the headlines this hour the daughter of iran's top military chain for sassa makes it widely westerly that she gives an emotional 1st interview to r.t. and reveals how she learned of her father's murder. but i turned on the t.v. and i stole this picture. i understand what happened. from that day tell no i'm still shocked that a lot of what happened it's so hard to believe. also to come in germany records its highest ever number of cobi deaths in a single day is a new lockdown comes into force for the christmas period and. we want our thoughts heard doc that there are a lot of wake up. angry restaurant workers rally in new york is mostly theories

including world famous families projected to go bankrupt amid a new city law. it's good for my family from your average european on if there is nothing there we will be sure the ground probably brought more troops a realistic outlook. good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock in moscow you with r.t. international now 2020 started with and have then shook the world and threatened to spark an international conflict u.s. assassinated iran's top general question still a man a well in her 1st media repair and his daughter zainab has given an emotional description of how she found out about his murder and also ensuring fallout you can watch the full exclusive interview later on home this channel or find it at r.t.

dot com but here's a taste of what was said. turbot night. before a few hours that this happened for my father i hear and i spoke with him on the phone. and then i left. to wisit my family and i knew it that the situation in iraq was so dangerous so i added chattels for the new is in iraq and my telegram about one am i see every deal is sharing on that china telegram about explosion in airport i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend who was asking for my father at various he is he ok or no because i hear any news that there is explosion in airport. and your father was in the car and they hit it so i got so shocked and full of stress like my heart was going from my chest when i turned on

the t.v. and i saw his picture. i understand what happened and from that they tell not i'm still shocked a lot of what happened it's so hard to believe how is the death of the off road in iran together what happened in iran and iraq was something something so special in the history you see how people come to the street and they are crying and they are sad and they are angry and they wonder events and they are waiting for an answer because they know. what general fully money did for them and they know also well why order to kill my father so so after that after killing my father america thought that everything will be stopped because they killed general soleimani departure of the

middle east but they are so wrong. they didn't see the anger of the od in the eyes of iranian people they didn't see their tears they didn't see their sadness and i have to say that generously money has a military from people that they will take revenge from chomped and they are so wrong they are thinking this war will be end the end of general soli money this is the beginning our people are united and they will stand in front of such a they just powers why would donald trump say that your father was a monster well of course a 1st he is the monster not my father. and 2nd i will say. my father did his job so well and make them so angry you are seeing every plan they are making the mentalist is destroyed everywhere

they are trying to enter and hurt iran they are failed why of course for them my father is a big monster but my father is a savior he saved people not just his own country he did this for all countries he did this for people. not just middle east he'd destroy i says because he don't want people people innocent in europe got killed by such a dangerous virus how my father can be a person who wants to kill an american people and people in europe how he was saving them from i says he was saving them so don't let anyone to hurt them he was fighting for them how he can be a terrorist to kill people trump is gone in january and it will be joe biden who

says he wants new relations with iran do you think it means anything that joe biden will be in the white house there is no difference between biden trump they are the same guy and they are following the same policy there is no difference between them trump or dare killing my father but biden support death so there is no different they have the same thought and they are following the same way and they are the same person joe biden cannot return my father he can it can't return it so there is the problem we have with our it is with their policy this will not change they are the same people the same mind the same way and it's one of them is worse than the other one.

and you can see that interview in full in the latest episode of going underground now germany has passed another sad milestone during this pandemic it has recorded almost a 1000 deaths in the last 24 hours the news coming during the country's 1st day under a strict new lockdown so let's get more on this now i'm going straight to berlin to speak with people all over a good afternoon again peter the numbers they're painting a bleak picture in germany at the moment. yes wednesday sees germany enter a new lockdown that will last through until the 10th of january but it also marks a very grim record 952 deaths over the last 24 hours with covert 19 being confirmed by the robert cock institute germany's public health body it beats a previous record that was set just a few days ago that previous record stood at $598.00 so there's been

a considerable increase in the last few days of the number of people dying with this virus it combs as i said is germany enters a new strict a lockdown basically all non-essential retail polluting things like head dresses and beauty salons as well are closing down the only things really remaining open are banks in some cases pharmacies and supermarkets in order for people to buy food what they did see was a rush of people going to shopping malls on tuesday evening and an attempt to cram in some last minute in person christmas shopping.

this new lockdown was agreed last weekend by the federal government here in berlin and the leaders of germany 16 states it comes after previous measures that it being called lockdown light that came into play at the beginning of november when they were designed essentially to keep as much of the german economy open as possible at the expense of social contacts well everybody basically admitted they hadn't worked . dear citizens we had all hoped to be further along but the virus still. it has us firmly in its grip from wednesday on worked 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 and an infection that threatens to get out of control we cannot avoid drastic measures. here in berlin care homes have borne the brunt of coronavirus deaths in the german capital around heart of those

dying died in care homes we've also heard from chancellor angela merkel who said that we should limit our contacts particularly with elderly family members over the christmas period pulling no punches the chancellor said it could have serious long term consequences if it was not and then the answer will be no it's a feeling. i wish it is and if that's lifted by not needing to use it i'm going to get into it fast as i don't. want to. it's not going to be the most festive of festive periods here in germany this year the message from the top from the german chancellor and from the the rest of the political leaders in the country is limit your contact as much as possible there is going to be a loosening of restrictions between the 24th and the 26th of this month but the message is still it may be a loosening of those rules but the virus doesn't take

