victory or defeat while the u.k.'s leadership celebrates a historic briggs's a deal across the english channel the european union as chief negotiator describes it as a loss for both sides. not so merry christmas countries in europe cases. are just people are placed under strict measures during the festive period. what a waste of money a u.s. senator claims the government owes threw it away more than $50000000000.00 and worthless projects including jogging machines it's.

a very warm welcome to the program unless this summer the 25th my names you know mean wishing you all a very happy christmas our top story. after more than 4 years of wrangling the e.u. and u.k. have finally reached their brakes a trade deal it was agreed just days before the new year deadline however the mood in brussels on london was very different following the announcement this is i believe a good deal for the whole of europe. for our friends and partners as well. but 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. nations that make up the british isles are divided on the come scottish 1st minister nicola sturgeon britain has lost more than it's gained from bragg's it stressing that

scotland must now decide on its future as an independent european nation we got the views of scots other britons on the. the fatigue because it's been going on for so long is 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 as being 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 thompson fantastic i didn't support breaks i didn't pull pranks a i have really tried to not be part of you know petty boy 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 in france and other parts of europe it would have been a disaster if there had been a deal so very pleased but there is a to this is i suppose to some people a big christmas present it's just i think it's all the 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 if money goes on also this is good but it sort of begs the question as to whether this arrangement is going to be better than the regime that we have come before we left the european union well let's just take a look then at how the u.k. and e.u. will cooperate from the new start january 1st they'll be notorious and each other's goods no limit on trading new border checks have been agreed on to while the u.k. has pulled out of the long running a rosmah student exchange scheme between universities by the way politicians will return to westminster to vote on the deal outs on the september 30th so. may have ended the year on a much needed high but the last 12 months have been overshadowed by cold and closed borders economic woes saucer taylor she's been taking a look back for us. 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 as negotiations food shortages coronavirus close borders economic collapse felt like. sending. fencing of presidents and home printer on 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 control

the sea 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 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 fisheries sell out today amidst all the debates and details of the trade deal one fundamental truth remains that at

a time of global insecurity we're no longer part of one of history's greatest and most noble projects bring nations together to build peace out of the ruins of war. this is a disastrous brags that outcome for a 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 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 the confusion on exhaust peroration grew because you speak you know it's like 3 separate creek 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 initiating on you cannot who's devoted 48 hours so it's so confusing i don't even remember my parents live.

there with kids so i am allowed to go to you tube 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 do you just couldn't shine no matter what or was it the man himself who failed to meet one thing's for sure for bars johnson it's been not ahead of the year but rather a year from how. let's bring you know to a developing story in the u.s. city of nashville 3 people have been injured in a huge car explosion on christmas morning but your ia has been shut down with an investigation under way by multiple agencies including the f.b.i. local authorities believe the incident was intentional police say a house or response team were already on their way to the scene to follow up on reports of a suspicious vehicle when the carpet up it happened in

a dawn to an area at around 6 30 in the morning nearby buildings have been badly damaged with debris scattered across the road president trumps office the responders. germany remains one of the country's worst affected by the demick in the state of sucks in the is one of the region's hardest hit with credit turia struggling to cope here's footage from a video agency ripley. well

germany as a whole was badly affected this year with many locked on restrictions put in place with more now and how it's impacted the festive season in the country here's our europe correspondent peter liber. 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 canceled 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 gunning 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 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 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 so. this is going to be among nos 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 of the world's

children. quite the relief i'm sure you'll agree peter all over r.t. . jogging machines for lizards just one of the strange projects the u.s. government has wasted money on according to reports that states over $50000000000.00 was frittered away to me it's been doing this on its. 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 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 bobcat 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 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 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. still ahead on international we take a look at defining your work culture society's bungle over gender and identity and some of the stories still to come after the break. boxing day special episode boxing day is

