miscommunications. seen. the enemy. in the days headline news donald trump refuses to approve a covert stimulus package negotiated for months by congress the president says the spending plans focus too much on foreign aid and don't provide enough support for americans congress found plenty of money for foreign drone trees lobbyists and special interests while sending the bare minimum to the american people. also this hour the french government backs a bill on so-called green passports freeing up travel for people vaccinated against critics say the move would turn everyone else into 2nd class citizens. and israel is heading for a 4th election in 2 years after the coalition government failed to break

a deadlock over a new budget. watching art international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program. donald trump wants congress to make changes to the much fought over $900000000000.00 covert relief bill he called it a disgrace for not putting the american people's interests 1st and for including provisions not related to the pen demick the president wants individual payments increase from $600.00 to $2000.00. congress found plenty of money for far john trees lobbyists and special ijaz while sending the bare minimum to the american people who needed it wasn't their fault i am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculous lelo $600.00 to $2000.00 or

$4000.00 for a couple speaker nancy pelosi was quick to react blaming republicans for not providing information on what amount the president himself expected to be written down in the package she said democrats are ready to discuss the matter as soon as lawmakers gather again this week there are other things in the bill that trump is unhappy about since it combined the covert relief package in the government spending plan in one document it featured a lot of proposals including military spending and foreign aid as well some more obscure ones now going president has threatened not to sign it if amendments aren't made. takes a closer look ha lou it the warring sides in congress have finally set aside some of their differences and agreed to dish out $900000000000.00 in covert 19 relief for families and businesses but the 6 $100.00 stimulus checks which are half of what people got back in april have left many underwhelmed one time payment of

$600.00. is this a joke and jobless no health insurance this isn't going to cut it congress listening some senators even took offense at people questioning their life saving bill polish will help. it's a trillion dollars for god's sakes what is that $1000000.00 and. there is no money fairy we don't have this money we don't have 5 percent of it sandra we had to borrow it is real help will it be enough but i think it will be but we're just going to have to wait and see but the code relief package didn't come alone the absence of the money fairy didn't stop congress from slapping on a $1.00 trillion dollar spending bill which combined with the covert bill made the overall document over 5 and a half 1000 pages long the behemoths took so long to upload to the internet that congressmen only received it on the day of the vote and it's kind of hard to believe they managed to read the whole thing before passing it. for congressional

leaders refused to put any legislation on the floor to be considered and scrutinized and amended now with the release of $5593.00 page bill with no opportunity to read it let alone amend it no responsible legislators should vote for such a thing this is going to take those over 3 hours just to prove that it is. impossible . you need one without the opportunity to read between now and the time we will if you take a closer look at the bill you can see there's a lot more than covert relief in there military spending for example was more of a talking point than the pandemic and words like missile aircrafts and munition appeared far more times than anything related to health care masks weren't even mentioned once in the document foreign aid also proved to be a high priority billions of dollars are said to be poured into countries like ukraine israel and cambodia funds that could have been spent on domestic needs and

then there's a whole bunch of other issues that were deemed very crucial like ensuring the integrity and fairness of the election sorry horse racing how could that sport survive without money from the government also investing in general programs as. something the u.s. just can't do without beat programs in pakistan or commissions on determining gender equality in statues and even the dialogue reincarnation gets mentioned in the bill because in case you forgot he can't get reincarnated without u.s. taxpayer dollars this jumbled mess of spending proposals caused even some senators to trash the bill. tonight i voted no against the suppose it covert relief bill because it sells out billions of dollars to foreign governments the sudan gypsum military and not more important than american citizens and now many are calling on trying to veto the bill don't trump you must veto of this farce relieve bill this

isn't a stimulus package this is a message for and. every american left and right should be calling for a veto on the stimulus deal which provides more funding to foreign governments and turmeric an arts centers than to their merican people covert relief might be badly needed but while 600 bucks why do some good for americans in a tough spot senators are obviously willing to put a lot more money behind their own agendas if you look where the expenditures went look we know what this is this is nothing but a current it's a ruse it's a chance to to provide special interest in special issues the money that normally wouldn't be able to be earmarked this is guaranteed to provide monies that would normally not be able to be available but now they are which is a christmas tree the idea is that you take something you slap on benefits and expenditures and bills but america needs something so we hold the american public

hostage in the meantime they get a pittance of what it would normally gotten before but maybe rather than giving all this money for covert relief why don't we just remove the lockdowns wonder we remove the dish shackles because businesses are under these more draconian measures why don't you do that instead as just give money here's your 600 bucks maybe 1200 bucks now leave me alone be happy and shut up. u.s. lawmakers have been given early access to the code racks seemed some were happy to accept but others say politicians should not be given priority over frontline medics. if enough of us take kids we'll get back to normal why help is on the way.

