in the headlines this hour thousands of demonstrators turned out in baghdad exactly one year after the u.s. assassinated iran's top general. on again vowed to avenge his death. flown over the gulf. plus among the stories that shaped the week the u.s. post-holiday coronavirus cities like los angeles already out of intensive care beds one nurse tells us that's not the only thing in short supply. now we were running low on oxygen on supply on you know all the respiratory drugs definitely. definitely down. the president a smear campaign and trade war against the sputnik vaccine is hampering its global

distribution as the country starts accusing the russian. i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health i'm happy because this should be the end and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all the nurses. hello welcome to the weekly we're taking you through some of the biggest stories we've covered here over the past 7 days as the world ended 2021 some of today's developments to bring you up to speed on 1st though tens of thousands turned out in the iraqi capital this weekend marking exactly a year since iranian military commander kasem was killed by a u.s. drone strike at baghdad airport angry crowds use the anniversary to demand foreign troops leave iraq they've been on the streets since saturday night having that candles at the site of the attack and set up a memorial. not only ignited fury across the middle east it also escalated tensions around the globe. so.

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security council to stop what it called washington's military adventurism as the pentagon flew strategic bombers over the region then on friday a top iranian official vowed revenge for solomonic death. the other. resistance would make life for the enemy. one of the forms of vengeance for more to sell him on his blood will be different to expulsion of americans from the region another message of horse vengeance will be punishing the perpetrators of this crime and those who ordered it saw the mounties daughter recently told us he's going underground that her father's killing had fuel the right. the turbot night. before a few hours that this happened for my father i hear and i spoke with him on the phone and i knew it that the situation in iraq was so dangerous so i add a child for the new is in iraq and my telegram of all it one am i see every deal is sharing on that china telegram about explosion in airport

i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend who was asking for my father at various he is he ok or no because i hear any news that there is explosion in airport. and your father was in the car and they hit it i got so shocked unfold stress like my heart was going out from my chest when i turned on the t.v. and i saw his picture. i understand what happened and from that they tell not i'm still shocked a lot of what happened it's so hard to believe how is the death of your road iran together what happened in iran and iraq was something something so special in the history you see how people come to the streets and they are crying and they are sad and they are angry and they won revenge and they are

waiting for an answer because they know what general fully money did for them america thought that everything will be stopped because they killed general soleimani departure of the middle east but they are so wrong they didn't see the anger of the od in the eyes of iranian people they didn't see their tears they didn't see their sadness and i have to say that generously money has a military from people. that they will take revenge from trump and they are so wrong they are thinking this war will be end the end of general soli money this is the beginning our people are united and they will stand in front of such a they interest powers why would donald trump say that your father was a monster he is the monster not my father my father did his job so well and make them so angry you are seeing every plan they are making them and the list is

destroyed everywhere they are trying to enter and hurts in iran they are failed why of course for them my father is a big monster but my father is a savior he saved people not just his own country he did this for all countries he did this for people not just middle east he'd destroy isis because he don't want people people innocent in europe got killed by such a dangerous virus how my father can be a person who wants to kill an american people and people in europe how he was saving them from i says he was saving them so don't let anyone to hurt them he was fighting for them how he can be a terrorist to kill people do you think it means anything that joe biden will be in

the white house there is no difference between biden trump they are the same guy and they are following the same policy there is no difference between them trump or dare killing my father but biden support us so there is no different the problem we have with our it is with their policy this will not change they are the same people the same mind the same way. and it's one of them is a war stand the other one. counter some of the stories from the past week the united states registered a grim milestone over the holidays passing 20000000 confirmed covert cases since the pandemic began the number of daily deaths also set new records for the state of california is reporting that its intensive care units are a full capacity los angeles county is one of the worst affected regions overwhelmed

hospitals there are setting up makeshift wards and beds outside your floor it is of even reportedly sent out rationing guidelines for clinics to give less cadd to those less likely to survive although it's still unclear whether those guidelines have been implemented one nurse in l.a. told us just how bad the situation has become. we're stuck now we were running low on oxygen on supplies on you know all the respiratory drugs definitely bad definitely staff we don't have enough staff we are beyond stretched we have patients in overflow overflow overflow areas that were never intended to have patients other hospitals are setting out makeshift units outside of the hospital our government they blew it also they could have released the defense production act and ramped up the production of p.p. and all the other supplies that we need and they didn't do that so the whole the

