not just the absence of benefit of actually very very because a lot. of fireworks are scaled down celebrations people see other tough 2020 and welcome the new year with hopes of a brighter 12 months ahead. politicians moloko passport controversially and companies develop mobile apps to force compliance but there are warning such systems faced significant complications. of u.s. centers 2021 with a grim new record registering its highest. daily death toll we report them from new york city a city particularly hard hit by the pandemic. and campaigners to the u.k. to tread carefully when seeking a post trade deal with the us highlighting the health risks of american meat

products. there are a good warning from moscow start of a brand new day a brand new year here new year's day 2021 already right around the world right now new york d.c. detroit cuba argentina to name but a few welcome in a new year kevin owen here with the latest for you this morning you're just seeing what you're seeing over my shoulder there yes some of the fireworks throughout the night but around half the planet has seen in the new year now as just mentioned the chimes of midnight have just struck on the u.s. east coast spectacular fireworks lighting up the skies there although country's much more muted issue with minimal crowds now this is the scene from times square new york city usually that crystal encrusted new york ball dropping in times square at midnight but authorities planned out

a much more muted thing as far as i was concerned i think i heard it was canceled but look nonetheless we haven't seen the ball drop though but look at that live picture of me. be wrong correct me if i am but there are people out there is the social distancing happened then i'll let you look at the pictures yourself it's new year let's hope for better as we go into 2021 ok let's check out some other celebrations now and see what did happen particularly in new zealand was one where it was so safe people could travel and get around to gather but let's see what happened of a quick glance now. one

night to see it what did happen is that in the new year speeches leaders worldwide paid tribute to medical workers on the front line of the anti virus fight and expressed just how hard these last 12 months of being. it is a historic crisis that has imposed to march on everyone and to watch and sam i don't think i'm exaggerating when they say that never in the last 15 years have all of us fallen the old year so difficult the 1st month of the year will be difficult and at least until the spring the epidemic will continue to weigh a lot on the life of our country so i can imagine that there will be plenty of people who'd be only 'd too happy to say goodbye to the grimness of 2020 we will

end the pandemic once and for all this is one of the most extraordinary scientific industrial and medical feats of history not everyone is sitting at the festive table right now where lots of people are still in hospitals and i'm sure they feel the support of their loved ones and friends. with all my heart i wish you a speedy recovery and a happy return. well. london's new year fireworks were cancelled but people still came together to celebrate police showed up to enforce instructions on disperse the crowds along the thames and the city's current mixing between households of course is. so new york new york usually packed times square when it's pretty busy at the moment continues to welcome far less people than usual as to. a new york based journalist and

commentator chad morse disappointed by officials downbeat signals of continued distractions as we head into a new. fortunately i'm not sure i share that optimism at this point i mean especially as someone who lives in new york city we already have the blasio our mayor and governor still pretty a very dark picture of what's ahead i believe they said broadway still won't be open until 2022 i don't really see the sort of one party rule or grass democrat stronghold cities in america necessarily need to get. back to normal i mean these these governments and these these rulers have shown just how much they're to become tyrannical they're petty tyrants radical i think they want to give up that little level of control so i don't think they're going to get it completely locked down their states they have their ruling almost anything but military rule when they have you know. forces roaming the streets making sure

people wear it masks in shops they've got the national guard in new york deployed at the airports to make sure you pull up these illegal help surveys when you get off the plane you remember these are the same people that told us 2 weeks to slow the spread here we are 9 months later. u.s. is registered $3800.00 daily deaths from covert sad new record to end the year one of the worst affected areas new york had almost $8000.00 new cases next thing caleb maupin looks at how the pandemics change that city. as the new year rolls around many in new york city are hoping that 2021 will be completely different the incoming administration of joe biden is promising that they will turn things around with coded 19 very swift measures and a local government is reassuring everyone that soon things will be back to normal. here in new york city all of the country we're getting a shot of hope we now know that we will ultimately defeat the coronavirus but what

