a ah, top headlines here, one r t, an american know suspended from work off to refusing to take a coven, short on religious grounds. this comes as the by the administration, extends 9 to 3 jobs to private companies. i, unfortunately, they deemed that my religious beliefs were not sincere. it's kind of surreal, honestly, because i love my job and i have been a coven nurse for since the beginning germany prepares to tighten restrictions on the un vaccinated. as daily covert cases saw 2 old time reco it's, it's pushing the job and a health care system to the limit. also in the program, a russian researcher in america who contributed to the infamous steel dossier on trump selection ties to russia is charged with lying to the f. b i. and

finally, a backlash against woke nurses seen as one of the key factors toning u. s. vote who's hard against the democrats as they suffer a series of defeats and local elections. ah, oh boy, what can i way to the weekend here were naughty international. welcome to the friday program, just off to 1 pm here in the u. s. has a registered 81000 cobra cases in the past day. it's the world's highest number and come despite the government's all out efforts to get people vaccinated on mass, including through a federal mandate. that pressure, however, is being met with fierce resistance, and one dose in california has been suspended by private hospital after she refused to take a cobra shot. so she filmed herself being a school hit away from her walk. i am being escorted out of kaiser

permanente hospital for my religious beliefs because i don't want to get a job. they deemed that my religious beliefs were not sincere. and i was upset about that because i haven't really sincere religious beliefs and convictions. and i wanted to get answers from the hospital as to some random h r person deciding that my livelihood was now going in jeopardy because they didn't believe that i really have sincere beliefs in my christian faith is kind of surreal, honestly, because i love my job and i have been a coven nurse for since the beginning washington's controversial workplace vaccine . the mandate has now expanded to small businesses. all workers now have to get a vaccine, or at least a pcr test every single week. penalties for employers start at $14000.00 and could

go all the way up to that figure right there. are several states have already opposed the measure and filed swift lawsuit against the biden administration. now the requirements don't cover every one. however, there are some exemptions, they include a certain medical conditions, pregnancy, or even religious beliefs. the last one, though, is particularly challenging as the belief must be sincere enough to justify the exemption. how of a federal agencies can refuse to grant medical or religious exemptions if they feel like it of a company that owns the hospital has suspended get this more than 2000 employees for refusing vaccinations. it says they'll be able to return to work as soon as they get the shot. however, victoria jensen says she's done everything necessary to keep staff and patients safe. but her religious views at the end of the day will just kick to the curb. i made a choice for myself and i think everyone is should have the freedom to make their

personal choice. i know a lot of people who did not want to get this vaccine but did it because they didn't feel they were pressured so much. they didn't feel like they could, could move for and they just went ahead and took it. and i respect their decision to their medical freedom. i respect people who don't agree with me. this is america . and it's a beautiful thing when you can disagree with each other. that's what freedom is. we don't have freedom if we don't have people that disagree. now we should say here, one naughty that the u. n. of the w h. o continue to stress. the pandemic cannot be stopped through mass inoculation or natural immunity. what meantime, germany has not registered its highest ever daily spike raising the prospect of tough new restriction soon to come more than 35000 cases reported in just the past 24 hours. that makes it the world's 4th highest rate. the latest wave is taking a toll on hospitals. the number of patients and intensive care has searched by 25

percent. and one intensive care doctor in nuremberg says the health care system is being pushed to the limit. first, the situation is very tense. all the buds are full, we're still trying to take care of the urgent cases as best we can. on the one hand we treat many cobra patients, but we also have to provide the rest of the medical care that is normally done. hospitals all reach the limits, especially the larger hospitals that kind of for the most severe patients, both with and without cove, it for medical stuff, we're now in the 4th wave is a huge burden. whatever. when i, several german regions are now preparing tough new restrictions. as all europe correspondent, peter, all of us now reports from but cove. it figures in germany to not make for good reading as the theatre forth wave is very low to whistles. if we do not act this 4th wave will again bring a great deal of suffering. many people will fall seriously ill and die, and the health services will be under extreme pressure again. around 67 percent of

the german population is fully vaccinated, but the numbers coming forward has plateaued in recent months. fronting politicians to fear that a new type of pandemic could be upon us. we are currently experiencing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, which is massive. there would be few current of ours patients on intensive care units. if more people would let themselves be vaccinated. the big worry now is that those people who haven't gone for a vaccination have no intention of doing so. and that may well lead to more restrictions on what people who haven't being jumped can do. if the pandemic situation in hospitals worsens than further restrictions for unvaccinated people are possible, some of germany, 16 states on waiting for a federal decision to be made. and i've already put in place new measures is a very, a mask wearing will be mandated in schools in the state of hassan. there's going to

