in the hospital to fight. donald trump refuses to approve stimulus package negotiated from congress the u.s. president's spending. on foreign aid provided support for american. congress found plenty of money from foreign countries lobbyists and special interests while sending the bare minimum to the american people also ahead this news hour for u.s. military contractors who were jailed for their involvement in the massacre of iraqi civilians in 2 colors and on 7 given presidential park their own trumps clemency list which excludes prominent whistleblowers. from the french government backs

a controversial bill in so-called green sports allowing travel and other activities to be allowed for people vaccinated against critics say the move though everyone else is 2nd class of this. just a few moments into a brand new day here in law school december 24th from the team and myself alone welcome. donald trump wants congress to make changes to the much 4 to over $900000000000.00 covert relief bill he's called it a disk race for including provisions not related to the pound make such as foreign aid funding the us president is also demanding a wall off payment to eligible citizens to be increased 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 need it it wasn't their fault i am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculous lilo $600.00 to $2000.00 or $4000.00 for a couple of house speaker nancy pelosi was quick to react blaming republicans for not providing information on what a month 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 while there are other things in the build up to trump teams on happy about it since it's combined the covert relief package and the government spending plan in one document it features a lot of proposals including military spending as well as more obscure issues to the outgoing president has threatened not to sign it if amendments aren't made

dimitry poke takes a closer look. hollow louis at 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 $600.00 stimulus checks which are half of what people got back in april have left many underwhelmed one team in $600.00. is this a joke and jobless no health insurance this is going to. congress. some senators even took offense that people questioning their life saving bill all wish real 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 i think it will be but

we're just going to have to wait and see but the covert 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 telecom and 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 they release a $5593.00 page bill with no opportunity to read it let alone amend it no responsible legislators should vote for such a thing so this is going to goes over 3 hours just to prove that it is. impossible to get one without the opportunity to read between now and the time and 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 is something the u.s. just can't do without be it 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 the american citizens and now many are calling on trying to veto the bill don't trump you must veto 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 term merican 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 con 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 of just give money here's your 600 bucks maybe 1200 bucks now leave me alone be happy and shut up. donald trump sparked outrage with his latest list of presidential pardons it includes military contractors jail for

killing civilians in iraq but no whistleblowers the spite many calls from rights activists picking up the story for us or to kill up and well it is the holiday season and the outgoing presidential administration seems to be in a mood for clemency at this point we have 15 pardons that have been issued as well as 5 commute and there has been a wave of anger and criticism of who it is that the president of united states has decided to show mercy to now one of the people involved is george papadopoulos this is an associate of trumps who was caught up in the russia collusion investigation and charged with lying to the f.b.i. the white house made the decision to grant him a pardon. at the time that mr papadopoulos allegedly made the false statements he was not represented by counsel and after he was arrested mr papadopoulos gave additional information on his prior statements to the special counsel today's pardon helps correct the wrong that mueller seem inflicted on so many people now in

addition to george papadopoulos there has been widespread outrage about the trump administration's decision to grant clemency to some members of the blackwater military contracting company these were guards who were employed by blackwater who killed civilians in iraq or the north america threat or. that they were dead bodies everywhere in the syrian government going to be on the only 2 people in authority among the dead bodies ministry as a ritual that was in the evening 7 years old at.

the time. paul slow evan liberty and dustin heard were convicted for involuntary manslaughter and the individual nicholas slotting who opened fire and 1st started shooting into the crowd of iraqi civilians he was convicted of 1st degree murder but now the white house is letting all of them off they will no longer be in prison serving their sentences they have been pardoned and this is the feeling of the white house about why they made this decision when the convoy attempted to establish a blockade outside the green zone the situation turned violent which resulted in the unfortunate deaths and injuries of iraqi civilians further prosecutors recently disclosed most. 10 years after the incidents that the lead iraq investigates who prosecutors relied heavily on survey found that there were no exigent victims and to collect evidence may have had sonny's to insurgent groups himself now at this point there is widespread outrage this seems like the trump administration is

almost approving of the killing of iraqi civilians 2 children were among the 14 people in the crowd who died as a result of their gunfire but at this point people are also looking at the fact that trumps education secretary betsy to vos is the sister of the founder of blackwater erik prince now there's also been a lot of outrage about who is not on the list of trump's pardons among the 15 people pardon and 5 sentence commute meant the names that were missing that many were optimistic and hopeful about were julian a son john edward snowden these prominent whistleblowers had many people calling for the trump white house to grant them clemency among those who called for them were not just activists and advocates of civil liberties and for the protection of whistleblowers but also representatives of the united nations take a listen on hoping that he will julian assange it's the right thing to do donald

trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the section and criminality of those in the deep state if president trump is true as well you think the least thing to do is to end the suffering the beauty the songs to pardon him this man has for be enough for the interest of the public and will now trump still has time to grant a pardon to edward snowden and to julian a son she can grant clemency up until the moment he leaves office he could do it at the very very last minute however the number of people that were pardoned today and the information about who they are seems to have many pessimistic many of the activists supporting the whistleblowers feel like the. indicates the trumpet ministration is moving in a very different direction with its clemency. the french government is pushing for the introduction of so-called green passports allowing greater freedom of movement to covert immune people critics say those who decide against getting vaccinated

will be essentially treated as lesser citizens lots of the latest polls suggest some 6 in 10 people in france don't want the job artie's policy reports france is preparing to end its health emergency by april the so says the french prime minister john kass takes he's presenting a bill in the national assembly ended establishing a so-called long health emergency management. simply 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 caste 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 valerie 6 has the post the

