as the u.k. comes to terms with life outside faces a resurgent independence movement in scotland many a furious over breaks that. the u.k. has given the will. very little in return because in me it's just going to be traveling really not feeling like i'm a european any more. unrest breaks out in minneapolis after another fatal shooting by police it's the same city where officers killed george floyd to death last night still sparking rallies nationwide . and the deadly wave of covert infections in mexico city causes a rush to buy life saving oxygen canisters sending prices soaring. people

struggling to get oxygen tanks and oxygen such as this is work being overwhelmed right now and people shouldn't profit from necessity profiteer on the needs of other people because you're profiteering on their lives. saturday evening and here in moscow january the 2nd one is calling bright welcome to world news from international 1st for you britain's finalized its exit from the e.u. just 2 days ago and it's already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they don't have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years resisting breaks into the country's millions of remain as are in no mood to back down as a report. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain and my goodness was it

tasty starting 2021 with a lovely brick sit breakfast after 14 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave britain's shores cross the channel and dock and kalai while the 1st lorry to enter the euro tunnel after midnight might have been given a friendly go ahead for others trying to cross from wales and to ireland it wasn't such a pleasant the new wealth has been quiet and wholly had so far today the port authority indicates that 6 freight loads arlen's have had to be turned away due to not have the correct references but being nearly bogged down in red tape isn't the only thing dampening the post-breakfast spirit anger regret and bitterness a particularly strong in scotland with a majority feeling that they'd be better off brussels. scotland will be back soon europe give the light on some would say this is the 1st stage of grief denial but

with support for scottish independence rising by the day and hitting 58 percent in recent weeks that is now say that breaking with brussels might well cost the u.k. its 300 year union with scotland so bracks it is might be revelling triumphantly in their newfound independence now but there won't be any victory laps when they're left with a do find it kinda no wonder then that people are nervous about the road ahead i would say as a young person my focus is mainly being on money travelling europe and education and that opportunity might be taken away very very soon the u.k. has given the will our son got very little in return it's just going to make life a lot more complicated the biggest impact for me is just going to be travelling and really not feeling like i am a european anymore i feel like that's been kind of ripped away with everything

while some a novice others just can't and that the pasta go in fact they want to rewrite the campaign for britain's rejoined europe starts at midnight. in the meantime hundreds of thousands are hoping the e.u. will forgive them and hand on over a pity possible what while others have gone to extremes during a deep dive into family archives praying that they can find some long lost friend job an italian it really doesn't matter a great great aunt 3 times or 2 may have never met but who might well be that lifeline to visa free travel if i understand it correctly i am french my mother was born in france her mother was totally french as was her grandfather so for me it is about reclaiming what i already have and that makes me very happy i will always be a european that's for sure nothing like bret said bojo his own father jumping ship to instill confidence in these uncertain times but boris isn't too bold that in

fact he's wrong but pleased with himself this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he's up to us to make the most of it while it might be a freedom from to embarrass his hands but as restlessness disillusionment and division and brittania grow there's a sense that the only thing britons are left holding the empty promises. mentioned scottish leaders are using bricks it to push for an independent scotland to be able to rejoin the e.u. but local journalist david jamieson thinks the idea is unrealistic. the idea of all independent scottish membership and beautiful union or nobody knows what terms and nobody knows what basis and it's a totally untested proposition before school which probably we know that 62 percent voted for for the u.k. for membership of the european union in store but that would be wildly different

for all of scotland's membership let's remind ourselves as well that the european union is a very different organization for its major states its largest states play france germany and formally u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller state and i think it is in debate on a future independent scotland's membership of the european union then those issues will come sharply into focus and we should expect. that scots will be more critical of the idea than the. 2016 referendum when of course they were voting for a much larger state to stay in the european union and many more dangers facing scotland joining the european union as a new smaller state. the us city of minneapolis is again on edge after

a fatal police shooting the authorities released body cam video on wednesday night's incident which are about to show you so please be aware that you might find it upsetting to watch. well. it took place outside a gas station when officers were trying to arrest a felony suspect. identified as 23 year old. his parents who were somali immigrants say that some was just sitting in his car and the police later raided the family home however according to offices the suspect opened fire from his vehicle. view of the video in the area information that also mention that a witness saw the individual fire 1st at the officers my officers were reacting to that deadly threat should the officers not react in a deadly force situation and knowing that community members lives were at stake as well the officers are trying to protect the community members lives and their own

latest protest took place near where george floyd was killed by a police officer. an incident that sparked months of rioting against police brutality. i. was.

open reports next on how the shock waves from george floyd's death are still reshaping america. for just a minute we'll roll back to 2017 in charlottesville. news flashes of a battle between leftists and white supremacists heather higher killed when a right winger owned rammed his car into a crowd of left wing activists a police helicopter crashing and killing state troopers street clashes and violence that shook the world. particularly.

the year is 2020 and there is nothing more common than the sight of angry crowds and burning cars it's almost routine you've got right wing groups like the proud voices or the patriot prayer who clash in the streets with masked communists or anarchists under the label of anti far it's far from peaceful people get stabbed people get shot this summer many were horrified by the brutal killing of george floyd at the hands of the police want this material from. the 1st policeman. to the battleground message changed black lives matter protests rocked the country the national guard was called up it was chaos in the streets.

