when something find themselves worlds apart. she says of the common ground. the u.s. centers in 2021 with a grim and new record registering its highest ever cope with daily death toll. endemic restrictions that take a devastating toll on the french hospitality sector and we hear from a small business owner who describes the desperate plight some people are in. because 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. several countries consider introducing coded passports while companies that develop immobile apps to enforce compliance

but there are warnings of significant complications. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our 2 international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the united states saw the year out with a grim a new 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 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 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 and 2021 and many more downsizing stores and restaurants 'd 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 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. r.t. new york. france recorded 26000 new cases of cold on new year's eve the highest rate since mid november and the government has responded by tightening a nighttime curfew in several cities. of this. nation. if we propose an extension of the curfew which instead of starting at 8 pm will still to 6 pm in the regions where it's needed is some cities are 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. period extends the months of restrictions that have taken a devastating toll on the hospitality industry restaurant owner vincent when you described to us the desperate state 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 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 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 center tips 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 more big detail it was her 11 year old son who took her down from the noose. a poll from a french socialist a think tank suggests that 25 percent of artisan traders most of whom have seen their income plummet and have considered suicide and out of all those who have lost their jobs the number is even higher at 27 percent the french economy shrank by

a record 13.8 percent back last spring when the 1st lock down was inforced and businesses deemed non-essential were the worst hit with the hospitality sector seeing a contraction of around 50 percent in output because in one year again says many business owners see no way out. 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 the coronavirus vaccines will stay voluntary however many countries are already preparing for covert passports and companies are preparing mobile applications so the authorities can check through people's phones whether they have had the shop the common trust network has already developed such an app in collaboration with the airlines including virgin atlantic of tang's a but it leaves people with mixed messages on what exactly will happen as he's dimitri explains. 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 knowledge 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 the question but the discussion about it come 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 lock down. by what about personal freedoms that's the thing though your i did more stuff and restricted to you from

doing this all bases that are strictly from one of the rights your forces somethin upon someone put into view to lead their life i mean what you hear in our country we want freedom of speech and all not all that. is not really much of it is that i think it's disgusting because it is a form of tyranny. it 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 you know a lot of people think they. 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 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 a particular type of person that's not doing something or is doing something or is particularly to get what. it's discrimination as we know it used to be rather dangerous and 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. because it is definitely would be i wish we're

. here at our team we have watched 247 throughout the past year to bring you the news as it happened and plenty of you also headed to our web site for updates are 2 sides to taylor takes a look at the stories which generated the most clicks. 40. rallies rallies rallies will 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 part i'll be honest i spend most of my time online going through all of the hate comments that trolls heaping 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.

a concept body builders dream wedding to his girlfriend canceled because of covert on your probably moved by this modern day juliet oh just look at the pair in thailand so sweet. tom. and i see why you like the story his girlfriends of sex don't you know i did but so 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 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 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. what do we have here facebook and its 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 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 that's actually quite surprising because usually big tech just no right wing media content while that's a wrap on this year. here's hoping you keep on playing through 2021.

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 save and i bought stats all right so i'm going to turn to peek or is the editor over a crack and he's also an advisor at big coin magazine. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. the isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being

that. way. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallows. welcome back this is our international and the closing weeks of donald trump's the presidency have seen him sorted by the senate and has joined the other half of congress in overriding his veto of the national defense budget it is the 1st time that trump has been defied by the republican led upper house. seeing that on this vote the yeas are $81.00 the news or $132.00 thirds of the senators voting

a quorum being present having voted in the affirmative the bill on reconsideration is passed the objections of the president of the united states to the contrary notwithstanding the national defense authorization act was passed by the congress in december it includes pay raises of the troops but also restricts presidential power when it comes to withdrawing forces from abroad that was one of the trump's main objections he also wanted the bill to address alleged bias by social media platforms here are the president's comments from earlier we can tired republican leadership will allow the bad defense bill to pass a disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to big tech negotiate a better bill of get better leaders snout senate should not approve and v.a. until fixed former marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter told us what he thinks is behind the senate's rebuke to the president. well there's many in congress to believe that the president's moving too fast that his decision to