whole nations in a big big predicament of how we're going to be able to treat patients safely and give them the care that they need well a officials did issue a safer at home order to try and curb the spread of the virus gatherings for anything other than emergencies and political or religious purposes a band most non-essential companies are being forced to shut the city's marriage people to think twice about their plans over the festive period. there's no celebrating this year for our health care workers who are facing the toughest times they've ever seen for them with staying home for them we're skipping holiday parties every sacrifice makes a difference to stopping the covert 1000 so a modest santini and public recklessness that's to blame for the rapid spread of the virus i can't even imagine what it be like to be a governor right now a state. especially california california is a powerhouse right it's got the 6th largest economy in the world and. the fact

that you know businesses are shutting down you have a lot of very vocal californians and and they were giving him a tremendous amount of pressure to open up and i understand that but you could open up safely and people just weren't big saving why i would drive by bars and people would have their masks off and there be it be densely densely crowded and then you hear people like running out homes and having parties where there's 1000 people there so it's the public it's us it's the ignorance of the human being we continue to. defy the recommendations of the c.d.c. we continue to gather and i understand how important holidays are there just as important for me i haven't seen my family in mines it's terribly serious and people need to understand that you have to be careful and it doesn't matter your age it doesn't matter yes it dies it does it matters your agent your cum or pity but

there's plenty of younger people that have died from this. overall the east coast's new york state has now registered more than a 1000000 coated cases since the outbreak began on the daily number of deaths there is also at near record levels despite the mess being heavily criticized off to telling residents to stay home but then being seen with his wife on times square on new year's eve looks at how the control of a sea has caps an especially tough year for 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. 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 the 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. artsy new york. veteran american broadcaster larry king's being treated in hospital right now after being diagnosed with coated 90 he's currently the host of larry king now and also politicking. he's 87 and said to be in a stable condition but remains on the medical watch because of his age and also a number of other health issues king's career stretches back 6 decades including a lengthy spell at c.n.n. during which he's interviewed many of the world's leading figures from all of us here and we wish him the very best and of course a speedy recovery. welcome

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thinks. we fear to ask. about to the way to be noticed by the term all of the past year a surprising number of businesses actually made record profits in fact dozens of people in the united states became billionaires according to a report by the american based institute for policy studies but it's also against a backdrop of rising unemployment and hardship across the country as the ripples. 2020 the years that won't be missed coronavirus current virus to cope with 19 entire healthcare system is on the very brink of collapse lockdown shut down

major health hospitals and health care workers are bracing for an onslaught of coronavirus patients storing unemployment so many workers are still hurting very badly as the economy starts to tank hunger. and mass unemployment collapsed businesses whole industries brought to that knees stability security and choice just wiped out. we're hearing the same refrain all around the world families are very worried as they are forced to make impossible decisions do they risk the disease as they go out and money to buy food will stay home and watch their children go hungry but as some plunged into dire financial straits others soared to unimaginable heights how well it turns out that a pandemic is just the thing to help take the video conferencing up didn't even exist before 2020 no one knows will exist after 2020 no one knows and given its

c.e.o. pocketed 17000000000 dollars this year i doubt he's having sleepless nights also sleeping soundly jeff bezos with people border home amazon had a blockbuster year but according to the richest man or not us who made $75000000000.00 as the global economy just crashed in pa and apparently it wasn't all fun and games. there is no instruction manual for how to feel at a time like this and i know this causes stress for everyone my list of worries right now like yours i'm sure is long for my own children parents friends to the safety of you my colleagues to those who are already very sick and to the brutal home that will be caused by the economic fallout across our communities well that might not be a manual but that is math and it shows that bezos could give $105000.00 bonus to every single amazon waka and still be as rich as he was at the start of the

pandemic but he didn't what did happen was grueling lockdown shifts lack safety protocols and no moscow and firing people who spoke out. of the army that was a problem with this or that you have a belief that you don't you just let you track the virus just like we want you to get we want you to get sick you know here you know what happened afterwards is not enough to even. believe one is about protection well he was a body that workers will college of business and other c.e.o.'s as pandemic profiteers who have made billions while putting workers and their families friends and neighbors at risk if you think you couldn't beat making 75000000000 a year but you can just ask your own musk he might have been broken 2008 but he'll

