the editor over at. us 2021 with a grim new record registering its highest ever daily death toll. dozens are arrested in minneapolis after a new wave of protests by a police shooting at a petrol station. take a devastating toll on the french hospitality sector we hear from a small business owner who describes the desperate plight some people are in. 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 she was not on the list the next day she hanged herself. and several countries consider introducing covert

possible companies develop mobile apps to enforce compliance but there are warnings of significant complications. with the global stories that we're tracking for you this weekend 1st the united states saw the gear out with a grim do you record by registering more than 3800 deaths in one day one of the worst affected areas new york logged almost 8000 new infections and looks at how the pandemic 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.

john. 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 their 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 saying in the us to a sense of being arrested in the city of minneapolis during protests over a fatal police shooting the local police departments released bodycount footage of the incident which happened on wednesday night a warning though that you might find the following video disturbing. ok.

thank. the shootout happened outside a gas station and when police were trying to arrest a felony suspect according to officers the suspects opened fire from his car and he shot back killing the man he's been identified as 23 year old. the victim's parents who are somali immigrants have disputed the police account they say their son was just sitting in his car when he was shot and those police later raided the family home the latest process which followed in minneapolis happened near the site where george floyd was killed back in may an incident that in itself sparked a summer of unrest.

u.s. historian joel holmes thinks the black mass of movement could mark a significant turning point. i would concur and what happened in april 960 in the

united states after nobel laureate dr markham to king jr was killed at that particular moment you had demonstrations erupting from the east coast to the west coast from the atlantic to the pacific. however there is another aspect of what's happening today that in a sense does. not mean that demonstrations global demonstrations won't walk in auckland new zealand in sydney australia and london in one in berlin germany so that is unprecedented and i think it's very significant as well because if you look historically at the struggles of black americans what you'll find is that one of the ways we've made progress in the past is because of international solidarity and so that gives me hope for the future that one of the problems with us may say so is that you're a leader there decentralized and that is

a direct result of the fact that people don't follow a centralised political war goes asia such as the black panther party or the whites you sixty's the government comes out their leaders and puts them in studio and kills them and so therefore the end they up to is to have you know we just you know people just spontaneously come to the streets now i understand that but that does it makes it difficult to play it makes it very difficult to channel get energy in to politics. france recorded to 26000 new cases of. that's the highest rate since mid november and the government responded by tightening a nighttime curfew in several cities. to implement a nationwide or local lowdown however we will propose an extension of the curfew

which instead of starting at 8 pm to 6 pm in all the regions where it's needed is some cities a region where the incidence rate is above the maximum level these measures will be implemented from generally 2nd to 2021 aside from the curfews bus. and restaurants remain closed over the festive period it extends months of restrictions that have taken a devastating toll on the hospitality industry restaurant owner vincent mani a describe to us the desperate state that some people are in and how his neighbor was driven to suicide. this is for them so i've been living in la trinité so mail for 16 years i have 12 hotel rooms into 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 commune is specialized in 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 sensitives 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. a pole from a french socialist think tank suggests that 25 percent of our design traders most

of whom have seen their income plummet have considered suicide and out of all of those who've lost their jobs the numbers even higher 27 percent. the french economy shrank by a record 13.8 percent back last spring when the 1st lock down was enforced. the business is deemed not essential but the worst hit for the hospitality sector seeing a contraction of around 50 percent output then some money again says that many business owners see no way out. of this 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. politicians around the world are insisting that corona virus vaccines will stay voluntary that said many countries are already preparing for covert passports companies to are preparing mobile applications so the authorities could check through people's phones whether or not they've had the job the common trust networks already developed such an app in collaboration with airlines including virgin atlantic and gulf towns but as dimitri paul reports it leaves table 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 have a very clear position on this as important as vaccination is for all of us there must be no special treatment for the vets in 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 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 of the question but the discussion about to be still didn't 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 the one thing though you had to stop and restricting people doing this will bring for you that you got hit with one of the rights you pull through from pin one from one of them to be able to lead the life i mean what you're in a country freedom of speech. is not really much of 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 mean at the end of that people got their ferries 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 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 opposite and make a naughty list will set up the registry and shared with our european partners of

those 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 and it kind of reminds me a bit. of this is going to far lists of people that are not 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 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 particularly to go with it that it's discrimination as we know it used to be rather i will tend to be against giving people. special rights or something just because the manner.

