope of avoiding hard lock downs over the festive period . dirty dealing films drug gangs taking over parts of burleson as police reports a rise in their activity since last summer in the german capital. across the u.s. the electoral college begins casting its votes to determine the next president all but sealing joe biden is with donald trump still digging in with allegations of widespread fraud. also to come a top british art gallery admits a mere old depicting a black child with a chain around its neck is and i quickly estimates if we get opinion as the tate in london considers removing it all together. believe me introduce you to.

your friends are. not if you. want to find anything the way i want to put it you know. the museum of colonialism and slavery. a very warm welcome it's 11 pm here in moscow and you're watching all see international with me and karen. now russia house falls trying to the rollout of a sputnik the vaccine to reach every region for the new year period and some parts of the country the vaccination program is already underway is hoped to bring down daily infections which peaked here in russia at the start of the month but on quarter has more on today's developments. today's the day that sputnik vs finally made its way to every single region of russia president putin spokes person said that unlike many countries in the west there will be no strict lockdown measures

for this holiday season and that likely has to do with the russian health ministries latest achievement the president's order has been executed and vaccines but choose from aspects a nation would deliver today to every region in russia vaccination is the path we should take if we also break the spread of the disease russia's prime minister has made it clear the vaccine is voluntary however it will be offered free of charge to all russian citizens medics teachers and social workers are at the front of the line to be vaccinated since their work is specifically high risk but we also heard from the prime minister that he promised 480000 vaccinations will be delivered across the country in december although inoculations have already begun in key regions like novosibirsk for example where medical workers have already taken the shot i know just people get that stuff this way we're waiting for the vaccine and we're happy to be free is to know and to get the champ let's not forget sputnik he

has an over 90 percent efficacy rate and russia's health minister is also saying that the latest information coming out about it is very encouraging so with over 27000 more cases recorded in the country within the past 24 hours alone this is certainly good news for the russian people it is crucially important the reaction later as many people as possible really know that. if you use a machine but didn't read it requires minus. a huge story basically it is minus a huge nice jewish so it will be difficult who distributed it but it is so political some hope for money from political it can be distributed through the cold . that was developed in the russian and dominion countries force. so cold blood can pose problems to real and global doctors and distributors not how to deal with. that one for all of that minus legion each person who can actually we'll be the

last person left on the disease we'll be one more person of your long into social solidarity given the we all know that they are more than the market the fair wish and if you often exhibit $73.00 fold you don't need to wait for 2 or 3 months but i believe that if you come by the books seem to be social just simply you yourself is all the shell you really can see results very fast. but german capital has seen a massive rise in drug use as police attempt to pin down entire districts that are said to be under the control of dealers our sister channel r.t. german captured the troubling trend that's been building since last year using hidden cameras.

the intimidated me a well built young man came into my kiosk i told him to get out but he refused to 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.

but i move on when i go to the station looking for a dealer i tell him what i need he takes a rubber doze out of his mouth the standard price for a job is just a year of so i give him the money and we go our separate ways. he brought his son from the alternative to germany party told us the drug problem has deteriorated due to an insufficient response from local authorities. the most important reason for this priest trafficking is a very lenient city government they instructed police to turn a blind eye towards the drug dealers at gurlitz up ethnic groups from africa most of them are rejected asylum seekers multi-port it because to them all. the africans are acting out and going to some park and trying to make a living but they're not illegal immigrants looking for decent work but as i said

most of them rejected asylum seekers and should not be in this country secondly there are. activities. who are dominating certain areas and. they're very very well organized and organized crime and. their word is the law and this happens not just in berlin but also in other cities in germany. and see racism campaigners have set their sights on a leading art gallery in britain miralda shows an enslaved black child take course and 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 the work is offensive trustees discuss the need to acknowledge the strength of feeling around a mural and the harm that imagery has caused the miro which covers the wall of

a gallery restaurant is called the expedition in pursuit of red meat it's by rex whistler and shows a hunting expedition characters in the piece include a captured black boy being led with a chain around his neck campaigners want the work removed all the restaurant closed and the gallery says it's considering how to respond were taken 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. but it has polarized opinion between those who want the marrow to stay and those who call it an unacceptable carry of the 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 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

it that what you're looking out. deeply offensive work placed in one of the most traditional criticism there is in a country house black lives matter that the whole paradigm shift in thinking. that what was formally accepted used to be accepted is now no longer accepted by the that you can move the world to some sort of museum of colonialism or british shaman you could provide the education context that. to have the supercell or slavery while you retain your 45 grew up in the premier arts establishment of the country you can be moved and it can be praised the proper education of 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 an essentially folse

because you misleading people of his do it earned because you are the l m b l n is a left wing mouches political party said which should go to a party now so the actual movement for black lives is lost its momentum as being any credibility or less basic 8 people about the entire history of the slave 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 sling chance i'd like to watch. honestly wasn't the 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 each human history has all the 50000000 africans exported from west africa and the interior what we will to do

is just create history away sure all your friends out on that channel nine's you. 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 the. ballots are being cast across the united states as the electoral college for many votes for the country's next president and put joe biden officially across the line as the donald trump a still refusing to concede despite his floundering legal assets to weigh the term the results artie's teleporting reports. well certainly 2020 has been a tumultuous year we've had the situation around coded in some chaos in the country and we also have had the highly contested 2020 election now it appears that the votes of the electoral college are now under way in which all the u.s.

