headlines this hour the u.k. and even finding strike a landmark breaks it deal after 4 years of wrangling although not everybody is happy with boris johnson's christmas gift with europe's keeney crankset i have really tried to not be part of europe any more it does make me nervous to think how about when i get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in spain and france and other parts of europe they would give a disaster if there had been no deal so very pleased but there is a deal this is i suppose to some people a big christmas present it's just i think if i was really free to do them this year the idea of a deal is a good one i 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 to be funny going off too busy is good but it sort of begs the question as to whether this arrangement is going to be better than the regime behind him before we left the european union ok well let's briefly look then at how the u.k. and the e.u. will cooperate from january the 1st there will be no tariffs on each other's goods and no limits on trading border checks have been agreed on to while the u.k. is pulled out of the long running your asthma student exchange between universities politicians will now return to westminster to vote on the deal on the same the 30th we are sexperts what the agreement means for the case future 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 fought for bricks that are disappointed that the concessions and compromises that have been made. you've got to hand it to

a bar of storms this and you would never get this done this it could never get an election never mind win one without workable majority this is you never get a deal this is it didn't even want a deal but he's proved all of these critics. wrong even if you your best state of themselves as moderates of the universe it is truly the capitalist interest in the european union and at the end of the day it is sad in which direction this you can go they did not want this record to go smoothly they try all stops to make it bloody for the internet not to keep and they wanted to destroy the u.k.'s economy just to set an example or so that other nations do not accept the terrible arrangement that us that europe in your next day but they have not succeeded because the economic interests within europe the german car believes

for example they have a strong interest and maintain this trade relationship with the united kingdom's so and then has to try to on a much needed high but it has been a very difficult 12 months for the british death with close borders and also economic ways to contend with with more his. it was almost as if he wanted to become a me we have so much to look forward to in 2020 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 it. sending its presence. home printer on christmas. yet i feel like christmas has been known and history you might be like remember it is 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 often 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 can probably see except to say that it begins with billions receding the past behind us well be rose from the past and 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 our destiny 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 fisheries 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 projects being nations together to build peace out of the ruins of war. this is a disastrous bragg's it outcome for scottish farmer it's and like all other aspects of bracks 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 a going 'd 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. that it is. the guy who let me 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 i'm a bit confused because you know it's like things are very very quick and we don't get that 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 they say to only cannot who's devoted 48 hours like so confusing i don't even remember my parents live. there we've been here so i am allowed to go to you tube but i don't know if i'm really about to be going through. if you could do was it a case of bad timing of the boat show 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. so as we heard then the u.k. may have dealt with this breaks a crisis but it's still got the pandemic on its plate with a sharp increase in covert cases just before the holidays we'll have

a closer look at this a bit later in the program. meantime germany remains one of the country's worst affected by the pandemic and the state of saxony has registered a disproportionately high share of germany's deaths linked to the coronavirus climate or even the region also struggling with the body backlog of video agency ruptly film situation.

well for many people around the world christmas 2020 is very different and a tough rather than a festive time i made those cope with restrictions however the head of the world health organization has released now a special video message thanking people for their efforts and sacrifices. 2020 draws to an end a plunder me of historic proportions is preventing many of us from celebrating in the ways we would lie hundreds of millions of people are today making great heart wrenching sacrifices by staying apart to stay safe while across europe christmas celebrations have also been axed with markets and shops closed because of new restrictions taking a closer look now at the situation in germany his paper on. across in europe christmas festivities are subdued 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 buying or. 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 service. there's on going to be a long nose lamenting the lack of fireworks of the 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 of the world's children. quite the relief i'm sure you'll agree peter all of a r.t. early. like you're going machines for lizards and soft drink bottles for testing these are just some of the strange projects that the u.s. government has wasted money on at least that's according to a report that says over 50000000000 dollars is frittered away dmitri powder has more on the story. 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 it is more important than ever for congress to find its fiscal backbone our debts puts at risk the long term solvency of major programs such as social security and why to pay for test use for covert tests that turn out to be soda bottles to see if hot tubbing a few times a week eases stress 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 researches spent a 1000000 and a half taxpayer dollars to get 6 lizards walk them on a treadmill what's taking x. rays with 3 d. imaging technology and then figure out how that joints 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. just a tidy sum of $4500000.00 in all seriousness here's exactly what the researchers did in layman's terms they spent 5 weeks giving rats intermittent access to alcohol to get them hooked then they put the rats in a cage and literally sprayed them with both cat urine and predators odor to simulate trauma then they tested where 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 of berkeley someone has concluded that surviving a gruesome war is comparable to being sprayed with europe so we've gone from paying people to sit in hods of trying to get adults to watch less t.v. and bugs all of this money wasted and no. that was initially washington's this is $54000000000.00 of taxpayer money but 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 how 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 $1.00 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 watching us international look at this i quit pragmatics when i have more stories in the company will. join me every folks lean on me all excited and chill and i'll be speaking to get us out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you.

