the headlines this late wednesday morning from moscow denmark insisted affectively needs a separate category for muslim migrants. it's a move blasted by critics is outright racism the whole thing up. if you ignore that problem and people see that those people are committing crimes and then we have you know another tendency to more racist. cops. and groups and look at. it on a. new york mostly trees including world famous

venues are projected to go bankrupt. we speak to one restaurant owner. scared of my family from going to have a job you know if you look if there is nothing there we will be shutting down probably by march that's the realistic outlook for. the e.u. launches a huge crackdown on global tech pretty controversial this one like facebook. domination in the way. washington. i'm talking about this to the horrors of see. on the front line in russia medic you've got a lot of followers for posting sketches from a coronavirus. coming up you can see. we've just finished a 3 hour operation it was our 3rd today this was my last picture my last but one working day.

i just turned 11 am the 16th of december in moscow. martie international's world news h.q. kevin owen here next great of a company that. first denmark's defended a new law to effectively classify muslim migrants separately in crime stats critics say the moves clearly racist but the country's immigration minister whose father is ethiopian indeed explained why it's needed this new designation will provide a more honest political discussion about the minority of immigrants who create very great challenges there is a huge difference in how immigrants from thailand the philippines and latin america fare in relation to people from for example the middle east and i do not think it is racist to categorize countries based on that many of social media said it raises disturbing memories of colonial practices gone by copenhagen previously had just 2

groups for crime starts western the non-western but now there's this proposed new category especially for those from predominantly muslim nations such as in the middle east or north africa or talk about denmark's plan in a bit more detail we're joined by chair of the european network against racism and also political journalist had been thrown home. i don't think that acknowledging the truth and looking at the facts can ever be. racist or sick tarion but i think it has to be mentioned that the minister of immigration and integration and then much right now belongs to a social democratic government so it means that he doesn't come from a right wing political idiology in this gear is run you people are muslim country music. and they lead you to read you know and they're looking at it bible prime minister this is going to do a search of them i know her personally and she is one of the more islam person you

can find and you do i have lived in denmark for 50 years and i've come from pakistan i'm going on a non-religious person but i will miss your background and how group for 40 years minority politics in denmark and european union you know they talk about my vision we have no my view. most broke through to them a critical part and it is actually the minister itself that has done this research and it shows that. 5 percent of young men from north africa the middle east pakistan and turkey actually do have some kind of sentence because they committed a crime as it is quite lower for other immigrants from other countries and this are the facts and i don't think it is racist to say hey we have a problem here and i think if you ignore that problem and people see that those people are many crimes then we have you know another tendency to be more racist and

so i think actually this is to cribbins racist 1st of all you know very well that data can be used misused and you can fix the do to as you want why do the guard me a person did not european culture background what is the sense in that i think that the din is so tight is should stop people. into culture religion and group and look at this right you know the whole i think we have to separate idiology and facts here if we had a young or a group of young then his nan that were born in denmark that had such a high crime rate the government would address that too and say this is a problem we have to help this problem no look when you make a list of don't want countries which have a muslim majority countries and see a problem comes the us that is was the point that is a lie because most have pakistani and the turks go to universities have good jobs there have been wonderful profession why don't we talk about them have you ever

read any report in denmark which averages show us the contributions are at in when are just going to be asians which have been made in commerce in business is actually driving in everything that is needed if you want people to integrate it if you want people to be part of the instance like you belong then you have traffic here and not through the human eye i do understand that for all the good law abiding muslims in this country it's not nice to hear those facts but still they are facts the out many many surveys from fundamental right we can see. in this room listening to has proved that denmark is doing the ground action that is near should be putting over for nothing you are inflaming a lot of hatred against denmark but i am in slightly and have those i am full and i am going to be unfair because i am dedicated i also do something about the problem

