suggests that. the long term effects may not just be the absence of benefit but actually because of the long term. as the u.k. comes to terms with life outside the e.u. it faces a resurgent independence movement in scotland where many a furious over breaks it. the u.k. has given the will. and got very little in return the biggest impact to me it's just going to be no traveling really no feeling like i am a european. british doctors slam the government over a deliberate delay in giving follow up doses of a covert vaccine. hasn't been fully disclosed we. just see the full implications of me are not fully diluted and we're not fully explaining things patients. under 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 in this line of work being thrown out you people shouldn't profit from necessity doing profiteer on the needs of other people because you're profiteering on their lives. hello there is just a midnight here in moscow now sunday the 3rd of january 2021 welcome to news with me calling bright 1st for you that britain finalized its exit from the e.u. just 2 days ago but it's already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe of being turned back if they don't have the right customs paperwork and offer for a half years of resisting breck's if the country's millions of remain as they're in no mood to back down as saskia taylor now reports.

and so began the dancing new age of an independent britain and my goodness was it tasty starting 2021 with a lovely brick sit breakfast off to 40 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave post 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 well it has been quiet and wholly had so far today the port authority indicates that 6 freight loads bound for our island 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 regret and bitterness a particularly strong in scotland with a majority feeling that they'd be better off by quick 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 a fear 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 the 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 that opportunity might be taken away from my very very sick 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 not travelling

and really not feeling like i am here 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 doing a deep dive into family archives praying that they can find some long lost friend it really doesn't matter a great great aunt 3 times a year 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 bricks to fall the 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 fountain of boris's hands but as restlessness disillusionment and division and britannia grow there's a sense that the only thing britons are left holding on empty promises was 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 that's unrealistic. the idea of all independent scottish membership beautifully written on nobody knows what terms and nobody knows what basis and it's a totally untested proposition before school because 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 its membership let's remind ourselves as well that the european union is a very different organization for its major states its largest states france germany and former u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller state and i think if that 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 stores will be more critical of the idea than live in 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 small state. british medics have slammed the government's decision to delay a covert vaccine rollout officials about to to hold back 2nd doses of the pfizer biotech jab to speed up the release of the 1st doses at a time of record daily infections but a leading doctors association says the moves are misguided. the issue that we have and we think that strategy station u.k. is the pfizer 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 will reach 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 shot is 52 percent effective after a single dose that rises to 94 percent after the 2nd shot which has to be given

within 3 weeks according to the manufacturer or just by those findings u.k. government medical advisors 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 our concern is this hasn't been fully disclosed with front line and dunces see the full implications of it are not fully or just still it and and there we're not fully explaining things to patients and as a food lines the pit leaves a signature have a difficult position of 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 said i actually i wouldn't have gone

to that vaccine had had i known that this was going tested 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 vaccine made them be given their equipment in time to come to that 2nd 3. state there so obviously a do is provide is really just a cool and night mag to then have to cancel days and then have to try and set up systems in every very quickly to make sure that we're cool they say she's in 12 weeks time and as best we can to call them to have the same vaccine when actually a truck we are not sure of the vaccine supply is going to be. a mexico city scrambling to contain a deadly spike in covert infections that the hospitals are overflowing meaning sick people are being forced to self medicate at home and that's cause the rush to buy life saving oxygen canisters.

we didn't know how 1st of all conditions this means that people are struggling to get oxygen tanks and oxygen such businesses in this line of work are being overwhelmed right now so you think. people shouldn't profit from necessity don't profiteer on the needs of other people because you are profiteering on their lives machine days ago the refill was only 70 passes and now it's around 15015 days ago. u.s. congress has approved a new round of sanctions against the north stream to gas pipeline linking russia to

europe the measures are included in the latest defense budget which was passed after lawmakers overrode a veto from president trump and they'll target companies involved in the construction of the north stream to washington claims the project will make europe overly dependent on russian energy supplies and boost the kremlin's influence but the e.u. use refused to back down condemning u.s. efforts to derail construction the extraterritorial sanctions run counter to international law european policy is defined in europe not in 3rd countries. north stream to which is now almost complete is the 2nd stage of a pipeline network running on to the baltic sea once ready it will be able to pump enough russian natural gas to supply $26000000.00 european households work in the final section is scheduled to start off the coast of denmark in mid january we heard from a member of germany's the left party she thinks the pressure from washington is commercially driven and likely to fail one goal is soon polls as they are

it collage weekly harmful and expensive breaking as in europe but it is also about sabotaging relations between germany and russia it is none of their business with whom european country school creates it is especially ironic since the usa promotes free markets yet officially intervenes in free business decisions here in europe projects like these serving invested in yet it has to be feared that all falls through due to dictations and impositions from someone overseas but i don't think it can be stopped at this stage show very nearly finished construction. still ahead will be looking at the enjoying impact of last summer's black lives matter rallies in the united states that after the break.