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15 minutes into the program welcome back london and its surrounding areas are bracing for stricter code measures this christmas weekend the south east of england is set to enter so-called tear for effectively a lockdown and with a new strain of the virus spreading rapidly across the country the prime minister is refusing to rule out another national shop there. we face very considerable new pressures particularly from the the new variant and 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 and much as i regret that i do think it is necessary for us to grip this virus knowledge 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. only and in strict lock diane was ease for a couple of minutes on thursday night to allow people to sing christmas card olds in their street a socially distance approach to the traditional festivities. well this all follows on from london becoming the official kobe 1000 hot spot in the u.k. nationwide over 600000 people were recorded to have corona virus in the week beginning december 12th around one in 85 people in and then some estimates suggest almost half of the new infections are from the more varying of the new strain that new strain of covert while the united spent on heightened measures against the virus

prompted a desperate rush to flee the capital before the holidays new lockdown restrictions prevent high schools mixing in doors 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 ses responsibility for the spread lies squarely on the government's the worst that while these restrictions on analysis are they would not inevitable. the return of this pirates are the return of prescriptions a doctor not to go there a failure of government the british people of everything asked of them but i'm afraid the government has not listen you're a clinical lecturer at exeter medical school told me 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 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. but let's take a quick look at christmas celebrations in various parts of the world despite what we're just hearing about those various restrictions in france the not choir performed christmas eve concert it is the 1st event in since the cathedral was

ravaged by a huge fire last year heart hurts and overalls replaced traditional gallons with reconstruction of the building still underway. in germany a local priest organized a drive in christmas musts in the car park of a hardware store traditional church services have been suspended across the country to slow the spread of the corona virus. 2020 saw a gender identity generate a huge wave of discussion from liberation to celebration for a bit of confusion and between. her the year has left more than a few people in a personal pronoun predicament. i don't know this is fertile ground for the culture wars to get really vicious. served take you want to leave the world keros. all

the bass. i didn't know what bass man either history dismissed the work arrows as why you 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 of 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 rand would have. been tea but now could get hot 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 then the j.k. rowling nor is it weird that the inflicted harry potter on the wall is now real 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 the national charge of iceland went another way and depicted jesus with boobs in 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 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 and the world wasn't quite ready yet or part of the corporate world. and on a serious note i would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate the actor

. for me as. the great of. good luck. taking us through the elements of the year wallace well that is our lot for not from the new studio but taking you through top of the hour is our business show boom bust it starts in moments goodbye for now. join me every week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you. in the movie version the scientists are all they understand everything before they

even begin to look at it that's not what really happens what really happens is 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 become a little more sure. this is boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss branch of war in washington coming up we have a special show today breaking down some of the impact the covert 1910 demick has had across multiple sectors plus so much of our lives have moved online because of the copen $1000.00 pandemic could we see the term internet celebrity take on a whole new meaning and later time it says it has

a limited poverty nationwide when you take a deep dive into how they accomplished this amazing feat we have packed show today so let's dive right in. during the coven 1000 pandemic business has suffered due to lock downs and social distancing measures that have changed the way of life over the last several months here on blue bus we've covered numerous sectors that have taken a hit and those that have had to completely change their business model whether it's the food industry retail sports or even the movie business everyone has had to adapt so we thought it would be a good idea to bring back some of the expert analysis breaking down the pandemics impact we start with the impact on the restaurant industry with the murder for time james beard award winning t.v. personality chef and activist. there are operators and they've been well documented who have made the successful pivot and because of the nature of their businesses the set up of perhaps multiple units of the same city. locke or other advantages that are built into their own businesses they've been able to make

a go of it doing to go and delivery foods 99 percent of the restaurants it's merely a drop in the bucket and it's not a long term viable solution you can only bring back a small portion of employees you're in most cases not even able to cover your rent and you're still a tease a lot of restaurants are doing to go and delivery service and community resource kitchen work as a way to sort of stay relevant stay open stay in front of their customers and be visible in the public square and it sounds like and i want to go right to the idea of reopening here because it seems like this really isn't going away and things are certainly are going to return to the full normal for at least 18 months right so what is it going to look like when these restaurants do start to open back up i mean there's got to be some concern there that just customers alone are really going to want to go sit in a crowded restaurant despite the idea of actually being able to get out there and then also have all these employees and food and everything is

a concern that restaurant tours are having right now. incredible concern restaurateurs themselves in general are the most caring and considerate business owners that i know of remember these are the people who like 1st responders rushed in when the towers fell rushed in to post katrina to feed people restaurateurs don't get into this business to get rich they get into this business because the magic that they see that happens when 2 people sit down over a plate of food in their eatery and what they're looking at right now is a situation where they can't even take care of their own employees safety let alone then be able to bring gas into the restaurant it's going to require. reorganizing the internal infrastructure of the restaurant how employees enter the building how the actual physical line set up is how food is passed from area to area before it goes out the door this is the difference between doing to go business you know 50.