. with some pretty struggling with its own migration issues to separate story but with britney there slater as villagers oppose housing refugees near them has caused a local storm there our correspondent when the southern england to gauge people's opinion what the fuss is about coming up in a few minutes. before we talked about the latest fallout new york city of a covert restaurant business is really under the hammer there hundreds of restaurant workers have rallied in central new york blaming the governor for fresh lockdown restrictions they warn will force most out of business. write to your parents through. whatever you want to try to refer to our friends or even on the way from where the protests came a day off to governor andrew cuomo banned in dole dining now they want a big relief package as the report is found that without help worst case scenario is moving hoffa's city restaurants can close permanently even iconic venues could

have to shut for good as kellam open press. the coded night teen pandemic has been deadly for a society's most vulnerable even the big guns are not safe and for businesses it's no different here in new york city the latest victim is club 21 and i connick establishment that is now shutting its doors for good the restaurant has been serving customers for a century there's been some big stars along the way such as novelist ernest hemingway tennis player john mcenroe as well as every sitting president since roosevelt except of course george w. bush and barack obama club $21.00 is not alone small businesses have been devastated some estimates say that as many as 50 percent of them could go under soon after the war and having to take it away with them when they finally you know we're not getting any support from anyone in order to pay because people you really need. to pressure keep moving it's getting more and more and more people out of her

actually back in the new york state restaurant association made up of over 6000 operators has many who fear they won't make it through the next 6 months it's carried every one year or every day and we there are some people we have a little bit of business is we do of these 2 little bit more right we had to bring some people back to work and it's terrible to tell them that it will give them you know hours of people working full time jobs. so deferred. having to tell people that and i'm scared about my family but i'm going to have a job you know if you want. if there is nothing we will be joining them probably by more that's a realistic look right now $552000000000.00 was provided as a bailout to small businesses during the pandemic however a big chunk of that went to major corporations tied to big banks not the little guys who are struggling to stay afloat meanwhile those that are still open for trade are facing even tougher restrictions that one bar owner in los angeles was

fighting back tears and anger when mayor eric garcetti closed down her outdoor patio and just across the way a hollywood movie set had outdoor dining all set up town but this is dangerous. but right next to me as a slap in my face. that face politicians love to praise small businesses but is the whole game rigged it seems like when we finally emerge from this pandemic we might as well have dined out sheerest and said farewell to our favorite local spots open artsy new york. so so so well talk about a big business next story is covering the e.u. zone valves strict new digital market rules to challenge the dominance of global tech giants the proposed legislation would apply only to the biggest companies with

tens of millions of users like google and amazon and official power in the trough bill said they simply have no choice. now we have 6 an increase in the online traffic that we need to make rules that court order into chaos is really growing in europe. vote our responsibility is to decide and to give directions underage just to protect which is important to us so these new rules could strip big tech of up to 10 percent of turnover if they break the competition principles european officials also want to be told of planned big mergers and acquisitions in the sector repeat violators may be banned from the e.u. google's already criticized the proposal maybe no surprise there than selective punishment but europe isn't alone in its opposition case in point just last week 48 u.s. states together with the federal trade commission for the lawsuit against facebook

accusing the company of pumping money into one fair competition we asked guess whether all this will keep big tech in check and of the day. the idea behind this is to not try to too narrow it into just one kind of attack but across all the tech spectrum of so-called gatekeepers the e.u. has consistently is lined amazon find google find facebook for violating their rules over and over a key problem here is the fact that these companies continue to break the law france and germany continually say facebook is violating the law google is violating the law so they assigned them record size fines these companies build this into their actual bottom line in terms of a line item in their budgets to say we're going to pay fines because we're going to break the rules the penalties are enormous we're talking about 10 percent of global turnover and then if there is

a persistent noncompliance that could be increased to 5 percent of daily then of delhi worldwide but over the e.u. saying hey you know we want to be able to to give internet companies we want to give them an opportunity to compete do facebook and google will just have to accept the new reality. to the new rules it is difficult to see face grew pulling out of the e.u. altogether could see the ball the reality is that the village incision technology center 2 different speeds and the low are not able to follow the evolution of technology sloan's keep for this reason that we are attempting to up the television station that is indeed in the 20 years ago you cannot force tech giants are to follow the rules that we dismantled finance and 'd the sense being we have seen in the last couple of years so very small fine is enormous any keys is these fines