be a new testing system put in place for those. going to visit hospitals, old care homes, and in the state of bottom voting book, where you're going to need to show a p c r test if your room vaccinated and wants to go to a bar, a restaurant, or theater. german business leaders want the government to give them the rights to impose the so called 3 g system. that means that anybody who is in vaccinated recovered or tested could be bod, from employment. some of germany's biggest companies of already brought in controversial canteen segregation, employees who being double jobs, can sit together and eats as normal. those who have nots or choose not to reveal their vaccine status, must remain in a cordoned off area where masks have to be worn when not eating. chemical giant via told r t. they may even take this further. depending on specific facility needs, a separate 2 g area is also created which offers immunized to employees

a space with less distance to each other on a voluntary basis. this will be planned, enclosed cooperation with work to represent tapes and site management. in the uncontrolled area of the can seen the distance root of to meters from each other continues to exist and individual sitting is offered. all the big names in the german business world say they're reviewing the situation. goods some company say this just isn't the way forward. in the contains as of today now distinction is made between and vaccinated and vaccinated are recovered and blaze. currently we're not consider in separate contin areas, which it every one equally with germany, posting record daily cove. it case numbers, politicians, business leaders, and health care professionals all agree that something has to be done and all bracing for things to potentially get worse over the coming winter months. peter, all of a r t though in one of the recent local elections in america, dealt

a series of shock defeats for the bite, the ministration in new jersey. for example, a self funded truck driver ousted a democrat as president of the state senate. they're now grubbing signs of a backlash against so called woke policies, as aunt he's dmitri polk takes a very hard look. while it's looking like a case of you reap what you sow. turns out, forcing progressive policies on people who don't want them. can lead to surprising results at the polls case in point, the latest elections in the us, one of the biggest upsets, came from the state of virginia, where g o p. candidates, unexpectedly swept to victory and even established the 1st republican governor of virginia in over a decade. so let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reiterate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. god bless you all,

god bless to come. meanwhile, in other states, what was supposed to be a walk in the park for the democrats turned into a grueling battle with new jersey governor barely coming out on top to retain his seat. but if that wasn't already enough, i will wake up call for democrats. what happened next in new jersey amounted to political earthquake, edward d'oeuvre, a truck driver who raised $10000.00, but apparently spent only a $153.31 on coffee and flyers managed to defeat the states. long time senate leader, democrat, steve sweeney, who had held his seat for over a decade and was considered the 2nd most powerful person in the state. it's like a movie script come to life. but how could something like this actually happen? well, the answer seems to be left. he policies. steve sweeney, has spent the last decade leading the effort to make new jersey the most tech state in the nation. his defeat displays how garden state voters have rejected the

socialist policies coming out of democrat controlled trenton and they're hungry for fiscal sanity once again. so it turns out that raising taxes the funding, the police and ramming critical race theory down school children's throats is not quite as popular as the left and biden's administration would have you believe what went wrong is just stupid woke this. i mean this, steve and the police lunacy this take abraham lincoln's name of schools. i mean that people see that it's just really has a suppressive effect all across the country around the democrats. some of these people need to go to a woke detox and throw something they're expressing a language that people just don't use and as backlash in of frustration of that. but while woke policies my seem like the likely explanation for why democrats lost so many seeds, there are those who actually see the whole thing as a resurgence of white supremacy. even if the people elected are, you know, black. it's not the messaging folks. this country simply loves white supremacy.

white women are thrilled to have a cause in our lane that we can throw ourselves behind critical race theory, panic in which we can wring their hands about white children and obfuscate our white supremacy. this is what white women have done best since the fifties and will continue to do. dear media. republican voters are not excited by the issue of education. republican voters are excited by the issue of white supremacy. while identity politics doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, in the u. s. political landscape, it's safe to say that elections like the ones in virginia, new jersey, highlight the average americans feelings towards the left and biden's policies in particular. and it seems they want a long overdue change of tone. the domestic side is not good. i mean, i do not think the world politics is good direction to go. and we've even got disagreements within the democratic party. what's almost like 2 different parties when you've got the progressive, instead of pushing for one side,

you've got modern on another side, and she's most qualified. i mean, do, they lost their unifying figure. they're unifying sager with president trump and, and now they're still trying to run against president trumpet, who's not there. if things continue the way they are, i think you're gonna see a huge, huge red wave. come come with the mid terms and you'll see both the senate in the house. what the bottom line is. they need to listen to the people and what the people want. don't some things down the people's throat that they're not interested in. and that they do not believe the governor of florida has become the latest u. s. politician to embrace the popular let's go brandon. the coated dig president joe biden was and taken up by the crowd at a rally event. when you look at the biden, the brand in administration, in terms of wow, hold on, let's go. brandon joke started often. nbc reporter,