withdraw troops was a politically motivated decision taken out you know without due consideration to you know legitimate national concern is security concerns and they also believe that since the president is leaving office these are decisions that should be made by the incoming administration and so congress is seeking to slow down the president's president's ability to act on his desire to withdraw the troops requiring detailed reports to be submitted to congress trier to funds being used to withdraw troops these reports we talk about the consequences of withdrawn what the president's doing to mitigate that the hope is that you know that the time required to research and write and deliver these reports is greater than time left to the president and that the president won't be able to act on his and his desire to withdraw troops. but just as trump is at odds with of the legislative branch it

turns out a great many ordinary americans like the outgoing president according to a gallup poll the donald is americans most admired man for 2020 at 18 percent he has not brought obama off the top spot for the 1st time in 12 years and that leaves it joe biden in the next u.s. president trailing in 3rd ahead of top dr anthony and the pope however loyal trump followers may be the me believe that but the media are not having any of it. he is the worst president we have ever seen period it's the greatest failure in the history of the united states to defeat it and paint 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 that's the kind of

a death toll continues to rise if he no longer just one of the worst presidents in american history but the west. legal and media analyst lionel thinks trump stands out as a politician who inspires anything but indifference and believe me i'm i'm a supporter and it admire a president trump for a lot that he's done i've got some things i differ with but admired 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 i love him he's the savior or i am 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 but 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. dozens have been arrested in the u.s. city of minneapolis and during protests over a fatal police shooting the local police department has released a body cam footage of the incident which happened on wednesday night and a bit of a warning you may find the video disturbing. the shootout happened outside a gas station when police were trying to arrest a felony suspect according to the suspect opened fire from his car police shot back

killing the man who has been identified as 23 year old de la his 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 the police later raided the family home the latest protest in minneapolis happened near the site where george floyd was killed back in may incident that sparked a summer of. u.s.

historian gerald horne thinks that the black lives that matter movement could mark a major turning point. i would counter to what happened in april 19th $68.00 in the united states after nobel laureate got the market to change skill at that particular moment you had chemistry chanson well to there is another aspect of what's happening today in a sense to. know i mean the demonstrations global if you look

a store read the struggles of black americans what you'll find is the one of the ways we've made progress in the past is because to mention national solidarity and silvered gives me hope for the future one of the problems with assume you're the leader there decentralized and that is a direct result of the clever black people in all of the central los political one of those asians such as the black panther party in the mines and sixty's the government comes out for a leader and takes them and shouldn't go and challenge them and so therefore they have to have known we you know you could just spontaneously come to the streets now i understand that and but at that just makes it difficult to play it makes it very difficult to channel that energy into politics. that is

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they might because they want to. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. and then as that happens but the usual. when you have australian version they go this route yet there are people. who are. used to dumb shit on the. side and they go to political introduces the chief. seems to me an. economist i don't even need to go to church for this new look at a lot of things oh well that i don't hear pretty chilled or there's certainly

a choice to be out there but it will show you so much to be able to research on the course talk it over out of this goof through with don't be fooled the coke with full attention you. point a few there beautiful and hear them more. or you never. you know would they mean. to put so that the new word in the. qur'an dish to their hair for. gas to jenny. you'll. be asleep when you're in the water with your that was lost with less heat in your address stuck underneath you just what does lead to speech of your pride you will know when you are going in the usual ways. an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country trying to wipe out an american town. we do everything in our power to protect. wanted me to skipping

climate change poses the same threat right now alaska does seem some of the fuss just coastal erosion in the world we lost about 30 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. and that means the river is 35 closer to how it was in europe or as they were part of a 1st for. a

low end 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 claimed eason 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 semi well he is an author and a huge number at the gabble and in moscow we crossed you last. he is an expert at the russian international affairs council right gentlemen crossed out because 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 will rhodes and writes a very long one but i'll give you the 1st 2 parts or 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 beit in particular and to the brink and have already made clear that they intend to pursue their regime change in syria. they agree ved that. during the obama years they failed to achieve what they were often named at the top lingo. 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 a. baby wake i mean he was that. point man on ukraine.