difficult time time to sit down and talk with no longer a beacon of democracy and perhaps never was a major international poll. revealed startling thoughts on america's image abroad, especially as those countries question are taking part in that democracy summit hosted by the united states also to come the u. s. treasury threatens american journalist with have to find if they work for certain publications. one author, daniel, is our shares historic us treasury powers. this is enormous of that of an individual freelance journalist is always microscopic that some of them are so frightened or unwilling even to give interviews like this one in the u. k. report claim, members of the ruling conservatives have admitted to hosting a party in their westminster headquarters during lockdown. last year. as outrage

boils over a video where key members of boris johnson's team jokingly imply, a similar christmas event was held in downing street just days before. meanwhile, the number of countries registering the new amr con strain of co with more than doubled the 57 since last week. the w h o talked to r t about the threat it poses. i'm really hopeful that 1st of all, the acts vaccines will work reasonably well. and secondly, this doesn't prove to be a much nasty virus than the earliest drain. ah, hello there 5 pm in moscow, you're watching artie international. i, more than a 100 nations are taking part in a democracy cellmate over the next 2 days, hosted by the u. s. president joe biden. but ahead of that gathering thousands of respondents from us allied nations think that america is no longer

a good example. more than 16000 people from 16 advanced to call, denise took part in large scale research on america's image abroad. a more than half of those respondents do think that the u. s. has lost his credibility as a leading democracy. the most the court is saying it's never been one while, according to china, america is actually lowering the bar, dividing the world into who it think saw the good and the bad. the u. s. claims to be a champion of democracy in human rights, but has hidden its dark past and hypocrisy. today, the u. s. has no moral authority to judge whether the rest of the world is democratic or not. no matter how the us glosses over itself, it's true face of seeking her gemini under the guise democracy has long been exposed to the world. the so called summit for democracy will only go down in history as a manipulator and saboteur of democracy. were rising corruption levels in the u. s

. of water being on people's minds recently. and president biden's own son has been mired in scandals for more about what elsie's apparently incompatible with democratic values. his art is kind of more pit the u. s. government sponsored summit for democracy has already begun. joe biden is presenting it as his glorious call to spread freedom and human rights around the world. in the lead up to it, a national anti corruption program was announced. our real estate markets are at risk of becoming a safe haven for criminals, clipped to crafts and others, seeking to pock corrupt profits by the planners say that money laundering the of the sale of paintings is very hard to regulate. this is something the white house may be very familiar with. joe biden's, son hunter biden has just discovered some artistic talent. his paintings have sold for half a $1000000.00, not bad for someone who just started painting. although not everyone is impressed.

the 3rd painting you may recognize this name is 100 biden. now, you may think that such an exclusive of that, that 100 biden is in such exclusive company that he would have a background, you know, artistic training for example. but you would be wrong if you thought that or perhaps that he has been selling his works for years. and again, unfortunately, you would be wrong. this is not just 100 buying story. it is a bite and family story and it's corrupt. and they're basically thumbing their noses at, at, at everybody because nobody seems to want to hold them into account. hunter biden is a jack of all trades. it would seem, he got paid $50000.00 a month by bruce ma holdings, a company in ukraine. even though he had never worked before in the gas and oil sector, and some people looked into this and thought maybe his father got him the gig and that does not exactly re give squeaky clean politics. however, papa biden has always denied any foul play. we have great confidence in our son. i

am not concerned about any accusations been made against him. it's used to get to me. under biden, also owns 10 percent of the chinese investment company, known as b h. r. though he now announces he intends to sell is steak. when asked to clarify the relationship gen saki, the white house spokesperson didn't have much to say. the president, son is not an employee at the federal government. so at pointing to his representatives, joe biden just recently gave quite a bit of good publicity to protera electric bus company. now it just so happens that jennifer granholm, who he appointed as secretary of energy, is a major shareholder. given that status the up to $5000000.00 in value of investment, the secretary grunt home continues to hold him. prosser inc, his position to increase in lights for personal, unsubstantial involvement in an aggressive, wide ranging on tireless public relations campaign. to promote electric vehicles, batteries on charging infrastructure with jo biden's,