states cast their votes for president now people may not be aware but the president of the united states is not actually elected by a popular vote even though biden is winning in the popular vote by 7000000 votes it's not actually the popular vote that determines who gets to be president the united states every state has a vote and chooses electors and it is the electors who then cast their votes for the president of the united states now the electoral college system has been controversial many democrats blamed the electoral college for electing trump a 2016 but it appears that joe biden has a very solid lead in the electoral college and then as the electors are casting their votes things seem to pretty much be expected to go in by the spader favor now occasionally in u.s. history will have what's called a faithless elector that when it's time to cast their electoral vote does not vote according to how they were assigned to by their respective state some states

actually have penalties for faithless electors now in 2016 such a thing did occur when donald trump was running for president and it was certainly dramatic as it had not really been a factor sense about 1988 but regardless try to trump did win the 2016 election faithless electors didn't have an impact and it's unlikely that any faithless electors situation could change the fact that joe biden is likely and is set to win the electoral college vote that has not stopped donald trump and his supporters from maintaining that he is the legitimate winner no it's not over we keep going and we're going to continue to go forward we have numerous local cases where you know in some of the states a good rig from the from us it's important to note that the land. ditch effort by trump in the supreme court was turned down there was an effort by the state of texas to file with the supreme court arguing that the results in georgia pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin could not be certified that the election

results there were not legitimate the supreme court threw out the case and declined to rule on it as a result it appears that as the electoral college vote proceeds joe biden will get the majority of the electoral votes however it will be on january 6th that the u.s. congress will count those electoral votes and certify the winner of the presidential election now it's important to note that in texas there are already calls to form what they're calling a union of the law abiding states and that some in the trump camp are moving in an interesting direction the supreme court and tossing the texas lawsuit has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law perhaps law abiding states should bond together and form a union of states that will abide by the constitution now there are very clear divisions inside the country this weekend we yet again saw clashes between left wing and right wing protesters members of the right wing organization known as the

proud boys clashed with left wing anti demonstrators things got rough and actually a riot was declared in olympia after the gunshots were fired. but. the fact that joe biden will be certified by the electoral college as the winner of the 2020. the presidential election is unlikely to bring the country back together there are deep divisions in the united states deep instabilities deep distrust and lots of protests and anger across the country the certification of joe biden as the

winner and the conclusion of the 2020 election is unlikely to hew all those wounds . parts of the u.k. faces strict restrictions this holiday season it's been revealed that the british prime minister barak's johnson was warned by top health experts that easing measures for christmas would spark a 3rd wave a relaxation of restrictions on social contact combined with the natural desire to celebrate inevitably increases the spread of the virus whilst we are not at this point asking for a change in the proposed christmas rules we are concerned that the current public debate on those rules is ignoring the significant extra risk involved. a new 3 tier system came into force on december the 2nd in a england with many parts of the southeast including london now being moved into the top level this is applied to regions where the infection rate is highest one is strictly prohibited households mixing with each other and allows restaurants and bars to open for takeaway and delivery only all of the shops and public services

can remain open and that includes the anything from hair and beauty salons to churches and gyms are just fine hoping to reduce covert cases and allow some celebrations in sections all still on the rise u.k. officials have even confirmed a new variant of the virus has been detected national health service chiefs however say they want the government back in september about easing out of lockdown restrictions at the time the n.h.s. was reportedly treating around 500 hospitalized covert 900 patients but by december the 10th this figure had soared to 13000 patients. well the festive spirit is being put on hold in the name of safety around many parts of europe to germany will impose restrictions being described as the toughest ever seen in the country all non-essential shops will close the restaurants and bars will stay shut for the season and the sale of fireworks has been banned for the new year over in is to

leave the government is looking to restrict movement around the country only essential travel will be allowed to between regions while on the 25th and 26th of december going to the next town will be bound to we spoke to senior clinical lecturer dr barrett about the importance of safety measures in a month associated with families coming together. the iris is there case numbers are there we need to have a very restricted christmas what is important is that you are honest and believable and trusted and you tell your people that we have a problem it is not possible to meet on 23rd 24th 25th of december however very soon in the new year it will become possible so that is being kreutz full and honest and you explain to people that the vaccines are coming and when the axioms are coming and most people have been immunized it will be safer easier and better to meet up you don't want to be raising your glasses to say. a word

