pics or there's i'm sure business i'll see you there. german extends its lockdown until the end of the month with tough anti pandemic rules them before. us we're counting is underway in the state of georgia for the remaining 2 american senate seats as all to play for with control of the chamber still in reach of either party i guess discuss the possible outcomes we're going to have a divided government and a very government still going to sink. boring in this country. you while the british court is set to decide whether to release julian assange on bail after a u.s. extradition request was denied on health grounds. and a french quarter allows the police to record a greater amount of personal information on activists and protesters all in the

name of state security that they spied spheres of basic freedoms being endangered. hi there and thanks for joining us this wednesday morning this is r.t. international. germany has toughened up a bit anti pandemic rules and extended its lockdown the country has now surpassed 35000 covert related deaths peter oliver looks at how berlin's trying to slow down the pace of the pandemic following a meeting between angle of merkel the german chancellor and the leaders of germany's 16 states locked down in the country will be extended until the 31st of january what that means is that all bars and restaurants schools gyms. non-essential retail will be closed there are some new measures being put in place

as well you'll now only be able to meet with one of the person from outside of a household other than your own. and in areas where the infections are above $200.00 per 100000 of the population there will be a limit on where you can travel it has to be within a 15 kilometer radius of your home in announcing these measures angular merkel said that they would necessary in good c.n.c. we are now very close to full capacity in some hospitals which is also one of the reasons for us to introduce these far reaching madness today epidemiologists hard hope that you would go further and extend this lockdown beyond the end of january no such look there for them there is also well some pushback already from some of those who agreed to this deal on tuesday we've heard from leaders in the state of

lower saxony saying they've got no intention of limiting the movement of citizens in their state voting book have said that they're reviewing the situation and whether they would be keen to do the same in their state and also we've heard from the state of mecklenburg western pomerania he said they want to get this school open now it's not just the state leaders that have been unhappy with lockdowns we have seen demonstrations here in germany against the measures that have been put in place just last weekend in nuremberg the riot police have to be called. to. well german chancellor angela merkel also defended the vaccination program in germany which had come in for criticism

for moving at a pretty much the late sealed pace she said that the right things were being done to ensure that jerk. emmons got the vaccinations that they needed earlier we heard from again spawn the german health minister who said. all people in germany who wanted a vaccination should be able to receive one by the summer of this year well the new measures that were brought in on tuesday they're going to be reviewed again on the 25th of january well be decided if they need to be extended through into february. donald trump has worn down teeth for activists to stay away from washington ahead of a stop the steel rally by his supporters the us president also ordered federal officials to treat the n.t. the movement as a terrorist one n.t. for activists have brutally attacked our law abiding friends neighbors and business owners and destroyed historic landmarks that our communities have cherished for

decades this violence and lawlessness has no place in the united states and will be called out for the domestic terrorism that it is. from supporters will gather in washington on wednesday in a last ditch protest against the election results include be officially confirmed by congress we expect later in the day city officials fear and trouble have called in the national guard and these kaleb open picks up the story. this is it wednesday is the day that congress takes the final steps in certifying the next president however a storm seems to be brewing that ate the surface as washington d.c. braces itself for a delusional maggots the porters they are heading to the capitol for a last ditch effort with a massive rally in the hopes of keeping donald trump in the white house while that's unlikely one thing is for sure we better batter down the hatches because it is likely to be a wild day. the

democratic mayor balancer is very worried about the upcoming rally that is why she asked the national guard to step in in a country that is so divided at the moment it's no surprise that some find that to be somewhat hypocritical this democratic mayor made no such call for the national guard of the military to intervene when black lives matter re tadic in washington d.c. in fact she called for the withdrawal of forces deployed to quell the riots may have been real a general term supporters one the ones bronzing a looting big screen t.v.'s from best buy tearing down the lincoln statues torching

churches throwing rocks at police and basing up innocent bystanders those who are b.l.m. and and other joe biden supporters there is some genuine cause. as for concern though local police say guns could be involved we have received some information that there are individuals intent on bringing firearms into our city and that just will not be tolerated local police have posted signs all over the downtown d.c. area reminding people that it is illegal to carry guns now things might indeed get intense given what we've seen between the 2 sides in the past.

