seen. the enemy yes. you finally strike a landmark briggs deal and 4 year divorce. everyone is happy with boris johnson's christmas gift. merry christmas countries in europe seek cases and searches people are placed under strict measures during the festive period. bungle inaudible cannabis these are just some of the things that things that government has wasted $50000000000.00 on.

good morning to you thanks for joining us you're watching international. the brig's it saga over the united kingdom and the european union finally sealed a trade deal just days before the new year deadline the chief exec negotiator described the u.k. divorces lose lose but prime minister boris johnson is more upbeat. this is i believe a good deal for the whole of europe. for us for our friends and partners as well yes but again you're right there is no winner and brax it's a lose lose situation to separate especially in the world as it is today england united going it has chosen to be solitary rather than stand together. well under

the deal from january the 1st there will be no tariffs or limits on trade between britain and the european union the agreement still needs to be ratified by both sides are boris johnson's christmas wish may have come true it's been tainted by a tough year of covert closed borders and economic woes saskia taylor has more. it was almost as if he wanted to become a meme we have so much to look forward to in $22.00 it it's hard to pin down which one of 2020 stretches he meant the end as negotiations food shortages coronavirus close borders economic collapse felt like. sending. sending a president who home printer on christmas. yet i think what christmas has been so far and history he might be like remembered as the prime minister. best so was about a man who wanted to be remembered as the one who got brecht's it done 4 years of

preparation for a course he believed in thompson was set up for trial and he even promised back in january that it was up and ready all but done we had ended a debate has run for 3 and a half years some would say 47 years i would even mention the name of the comparable seen. except to say that it begins with billions receding the past behind us well be rose from the past and a haunted porus for 11 months that's how long it took to negotiate a deal a deal that has followed praxedis claimed could be resolved over a cup of tea 11 months the brink of no deal a nation of disappointed impatient angry people but boris still gave himself a pat on the back we've taken back control of our laws and we've taken back control of every jot and tittle of regulation in

a way that is complete and unfettered who's going to tell him then that this celebration might be a party for one. 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 debate 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 out of the ruins of war this is a disastrous brags that outcome for scottish forwards and like all other aspects of bragg's it for students cortlandt against our will it wasn't just brussels that proved to be bogus on doing fresh from a caribbean holiday and still on a post-election high in the new year boris johnson didn't seem too concerned about a never heard of before virus his message was clear don't exaggerate when barry is going up. and when there is

a risk that new diseases such as corona virus will trigger a panic while it was a pretty quick descent from facts to this. but it's hard not to panic when the person who's supposed to be meeting you flip flops and utahns his way through a crisis to the point his own ministers don't know the rules so make it absolutely clear which is that it is. the. guy who. let me let i will absolutely get back to christmas won't be cancelled actually christmas is off schools are reopening actually you know they're not we're lifting the knocked out actually stay at home little wonder then that confusion on

exhaust peroration grew because speakers you know it's like things are very very. and we don't get much information about what's going on and then suddenly boom the new school down we don't know what to do so nobody can use and only cannot use the body 48 hours so confusing i don't even want my parents. called to go with it so i am allowed to go to but i don't know if i'm really and i'll be very very careful what you did today was it a case of bad timing for bojo was 2020 year you just couldn't shine no matter what or was it the man himself who failed to meet one thing's for sure for boris johnson it's been not a hell of a year but rather a year from how. meanwhile some parts of britain are far from hope with the agreement with the scottish 1st minister saying that britain is still lost far more than its gain from briggs it experts and people across the u.k.

have explain whether they see it as a happy ending. fatigue because it's been going for so long it's happening now the balls rolling i think we should just finish it i think it makes it to be because over the past couple weeks as being just so much hype and misinformation and media i hate breaks and i think it's a pretty retrograde step i think that the feeling of being part of a multinational international. i word looking community i think has been thompson fantastic i didn't supply brakes a dental brakes a guy have really tried to not be part of you know petty mind it does make me nervous to think have i going to get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in spain and in france and the parts of europe it would have been a disaster if there had been no deal so very pleased about the there is a deal this is i suppose some people a big christmas present it's just i think a father's relief aid to them to see if the idea of a deal is a good one. but i think the idea that it has to go through 49 different

parliaments in europe is a bit crazy i think it's really. funny going after all these years but it sort of begs the question as to whether this arrangement is going to be better than the regime we have to come before we left the european union a deal has been reached it will leave many disappointed the pro e.u. people are just ones who are leaving the troll people like me that fall for bricks that are disappointed that the concessions and compromises that have been made but you've got to hand it to a bar storms this and you would never get this done this it could never get an election now or might win one without workable majority this said he would never get a deal they said he didn't even want a deal by he's proved all of these critics out doctors were wrong even if the. best satans out as my office of the year goes it is surely the catalyst interest in