departed friends. france now where hospitality workers have gathered in paris against long lockdown measures which they say are crippling their industry although some restrictions were lifted on tuesday restaurants bars and cafes that will have to stay shut right across the holidays until the 20th of january they say it's threatening not only their livelihoods but also as they perceive their french way of life well earlier 6 my colleague andrew farmer discussed this with r.t. said charlotte was that process. of individuals pramod number of different sectors the restaurant kept i am bar sector but also from the tourism sector too and those people who own entertainment venues like. venues all come out to tell the government they want to open up their business because they have had the most. in 2020 1000000 of them saying they are part of bankruptcy with

some recent report showing that some 90200 thousands almost half of the business is . saying that they could be closing up shop for good in the next 3 months things are really dire i know there is a solidarity fund focused. this is worth up to $10000.00 euros per month or 20 percent of that to from last year but many say that that is simply not enough on the cooling on the government to do. more for this is the government has provided financial assistance but not everyone meets the criteria some restauranteurs in hotel owners just recently opened and they're not receiving help there's not enough help anyway. so popular professor cicle if the problem isn't the government's not doing enough of it the problem is that bars and restaurants are closed is this is not normal there's no reason for a pandemic is not spreading from new research in france has proven that and

restaurants a hot spot for the virus we've come here today not to demand help for the demand we reopen for work. or no work expenses continue to multiply been sick human but we don't have money to pay for it we don't have money for children to do just what we can to work but we still have to flee with the current economic balance is unfit for life that the condom on money from us if we can't earn it to mexico the current situation here or frons is concerning the government there are almost $60000.00 individuals who would be considered to die as a result of 19 every day the infection rate is still around $10000.00 cases that is. what president papa was hoping it would be up to this point the government is starting a massive screening situation in some cities across france although there have been

criticisms over that too and of course the new part sheen phase of the decompile it starts on tuesday with profits now many to consider. starting on tuesday which means that you could see that starts at 8 pm in the even. knowing him is a racially charged but there is concern that on tuesday cultural institutions were supposed to be opening they won't be opening up because traditionally many restaurant is concerned that there's a possibility that january 28th which is the date they would ritually projected to be opening may not be the time when there. are many issues are 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. protesting over the new global security little more expected at their

own more protests expected we've seen this protest over the last weeks about the global security law and then to add fuel to the fire that there is this new promoting republican values law that many of the protesters who came out of that weekend said that there are certain aspects of that and more which used to be known as the separatism rule which roma say tend to cool article $24.00 from the global security bill which is incredibly controversial this idea that it 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 of 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 all troublemakers.

well almost a 100. driv 50 individuals were detained at the protests on saturday many of these detentions coming in the 1st hour or so about 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 for 2020 shows france is down the scale yet again it's now at number 4 in the world it was previously at number 32 in this is meaning. journalists were treated in 2019 the

government says there is freedom of the press here in france but these rankings show that that certainly is diminished. health workers in gaza are warning that israel's blockade is causing us the very shortage of tons of testing kits and other essential equipment is making a bad situation worse as infection numbers in the palestinian territory continue to rise with these ladies season posing as a strip has a very bad effect on the coronavirus the poverty which is prevailing is one of the main effects of the siege on gaza strip and the closure of the borders of course which is preventing medical stuff and a freshness from outside to come to help us in gaza strip while we have the israeli continuous illegal look at it we have the coronavirus with the. health system and very difficult. conditions.

israel insists that it is providing masks equipment and doctors in gaza the israeli authorities are also reportedly getting ready to provide vaccines in a bid to stop the rising number of cases gaza closed all stores except pharmacies that we can't they enclave is one of the most densely populated territories in the world making it hard to enforce social distancing a local covert survivor highlighted the severity of the problem all had that issue and a. lack of discipline from the patients they don't wear masks don't keep social distancing sometimes even doctors don't follow this rule they also keep touching their faces and dies after treating the patients really cautious i get infected because adult who's callous people i hope people do realize that this virus truly exists in here and killed us. many thanks for joining us on the international this now if you'd like to comment on any of our stories then please do by following us on social media anything your comments that will be back in 30 minutes with the latest.

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 you know it invaded america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers all the governments of.

the unwelcome across the uk are all things to consider 90 really it's not over yet folks the latest on breaks it would tell me 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 just these stories and more i'm joined by. i guess landis' and in 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 and effect that means in jumping time you want and i was ok i was going to marcus in london give us a date on break said oh 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 instead 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 come on explain to us why we're still talking about. well ok to the press it story is off the perch and it's endgame because wast grigson left the european union in political terms almost that's the 1st of january of this year on the fed as 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 frenzy fest of the senate this year the transition cannot be extended its prime minister voice johnson said barry is absolutely no doubt the transition will not be extended however the labor policy 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 of 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 of england and in waves now candidates many years secure on free trade deal if 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.