will this new normal be a lot of things won't be like that old pre lockdown world before the masks and temperature checks are one of many small businesses will be gone over 30 different retail and restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy in 2021 and many more are downsizing stores and restaurants 'd shutting down during the pandemic big tech is now moving in amazon facebook and google have moved thousands of their employees to the big apple the 3 tech giants now have over $22000.00 employees in new york city and more are expected these silicon valley giants are buying up iconic office buildings another aspect of new york city life public transportation is also not doing so well the jobs of thousands of transit workers are on the brink as the trains shut down each night in order to be clean and comply with health regulations new york city is going to enter 2021 with a significant loss at this point the city has actually dropped off the list of

america's top 10 zip codes many rich folks have packed up and moved on the cost of rent has decreased by 30 percent so how normal will this new normal be once restrictions are finally lifted it looks like many things have changed in a way that is not easily reversed. r.t. new york politicians around the world are insisting that the coronavirus vaccines will stay voluntary however many countries were already preparing for covert post ports and companies are preparing mobile applications so that the florida keys can . through people's phones whether they've had the job or not the common trust network then has already developed such an app in collaboration with the airline searches virgin atlantic and has to be tripled reports next it leaves people with mixed messages on what exactly is going to happen. if you're still not sure you want to get a code vaccine the choice might now be a little clear several countries are debating whether or not people who get the job

should have certain privileges for being covered safe not a bad idea on paper but for those in the back of the line or just hesitant to inject a rapidly developed chemical cocktail life might not be the same sure you don't have to get an ocular added but good luck if you want to travel or go to a bar or pretty much anything anywhere that requires your code pass several governments have already spoken against introducing such a system but have a very clear position on this as important as vaccination is for all of us and there must be no special treatment for the vaccine these distinguishing between the vaccinated and the knowledge vaccinated would be the same as making it mandatory it would divide society there are no plans to introduce a vaccine buspar to give people access to places such as pubs and restaurants once the coronavirus becomes available but not everyone's so opposed to the idea now at

the moment when it's not possible to offer solutions to have ruined such a procedure is the question but the discussion about it come be still to know and even in countries that have said that they won't be introducing the covert passes some politicians are saying there's nothing they can really do against businesses requiring a proof of vaccination we are looking at the technology and of course a way of people being able to inform their physician that they have been vaccinated but also i think you'll probably find that restaurants and bars and cinemas and other venues sports venues will probably also use that system and companies including i.b.m. have taken matters into their own hands developing apps that would allow businesses to track employees and customers while there is an argument that encouraging more people to get the job will bring about the end of lock down. yes but what about personal freedoms nothing value added more thought and restricted to one big missile briefly that you got hit with one of the rights you pull from pin one from

one for them to be able to live their life i mean what you're in a country we want freedom of speech. is not really want to visit i think it's disgusting because it's a form of tyranny. that takes away our freedoms to travel freely. takes away our privacy completely mean at the end of the day people got their hereis about things and they don't want to be pushed into things they don't you know a lot of people think they. will tell you what to do having control of here. everything's up in the air at the moment some countries have taken the idea of passports in another direction instead of handing out vaccine passes spain has decided to do the opposite and make a naughty list we'll set up a registry and share it with our european partners of those who have been offered vaccination and rejected it spain's health minister didn't specify what exactly

what happens to those who get on this register but when a country starts making lists of people it usually doesn't and very well it's a scary thought it kind of reminds me a bit. of this is going too far but lists of people that are not complying with something almost reminds me. of the yellow star on the sleeves of germany i don't really know what it's like when people get what we should all be leery of when people get put on the list for being the particular type of person that's not doing something or is doing something or is of particular we are not to know what. it's discrimination as we know it used to be rather dangerous i will tend to be against giving people. special rights or something just because the. man after all. also a matter of how lucky are you to get in quickly and how low on the priority this is that you may have to wait very long. because it is doubtful it would be i was. you

