i. made fireworks and scaled down celebrations people said it difficult 2020 welcomed the new year with hopes for a bright 12 months a. politician's mother coded passport may be companies develop mobile apps to enforce compliance but there are warnings coming with it too that such systems face significant complication. of u.s. census 2021 with a grim new milestone registering its highest ever daily death toll we report from new york city particularly hard hit by the pandemic. and campaign as the u.k. to tread carefully when seeking

a new post trade deal with the us now the health risks of american made products. one here for a good day from oscar the start of a brand new day brand new year here already 2021 most places around the world are there now but hawaii is just welcome to in so hi to you and hope he goes well here in russia kevin with the latest for you for the next half hour and it's the new year celebrations bit muted this year that we're talking about almost all parts of the world have now entered the new year magnificent fireworks displays lit up the sky in a lot of cities around the globe. nice

to see it in a mullet he was never in the new year speeches meantime leaders worldwide paid tribute to medical workers on the front lines still of the ongoing antivirus fight and express just how hard the last 12 months have been it is a historic crisis that has imposed much on everyone and too much on some i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say that i never in the last 15 years have all of us

fall and all the year so difficult when 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 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 way around the regular you with all my heart i wish you a speedy recovery mr and a happy return. london's council more or less but people still came together to celebrate the art of the police they showed up to enforce instructions on gatherings and disperse crowds they have to because of the city's. mixing between. new york's usually packed times square is also seen

fall less painful than usual this time of the it with holiday events. journalist and commentator most personal views and he's disappointed by officials downbeat signals of continued restrictions into this 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 progressive democrat stronghold cities in america necessarily need to get help with getting back to normal i mean these these governments and these these rulers have shown just how much they're easy to become tyrannical they're petty tyrants. i think they want to give up that little level of control so easily and i don't think they're

going to they've completely locked down their states they have their ruling almost by 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 these are legal 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 indeed 3800 deaths from kovi to new record 2 in the year one of the worst affected areas new york had almost 8000 new cases of mopin looks at how the pandemics change the city as the new year rolls around many in new york city are hoping that 2021 will be completely different the incoming administration and 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.

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 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 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. has also seen a sharp increase in new infections a curfew has been imposed in paris so the city was uncharacteristically. but the country's joining together nonetheless to provide support to affected communities and sometimes in the most unexpected places.

it is because of this restaurant is about solidarity in the quality our messages come to the space there's a mcdonald's slogan come as you are and we want to put human beings 1st. we could go back to how things were that's what's past means that we all share this place is a restraint but also a common space where we can build solidarity help people and the neighborhood who are going through a difficult time. politicians around the world are insisting that corona virus vaccines will stay. or the catch

to it many countries are already preparing for passports and companies were preparing mobile applications to go with it so authorities can check people's phones whether they've had the job or not the common trust networks already developed such an app in collaboration with airlines like virgin atlantic and lufthansa but has to be triple reports nags at least people with mixed messages there know what may be around the corner. 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 there must be no special treatment for the vaccine these distinguishing between the vaccinated and the not 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's so opposed to the idea that 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 still a signal 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 that's the thing though you had more stuff and restricted people doing this all brings you got the best interests of all of the right pieces from print on someone for them to be able to live their life i mean what you are 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 what they fear is about things and they don't want to be pushed into things you know a lot of people think they. tell you what to do and so having control of. 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 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 lists of people that are complying with something almost reminds me. of the yellow star on the sleeves of

germany a lot i don't really know what. i don't like where people get what we should all be more 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 aware that it's discrimination as we know it is true. i will tend to be against giving people. special rights or something just because as men after all it's also a matter of how lucky are you to get in quickly and how low on the priority list that you may have to wait very long and she's sure that because it is doubtful it would be i wish with. so most of us into a new year baton to take stock through that rather painful 2020 just go on our site r.t. dot com got so many many clicks for me thank you for it check it out 247 we continue to bring a great feature stories pictures and the latest news as it broke with our team upstairs working around the clock so i ask a tailor took

a look back. roddy's ronnie's ronnie's will smith campaign oh good timing because i'm reading about you know no tory no how could i not today know i'm reading about it you'll savor it stories on our website that's 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 this one came in. a concept bodybuilders dream wedding to his girlfriend cancelled because of covert on your probably moved by this modern day jew yet oh just look at the pair in thailand so sweet. tom. and i see why you like the story

his girlfriend's a sex doll you know i did give a shit but so. what else ok well this one not why does remounted but still determined 2nd. a huge b.l.m. rally in new york whoa nothing new really have a protest today keep 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 ronnie's of course that dobbs has it's almost like you were 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 democratic donors the next 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 know 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 one play king all through 2021.

