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final 2 last fight. over 4 years in the making and i learn market trade deal between the u.k. and e.u. is finally struck bring an end to the. great britain's membership within the european union. a plane carrying sputnik resupplies from moscow arrives in argentina after the south american country officially registers the russian the code 19. clemency for killers but none of us donald trump's pardon list includes mercenaries imprisoned for the deaths of civilians in iraq and leave those who spilled the beans on american war crimes. today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s.
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doesn't care for spilled the rocky blood it seems political considerations prevailed over legal and judicial watch and this decision. from moscow thanks for joining us tonight on our team hawking's welcome to the program. a historic moment today the u.k. and the european union have just sealed a brick sit trade deal days before the new year deadline it's not all fully signed off yet it does still need to be ratified by both sides expect to go much smoother though than the negotiations that the e.u. commission chief hinted at plenty of concessions on relief at preventing a possible no deal outcome and the implications that would bring on the british side. seem to think it was essentially win win for westminster. it is up to us all together and
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a newly and truly independent nation to realize the immensity of this moment and to make the most of it as we knew in any case if there would have been a heartbreaks it it would not have been good for both sides but it would have hit the united kingdom harder than the european union with all its might of 450000000 citizens therefore from a position of strength we were able to come forward with the most comprehensive agreement with ever had. let's take a look at how the u.k. and the you will cooperate from january 1st there will be no tariffs on others each other's goods and no limit on trading new border checks have been agreed on to the u.k. has pull out of the long running student exchange ski between universities politicians will return to westminster the right to vote rather on the deal on december 30th that gives them just under 48 hours to pore over the details earlier are to join my
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colleague you know neil in the studio to discuss whether the brics venture is for leader and dusted this is been such a long road britain's voted to leave the european bloc but can 2016 ever since and they've been patiently waiting to see what kind of break that they got a sigh of relief for many they got one with a deal of course we all know it's been a roller coaster to get here those who campaign for bracks that said it's going to be plain sailing as a piece of cake one politician said this is something that gets resolved over a cup of afternoon tea that was just one of many overly optimistic statements i think on the matter no deal would be better than a vast deal i believe it will be. negotiated will be. contrary to you know and of course you know it was in the european union's interest just as much as it is our. there is no plan to do because we are going to get a great. the free trade agreement that we will have to do with the european union
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should be one of the easiest in human history while easy i think we can say it was not we've seen in the past locked horns with brussels parliament gridlocked david cameron resigned to resign may gave up boris johnson came in but it did take him a love and months to wrangle 'd this deal so it really i mean it did seem a bit doomed from the start just to clarify i want to just put it out there on the record is that briggs hasn't been put to bed can we forget all about it while brussels says that now finally everyone can move on from it's in the past let's bury it johnson celebrating but maybe a bit prematurely because they're all still huddles 1st off it does have to get ratified by the british parliament westminster is on christmas holiday but it will be recalled on the 30th of december to debate that. but you know what considering that johnson's own m.p.'s in the past have voted against him on his plans i'm sure there's some nervousness. then of course it also needs to be approved across the
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channel by both the e.u. council and the parliament time is against them $27.00 nation states need to agree to this they need to scrutinise $500.00 pages it needs to be translated into $23.00 languages so really there is still a considerable task ahead would usually take months as a process then of course there's the question mark on how bumpy the ride will be once the rules are in place from january to fuss i think it's fair to say that there will be teething problems more than anyone i'd love to say goodbye i'm putting you on the shelf but i think it might be too early to say that boris johnson's very optimistic but he has to be this is essentially what got him elected so it would be. it would be career destroying for him it would certainly be humiliating and it has always been polarizing there was never going to be a deal that everyone was happy about but while boris is quite right as you said
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celebrating others have already hit out at him over this deal. it sounds like the british team have dropped the ball before the line no wonder they want a christmas eve announcement to hide the fishery sell out today amidst all the debates and details of the trade deal one fundamental truth remains that at the time of global insecurity we're no longer part of one of history's greatest and most noble project bringing nations together to build peace at the ruins of war this is a disastrous brags that outcome for scottish farmer it's and like all other aspects of bragg's it for students cortlandt against their will so maybe a political victory for johnson but certainly does not a huge fan club around him at the moment a deal might have been reached spot it's just the far stop toward sort of bidding adieu to bracks if i can mix my european british metaphors and i still think we will see that us throws up a few surprises. to vacillate from germany as the left 40 says leaders would have