know this is grim this year's pandemic could be a sign of things to judging by the latest warning from the world health organization which notes an even worse catastrophe may be around the corner and this pandemic has been very severe it's spread around the world extremely quickly and it's a trick to get requirements but this is not necessarily the big what we live in an increasingly complex global society the stress will continue if there's one thing we need to take from this trend and it could all of the tragedy unless is that we need to get our act together we need to get ready for something that may even be more severe in future well it's been almost a year since w.h.o. declared covert a global health emergency what a long year it's been since then more than 83000000 people are known to contracted the virus an estimated 1800000 lives have been lost to the disease of the last 12

months but microbiologist simon clarke says the outbreak could have been much worse . this this virus although it's very infectious it is not desperately lethal its mortality rate is not all that high but it causes 70 deaths by dint of the fact that it infects lots of people and we've just seen how it can be involved in to making. making a new strain that is even more in taxes and we are more connected globalise you put it when we were 20 or 30 years ago and i don't see that changing anytime soon we will eventually get back to where we were say this time last year and we will continue to become more global i think that's human nature and of course the more easily people can travel around the world more easily viruses can as well but more fertility there is

a new virus to infect new people the more power to nitty that will be for it to me tell you so the possibilities is there that there will be outbreaks in the future that will cause problems and they may be bigger than this one. that said run the world see what else happened whole paris was also uncharacteristically quiet needs day or night curfew still in place following a surge in co the deaths there the country's coming together to provide support for affected communities and sometimes in the most unexpected places. this dog of this restaurant is about solidarity in the quality messages come to the

spice there's a mcdonald's slogan come as you are and we want to put human beings 1st. super bowl after m. means we can go back to health things work this place has been shared by all of us it's a restaurant but also a common space where we can build solidarity and help people in the neighborhood who are going through difficult times. let's take a look at a lot more amazing heartwarming stories that we've got over on our site. or took a look for you bodybuilder c.n.n. than roddy's rallies rallies all campaign oh hello good timing because i'm reading

about you know noto warry know how not today now i'm reading about your favorite stories on our website this year the one you clicked on the most i'll be honest i spend most of my time online going through all of the hate comments that trolls me be on you tube so i've never really got round to check out our call but i'm glad i got the chance now well let's see in this one came in. a concept body builders dream wedding to his girlfriend canceled because of covert on your probably moved by this modern day jew yet just look at the pair in thailand so sweet. and i see why you like the story has got francis exco. to fish but oh well what else what else ok well this one not quite as remounted but still determined 2nd.

a huge b.l.m. rally in new york whoa nothing new really have a protest today gives democracy in play why so many hits then. you know i've got a 1000 gather here and it's ok but restaurants a shot and small businesses are killed to slow the spread of trump's ronnie's of course a dubbed super spreaders it's almost like you're not convinced that covert doesn't attend democrat led romney's visit restaurants before 10 pm shocking well time for the big one then let's see what came out on top. what we have here facebook and it's fact checking all need stories yes you have i remember this now turns out the lead story here is that the independent group is

absolutely packed with democrat donors i met c.n.n. people on friday they've developed an appetite for branding any news to the right of well the left hopes what you that's actually quite surprising because usually big tech just nubs right wing media content while that's a wrap on this year. here's hoping you keep on playing through 2021. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics sports. i'm show business i'll see you then. when almost seems wrong but old rules just don't hold. any old yet to shape out these days active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome to the kaiser report 1st on the new year's day so we got an excellent feel nice christmas lights adorning the set i mean you know i took the money i saved i bought sats all right time now to turn to peek or is the editor over a crack and he's also an advisor at the magazine.

