so join us in the. forum made in the shallow. victory or defeat the u.k.'s leadership celebrates a historic breakthrough. chief negotiator describes it as. a not so merry christmas but europe's. debt surges people are placed under strict measure during the festive period. claims the government has thrown away more than 50000000000 dollars this year on worthless projects including jogging machines.

coming life from moscow every hour of the day this is international my names you know mail and 30 minutes of news on views start. after more than 4 years of wrangling the e.u. the u.k. finally reached up breaks a treaty it was agreed just days before the new year deadline or the mood in brussels. very different following in the it's been taken. this is i believe a good deal for the whole. of europe. for our friends and partners as well. if 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. well those who govern the nations that make up the british isles are divided on the scottish 1st minister nicholas sturgeon sais britain has lost more than its gain from bragg's it stressing the skeleton must now decide on its future as an independent

european nation we got the views of scots and other britons on 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 to be because of a past couple weeks i 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 thompson fantastic i didn't support breaks i didn't pull pranks a i have really guides to not be part of you know play anymore and it does make me nervous to think about when i get to visit the european cities and you know friends that i have to live in spain and in france and other parts of europe it would have been a disaster if there had been no deal so very cases but there is a to this is i suppose 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. 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 we have before we left the european union so what's ahead well looking at how you can the you will cooperate from general 1st note of some each other's goods no limit on trading new border checks have been agreed on while the u.k. has pulled out all of the long running a rosmah student exchange scheme between universities politicians will return to westminster to vote on the deal on the summer 30th. so barstow may have ended the year in a much needed but the past 12 months have been overshadowed by covert closed borders and economic woes skaters being taking a look back at 2020 in britain 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 endless practice of negotiations food shortages coronavirus close borders economic collapse like. sending. sending a president who home grinch who stole christmas. yet i think what christmas has been so far and history he might be like remembered as the prime minister has. been 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 cause he believed in thompson was set up for trial and he even promised back in january that it was often ready all but on 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 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 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 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 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 you know they're not we're lifting the knocked out actually stay at home little wonder then the confusion on exhaust peroration grew 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 suddenly boom the new school down we don't know what to do so nobody can use and they say to you cannot who's devoted 48 hours so it's so confusing i don't even. know my parents live.

there with it so i am allowed to go to you tube but i don't know if i'm really about to be going through. what you did was it a case of bad timing. was 2020 year you just couldn't sign 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 a hell of a year but rather a year from how. germany remains one of the country's worst affected by the mic now in the state of saxony is one of the region's hardest hit with crime of turiya really struggling to cope to give you a sense of it let's take some footage from our video agency ruptly.

germany as a whole it was probably affected this year with many locked on restrictions put in place peter all of our takes us through how it's impacted the festive season in the country. across 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 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.

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 revel is 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. this is going to be among no use 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 children. quite the relief i'm sure you'll agree peter all over r.t. . let's take a quick look at christmas celebrations in various parts of the world despite those restrictions in france the not for a dumb choir performed a christmas eve culture it's the 1st event of its kind since the cathedral was ravaged by a huge fire last year. overall to replace traditional gallons with reconstruction of the building still underway. just to bring you back to germany where one priest organized their driving christmas mass in the car park of a hardware store that is because traditional church services have been suspended across the country to slow the spread of the corona.

heartwarming scenes from spain father christmas didn't let luck keep him from seeing his young fans instead of setting up the usual grottos in shopping malls because of social distancing a special santa team and until issy set up by visiting the children individually instead complete with. helpers to chat to the youngsters drop off loose all important presents. jogging machines for lizard just one of the strange projects the u.s. government has spent money on this year according to a report that states over $50000000000.00 went the way of such initiatives been doing some things. 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 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 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 hods 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 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. still ahead an hour to international the culture war is truly moved off a year this year those societies both

a little very gender identity that's among the stories of.