how many people died from clashes between protesters and police during 2020 the us media has not really focused on giving a specific body count in detroit wisconsin and tennessee protestors were shot and killed on june 12th yahoo news lifted the name of 12 officers from low. local and federal agencies who were killed during the protests as the year went on more incidents came and more deaths were counted in july donald trump made a point of sending federal officers to portland oregon to crack down on the protesters who were sending to law enforcement. portland was totally out of control the democrats and liberal democrats run into players and no idea what they were doing they made a point of abducting protesters covering their faces and i sing to engage local

officials opposed from who and on july 30th they struck a deal with the feds to back down november and a contested us presidential election from supporters poured out into the streets of washington d.c. and other cities leftists came out to confront them. there was a time when average americans viewed protesters as fringe and crazy in 168 richard nixon won the presidential election saying he stood for a silent majority that opposed peace marchers and civil rights activists and was disgusted by a growing unrest but that america is long gone protests which often turn violent seem pretty normal these days so whether the issue is white supremacy police

brutality contested election results or declaring autonomous zones americans now seem far more willing to engage in politics and in violence or both 2020 may be looked back on as a turning point in u.s. history a lot more often are to the new york u.s. historian gerald holmes says the international attention on police violence against black people is a cause for optimism. how we can turn to what happened in april 19th 60 years in the united states after nobel laureate dr markham to changing skill at that particular moment you had chemistry sions we were up to there is another aspect of what's happening today that in a sense does. not mean the demonstrations global 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 this because to international solidarity and so that gives me hope for the future and 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 centralized political organizations such as the black panther party in the 1960 s. the government comes out their leaders and puts them and she you know and chose them and so therefore in the end they have to change it is to have not only the you know people just spontaneously come to the streets now i understand that and but what good does is it makes it difficult to plan it makes it very difficult to channel that energy into politics. british doctors union has slammed the government's decision to delay a covert vaccine rollout officials have decided to hold back 2nd doses of the pfizer biotech job to speed the release of the 1st doses at a time of record daily infections but medics say that the move makes no sense. the issue that we have and we think that strategy station u.k.

is the fison rollout and has already started so we consented to patients for a 2nd vaccine as pin the money factors destructions and as the evidence when we started to give it's now reversed that decision hoffer 3 the vaccination program we all read and undermines the consent process and actually going to mind the vaccine and rollout as a whole vaccine trial showed that the pfizer bio on tech field is 52 percent effective after a single dose and that rises to 94 percent after the 2nd shot which has to be given within 3 weeks according to the manufacturer despite those findings the u.k. chief medical offices have decided to prioritize 1st doses meaning a potential gap of 12 weeks before the follow up injection. the committee advises initially prioritizing delivery of the 1st faxing dose is this is highly likely to

have a greater public health impacts in the short term and reduce the number of preventable deaths from coated 19 a concern is this hasn't been fully discussed with front line and docs is save the full implications of it are not fully or just still it and and then we're not fully explaining things to our patients and as a front line g.p. it leaves us in a very difficult position and well having to say to people yes you did consent and to receive this vaccine 3 weeks ago and bullets actually were going to delay it for 12 weeks and some of our patients maintenon to us and say actually i wouldn't have gone for that vaccine i had had and knowing that this was going to test it regime we feel that what's really vital here is that the public have high confidence in the vaccine bowed out and high confidence that if we say we're going to do something that's what we day has been very it's been very very organized when patients have come to the face baxi they've them been given their equipment in time to come. that 2nd 3 states so obviously a do is provide and be

a logistical and nightmare to then have to cancel days and then have to try and set up systems to be very quickly to make sure that we're cool they say she's in trouble week's time and it's best we can to call them to have the same vasty when actually a truck we're not sure the vaccines guys get into a. mexico city scrambling to contain a deadly spike in covert infections hospitals are overflowing meaning sick people are being forced to self medicate at home that's called a rush to buy life saving oxygen callousness. the. we didn't know how 1st of all conditions this means that people are struggling to get talks again tanks and oxygen and such because this is in this line of work of being overwhelmed right now so you think you think.

people shouldn't profit from necessity don't profiteer on the needs of other people because you're profiteering on their life's machine days ago their film was only 70 passes and now it's around 15015 days ago. and he still ahead for marty it is really orchestras arabic melodies and music to the ears of those who want to overcome when it just hostilities that someone else there is after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only mostly exists i

don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. hello again the towel klunk from the notre dame cathedral in paris was almost entirely destroyed by the fire in april 29th but engineers are now hoping to rebuild the large and intricate device which dates back to the 860 s. and that drawing on the unique expertise of russian clockmakers from some petersburg. a total soldier would do the $2900.00 fire at the not done cathedral and this st petersburg watch factory have in common. at 1st sight nothing but the wreckage of factory cloth make sure no studying materials from the fire damaged clocks to determine what details they will be able to restore. order the floods did that happen so that remarkable architectural monument the not to