apparently misheard racing fans, chanting of foul mouth insulted joe biden. it went viral very quickly. first, at sporting events, then at the anti government protests and now never too late to the party. politicians are jumping on the bandwagon. oh, let's go brand, then they will you. he'll put america back where you found it. leave it to hell alone. let's go. brandon. how you'll back 1st go braver. let's go brendan, from the record levels of inflation to the crisis at our southern border. americans are fed up with biden's dangerous liberal policies. we spoke with political comment at a nico house are things that beyond the whole, brandon joke is actually a deep sense of disappointment with the biden administration, but particularly among those who voted for while they play civility. civility

politics, you have real people who are suffering from real problems, nbc put out a poll that show joe biden has about a 46 percent approval rating, which would be significantly less than what he's had throughout his presidency. once again, it has only been a year or less than a year, really. and so the fact that this chance becomes as popularized as it has, and the fact that that coincides with his taking a poll numbers, i think it's fair to say that people do really feel like that. i mean, you're you from, from our perspective, there's not a single promise that joe biden has put out there that he is kept. i mean from a whether, whether you wanna talk about before the campaign even finished, or in a week to week basis every he throws carrots and never actually does what he says he's going to do. and at that point, a lot of people just feel like, you know, let's go brandon, the mainstream media, lisa neal, liberal mainstream media's fault. this became a thing. and i felt like it's very representative of emblematic and emblematic of

what we saw during the election every time joe biden would do something bad. they would try to whitewash whatever he did. and for tim like it never happened. in fact, sometimes for to like it was a good thing, but we are approaching the half way point to all the program here when i came to national until to come, a museum and the u. k. for example, has removed the portrait of a 19th century war hero over his ties to slavery. that story and much more way back in about 60 seconds. ah . join me every thursday on the alex salmon show. i'll be speaking to guess with the world of politics. spoke business, i'm show business, i'll see you then. mm oh,

the wrong one. i'll just don't hold any world to shave out disdain. because the answer to an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground. love adult is always built on a structure that was created in childhood. so without understanding of childhood relationship, it becomes very hard to understand, to adult relationships. and that's why it's incredibly important and to be able to have a basic understanding of what motivates you as an emotional, be in the

your friday stories are naughty. so a russian analyst who contributed to the infamous, steeled off ca, on alleged trump, russian ties as well, facing prison time in america. he go to don jenko has been charged with lying and his testimony to the f. b. i found guilty. he faces up to 25 years behind bars. don shanker, was arrested on thursday. i am released on bail while the investigation gets going earlier, correspond daniel hawkins took us through the case from russia collusion saw that really shows no sign of abating even 5 years on this arrest. we were dancing. there was just a new twist in this plot, but we do know dancing go is a russian born analysts living and working in the us. he's been taken into custody by the federal agents. he has been charged with 5 counts of making false statements to investigators regarding his sources of information which were later included in still dossier and handed over to the f b. i. those allegations of

a trump criminal conspiracy to try to steal the presidential elections. and they were fueled in part, at least by documents such as the steel dossier, which was a report written by full aubrey spy crew of a steel filled with simulations. as we say, a conspiracy between trump and criminal to win the election. now the document came in full very heavy criticism. a lot of it was debunked by the muller pro, but indeed, a doubt was cast on much of the information within it. a body will to himself, i'm prepared to accept that, not everything in the dossier is 100 percent accurate. i've yet to be convinced that that is one of them. and it's worth mentioning both the original investigation . and this one have both been labeled politicized by critics and supporters of donald trump. like it's been a highly divisive issue. but why is this significant? because if dancing code is found guilty and he has already been charged, this makes him a 3rd person to have criminal action bought against him. as a result of this problem, we've had one cybersecurity law charged again with lying to be as part of this

probe, a federal agent last year, meeting to offering an email with regards to this probe. so the more john durham digs, the more he finds, and certainly for all more arrests and charges, it's anyone's guess as to just how deep this pro could go into that original investigation. at a trump, russia collusion legal and the media analyst, lionel thinks the entire steel dossier was based on a network of falsities. they based all of this surveillance on lie after lie after lie down, was stitched together and put into this thing called at darcy. for some reason, a pack of lies is elevated. does i mean, is superior status by giving it the audrey fancy, sch, mancy da, ca all love these lawyers who went after and claimed that trump was colluding with russia. and it was all bass or life. you mean to tell me nobody knew there's nobody ever listen to the stories. it said this is ridiculous. this is,