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 is most of the time scientists are very confused about most things and they're not sure and they spend most of their time trying to be less confused trying to become a little more sure. elo in science has been at the forefront of our attention this year in the battle against the virus but it does have its fun lighter side to our t. sophie shevardnadze has been speaking to the founder of the ig nobel prize which rewards some of the years wackiest findings you can watch the show at any time dot com here's a preview. you get something like 10000 new nominations every year and about 10 or

20 percent of those are people who nominate themselves the ones who nominate themselves almost always lose if you're trying to these prizes are strange. ignore it nobel prize are not for the best something they're also not for the worst something they're there only for things that make people laugh and then think if that's what you're trying to do you're trying to win an ignoble prize you're trying to think of something that will make everybody laugh and then think you're going to fail well there's uncertainty and stress this year i'm having an impression that if a thing in science is becoming a little bit more shaky among the general public do you feel that. yeah i think that's true for a few reasons part of it is that it around the world there are now some people who are. just automatically reacting to everything that happens by saying that's wrong

don't trust it. another thing though that's happening is that for the 1st time in a long long time everybody is paying attention to scientists so now people are looking at what scientists actually do rather than what the movie version of scientists do 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 is most of the time scientists are very confused about most things and they're not sure and they spend most of their time trying to be less confused trying to become a little more sure they never no scientist ever reaches the point where they completely understand everything. but if you just grow up and you watch the movies and all your picture is scientists do understand everything so i think what's happening right now is everybody now every day you read the news and you think

about scientists for at least a minute which you normally don't do and you see that what they're doing well they're not sure yet they think they have a vaccine that works but they're not quite sure well why aren't they sure you know the scientists are always sure about that well no that's not what's never what this and scientists did so what's really happened i think is scientists are now becoming real rather than fictional characters true people and real characters have some confusion. a developing story in the u.s. city of nashville 3 people have been injured in a huge car explosion on christmas baldwin pretty astonishing footage take a look at this the area's been shut down with investigation under way by multiple agencies including the f.b.i.

local authorities believe the incident was intentional police say a house response team were actually 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 dunn telling area around 6 30 in the morning nearby buildings been badly damaged with debris scattered across the road president trump's office by the responder. 2020 saw gender identity generate a huge wave of the scotian from liberation to celebration for a bit of confusion in between the poly boy who's been looking at how the year has left more than a few people in a personal pronoun predicament. but i don't this is fertile ground for the culture wars to get really vicious. served take you on t.v. the world keros.

all the base. 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 of the gender who or the fact whether you're own or you are a massive racist. and all the based look 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 would have. been t. but now could get her and you lived worse than 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 finery and no one represents the crazy state of affairs better than the j.k. rowling is it weird that the inflicted harry potter only for the walls is now live 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 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 isn't an like $32.00 of them the national charge of iceland went another way and depicted jesus risen 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 curry 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 quite ready for part of the corporate world. and on a serious note i would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate the actor elliot a former. great. pauli

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americans love. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country at large understood the bargain you get a hope and then you know rebel right as the things you don't revolt if you have a stake in the system. and think about the longer deeper history. in the united states not just that question of the american dream but the bigger question of who the dream is for.

join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sport business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. hello and welcome to cross talk 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 biden campaign before the election the

hunter biden story was not debunked was not russian 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. 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 and very much appreciate it we all appreciate it jorrocks job where is the state of journalism that we know that the big tech the media companies are running interference for the

buying campaign does the repeated claims that $100.00 buy used old laptop was and it's not that's not true they lied to us and remarkably and maybe someone here can explain to me why did the biden campaign. come out with hunter's statement ok where's that going to go but joe i mean this is an extraordinary event i don't think you and i have ever seen anything like it in our life where you have a complete blockade. taking people off of twitter blocking people from sending personal messages all in support of a candidate which normally speaking at least in our lifetime they should be more neutral go ahead joe what's going on well the question of this program as well the media recover yes the short answer is no no in the short term anyway i think bottom line is partisanship is dish roiling if it hasn't already destroyed journalism because journalism must be nonpartisan are.