ah, well up to a 100 affair, dead off to tornadoes, rip across several american states. but the disaster underlines the country's deep rift with some politicians already trying to score points from the tragedy. oh, clash isn't an anti cope restriction, protested germany. leave over a dozen offices injured as more measures rolled out. we look at how the homeless in berlin, losing safe places to sleep. a disturbing and literally plastic 1984 is getting a sequel of sorts. this time from a feminist perspective, we discussed whether it's a timely update or a glimpse into the rewriting and revising which george orwell warned about. i don't see any reason why any group should be, be subject to revisiting well and it's not world among john. we were to kill

a mockingbird which we all right, we would do to live and he's now been battling because it's racist because some of the language difficult. if we're in the thick and the sudanese to say they've been betrayed and had their dreams destroyed, we have a special report into the 1000 strong protest gripping the capital central toby's code. ah, i'm a good, happy with his life and worldwide this is alta international from moscow. we'll get on to headline stories in just a moment. first, let's update you on that developing incident in the moscow region. 7 people, mostly teenagers, have been injured in a blast and a convent in the russian city of cerebral hall, which is about a 100 kilometers south of moscow. a police say the attack was carried out by an 18

year old. former students of a school located in the convent grounds of the suspects is among the 7 who've been injured and has since been detained. there is no word yet, though about a possible motive. the school itself has been evacuated. devastating psalms have ripped through central and southern parts of the united states. the state of kentucky has some of the worst damage the governor. they're saying around a 100 people have died, but fears that number could increase. he's declared to state of emergency. these are satellite images from before and after. in the city of mayfield, more than a 100 people were trapped inside a collapsed factory building, emergency crews of managed to rescue about 40 sofa. destruction was also reported in arkansas, missouri, tennessee, and illinois, where at least 6 people were killed in an amazon warehouse. president biden said his administration is ready to do whatever is needed to help the states reeling from the devastation.

ah, the worst most devastating most deadly tornado event in kentucky history. there's our home town and just noticing everybody's well there was we're shaking house collapsing again so you can see where the whole house is buckled. the little back side of that house is off. total devastation for our town. most of our historic buildings are now gone with with,

with one of the largest from new operational history. while the deadly tornadoes have been wreaking havoc across the central and sell the u. s. the disasters highlighted a shot rift between republicans and democrats, with some politicians seemingly trying to take advantage of the tragedy. nicky air and has more on that hi of towns were destroyed as some 30 powerful tornadoes, ravaged across 6 us dates the worst effected can saki and needs help support and relief aid. and so it turns to the government and fellow americans. but politics is politics, and it seems not even a monumental disaster, like this one can bridge america's political divide. and some believe it's a perfect opportunity to show that you reap what you sow. when hurricane hobby hit

in 2017, the 17 senators. he's voted against the bill to provide billions of dollars in relief. we're all republicans among them. kentucky. the senator runs poll once again, thousands of suffering, but there's no time like the present for political punches. we should do all we can to help our kentucky neighbors. good be wisdom. they're hurting, but do not for one second. forget that rand pole has voted against helping most americans, most times. very neat. we know, rand paul is a heartless hypocrite. the people in kentucky deserve the relief regardless of their before initial leadership. much of the dance don't use this against him and his party in the future. it is a missed opportunity for some, it's not even off limits to suggest that if you vote read, then you had it coming, vote for climate change denials and see what happens. tornadoes in december read,

but weather climate change was a factor is not clear at this point. still is the country reels and shock and concerns the climate change peak. it could also play into the democrats hands as a bid to push a $1.00 trillion dollar climate package through the senate. all i know is that the intensity of the weather across the board has some impacts. as a consequence of the warming of the planet and the climate change. and so it seems something as devastating as this can only what the appetite for is looking to score political points. there is nothing that a politician ever does or says that surprises me. there is nothing that is above them or below them. i think that they're going to any time that any bad thing happens, that they think that they can use as a justification to push for more control. they're going to, i don't think it's appropriate. i think it's a political posturing for the worst of reason. a disaster is a disaster and it was going to happen regardless. it was gonna happen whether or