every year with great pleasure to be answered questions from our viewers and this year is no joke as usual your questions focus on. my panel and.

to look. again sorry to report this year's pandemic could be a sign of things to come judging by the latest warning from the world health organization which notes an even worse catastrophe could be around the corner but this time to make has been very severe it's spread around the world extremely quickly and is the fact that every corner of this planet but this is not necessarily the big one 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 and loss is that we need to get our act together we need

to get ready for something that may even be more severe in future 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 known to have contracted the virus an estimated 1800000 lives have been lost to the disease but microbiologist sama 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 and we've just seen how it can be involved in to making. making a new strain that is even more in texas 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 infect new people the more to knit to go before 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. because the other big news today especially if you're a brit like me with a start a 2021 britons officially left the e.u. common market and now the u.k. could see a shake up of its food supply post breck said it's been where it's been talked about before it's come to the fore again now the country's going to be free to import products banned in the e.u. including crucially us meat products treated with drugs including hormones and antibiotics but sustainable food campaigners say no the government should say no

given the growing world problem of and to microbial resistance it would be completely irresponsible if the government were to allow the import of beef pork or poultry produced with antibiotics for growth promotion which have been banned here . so more of the worry that report from the sustainable food trust single that a drug used on pigs for instance which leaves cancer causing residues and it mention various types of antibiotics used to promote growth on u.s. factory farms which can cause on to be arctic resistance and undermine treatments of various diseases in humans the report further refers to eve proposals to ban all preventative use of antibiotics in animals by 2022 and to require exporters to do the same feed attitudes are another concern notably top of mean which is routinely used by u.s. farmers is banned in more than $160.00 countries including russia and china scientists have linked it to reduce life expectancy is 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 now calls moscow its key ally the proportion of chinese people who value u.s. ties it seems as collapsed to less than 48 percent almost double that figure just a year ago a political expert in china specialist told us the unfriendly actions of successive american presidents have been in his view extremely damaging. it has been a growing perception among the chinese people. and these east may be the time for china to decouple with the us now and of course we can attribute these to mr trump. trade war and he's campaigning against china in his presidency

but i will see if entries a continuation of the administration of the obama period when starting from 2013 i think. the obama's people to issue of course he has already tricked the kind of strong go getter in china and then china start to be you artificial islands in the south china sea 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 and to chinese has to seriously consider what was the future of the us china will asians. that's it from now from us for me kevin one of the rest of the team here at international happy new year couldn't you just a few more of those fireworks from around the world that bore a bit of sparkle to a brand new 2021 and the hope that it'll be better than the last 12 years we all had to endure 12 months to a lot of

a job it felt like 12 years did let's face it if i works.

welcome to the kaiser report 1st of the new year's day so we got an excellent christmas lights adorning this set i mean you know i took the money i save and i bought all right so i'm going to turn to peak or is the editor over a crack and he's also an advisor good coin magazine.

americans love buying homes. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country a large understood the bargain you get a home and then you know rebel right that's the things you don't revolt if you have a stake in the system. and be really interesting to dial it 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 if you the dream has been for.

hello and welcome to cross town where all things are considered i'm 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 playing these and 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 said he well he is an author and a you tuber at the gavel and in moscow we crossed back seemed to go in as an expert

at the russian international affairs council right gentlemen crossed of rules of fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it 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 of 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 would think the onset of both of those questions is yes 5 i think that the people around bite and in particular antony blinken have already made clear that they intend to pursue their regime change in the in syria they agree vj that. during the obama years they failed to achieve what they were often aimed at the toppling of charles and so therefore they that this is something that they would

want to do i like and the same applies to ukraine and ukraine is really a biden's bating wik i mean he was there was no point man on ukraine. and he was very involved in the post-coup regime and of course you know the whole story about. how much he was making in the ukraine so i would think that that is a personal project of bidens to try to push russia out of ukraine and try to fuel war. to increase the likelihood of a more intense war between russia and ukraine and already the overall project i think of the incoming by team will be to make life as difficult as possible for russia and that i think will be driving force both in syria ukraine a caucus.