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gone to great lengths to punish britain over bricks. even if. you're they've got themselves as markers of the universe it is surely the cat who loses interest in the european union and the end of the day it is sad in which direction this year you go they don't want this rex's you go as they try all stops to make it bloody. and they want to destroy the u.k. economy just to set an example or so that other nations do not accept the terrible arrangement that is your day but they have not succeeded because the economic interests within europe the german car probably for example they have a strong interest and. this trade relationship with you not. argentina has officially registered russia as sport mcvie vaccine it's been approved for emergency use by the country's regulator based on results of clinical
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trials in russia a plane carrying argentina's 1st batch has arrived and what osiris under the supply agreement will provide enough doses for up to 10000000 people earlier this month the argentine president expressed confidence in the russian vaccine saying he will be the 1st to take it. and one of you who are 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 well i want to support that view yars and tina has also signed up for vaccine surprise from astra zeneca the united nations kovacs program the country's regulator has approved the use of the pfizer biotech vaccine as well despite ongoing talks there are some top health minister has criticized his approach to the negotiations. they asked us for a little giving them immunity and the congress gave them that law but then phases
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negotiators with 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 the government of argentina is thinking that this is going to be perhaps the most efficient way to bring an effective vaccine to its citizens so looks like they're essentially. betting on or putting their money on 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 i would sounds to me like argentina didn't like the deal that pfizer was giving them and was was looking elsewhere and i think that's
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why they turned toward the russian tanks in a more grim 7 possed as russia grapples with the pandemic however up front line workers are the most vulnerable on getting vaccinated and rafal got more on the latest developments from auntie's conference in the roscoff. almost 30000 new coronavirus cases have been registered in russia and it's a new record put in a 3rd globally in terms of the new daily infections this thursday russia is now says just behind the u.k. and u.s. just in moscow russia skeptical had over 8000 new corona virus in the past 24 hours again this is a new record in terms of deaths there were 635 linked to the virus across the whole of russia and yet this is another all time high ground and is keen to avoid a stricter lockdown fuz on the hospitality industry in p.p.t. measures will remain in place while all companies have to have at least
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a 3rd of their employees to work remotely no mass gatherings are allowed of course and universities into russia's biggest cities have gone online only until february however a mass vaccination is under way already $52000.00 russians have taken the jab it is expected that wider vaccination will take place next february and according to a russia's health care ministry over half of russia's population are keen or willing to get inoculated and you are among those willing to get vaccinated just talk us through you experience that sure i got my job this tobar and it wasn't that bad i mean i had a few mild side effects my temperature were elevated a bit and i was feeling a little bit the teat the next day but then the next day all were off so now here i am safe and sound then i'm enjoying the fact that i have antibodies the u.k.
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has recorded its 2nd highest daily number of covert infections is comes as officials thoughts in cases before parts of the u.k. went into lockdown this month over 600000 people infected in the week beginning of december 12th effectively one in every 85 people across england and london is the leading coronavirus hotspot the capital now has the highest percentage of residents who have tested positive for covert 90. with plans holiday travel plans already made increased measures against the virus prompted a mad rush to get out of the city similar emergency measures have also been applied across the southeast of england new lock down instructions prevent households mixing for means having no friends or family over for the holidays the british health secretary defended the locked it's necessary to stop the spread of the new mutated version of covert 90. just as we've got
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a tiered system in place that was able to control this virus we've discovered a new more contagious virus variant that is spreading at a dangerous rate cases have risen 57 percent in the last week the average hospital admissions are 1909 a day that's the highest figure since mid april or the senior clinical lecturer at exeter medical school says people's behavior has played a decisive role in britain's rising infections. i think there more case numbers is a reflection of human behaviors we have been very slow and lax and not enforcing a public health measures with strictness and if you don't enforce a public health measure with with sincerity and strictness and information for people people will break the law the narrative is we have a new age of the sars could lead to loris a variant
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a mutation whichever expression you want to use it is a new variant but it hasn't found new ways of infecting you it may be more infectious but you only get infected if you do things like get into crowded places the crowded transports go shopping card shopping centers those sort of things get you infected where that is the origin will strain all of the new version of the strain. still to come dealing out pardon is like there's no tomorrow donald trump shows mercy for some form of private military contractors but it's those who didn't make the u.s. president's list. make the biggest news headlines we'll look at that spot the break .
