ah ah, turning off the tops bella roost temporarily shut, send oil pipeline, which runs from russia to poland and into the e. u. on schedule maintenance is the stated reason for the halt, but comes at a time of heightened tensions between men scan brussel. on not the latter issue, a sharp divide emerges over poland tactics with france slumming plans for a massive wall to be built on the border. we look at the tough line being taken against people crossing from belarus, while migrant boats are freely crossing the mediterranean. and germany considers imposing drastic kobe rules on the unvaccinated, joining a growing list of countries to do so. as the government struggles to coordinate,

it's pandemic response, i made up power transition. ah, wherever you are counting the program from today. welcome to moscow on to the news our on our t. my name's unit o'neill. belarus has shut down a major oil pipeline which runs from russia to poland and on to other you countries . minsk sites on schedule maintenance, nodding, not the stoppage would last 3 days. i discussed the main points of this with ortiz elliott, the trend earlier. this is actually the number one intrigue, whether there are any links between the closure of the operations in this throws more friendship pipeline. what i want to make clear though is that

we're talking about an oil pipeline and also. busy earlier warnings by the by russian president, alexander lucas angle, about the potential shut down of a gas pipeline. well technically there aren't because mens could is saying that the reason for this is just that something needs to be fixed and this is something that's only gonna laugh for 3 days. more importantly, we're talking about completely different transit routes, completely different pipelines and different kind of commodities being supplied all in the one hand and gas on the other. so on paper it looks like this doesn't have anything to do with politics, but again, we do remember how last week, alexander lucas shan't go. his rhetoric was very aggressive. he pretty much said that if the leaders don't behave themselves, he is ready to cut off gas supplies from the europe, the amal pipeline. and this is something very important because we do remember that

we're hot on the heels of an energy crisis in europe. that mostly had to do with gas, skyrocketing and gas prices, as something that we were seeing throughout september and october. and this was very serious. and it could be that mister lucas jenko could be sending a signal to europe that i'm ready to pull the strings. maybe do something with his wall pipeline and let the leaders think at what may happen next. so is this a signal or that is this not, not a signal. we don't know, but this could be the way he's thinking at this point. an important point though, we perhaps should touch on the energy, so flies salarous trans. it's true, it's territory don't belong to minsk, has russia responded to developments? well, 1st of all, if we're talking about the dubois oil pipeline, which is used for all deliveries from the oil fields and central russia to

countries such as poland, hungary, the czech republic, germany, the russian side for now is rather call because they're saying that if it's only for 3 days, that is not going to affect the total quantity of supplies in a month. so with that there. okay. but actually latimer potent who often supports alexander lucas shingo. and we know that borrows from russia are close allies when mister putin heard about this threat from the bell, russian president of a potential closures of the gas pipeline. he was rather critical about it. here's what exactly you said. we'll move to ensure theoretically, alexander lucas, chicago can shut down the gas pipeline as the president of a transit country. he can probably give an order to cut off our supplies to europe . although this would be a violation of our transit contract. i hope it doesn't come to this. if it happens,

it will cause great damage to the european energy sector at one contribute to the development of our relations with bella, bruce, and yet, so mister portland's remarks were rather calm and very diplomatic. i should say this though isn't, does something that we're supposed to expect from europe because they're very aggressive when it comes to alexander lucas angle. they're aggressively reacting to anything. he says they are blaming him for waging a hybrid war on against the european union. so just wait till the european leaders say something about this latest decision to temporarily closed rouge bar or friendship. the oil pop on that we've just been talking about well, the backdrop to well tell you was just going through their bella roofs has condemn poland. border. crocked on calling violence against people on another country's territory. polish border guards have fenced off the frontier, firing water cannon tear gas as well. to prevent migrants from breaking through

knots as a top you an official claims to be unaware of the cracked on the spy pictures being broadcast to the world. ah, a silly ports to day say that the boys had used the water cans against those migrants . how can you come in we don't have a confirmation on that. obviously, if there was any such a treatment that that, that would, that would be wrong. there should not be any use of force in dealing with with these, this population with the u. s. drawing up new sanctions against belarus,

accusing itself engineering the crisis by flying in migrants from the middle east and sending them to the polish border. minsk denies that to rob is heating up with russia. also entering the fray, slumming, the inhumane way refugees are being treated the little she's not a migration crisis. and we must respond with all possible tools to our disposal. smiled as human beings has been converted and weapons shut the deal. there are not only border guards on the post border, but the military is well up to $20000.00 personnel with air craft an armored vehicles are deployed there since the e wants to protect itself from an invasion of refugees that come from countries bombed by the u. s lead western coalition, south polish actions that absolutely unacceptable tear gas, water cannon shots, fired over the heads of migrants towards belarus. this reflects a desire to hide their actions. they cannot understand that they are violating every conceivable norm of international humanitarian law. 3,