that are not paying off and off to his eyes the surgeons gained fame for posting poignant sketches from a coronavirus hot spot you can watch the full story it's really good watch to hear on this channel throughout the day various times. we've just finished a 3 hour operation it was our 3rd today that's one tired assistant. that's my son who came to me that night i had asked my wife to bring him my son and i have a very close relationship. i love my son and i so wanted to support him little and it upset him that i missed his 1st day. moreover before he was born i'd imagine seeing my kids 1st school day crying staring into the distance looking at teachers it didn't work out sadly. this is a patient from

a care home due to diabetes he had lost both his legs. the thing is i drew him on the 5th of september. well certainly early september. when he arrived i thought he would die because he was suffering from moderate to severe covered 19. he had severe breathing trouble and was sent to the i.c.u. but on september 17th as i was just leaving the cove in 1000 ward we were going down in the same lift. i was so surprised to see that he had recovered. he was going back to the care home. this was my last picture my last but one working day. i was as they say at the end of my tether. that day i had sent 2 patients to the i.c.u. they were severe patients hopeless cases that day i went to the i.c.u.

and it scared the hell out of me what i saw there made me draw this picture. a depiction of despair when you walk across this room with no doors or windows and as you cross it you're waiting death is sniffing around us. i want to so so many on the front line there in the best talking of the fall from the pandemic a shocking warning from experts that more than 100000 children could lose their lives because of mel tricia bought on by covert 90 we speak to the report's authors after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see if. seemed wrong all wrong just don't. get to shape out just to. add to it and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. exhibit a the smoking gun we know now without a doubt the medium interference for the babies campaign before the election by the story was not was not russian misinformation we were lied to again we're

is the accountability. and britain struggling to deal with growing numbers of asylum seekers no major news there then but is causing trouble along the way locals in one village a few make up plans to houses newcomers near them he's really travelled out there to find out more. until 20th in record numbers of people attempting to reach the united kingdom and claim asylum thousands made the journey a while not all will be granted permission to stay long term all do need somewhere to live quite well but the question is where one location under consideration is here in the from village of boston stacy in hampshire where there are proposals to build accommodation bob to 500 young men seeking asylum with just the church a part of the village store and a population of only a 1000 people that if it is it simply won't cope in a small were very large 500 people squat lot so i think maybe i'm not against the

idea of the idea of it's good it's just the placement i think is a little off to maybe it should mean more towards a city or town. my concerns my city focus around the facilities in the area and the fact that it will be the other sort of a 3 a $320.00 shops or any other buildings like that it's just going to cause a danger i think with people trying to cross the carriageway issue here is that's a field in the middle of the countryside with no facilities and their services so whatever happens those people are going to have to walk somewhere or hit film to get any services that will be strong like. a petition by council to stop the home office from implementing the idea has been saturated but some in the local council are more welcoming of the idea i sent in the falklands in 1800 they were it was devastation all around people to death that they couldn't see any that they were trying to devastation of warfare is right and we don't understand that relieving

countrysides peace and quiet you know we have no concept unless you've been there you don't understand what these people have been through and what they've had to just to survive. this empty plot is ministry of defense land and that's been floated as a location for the facility built temporary structures will include dining and sanitation facilities as well as. access to basic recreation but it's been compared to prison like conditions in someone of the possibility of overcrowding and location on a busy country lane with no footpaths could be dangerous to. the concerns of already been raised about other locations used to house asylum seekers such as the napier barracks facility in folks in kent the government to spend millions on housing asylum seekers and say these are just temporary measures while they work to find more sustainable solutions given pressure on the system during these unprecedented times we have worked tirelessly with local authorities and other

partners to provide asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute with suitable accommodation as we are required to do by law if the napier barracks experience is anything to go by there are phases of overcrowding over the cove in $1000.00 pandemic still ongoing the safety of those housed in the accommodation and local residents is paramount but with the number of asylum seekers needing shelter set to rise other communities could be placed in a very similar position soon. and bought and stacey. an additional 168000 children said to die over the next 2 years from covert cold poverty a major new study. before kovi 19 the world was ready off track to achieve the sustainable development goal to eliminate hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 demick related economic contractions and food and health systems disruptions now threaten to exacerbate maternal and child under-nutrition across low and middle

