headlines in are to your victory or defeat the u.k.'s leadership celebrates in the story. across the english channel and european union's chief negotiator describes it as a loss for both sides also not so merry christmas countries in europe some cases. just people are placed under strict measures during the festive period. what a waste of money a u.s. senator claims the government is throwing away more than $50000000000.00 from worthless projects including jogging machines for lizards and soft drink bottles.

and i welcome you watching us internationally this christmas day just gone 6 o'clock here in moscow now after more than 4 years of wrangling you hand you can finally reached a brick trade deal it was agreed just days before the new year deadline however the mood in brussels and london was very different following the announcement. this is i believe a good deal for the whole of europe. for us for our friends and partners as well yeah but getting your dollars there is no winner and bracks it's a lose lose situation to separate especially in the world as it is today england the united kingdom has chosen to be solitary rather than stand together while the british isles are also divided on the outcome to scottish 1st minister nicholas to feels that britain has lost more than its gained from breaks it stressing that scotland must now decide on its future as an independent hugh rypien nation we've

got the views of scots and other brits on the day. the fatigue because it's been going on so long it's happening now the balls rolling i think we should just finish it i think it makes it feel to be because it was perhaps a couple weeks ago should be just so much hype and misinformation and media i hate breaks and i think it's a complete retrograde step i think that the feeling of being part of a multinational international. i word looking community i think has been thompson is fantastic i didn't support bret so i didn't pull the brakes a i have really guides to not be part of europe any more it does make me nervous to think how am i going to get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in spain and france and other parts of europe it would be a disaster if there had been no deal so very peaceful but there is a to this is i suppose some people a big christmas present it's just i think if i was really free to do that it was here 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 on all through these years 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 look then at how the u.k. and the e.u. will cooperate from january the 1st these the some of the key points that will be no tariffs on each other's goods and no limits on trading you border checks have been agreed on to while the u.k. is pulled out of the long running your asthma student exchange game between universities politicians will return to westminster to vote on the deal on december the 30 thought though it is expected to go through without a problem so boris johnson may have ended the year on a much needed high then but the last 12 months have been overshadowed by covidien closed borders and also economic woes take some. it was almost as if he wanted to become a meme 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 this practice of negotiations food shortages coronavirus close borders economic collapse like. sending. sending a president who home grinch who stole christmas. yet i feel like christmas has been known 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 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 a haunted chorus for 11 months that's how long it took to negotiate a deal a deal that has followed praxedis claims 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 the 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 fun to this.

but it's hard not to panic when the possum 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 can make it absolutely clear. distinction. let me i will absolutely get back to christmas would be cancelled actually christmas is off schools are reopening actually no 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 going creak and we don't get that much information about what's going on and then suddenly build a new school down we don't know what to do so nobody can use initiated on you cannot who's devoted 48 hours so it's so confusing i don't even remember my parents live. there with the kids so i am allowed to go to youtube but i don't know if i'm

really about to be going through. you know what you did was it a case of bad timing of the boat 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. germany does from a more of the country's worst affected by the virus in the state to saxony is one of the region's hardest hit with crime a tory of they're struggling to cope is footage from our video agency ruptly.

germany's a hole was badly affected this year with many long time restrictions put in place with more now on how it's impacted the festive season 2 in the country is peter on . across in europe christmas festivities are subdued this year because of the coronavirus pandemic here and 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 for 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 large 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 giant posses a family reunions otherwise you 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 center. voces aren't 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 travelling 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 of a r.t. early. jogging machines for lizards and soft drink bottles for colby testing and secure some of the strange projects the u.s. government has wasted money on at least that's according to a report that says over $50000000000.00 is frittered away to me to poke takes a closer look. 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 taking x. rays with 3 d. imaging technology and then figure out how their 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 book can't urine a predator to simulate 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 are barely 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 hearts of trying to get adults to watch less t.v. and eat bugs all of this money wasted and. none of it was initially washington 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 the the united states government has managed its finances throughout this entire thing it's absolutely overall completely abysmal it's been nothing short of criminal with 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 $1.00 ever asks how you 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 r.t. international right will take a look at defining. a society's battle over gender identity that's among the stories to come just awful.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. is your media a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. high salacious community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is great.