raked in 123000000000 in 2020 and when the cash is flowing you know wanted to stop. all of them. forcibly imprisoning people in their homes. but might. break the people's freedoms and where there are already. people. america has conquered. bridges and. so instead of forcibly imprisoning people in their homes musk courage people to get back to work all face starvation and get evicted on no pay what's that lethal virus after all you know you're talking about saving humanity but these are humans that die in the process everybody dies 2020 the a one man could afford to just blow up his rocket while hundreds of millions are

left picking up the pieces of that lives. argentina has started a mass covert vaccination program with brushes. with health workers among the 1st to receive it the country follows russia umbrella rowson approving the shot argentina's health ministry says so far it's only seen minimal side effects like a headache or a fever and one percent of people who've taken it meanwhile president alberto fernandez has dismissed fears of using sputnik 3 saying it's fallen victim to a politically driven international smear campaign. from there is a very vicious dispute going on very cruel dispute and it's shameful one where by some discredit how this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also since the whole world is eager for the vaccine there is a geopolitical dispute who will be there want to distribute the vaccine corresponding riccardo ramiro from r.t. spanish channel reports next from outside a vaccination center in the capital. will be remembered in argentina as the start

of the biggest vaccination ever carried out in the country has received 300000 doses of v. now the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff caring for people infected with coded 19 they were the 1st to receive the vaccine across medical centers they worked hard to tackle the virus but it's been difficult not least because some of even seeing colleagues lose their lives to delivery of the vaccines cause for optimism. this is a ray of hope for us it's like we've crossed the line of fire and are now moving forward against this damned byron we had a very difficult year there was a lot of fear this is a great hope for us and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. i am satisfied i am very happy these are the emotions that come to my mind now i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector and happy

because this should end. in the province more than 300000 people signed up for voluntary vaccination with the provincial governor who was the 1st to be vaccinated in the region detail the significance of this new step in the fight it gives that pandemic. it seems to me today is the beginning of a new stage for us the largest vaccination campaign in the history of the province of when a serious begin this morning and this is a vaccine that not only prevents disease. but also represents a real trial of a sensitive group aleutian in the fight against coronavirus the campaign will involve around $7800.00 vaccinations centers as a whole distributing doses brought from russia everyone vaccinated will be supervised for possible side effects as well as to inform when a 2nd round of vaccines arrives more than 20000000 doses are expected to be delivered by february 11th major positive effect against the virus latin america commentator francisco domingo suspects that washington's leading the propaganda

campaign against v.t. in an effort to save face. and he's a sort of effort to create a cold war almost fear deeply by the united states but also by some of the european car. and this is day 8 the degree of russia and china i think the reason needs that they have to come to the conclusion that they suffered a massive baby goes with the fighting against that and then it because these countries china russia and a few others actually have demonstrated that if you have a set if you put people before profits if you actually cared about the population rather than anything else then the results of you know the most to be good whereas if you were to compare the formants all european countries in the united kingdom but also the united states where you have something close to a catastrophe then that's the reason why there is a huge comeback unfortunately she's bored by it was the media and the occasional

rides into you know supported by conservative forces around machree and matt prison who created them asked the question we're going to make you the country controllers you're the where the jobs. meanwhile in russia more than 26000 new covert cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours most infections are about older people with almost half of those catching the virus in moscow over 46 years old however one pensioner is proving that there is hope now about how old you are. i don't know what the secret of my recovery ends but i know that we need to keep calm and preserve our nerves but a. little

so she was hospitalized in. relatively severe condition she was upbeat and responded well to the treatment she recovered quickly. precious to us. pretty good. grateful to the doctors and. that's why she's had to force. some other world headlines this sunday there will be multiple arrests in the u.s. state of oregon as hundreds of anti lockdown protesters marched to the governor's mansion and the capitol building demonstrators were calling on people to deliberately spread covert to gain herd immunity and to use guns to defend restaurants that violate shutdown orders. in northeast place or broken up a 2nd massive new year's raven made arrests multi-day illegal policy was attended by

hundreds in a warehouse and its organizers now face 860-0000 euro fine. europe's most active volcano is still putting on a plastic performance with smoke and ash rising from its snowy peaks dozens of earthquakes hit cicely's mountain over the new year proceeded a few weeks earlier by flying rocks and. today's news are just some of the big stories we've covered over the past holiday week here on r.t. up next the reality of real estate in the u.s. how the housing market boosted the middle classes but at the expense of the ethnic minorities that. join me every thursday simon sure. yes the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you.

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