as the 2020 election saga reaches its dramatic climax and the sun finally sets on the turbulent trump presidency something tells me that even after the crowds clear away and the new president is inaugurated trump won't be gone and neither will his supporters caleb mop and r.t. new york. meanwhile the u.s. state of georgia reese counting votes in a crucial race to decide who controlled the american senate for the next 2 years sprezzatura president elect biden confident their respective parties will claim victory. politicians care not assert take or see our powers given granted to party american people room and we could never give that up if the liberal democrats take the senate or the white house and then i think in this white house we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you with the 2nd round vote in georgia was held after last november so no 'd clear winners for the states

to the senate seats democrats now have to win seats to take control of the chamber republicans need just one seat to retain their advantage as things stand the democratic candidates have a small lead in both positions with some agencies having already called the race for one of my colleague neil discuss the possible outcomes with our guests. a lot resting on voters of one state normally people don't know whether their senators will control the balance of power in congress when taking to the polls this is the exact opposite is that regardless of what happens in georgia over the next few days we are potentially looking at an interregnum where we're not going to see much legislation get passed you know through either chamber that there is a massive split in the republican party right now you have 12 g.o.p. senators for instance who are still trying to contest the election of president elect joe biden against the wishes of their own majority leader mitch mcconnell but

bottom line unless we see some things like the bus or reform which the minority leader chuck schumer has indicated he may or may not get into i think the point stands that we're going to have a divided government and a very government for the next 2 years at least they believe that should the senate go democratic what you would see is going on the district of columbia d.c. as a state puerto rico as a state with a permanent democratic senators plus they remove all of the filibuster rule which is basically what allow democrats to write any legislation do whatever they want to proceed to impact the supreme court and horror after horror of 2 including a socialist a o c type of what it shows that people are hearing and i think it should get a big exaggerated just a tad i guess a lot of truth to that so it seems right now that i don't believe both democrats

would when but surely one could absolutely especially with the way we vote in this country even if only in the worst case scenario happens if it's even an action of the story being made near that along with publicans tend to believe what happened that's really bad i mean it is still. going to sink because. already know democrats actually don't like the constitution they believe it's a living document but it is not if it's a living document then that means it has no real bearing it means it can be whatever you choose for it to believe it's the end of the republic the show boring in this country do is going to be nothing to talk about for years of joe biden oh my god a recent nationwide survey suggested over 70 percent of republican voters want their legislators to be more like trial than average member what american citizens are going to do tomorrow is to say i have a voice i think my vote was stolen right or wrong and i'm going to speak up but if

you go and just look at what was done and blatantly of the absolute abject aft is a matter of fact the only one of the only instances of fraud was found to be a trump supporter who is also trying to build for his dead mother so that's why but what i would say is that the republican party has become the vanguard for whiteness and white supremacy that cannot be hidden anymore and if it doesn't do any bread and it mentioned this idea of civil war yet we are headed to that unfortunately i do agree it's time to get back to a politics that is not so divided that is full of acquiescing good but now it's we can have unity with you better not relative to them or be no unity with you because you don't believe in liberty you don't care even a little right and never had unity areas you because the weak party was feckless the party was spineless and the g.o.p. is becoming feckless and spineless and if they don't get a spine soon they're going to go away. now

later on wednesday a british court will decide whether or not to release julian assange comes after his extradition to the us was blocked earlier in the wake. well despite the u.k. ruling against extradition press freedom groups are concerned by what the judge had to say she maintains the u.s. has a solid case against this the show he refused to send him stateside because of concerns over his mental health or she says that it will fall into pale. doug dillon says it's wrong that a song is still being detained. personally i'm very happy for him that he won't be extradited to do wes so far though i'm not happy with the ruling as i think that his mental conditions have nothing to do with the protection of press freedoms and