hello again the u.k. has recorded its 2nd highest daily number of infections this comes to is parts of the united kingdom are expected to be placed under the strictest lockdown measures later this month well over 600000 people were found to have corona virus in the week beginning december the 12th and that is around one in $85.00 people in england some estimates suggest to almost half of the new infections are from the new more virulent strain london currently has the highest number of people testing positive

for hiv 19 now stricter measures against the british health secretary defended the lock down saying it is necessary to curb the spread of the new coronavirus variant however the opposition says that responsibility for the spread does lie squarely on the government stores that while these restrictions are now that's the sort they would not support the return of this pirates are the return of prescriptions a doctor not to goal they're a failure of government. the british people have done everything asked of them what approach the government has not the senior clinical lecture annex a medical school says this new surge in cases could have been avoided with stricter measures 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 leni a judge of the sars could we do loris it may be more infectious however it may and it is a big capital letters may that it may be more infectious. it has left many people unable to get on a plane for months but singapore airlines has now introduced a controversial covert passport scheme to help get travelers back in the skies while acting as a 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 well in order to book and travel a special form needs to be filled in detail in coronavirus test results information on whether you've taken a jab or not is mandatory and it affects every means that health data will be stored for each passenger and that's got some doubting whether they would travel with the airline again or privacy is the key concern for the panel of guests we discuss the issue with. quarter 19 has created of a kind of a new normal what we talk about and our 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 it most from your own personal domain 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 could be shared or it could be having done it said there is data privacy issues so at this level all stakeholders need to ensure that the data safety indeed the 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 1st the p.c.r. and the blood. for the passenger to go on to travel freely in their company. this is of course. of our private. freedom. god like that. creates a kind of crisis for the people traveling about the war there is

a kind of a kind of. wish to reopen the trouble to reopen. the exchange but in fact to think about the fundamental 'd rights of the people. cause. the spike a few people have been doing their best to celebrate christmas and share in france for example not to them choir performed christmas eve concerts it is the 1st event of its kind since the cathedral was ravaged by fire. last year hard hats and overalls replaced traditional gowns as reconstruction of the building is still underway. and london strict lockdown was these for a couple of minutes on thursday night to allow people to sing christmas carols in their street a socially distance approach though to the traditional festivities while still

maintained and in germany a local priest there organized drive in christmas mass in the car park of a hardware store that has traditional church services have been suspended across the country to slow the spread of the corona bars. finally 2024 gender identity generates a huge wave of discussion from liberation to celebration also probably confusion. looks now 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. so papier teen there won't care. for their base. yeah i didn't know what bass man i just heard dismissed the work arrows as

a whiny tweet is reveling in victimization no they're here to save people from things that they didn't even know they needed saving from like. gender through all the facts 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 rand would have. been tea but now could get hot and you lived was canceled. so let's delve in and see who was on the front line of the culture wars in 2020 this is like being in jail the battle of the sexes is no longer binary and no one represents the crazy state of affairs better than the j.k.

rowling nor is it wicked that the inflicted harry potter only for the wall is now really a 5 for suggesting that they're all women on their own 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 is a man 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 you know apparently the whole thing was an allegory for the struggles of the transgender community i'm going to i don't. you know that was the original intention in the world wasn't quite ready yet or part of the corporate world wasn't ready for us and on a serious note i would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate the actor . great. friends good luck. so that's how the news is looking so far this christmas here in r.t. international we're back again with more stories in the back 30 minutes.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront let it be an arms race based on often spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. today the industry prefers to spend millions of euros in you know being. a reconditioned as i will be says he's all about making money making profits in some

of the corporations international markets import export do you imagine the number of printing diseases that are out in every community then it is new due to new viruses all new microbes just not true so it is due to time. siggy though the moment all discipline of this sort of muscles are really just accumulate could only come in to see them to be in the list of. the legacy of the sky if the so food industry is successful it will create more jobs it will create more value added it will create more growth so i don't see why we shouldn't also fight for the interest something into st not except that we are british and we want regulation i was in just any freedom behave as any astronauts who must find.