ah ah, yes, that is your rama joe biden. i had talked with his rushing counterpart, goes into overdrive beating the war drum over alleged plans. do they describe? the moscow says have 0 connection to reality. with energy prices across europe at a high this winter heating bills, volumes in the u. k. could soon be set to double according to a fuel poverty monitor. living summit is fair to choose between teacher and the government to unlock, taking and talk to reduce blue pill group publicly. and canadian citizens, la stranded in south africa for the government,

rejects their coven test results. and it really struck me that it is citizens, really trying to help citizens. it's not the government and trying to help citizens . and i think it really needs to be the other way round of the president of the red cross federation speaks exclusively to art in a wide ranging interview. touch about everything from the name of closer vaccine corporation, globally, to the bell russian border. mike and crisis ah, are either very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining me here on anti international. moscow has rebuffed claims. it is poised to invade ukraine, saying that they been no relation to reality and adding that it's the americans who

are acting belligerently in the region. that is western media and politicians, rat shit up speculation about a possible war. and with the u. s. and russian presidents to talk by phone on tuesday. joe biden seems to be no mood for negotiation. yes. oh. of course, the diplomacy is out and red lines are there to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of the qu, in key of remember the currency of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal,

and to feed the fair, even drawing up the criminal battle plans the new year offensive. and for the umpteenth time this year, russia is forced to defend the presence of its own troops on its own land. russia is not a threat to any country. the deployment of russian troops on the national territory is our sovereign roy and no one's business. it is nato on its members states a recklessly moving their military forces and infrastructure to the russian borders . so what is washes red line, us spy pains jetting towards rushes borders. passenger jets with hundreds of civilians on board. diverted because a nato re complain was to close and wouldn't respond to ground control. the actions by the u. s. air force created the threat to civilization and the fact that the catastrophe was averted over the backseat doesn't mean that the u. s. and nato can go on the risk in people's lives with impunity. the latest american war ship sailing into waters bordering russia. what issues was nature?

you know, a u. s. warship has now entered the block, see where we can see it through binoculars or the crosshairs of a defense system system alone or multiple missile systems just across the face. it was a bit more to look at where nato's military infrastructure is located, just a short distance from our borders. in romania, poland, lansing, we saw defense systems have already been deployed and they can easily be converted into offensive missile systems that targets us. it only takes a matter of minutes to change the software. now, instinct tells me that if a russian destroy was spotted steaming into new york harbor, it would be a flaming red line for washington. but believe it or not for us all, this is a pink line at best. the real issue is nato, or rather, nato's expansion and expanded it has from this humble state in 1990 to this empire in 2020. now, back in the day, russia was promised,

nato would grow, not one inch eastward of berlin. wel, that's berlin. so no, it's not an inch. it's over a 1000 kilometers. and now it's knocking at rushes door. ukraine joining nato and we've been talking about it for a long time is a red line for us. the continual drawing of keys into the military over to the alliance. the de facto start of nature's assimilation of the military infrastructure of this country and the desire to turn it into a foothold for confrontation with russia could all cause severe negative consequences and destabilize the military and political situation in europe. but lucky for nato, it's got a get out of jail free card because in politics whoa promises are made to be broken . where is that? where is that written down? where is that from? was written down done under rumeliotis. when a man will enrich good nature didn't quantica when asked mcmurry to do it. in the meantime, the u. s. unfazed by it's terrible track record of predicting russian behavior is

covering its bases and drawing up some economic sanctions. you know, just in case, after all, nothing screams diplomacy more than getting your threats in a row before a high stakes meeting. one of russia's chief concerns is nay. turman of is in the black sea, michael maloof, a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the you. a secretary defense says that this is a case of double standards. i think that by this constant harassment in the black sea, in an area half way remove from from the united states and going right up against the borders of the russian federation, i think really isn't aggressive move the exercise in the black sea area was in response to the failures and the expulsion of the united states from afghanistan. so the united states has to show re assertiveness that it's still a leader in the so called free world. it lacks any recognition really,

spheres of influence. just like if the russians were to come in to the area of gulf of mexico tomorrow, you can believe that there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in washington. the united states feels that it can do it to others, but it cannot be done to itself. it's part of that exceptionalism concept that the united states slow to tout around the world, in a sort of of bravado way. and it's getting tiring. brits could soon be having to pay double to heat their households. according to you, kate fuel poverty monitor, setting a planned increase to the energy price cap next april system. 80 some 4000000 british households are currently behind all never energy bills. each went to 10000 deaths nationally, are caused by cold homes. and the latest poli suggests half the country is more worried about the cost of heating than cove it. the mayor of london city car recently announced the new 51000000 pound funding package to help us living in fuel

