and. the headlines this hour the daughter of a wrongs top military chief assassinated by the u.s. earlier this year gives an emotional 1st interview to r.t. and reveals how she learnt of their father's murder when i turned on the t.v. and i saw his picture. i understand what happened. from that they tell now i am still shocked of all what happened it's so hard to believe. germany record is highest of a number of covert deaths in a single day as a new lockdown comes into force for the christmas period. that. you are a part of her thought that there are

a lot of playing. angry restaurant workers demonstrate in new york over fears a new city lockdown will force many out of business. spirit most of them with. if there is nothing we will be sure they will probably buy more perhaps a realistic with. a very warm welcome you're watching r t international with me nicky aaron it's great to have you with us but we start this hour with our exclusive here in r c international in her 1st ever t.v. appearance we've spoken to the daughter of iran's former top military chief general custom solomonic was assassinated by the u.s. in a drone strike back in january his daughter is there enough gave an emotional description of the moment she found out and talked about the consequences of her father's death the full interview is on today's going underground which you can also watch it r.t.

dot com but here's a taste of what was set. that 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 lose it 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 a boat one am i see. is sharing on that china telegram about the explosion in the airport i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend he 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 streets 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 still 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 trump and they are so wrong they are thinking this war will be end the end of general silly 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 them and the list 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 this troy 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 falling the same way and they are the same person joe biden cannot return my father he can they 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 each one of them is worse than the other one.

health care worker in alaska has reportedly been hospitalized after receiving the coded vaccine developed by pfizer and bio enteric it's said to be a serious allergic reaction however the person is in a stable condition where it started to fires or to comment and they did get back to us with more on that his arteries caleb more pain. at this point we have reports from both the new york times and the washington post indicating that a health care worker in alaska has had a severe reaction to the vaccine from fires or the vaccine from pfizer which is intended to defeat the covert $1000.00 pandemic has apparently given this worker a severe allergic reaction and the reports seem to indicate that the person did not have a history of severe allergic reactions now this comes on the heels of reports about 2 health care workers in the united kingdom who both had severe reactions to the vaccine as well however these 2 people in the united kingdom they were people that

actually carried around they actually carried around auto injectors for adrenaline they had a history of very severe allergies they also had a very very severe reaction to the pfizer vaccine and that caused the united kingdom to actually issued this warning regarding pfizer's vaccine take a listen and the person with a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine midsts and should not receive the funds of be seen but this point fire has said that those with a history of severe adverse allergic reactions to vaccines were actually excluded from the late stage trials of the vaccine on which the panel of the u.s. food and drug administration f.d.a. approved the vaccine and the f.d.a. of the united states has gone ahead and approved pfizer is vaccine but made clear that it is only available to those who are 16 years of age or older and who don't

not be given to people with a history of severe allergic reactions anyone with a known history of subvert severe allergic reactions shouldn't be taking the vaccine and at this point we have got some very prominent officials praising this new jab that's available to fight against cove it take a listen i have really good news today our nation has achieved and. medical miracle we have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in just 9 months this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history it will save millions of lives and soon independent mc once and for all i am thrilled to report that the f.d.a. has authorized the pfizer of. now we have reached out to pfizer and they did give us a response when we inquired for details of the pfizer drug corporation said quote we don't yet have all the details of the report from alaska about a potential serious allergic reaction but we are actively working with local health

authorities furthermore they emphasized that reports of adverse events outside of clinical studies are very important and a component of our pharmacological activities and we will review all of a little information on the case and all reports of adverse events following vaccinations so that was from 5 media relations they are monitoring the situation we have these reports about the health care worker in alaska so people are waiting for more information many are concerned about this vaccine will it be safe will it actually put an end to the pandemic as some have predicted so many are keeping their eye on this situation is certainly disturbing news to hear that a health care worker has had an adverse effect. on him and he has sent another south raccoon in the pandemic with almost a 1000 deaths in the last 24 alice the news came on the staff a strict new lockdown in the country reporting from berlin. wednesday sees

germany and a new lock down that will last through until the 10th of january but it also marks a very grim record $952.00 deaths over the last 24 hours with a covert 19 being confirmed by the robert cock institute germany's public health body it comes as germany enters a new strict a lockdown basically all non-essential retail polluting things like head dresses and beauty salons as well 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.

combs after the previous measures that it being called lockdown light that came into play at the beginning of november which they would designed essentially to keep as moche 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 has us firmly in its grip from wednesday on work 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 it's care homes that have been hardest hit when it comes to infections and deaths

hoffa. around half of all deaths in berlin have been in care homes what we heard from chancellor angela merkel is a message saying stay away from elderly relatives if you can because of the possibility of infection with covert 19 could have huge long term impact the ones i'm in the in 12 and it's a feeling. that is the 1st list of i don't think you said. it fast wasn't just a good. it's not going to be the most festive period here in germany this year 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. meanwhile in america hundreds of restaurant workers have rallied in central new york they blame the governor for new lockdown restrictions

which they say could force them out of business. what you are quite. right there are a lot of. the protests came a day after governor andrew cuomo banned indoor dining they want every lease package as a report finds that without help more than half of the city's restaurants will close permanently and even i told it venues may have to shut to the latest victim is new york's club 21 the famous establishment is now shutting its doors for good and restaurant has been serving customers for a century among the most prominent visitors novelist ernest hemingway tennis player john mcenroe and almost every u.s. president since roosevelt but club 21 is not alone small businesses have been devastated since the beginning of the pandemic here's what a local restaurant manager told us. carried everyone every day and we were there some people we had

a little bit of business we do the little bit more we had to bring some people back to work and it's terrible to tell them they can only give them 15 hours of people working full time jobs. so it's a virtue. having to tell people that and i'm scared of my family i'm going to have a job you know in a few months if there is nothing we will be shutting down probably by more that's a realistic look over and. still to come this hour as britain struggles to keep a lid on my going to influx locals are fuming at plans to accommodate more sign of seekers on their doorstep now stories coming up after this short break. ok why are people in debt so much well you know housing is very expensive and education is very expensive and health care is very expensive because of all the money printing bets being done to help people manage their expenses. what you have