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an arms race. spearing dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. the talk from the notre dame cathedral in paris was almost entirely destroyed by the massive fire in 2019 but engineers hope to rebuild the large an intricate device which dates back to the 18th sixty's and the drawing on the unique expertise of russian clockmakers correspondent went to some pages but to make them. 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

the factory clockmakers are now starting materials from the fire damaged clocks to determine what details they will be able to restore. order the tragedy that happened to that remarkable architectural monument the note to dawn broke our hearts we wanted to find out whether we could help restore at least soul fragments of the cloak 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 i also think the manufacture of the bills in this facility goes back to the saw the iraqis and the workers have expertise with timepieces of all types and sizes they 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 steels entertaining in parts some of which are gold plated reconstructing the 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 as we were just at the beginning we received a 3 d. model and our design engineers are starting is 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 the project is a huge challenge the clock is almost obliterated by the fire a similar time pieces have been found elsewhere it 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 party

goers in france of torched a police car and hold stones and bottles at officers as they try to break up a huge multi day illegal rave attended by thousands from across the continent the participants admitted ignoring social distancing despite from suffering its worst covert outbreak in months the interior minister said a criminal probe has been opened into numerous infringements including drug use. from hardy new yorkers have seen in the new year with a dip in freezing more so dozens raced into the ocean in an annual event known as the polar bear plunge despite it being officially cancelled because of the pandemic . from one stretch of water to another more than 100000 swans have taken to the caspian sea in kazakstan a beautiful site takes place as the birds pass through every winter. the world's oldest person has not stopped another proud milestone after celebrating 118th birthday japanned tanaka had already held the title of being the longest living

individual since 2018 but is showing no signs will stop smashing records she is due to take part in the olympic torch relay for the tokyo games later this year. a defining image of 2020 was the wave of unrest that followed the police killing of george floyd in the u.s. last may get more but next reports on how the shock waves from that incident still reshaping america. just a minute we'll roll back to 2017 in charlottesville. news flashes of a battle between leftists and white supremacists heather higher hill when a right winger rammed his car into look crowded left wing activists a police helicopter crashing and killing state troopers street clashes and violence that shocked the world.

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 boys or the patriot prayer who clash in the streets with masked communists or anarchists under the label of and 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. let's say. that for some of these. battleground a 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 u.s. 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. well 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 crackdown on the protesters who were listening to law enforcement. portland was totally out of control the democrats and liberal democrats running the place had no idea what they were doing they made a point of abducting protesters covering their faces and opting to engage local officials opposed to movement 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 1968 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 growing unrest but that america is long gone protests which are often turned 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 maybe look back on as a turning point in u.s. history and r.t. new york. next meet an israeli orchestra playing arabic music which is struck a chord with those who hope to finally bring peace to the region. only all share the passion for 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 for them this is different to use a culture of from what they used to they met the dump little 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. with 00. 000. 0. 00. we want to collaborate also with our neighbors culturally and that's why i avoid this is not only. towards the israeli population but it's also internationally of course

naturally to the to our neighbors into our countries to the rest of the world. and in 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. just way during a pandemic here is some of the oldest reactions we've seen to the corona virus 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 want time to recover and there's no need to face anyone in case the procedure goes hideously wrong so weird way you're going to vote going to bring the whole world was a maybe it does to me. this whole reporting one country said the idea of

a quarantine. and the malaysian government deemed the prospect of women going to breast based as such a need to met the threat to the nation is to run a campaign asking them to continue dressing up and sell acting 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 and. kept going is good advice 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 blades in one week police responded to 7 similar fires thinking vodka can be used as hand sanitizer heroes is warning customers about using of vodka by good to make homemade hand sanitizer and don't even get me started on the doors the politicians have endorsed her will she would rather than see the

disinfectant if you know she is in a minute when that is your way we can do so be good. for the injection while both on the right was telling brazilians to go out and mingle drug traffickers ordered residents of brazilian cavallo is to stay home when the drug barons are 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 on the sale of open toed shoes it's not quite clear if or how the virus could spread contagious and. that it. also would that rule in the hall are still legal i have to question. no means be my problem but there's nothing like a pandemic to turn the world upside down and as america every cave riddled with

mexican protesters blocked the u.s. borders to stop americans from coming to mexico the u.s. border has never been very secure. no europe today thanks for checking in with the international this week and your next update from a the moscow news team is around 33 minutes from now mike to see them.

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