another aspect of development. belarus has relocated around a 1000 migrants to a new shelter after families with young children spent several freezing nights out in the open, near the polish border. here. now, staying in a re purpose warehouse, one official at the site rejected earlier reports that entry to the shelter was only given to migrants willing to return home. mainly with we've given these people shelter based not and who wants to go home for on who wants to be in a warm place with the roof as for their stay in the future. this issue is for the bell russian migration service by so following today's failed attempt to storm the polish border to take it by force while dozens of migrants have expressed willingness to believe all of that behind to leave all these camps behind life in the wilderness behind and to go to a special center that has been set up by the girl, russian authorities, the bell, russian government for them, the ruling,

the warehouse is located 500 meters from the border. it was decided to quickly clear some space there so that people won't have to sleep rough for a 2nd night. in the space of 2 hours, goods were moved to one end of the warehouse. this liberated about 40 percent of space. additionally, medical teams are on their way to the site. they will check temperatures and move those with a high temperature to a separate area. this what you're seeing all around me is a logistics center next to the border. it normally normal life, it was used before. the border checkpoint was closed due to the migrant crisis. it was used to sort out cargo goods, you know, that sort of stuff. now the bill of russian government has organized, you know, draw, sleeping, matt here that have been provided by the are but a russian side, or are, you know, they have a roof over their heads. there's no wind, it is much warmer here inside. and that for the 1st time here, i can actually see what these people are wearing under their overcoats because

previously, every single day they would put as much things as much clothes on, on them as possible, as many well, you know, overcoats and such. so you can see this is, well, this is, it can be compared to the conditions that they had to survive. and i just, yesterday his a new batch of migrants that you can see arriving to the center. so basically, the main purpose of this place is to provide proper shelter to the most vulnerable, you know, so that the polls do not shine blinding spotlights in your, in your face as you're trying to go to sleep and so on. you know, no wind, you know, if it rains these people are now safety up. and so what will happen next to the authorities? the bell, russian authorities will go on and try to establish the identity of every single person here. because some of them don't even have their documents on them and well then they will be flown. hopefully they will be able to fly back home, back to we're back to wherever they came from. an interesting aspect to emerging to

all this italy and france, or both questioning poland severe strategy for dealing with migrant trying to enter the you via belarus. paris is now refusing to fund a new wall. warsaw wants to build along the frontier, though the european council chief else given at his blessing. this little, this is possible this on the truant, legal framework therapy level 2 fighters interest torture. who's been up to just 40 hamilton. i am in favor of a year of which protects his borders, but not a europe which bristles with barbed wire, or covers itself with walls, with this contract, anti quanto. what is happening in several places on the borders of the union is disconcerting. the gap between the great principles proclaimed and the neglect of the hunger and cold to which human beings are exposed at the borders of the union is surprising, cheap. well, as though secret annual, not the polish border is one of several. you migration hotspots right now. last

weekend alone, more than 600 refugee stroke migrants arrived on at lee shores after traveling from north africa. and as our t sharla dubin ski explains, they're being treated very differently to those attempting to cross via belarus. what a difference a route makes. in the last few days, hundreds of migrants crossing the mediterranean sea flimsy fishing boats found themselves rescued and brought to you repeat land. since the start of this year, more than $50000.00 migrants have used that sea root reach italy that's an 85 percent increase compared to the same period last year and almost 500 percent more compared to 2 years ago. by landing on your ex, mediterranean coast. migrants find themselves greeted by agencies there to lend a helping hand fly just under 2000 kilometers to another

e u country. and the reception couldn't be more different around 3000 migrants, desperately trying to survive in no man's land as winter sets in n g o z. and agencies can't even get full access while the past to freedom is blocked by here cast by water cannons by barbed wire. in a bid to shore up the eastern european borders. poland is going to construct a war war that would be partly paid for by the european union, and is designed to stop people from crossing into the block where they can then make claims for asylum. but as this wall has been given, the green light, the use top court just issued this ruling. the court of justice finds that hunger has failed to fulfill its obligations by allowing an application for international protection to be rejected as inadmissible. on the grounds of the applicant arrived on his territory by

a state in which that person was not exposed to persecution or risk of serious harm, or in which a sufficient degree of protection is guaranteed. that judgment laws hungry in the court ice has restricted the right of asylum seekers yet doesn't to war? finance by the eve do exactly that. the european union is full of contradictions. so massive immigration is right. this is where the good allison brussels has been telling all the member states that they should greet all these are the immigrants coming from the, from all over the world. they said, quotation, they went to some political wars with hungary, with serena with poland because they would refuse quotas at the region. union wants this message, integration to the know of a sudden in one specific country. it is okay to build a wall and that's fully only because we're speaking about belarus and which is an ally of russia. so this shows this bit that double standards that the european union is opposing to shows that the european union couldn't care. that's about