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back here in russia more than 26000 new coated 9000 cases and almost 600 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours that brings the total number of infections to more than 2 and a half 1000000 the scale of the pandemic has prompted one russian medic to show us the horrors and challenges of fighting through his own eyes the surgeon has gained followers online after posting poignant sketches from a coronavirus hot spots well we've made a film about him and his work which you can watch on the r.t. documentary channel on you tube but here's a quick taste of what's that. 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 asked my wife to bring him my son and i have a very close relationship with this. i love my son and i

so wanted to support him and it upset him that i missed his 1st day of school were over before he was born i'd imagine seeing my kids' 1st school days 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 with it and was sent to the i.c.u. but on september 17th as i was just leaving the coverts 19 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 of. 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. person is struggling to cope with the growing number of asylum seekers locals in one village a few make up plans to accommodate them nearby a hospital tory. bunted 20th in record numbers of people attempting to reach the

united kingdom and claim asylum thousands made the journey of all will be granted permission to stay long term all do need somewhere to live right now but the question is well one location under consideration it's clear to me from village of boston stacy in hampshire where there are proposals to build accommodation for up 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 rule 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 mostly focused around the facilities in the area and the fact that it will be the other side of the atrium $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 carriage but the 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. to get any services that. they still like. the 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 said to the folks in 1800 they were it was devastation around people that they couldn't see any that they were trying to tell the sation of warfare he's right and we don't understand that relieving fantasize peace and quiet you know we have no concept unless you've been there you can understand what the people of interest what they've had to endure just to survive. this empty plot is ministry of defense land 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 and someone of the possibility of overcrowding and the location of a busy country lane with no footpaths could be dangerous to. concerns have 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 the roof is of over crowding 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 shelters set to rise other communities could be placed in a very similar positions to the sally ots u.k.

who bought and stacey. 80 you has unveiled strict new digital market growth to challenge the dominance of global tech giants their proposed legislation were to apply only to the biggest companies with tens of millions of users like google and amazon and officials behind the draft bill say they have 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 where you come in your. vote our responsibility is to decide and to give directions and. just to protect which is important to us. the new rules could strip the 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 repeat violators may

be bans from the e.u. markets well google has already criticized the proposal as selective punishment but europe isn't alone in its opposition to these big companies just last week 48 u.s. states together with the federal trade commission filed a lawsuit against facebook and accuse the company of pumping money into unfair competition we asked experts where this latest move could keep the big tech companies in check. the idea behind this is to not try to narrow it into just one kind of tech 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 are we 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 over there you worldwide burn over the e.u. you saying hey you know we want to be able to to give our internet companies we want to give them an opportunity to compete do. google will just have to accept the new reality. to the new rules it is difficult to see face grew out of the e.u. all together i could see available 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 speaking we have seen in the last couple years so very small finance enormously nicky's is these fines that are not going off and off to scare giants thanks for joining us here on r.t. enter national and you can find plenty of most stories on our website r.t. dot com that's all for me for today but so i'm thomas will be with you at the top of the hour with an 8. as the u.s. economy was booming doing numbers of people made homeless. you can work 40 hours 'd in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still has

the lead up to the reality of it is that we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing for a living minimum wage gave many people no choice. that's been a problem with the city knows turn to be excited told me stay away i almost. did that for is no answer because yes the records resource the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible class. the universe is really of. information crisis. that is the reality of the fishing we call the bottom. if you can touch it achieve sold a. bunch a loser decal or about a. 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 and invited america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she did go separate dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers or the government. hello and welcome across the uk where all things are considered on peter lavelle exhibit a the smoking gun we know now without

a doubt the media ran interference for the biden campaign before the election the hunter biden story was not debunked was not rushing to misinformation we were lied to again where is the accountability. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest david freiheit in montreal he's a litigator turned you tube or who provides legal breakdowns of current events in new york we have. host of even the press at r.t. america and in sydney we ross to joe lauria he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com her and tell me crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate joe let me go to you in sydney and 1st of all thank you for staying up 2 o'clock in the morning for this program and very much appreciate it we all appreciate it jerks job where is the state of journalism that

we know that the big tech the media companies are running interference for the buying campaign does the repeated claims that $100.00 buy used old laptop was and it's not that's not true they lied to us and remarkably and maybe someone here can explain to me why did the biden campaign come out with hunter's statement ok where's that going to go but you know i mean this is an extraordinary event i don't think you and i have ever seen anything like it. life where you have a complete blockade. taking people off of twitter blocking people from sending personal messages all in support of a candidate which normally speaking at least in our lifetime we should be more neutral go ahead joe what's going on well the question of this program is well the media recovers yes the short answer is no no in the short term anyway i think bottom line is part.