the european union and the end of the day. it is sad in which direction this union goats they don't want this rex it's a goal as they try all starts to make it bloody. and they wanted to destroy it. just to set an example or so that other nations do not accept the terrible arrangement that was that 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 now keep notes. of the u.k. they have dealt with the braggs it crisis but it's still got a pandemic on its plate with a sharp increase in covert cases going into the holidays leaving the country in limbo take a close look at them later this hour. for many people around the world

christmas 2020 is very different and a tough rather than festive time with holidays spent in isolation far away from family and friends the head of the world health organization has released a special video message thanking people for their efforts and separate feiss. 2020 droste one and a bundle of historic proportions is preventing many orphans from celebrating in the ways we would like hundreds of millions of people are today making great heart wrenching sacrifices by staying apart to stay safe out across europe christmas celebrations have been axed with markets shops closed because of new restrictions i correspond to the all of it takes a look at the situation in germany. across in europe christmas festivities are subject to this year because of the coronavirus pandemic here in berlin this gentleman marked it's usually the scene over one of the german capitals local

bustling busy christmas markets not this year though like carnival in the spring time the markets of being counseled there being a loosening of covert restrictions to allow people to gather with loved ones over christmas itself friedrich merits the man who will be going with the chancellor angela merkel's job next year wasn't happy with covert restrictions having an impact on a family christmas personally i would see it's none of the government's business how i celebrate christmas with my family he's not alone germany has seen at times launched demonstrations against covert 1000 restrictions. while christmas is very different this year new year's may be totally on

recognizable in germany being mocked without its traditional. green policy politicians of launched a campaign against fireworks this year while thousands upon thousands usually throw in the approach to the brandenburg gate for the annual new year's eve bash this year 'd that is a victim of corona and the policy will be held with elder revelers and shown on television there will be no joint posses a family reunions otherwise we could be threatened by another wave of infection in february there will be no party in berlin at the brandenburg gate either it will disappoint sold to be sure to virgin sea and medical so. says aren't going to be among knows the lamenting the lack of fireworks after new year's eve we evaluate only how many people come to us or brought to the rescue center during the night how old they are and why they need to be treated it clearly shows the dangers of

fireworks it's a festive period with a difference but at least italian prime minister just epic commentary has some reassurances for people concerned about one particular elderly man traveling at christmas father christmas assured me he's already got an international travel certificate so he can travel everywhere and distribute gifts to all the world's children. quite the relief i'm sure you'll agree peter all over r.t. early. in the meantime germany remains one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic and the state of saxony has had a disproportionately high share of germany's deaths linked to the virus from a tour in the region are struggling with a body backlog video agency ruptly film the situation.

republican senator rand paul has released a report detail detailing what is claimed to be ways the government has squandered more than $50000000000.00 in taxpayer dollars this year for example on research into how listen walking on a treadmill on interviews with san franciscans about what they use edible cannabis for and what was supposed to be test tubes for covert tests but turned out to be unusable soda bottles to be sure how else the money was spent.

2020 has been a year to forget for many reasons but it's that time of year so let's reflect imagine you just blown $54000000000.00 in 12 months it is more important than ever for congress to find its fiscal backbone puts at risk the long term solvency of major programs such as social security and white to pay for test tubes for cobra tests that turn out to be soda bottles to see if hot tubbing a few times a week he says stretch yeah those don't seem like good investments but u.s. senator rand paul has published a whole list of all the things you can blow your hard earned money on and what washington apparently did spend it on like $1500000.00 to give a couple of reptiles some cardio researchers spent a 1000000 and a half taxpayer dollars to get 6 lizards walk them on a treadmill while taking x. rays with 3 d. imaging technology and then figure out how they're doing to moved sure it's fascinating stuff maybe for some but come on $1500000.00 place

your bets on how much it costs to spray drunk rats with bobcat you're just a tidy sum of $4500000.00. in all seriousness here's exactly what the researchers did in layman's terms they spend 5 weeks getting intimate and alcohol to get them hooked then they put the rats in a cage in the tree sprayed them with a bobcat you're in a predators oda to stimulate trauma then they tested with the males and females responded differently why that's probably something you're wondering right now the answer research into p.t.s.d. and alcoholism among war veterans apparently someone has concluded that surviving a gruesome war is comparable to being sprayed with urine so we've gone from paying people to sit in hearts of 2 trying to get adults to watch less t.v. and e-books all of this money wasted and none of that was initially washington's this is $54000000000.00 of taxpayer money but hey look on the bright side at least

we can sleep well now we know that a coke bottle is not a good substitute for a test tube the way that the united states government has managed its finances throughout this entire thing is absolutely overall completely abysmal it's been nothing short of criminal what the united states government has done throughout this entire pandemic there were a few ok things but overall the bad outweighed the good by a whole lot and it's really made the united states government out for exactly what it is which it is a corporate coup no one ever asked the question are you going to pay for it when it comes to giving money to the pentagon or giving money to weapons contractors or given money to the oil and gas industry no one ever asked how you're going to pay for it but they ask how are you going to pay for it when it comes to giving direct relief to people then all the sudden they're worried about their pocketbook. now