immigration and that it's using these tremendous, depending on the situation around a $115000.00 in legal border crossings have been made. they see at the e use external borders. the majority of still coming from the main routes that have been established. now, over many years, yet while countries like italy and hungry, which have been at the coal face of this problem for so many years now, a lot she left to deal with it on their own. poland enjoyed the immediate backing of brussels, which is rally duran with both moral political and now financial support. and while it's easy to say that this is picking one mistake against another, this is much, much more than that bases double standards at the highest level, se sum. and that level goes all the way to brussels. charlotte, even ski ot paris. it's feared,

lives are being put at risk in england to over increasing waiting times for unbalances. that's also having a knock on effect on the national emergency phone line, which is being inundated with extra calls from people asking where their ambulances are reported the the average weight for a call to be answered last month was 56 seconds compared to just 7 seconds of the same time, last year as our t. shoddy edwards nasty ticks us through while grinned statistics and shock reports aren't exactly something the united kingdom is particularly alien to when it comes to the n. 8 chess, the pandemic. i'm the government's handling of it. but these findings are definitely alarming as, according to a report, people are now dying in the back of ambulances at a stuck outside of hospitals, simply because they can't get in and up to 160000 patients every single year or coming to severe harm. as a result of these delays, plus there's nearly $300000.00 more emergency calls

a month the normal at because of the ambulance shortages. we think that about 3 quarters if the extra phone calls that are coming in on 999. i'll repeat guyla's trying to find out what's happened to the ambulance, they're having to wait 40 long for. so this is essentially a cycle of crisis, because ultimately patients can't get admitted into hospital. they're waiting outside or even being treated in ambulances. but that means those ambulances can't get back on to the roads, to respond to further emergency service calls. in fact, many people are now waiting, including the most serious of categories, like suspected heart attacks or even strokes. and some of these categories, or even waiting up to an hour or for an ambulance to arrive and of course is, is having a detrimental impact on patient safety. the ambulance service is simply not providing the levels of service. they should patients her way, them too long, and that is present that much risk. well,

this report and exactly go into the amount of people that are dying, but does confirm that have been deaths in ambulances waiting outside emergency departments, or shortly after being admitted, following a long way to also consider that other people as still and the homes are not able to be saved because paramedics, a stock, the, an unable to answer these calls. now, all of this, all of the findings in this report is particularly reminiscent to just this time last year at the height of the pandemic. where people, again were being treated outside hospitals as the hospitals was simply running out of beds due to the demands of the cave at 19 pandemic. now back then, an 8 chest boss is described. i the services as being on its knees. and now that describing it as simply at breaking point, as the demand is increasing, as also the code, but cases are back to sky rocket levels. and all of this really basically says, if you're sick in the united kingdom, it's

a very bad time to be just coming up to 19 minutes past the hour. so i did activists in canada, se assisted suicide is becoming forward to commonplace and raising serious questions about the value of life. we've got that story and work shortly. ah, join me every thursday and me, alex simon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess in the world politics. small business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm. oh is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safer?

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preparing for a power transition, the timing's complicated. not peter over explains. alarm bells ringing in germany, the country's covert numbers. a cause for grave concerns so much in fact that those that are looking to form the next government in germany. well, they say more restrictions on needed. i listen, a smile is a so 1st of all the situation we're in is dramatic and therefore consistent measures the urgently needed within the framework of the current legal situation. but also beyond that from december, about we're currently discussing the rules that will apply over the winter. from december onwards, when this week has seen a continuation of high coven infection numbers across germany, while the 7 day average of that is reached, never before seen levels. from monday, this week, berlin saw new restrictions come into play coal. the 2 g approach which bothers that are vaccinated or cannot show that they have recovered from covered from

restaurants, theaters, jim's and nightclub stiffened us at mosquitos. i'm a little bit critical of it. i'm actually here for my 3rd vaccine short, but i think it will deepen the divisions in society as well. say, sorry, i think it's a good idea. i'm vaccinated and i'd feel much safer if only other vaccinated people were allowed indoors. i did some on you to even when someone is vaccinated, they can still get infected with this virus and get sick. so i don't really know if it makes sense at all that will be seen and i'm with her taking into account the rising numbers. i think it's reasonable, but i can also understand people who are not vaccinated, but we're in the middle of a pandemic. i think everybody needs to make a sacrifice for the greater good of society than him in bavaria, which is one of the hardest hit areas by the 4th wave. the state leader marcus zona, is wanting things could get very bought. if 10 is the apocalypse, we're at 9. there is a very simple way to solve the problem and that is vaccination. the basses where