income countries the cause of a massive rise in malnutrition from the pandemic the international standing together for one nutrition group warns they'll be over $2000000.00 more children with stunted growth poverty set to cause a similar huge increase in maternal anemia to a reduction in blood oxygen that causes serious health problems in newborns we discuss these grim findings with the report's authors. we project the number's going to go up by 10000000 in the next 3 years but actually if the numbers are kept going without covert they probably would have gone down by 5000000 so the gap is not really 10000000000 the cap is 15000000 we're going to be 15000000 worse off in terms of kids that are malnourished the move would have been by 2022 without covert so was the progress fast enough no was there steady progress yes because it's going to record our trajectory completely governments have to step up international

agencies have to step up the private sector has to step up i mean everyone has to step up but these impacts that we're seeing now will have implications for future productivity as well because these children as a mom nourished earlier nights their guilt grow up. and be impaired cognitive development they will do less well in school and they go earn a low incomes as an adult and then do the research staff also project at the future productivity losses could end up. being being judged and sick almost 30 u.s. $1.30 u.s. dollars their economies all over i read affected by this and that me but this only bill will come to enhance next year and already a year after any economic economy's built you know will now return back to normal but distilled and that are being worn out from matters that are being monarchist.

as a result of this pandemic they will suffer the consequences during their anti-life and also carry it on to next generation so we really have no time to waste. 60 seconds of world news in brief police of fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters in the eastern front city of non demonstrators came out against a new security bill that would restrict public filming of officers rights groups warned the law would prevent accountability of law enforcement though right. these continue across the country despite the government's pledge to rewrite the legislation. mania thousands of opposition supporters marching through the capitol they're demanding the prime minister quit they hold responsible for the country losing territory in its recent war with. the protesters want an interim government and new parliamentary elections within a year so far he's refusing to resign and i think the demonstrators don't reflect public opinion show solidarity no mysteries of hope projected on to berlin's

presidential palace to encourage solidarity in the pandemic residents of the german capital submitted words such as respect to be shown the giant letters across the. date. of us social media or up of course to get any headlines straight to mobile device as it happens from us it's all it's choice nor your fingertips for now though for me kevin owen signing off for moscow for me in the table of a great day. aids

emit a smoking gun we know now without a doubt the media really interference for the by each campaign before the election the 100 by you story was not was not russian misinformation we were lied to again we are. is the accountability. of the us economy was booming doing numbers of people when they need us. you can work 40 hours 'd in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is that way regardless of the reality of those who were not financially equality and the 2nd floor to be counting for a living minimum wage gave many people new choice. there's been a problem with the city the law is turned over to always stay away oh and it's all

too since that's the food that there is no answer because yes that requires at least the most vulnerable in abandoned on the streets to become invisible comes.

to get to so let's get started. a big move by the e.u. would attempt to break up the monopolies held by big tech companies that news as new rules were announced today by the e.u. in an attempt to either curb tech company power or even force those companies to break up well joining us now to discuss such investigative journalist ben swan and we've had this conversation before but explain what comes this time in this package and this reform announced by the e.u. . yeah this is pretty interesting there is something called the digital markets act and the idea behind it is to actually call for fines of up to 210 percent of the and you will global turnover of tech companies their annual revenues not their profits of their revenue so that's pretty significant up to 10 percent of that for companies that are so-called gatekeeper companies that would be facebook that would be twitter that would be amazon that would be any google property google and you

tube right the idea behind this is to not try to to narrow it into just one kind of tech but across all the tech spectrum of so-called gatekeepers and essentially punish them if they do not comply with the new rules that have been set up in order to protect privacy and to force these companies to not act in a way that is considered anti competitive or antitrust well then hasn't the e.u. already assess these massive fines on those companies why are they taking these additional steps and why now yeah that's a great point actually yes the answer to that is the e.u. for its part has consistently as you know fined amazon fined google fined facebook for violating their rules over and over and as you and i have talked about all the time sarah and the key problem here is the fact that these companies continue to break the law remember this isn't just oh we're violating some kind of rule these are laws that have been passed across the e.u.

and these different countries like france and germany continually say hey facebook is violating the law google is violating the law so they assigned them record size fines and by the way every time there's a new fine it's a new record in terms of the amount these companies have to pay but as we've talked about these.