not we had cap and trade or at the new green deal or anything else. i think it also shows the increasing homer zation and partisanship and division in the us. instead of looking at people as human beings, we look at them as red or blue or independent. we look at them as some abstraction instead of what they are human beings, that in this case are suffering terribly right now. i don't care how they voted, and i don't think anyone else should care how they voted either germany's anti cope . it measures have sparked unrest in the east, in town of great sweat protested of clashed with police. the authorities se 14 offices were injured in the violence. ah. in early december, germany announced plans to exclude unvaccinated people from non essential stoves and places of mass gatherings. daily new cases have been a record high level since late november, more than double previous peaks in april. a been in post strict accredited requirements on public transport. the move will see homeless people that take

shelter in the system, lose safe places to sleep unless they are vaccinated, recovered or that's negative. officials in the german capital insist that the move is essential to find the spread of infections that the can be no exceptions. peter oliver looks at how the homeless have a tough time ahead. winter is well and truly upon us here in the german capital. and along with freezing temperatures in smo. this week is also seen, new covert rules come into force among men, a stipulation that you must be able to prove that you've either been vaccinated, recovered from covert, or that you've got a valid negative test. if you want to ride public transport in berlin or even go to the station and that is cause problems for the cities homeless. i'm on funk, i'm glad i was attacked, especially at the beginning. people called me names saying get out of my way. i could theoretically stay in the matches stations because i have my vaccination card, but i don't have a digital one because the doctor forgot to put a stamp on his signature when he vaccinated me. the city of berlin recognized that

this is far from ideal, but say they have to take measures to stop the spread of the virus. we have a pandemic and we have to protect people from infection and contagion, therefore, inspectors reject all those people who do not comply with the 3 g vaccinated recovered or tested rule. we know how problematic the situation is for homeless people. so we do everything we can to give homeless people. a vaccination organizations like the berlin city mission, which run overnight shelters. point out the problems raised my barring unvaccinated homeless people because there are no sanitary facilities. and people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, could accidentally fall into the track that platforms are not ideal. pace is to stay for homeless people. nevertheless, for many who are particularly badly off and who have lost contact with the outside world. there are hardly any other protected paces to stay during the winter season that they can use or reach there all those trying to help along with the berlin

city mission, the huff brow house bar has been drafted in for use as a day shelter over the winter months here, homeless people will be able to get out of the cold, but also get tests done and review vaccines elsewhere. there is andrea, who is a key, used to live on the berlin streets. he now works to help the homeless auto it along with herb having the scene of just this morning. i saw security, guarded, a train station escort, an old homeless man walking with a walk around of the station ingles. that's really bad right now. the current temperatures around 0 degrees or the worse you can be exposed to as a homeless person, minus 5 or even minus 10 degrees is easier to bear god in the past. you could buy a burger for $0.70 and sit at mcdonald's for an hour to warm up with all that now, many homeless people are unable to do that. as i know, we do have opportunities for the homeless to get vaccinated and we do have testing opportunities for with the digital vaccination card. it is very difficult to your mobile phones are stolen or it's difficult to charge

a mobile phone on the street. so the possibility of getting warm is once again closed off. berlin, senate says that opportunities are being offered, but they're not as good as they're set to being can. it's just window dressing. the coven 19 pandemic continues to ravage iraq this winter. and the virus most no social class, while f it's all there is now been bad and because it is racist because some of the language difficult, i think it really is hectic. you can't banned books. ringback can we start banning books, you as bad as the people on the other side, the latter say an almost burning them. i don't see any reason why any book shouldn't be subject to revisiting and re questioning a book that was written. i, you know, 2300 years ago. the moment we're just very close towards book burning. you know, if you look at people or j. k. rowling, and you look at a new blight and all these things. you don't after like a book. but you can understand its context and i think that's what we need to get to. they could be really could,