democracy extravaganza kicking off. it's worth noting that recent polling data shows very few things. you asked democracy sets a good example. we decided to ask americans how they view their national leaders. do you think the american political lead is corrupt? sometimes not always. it depends on who the candidate is in which party you support . yeah. well, they're all serving their own self interests. and then on the american interest, american people's interest at heart. do you believe the corruption allegations against hunter biden? yes. if you read the news and you listened to see in an you'll see how biden just did everything to cover up for a son. if they were more open about it and actually investigating it and found that there was nothing, then i'd okay, i'd be fine with that. but the fact that they're hiding everything makes me more suspicious. lots of big talk from the biden administration about fighting corruption around the world. but perhaps they should take a look a little closer to home caleb bobbin r t new york. george simoli from

a london base thing tank on international affairs says that the sudden buzz around corruption is just another tool to control other countries. the southern re occupation with correct caution is the way for. busy the united states to control other countries in particular control. busy the. 1 financial transactions, and this is the piece with the democracy summit. the united states government is now under the control, joseph biden. and his department of justice is treasury department all take the from the president, and then i'm going to investigate from the by many more than maybe investigated by all of this time by national transaction, southern extremes. but as an office, i remember i'm dividing announced what was the sometime in the fall. busy of 2020.

i think that well, he's been told that he's under investigation by the federal government. well, time is the last and this investigation is obviously going nowhere to mont. american journalist being threatened with massive fines if they work for what are perceived to be the wrong publications to contributors to a site called the strategic coach, a foundation have receive stern warnings from the us treasury. this last it was sent to dennis and also mark virchow, who are both your base journalists. it says that the s c, f is on the list of band organizations accused of election meddling, and the us citizens who engage in transactions with the foundation are liable to fines that of at least 300000 dollars. unless i share his own experience with us, it was a warning regarding future articles. so essentially, if i write for sci fi and gauge and any kind of transaction,

which i assume means any, an exchange of money i could be had with massive fines that were completely destroy my finances. so i was taken aback. i was, you know, concerned certainly, but actually i stopped writing for f c f since the previous no book 4 or 5 months earlier. so i didn't feel personally threatened. but others who, who want to continue writing for the f works dreamily frightened fair. they have all stopped writing from the site because really there's just, it's, you know, it's impossible to, to battle the us treasury in this kind of case. the us treasury is power is, is, is enormous. and that of a, of an individual freelance journalist is, you know, microscopic but some of them are so frightened, they're unwilling even to give interviews like this one. so you know, so this is what it's showing effect means they're, they're unwilling to write and they're unwilling even to talk about why they, why they're too afraid to write the threats. the makeup part of

a targeted sanctions campaign that was announced by the treasury secretary back in april treasury will target russian leaders, officials intelligence services and their proxies that attempt to interfere in the us electro process or so bertie has democracy. this is the start of a new u. s. campaign against russian line behavior. while the u. s. government claims that the strategic culture foundation is controlled by russia's foreign intelligence agency, the s t v r, and that it's also linked to the russian foreign ministry. the foundation denies this 7 course itself, research platform on your asian global affairs. we have contact the cf to get a further response to the claims. i'm also waiting to hear back from the us treasury to let you know when we get an answer from both. in the meantime, done with says that a dangerous precedent has not been set. i think of the that the at the s e s. the foundation hosts honest journalism, even though i don't, i don't, i don't agree with much of it. this is,

this is serious work by serious journalists. and that is a supporter of a free speech in a free press. i believe that readers should have access to this. ready kind of stuff and, and yet if the u. s. government is trying to close it down and therefore trying to stop information, which is usually at variance with official us policy. from reaching from reaching audiences, including audiences in the us, to stop journalists from writing for these kinds of websites as a new step. and i think that, and i was surprised because because the united states, in fact has a very good track record on when it comes to a free press. i mean, in america we can say anything we want, you know, i can write that with the most outrageous things about george w bush or joe biden, and not have to worry for a moment about the search secret police crashing through my door. but now. 2 things