this is preposterous. no, they went with it because they felt as though nobody's going to stop us. we have impunity. it's against trump went away care, because at that time, anything about trump, when and if you threw in russia. oh my god, it was it just intrigued us. john durham is a no nonsense prosecutor. most of us forgot about him. well, now he is apparently cranking this out and let me tell you, i mean, it's about time a museum in the u. k. has removed a picture of a war hero over his ties to slavery. lieutenant general sir thomas picked and was the most senior british officer to die in the battle of waterloo in 1815. his portraits had been on display of the national museum wales and caught it for more than a century while being regarded as a public hero. he's also badly known for his treatment of slaves and the sanctioning of torture during his governance of trinidad at the turn of the 19th

century. now the museum commissioned a year long project, probing the legacy of picton, and plans to re display and re interpret the portrait in a re angling of the way he's presented. for now, however pickens portrait will just be replaced for the museums. decision has certainly been met with some skepticism. as a journalist, i feel uneasy about this element of censoring history should not picked and remain on display as a reminder to wales of an aspect of its past. no matter how disgraceful is that general sir thomas picked and killed in action at the battle of waterloo. in 1815 history is not yours discard histories there to learn from. so the same thing never happens again. the museum should be ashamed of itself. sir thomas picton was the most senior british officer to die at waterloo face in napoleon. his picture has just been removed from welsh national museum. no time for heroes. one day all humans will be canceled. because once upon a time they were owning cars, the museums collections director things the pitches removal was a,

an important step in re examining national collections. this is not, however, the 1st time the picked and related art has been removed. earlier this year, the card of city council decided to put away a marble statue of him from the city hall and journalist at mark of steed things for moving odd at the end of the day can be very counterproductive. i am reluctant to judge people from the past by the standards we live by to day. i mean times have changed massively. even in the last 3040 years, the painting should be available in cardiff museum for the public to say visitors to safe a school expeditions for children to see. but there should be a plaque underneath it, explaining that this man's legacy is hugely next. he had an appalling track record in terms of his brother's governor of trinidad, particularly in the treatment of the 14 year old girl. but also he showed incredible bravery at the battle of waterloo, when taking on the evil of napoleon. a nice things need to be put into a fuller context, the proper context. but at the same time, censoring people is not the solution. and censoring works of art is not the

solution. the past doesn't disappear, just because you're taking down paintings or tearing literature or tearing down statues. you've got to confront these things, head on and put it into a proper context. and that's how you build bridges. and that's how you, you build a coherent society. the british armed forces are wasting billions of pounds a year on procurement contracts, as, according to a new parliamentary spending watchdog report, it comes off to the ministry of defense received a substantial boost to its budget. the department system for delivering major equipment capabilities is broken and is repeatedly wasting taxpayers money. we are deeply concerned about departmental witnesses, inability, or unwillingness to answer basic questions and give a frank assessment of the state of its major programs. the department continually fails to learn from its mistakes. the provo singled out a project to develop

a jacks. armored vehicles has been described as a total catastrophe. none of them already despite 4000000000 pounds of spending over the past decade. out of 20 programs examined by the house of commons committee 13, at least behind schedule. the ministry of defense has justified the delay. st. procurement is a complex challenge with former military intelligence officer, philip england, thanks to ministry needs to be more open about where all the billions are really going. the minister the fence has never been the best to trying to explain the money that it's allocating in particular to its equipment program. but as, as some massive disasters, you're historically the, the upgrade to the nimrod program. and more recently, as quoted in the guardian newspaper, the armies ajax recognizance vehicle and only 14 vehicles have been delivered. and they are not fit for purpose, very, very large sums among their split up into it being spent into a number of different financial years. and if it isn't spent in that financial year

or too much as needed one financial year, it causes the whole accounting system to become on balance. and then when programs run very over, cost or problems evolve in the programs like is happening with the armies ajax, that, that just adds another layer of complexity to it. the biggest changes that are needed in the system are you to take a business minded approach and bring proper business people in to negotiate contracts, professional individuals who understand complex project management from a commercial procurement perspective. not necessary. just a defense perspective and can negotiate the contracts properly so that whenever the written liability lies with the supplier, not with the ministry defense in there for the taxpayer. now that something has to come in, that's the program for now. here when asi international, it's been a pleasure having you with us for this friday program right now. nearly half past 1 in moscow time on friday, which means i'm wrapping it up. my colleague,

unit o'neill, at the desk and half an hour with more of your worldwide headlines. i do hope you can join him soon. mm. with we're empowering ourselves to be more efficient or quicker with our transactions.

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