the problem yourself. amid fireworks and hail down celebrations people seek out a difficult 2020 and welcome the new year with hopes of a brighter 12 months ahead. politicians mol a coded passport and companies develop mobile apps and or school clients but there are warning such systems of a significant complications. also this hour the u.s. and 1st 2021 with a grim new record of registering at its highest ever cove a daily death toll a report from new york is that a particularly hard hit by the endemic. and campaigners urged

the u.k. to tread carefully when seeking those rights a trade deal with the us highlighting the health risks of american products. good afternoon and welcome to the program this is art international coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update almost all parts of the world have now entered the new year magnificent firework displays lit up the sky in many cities around the globe.

in the new year speeches leaders worldwide paid tribute to medical workers on the front line and expressed 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 never in the last 15 years have all of us fallen the old year so difficult anymore the 1st month of the year will be difficult and at least until the spring the epidemic will continue to a lot under the life of our country so i can imagine that there will be plenty of people who'll be only 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 you know she was alone there are you me

with all my heart and i wish you a speedy recovery mr and a happy return. london's new year fireworks were cancelled but people still came together to celebrate play shot up to enforce restrictions on gatherings and the sports crowds on of the city's current lockdown mixing between households am. i mean york's usually packed times square has also seen far less people than usual with all the events toned down but new york based journalist and commentator todd what more is disappointed by officials downbeat signals of 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 de 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 per gresley of 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 their petty tyrants pursuit ironical 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 you they have a you know couvade 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 al 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 daily deaths from cope with a sad new record to end the year on one of the worst affected areas new york city had almost 8000 new cases are just kill more often looks at how the pandemics change the city. as the new year rolls 'd 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. this jar of them over 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 the 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. r.t. new york. france has also seen a sharp increase in new infections and curfews been imposed in paris so the city was uncharacteristically empty on new years but the country is joining together to provide support to affected communities and sometimes in the most unexpected places

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are going through a difficult time. politicians around the world are insisting that corona virus vaccine will stay a voluntary however many countries are already preparing for covert passports companies are preparing mobile applications out there can check through people's phones whether or not they have had the jab income and trust networks already developed such an app and cooperation with airlines such as virgin atlantic. but as a major power port it leaves people with mixed messages on what exactly will 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. 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 knowledge 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 from the missile base you've got the ship with all of the right pieces from print on someone for them to be able to live their life i mean what you're in

a country freedom of speech. is not really much of is it 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 hereis about things and they don't want to be pushed into things you know a lot of people think they. will tell you what to do and so having 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 on. visit and make a naughty list we'll set up a registry and share it with our european partners of those who have been offered the 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 complying with something almost reminds me. of the yellow star on the sleeves of germany a lot i don't really know what i'm 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 the particular type of person that's not doing something or is doing something or is particular we are not to look at it that it's 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 that quickly and how low on the priority list that you may have to wait very long and she's sure that because it is definitely would be i wish we're. here at our tail we've worked 247

once again this year to bring you news as it broke and many of you had a tar website for your updates ask a tele takes a look back at our articles that got the most clicks. c n n riders ronnie's ronnie's will smith campaign oh hello good timing because i'm reading about you know tory know how not today no i'm reading about 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 this one came in. a concept bodybuilders dream wedding to his girlfriend cancelled because of covert on your probably moved by this modern day juliet oh just look at the pair in

thailand so sweet home. and i see why you like the story has got francis x. don't you know i think she 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 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 ronnie's of course a dubbed super spreaders it's almost like you i'm 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. lou 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 finding 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 through 2021.

