as view kate comes to terms with a life outside the e.u. it faces a resurgent independence movement in scotland where many are furious over brags that. the u.k. has given the will rock. and got very little in return the biggest impact to me is just going to be not travelling really not feeling like i am a european i mean mark. british doctors slam the government over a deliberate delay in giving follow up doses of a covert vaccine. concedes this hasn't been fully we. see the full implications of it are not just good. we not fully explaining things to patients. 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. such and such because this is in this line of work being drunk people shouldn't profit from necessity doing profiteer on the needs of the people because you're profiteering when their lives. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now britain finalized its exit from the e.u. just 2 days from the e.u. just 2 days ago that's right and it is already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they do not have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years of resisting drugs into the country's. millions of remainders are in

no mood to back down as our 2 sons can tailor reports. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain off to 40 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 in kalai while the lorry to enter the euro tunnel off to midnight might have been given a friendly go ahead for others trying to cross from wales and i meant it wasn't such a pleasant the new wealth has been quiet and holy has so far today the port authority indicates that 6 freight loads bound for our land have had to be turned away do not have the correct references but being nearly bogged down in red tape isn't the only thing dampening the post-breakfast spirit regrets and bits and that's 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 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 that people are nervous about the road ahead i would say as a young person my focus is mainly been on money travelling europe and education and opportunity might be taken away from my very very fit the u.k. has given the will work and 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 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 america 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. 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 are empty promises. to mention their scottish leaders are using a briggs it to push for an independent scotland to be able to rejoin the e.u. but local journalist david jamieson thinks that is unrealistic. the idea all independent scottish membership of the european union or 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 it for the u.k. the 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 formally u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller states 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 stores will be more critical of the idea than they were 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 unity in union as

a new small state. british health workers have slammed the government's decision to delay a covert vaccine rollout officials have opted to hold back a 2nd doses of the pfizer buy on tech jab to speed up the release of the 1st doses at a time of record delay infections but a leading doctors association says the move is 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 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 mine the vaccine and rollout as a whole vaccine trial so showed that the pfizer bontoc shot 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 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 protests and 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 discussed with front line and doctor says see the full implications of it are not fully or just still it and and there we're not fully explaining things to our patients and as a food line cheap it 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 the haitians maintenon to us since 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 back seen them be given that report. it's time to come to that stack and 3 states a state of the state do is provide that you're still at night today and 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 weeks' time and it's best we can to call them to have the same facts when actually a truck we're not sure of the vaccines. mexico city is scrambling to contain a deadly spike in covert infections hospitals are overflowing meaning sick people are being forced to self medicate at home and that has caused a rush to buy life saving oxygen canisters.

we didn't have 1st of all conditions this means that people are struggling to get socks in tanks and oxygen and such because this is in this lone of work of being overwhelmed right now so you think. people shouldn't profit from this says it's doing profiteer on the needs of the people israel profiteering and their lawyers machine days ago their field was only 70 passes and now it's around 15015 days ago.

u.s. congress has approved a new round of sanctions against the nord stream to gas pipeline linking russia to europe the measures are included in the latest defense a budget which was passed after lawmakers overrode a veto from president trump and they will target companies involved in the construction of nord stream to washington claims the project will make europe overly dependent on russian energy supplies and boost to the kremlin's influence but the e.u. has refused to back down condemning u.s. efforts to derail construction. the extraterritorial sanctions run counter to international law european policy is to find in europe not in 3rd countries north stream to which is now almost complete is the 2nd stage of a pipeline network running under the baltic sea once ready it will pump enough russian natural gas to supply $26000000.00 european households work on the final section is scheduled to start off the coast of denmark in mid january we heard from

a member of the german party the left she thinks the pressure from washington is commercially driven and is likely to fail one goal is to impose their collage equally 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. so ahead on our change or national a look at the enduring impact of last summer's

a black lives matter rallies that and much more aftershocks are to international. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation

let it be an arms race is on this very dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back this is our team international now the clock from the notre dame cathedral in paris was almost entirely destroyed by the massive fire in 2019 but engineers hope to rebuild with a large and intricate device which dates back to the $860.00 s. and they are drawing on the unique expertise of russian clockmakers r.t. france correspondent siro went to st petersburg to meet 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 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 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 also i think the manufacturers of animals this facility goes back to the soviet era 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 was when 4 and a half tons and measuring 6 by 7 meters consists of more than 5000 steel

entertaining 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 in st petersburg factory to bring about the resurrection. after the not return fire received many calls from clockmakers the 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 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 for the project is a huge challenge the clock is almost obliterated by the fire it's similar timepieces have been found elsewhere they can be to. months 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 a round of the world now party goers in france have torched a police car and hurled stones and bottles at officers as they tried to break up a huge illegal rave attended by thousands from across the continent the participants admitted ignoring social distancing despite france suffering its worst covert outbreak in months the interior minister said a criminal probe has 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 in the annual event known as the polar bear plunge despite it being officially cancelled due to the pandemic.

and from one stretch of water to another more than 100000 swans have taken to the caspian sea and kazakhstan the beautiful site takes place as the birds pass through every winter. the world's oldest person has not stood up another problem on a stone after celebrating her 118th birthday japan's tanaka had already held the title of being the longest living individual since 2018 but is showing no sign she will stop smashing records and is due to take part in the olympic torch relay for the upcoming tokyo games. the defining image of 2020 was the wave of unrest that followed the police killing of george floyd in the u.s. in may and reports on how the shock waves from that incident are still reshaping america. or just a minute we'll roll back to 2017 in charlottesville. new

3. addle between leftists and white supremacist heather higher still when a right winger rammed his car and looked proud of left wing activists a police helicopter crashing and killing state troopers street clashes and violence that shook 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. for. 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 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 listed the name of 12 officers from 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. made

a point of sending federal officers to portland oregon to crackdown on the protesters who were sending 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 movement on july 30th they struck a deal for the feds to back down in 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. r.t. new york. it is really orchestra playing music has struck a chord with those who hope to finally bring peace to the region.

only 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 views and culture of from what they used to they met the dump little political politics don't matter here people come together to create 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 hama enough how they cope with 00. 00000.

00000. 00. i we want to collaborate also with our neighbors culturally and that's why. it 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. in an effort to lighten the mood of a particularly tough year just past 2020 has also seen its fair share of bizarre virus related stories go brings you some of the most unusual examples. people behaved in the grain 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've got more 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 cold war doesn't matter you guys to me. this whole reporting one country said the idea of a quarantine. and the malaysian government deemed the prospect of women going breast based on 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 in a cost to. get advice did not go down well and the malaysian government. brings reason why next point at a time when accurate information is told fake news has gone mainstream from the

idea that the virus was caused by 5 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 of vodka 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 right in that i see the disinfectant if you want to go in a minute when that is your way we can do so before you go. to the injection well 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. i'm more interested in public how it's time for the government to look in the mirror every south africa had a pretty hard core lock down and even the sale of alcohol and tobacco was banned

but running the sale of open toe shoes it's not quite clear if or how the virus could spread from code to. something. that. also would that rule that are still legal i have question. oh. my problem is that there's nothing like a pandemic to turn the world upside down as america every cable 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 now that there's a for me this all be back in about $32.00 and a half minutes with another full infrastructure news george international.

sure seems wrong why don't we just don't call. me. yet to shape our disdain comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. granny has changed american lives and pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. based drugs the people who are chronic pain is and believe that their prescription is working for them and the remedy be certain to do no price at the. grocery dependency and addiction to opiates is the long term use that really is and scientifically justified in our study actually suggested that the long term effects may not just be absence of benefit but actually that they may

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