in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. hello again our london and its surrounding areas are bracing for stricter measures this weekend the south east of england is set to enter so-called here for effectively a lot and with a new strain of the virus spreading rapidly across the country to the prime minister is refusing to rule out another national show that. we face very considerable new pressures particularly from the the new variance in the speed with which that's been that's been spreading we believe that we're going to have to get through this tough period now with a much as i regret that i do think it is necessary for us to grip this virus now to

stop it running out of control in in january because we need to buy ourselves time to get the vaccine into as many arms of the elderly and vulnerable as we can. while london's measures were raised for a couple of minutes on thursday night to allow people to sing christmas carols in their streets a socially distance approach though to the traditional festivities was maintained now does follow on from london being dubbed the official covert 19 hot spot in the u.k. well over 600000 people were recorded to have coronavirus in the week beginning december the 12th nationwide around one in 85 people in england some estimates suggest he will most half of the new infections are from the new more virulent strain of the virus so the announcement on hiking measures against the virus prompted

a desperate rush to flee the capital before the holidays you got damn restrictions prevent household households mixing indoors and all non-essential shops will be closed and health secretary defended the lockdown saying it is necessary to curb the spread of the new coronavirus variant however the opposition says responsibility for the spread does lie squarely on the government's doorstep. while these restrictions are now versus are they would not inevitable the return of this virus are the return of prescriptions a doctor not to gold. they're a failure of government the british people have done everything asked of them but approved the government has not the senior clinical lecturer text her medical school does say that this new surge in cases could have been avoided with strict 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 age of the sars could we do virus it may be more infectious however it may and it is a big capital letters many 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 passport skiing to help get travelers back in the skies 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 on 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 effectively means health data will be stored for each passenger and that 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 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 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 hiding daughter said i doubt our privacy issues so this level all stakeholders need to ensure that the 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 p.c.r. . the block. the passenger to go on to travel freely in their. this is of course. of our 5 it. goes like that.

creates a kind of. crisis for the people traveling. there is a kind of a kind of. wish to reopen trouble to reopen. but. think about the ready. rights of the people. cause. let's have a quick christmas celebrations in various parts of the world i have been happening despite various restrictions in france not to damn quire perform that christmas eve concert there it is the 1st event of his kind since. the group was ravaged by that huge fire last year overall sense of place traditional games as reconstruction of the building is still underway. and in germany a local priest organized to drive in christmas mass in the car park there at a hardware store that is traditional church services have been suspended across the

country to slow the spread of the virus. or 2020 did see gender identity generate a huge wave of discussion from liberation to celebration and probably also confusion. looks now at how the year has left more than a few people in the personal pronoun predicament but all this is fertile ground for the culture wars to get really vicious. people on t.v. in the world keros. for their base. yeah i didn't know what base man either just very dismissed or woke heroes 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 all of the gender or the fact that whether you're own or you are a massive racist. and all the based not just all right trump apologists looking for a fight you know these are brave souls trying to express opinions that 5 years ago you and rand wouldn't. even see but now could get and you lived what can so. 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 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 on to the wall is now

little if i'd suggest saying that they're all women on their own then. yes that was cool to be counseled to saying that there is such a thing as. trans rights people when not. well the bollywood 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 saluting 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. part of the corporate world. and on a serious note i would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate the actor elliot a. i mean. good luck. reporting now before we go let's bring you up to date on a developing story this hour because 3 people have been injured after a car explosion in the city of nashville police police there believe that the

incident was intentional the area has been shut down and an investigation is underway it did happen at around 6 30 in the morning before rush hour of course we'll keep you updated on this story as we get more information but that's how things are looking so far today here in our. 6 needling in moscow we're back again in half an. so you know one nuff said no not. ugly little closer blue no football more surreal to look the issue in the. unit 731 was a unique organization in the history of the world what they were trying to do was to simply do nothing short and build the most powerful and most deadly

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