a break. ok thank you pay to that was our to pay for all of our reporting for us there in berlin. not in america hundreds of restaurant workers have rallied in central new york they are blaming the governor for new lockdown restrictions they warn will force and business. write to your parents through roboto. whatever you want to try to refer to our friends or that i don't wait for. the protest to governor andrew cuomo banned indoor dining they want a relief package as the report finds that without help more than half of city restaurants will close permanently and even iconic then use may even have to show up to this kind of explains. the coded 9 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 is not alone small businesses have been devastated some estimates say that as many as 50 percent of them could go under soon absolutely heart wrenching having to take nothing away from them when they finally you know we're not getting any support from anyone in order to us a big job before you really need the. depression keep moving it's getting more and more and more people out of her and it happened we had. 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 you carried everyone you know every day and we were there some people we had a little bit of businesses we could 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 you know we give them you know hours of people working full time jobs. so it's referred. to as having told people that and i'm scared about my family but i'm going to. girl you know if you believe there is nothing we will be sure they will probably buy more but it'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 now 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 hall 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. meanwhile here in russia more than 26000 new cases and 500 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours and that does bring the total number of cases to more than 2 and the hoff 1000000 while the scale of the pandemic has prompted one russian medic to show us the horrors and the challenges of fighting it through his

own eyes the surgeon has going for his online posting poignant sketches from a coronavirus hotspot you can watch his documentary about this a bit like wrong here not me but his a quick preview. 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 covert 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. you're watching it is sad denmark plans to rank muslim i couldn't separately in crime statistics but it has faced a wave of criticism with people saying the move is racist we'll have the details after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in

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fellow again now denmark has defended in north with effectively classified muslim migrant separately in crime statistics critics say the movie is clearly racist but the country's immigration minister whose father is ethiopian 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 well many on social media said it raised disturbing memories of colonial practices copenhagen previously had just 2 groups for crime stats weston and norm weston but now there is a new category specifically for those from the muslim nations such as in the middle east and north africa now to talk about denmark's plan we were joined by bash

couper a she he's the chair of the european network against racism and also the political journalist ivan from. i don't think that acknowledging the truth and looking at the facts can ever be. racist or 6 hereon but i think it's very very crucial to stress that you have to look at the numbers and the facts and this can never be racist i think actually if you try to ignore the facts then you create racism i have looked movies. but the problem is mark. lewis you demonize moore greens for you next everything negative. under the beauties of religion. are. this is the races this is in this career is when you can be poor muslim country. who are you i think

it's very important to address the truth and it is actually the minister itself that has done this research and it shows that 55 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 raises to say hey we have a problem here because among these men there is such a high crime rate it's not because they want to and so it of ostracize them or blame them they actually wants to help them 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 more racist and so i think actually this is to prevent racists and 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 and i don't see any kind of racist idiology behind trying to help the problem. when you make a list of don't. we tell a muslim majority countries and say the problem comes that is 1st of all that is a lie because most about disbanding the turks. have good jobs there have been wonderful profession why don't you talk about them have you ever read any reports in denmark which please show us the contributions of opinion are just going to be which have been in commerce in business is in debt she driving in everything many many services from fundamental right if you can see oh i see the. relational which has proved denmark and action i really do think that this government and a lot of things appreciate that there are so many muslims that are well integrated

in the main a society i think you are inflaming a lot of hatred against denmark but i am inside and have those i am full and i am considered fair because i am dedicated i also do something about the problem tell me one thing before we came to denmark there was no jails there was no police there was no crimes crimes have our this been committed you know the society we had has in jail we had lot of other groups who are selling drugs who are doing large some crimes exaggerated i am paying them to represent it at all and i didn't mention it or you that if we had not only on his managed that we're committing the same sort of crimes they would take camp that i didn't society should stop do i think people into culture religion and groups and look at just like you know the whole these a crime among the people there is a real problem that is alive for the problem so we should look at that is group in which each group there is a criminality in which group there is any problem and triton solve it instead of

knocking about it all the time if the majority of them are functioning very well so what is the problem and those who are not. functioning very well may have some plan of action right to have them instead of revise them but they're sick sakya what they're trying to do i think why do we why do people call me off usually by the standard unarmed us drone cultural background what does michael john has to do with my being that didn't i am a black today in our day and i have lived do years so why do categorise people we don't get a grocery bill into what it is just being where we are if we talk but if we had a young or a group of young then his land 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 it is a problem for other people that people are committing crime no crimes no matter who they are i think we have to separate idiology and facts.

not be you has unveiled strict new digital market rules to challenge the dominance of global tech giants the proposed legislation would apply only to the biggest companies but tens of billions of users like google and amazon and officials behind the draft they will do say that they had no choice now we have such an increase in the online traffic that we need to make rules that put order into chaos everybody is welcome in europe. boat our responsibility is to decide when to give directions underage just to protect which is important to reach where the new rules could actually 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 or acquisitions in the sector and repeat violators could even be banned from the european union google has already criticized though the proposal

is selective punishment but europe isn't alone in its opposition to these big companies so just last week for example 48 u.s. states together with the federal trade commission filed a lawsuit against facebook accusing the company of pumping money into unfair competition we are scarce whether all this could keep the big tech companies in check. 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 as aligned 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 rule it is difficult to see face grew pulling out of the e.u. altogether i could see the ball the reality is that the village solution technologies every 2 different speeds and the new are not able to for all the evolution of technology sloan's keep for this reason that we are attempting to up

the. state in the 20 years ago you cannot force tech giants are to follow the rules that we dismantle finance and 'd see sense speaking we have seen in the last couple of years certain very small finance enormously nicky's is these fines that are not paying off and off to scare tech giants. washing out international thanks to the company softening just kind of the half past 3 here in. back again at the top of. the.

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states supports for exports as both its federal and regional levels but the success of each of us is the success of russia. civil most notably it's the most valuable thing for us in this forum is that the government has heard the concerns that exporters how worried about.