could be read this day. but the irrational stance and the date is something to be added. i'd suggest is actually not a review. i to say it's another book and that's happened lots in literature recently. so i'm to, we're talking about it. i don't think it's necessary. i think 1984 is a brilliant book. i don't think it's necessary. maybe that's because i'm a blog is going to be published by grantor, so he's not gonna become a bad best seller. i doubt, but it's not a rewrite. it's just now saying i'm taking this is my inspiration. and this is what the woman might of thought. so much, oh literature and in certainly in the west has been by men for men. that it's perhaps useful to have a different perspective. it might cause a number of us to think, to disgust to explore some of the ideas that are in the original mostly shows were

and by men as a historical fad. more. ringback more literature been written by women, now it should good thing, although there is a feeling amongst many righteous may or i to so course that is almost import impossible to get published if you are a man and particularly that is true and are getting published into so many to look at this in the whole freedom of speech, freedom of thought, can we have freedom at all? i want to think and be stimulated and motivated by ideas. i don't like as well as ideas i do like that i think is war. civilization should be wrong. and the on the chrome cove at variance is now in $63.00 countries. it's spreading fastest in south africa and britain where it's on cost, where we take the dominant delta strain or early data from the world health organization shows that it causes mild symptoms. and it's not caused any deaths as yet. but it's also showing resilience against vaccines. and countries are rapidly

rolling out booster jobs. artist paula slayer was recently diagnosed with the arm across strain and tells us now what the symptoms are like. i'm sharing isolation in johannesburg, south africa after contracting the only con variant of cove it. now in the beginning, i didn't even know i had it. the symptoms are very similar to those of a common flu. so i had a very, very bad headache that lasted about 23 days, a scratchy throat, a sore throat. you're a good kind of just feeling very, very rundown. i don't see anyone except a nurse who comes here each day to check my vitals. i was a condition today. i mean very, it is the day i is it possible, but i feel more tired today than i did yesterday. you have you notice the numbers going south africa with us on the, on the number they've been climbing. so typically since the discovery and i don't

believe that, so we're going to see more numbers in the coming week because we have quite a few more people than we have been doing in the us. we now the nurse is left with me and oxy neesha that will measure my oxygen levels and at the same time as a matter and twice a day, i will be my own doctor. and because the information in a was that i share with an administrator who keeps contact with everybody who is in isolation. i am in touch with the doctor about 2 or 3 times a day. he has prescribed for me medication that one would take for regular code. most of it is just aimed at boosting my immune system. most of the cases here in south africa are reporting sometimes like the ones i have. and that is encouraging use because it took me a lot less severe than the symptoms that came with early variance of covered. so not kicked out of the woods, but potentially some good news policy. r t,

johannesburg, south africa you and envoy to saddam says military leaders must re trust with the opposition, especially the young generation. many of them say that they feel betrayed by october coo and rejecting any negotiations with the military artes mac. as they have witnessed the 1000 strong protests in the capital costume and talk to people who said that their dreams of a better life of being destroyed. ah, she's cooled mina. like countless others. she's a beggar. she doesn't play with her friends or go to school. she spends her days begging outside the hotel. mina is just one of millions and saddam forced to beg to help feed herself and her family in these desperate times. and saddam, so a sick,

wounded and disease by years of strife and disappointment least wasn't what democracy promised. the fool of the dictator. omar al, by sheer in 2019, was supposed to harold, a new age for, for god, a transition to democracy. but the democratic age of prosperity that millions hopeful has turned into an age of hunger. i'm not mad. i don't know. there is still hope to be honest. my oldest son now is finding something to eat and so much sleep. hello, as everything that's happening, i just don't know. i don't care anymore. i just try saying something against the governor. they'll label you and islamists of a former regime, sympathizer, or a military supporter. in reality, all we want is to tell the government that we're hungry, that we have huge problems. people can't even go to school because of roadblocks or

