not sure they spend most of their time trying to be rescued if you try to become a little more sure. the headlines this hour have victory or defeat while the u.k.'s leadership celebrates in a story deal across the english channel the european union's chief negotiator describes it as a loss for both sides also to karma not so merry christmas countries in europe seek a big cases and deaths just people are placed under strict measures during the festive period and what a waste of money a us senator claims the government has thrown away more than 15000000000 dollars on worthless projects including jogging machines this is and soft drink bottles for testing.

hello there good evening just gone 7 o'clock here in moscow now after more than 4 years of wrangling the un the u.k. have 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. but there is no winner in 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 by the british isles is also divided on the outcome to scottish 1st minister nicolas sturgeon believes that britain has lost more than its gain from bracks it stressing that scotland must now decide on its future as an independent european nation we got the views of scots and other brits on the. 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 of a past couple weeks so should be just so much hype and misinformation and media i hate breaks and i think it's a completely retrograde step i think that the feeling of being part of a multinational international. i word looking community i think has been drops are fantastic i didn't support bret so i didn't pull the brakes a i have really guides to not be part of europe anymore 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 pleased but there is a deal 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 off to these years but it sort of begs the question as to whether this arrangement is going to be better than the regime that you have to come before we left the european union ok well let's look quickly then it's how the u.k. and the e.u. will cooperate from january the 1st these are some of the key points that will be no tariffs on each of these goods and no limit on trading you border checks have been agreed on too while the u.k. has pulled out of the long running your ass mystique and exchange scene between universities politicians will return to westminster to vote on the deal on the some of the 30th but it is expected to go through without any problems so boris johnson then may have ended the year on a much needed high but the last 12 months have been overshadowed by a read closed borders and also economic woes saskia taylor takes a look back. 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 endless practice of negotiations food shortages coronavirus close borders economic collapse like you know sending. sending your presence and home printer on christmas. yet i feel like christmas has been known and easter you might be like remember it is the prime minister. best so while it's 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 his father 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 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 out of the ruins of war

this is a disastrous bragg's it scorches 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 fun 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. distinction. let me i will absolutely get back to christmas would 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 the confusion on exhaust peroration grew because you speak 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 build a new school that we don't know what to do so nobody can use and they feed it on you cannot lose devoted 48 hours so it's so confusing i don't even know my parents live. there with the kids so i am allowed to go to do but i don't know if i'm

really about to be very very careful what you to do 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. pathetic story in the us city of nashville where 3 people have been injured in a huge car explosion on christmas morning yes. area has been shut down with an investigation underway by multiple agencies including the f.b.i. local authorities believe the incident was intentional police say a hazard response team were already on their way to the scene to follow up on reports of a suspicious vehicle when the car blew up it happened in a downtown area at around 6 30 in the morning nearby buildings have been badly damaged but their brain scattered across the road.

now germany does remain one of the country's worst affected by the pandemic at the moment in the state of saxony is one of the regions that are hardest hit with a crime a top with crematoria there struggling to cope his footage from our video agency rapley. well germany as

a whole was badly affected this year with many lockdown restrictions put in place with more now on how it has impacted the festive season in the country his paper all of. 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 of local bustling busy christmas markets not this year though like carnival in the spring time the markets of being counseled 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 'd 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 party 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 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. this is going to be among nos 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 the world's children. quite the relief i'm sure you'll agree peter all over r.t. early. joking machines for lizards and soft drink bottles for k.b.

testing these are just some of the strange projects the u.s. government has wasted money on according to a report that does say over $50000000000.00 was frittered away to make you proud 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 in 12 months 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 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 have 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 box all of this money wasted. and none of 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 it's 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. still to come this hour we take a look at the finding. the societies have battled gender identity we'll have a look at the story just stopped with. one else seems wrong. just don't. let me. get to see how this day comes to council. and in detroit it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

join me every 1st week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to the world of politics sports business i'm sure i'll see a. boxing day special. boxing day is a holiday celebrated the day after christmas thus being the 2nd day of christmas. with r.t. international london and its surrounding areas are bracing for

a strict measures this weekend the southeast of england is set to enter so-called here for effectively a lockdown and with a new strain of the virus spreading rapidly across the country to the prime minister is refusing to rule out another national shop there. 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.

current strict measures and london the moment worries for a couple of minutes on thursday night to allow people to sing christmas carols in their street a safe distance approach them to the traditional festivities was maintained now it does follow on from london being dubbed the official code 940 in the united kingdom well over 600000 people were recorded the coronavirus in the week beginning december 12th nationwide that's around 185 people in england some estimates to suggest to you that almost half of the new infections are from the new more virulent strain of the announcement on heightened measures against the virus prompted the desperate rush to flee the capital before the holidays in lockdown restrictions prevent households mixing indoors and all non-essential shops will be closed the british health secretary defended the lockdown saying it's 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 approach the government has not been the senior clinical lecturer at exeter medical school does say that this new surgeon 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 age of the sars could we do virus it may be more infectious however it may and it is a big capital letters may that it may be more infectious. or cove it has left many people unable to get on planes for months but singapore airlines has now introduced a controversial covert 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 so you book can travel a special form needs to be filled in detail in coronavirus test results information

of where you've been or whether you've taken a job or not is mandatory and 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 is the key concern for the panel of guests we discussed the issue with earlier. 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 it 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 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. for the passenger to go on to travel freely there. is of course if you're late. 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. but . think about the. rights of the people. cause.

ok let's have a quick look now at celebrations from around the world because they have been happening despite restrictions in france for example where the not for the choir performed a christmas eve concert that is the 1st event of its kind. since the cathedral ravaged by a huge fire last year. replace traditional guns as reconstruction of the building is still on the way and in germany a local priest organized to drive in christmas mass in the car park of a hardware store about as traditional church services have been suspended across the country to slow the spread of the coronavirus. finally 2024 gender identity generate a huge wave of discussion from liberation to celebration and probably a fair amount of confusion to. looks now at how the year has left more than a few people in the personal 9 predicament idleness is fertile

ground for the culture wars to get really vicious. papier t.v. in the world keros. all the base. yeah i didn't know what base man i just didn't dismiss the work 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 who or the fact that whether you own or you are a massive racist yet all the base love 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 you laid just. 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 the battle of the sexes is no longer binary and no one represents the crazy state of affairs back then for the j.k. rowling nor is it wicked that the inflicted high reports of the walled is now live 5 to suggest saying 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. trans rights people when not.

well the bollywood film festival was in no mood to be rolling and so it just doesn't it's 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 no apparently the whole thing was an allegory for the struggles of the transgender community i'm going to come out and i don't. you know that was the original

intention and the world wasn't quite ready yet. the corporate world wasn't ready and on a serious note i would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate the actor elliot a. for me as. the great overcoming our. good luck. for you boy reporting there just coming up to half past 7 in the evening here in moscow hope you having a happy christmas be back again with more stories about how often. today the industry prefers to spend millions on fuel listen you know the 2 d.

day rate today since i will be sniffy is 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 doing it is not due to new viruses are all new microbes trucks not true so it is due to environment less will see the city though that moment all discipline the. rules of really just accumulate could only come in to be seen in the cities in the us that. the plexus 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 street products that that we have regulation we want regulation i was eating just a nice freedom behave serious penalties just fine.

in the movie version the scientists all they understand everything before they even begin to look at it that's not what really happens what really happens in most of the time scientists are very confused about most things and they're not sure they spend most of their time trying to be less confused trying to keep them a little more sure. unit 731 did everything from exploding bombs laced with anthrax next to prisoners who were tied to stakes in a field. we have evidence that they gave disease in.