the headlines this hour clemency for killers known for whistle blowers donald trump's pardon list includes mr aris guilty of the mass murder of civilians in iraq but leaves off those who spilled the beans on american war crimes today we hear they've been released the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled rocky blood it seems political considerations prevailed on legal and judicial watch singles decision also this hour a plane carrying sputnik 3 suppliers from moscow is on its way to argentina after the country's regulator officially registers the russian jab not so merry christmas

queues empty shells unusual decorations and santa in a bubble people around the globe try to get into the festive spirit despite a tough endemic prescription. good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock in moscow you without international no mercy for mercenaries but whistle blows can go whistle on trump position to lists of pardons but despite calls from rights activists freedom of speech defenders like genius are jeanette would snowden have been left off at the same time to the outgoing u.s. president has raised concerns the united nations by giving clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for the mass killing of civilians in iraq people in iraq condemned the decision as have the government. the ministry believes that this decision did not take into account the

seriousness of the crime committed and was inconsistent with the u.s. administration's declared commitment to the values of human rights justice and the rule of law and regrettably ignores the dignity of the victims and the feelings and rights of their relatives politically that. the infamous blackwater company killed citizens a nice a square today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these killers. let them it seems political considerations prevailed over legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account their relationship with iraq especially since iraq has a strategic cooperation agreement with the united states in all fields this will affect trump's political situation and his legacy 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 but no one here in american authorities thought. that they were dead bodies everywhere in the syrian government's going to be on the only 2 people and it's not among the dead bodies ministry but those who are chosen in the region of 7 years old. paul slow evan liberty and dustin herd were convicted for 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 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 more than 10 years ago. to the incidents that the lead iraq investigates who prosecutors relied heavily on so very far 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 gen edward snowden's prominent whistle blowers 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 if president trump is true as well yes i think the least thing to do is to end the suffering the beauty the songs to pardon him this man has suffered enough for the interest of the public and will donald trump since you're given pardons to

people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state 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 to 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 this indicates the trumpet ministration is moving in a very different direction with its clemency this is what every country that host. it's us occupation's us bases is told it's a matter for us justice when u.s. soldiers and u.s. contractors and mercenaries kill rape and pillage in your country we'll handle it well here's the message the united states will not handle it it will not treat these cases in the way that it would treat

a case of mass murder in the united states even those of us who did not support trump selection support dropping the demand for extradition of julian assad for crimes that amount to the commission of acts of journalism i don't care who julian a sanji is what is politics are what horrible things he's done he performed a great service for the world he behaved as a journalist and a publisher he worked with the legitimate whistleblowers who were doing services for the world he took care to limit any damage that could be done as he was performing this service he ought to be pardoned and i hope it will it certainly seems more likely still that trump will pardon him then that president biden when he's newly into office will drop the case. and i thank you so much and taina has officially registered russia's support make vaccine it has been approved for

emergency use by the country's regulator based on the results of clinical trials here in russia where the plane carrying argentina's 1st batch of sputnik the supplies has set off from moscow to when is aries under the supply agreement moscow will provide enough to $10000000.00 people this month the time president expressed confidence in the russian vaccine saying that he'll be among the 1st to take it. well that's good in argentina some raise doubts about the quality of russian science to clear everyone's doubts when sputnik v. is here in argentina i will be the 1st one to take that vaccine because i have no doubt about the quality of the vaccine now as well as sputnik a argentina has also signed up for vaccine supplies from astra zeneca and united nations kovacs program the country's regulator has a preview use of the pfizer buy on tech vaccine to despite ongoing talks we while they the argentine health minister has criticized feiss approach to the

negotiations they asked us for a law giving them immunity and the congress gave them that law but then faces negotiators not the local ones but those in the us started asking for more conditions they want to sponsor a new law they want to the president to sign the contract instead of me the conditions started getting somewhat unacceptable government of argentina is the king that this is going to be perhaps the most efficient way to bring an effect of vaccine to its citizens so looks like they're essentially. betting on or putting their money on the russian vaccine the fact that pfizer had those kinds of conditions and that the government of argentina was not pleased with those conditions i think there's going to be a lot of that kind of thing i think that there is going to be an awful lot of questions about liability and about potential long term side effects and the long term efficacy of the vaccines out sounds to me who i didn't like the deal that

pfizer was giving them and was was looking elsewhere and i think that's why they turned toward the russian banks in. now with the festive season in full swing lock downs and tough restrictions are taking the sparkle act of this year's celebrations as shoppers around the europe are rushing to make the last minute christmas purchases despite cope with restrictions in many cities in milan the streets were packed with people forming queues outside shops while londoners have emptied the shelves supermarkets here after the announcement of tougher coronavirus measures we are some of the capital's residents about the situation is just right before you there's nothing in the shelves. it's hard to buy a turkey now. is just back to square one people are panicking now everything is empty i can see it now absolutely me but they call christmas it by it's probably responsible by get everyone's selfish it into the day in the way it's going to panic and think i need this i need special running up to christmas kind of started