protests. after the revolution that people put their faith, the demand called abdullah ham dock, korea bureaucrats, who promised as prime minister to lead the country to democracy. he won the hearts of millions only to break them in if though, but the military intervene and what some have called a to it arrest that prime minister ham dock. in his cabinet. the argument was that they were running the country into the ground and the transition to democracy needed a correction, handled cabinet of ministers included many with foreign citizenship. allegations of corruption were rife, ministers were accused of enriching themselves while spouting platitudes about democracy. the prime minister has since struck a deal with the military, and they now ruled jointly to the displeasure of the revolutionary lash. at none of those here, we'll go to these protests. we protested then and we were betrayed. why would we

protest again for him, for what? what will change? nothing. we will like to once and life only got where we will sit and wait for our deaths here. yet every week, hundreds, sometimes thousands gather across. so don and chancellor dimansky of freedom, food ultimatums, what traditional thursday protest i now underway, ties a burning and central at all. this is how these protest happen. people gather and group several 1000 several 100. in this case, abs, i've written 50 people here. burning ties are the major intersection. their objective is to pause this rupture. they're charging now against the military government who they see as being responsible for their school. ah, the crowd, these schindler thousands. and we had seen many small columns, swarming in various neighbors before converging. here and what they all want,

these were power to be handed over by the military toy, civilian government, property they snob without any acceptance, they want the military. the step down many people here field. but trade by prime minister ham doth find that agreement with the military, giving up a lot of civilian bower, to the military the resistance committees of all g, a groups across many neighborhoods which nominally help organized protests and run civilian life. in practice, they increasingly hassle businesses or denied people water will cooking gas if they so want asking them about it only got us the on, so they have in their booklets. so we've, we've spoken to people on some support, the, the resistance committees, other people say that resistance committees intimidate bullying, scare people. but you would, you have to say about that. i, can they scale? what's her eyes, people that just ordinary civilians. they're not related to the military or

intelligence agencies. all they do is how quick hogan i zation and dialogue, no matter who we ost, of people weren't about to speak about the resistance committees on camera. they were fearful like this hard enough at ease, tragically ironic democracy activists have morphed entail, bought they so hated ham dogs. army some pulled themselves a twisted version of the secret police, but once enforced. a dictator's rule ah, here on the outskirts of cut to leave some of the most impoverished and the city people who survive 11 meal every 23 days who drink water that is barely fit for capital. who were on the front lines of the revolution and who the revolution i'm tiredly passed by. and so said dawn remains in wretched stasis chain didn't

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. ah, hello and welcome to cross stock. were all things are considered. i'm funeral about the west relations with russia are record lows, and there is no reason to believe this will change any time soon, however, is a grand bargain possible, as some have suggested also, as the fate of julian, a sorry, been sealed? ah.

to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined my my guess here in moscow. maxine, gov. he is the director of the center for advanced american studies and moscow state institute of international relations. and we also have dmitri bob and she is a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project. and the fact that means you can jump anytime you want, and i always appreciate it. well, it's going to maxime 1st. we have the afterglow of the virtual summit, the biden putin had it seems to me to been rather a dud. i mean, when you look at the read out from now in the, in the read out from washington, not a whole lot was said, but not a whole lot was agreed to. what do you, what do you, what's your takeaway, major, take away from the virtual summit, maxime, go ahead with the, to had a very top conversation. ukraine remains to be a major, someone block between us and russia, and perhaps we'll, we'll, we'll continue to be this made up for some time. i think the major problem between

moscow in washington, at this point is that the nature of the relationship has changed. fundamentally, since the cold war and the all around this, you know, arms control issue. and now, even though the arms control issue is still important, there are things like, you know, the world or what russia is, not appreciated as a peer competitor to the united states and all the focuses on china. but russia appears as a major spoiler. even though i think if united states, you know, had to seriously considered its interest and security worldwide, they honestly wouldn't be a greater partner than russia, whether it comes to counter terrorism or european security, or even for a pretty, you know, cynic, selfish reasons.