hello again 21 minutes per se to the morning moscow time hope is good where you are now with the start of 2021 britain's officially left the e.u. common market and now the u.k. could see a shake up of its food supply post breck's it the country will be free to import products banned in the e.u. that includes crucially u.s. meat products treated with drugs including hormones and antibiotics but sustainable food company owners they're saying the government should say no to that given the growing world problem of and to microbial resistance it would be completely irresponsible of the government were to allow the import of beef pork or poultry produced with antibiotics for growth promotion which have been banned here. but a report from the sustainable food trust singled out a drug used on pigs which leaves carcinogenic residues even after cooking it seeds

and it mention various types of antibiotics used to promote growth on u.s. factory farms which can cause antibiotic resistance big problem we're hearing more and more of and undermined treatments of various diseases in humans further the report refers to eve proposals to ban all preventative use of antibiotics in animals from 2022 and to require exporters to do the very same while an example a feed out it is called top mean is routinely used by u.s. farmers it's banded more than $160.00 countries including here in russia and also in china scientists have linked it to reduce life expectancy and what one of the authors of the sustainable food trust report told us about it's coming up now. we really shouldn't be using any antibiotics to promote growth and to bartok so critically important so all of us to humans and to farm animals to treat disease when it occurs but we've been using them irresponsibly we've still got very high

levels of heart disease despite the fact that we've people have changed diets and things like that there are there is evidence out there that these drugs are being used. they're residues of them could be contributing to that are what we have been concerned about is that once they get into a trade negotiations with the u.s. all with australia or with some other countries some of those countries are very keen to export their meats or worse and most of those countries are using antibiotics more excessively and more 'd irresponsibly they're being used in the u.k. and so for us it would be a very regrettable step if after all the sacrifices and hard work of british farmers to find ways of keeping animals and keeping them healthy without such excessive use of antibiotics that we actually then started to allow in meat that was produced for the variance of arctics that we found in this country. a poll in china has highlighted the shift in perceptions of who the country's key partners

are china's global times front 3rd of respondents it seems see relations with russia as a priority the number who see the u.s. as the key relationship will why does almost half the political experts in china specialist told us that realignment away from washington has been going on for years. growing perception among the chinese people. he sees may be the time for china to decouple with the us now and of course we can attribute these to mr trans. trade war and he's campaigning against china in his presidency but i will see if entries a continuation of. administration of the obama period when starting from 2013 i think. the obama's people to issue of course he has already tripped or the kind of stronger we're actually in china and china start to be you

artificial islands in the south china sea it is in time russia. actions in the ukraine by and the same in the crimea peninsula and all these us come to the point at the china realize that china need to have across a strategic and energy ties with the russians it is a time to try and ease has to seriously consider what is the future of the u.s. china will issues well as if in our thanks for watching us this 1st of january or maybe not quite the 1st generate depending where you are around the world but will be coming shortly more from a kevin out in half an hour from all of us here wherever you are happy new year. the world is driven by shaped by those.

who dares thinks. we dare to ask. americans love by and homed. 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. of the really interesting dialing back and think about

the longer deeper history housings men in the united states not just that old question of the american dream but the bigger question of who the dream has been for. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led. away. what is true what is faith. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the

depths. or remain in the shallows. an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country trying to wipe out an american town. we do everything in our power to protect the. water they escaping climate change poses the same threat right now alaska does seem some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world lost about 35 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. his back in the teens the river is 35 closers and how that was for i don't think were a part of america or earth from. hello

and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered on peter lavelle every year with great pleasure we answer questions from our viewers and this year is no different as usual your questions focus on future possible events my panel and i are happy to oblige.

my panel answering questions from our viewers include claimed eason in oslo he is an assistant professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as author of the upcoming book russian conservatism in budapest we have george semi well he is an author and a you tuber at the gavel and in moscow we crossed you maxime to go in as an expert at the russian international affairs council right gentlemen crossed up rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok george i want to go to you 1st let me give you the 1st question from sammy here he wrote and writes a very long one but i'll give you the 1st 2 parts or 2 sentences here well the buy in ministration have turkey pushed further into syria and do you expect the war in ukraine to start again soon go ahead george well i was in the onset of both of those questions is yes 5 i think that the people around beit in particular and to the brink. have already made.