it isn't appropriate for me it was only gotten the virus has immunity to get in front of elderly health care workers same goes for a c.e.o. any young healthy person they should be among the last not 1st. come. first. i'm so confident that they covered 1000 bucks in a safe and effective but i decided to take it myself it is disturbing to send them the sniff test to get that sense while most from time walk his algebra and announce his tricks wait.

we need to distinguish 2 different things and a handful of leaders are prime minister or president leading members of the senate of the senate you know the public the little political figures and celebrities get the vaccine to show the public that it's safe and that is necessary that's one thing it's another thing to say that in general politicians just simply be prioritised because they have political power being politicians these are 2 separate matters they can't be conflated any humane principle for who gets the vaccine 1st should be goals that are most vulnerable and that is. specially is front line workers essential workers the elderly and the infirm so it's true that probably some some politicians might be in for some politicians might be front line workers but they're not there's no reason why publishers politicians should be pushed to the top of the list simply because they're over 50. the french government

is pushing for the introduction of so-called green passports a line greater freedom of movement to covert and 1000000 people and the plans have already caused a widespread alarm policy or explains. france's preparing to end its health emergency by april the so says the french prime minister john kass takes he's presented a vote in the national assembly ended establishing a so-called their own health emergency management regime simply to it is vaccination and those opposed to it might just find themselves in trouble even if they just planning a trip around the city. the prime minister made on to the plan measures make the movement of people and their access to transport subject to presenting test results showing that the person is not infected is falling vaccination or remedial treatment to some politicians the may still believe i'm vaccinated people feeling as though they say composite isn't as if this bill has really been tabled it must

be forged but all elected officials and citizens committed to democracy and freedom in the face of this senseless deviation it is up to us to bring the government back to a semblance of reason this is the bill establishing a long term health emergency management regime which has just been introduced by cast x read the following in this law the prime minister can make you a 2nd class citizen if you refuse the vaccine we must wake up it flies in the face of a promise made by french president emanuel not quantities government they should skeptics their feet and covered vaccination which begins on sunday would be purely voluntary . but i want to be clear i will not make the vaccination mandatory but the idea of a stick to certain freedoms for vaccinated people has been mentioned several times in public debates since this presidential announcement for example a member of the union of democrats and independent party bellamy 6 has proposed the

issuing of green pos folds to people who have been immunized with the public we could take the example of israel which grants each vaccinated person a green passport allowing them to go to places of culture and to restaurants and to get back to normal winning the french inoculation program will target the most vulnerable members of society 1st such as the elderly and only oscar and medical examination and come since he has given it's a great start but it's what comes next that has people here worried policia out see paris. we spoke to a member of the french national rally who believes the government has taken a step too far. you know a manual marker on the prime minister the health minister. promised 1st there would be no compulsory vaccination and that they would leave the freedom to choose to the french in fact thanks in particular to marie le pen we see that the draft law

speaks of a measure completely variables aimed at limiting subjecting the french people that certain rules in their public lives thereby deciding for them whether they will be vaccinated or not i think that it is shameful in fact it is a restriction of freedom which moreover contradicts the constitution this is a manifestation of dictatorship it seems to me that the government does not understand that today the patience of the french has run out they agreed to strict discipline for many months they said yes to the introduction of quarantine said yes to the imposition of a curfew said yes to the imposition of sanitary rules they agreed to everything that was imposed on them the next day the government came up with nothing better than to further could tail their personal freedom this is called segregation if the government wants the french to get vaccinated they must restore an atmosphere of trust that's the voice of wisdom. spain is ready to start vaccinating people

with the fire by and take vaccine after it was given the green light by the regulators and the health ministry is saying that a record will be kept of anyone who turns down the job it is considered important to record cases of rejection of the vaccination in the vaccination registry in order to understand the possible reasons for a locked in sin different population groups but according to the latest polls just over 40 percent of spanish citizens are ready to be inoculated against coke and 1916 percent said they need more proof that it's effective and almost a 3rd will refuse to get the job altogether. you know where i'm going to bed i'm not going to get vaccinated i don't support it i don't want to be registered anywhere neither the government the city council or anyone else has to know what i do. i believe it violates our privacy and they should not interfere at the moment no i'm not going to vaccinate. it doesn't seem right or wrong to me i think