poverty. james anderson, the founder of a company, providing emergency heating to the elderly says that millions of brits will face a daily heath or eat dilemma. fuel collection, the united kingdom is very should we're because the usage is very high on the cost is very high. we've been usage people that have to pick between he think of the whole or put it on the table. in my opinion, my honest opinion, the comic on not taking any steps at all to reduce who you or who pompey within the united kingdom in the correct manner and over in europe, the fears of phil poverty are also growing with energy prices high on winter, reducing the impact of green energy government saw results into aids to help our poor homes as well as businesses. to charlotte davis, kate takes a closer look. as the bitter cold hits europe,

everyone is doing their best to stay warm. but as natural gas prices are 5 times higher than they were a year ago, there is a real concern that states across the block good face shortages or even potential blackouts. many including luca here in paris, face a winter full of difficult decisions since quantities. oh no, we have already received a reminder for the charges for heating, one that's increased while at the same time we'll have less heating. so myself and several tenants are really worried about the choices we will have to make. people are already having difficulty, so it's not easy. we feel a little neglected. living hand to mouth is worrying me, becoming more normal in some of you rips rich nations at the facility. literally feel safe. we'll have to make choices. we will have to buy cheaper foods that are less nutritional math problems like that. people will lose their health toes

if millions of people in europe are already living in energy poverty. and there are fears that this figure is about to see a steep rise. europe's energy crisis has been building for months. now, governments across the block of tried to put in place measures in an attempt to alleviate the strain on households. for example, here in france, the poorest households are to receive a one off payment over a 100 years to help them shield from those price rises, italy has put in place a 3000000000 euro aid package. while the spanish government has passed emergency measures that redirects billions of euro's from the profit of energy companies to consumers in a bid to lower their bills. yet despite such measures, many fear they simply will not be enough. what is the structural problem in

an achieve policies shaping and policy making in many countries is who is really in charge. we have an interaction of various authorities, bodies in a liberalized electricity world, which has also been there now for more than 20 years. and so did the competence, so to see who does what it is one issue. and on the other hand, we have seen various governments of being very much occupied with themselves in the case of germany, elections forming off the government in the case of austria, various government changes. so there is a n g and my eyes is still not yet having the priority. it should house, here in france, there is a particular worry now while most of the energy does come from nuclear stocks of

the electricity that generate scroggins, that was sent to below. and there is concern that a hard winter could see the country actually run out of power, like the previous winter supply security remains on the particular vigilance, especially in january and february in case of cold and unfavorable generation conditions. electricity consumption has recovered, but remains slightly lower than the pre crisis situation. at the same time, nuclear generation remains low. it's not just france that is experiencing those low energy stocks throughout the e. u. member states are facing the same issue of various sources of energy, including natural gas. why? well, although the pandemic, so large scale industry and even workplace is pretty much closing down when the locked downs were lifted, the demand short straight back up. and the companies just haven't been able to keep pace to add to that b e. u is also trying to move towards renewable energy,

such as wind power, yet low winds. in 2021 have meant that there's been less renewable energy being produced. speaking of alternatives, and it's all about stocking electricity. it's in january that is in this part of the north western hemisphere. and you have when still days, the wind is really not that heavy like an autumn or spring. and the sun doesn't push sorta canal. so it's rather dull, and as these have always been to the days bits and of generation where experts have been warning against a possibility of even broke ability offer a stance still in the world of renewables, photovoltaic and wind fox, the one that is now in the thought of come back is nuclear and the dead, i always say within the european union, not only we don't dispose of

a common energy policy. we don't even dispose of something like a common energy mentality. it may say, because that is a completely different attitudes to, for instance, nuclear energy. oh, east and west of the rhine. a some e u countries m b u. s. a still opposing russia's completed nord stream to pipeline saying it would make europe far too reliant on russian gas. others that you say that link is vital so that people can hear that homes at reasonable prices. such political games could end up pushing more people into fuel poverty this winter, and even cost them their lives. charlotte, even ski r t, paris because of a could look at some of the stories from around the world now with political tension already fraught in france. ahead of next year's election fighting broke out

. it's far right. presidential candidate, eric zach moore's rally. aah! room broke out anti racism activists said stood up wearing no 2 races and t shirts . me difficult to say the least to activists will f bleeding bolts also emerge. the presidential hopeful himself was caught in the cale some briefly held in a headlock 5 protests. thousands of demonstrators had been marching in the belgian capital to protest against anti cove restrictions. brought polices water cannon, to disperse the protest, this sum of him through flesh. in return, the participants displayed posters in defense of freedom and against the dictatorship of stigmatization of been vaccinated. thousands of demonstrators also took to the streets, it, austria, lavinia, and france protesting against new cosy restrictions brought in at the weaker. and