issuing of green possible it's the people who have been immunized with 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 living 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 why eat policia out see paris. we also spoke to a member of the french national really party who believes the government has got a step too far you know emanuel micron the prime minister and the health minister of iran promised 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 veiled aimed at limiting subjecting the french people to 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 cattail 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 could the break said finish lloyd actually be

inside we discuss the earth after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a made in the shallowness. christmas

eve special while we await santa nothing to wait for because the future is here now and it's glorious. hello again the u.k. and the european union may be followed by to announce a post bragg's it trade deal there are reports that sadr's are preparing to meet as soon as thursday christmassy to start the ratification process shall be at risk told me more. boris johnson and his european counterparts have been working 'd tirelessly and they say they're closer than ever before to getting a trade deal of course they would be closer than ever to getting

a trade deal considering the amount of time left the deadline is obviously the 31st of december but to date is widely seen as a deadline day the final day for any provisional agreement as both sides are quite keen to get a deal in place by christmas all that said fisheries is still one of the main stumbling blocks still one of the key obstacles that has been throughout all of the talks throughout the year and it is still today in fact the loss what we heard from banja the chief negotiator just last night he said that the u.k.'s latest offer is absolutely unacceptable for the european union so it is quite hard to see that we're really getting to a breakthrough moment but it seems as though it hasn't it's all to do with how killing now the amount of percentages in the waters that the e.u. and the u.k. are now in negotiating but when we look at the wider context of rex's that we know that has almost been the political death of david cameron and indeed theresa may 2

prime ministers for boris johnson we know 6 that he has predicated much of his political career covert aside all the breck's it in the u.k. is general election much of it all boiled down to breakfast very eager to get the best deal in place for britain and in fact many m.p.'s within his own party are holding to ransom on that very fact saying if he doesn't get a good deal for britain that if essential he should quit if mr johnson fails to reach an acceptable trade agreement with the e.u. the prime minister will also have failed 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 well in terms of ratification then that could all be done and dusted here in the united. within. the day that has been pencilled into diaries for m.p.'s here in the united kingdom is the 30th of december over across

the channel then for the e.u. 27 member states a little bit more complicated they could all agree though on video link but parliament would have to ratify it to their suggesting that they would then ratify it potentially all to the event that's also not quite ideal because if anybody objects to anything well it's already been provisionally applied but all of that being said that's quite forward thinking that because still the e.u. and the u.k. need to sign on that down to the line they need to get that deal in place. another story we're following to very views really government has collapsed after months of parliamentary wrongdoing feel to secure a new budget the country is now heading for its 4th election in 2 years. 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 millions of vaccines for peace agreements 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 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 was afraid that we will never have an election again. we prayed that the dictatorship would take over. i think now the situation is creating cold and we don't have the money and the time for the elections anyhow so much i mean 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 coronavirus people can't make ends meet why spend 2000000000 new israeli shekels now what form. a statue of confederate general robert e. lee has been removed from the u.s. capitol building following a long running campaign against symbols associated with slavery it's now being moved to the state of virginia which is the legal owner of the sculpture. fact generally was a prominent figure in the coalition of southern states during the u.s. civil war and also a slave owner he's become a hate figure for anti racism campaigners but is still seen by many in the american south as a hero because of his military achievements and bravery that they can spot will be taken by a statue of black civil rights activists barbara johns democrat house speaker nancy

pelosi has welcomed the move the removal of a statue of robert e. lee and its forthcoming replacement by a tribute to barbara johnson the jena is welcome news there is no room for celebrating the bigotry of the confederacy the capitol or any other place of or not in our country and numerous symbols all of america's slave owning past have been removed in recent months the movement snowballed after the death of george floyd in minneapolis back in majoring in altercation with police it spread to several other countries with activists destroying or removing monuments associated with historical racism.

well tempers are still flaring after that summer of statutes all playing on to get some perspective from both sides we spoke with conservative commentator christopher horace on 1st the story and gerald ford. even today there are more symbols of statues honoring races and play voters then and races and the slavery happens this is not the greatest badge of berlin there were still statutes honoring hermann gerbils or at all 'd hitler for example that i would be considered outrageous it may be true that you cannot undo the past but certainly you can honor the best up the path and you can remove the worst of it i think that's what this statute or property levy its removal is all about it's trying to say that slavery was wrong

all that slavery never should have taken place and certainly no statue honoring a slave holder never should have been erected in this country i believe that the statues that were put up were celebrated democrats subgrade in the confederacy so i think it's just odd that democrats are the ones who put them up and they don't want the rest of the world to know that they were the ones who put them up they don't want the rest of the world to know that the confederacy was pretty much all democrats but now they want to celebrate and they want to be if they want to get the credit for taking them down as if now they're such great fighters against racism and slavery when they're the ones who put them up there removing the statues so they can remove their own. their own just horrid the history a lot is or how far a global news update for now but i'll keep the stories coming out the top 2 hope you'll keep us company tale and then more great programs right ahead live from moscow this is our to international.

i. think. a lot of questions what does it mean to be conservative it is coming from the conservative and the change what it means to be conservative what about the issue in mind. for conservatives. lengthy

. me me me me me me. thanks thanks to. len. he mean even the world where the industry doesn't want any regulation they just want to put the products on the market. we need a regulation so we don't do. crazy things because maybe sometimes we would do greater things i don't know but i'll accept that we have regulation we want to

regulation i was an industry. and you don't behave then yes penalty that's mine. i. always say that the industry makes money of course it does if the industry did not make money how many people would be out of work. were sort of the last concern the public interest in the public safety is definitely not taking precedent corporate interests corporate profits have been getting priority with the regulator so that needs to change and one of the big ways to do that is just to require transparency. as we left transparency we would like to publish everything we use. it's just as if we don't keer there's intellectual property rights but if so we publish everything's it would just be breaking the law.