it's a bit selfish mujhse me nowhere and buying the mortar at tolo the roles. i was in the 2nd world war i mean we'll use newspapers toward buy a book to. takes a closer look now at how the pandemic may affect fish is celebrating its. ho ho i know i'm not really in the mood the tree might be up the carols might be playing but covert is hanging over us quite literally in a spanish town which not only is called our karunya but which also took a questionable creative decision when it came to its christmas lights. that is no denying it is the grinch but whether we let it steal christmas might

depend on us take germany the country of christmas markets that the dancing lights the smell of malt wind the crunch of toffee apples a new look down might have seen some markets will come but no fear even in a pandemic there's a chance of a christmas cheer. if however you've been on your best behavior all year and anticipation of reward from santa claus himself i've got great news just lower your expectations it's not so much slays snow and elves at the north pole it's a socially distant scene in seattle you've got to take what you can get these days . classic santa is trying to squeeze into the strangest of places even in

a snow globe though santa reminds us that christmas is the season of giving and while this year has left many out of pocket that hasn't stopped them from spreading the love in any way they can get them to do i decided to stop what i was working on to start building something to thank these angels it's a tribute to the city of programming and to the people that do need their time and volunteer. but for free without the main job animals or hay of course many will be just as cozy together at home having a mellow evening but if you do get carried away swept up in the spirit of the holiday a simple purchase will remind you of the rules. the idea rose to create awareness so that people wear masks because the remora more infections and people have made the conscious decision not to put on a mouse can putting their hope in faith people put on your masks and every time you leave your house and see the baby jesus remember that you have to wear your face

mask oh thanks and finally the one thing you wished would disappear into the black hole of 2020 but decided to stick around like the grinch queues queues to dash home before travel bans queues to buy goodies and queues to deliver them in short queues. you. know it's not the christmas that we wanted but it's the christmas that we got so how about we make the most of it hoping that next year it's less bubbles and more bulls and less mosque mandate and more merriment mistletoe and mince pies that's the tail of the national it's our key ally benjamin netanyahu quits as israel's ruling coalition collapses after the break we'll have a look at why his political life may finally be running out.

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day or thinks. we dare to ask. again russia's pandemic is spiraling with more grim milestones being passed on the brighter side the frontline workers and the most fun rebel getting vaccinated so let's get more on this with constance in joins us as it often and she just described then how bad the situation has become in russia at the moment well there are 30000 new coronavirus cases registered in russia in the past 24 hours and it's

a new record globally russia remains a 3rd in terms of new infections and so it's just behind the u.k. which had 37000 new coronavirus cases in a single day but lags significantly behind the us which is ranked number one with a staggering 182000 new coronavirus cases moscow russia's capital is still at the forefront of this battle against covert 19 and yesterday it had 8000 new coronavirus patients and again this is a new record in terms of the deaths numbers are also disturbing for the country yesterday there were 600. 35 registered cases this is another all time high earlier this month the ground and spokesperson there are no plans to impose a stricter lockdown although the current measures will remain in place bars and restaurants will have to close until 11 pm. and companies have

to have a 3rd of their workers to work remotely and no mass gatherings allowed and universities into russia's biggest cities have gone online only until february 2020 now although the situation with coded 90 remains tense there is some light at the end of the tunnel 1st of all mass vaccination is underway and it is reported that already $52000.00 russian citizens have taken the job the 1st batches of the vaccine were distributed among health care workers those who work in law enforcement or in public transportation so we were talking about essential workers the vaccination of the general population will start in february next year and. yes sure i got my job in october as part of phase 3

trial and it wasn't that bad i mean i had a few mild side effects my temperature went were elevated a bit of. fatigue but it all were enough the next day and here i am safe and sound i made it through and to be honest with you i am. quite enjoying the fact that i have antibodies. a sense of security looking well enough anyway thank you constantly have asked. for the latest on the situation in russia thank you. britain reports have emerged that health care admin staff have received coronavirus jobs before on the front line that is despite the u.k. having one of the worst death rates among hospital workers well the chair of the british medical association said that those at highest risk must be given priority partridge as more. on december the 2nd the u.k. hit the headlines after becoming the 1st nation in the world to approve the pfizer