in other news, the locality open community gathered to protest in the lebanese capital of bay routes. they are against us. interference in ethiopia, which is gripped by conflict. the main rebel group fighting. the government is the t great people's liberation front e country which is under sanction by america has slum washington, the sanctions actions. it says legitimize the separate to screw the canadian governments being accused of leaving as citizens in south africa in the lunch lurch, without a clear way of returning back home. confusing rules have been imposed by ottawa in the wake of the new army con, varies with all south african covey tests being rejected as invalid. our correspondence in south africa pointlessly or exploits. dozens of canadians off stranded in south africa after the canadian government announced it would not accept the results of covert test done in this country. the uproar led to a last minute change. now,

if people could flight to frankfurt and only frank for no other german city and you arrived in canada within 48 hours of leaving south africa, you'll be left in confusing and stressful to say the least. we know you've now heard the bad news that you're not going to be able to board the flight night. a group of travelers with kicked off a flight at the last minute after they have wives at the airport. and we're ready to board a plane out of the country. first came the announcement that canadian citizens were only a now to fly back to canada via ethiopia, where they would have to get out of the a port go to a hotel, do a covert taste and wait for the results. but get the e, c o p, it is on kennedy's no fly list because of the civil war they. so ottaway is potentially prepaid to home, its own citizens safety rather than have them to a co, the case in this country. canadians are stranded in south africa, they're definitely trying to get assistance from this government. they're having to jump through hoops just to find in affordable pcr tests or

a safe flight back home. it really struck me that it is citizens, really trying to help citizens, citizens of south africa. and mike has citizens of canada. it's not the government trying to help citizen. and i think it really needs to be the other way around the canada saying we trust south african scientists enough to block our own citizens from getting home and put so many different obstacles in place for them to get home. but at the same time, we don't have time to take from so you can't be tested in south africa. and that makes absolutely no sense to me. when a goldman was in south africa with her husband, where she celebrated her father. when he was 90th birthday, she was one of the lucky few to get to frankfort the way she spoke with us while in transit. basically, you need to have it to even start africa. you just get on the flight to germany, then you need one in, you know, in transit. then when we robin toronto, we have

a case, we then have to current teen in a hotel. and so we get back negative. if it's negative, we allowed to go home that have to current teen for the 14 days as well as get a taste on day 8. and even if it's negative, we still have to quarantine for 14 days. i just don't understand why they want to fix that problem me, but then in place to maintain this, it's actually causing chaos. in south africa, i've had a group watson group over like a few weeks now to 100 people and everyone's in a panic. so those canadians come and there's a massive scramble to swap tickets by new ones and get covert test results. no mean feat when south africa's covert figures are wising and the pasting centers cannot promise, they'll get the results out quickly. options are running out for those canadians stuck in the country as they try to navigate confusing travel rules. simply to get back home. pointlessly our teeth, johannesburg,

south africa. okay, who discussed this issue now with dr. ryan note she was the chief executive officer of discovery health, which is south africa, the largest private health insurer. great job, you are doctor just to the report and i just want to try and clarify what exactly is the situation with cobra test in south africa and just how accepted. all right, because i was just looking on the, the government side, where they say that if travellers were to get a, a covey 19 molecular tests from an accredited laboratory. they need to do so at least 14 days before they travel. that seems highly impractical. so, so what exactly is the situation if you need to fly in any kind of hurry, you know, this whole story is quite surprising to me and you know, piece your testing acceptable, global standard urine, south africa are in compliance with the same quality criteria as p c,

r testing anywhere else in the world. we have a very powerful health products, regulatory authority in south africa. all those tests are approved and accredited by the health products regulatory authority. there are overseen by specialist pathologists and signed off appropriately. and they should be absolutely no concerns about the standard of coven 19 testing globally in south africa. it also seems strange, given that globally, south african doctors and scientists were getting quite a little plaudits and credit for, for originally identifying the only constraint. why not get that same respect now for the south african medical industry? as i say, it is confusing. you know, really on the strength of the south african gina to pick laboratory to the g, which identified this new genetic strand of salt covey to virus. on the kron

al genetic screening of just samples in south africa is outstanding of the, based in the world, and hence lead to this early detection of the crime. so failure to accept cobra, testing from south africa is confusing. i heard your correspondence talking about delays and kind of a tasting. we've done about 2 and a half 1000000 tests for our members. and the average general time is within 2024 hours for 97 percent of those tests. so even the turnaround times are really good and specifically on people who are trying to get the candidate from from south africa. they needed to fly specifically. and this is actually on the government website again, through frankfurt airport. and there's no explanation of why particularly that airport. can you make any sense of that? i've gotten no idea about that. adore, that's a great sadness when politics interferes in science. you mentioned what do you think of the dangers of the situation that we see now?