i think it's kind of problematic to call his health issues and a risk of potential suicide as the only reasons to dodge his extradition i must say that the decision is not a reason to celebrate the freedom of speech free speech and the freedom of the media are still on trial bench would join us on the judge literally endorsed all the charges from the u.s. side and therefore back to criminalize ation of investigative journalism so unfortunately the battle is yet to end i'd like to state that the whole process wasn't supposed to exist at all because it doesn't fit with the constitutional state it embodies did talk of freedom of speech and press and this unprecedented case was created only under u.s. pressure do you key was washington's partner in crime as it held an innocent journalist in a maximum security prison for more than a year and a half in custody as if he was a particularly dangerous terrorist where he was isolated in his cell for 23 hours a day where he wasn't being protected since the very beginning of the pandemic he

didn't put anyone in danger but the opposite surely before the verdict it was disclosed that he warned u.s. government about the leak he warned that it was necessary to protect those mentioned in domes leaks he did everything to protect them in fact he disclosed crimes he made them public corruption and torture he published everything that was wrong so it won't happen again and that's why it's necessary to put. not him but those who committed those crimes are those who gave the orders. join me every thursday simon show and i'll be speaking to get us out of the world of politics sports business i'm sure. i'll see you then.

something seems wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out these days become educated and gain strength because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development that only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down.

welcome back a french court has ruled that the police can record detail personal information relating to activists and protesters all in the name of state security trade unions say the noting down political and religious beliefs and social media activity endangers basic freedoms with more from paris. france's highest administrative court has found itself in the midst of a toxic debate the council of state has approved plans by the government to broaden the information that can be collected about individuals for intelligence files this includes political or religious convictions and if someone is a member of a union these decrees also authorize the recording of a person's social networks or even health data revealing a particular danger leading to an infringement of the right to demonstrate to

stigmatize ation the freedom of opinion union action the fact of being a member of the union which suggests that being a member of a trade union could be associated in one way or another with the imperatives of internal security state security the fight against terrorism so what are these intelligence files and what exactly are they used for the decrees relate to 3 files these used to be limited to being about hooligans or violent demonstrators now they are being expanded to the list of data of people suspected of terrorist activities all those likely to undermine the integrity of france and its institutions files like this can help security services to keep an eye on individuals who are seen to pose a threat to sunny's lomis terrorist attacks were fooled in 202033 since 2017 but some argue that concept behind these decrees is

vague at best. the fact the authorities can collect data on a lifestyle a vague definition from the outset creates the threat of arbitrary nish each of us can become a subject of data collection if our behavior is considered a likely threats to public safety. the green light for these decrees also comes at a particular. really sensitive time here in france at the end of 2020 there were mass demonstrations against controversial draw flows north by the government.

meanwhile some police unions have the global security not going far enough they say officers faced a threats just for doing their jobs and being targeted just this week to do officers will be. carrying a routine traffic stop but critics say these new these decrees show would all thora tarion drift in france this argument is waved like a red rag but it is not the subject terrorism is one of the goals but the main thing is the fight against hooligans sex the underground economy and protests violent terrorism is used to carry out political surveillance it is our trade union activity our reason for being which is targeted these decrees maintain the confusion between an activist a member even an employee who signs a petition and as a legal person the c g t can be called into question it is

a risk for social democracy it's not the 1st time france has tried this in 2008 at norwich the phage database which provoked outrage as it aimed to collect data around similar themes political and religious affiliation it was eventually dropped but given this a recent push by the french government to move towards tighter security measures despite the mass demonstrations and the. prove all that's come from the council of state many are concerned that france has crossed a red line and it may not retrieve it challenged even ski r.t. paris. global or markets have been handed a new year boost after russia and saudi arabia reached a compromise over oil production for the next 2 months a group of major producers agreed to keep the oil supply broadly steady in february and march that's after the pandemic for some economies back into lockdown while

governments struggle to roll out vaccines while russia and kazakhstan have been permitted to wear their combined 75000 barrels a day for both of those months saudi arabia pledged an additional unilateral cut of a 1000000 barrels a day that he's been bused breaks down the deal you can see the full program here later today. saudi arabia and russia they were deadlocked monday over whether their producer's alliance should boost crude output but were able to actually come to an agreement on tuesday why was there such a deadlock and what was this compromise well it really came down to a time when there was an original e. agreed to timeline that said last year when we were in the middle of this coronavirus that production levels would be cut as russia which kind of grew over seas this opec plus a group of about 10 different suppliers worldwide saudi arabia represents about 11 russia had agreed to go ahead and a hold down production but they had a deadline that was supposed to expire at the beginning of january in 2021 that