people should get vaccinated but without forcing anyone everyone should do as they choose or i'm one of those who doesn't want to be vaccinated it seems wrong to me i don't want any government to have to tell me whether or not i must be vaccinated because it's my decision. israeli government has collapsed after months of parliamentary wrangling failed to secure a new budget the country is now heading for its 4th election in 2 years artist all quarter has more. really seems like tuesday's budget roadblock was the last straw for israel's 7 month long ruling government coalition now benjamin netanyahu party and benny gantz is blue and white party or both blaming one another for the impasse and with these new elections scheduled for march i think we could possibly be seeing the end to 11 years of the premiership of benjamin netanyahu but netanyahu doesn't seem very worried and that's. why i'm not afraid of elections we are

prepared for that we will win the public and israel knows who's bringing in 1000000 to vaccines for peace agreement who's blocking iran who is bringing security and who will restore the economy here with great impetus well netanyahu is ratings are actually at an all time low but he still projected to do better than dance in these new snap elections but he polls are actually saying these not projected to win a majority like in these previous instances i mean after all his political career has been followed by a corruption case which he's denied any wrongdoing in and and also people aren't very happy in israel about the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic we've seen protests gripped the country for the past 6 months and they're not really showing any sign of letting out.

really politics have been deadlocked for a long time now a lot of people are saying that another election isn't isn't going to fix the situation it's just going to lead to a 5th election down the road but i'm happy that we have to fulfill it. because i will live through it good that we will never have an election again. we are afraid that the dictatorship will take over. i think now situation is critical and we don't have the money and the time for the elections. i think that the election is completely unnecessary it will cost us more than 2000000000 new israeli shekels if not more and we're in the middle of krona virus people can't make ends meet why spend 2000000000 new israeli shekels now what for.

staying with israel ultra-orthodox protesters block several of jerusalem's main roads for student was arrested for avoiding the military draft board. as you can see clashes broke out between protesters and police and several police officers were reportedly injured the ultra orthodox community has traditionally been exempt from military service. the russian government has adopted an internet censorship bill that will allow moscow to block online resources if they're deemed to discriminate against russian media. has the details . with this village a station that has been approved by a majority of russian m.p.'s internet users in this country could soon wake up to a blog or slow down facebook twitter you tube etc other potential punishment for foreign internet companies could include fines from small ones

of somewhat like $40.00 to equivalence of sums like tens of thousands of dollars so what could the russian foreign ministry and the prosecutor general's office punish the platforms for that is for discriminating russian media outlets by removing their content or falsely flying it as fake or misleading the likes of you tube and facebook could also get in trouble with the russian authorities for refusing to remove content that is on lawful in this country i.e. extremist the russian media and communications watchdog will keep track of the violators but they may be excluded from the list if they choose to correct their mistakes and inform the russian authorities about it now when the russian president vladimir putin was asked how to avoid this kind of discrimination of russian media outlets

online his answer was that the best way to do it is to develop its all internet platforms. to push the main way to ensure independence in the information space is to develop platforms and technical capabilities yourself and that's what we're doing if russia depends on other countries' platforms they can just press the button and see the game over and that's no good. so if you're wondering what's behind this initiative by russian lawmakers well to explain that you can simply look back at some of the incidents that happened with r t materials online. being flagged as inappropriate misleading or fake or even being temporarily taken off the platforms so again this is an attempt by the russian authorities to protect the russian media community and the likes of us in these kind of situations and the palin journalists agree they

believe social media giants have become far too powerful and setting the political agenda bitter and that the others are increasingly middling with people's opinions it's it's impossible it is unacceptable you know and governments like western governments and from so jenny and others have asked these nonsenses book and others to to do the the internal cooking themselves and sort of making disappear things that don't please the governments in place in the west they consider russian media as unorthodox as the voice very often and i'm a bit afraid for the quality of information and communication in the west and it reflects also the fact that in in the west the mainstream media ever become increasingly politicized in a very wrong way so it is very important for the citizens here in western europe to

still hear the voice of the russian media because you look different because the view is different from the mainstream media here in the west. after 3 days of being stranded on the south coast of england trucks are now starting to move again after france reopened its borders cross-channel freight was blocked after a new strain of cover 19 was discovered in the u.k. and the move left thousands of drivers in limbo. you are sitting in the car park for more do 48 hours we have pizza but we are like 30 people going to close it no show we're in the office so much usually the point is no let me go in my car go away you go where you stopping me get in the street was just i want just go in my country. with christmas coming up we really want to travel back to our children to our family st we're stuck here we don't have any information like when our water will run out.