because a lot of people obviously will be planning to travel with the holiday season, almost upon us, and thrust them into all kinds of confusion and panic. people scrambling other dangers, having such a confusing list of entry rules. and he's a very distressing situation for many people who are seeking to try at this time of year, families want to get together safely. and i can imagine that for those that are stranded, it's a very unpleasant situation. we have seen very rapid spread of this new con variance in south africa. the curve is looking quite different to the other st. waves of code 19 that we've had in south africa in that the spread is very rapid. seems to be more contagious. and the curve is practically vertical at the moment. the good news is that on anecdotal reports and i should stress, these are anecdotes on the stage because it's too early to say we are seeing much

less severe disease from the on the kron variant and the hospital admissions curve is actually flatter than it has been in the previous wave of covert 19. so there's a d linking between infections and severity of disease that we're seeing thus far in this 4th way here in south africa. like you said, there's not a lot of proof to back that up. but if that is the case, that it is more infectious, but perhaps less dangerous. how do you feel about the, the very extreme reaction that other countries are bringing out, including complete lock downs and tremble, bonds, some countries a president during the address, the nation on sunday evening to great exception to the position that other countries have taken. countries should be incentivized and rewarded for early reporting varying detection. it's very important to do so, so that there is open communication between scientific communities across the world . punishing south africa this way by limiting travel and effectively imposing

a lockdown from external countries really distant st devices, this kind of behavior from around the world. so it really is difficult to understand many thanks for your time. my guess is doctor ryan notes as a ceo of discovery help south africa's largest private health ensure thank you so much. now, the president of the red cross federation is called for greater cooperation with russia vaccines. he made his remarks during the video conference with president who sent mr. francisco rocker also gave an exclusive interview to our to discussing the lead the war on cobra. but also the poland, valerie migrant crisis. that was really with my colleague maurice, issue tuesday, be in there. believe me, a did it on them. it has been politicized to look at. they did, they did the level of the fake news or the day even political lisa had to spread. busy around the world. so this is something that unfortunate has been 40,

this iser bukosa you test to do with the fear of the people. it's up to the political leader to follow they, they advise is coming from their scientific community to least and not to them, to walk with them, to avoid the total, to vote at the, on the same level. and he's also, the media is an important responsibility. this and tv community and people and there were some county 9 european union, for example, we administer that there dosa. while in africa, we sta, louisa raised that tisa temper, sandy boonies, engrossed with 0 percent salt. something that says morgana said that what we are ready to rule so far, we are ready to scale up our activities in africa, by deity, the shoes about our day they did, the vaccine still have access to the vaccines. we have to put pressure on the pharmaceutical companies. there, you will be an union, the united states, a u. k. we invested the be on self dollars, sir ins researcher due to the dual to make this vaccine accessible. so why the

buddhist count in the developing counties that have not derived that to have access? so i think these, it should be a common goal, not something that said belong to the, to the, from a central young company. the media and the governments are continuing to ring the alarm bells over this very end, but were having the w h o, the chief australian medical officer and the south african medical association saying don't panic. what do you say? we should follow the. the advisors coming from the added upgrade shore and this and d v. community saw dwarfed. and if we're needing a lead us and the government's out substituting a there this and given community in dealing with a call in 19 and, and this is a deal to may davie then sat in terms of our over, ah, did, did, did the reason why we have these new vari answer, so we have called it will be maybe the incident. so without, i brought my boxy nation without giving access to any human being. so to the of axis de risk of neil vianza phase age are very high aga,

and we can not blame. most of these is another aspect of it, for, as is at nissan of concern, we cannot, we cannot blame the south africa, scientists at all to ha, for a heavy anger, open the door, i do this and if your community about these new discovery callbacks, i think was i was a good idea, unfortunately is not working as expected. so the number of distribution of the vaccine swell go on. my callback sir, is i, ism, is not so high aga, and i, we, we expected much more ride themself. general, she from the international community and, and they had the idea that was a good idea. he was there to, to give the priority and things of distribution. my callback sir, to the medical doctors, to the nurses that are working on the front line. but unfortunately, this is working or less the 50 percent so far. so then i'm, they said very, very, very low and that is issa eyes and i did aspect to the international committee

should take as easily in consideration. so we have to do more intensive distribution and giving access the better was good close with this part of the international federation. i think that the moment is they're doing a good job. of course, this is not a mid term or long term solution that area hosted in a shelter area, but so far they are in a warm environment. and then we are engaging in that discussion we de and the government of mendosa to find either solution. now for them and put on the unfortunately we don't have access to the board to unfortunately i'm not even and i said he's on a full consent for my says that i'm not surprised about a european union and they were cas county ira reacting in dealing with the human beings disease and i'm wondering if we are losing got a lot of humanity because he's not about every county has the right to say that

policies for migrations. we are not question. it's about idea humanity on which we have to, to treat every human beings. this is the only point that we are racing. and that brings you out of today watching. i'll take thanks. she company, i'll return in half an hour. ah ah ah ah ah.