may be changing slightly and it doesn't the order. well. okay, well let me turn to the u. k. now, because his board johnson denies, dang. st staff party blasted during a strict national lockdown senior members of the conservative party, reportedly admit to hosting a separate, similar event, also disregarding and t k with measures. let's get the latest now. i had to london to speak with our correspondent shadow edward stashed the good afternoon t shandey, the prime minister under a lot of pressure over this. just run through them. what we know about this latest admission. well, 24 hours later this soccer really has unfolded much like the nation. really thought it would with more relevant revelations and allegations of gatherings and christmas parties. tis the season off to rule you might say. but now the conservative party is reportedly admitting as of the party did indeed take place in westminster

headquarters jury had the corona virus restrictions last year in december. and now tory stop apparently dots and drunk their way through the night at a party house in the basement of the office. now 5 is thought to have happened on december the 14th last year at the time when london was in tid, 2 of the private restrictions, meaning no, endo gatherings will socializing was allowed. what so ever only key. why? because we're allowed to work and simply not play. of course, obviously though, this comes with the backdrop of the biggest party in question in the last 24 hours . and that's the part that happened or for to have happened on december, the 18th. now, boris johnson and last 24 hours he has been trying to back off numerous accusations of him lying and trying to cover up this party. but the leader of the opposition simply says, boris johnson, at this point on his party have been caught red handed. they knew there was

a party, they knew it was against the rules. they knew they couldn't admit it and they thought it was funny. prime minister has been called right handy. why does me envy investigation right now? but just admitting it, i been repeatedly assured, oh what broken understand a public indignation, a but that is, but there is a risk of do a great a grave injustice to people. i was who, frankly, obeying the rules. mister speaker, the prime minister, the government, spent the week telling the british public, there was no party. all guidance was followed completely. millions of people now think the prime minister was taking them for fools. well, is the prime minister taking the public for fools because politics aside full maturity of the country, the rest at least they were abiding by these rules. these typed his restrictions on christmas for them was canceled. the very next day,

as the government announced the christmas was cancelled, meaning people couldn't be going to visit their family, nor could they go and visit people that they love in hospitals and so on. that was really was for the public at this point. it's not just the lack of following the rules, but actually mocking. and the love to that came with it that comes off to a video was leaked into the public. it showed a former press secretary for the prime minister law thing. when being asked about this. so called poverty. now that woman's name is electra stratton and she has now become the 1st casualty of this song or in a very teary resignation. but many people in the public, a simply dubbing bows tis as crocodile ones, but in times of the resignation itself, we can easily expect more, especially as new parties are now coming to light now is seen at the place of even wait in and then launching an investigation into that specific december the 18th party bars, johnson says he will cooperate with any further police proceedings. but in the

midst of all of this downing street drama, when it comes to these parties, what we saw last night was the introduction of plan b covert restrictions. and that was the announcement from boris johnson later on in the evening. that meant that mosques are coming back to being mandatory working from home is now advised, and plus cobit possibles and bigger events will not be put into practice as well. but many people thought that simply fall to all vs as a distraction tactic. but the bars, johnson, the prime minister, he denies it, is a distraction. people say that we're sort of making this announcement to, to coincide with events in, in politics. well, actually i imagine if. 2 this step were to have been delayed because of a political or events of one kind or another. what would people say? then you got to act to protect public health?