some drivers were honking their horns there to vent their frustration france is now letting you residents to cross the channel as long as they test negative for coated and the u.k. transport secretary says that with thousands of tests needed a backlog will take several days to clear but it's not all doom and gloom as u.k. retailers have played down fears of food shortages over christmas due to the disruption earlier we got reaction from gas in the u.k. who also think that christmas dinner will still be on the menu. well some fresh produce does come from the u.k. i mean i gather there's no shortage of carrots and you know perhaps a dollar stuff or maybe in regular supply i don't think we'll see and the shelves and i may be proven wrong but i think the supermarkets are planning well ahead of this. and i think we might see some trying to you might not be able to get your lemons and your incentives or your properly but you will be able to get most of the

routes by its legs whatever so we might see some thing around but i don't think the shelves are going and i mean it's a kind of reflective time of year where you know this time. many people are going to be reflecting in a solitary state and that won't help them to sort of you know look on the bright side of things so well as perhaps normally they would so again you know the sort of threat to certain sectors is and well being is really quite a concern if we want to reverse it and imagine that the french announce that. they may go to mary action or there were some more transmissible we might take similar action possibly not so robust but we got i'm sure the government would cite some to the action. u.k. and the e.u. may be finally about to announce a post brigs it trade deal there are reports that ambassadors are preparing to meet

a soon as thursday to start the ratification process and we can cross live now to charlie edwards in london nothing's confirmed but what can we expect. no nothing is confirmed but it really feels like this is the moment every person in the united kingdom has been waiting for it seems as though. it's no longer on the horizon but could be just a few minutes away of course today is the final day for any provisional agreement to be put in place it says that fisheries though of course that's been the biggest stumbling block the main obstacle throughout the year it seems as though that's still the table is still up for discussion but it does feel as though a deal could be brokered any minute now forrest johnson and his e.u. counterparts have been in discussions over the last few days on that particular matter. just last night saying that the latest offer from the united kingdom is unacceptable it seems as though there's been a bit of a shifting point on that front coming from the. well so that close but they're not

quite there yet however me shop on it did say he was keen to get a deal in place by the end of the just maybe even in january as well especially of course as the. transition period will be ending and so he said that he really wants to get it in place however both sides really aiming to secure it sooner than christmas day and as soon as even today as well because that would then give the space between christmas day and the new year all that time to ratify that deal of course throughout the end 2020 if not the last 3 years has been absolutely floored when it comes to brics and the negotiations of course we've seen this crunch talks serious meetings and dinner off to a dinner of the counterpart. and the british government all discussing keep issues we've seen of rule books being ripped up of course we were just talking about the

internal markets bill which was potentially breaking international law and that was quite a big situation haven the united kingdom for quite some time but it already has boiled down to the issue of the fisheries but when it comes to projects that we know that it has been the death of pretty much david cameron the prime minister before to reason may that both of them seem to be bricks it was the issue that kicked them out the door boris johnson wants anything to avoid that of course 2020 has been down with the big issue of it 19 which is somewhat detracted from the brics argument throughout the year but boris johnson all carefully one in his seat as prime minister a top spot in the british government based on bret's that many would argue that the u.k. general election last year was all summed up by breakfast so he will be really really eager to get a do them place and actually be the one to see bricks it through and many m.p.'s even within his own party are really going to hold him to ransom on that saying

that he should even quit if he fails to get the united kingdom a good deal. if mr johnson fails to reach an acceptable trade agreement with the e.u. the prime minister will also feel the people of the united kingdom as a lifelong member of the conservative party i believe that mr johnson's position as prime minister would be untenable. now i mean 2 you to hold a special special session as i mentioned between christmas day and new year's eve as well between the $2728.00 to debate and eventually vote to ratify this brics a trade agreement of course is no time really for that now unless of course we got a deal signed and they have it as of today so it seems as though the application there could be pushed through to january it will really boil down to what happens in the next few hours or so we all knew here in the united kingdom if not across europe that it will all boil down to the 11th hour but it seems as though it's

boarding down to the 11th minute of the 11th hour artie's shot the edwards daschle saying across the latest on that possible break that deal for us thank you that's your breakdown of stays top lead lines for now thanks for tuning in.

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