the month. over 4 years in the making a landmark trade deal between the u.k. finally struck. the great britain's membership within the european union. the plane carrying supplies from. the south american country officially registered the russian. clemency for killers. list includes mercenaries imprisoned for the deaths of civilians in iraq. and spilled the beans on american war crimes. 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 it seems political considerations prevail legal and judicial watch and this decision. live from moscow thanks for joining us. holdings welcome to the program. a historic moment the u.k. and european union have sealed the brics trade deal just days before the new year deadline it's not all fully signed off yet it still needs to be ratified by both sides but that's expected to go much smoother negotiations that while the e.u. commission chief hinted at plenty of concessions and relief at preventing a possible no deal outcome and the implications that would bring on the british side. seem to think it was a sexually when when. it is up to together.

a newly and truly independent nation to realize the main city 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 450000000 citizens therefore from a position of strength if we were able to come forward with the most comprehensive agreement with ever had ok let's take a look at how the u.k. and e.u. will cooperate from generally 1st there'll be no tariffs on each other's goods and no limit on training new border checks have been agreed on too while the u.k.'s pulled out of the long running the rasmussen student exchange scheme between universities and politicians will be returning to westminster to vote on the deal on december 30th that gives them just under 48 hours to pour over details earlier

or to use ask you taylor to join my colleague you know neil in the studio to discuss one of the brics a venture is now fully done and dusted this is been such a long road britain's voted to leave the european bloc but can 2016 ever since then they've been patiently waiting to see what kind of bracks that they've got a sigh of relief for many they got one with a deal of course we all know it's been a rollercoaster to get here the campaign for bracks that said it's going to be plain sailing it's 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 with that of the nevada steel i believe it will be. negotiated will be. contrary to your 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

should be one of the easiest in human history while easy i think we can say it was not we've seen impasse 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 and then of course it also needs to be approved across the

channel by both the e.u. council and the parliament time is against them $27.00 nation states need to agree to this needs to be translated into $23.00 languages so really if there is still a considerable tough go ahead it 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 force 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 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 may be 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 breakfast if i can mix my european british metaphors and i still think we will see that us throws up a few surprises. to vasily from germany's the left forties as your leaders would have gone to great lengths to punish them. even if you your

self as markers of your gross it is surely the cat who loses interest in the european union and the end of the day it is sad in which direction you can go. on one goal as they try or stops to make it bloody. and they want to destroy the u.k. economy just to set an example or so that other nations 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 not. argentina has officially registered russia sport make a vaccine that's been approved for emergency use by the country's regulator based on results of clinical 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 wealthy argentine president expressed confidence in the russian vaccine saying you'll 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. as well as support that very large a team has also signed up for vaccine supplies from astra zeneca al united nations kovacs program countries regulator has approved the use of the pfizer biotech vaccine to despite ongoing talks the argentine 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

negotiate is 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 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 why they turned toward the russian tanks in a more grim milestone 7 past as russia grapples with

a pandemic however front line workers are the most vulnerable getting vaccinated under follow the latest developments for lottie's constancio rushkoff. 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. fuse on the hospitality industry in p.p.t. measures will remain in place while all companies have to have at least 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 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 they all were off so now here i am safe and sound then i'm enjoying the fact that i have antibodies. the u.k.

has recorded its 2nd highest number of covert 19 infections this comes as officials that is there a surge in cases right before parts of the u.k. went into lockdown this month over 600000 people infected in the week beginning this summer 12th effect only one in every 85 people across england and london is the leading coronavirus hotspot there the capital now has the highest percentage of residents who have tested positive for covert 19 with travel and holiday plans already made increase the 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 restrictions prevent households mixing therefore means having no friends or family over for the holidays the british health secretary defended the locked out saying it's necessary to stop the spread of a new mutated version of covert 90. just as we've got 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 cost of the admissions are 1909 a day that's the highest figure since mid april was seen in a 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 larks and not enforcing a public health measure with strictness and if you don't force a public health measure with with sincere and strict ness and information for people people will break the law the narrative is we have a new age of the sars could lead to a variant mutation whichever expression you want to use it is a new variant but he 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 crowded shopping centers those sort of things get you infected where that is the original strain all of the new version of the strain or to something now on the tip of every traveler's tongue right now the covert passport singapore what outfit will be the 1st major airline to introduce the controversial measure 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 and travel a special for me to the field in detail in coronavirus test results information on whether you've taken a job or not is mandatory it effectively means health data will be stored for each