the kingdom has recorded its 2nd highest daily number of covert infections it comes as part of the u.k. are expected to be placed under the strictest lockdown measures later this month 600000 people were recorded to have coronavirus in the week beginning december 12th us around one in 85 people in england some estimates suggest almost half the new infections are from the new more very lean strain london currently has the highest number of people testing positive for covert 19. strict measures against the virus prompted a desperate rush to flee the capital before the holidays new lockdown 2 restrictions prevent households for mixing indoors and all non-essential shops is to be closed the british health secretary defended law saying it's necessary to curb spread of the new coronavirus variant the opposition says responsibility for the spread lies squarely on the government's store step. while these restrictions are now monsieur. it would not inevitable the return of this pirates are the

return of prescriptions a doctor that gore their failure of government the british people looked up everything asked of them but i'm afraid the government has not of the senior clinical lecturer at extra medical school says this new surgeon cases could have been avoided with strict dimensions. we have been very slow and larks and not enforcing a public health measure with strictness unfortunately we have failed in controlling it because we never enforced it as strictly as we should have our hospital admissions are almost at the peak meaning hospitals are also getting full and more worryingly in the more sensitive age group meaning the older age group our case numbers are also up and it is the older people who get severe disease and may die

from this infection the narrative is we have a new age of the sars could lead to loris it may be more infectious however it may and it is a big capital letters many that it may be more infectious. to something on the tip of every avid travelers tongue right now covert passports singapore airlines has announced that it will be the 1st major airline to introduce this controversial measure of digital verification of passengers who have 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 and in order to book and travel a special form needs to be filled in detailing 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 others got some doubting whether they would travel with the airline again. privacy is the key concern for the panel of guests that we discussed this issue with. over 19 has created a kind of a new normal what we talk about and technology is something which we 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 ease of travelling and when there is a date of return of most from your own personal domain to any 3rd party there are 2 possibilities one that it is used for it's on purpose but also there is always a possibility that it could be shared or it could be done it said i doubt are privacy issues so this level all stakeholders need to ensure that the data 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 the test the p.c.r. . the blood. for the passenger to go on to travel freely in there. this is of course if you're late our 5. goes like that. creates a kind of. crisis for the people. that work there is the kind of the kind of. wish to reopen the trouble. think about the. rights of the people. cause.

2020 saw gender identity generate a huge wave of discussion from liberation to celebration and even confusion on his political looks at how the year has left more than a few people in a personal pronoun predicament. but all this is fertile ground for the culture wars to get really vicious. served take you on t.v. the world keros. all the based. yeah i didn't know what base man either just dismissed the work arrows as why they need to eat is reveling in victimization no they're here to save people from things that they didn't even know they needed saving from like words all the gender who or the fact whether you're own or you are

a massive racist right yet all the based look just all right trump apologists looking for a fight no these are brave souls trying to express opinions that 5 years ago you and grand would have. been t. but now could get her and you lived worse chance old. so let's delve in and see who was on the front line of the culture wars in 2020 this is like being in the battle of the sexes is no longer finery and no one represents the crazy state of affairs back then the j.k. rowling is it weird that the author of that inflicted harry potter on the wall is now lilith by for suggesting that they're all women and there and then.

get out and yes that was cool to be counseled to saying that there is such a thing as. the trans rights people when not. well the ballin film festival was in no mood to be rolling and so it just dumped its gendered awards for best actor or and best actor a dozen not just mean less prizes for everyone why not bring in more prizes for more gender isn't that like $32.00 of them the national charge of iceland went another way and depicted jesus with boobs on a dress to quote reflect society as it is today by which i assume they mean confusing. tripling down all the confusion with. the current director of the matrix series. she said that the matrix trilogy wasn't about

looting karate different colored pills being plugged into play station no apparently the whole thing was an allegory for the struggles of the transgender community i'm going to go he has got and i don't. you know that was the original intention. the world wasn't quite ready yet or part of the corporate world wasn't ready for him and on a serious note i would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate the actor elliot a former. for growth. and average rather to don't appreciate you company you watching all 2 international.

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same wrong. we're all just all. to get to shape out just to become educated and engaged with. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. hello and welcome across the uk where all things are considered on peter lavelle exhibit a the smoking gun we know now without a doubt the media ran interference for the biting campaign before the election the

hunter biden story was not debunked was not rushing to misinformation we were lied to again where is the accountability. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest david frei in montreal he's a litigator turned you tube or who provides legal breakdowns of current events in new york we have steve malzberg he is host of eat the press at r.t. america and in sydney we cross to joe lauria he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com or in tell me crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate joe let me go to you in sydney and 1st of all thank you for staying up 2 o'clock in the morning for this program i'm very much appreciated we all appreciate it jerks job where is the state of journalism that we know that the big tech the media companies are running interference for the buying

campaign is the repeated.