it's also matter how lucky you get in that. and how low on the early you may have to wait very long. because it is doubtful it would be i wish we. were $24.00 seventh's for the past year to bring you the news as it happened plenty of you also headed to our website for updates next takes a look at the stories which generated the most clicks. bodybuilder c.n.n. and rollins ronnie's rallies all smith campaign oh hello good timing because i'm reading about you know no tory no hacking 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 leave me on you tube so i've never really got round to check out our com but i'm glad i got the chance now let's see in this one came in.

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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 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 donors i next c.n.n. people on friday they've developed an appetite for branding any news to the right of the left hopes what you it'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.

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hello again donald trump may have lost the u.s. election but he has won something that's almost as important to him at least according to a gallup poll the outgoing leader is the man most admired by americans in 2020 and 18 percent he knocked barack obama off the top spot for the 1st time in 12 years

and that leaves joe biden the incoming u.s. president trailing in 3rd of top dr anthony fauci and the pope however love however unoiled trumps followers may be the media having none of it. he is the worst president we have ever seen period it's the greatest failure in the history of the united states a defeated impeached one term president still refusing to admit that he's a loser in the wake of donald trump's recent behavior causing millions of struggling americans to lose their unemployment benefits and as the covert death toll continues to rise is he no longer just one of the worst presidents in american history but the worst legal media analyst line all things trump stands out as a politician who inspires anything but indifference. and believe me i'm i'm a supporter and in my are a president trump for a lot that he's done i've got some things i differ with but admire is popular yes i

know there are pockets of places where he is indeed admired so i'm surprised at that because what this man has done and i've never seen anything like it nobody reacts like to donald trump no it's either of him he's this saved her or him the media love to hate him they may stele you they hate them they love him c.n.n. has never ever achieve numbers like this when he leaves what are they going to do so they hate him but they love to hate him and the media themselves don't necessarily reflect what people do. for us as height tariffs on a range of european imports and a tit for tat move explaining the decision to trumpet ministration accused europe of overreacting to the previous round of u.s. penalties the you may do not the tourists that info increase the amount of route to

waste in the you need to take some measure to compensate for this unfairness. the latest u.s. levies target aircraft parts and wines from france and germany that come after the e.u. slapped taxes on $4000000000.00 worth of imports from america are november and those in turn were a response to american tariffs on $7500000000.00 of goods in 2019 the core of the dispute is washington's long running claim that europe is unfairly subsidizing aircraft maker airbus giving it an edge over u.s. rival boeing responding to the latest salvo from washington brussels accused 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 of the long lasting aircraft disputes journalist thomas fassbender things were saying a global trend of governments trying to shield their industries from foreign competition. but this is a sign of an overall return of protectionist policies the heydays of the free

international free trade and the merger led reformers are over and i see this less bound to or a certain president in the us then to this general trend tariffs are always damaging for producers and customers both. in their in rio mehta this move is limited or great brandy's and wine from 2 countries germany and france and airplane parts i see this the overall significance of the decision i see less intimidating in the wish to damage some body but to make it clearer. make it give a clear sign by the us that the future will be not as the past wars and the word by mr america 1st survive his presidency joe biden knows that the that the europeans have

a big interest in improving relations to washington which are almost frozen dead for the last years and for 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 to buy from the europeans in order to be good friends again . ok that's how it looks from moscow the south thanks for watching i'll have your next world update after cross-talk takes on 2020.

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hello and welcome to crossfire we're 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 playing these and also he is an assistant professor at the university. southeaster no way as well as author of the upcoming book russian conservatism in budapest we have george semi well he is a not there and a you tuber at the gavel and in moscow we crossed you maxime in as an expert at the russian international affairs council right journalling cross of rules in 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 think this is something that they would want to do i like and the same applies to ukraine and ukraine is really if biden's bating weak 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 the 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 corpus which is anything that's giving russia headaches is good for us and i think that's what is the driving what they're really care that much about syria ukraine but just to make life as difficult as possible for russia well it seems like wayne and you know i mean obviously.