seems wrong. but. just don't. let me. get to shape our disdain. and indeed it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. every year with great pleasure to be answered questions from our viewers and this year is no different as usual your questions focus on future prospects even my panel and. to look at. welcome to

the kaiser report 1st of the new year's day so we got an excellent they all these christmas lights dorning the sat i mean you know i took the money i saved i brought stats all right time now to turn to peek or is the editor over a crack and he's also an advisor had been calling. welcome back this past year a pandemic could be a sign of things to come judging by the latest warning from the world health organization which notes an even more worst catastrophe may be around the corner but this pandemic has been very severe it's spread around the world extremely quickly and is afraid to get requirements but this is not necessarily the big what we live in the 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 it's been almost a year since the w.h.o. declared code a global health emergency sense then more than 83000000 people are known to have contracted the virus and an estimated 1800000 lives have been lost to the disease 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 it's the 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 evolve in to making. making a new strain that is even more in texas and we are more connected globally she 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. 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 having year or a virus to infect new people the more tuna 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. hundreds of armenian refugees have enjoyed the new year holiday back home russian peacekeepers help them return to the on a kind of in the wake of the disputed region species still 220 people were able to return from armenia to the territories capitals to panic at how these fossils moscow help them go shoot a truce between armenia and azerbaijan some 47000 refugees have now returned to

their homes since hostilities and in november. but the start of 2021 britons officially left the e.u. common market and now the u.k. could see a shake up of its food supply post brags that a country will be free to import products banned in the e.u. and that includes u.s. meat products treated with drugs including hormones and antibiotics but sustainable food campaigners are saying 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 i report from the sustainable food trust singled out a drug use on pigs which leaves cancer causing residues and it mention various types of antibiotics used to promote growth on u.s. factory farms which can cause antibiotic resistance and undermine treatments of various diseases in humans the report refers to proposals to ban all protect

preventative use of antibiotics and animals from 2022 and to require exporters to do the same feed additives are another concern notably hope mino which is. routinely used by u.s. farmers it's been in more than 160 countries including russia and china and scientists have even linked it to reduce life expectancy here's what one of the authors of the report told us. we really shouldn't be using any antibiotics to promote growth and she bartik 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 responsibly 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 which are being used in the residues of them could be contributing to that what we have been concerned about is that once they get into

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 very antibiotics that we found in this country. russia seems to have overtaken the u.s. as beijing's most important global partner a poll by the global times newspaper found more than half the chinese population now calls moscow its key ally the proportion of chinese people who value u.s. ties has collapsed to less than 48 percent down from almost double that figure just a year ago

a political expert and china specialist told us the unfriendly actions of successive american presidents have been 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 truong. trey will 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 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 is the future of the us china will asians. that's been our breakdown of the day's top headlines but since it is new year's day we're going to wrap up the hour with a bang here's a look at more of the fireworks displays that took place around the world as always thanks for tuning in.

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the spring you know break up and now i mean already 3 times this year they said you know if people get in. it's about the flooding of their houses and needing to stay in school or even getting out of new top because they're worried about that kind of stuff and just these last 2 storms have taken so much away you know he went in measured the last couple storms and they're like knocked off 1020 feet in one day yeah and so there's marginals i have to do general statements iraq right now journals about their worries about the floods i don't think are as a catch on fire but a fire house flat it has a very next thing they all right there out there are all flooded we would grab. some of the box of pictures or. they've obviously been stressing about it a lot of. things hard. what are you. a burglar. was. my 1st

year here which was 15 years ago. i thought. you see these commercials you know about helping other countries and i'm thinking look at this place. and why isn't there commercial to help the people here like there's not running water in the houses and and there's you know the so they still have this honey look at system they have to haul their water like this is not america anymore you know not the america i grew up in this is like wow. newtok is a very rural. community with their language and their culture and their subsistence it's really strong here still and that's a good thing but worst case scenario my fear is that a couple of houses are lost families or are displaced and have to move to other communities or bethel with other family members and that yeah this that that new

village doesn't get built quick enough for new talk to move there and then. the community ends up every time outs. i. i os or the right or the truck. how. many miles off. the folks who believe that sense of belonging just is taken away so then you have to try to reestablish that feeling now but. if. you're not thinking every day that i got a whole lot of alcohol than if i could hear you get those conveniences but what you

lose is the access to food.