i mean fireworks and scaled those celebrations this year people see difficult 2020 and welcome the new year with hopes of a brighter 12 months. while politicians moller covert passport mean time and companies develop mobile apps to force compliance but there are warning such systems face significant complications. u.s. centers 2021 with a grim new record registering its highest. daily death toll we report from new york city particularly hard hit by the pandemic. and campaigners urged the u.k. to tread carefully when seeking a post break said trade deal now with the us highlighting the health risks of american meat products.

i know one of the morning here good morning from start of a new day a brand new year in the new year's day already here 2021 and right around the world right now hello chicago in the u.s. amongst others in your new year as well so congratulations to you kevin oh it here with the latest from russia this morning 1st more than half the planet has seen in the new year with the midnight chimes just ringing across central u.s. cities from chicago just mentioned to memphis and who stood some traditional year festivities have been toned down though with only limited crowds allowed in places like new york's times square as we saw an hour ago.

nice to see it when that when the new year's speech is made to our leaders worldwide paid tribute to medical workers on the front line of the anti virus fight and express just how hard the last 12 months of b. c. is it is a historic crisis that has imposed to much and 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 fall in 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 good bye to the grid this 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 and we gave way to lots of people are still in hospitals and i'm sure they feel the support of their loved ones and friends you know there's a war on the regular you with all my heart i wish you a speedy recovery mr and a happy return. well among others london's new year fireworks were cancelled this year but people still came together to celebrate against all the advice police showed up to enforce those directions on gatherings

and to disperse the crowds along the banks of the thames there specially under the city's current law mixing between households as. well new york's hugely packed times square continue to welcome far less people than usual and new york based journalist and commentator chadwick moore was disappointed personally by officials downbeat signals and continued restrictions. 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 where you still won't be open until 2022 i don't really see the sort of one party rule or growth democrat stronghold cities in america necessarily. getting back to normal i mean these these governments and these these rulers have shown just how much they're easy to become tyrannical their petty tyrants radical i think they want to

give up that little level of control so easily and i don't think they're going to get it completely locked down their states they have their ruling almost by anything but military rule wouldn't they have a 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. the u.s. has registered $3800.00 daily deaths from coded a new record to end the year one of the worst affected areas new york at almost $8000.00 new cases he's caleb maupin looks next at how the pandemic has changed. the 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 with very swift measures and a local government is reassuring everyone that soon things will be back to normal. this. year 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 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 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 this 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 kaleb mop and artsy new york. politicians around the world through system that coronavirus vaccines will stay voluntary controversial in this coming up however many countries were. preparing for covert passports and companies repairing mobile applications so that authorities can check through people's phones whether they had the job the komen

trust networks already developed such an app in collaboration with airlines such as virgin atlantic and lift tons of it to me to post reports next it leaves people with mixed messages or what exactly is around the corner read it 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 rated 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. have a very clear position on this as important as vaccination is for all of us there

must be no special treatment for the vaccine these distinguishing between the vaccinated and the no it's vaccinated would be the same as making it mandatory it would divide society. there are no plans to introduce a vaccine passport to give people access to places such as pubs and restaurants once a coronavirus job becomes available but not everyone so opposed to the idea now the moment when it's not possible to a flu vaccinations to everyone such a procedure is out of the question but the discussion about it can be stilted no 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 lockdowns but what about personal freedoms but the thing though you did more stuff and restricted people from doing missile bases on the ship with all of the rights you pull from print one from one for them to be able to do it delivered i mean what you eat in a country we want freedom of speech. is what we want to visit i think is disgusting because it is a form of tyranny. that takes away our freedoms to travel freely. takes away our privacy completely i mean at the end of that people got their ferries about things and i don't want to be pushed into things you know a lot of people think they. will tell you what to do and so i think control of the

. 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 noddy 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 would happen so 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 lists of people that are complying with something almost reminds me. of the the yellow star on the sleeves of germany a lot i was actually the one talking about i don't like when people get what we should all be leery of when people get put on the list for being a particular type of person that's not doing something or is doing something or is

of particular we are to go with it that counts discrimination as we know it is true . i will tend to be against giving people. special rights or something just because the. man after all is also a matter of how lucky are you to get in quickly and how low on the priority list you may have to wait very long and i was for that because it is doubtful it would be i was for. france so a sharp increase in new infections to a curfew was imposed in paris or the city was uncharacteristically empty on new year but the country's joining together to provide support to affected communities and sometimes in the most unexpected places.