would allow the production levels to come up again russia was supposed to start producing at least another half 1000000 barrels a day of oil but what the saudis are saying is let's hold off and let's wait that's what they couldn't come to an agreement on monday early the concerns over the speed of vaccine rollouts were actually part of the debate between saudi arabia and russia over oil production why is that well yeah it really comes down to when it is normal whatever normal is ultimately going to look like going to be reached again and that's what it really comes down to as well as what the saudis are saying and their argument to the russians on monday was is that there is a vaccine rollout that's happening across the world is happening in the united states it's happening in europe but it's happening very slowly much slower than had been anticipated as you know brand right now in the u.s. only about a 3rd of the vaccine supply that sitting in hospitals right now has actually been been administered and so because it's taking longer considering the fact that we if we do go back into another series of lockdowns as serious as we saw in the

summertime you know air travel comes to a halt. vehicle travel comes to a halt there's just so many things that slow down in terms of oil production or prices jumped 5 percent on use the deadlock over the fed all output levels have been broken if there's a slight drop on cheese they do you to the continued uncertainty saudi arabia's permanent representative to the u.n. told us he hopes the old market will recover and stabilizing. well the fact that we are able to reach agreements with russia is a positive indication for all picked once that all clicked once is there to stay and we'll continue to win tin discussions a coalition without major players in the market so i think it all indicates a positive outlook i think other nations will benefit from this agreement any rate . that is in the form of reduced output generally although that is in the for better prices so i think they will go along with this agreement and then they will

support it and we are in continuous contact with our partners and we try to do something which rights to use it was so that it should we think that there will be a recovery in the oil markets with a new year and with the improved economic situation and that will increase of course tutti for. cruising and selling large amounts quantities. finally in our recap of big stories of 2020 who most 50000 refugees return to their homes in a go to car back that's according to russia's ministry of defense the disputed region continues to recover 2 months after the territorial war between armenia and azerbaijan stopped the military conflict cost thousands their lives.

i'm being told it's about $160.00 millimeters in caliber which makes it a truly formidable project tile and you can see the amount of damage that it did here 1st since here used to be the gates well they're now completely gone these areas are being shelled well lentulus and even though the cloak is ability position is about 3 to 4 kilometers away. that way but what you're hearing right now is them firing. is one. we're being told to go to get down in the bomb shelter this is where we're going to stay for now and then wait it out wait out the shelling. when you have no course to smoke at it. i was in my room i was going to take when there was a loud bang it wasn't bearable there was one massive impact i suppose of rubble

doris retard their hinges and windows shattered there isn't much left of the house . his shelling in the city right now this is the least safest place. is the sluice to correct in this was when you and some of the. you were when we distributed to. ok that was it that was very brief that was very quick but it's simply way way too dangerous for us to stay here for long that. 2 strikes obliterating everything in their path the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed. every fire and we have to leave out.

the needs of because they mean in the in the russian peacekeeping contingent is being deployed on the. contact line and the corridor linking the region to the republican just you can do that i see is getting a. 5th of the dome and because of the feel of them. is for people. to. do it might my. mother mrs complied those closely you could feel the urge to move. and that brings you right to today to join me for more not top stories in just over half an hour. 2021 are going to c.n.n.

staying phenomenon in point 21 you know america has been exporting its inflation and china for 20 years and now china's caught up to america and now all that money of printing that's been going on for 2025 years is going to show up as real inflation. i got this 8 millimeter film purely by accident. time period 963 to 65 place damascus. i was old don't know why young. i've watched it many times a man posing in monuments and all poster of the hollywood premiere of town without pity and a fight in a minute so without bruises. i had my doubts if i should waste my time on this

but i came back to that film over and over again tracing a sequence of events happening in syria at the time and most of those who worked that alone would reveal. any which will say no deal curiosity is like a petrol motion machine did lives on without a lunch break and then suddenly i saw him stop let's take another look now at low speed this is key like 0 on a super spy who some consider a national hero and others and evil villain an israeli double o. 7. because it's blood some and they at the. at the on shore still.