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a key ally of benjamin netanyahu has quit the cabinet and vowed to join the opposition after accusing the prime minister of corruption has come as the ruling coalition fell on tuesday with the country now set to go to the polls for a 4th time in 2 years. has been casting his eye over the fallout. 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 lattimer his name is bin human and i'm not saying that because i work for a russian t.v. station to stay cool look at all the political gifts that these raid leader has
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sleep easier to. do a good. riddance through june. in the white house. but with trump on his way out netanyahu is going to have to find other ways to get a political boost and right now he really needs one of course of trump's middle east peace deals still proves a winner these really pm might get mad. as to weather the storm but here is what israel's streets now regularly look like.
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the protesters biggest problem 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 wave into the i was then dealing with me failing to deal with the pandemic the perception is one of mismanaged log downs with businesses and the other the prime minister 2 terms of the us we need to stop the corruption here in israel and open it and you know we need to know mainly but on the government to spend it doesn't want any mall. is corrupted and walking for one person trying to escape from his they trial demonstrations picked up pace in the spring when it's and yahoo managed 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
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election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now the cole is seen as fall apart and israel goes back to the polls in march it will be the country's 4th knesset elections in under 2 years and 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 now at the years when mr here comes your golden heights president was still in the white house. will do something on the tip of every average traveler's tongue right now covert passports singapore airlines has announced it will be the 1st major airline to introduce the controversial measure
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of digital verification of passengers who've been vaccinated singapore airlines has started trials on a new digital health verification process this will offer customers the ability to securely store and present information related to covert 19 tests as well as their vaccination status in the future in order to book travel a special form needs to be filled in detail in coronavirus test results information on whether you can take whether you've taken on the job or not is mandatory it effectively means health data will be stored for each passenger and that's got some dowsing whether they would travel with the airline again. 19 has created of a kind of a new norm in what we talk about and our technologies will try to come to rescue for the future you know for different purposes and in this particular case to try to see if there can be an easier traveling and when there is a date of it sort of more strong your own personal don't mean to any 3rd party
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there are 2 possibilities one that it is used for its own purpose but also there is always a possibility that it called to be shared or it could be hiring daughter. died of privacy issues so at this level all stakeholders need to ensure that the deed to our safety indeed our privacy is maintained and it has only used for that particular definite purpose and not for anything is idea is to ease the travel for the people that the v.c.r. and the blocks. are not. for the bus and your purse to go on to travel freely in their company. this is of course if you're lation of our private. wealth freedom if it's like that. it could
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create a kind of crisis for the people traveling over the war there is a kind of kindness. we wish to reopen the trouble. but in fact we have to think about from the legal rights of the people to impose max you. see from our sonorities what whistleblowers can go whistle donald trump has issued 2 lists of pardons but despite calls from rights activists defenders of freedom of speech like syrian assad john edward. snowden will remain imprisoned at the same time the outgoing u.s. president has raised concerns at the united nations by giving clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for their involvement in the mass killing of civilians in iraq people in that country have condemned the decision as has the government. the ministry believes that this
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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 and we hope that there will be justice god willing the blood will not just disappear and the iraqi government must act as soon as possible because the courts of the infamous blackwater company killed citizens a nice to 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. it seems political considerations prevailed over a legal and judicial wants and this decision president trump should have taken into account their relationship with iraq especially since iraq has
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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. and i wonder if. they were dead bodies everywhere are losing the argument going to be anything with 2 people in among the dead bodies lying on the street those who are child was in the middle of next 7 years old.
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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 after the incident that the lead iraq investigates who prosecutors relied heavily on so very far that there were no incision victims and to collect evidence may have helped tunnies to insurgent groups himself now at this
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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 gun fire 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 commuted it's 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 if president trump is true as well use that. the least think you could do
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is to end the suffering the purity the songs to pardon him this man has suffered enough for the interest of the public and was 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 assan 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 this indicates the trumpet ministration is moving in a very different direction with its clemency up next the documentary the price of progress paints a portrait of decision making within the food industry that see what i can offer with the latest join us again.
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