well 1st, if ours johnson says it's not a dead cat strategy. but secondly, and more importantly, the biggest key issue is when these plans be restrictions come into force, will the public really follow them now when they're just looking at politicians, simply abiding by one rule for you and another for me. the public support a key she there. okay. thanks sherry. that was her auntie shandey edward stashed that meanwhile the number of countries where the new cove varied, omicron is registered, has more than doubled. and just over week, the world health organization does say the strain has been found in 57 countries so far. and new policies are being introduced over face, that the rate of hospitalizations could rise. but we asked the w h o special envoy on cove id for his perspective on the new varied people do not understand enough about this paris. nobody knows for sure how nasty ami chrome

is, but there's information coming through that it's, it's not too awful. ready and this is good, but it takes time to sort these things out and we're in a kind of odds on stage at the moment where we're breaking for the results of the research. what i want to say is everybody keep doing the stuff that you know what to do, even if you're bored a bit. and sooner or later we'll find out how bad only cronies, some companies saying they're vaccines will work. other saying they going to need a booster for them to be effective. all this will come clear, it usually takes about 4 weeks and i anticipate that will happen, but privately inside my. so just because you asked me, i'm really hopeful that 1st of all, the acts vaccines will work reasonably well. and secondly, that this doesn't prove to be a much nasty virus than the earliest trains. i've been involved in controlling disease outbreaks and pandemic since 2005. that's quite

a few years. the one thing i've learned try never to force people to do things through various incentives like fines or even nasty things. mandates are a last resort and the use of vaccines in children is because that is thought that vaccination will help to reduce circulation of the barrison children. but right now, the world health organization sticks with its recommendation that vaccines should be used for people who are at risk of severe illness and death. there are still an awful lot of susceptible people around, even when you've got 70 sent vaccination coverage than this. ah hi, right of of cases you being driven by the suspect to bose. secondly,

there does seem to be a capacity for the borrowers to re, in fact, people, especially if it is some months since they either had their previous infection or had their immunization, the protection doesn't last for life, it wears off. so that's i think the reason why we're doing the spikes, even though it's high vaccination brushes. foreman, sri spokeswoman has said that negotiations with ukraine have stored and accuses keith of building up its troops on the border. she had say, there is no sign of tensions easing at the moment between the 2 neighbors. so let's get on this now. guy for corresponded. dan hawkins is across the story for issa. good afternoon, dan. what else? and has the russian foreign ministry said about this? well, as far as i tensions are at their highest points in months, so this the war and don't massive causes of frozen conflict which sees a pretty regular flare ups and casualties, military and civilian on both sides of that demarcation line. and it's now though

a real focal point over the past couple of weeks for global media and leaders as well, or include in between the meeting out between president putin and abide. and just yesterday, this announcement just now by murray as a car with a foreign woman, a foreign minister to, as a spokeswoman is really no cause for optimism. the was used will not just talks of stalled, which would imply they can, the restarted, but they have actually hit a dead end. and that is seriously not encouraging. given the news about the initial troop build up earlier as well, big i want to buy newton would equal union negotiations ended a peaceful settlement have started a special o s. c, e monitoring missionary course that key of his transferring troops and heavy arms, including artillery and armored vehicles to the eastern border. it is it with this comes amid a context of accusations from both sides about a troop build up. what i mean? both sigh is a rush, has been accused of a massive troops on his own territory, of course, but close to the ukrainian board room and accusations prepaying for an innovation of ukraine. and now ukraine is accused of doing the same thing. massing troops

again on its own territory, but certainly creating tension and nerves for those on the front lines. and while no open comb critical incursion has occurred, this is worrying because of course the mid agreements prohibits of both. and the presence of foreign troops for an axis in the breakaway is not in the presence of artillery and tanks as maria is a call. it was said on now being moved to that line. so both sides are accusing each other of reaching the agreements, both politically and militarily provoking, threatening each other with these troop movements. and that is, of course, a cause for concern because a lot of stake. firstly, human life, those living on the front line face dated risks from clashes between separatists and government troops. and secondly, of course you politically, there are no multiple actors, multiple stays, multiple world leaders involved in this and any sudden movement by either side which can be supported as hostility, could lead to global ramifications that go well beyond this region. so something