germany is faltering vaccination rates, half plateaued at around 67 percent. and protested against covered restrictions. a still vocal any among those looking to lead the next government of germany, there is a mind that there has to be a discussion on mandatory vaccination, the people in certain professions like health care. i think it is right that we have now started a discussion about whether this should be done in italy where vaccine uptake is currently 10 percent higher than germany. they're seeing less cases in this 4th wave in austria, which is 5 percent lower than germany. they've just brought in the new lockdown for the unvaccinated. while the austrian chancellor insists this is necessary. it still

draws pushback from the public as blunders. again, this is our task as a federal government is to protect the people of austria, and that is what we are doing. i must stress, we are not taking this step with a light heart, but unfortunately it is necessary. and i like explain rel, against the current government, which is leading us into disaster. lady nelson to acknowledge cass cleanings, he som, overall, i find the whole development extremely alarming. there are lines outside of this vaccination center here in berlin as the feeling is they sooner rather than later, germany will follow austria's lead and impose national restrictions on those that have not been jobs. that comes as politicians and health officials are concerned that on checked this 4th wave of cove, it could be the worst yet, peter, all of a aussie berlin and it's coming to light vaccines. don't necessarily make that problem go away. the british territory of gibraltar has the highest covered

inoculation rate in the world. its entire eligible population is vaccinated yet. infection rates are rising drastically there and all public christmas celebrations . they've been council. you can delve into that story intriguing one at r t dot com until euthanasia activists in canada voice the alarm over a surgeon medically assisted debts saying the practice has become normalized. euthanasia was made legal and candidate in 2016 that year. more than a 1000 people underwent assisted suicide. according to health canada, that figure reach 7 and a half 1000 last year. according to one psychiatrist, people are now asking for the procedure even when they're physically healthy. a few days ago, a 30 year old patient with very treatable, mental illness asked me to and her life. a distraught parents came to the appointment with her because they were afraid the i my support request and that

they would be helpless to do anything about it. is horrific, they have to worry that by going to a psychiatrist, that daughter might be killed by not very psychiatrist. 5 years ago, the canadian government legalize youth and easier for adults who are terminally ill . the rules were relax further, some months back. meaning no people who have diseases but could potentially live for many years can undergo assisted suicide. but the real crux of the matter is that from 2023 canadians who suffering this cause solely by mental illness, no physical element will be allowed to up for youth. and he is here. when we discuss the issue with alex schellenberg, executive director of the prevention coalition in caliber k to out author charity founder or see this, this statistics are quite shocking that my position a day fail. there is very, very important. there is people individually, one to choose and their life. and if people want to choose to and live their life.

so the last moment that's an individual choice to prom with your comments though, is that you talk you from a theoretical point of view than rather than a human point of view. what actually happens on your in canada, we're euthanasia becoming very commonplace. people with disabilities often react by saying, hey, in the culture we live and we feel are ready, denigrated, we feel like our lives are last value. and now you're telling us that maybe it's better off that we be dead. and this is what you're getting, a lot of pressure on, you know, and i get stories all the time. i get calls all the time for people who are feeling pressured for every person you feel under pressure to die because they're a burden on the family of the health system and they haven't got the money and the family is going to go in the vet for it, there's a person out there who wants to, you know, who actually wants to die because they want to and i suffering. and i dad sort from a theoretical point of view. i had locked it is a very radical point of view because he still, i have not answered the question why, why is society allowing this type of

a suffering that death is preferable to care? this is, this is the essential question that comes down to this because what you're actually saying is we changed our law to allow doctors and nurses to do homicide because that's what it is. we're talking about euthanasia, which is done by lethal injection by somebody else. and they're approving it and then they're doing it. so you're talking about actually a type of a homicide. and is it ever a good idea in the culture to allow so and to have the re, law to kill me a we have a choice individual choice as k. what we should be dealing with is there should be strength protocols in place. so no nurse has to explain to someone in the final phase of m and day, why they should speed up the process of their death. paula could be one of the worst affected countries by climate change. so did the recent high profile cup 26 summit ease the island nation's worries, their president talks to going underground next.

when there are problems like the energy crisis, europe see illegal immigration on poland border or even when the wrong political party or politician winds. there is a culprit, always waiting in the wings and that's russia. scapegoating. russia is the excuse used by failing western lead with me in awe.

i'm absent as any watching going underground. coming over the show, we speak to the president of palau, a cop 26 island nation in danger of paying the ultimate price for inviting the u. s . military to build base is that, that alone, the impact of major nation military fossil fuel emissions contributing to the climate emergency. and we talked to the award winning pioneer behind m r n a vaccines to the saving millions around the world as the world health organization wants europe. it is yet again, the epicenter of the global corona virus pandemic. all the some, all coming up in today's going underground. but 1st after she jin paying and jo biden's monday night virtual coal for the taunt. one nation court between them is a paradise island in the pacific. existentially threatened by the climate emergency .