dawn broke our hearts we wanted to find out whether we could help restore at least some fragments of the clock that was almost entirely destroyed in the foyer so we sent a proposal to help with the restoration in any way we can and we're still discussing all the nuances but they're starting to manufacture some elements in this facility goes back to the soviet era and the workers have expertise with timepieces of all types and sizes the build the monumental clock for children's world moscow's largest toy store and this one wing 4 and a half tons and measuring 6 by 7 meters consists of more than $5000.00 steel elemental entertaining parts some of which are gold plated reconstructing the knock the dumb clock is an equally ambitious task the work has just begun it is led by a french association which can count on st petersburg factory to bring about the resurrection. after the not return fire received many calls from clockmakers around

factory they said a tragedy has occurred this is a world heritage site we are deeply shocked i was amazed by that passion and sympathy because we are just at the beginning we received a 3 d. model and our design engineers are studying it they've already compiled a whole list of questions that will be submitted to the association we are trying to understand what parts we can produce on a road in my view this is a very long term project of the project is a huge challenge the clock is almost obliterated by the fire is similar timepieces have been found elsewhere they can be to. mantled so engineers will have to create a 3 d. model based on what is visible and will then have to figure out how the concealed parts work were at the start of a long and complex journey look at. some other stories from around the world the saturday party goers have torched a police car and hold stones and bottles at officers tried to break up a huge multi day french illegal rave attended by thousands from across the

continent the participants admitted ignoring social distancing despite france suffering its worst covert outbreak in months interior minister said a criminal probe been opened into numerous infringements including drug use. new yorkers have seen in the new year with a dip in freezing water dozens raced into the ocean annual event known as the polar bear plunge despite it being officially council because of the pandemic. from one stretch of water to another more than 100000 swans have taken to the caspian sea in kazakstan this beautiful site takes place as the birds pass through every winter. on the world's oldest person has not stopped another proud stone after celebrating a 118th birthday japan's a carny that already held the title of being the longest living individual since 2018 but is showing no sign that she's going to stop smashing records she's due to

take part in the olympic torch relay for the rescheduled tokyo games later this year. next an israeli orchestra playing out a bit music has struck a chord with those who hope to finally bring peace to the region. don't we all share the passion for the classical arabic music or middle eastern music and we believe that it's only our part of the middle east and this is our culture our vision was to bring this music to the mainstream of israeli culture. i. never bought it

was the school arabs and jews both ashkenazi and safadi put them this is different they use a culture of from what they used to claim at the dump a lot political politics don't matter here people come together to create art this is one of the few places in the israeli cultural loans where there is code creation with the entire mosaic of the state of israel at play with differences don't matter to anyone what's important here is harmony. but we want to collaborate also with our neighbors culturally and that's why i voice is not only. towards the israeli population but it's also internationally of course naturally to our neighbors and our countries to the rest of the world.

and an effort to lighten the mood of a particularly tough year just past 20 twentieth's also seen its fair share of bizarre virus related stories. brings you some of the most unusual examples. people behave in the grain just way chairing a pandemic here is some of the oldest reactions we've seen to the coronavirus in 2020 british and american plastic surgeons have reported a 60 to 70 percent increase in the number of requests for a virtual consultation apparently it's because being a herd means that you've got more time to recover and there's no need to face anyone in case the procedure goes hideously wrong and so weird way you're going to build bones and bring the whole world were close and then he goes to meet. this whole reporting one country to the idea of a quarantine. and malaysian government deemed the prospect of women going breast

based on such a need to met the threats of the nation around the campaign asking them to continue dressing up and so lacking on the makeup even while working from home the campaign even told women that if they want to nag their husbands they should do it in a. good vice did not go down well and the malaysian government. brings reason why next point at a time when accurate information is told break news has gone mainstream from the idea that the virus was caused by by g a cellular tower set blades in one week police responded to 7 similar fires thinking vodka can be used as hand sanitizer heroes is warning customers about using a device by good to make homemade hand sanitizer and don't even get me started on the doors the politicians have endorsed rick which is good rather than see the disinfectant. in

a minute when that is your way we can do so be it. the injection well both in our area was telling brazilians to go out and mingle drug traffickers or did residents of brazilian cavallo just stay home when the drug barons. more interested in public how it's time for the government to look in their face south africa had a pretty hard core lock down and even the sale of alcohol and tobacco was banned but banning the sale of open toe shoes it's not quite clear if or how the virus could spread from. something. that. also wouldn't that rule names that are still legal i have to question. the i'm wrong that there's nothing like a pandemic to turn the world upside down as america have a cave riddled with mexican protesters blocked the u.s.

borders to stop americans from coming to mexico the u.s. border has never been so secure ok that's how it looks from moscow so far this saturday were of your choosing in this weekend thanks for choosing r.t. more from the newsroom in around half an hour. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is faith.

in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. you know i can remember when it would flow one time in the fall and then one time in the spring you know a break up and now i mean already 3 times this year they said you know when people get nervous about the flooding of their houses and they need to stay in school or even get out of new talk because they're worried about that kind of stuff and just these last 2 storms have taken so much away you know he went measured the last couple storms and they're like it knocked off 1020 feet in 11 day yeah and so there's better marginals i.