civically just now a study actually suggested. the long term effects might not just be the absence of benefit but actually that it might be causing long term. amid fireworks and scaled down celebrations people see on 2020 and welcome the new year with hopes of a brighter 12 months ahead. world politicians consider introducing kobe passports and companies develop mobile apps to enforce compliance but there are warnings of significant complications. and. also this hour code restrictions take a devastating toll on the french hospitality sector we heard from a small business owner who described the desperate plight some people are and. it was my neighbor who lived right in front of my house had

a restaurant for 2 generations during the 2nd lockdown everyone had to close again but some roadside restaurants were authorized to open and as she was not on the list the next day she hanged herself. and the u.s. enters 2021 with a grim new record registering its highest ever coby daily death toll we report from new york city one particularly hit by the pentagon mic. good evening and welcome to the program this is arts international coming to you live from the russian capital in your live news update. city is a world wide have seen in the new year with fireworks lighting up the sky.

and the new year speeches leaders worldwide pay tribute to medical workers on the front line and express 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 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 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 while 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. in central london people gather to celebrate new york despite tight restrictions placed showed up to disperse the crowds on the city's current lockdown mixing between households is banned. and new york's usually packed times square was also seeing far less people than usual with all the offense toned down but new york based journalist and commentator chadwick moore is disappointed by officials down signals and new prescriptions. 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 well mark 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. 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. $3800.00 daily deaths from kobe had a sad new record to end the year on one of the worst affected areas new york city

had almost $8000.00 new cases are to scale up and 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 of joe biden is promising that they will turn things around with covert 19 with very swift measures and a local government is reassuring everyone that soon things will be back to normal. job. 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. our new york. politicians around the world are insisting that coronavirus fact scenes will stay

a voluntary many countries are already preparing for cope it passports and companies are preparing mobile applications so authorities can check through people's phones whether or not they have had that job become and trust networks are to develop such an app in collaboration with airlines such as virgin atlantic and with fans. and as dimitri a public reports 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 but let's 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 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 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 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 result of the write your thesis on 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 got their ferries about things and i don't want to be pushed into feelings i thought 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 on. visit 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 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 actually know what a poor. 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 aware that it's discrimination as we know it is true and dangerous oh we tend to be against giving people. special rights or something just because they're going back 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 an irishman. here at r.t. we were 247 once again this past year to bring you news as it broke and many of you had a tar website for your updates artist saskia taylor takes a look back at our articles back at the most clicks. sienna rogers ronnie's

ronnie's will smith pain oh good timing because i'm reading about you know tori know 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 this one came and thought. 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 home. and i see why you like the story has got francis x. don't you know i did 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 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 timed to the big one then let's see what came out on top. lou what we have here facebook and it's fact checking all lead 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'm that c.n.n. people i'm finding they've developed an appetite for branding any news to the right of well the left hoax 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 one play king through 2021.

join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you than. anyone else seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to see how it just did come to. end in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome to the kaiser report 1st of the new year's day so we got an excellent day on these christmas lights adorning the sat i mean you know i took the money i saved i bought stats all right time now to turn to peak or is the editor over

a crack and he's also an advisor call and. welcome back to the program has recorded 25000 new cases of coded in the past day the highest rate since mid november and the government has responded by tightening a nighttime curfew and several cities. have this stage we don't want to implement a nationwide or local lowdown so if we propose an extension of the curfew which instead of starting at 8 pm we'll still to 6 pm in all the regions where it's needed is some cities or regions where the incidence rate is above the maximum level these measures will be implemented from generally 2nd 2021. aside from the curfews bars and restaurants remain closed over the festive period and extends months of restrictions that have taken a devastating toll on the hospitality industry we heard from the instant mine

a restaurant owner in northwest france he described the desperate state people are in and how his neighbor was driven to suicide. this is so i've been living in la trinité so male for 16 years i have 12 hotel rooms and 2 restaurants we serve from 40250000 per year we employ 12 people during the winter period and around $22.00 people during the summer period so being suddenly left without work for 5 months is not easy our kommunist pressure lies didn't selling local products seafood we produce a lot of fish there are no more events there are no more buses there is nothing and on top of that we are closed in terms of health i took antidepressants i took center i throw up every morning i don't sleep much and i don't sleep well and i think i'm not the only one in this position among people i know there was my neighbor who lived right in front of my house who had

a restaurant for 2 generations she survived the 1st lock down she was 36 years old she had a roadside restaurant it was an establishment that everyone knew and appreciated during the 2nd lockdown everyone had to close again but some roadside restaurants were authorized to open and as she was not on the list the next day she hanged herself if you want to morbid detail it was her 11 year old son who took her down from the noose. if socialist think tank in france has released a poll showing 25 percent of artists and traders most of whom have seen their income plummet have considered suicide and out of all those who've lost their jobs that number is even higher at 27 percent the french economy shrunk by a record 13.8 percent back in the spring when the 1st lock down was in force and businesses deemed not essential were the worst hit but the hospitality sector seeing a contraction of around 50 percent in output and sent money again says many business