this dog this restaurant is about solidarity in the quality messages come to the space there's a mcdonald's slogan come as you are and we want to put human beings 1st. disapproval after ample 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.

through that let's face it rather painful year just go on our site are got so many clicks from you we're pleased to say 247 we continue to bring a great feature stories the latest news as it broke with our team working around the clock please to do it for you taylor took a look back. and roddy's ronnie's ronnie's will smith campaign oh good timing because i'm reading about you know no tory no how could not today know i'm reading about it you'll savor it stories on our website this year the one you clicked on the most of all 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 bodybuilders dream wedding to his girlfriend cancelled because of covert

all your probably moved by this modern day juliet oh just look at the pair in tight and so sweet ha. and i see why you like the story his girlfriends of sex don't you know i did give a shit but so. 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 keeps democracy in play why so many hits then. you know i've got a thousands gather here and it's ok but restaurants a shot and small businesses are killed to slow the spread of trump's right is of course a dubbed super spreaders it's almost like you were not convinced that covert doesn't

attend democrat led romney's visit restaurants before 10 pm shocking well timed to 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 don't know as i met c.n.n. people i'm writing 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 here's hoping you keep on playing through 2021.

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as their report 1st of the new year's day so we've got an excellent day on this christmas lights adorning the sat you know i took the money i save it i bought. it turned a peek he's the editor over a crack and these are sort of advisor bit coy. again saw this year's pandemic we're hearing could be a sign of things to come judging by the latest warning from the world health organization which notes an even worse catastrophe may just may be around the corner. but this time america's been very severe it's spread around the world extremely quickly in the streets of every corner but this is not necessarily to be

what we live in an increasingly complex school society these trends will continue if there's one thing we need to take from this trend and it could all of the tragedy in los is that we need to get our act together we need to get ready for something that may even be more severe in future so bring it here isn't it when it's been almost a year now since the w.h.o. declared covert a global health emergency since then more than 83000000 people are notes of contracted the virus an estimated 1800000 have lost their lives to the disease but microbiologist someone clark told us 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 'd and we've just seen how it can be involved in to making. making

a new strain that is even more interactions and we are more connected loose 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 virus to you people the more tuna to go before to me terry 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. so another big event on the calendar today with the start of 2021 britons officially left the e.u. common market and now the u.k. could see shake up of its food supply post breck said there are warnings for that so the country will be free to import products banned in the e.u.

that includes abuse meat products threatened with drugs including hormones and antibiotics but sustainable food companies are saying the government should say no . 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 so that report from a sustainable food trust singled out a drug used on pegs which leaves carcinogenic residues even after cooking and it mentioned various. types of antibiotics to use to promote growth on us fact true farms which can cause antibiotic resistance and undermine treatments of various diseases in humans further the report refers to e.u. proposals to ban all preventative use of antibiotics in animals from 2022 and requires exporters to do the same and example one feed additive called rack top

mean is routinely used apparently by u.s. farmers it's banned in more than 160 countries including russia including china scientists have linked it to reduce life expectancy here's what one of the authors of the sustainable food trust report told us. 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 and 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. the residues of them could be contributing to that what we have been concerned about is that once they get into a trade negotiations with the us all with australia or with some other countries some of those countries are very keen to export their meat to us 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. russia has overtaken the u.s. as beijing's most important global partner a poll by the global times newspaper far more than half the chinese population no calls moscow it's like the proportion of chinese people who value u.s. ties meantime has collapsed to less than 48 percent down from almost double that figure just a year ago a political expert in china specialist told us the unfriendly actions of successive american presidents now has been extremely damaging. growing perception among the chinese people. these these may be the time for china to

decouple with the us. and of course we can attribute these to mr trump. true war and he's competing against china in his presidency but i will see it and trees a continuation of. administration of the obama period when starting from 2013 i think. the obama people to issue of course is already tricked the kind of stronger we're actually in china and in 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 and it is a time the chinese has to seriously consider what is the future of the us china

will issues. well the us said this morning from russia more from me kevin know it in half an hour and from all of us here dot international moscow particularly happy new year that i leave you now with just a few minutes worth of war those new year fireworks they did take place around the world eventually to welcome in 2021 with a bit of a sparkle and also a hope for a better 12 months to come but the woman just had. i.

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