passenger and that's got some doubting whether they would travel with the airline again or privacy of course is the key concern for a pile of guests we discuss the issue with. over 19 has created of a kind of a new normal 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 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 hiding daughter. died of privacy issues so this level of stakeholders need to ensure that the deed there are safety indeed our privacy is maintained and it is only used for that particular

definite purpose and not for anything is idea is to ease the travel for the people that test the v.c.r. and the blood. not. for the bus and your purse to go on to travel freely in the in there. this is of course if you're lation of our private. wealth freedom if it goes like that. it could create a kind of crisis for the people traveling over the war there is a kind of kindness. we wish to reopen the trouble. in fact we have to think about from the legal 'd rights of the people to impose vaccine.

mercy from us and. can go whistle donald trump has issued 2 lists of pardons but despite calls from rights activists offenders a freedom of speech like a song at. slogan will not be part and at the same time the outgoing u.s. president as raised concerns at the united nations by giving clemency to 4 formal contractors of the blackwater private military company they would sail for their old ones and the killing of civilians in iraq or people in that country have condemned the decision as has 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. there is no justification iraqi blood has become per miscible and has no significance one day will pay the price

because iraqi blood does not spill easily. and we hope that there will be justice god willing their blood just disappear and the iraqi government must act as soon as possible because the court of 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. it seems political considerations prevailed over legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account the relationship with iraq especially since iraq has a strategic cooperation agreement with the united states in all fields this will affect 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 or the north american authorities. 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 with those who are chosen in the region of 7 years old. paul slow evan liberty and dustin heard 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 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 more than 10 years. to the incidents that the lead iraq investigates who prosecutors relied heavily on so very far that there were no a surgeon 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 gun fire but at this point people are also looking at the fact that trump's 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 you don't think the police today could 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 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 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 this indicates the trumpet ministration is moving in a very different direction with its clemency. i can. benjamin netanyahu has quit the cabinet and valve to join the opposition off the accusing these very promise that of corruption this comes as the ruling coalition fell on tuesday with the country now set to go to the polls for a 4th time in 2 years it has been costing 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 re the leader has trump and his administration to thank for. one of the more use to.

my vision presents a win win opportunity for both sides and a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risk palestinian statehood to israel's security. is distracted at the school. giving sleep egypt kind of made this deal maybe sleep easier. good. riddance freund soon. 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.

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 cold it or rather the nation's fury at the way going to the always been dealing with me 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 and they just start on

a blank slate 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 in ateneo wanted to know mainly but on the government the door did spend it doesn't want any mall. is corrupted and walking for one person trying to escape from his day trial demonstrations picked up pace in the spring when it's and ya'll 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 election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now that coal 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 no. it's and yahoo 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 golan heights president was still in the white house and unique phone call with you to no sons in the u.s. state department told of all the official story surrounding that we can expound on find out more and what's in the hawks up next that can often with the latest join us again the. christmas eve special well we'll wait santa loves it away for because the future is

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supporters of wiki leaks founder julian assange. currently wasting away in a reported 23 hour lockdown of britain's notorious belmarsh prison a songe and his lawyers continue to fight against his extradition to the united states in london courts songe faces multiple indictments in the u.s. including the chilling charge of violating the espionage act which carries up to over 100 years in prison if convicted sons of supporters which include everyone from whistleblower an american hero edward snowden to famed journalist john pilger along with over 7600 others have signed a letter asking president donald trump to pardon the son and while no one will know until january 20th that these efforts to gain a pardon will be successful or all for naught one thing we do know for certain is that the u.s. government's prosecution of julian assange just looking more and more like persecution with every passing day minute now.