owners see no way out. is for me if you want to close bars and restaurants that don't follow protocol that's fine but on the other hand most of my colleagues have scrupulously respected all the rules that have been imposed on us and today there is no study which proves that restaurants are a source of infection when you see people crowding in the subway i don't understand why there is less danger in supermarkets or in the subway than in a restaurant i didn't take a salary for 6 months so ultimately i paid to work luckily for me and my wife we've put some money aside we've put it aside but it melts like ice cubes in the sun so inevitably it makes us questions we wonder how it's going to be tomorrow if we'll be able to pay the rent if we'll be able to pay for the car if we'll be able to pay for the kids' school especially when we know that business owners and friends have

no direct help at christmas my children told me daddy don't give us presidents will sell all our toys instead to earn money to have food. for. us has high tariffs on a range of european imports and they tit for tat move explaining the decision to trump administration accuse europe of overreacting to the previous round of u.s. penalties. the you may do not the tourist that unfairly increase the amount of ruto ation the u. needs to take some measure to compensate for this unfairness the latest us levy is target aircraft parts and wines from france and germany they come after the taxes on $4000000000.00 worth of imports from america last month and those in turn were a response to american tariffs on $7500000000.00 of goods back in 2019 at the core of the dispute is washington's long running claim that europe is unfairly subsidizing aircraft maker air bus giving him an edge over u.s.

rival boeing responding to the latest salvo from washington brussels accuse it of undermining the ongoing negotiations. the u.s. action unilaterally disrupts the ongoing negotiation between the commission and u.s.t.r. to find a settlement to the long lasting aircraft disputes. it i'll bring in live journalist thomas fassbender for more on this the trump administration's latest tariffs take effect on january the 12th just days before he's going to leave office what do you make of the timing of all this well theoretically you can take the position that all this terrorist strike policy is sort of the personal vendetta by donald trump against the europeans i personally do not share that view my reading is that this is a sign of an overall return of protectionist policies that he days of the free international free trade and the multi-layered reformers are over and i see this

less bound to or a president in the us then to this general trend also we have here not really a 3rd wave of terror of hikes but as the u.s. motivates the move sort of technical correction of the 1st to once. well this issue just keeps dragging out of these tariffs going back and forth equalizing as you're saying there how damaging is this for both sides well tariffs are always damaging for producers and customers both. in in rio metter this move is limited or great brandy's and wine from 2 countries germany and france and parts . plane parts so i see this the overall significance of the decision i see less in damaging in the wish to damage somebody but to make it

clearer. make it give a clear sign by the u.s. that the future will be not as the possibles and the word by mr drum america 1st survive his presidency that i'm sure of and how do you expect joe biden then to approach this dispute with you when he takes office while joe biden knows that the that the europeans have a big interest in improving relations to washington which were almost frozen dead for the last years and for good for him it comes in handy in a way because his friendship will not be for free for the europeans and the more he has to offer in terms of favorite of. reductions or whatever the more he can ask in terms of what he wants by from the europeans in order to be good friends again

if we take a more global look this is all coming as europe is entering in a major investment pact with china could obstacles to trade with the u.s. actually encourage europe to look to the east. indeed it's a major development the recent agreement you have been between europe and china i also see it against the global backdrop of of the u.k. leaving europe leaving the e.u. because no there is no european country with as any significant imperial history in the far east so hong kong singapore those are all u.k. legacies and now that has nothing more to do with the e.u. and the europeans have understood that their relation to that to china is equally important as the us china relations but is off a different nature there are overlapping areas like in human rights on international law but then the for example the whole scenario the whole pacific

scenario the power sharing across the pacific between the u.s. and china is of no concern to the europeans so i would not say that. europe has any incentive because of certain u.s. policies especially tariff policies to a close up with the with the with the far east with china europe has very own general in interests to lead a different china policy then the u.s. but of course the more the deeper the differences between europe and the u.s. will become the easier it is for the for the europeans to motivate such a separate china policy we've been speaking with journalist thomas past and i think you for your time and your comments. thank you. all must of the world is stuck in a recession china is bucking the trend where strong economic growth that's expected

to hit 9 percent this year and the impacts could be felt far afield with beijing's belt en route initiative now spanx have a continent project was launched in 2013 with a. bolstering transport links from china across here asia and africa more than 70 countries are now involved and the chinese government is believed to have spent around 8 trillion dollars building ports railways highways and energy pipelines foreign policy analysts are to at layer gave us his insights on china's investment strategy and how it contrasts with western goals. well he. already seen the effects of the battle to order the shift in germany a good example it's a city of 2 spork. specific regional was hit hard by the end of the mining industry and other factors a lot of unemployed and so on and now a sense. that there was a mission to earth but we see it was from asia happening in that direction we see many new jobs being created and this is just one example of course china is not

just trying to hope without getting anything from this but there is a very big difference we see the west getting involved in some regions of the world and by this i mean their new liberal western it leads to long lead approaches stared they only care for their own interests so called cooperation was to westerly one sided there was no real development happening in this country it's basically the schema steps they if all of their natural resources and in return they all less get nothing now in the case of china there are sexually clear results there are slow no roads being built there are points being world so on the one side of course china going to benefit from this but on the other side the partner countries also i do benefit from such that infrastructure investments is especially good for developing countries which i think one last time to give up on the west.

that's not our breakdown of the day's top headlines but since it is still new year's day here we're going to wrap things up with a bang as a look at more of the fireworks displays that templates around the world as how it's exciting and.

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