biotech coronavirus back scene but u.k. medical associations are now worried about the vaccines pecking order after reports that n.h.s. office workers have been offered the job before frontline staff without a universal policy to vaccinate from flying patients facing staff as a priority and no review of current p.p. guidance we could be facing avoidable stuff sickness and absence over that all right a difficult winter months a poll by the u.k.'s doctors' association of a 1000 frontline staff claims 70 percent of them have no idea when the get the vaccine the survey includes local doctors emergency specialists and those giving the injections this should be equally of excess. as far as extradition is concerned in health care facilities to the stop an equal access to x. nation it's increasing their mental stress a poke at work was urgently needed to make sure that they could directors and

people who need it 1st get it 1st since the start of the pandemic hundreds of n.h.s. and social care workers have died after contracting covert 19 front line workers were initially due to be vaccinated in the 1st roll out of n.h.s. jobs but a government rethink means hospitals are prioritizing care home staff the elderly and h.s. staff vaccination other than to prevent vaccine wastage will hopefully be able to accelerate early in the new year as more vaccine becomes available in the u.k. more than half of england's 135 n.h.s. trusts us still waiting to receive deliveries of the job 3 weeks after it was approved. for the health care workers should be given according to a plan so that the police who are more wonderful get it forced. to start their difficult to do because you know most places. and most probably kid police there is just us been done already all we need to do is to have a unified primary

a 2nd would be careless jill kelley to audit at increased risk while some politicians are also joining medics including for the government to put a frontline workers 1st in practice as well as policy in the n.h.s. stuff like he's come into contact with a covert positive patient should be prioritized for the vaccine whether they are clinical stuff or not primary care stuff absolutely can and should be vaccinated according to risk assessment the government promises more vaccines will arrive in january but with cases record numbers and new variants of the virus circulating and the n.h.s. ensuring staff shortages the government is facing yet more pressure to ensure its key house workers and most vulnerable people are protected in a season when the health service has always come under the most strain kate partridge r c a. key ally benjamin netanyahu has quit the cabinet invited to join

the opposition accusing the israeli prime minister of corruption it comes as the ruling coalition fell on tuesday sending the country to the polls for a 4th time in under 2 years later franco looks at why the prime minister's luck could not be running it did you know that the man devastated the most by donald trump missing out on a 2nd term as someone who lives thousands of kilometers away from u.s. borders he's long been in charge of a different government and no his name is not flying them or his name is bringing him in and i'm not saying that because i work for a russian t.v. station just take a look at all the political gifts that these raving leader has trump and his administration to thank for.

what a glorious day. the . my vision presents a win win opportunity for both sides a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risks of palestinian statehood to israel's security. here ron deal is defective at its core. feeling sleepy joe kind of made this feel maybe sleepy into. the greatest friend zone. in the white house.

but with trump on his way out netanyahu is going to have to 5 other ways to get a political boost and right now he really needs one of course if trump's middle east peace deal still proves a winner these really pm might yet manage to weather the storm but here's what israel streets now regularly look like. the protesters biggest. i'm with benjamin netanyahu is his alleged corruption crimes he denies any wrongdoing he's calling the trials politically motivated but

the opposition got a new weapon this year cove it or rather the nation's fury at the way into the always been dealing with the failing to deal with the pandemic the perception is one of mismanaged log downs with businesses and the unemployed left in the lurch the corruption has so many people involved 3 you need to start on a blank you sleep i need a constitution we need to limit the terms of the prime minister to 2 terms the us we need to stop the corruption here in israel and open it and you know we need to know mamie but the government did or did you spend it doesn't want any mall. corrupted the walking for one person trying to escape from his trial demonstrations pick the pace of the spring when it's and ya'll manage to cling on to power as prime minister but only thanks to a kolisch in between his likud party and benny gantz as blue and white alliance the

election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now the coalition is falling apart and israel goes back to the polls in march it will be the country's 4th knesset elections in under 2 years an election is not the right thing for the country but it's much better than a paralyzed government and having politics dictate the management of one of the most severe health and economic crises wherever known. it's in your home like the rest of us will no doubt be glad to be done with 2020 but come early next year could well be looking back to the start to the years when mr here comes your golden hearts president was still in the white house. thousands of drivers remain stuck on motorways and parks in southern england although france has reported the border with u.k. horn is need to test negative for corona virus to leave the country the border was

closed 48 hours over a new strain of covert found in britain at least 21 people have really good 9 critically after an explosion in central baltimore yesterday the incident happened on the 16th floor of the baltimore gas and electric building efficient cause is still unknown and an annual event in thailand where elephants bring children christmas gifts got a topical twist this year when the children were given facemasks is part of the coronavirus safety dr who does come after the country's worst outbreak was confirmed over the weekend at a seafood center near burn coal. watching r.t. that brings you up to date this hour good to have the company will be back with more stories at the top of the.

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