germany extends its lockdown until the end of the month with tougher rules than before. counting the way in the state of georgia for the remaining 2 american senate seats. with control of the chamber still in reach of either party our guests discuss the possible outcomes we're going to have a divided government and a very. sick. in this country. a british court is set to decide whether to release julian assange after u.s. extradition request is denied on health grounds. and a french court allows the police to record a greater amount of personal information on activists and protesters all in the name of state security despite fears basic freedoms are being endangered.

hi there thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. first this hour germany has toughened up its. rules and extended its lockdown the country has now surpassed $35000.00 covert related deaths peter all of it takes a look at alberta trying to slow 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 manned 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 band in areas where 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. 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's 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 vote in both of 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 cools 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. well german chancellor angela merkel also defended the vaccination program in germany which had come in for criticism for moving at

a pretty much gleg single pace she said that the right things were being done to ensure that germans got the vaccinations that they needed earlier we heard from un spahn the german health minister 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 warned the ante for activists to stay away from washington ahead of a stop the steel rally by his supporters us president also ordered federal officials to treat the n.t. for 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. and from supporters have been gathering in washington for a rally on wednesday in a last ditch protest against the election results who will be officially confirmed by congress later in the day city officials fearing trouble of called in the national guard on the scale of more pain 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 supporters 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 1000 or is very worried about the upcoming rally that is why she asked the national guard to step 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 was a real a general term supporters one the ones running a looting big screen t.v.'s from best buy tearing down the lincoln statues torching

churches throwing rocks at police beating up innocent bystanders those were b.l.m. and the other joe biden supporters there is some genuine cause for concern now 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 down. sound 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 mopp and r.t. new york. meanwhile the u.s. state of georgia is counting votes in a crucial race to decide who will control the american senate for the next he is president trump and president elect bond both say they're confident their respective parties will win. politicians cannot assert take or see our powers given granted by your burka people alone 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. the 2nd round coach in georgia was held after last november so no clear witness for the state's 2 senate seats democrats now have to win both seats to take control of the chamber

the republicans need only one seat to retain their advantage as things stand the democratic candidates have a small lead in both seats and some agencies have already called the race for one of them my colleague in a neil discussed the possible outcomes with our guests. resting on fodor's of one state normally people don't know whether their senators will control the fall and 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 and 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 conceive past the election of president elect joe biden against the wishes of their own majority leader mitch mcconnell but it's 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 a state with permanent democratic senators plus there we move on. 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's what people are hearing and i think it's a good 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. the worst case scenario happens if it's even a fraction of the story being made near that a lot of republicans tend to believe what happened that's still really bad i mean it is still. going to sink because we 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 that means it can be whatever you choose for it to believe it's the end of the republic it's going to be so 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 trump 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 it the absolute abject theft 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. that unfortunately i do agree it's time to get back to a politics that is not so divided that is full of acquiescing but now it's we. with you reynolds you are going to be no unity with you because you don't believe in liberty you don't believe in an eagle right we were never here at unity if you because the party was feckless the party was spineless and the g.o.p. is becoming feckless spineless and if they don't get a spine soon they're going to go away. coming up later

on wednesday a british court will decide whether or not to release julian assange on bail it comes after his extradition to the us was blocked earlier in the week. despite the u.k. ruling against extradition and press freedom groups are concerned by what the judge had to say she maintained the u.s. has a solid case against the sarge and she only refused to send him stateside because of concerns about his mental health or shinton says it will file an appeal german m.p. 7 doug dillon says it's wrong or sounds is still being detained. that's what he's 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 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 us government about the leak he warned that it was necessary to protect those mentioned in dollars 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 in jail not him but those who committed those crimes or those who gave the orders.

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 developments only closely resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk.

ok back in french culture has ruled that the police can recall details personal information relating to activists and protesters in the name of state security. noting down political and religious beliefs and social media activity in danger basic freedoms with more on this. 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 succeeding 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 mis each of us can become a subject of data collection if our behavior is considered a likely threat 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 2 controversial draft laws ne 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 you officers were. doing 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 so the underground economy and protests violent jenner is misused 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 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. well that's come from the council of state many are concerned that france has crossed a red line and it may not retrieve it charlotte devinsky after paris. global oil markets have been handed a new year boost after russia and saudi arabia reached a compromise overall 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 government struggled to roll out vaccines and while russia and kazakhstan have been

permitted to wear the combined 75000 barrels a day for both those months so i do rabia pledged an additional unilateral cut of a 1000000 barrels a day. 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. and finally in a recount of big stories of 2020 almost 50000. returned to their homes in the go in a car or bike according to russia's ministry of defense the disputed region continues to recover 2 months after the territorial war there between armenia and azerbaijan stopped the military conflict cost thousands of lives. i'm being told it's about $160.00 millimeters in caliber which makes it a truly formidable project and you can see the amount of damage that it did here for instance here used to be the gates well they are now completely gone these areas are being shelled relentlessly even though the closest military position is

about 3 to 4 kilometers away that way but what you're hearing right now is them firing. is when. we're being told to go to get down into bomb shelter this is where we're going to stay for now and then wait out wait out the shelling. going you know of course to get 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. is shelling the city right now this is the least safest place. is lose lose to the curriculum as was. some of the. you would been in we do it is true we're going to do. 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 the. 2 strikes obliterating everything in their path the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed. and we had to leave out. it was really nice if it was labor union the russian peacekeeping contingent is being deployed on the. contact line on the card or linking the region to the republican army and just you can do i see is getting a. bit

better than in your book domain. about the feel of the more. you spotted bookstore joy good night my. mother i says can plug the 1st neither has the other post in it . appreciate you staying with us here this afternoon international updates coming your way in half an hour.

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contains material that may be disturbing including references to illegal sex drugs and drug use if you were discretion is advised. you were going on the ground a show that will likely have more viewers from around the world this week of dry headline making interview with white house going to virus advise a professor scott atlas the mainstream media reaction and. after his subsequent apology for his apparent how to stop one man from coming on the show as voters elect the president of the united states president all trump person a lawyer and former mayor of new york city rudy giuliani joins me now via skype from washington d.c. rudy welcome to going on the ground especially with the election why have you called today's election the most important in your lifetime well i think there's such a stark difference between the directions in which the 2 candidates would take the country i mean donald trump would take it in the direction of free enterprise continued growth in our economy which he brought to the highest point it's ever been right before the pandemic beyond any other american president more jobs higher

income better growth that all 'd of a sudden we got hit by the endemic in all the democrats were predicting to your depression 25 percent unemployment will never get out of it will take years and here we are once 34 months later we had 3 months of record job growth record each month set a record for job growth our g.d.p. growth this year was this is this this must was phenomenal $33.00 and a 3rd percent that's 3 times higher than our record in the past and the end result of all this is were about 75 david percent of the way back we're further back than any any of our allies by far we've got a stronger economy than any any of them well that our economy that recess or even though in many ways we won it pretty much one of the hardest well it is oh it's one of the about one thing about donald trump is you can't quarrel with the facts.