very much the world we watson closely. ok, thanks for the update. they're done. that was artes, dan hawkins. the governor of the us state of arizona is calling out the biden administration over its migration policy. he says the board patrols are overwhelmed and national guards have been called up because of what he calls biden's piecemeal policies. the bite in administration's mis direction is encouraging migrant families to take a long and dangerous journey. as thousands arrive at the border, local law enforcement is overwhelmed with processing. this search creates a safety and humanitarian crisis for both arizonans and migrants. where he bought asians have dropped by around 80 percent during the bible presidency. according to a migration control thing tank center for immigration studies, analyze data from the federal agency that handles the legal entry known as ice, and noticed that the deportation of criminals also fell. the director of policy

studies at the group behind the report explain to us what's happening with us migration. we're at a time of historically high, illegal immigration, and historically low enforcement when ice agents are not allowed to make arrests, as they were in the past, under the new policies. that means that the serious criminals that are typically the priority for enforcement are allowed to stay in american communities instead of being sent back to their homes. and when criminals are allowed to stay here, typically they re offend and create new victims and continue to cause problems in this country. so this is an unnecessary public safety risk and is damaging communities that have to absorb criminals who otherwise would be sent home. nevertheless, a court or a court has ordered the biden administration to reinstate

a trump payer program where migrants are returned to mexico to await their asylum decisions. the announcement though, of the re launch did send thousands of desperate people to the us border to try to get in before that policy started to work again. hence, the scramble we heard about in arizona. jessica born again says more should be done to prevent illegal crossings. this is a matter of policy, it's not a matter of resources. our immigration system is badly in need of reform. we need to have measures in place that result in more enforcement, more tools for immigration enforcement. more programs that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to help ice do its job. and i think we need more money for enforcement directly at the border as well. more barriers to prevent people to keep, to cross and legally. finally, this out, everything from robots to spy gadgets,

all developed by young scientists here in russia on the world. and r t, she goes, donna, been getting a glimpse of the future. so we are at a young scientists congress, which is essentially a very upscale version of a science fan. we all know and well, some of us love. and so we've come here to see what some of the young visionaries have brought to this show and tell, ah, okay, so this start hair shows off all sorts of, exoskeletons, from full on terminate to like, suits, well, for the lack of a better analogy to some of the move, well rug sac looking types there intended to be utilized in such fields as construction agriculture, basically with any type of a hard manual labor. and well,

i'm about to try one of these on. ah. okay, so i'm just, i guess some might be looking like a full but this is very tight. like you can feel that it is very good form. you know, if you need anything to keep your back straight if you need, if you have any sort of back problems, this is already a solution. and well, let's see if firm, if it's going to be good enough for me. if, if i find it easier, lifting any sorts of weight. so these are about 5 kilos. and again, i've been told that it doesn't make it doesn't make stuff lighter for you, but rather it redistributes the weight that you're holding. so certain contraptions here they are. well, i'd say borderline spyware, this here is a fake base station. so what does it scans the area for the existing cellular towers? and then it imitates one of them, pretends to be one of them. so when say your mobile device connects to it,

it thinks it is connecting to a legitimate, nothing out of the ordinary world base station, but instead and connects to this one. and apparently you can do and manipulate a lot of things using this lice. ah, ah, i check out this dude here because this, this is one creepy android. so this device here has been designed forbes scientist, essentially whenever they inject a lab animal with anything with sarah, they're studying, it helps them show and helps them see where the substance that they are studying. the substance that they're injected. a mouse, in this case where it travels, if it accumulates in the right spot, like here. and if it accumulates in the right amount, the developers,

he are telling you that it has great potential for medicine. while this conference, it wraps up the official year of science here in russia, but the organizers say that, well, yes, they come and go, but their developments, they are here to stay a makers dawn of reporting from. so t r t c. and that brings you up to date, just coming up to hop os 5 in the afternoon in moscow. but back again at the top of the ah a video domicile

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