many find themselves worlds apart. we choose to look for common ground headlining this our adding to growing coals for his resignation. british pay and boris johnson finds himself in further trouble. now, this time over a christmas party quiz. last jip went strict cobra rules. band gatherings for every one else up to 100, a fit dead off to tornado for it through several american states. but the disaster underlined the country's deep rip with some politicians already trying to score points from the tragedy. lea dystopian literary classic 90 that he for is getting a sequel of sorts this time from a feminist perspective, we discuss whether it's a timely update or a glimpse into the rewriting and revising which george or well warned about. i don't see any reason what any book shouldn't be subject to revisiting well in this

not world at the moment. only way to kill a mockingbird which we all written when we would do the whole of things. it's now been been because it's racist because some of the language difficult it were in that day and the sudanese to say they've been betrayed and had their dreams destroyed. we have a special report into the 1000 strong protests gripping the capital since october co. ah . hello, live for moscow. this is asi international. my name is colleen bray with your wealth news at this hour before we get on to our headline stories let so keep you updated on a story. we've been tracking all morning. 10 teenagers so now confirmed injured, according to moscow regional authorities after a blast at a conference in the russian city of central cove, which is about a 100 kilometers south of the capitol. police say the attack was carried out by an

18 year old former students of a school located in the conference grounds. go live to ortiz, that konstantin raj. he's that high. just talk us through how events unfolded that alone calling? well, we are at the orthodox school where the explosion happened. now, let me give you a quick look at the scene here. so you can see there is in investigators vehicle. and in front of that, there is a group of journalists and we all have gather here and we're waiting for an official to come out and make a statement of clarifying what exactly happened here. and you can also probably see on the monasteries wall and behind his wall, there is a school we're out is blast occurred. now we know that no one died in this blast, at least for now, but 11 people were injured, including the suspect. all of them are teenage students who arrived here this morning for what was supposed to be a normal day at school. in stat, some very dramatic scenes played out on an 18 year old former student allegedly

brought an improvised explosive device to the school. this was before last and started and everyone had gathered in a separate room for morning prayers. the suspect couldn't get into that room and set the bomb off in the corridor. had he managed to break in awe. things could have been much worse. all the injured have been taken to hospital. it's believe that the suspect has the most severe injury. some, some reports say he might have lost a lag in that blast. investigators are yet to find a motive, but according to preliminary information, how they feel together. the former student had some issues with teachers and nuns at the school and he was getting back at them. it's not the 1st time a student has decided to take violent revenge on former classmates and teacher is in russia just a couple of months ago. a former student murdered 6 people in his former college in the city of berm. another mass shooting happened in may. this year in kasan back then 9 people including children were killed. but it's the 1st time such an incident has happened at a church school off of that with my mom,

a troubling stopped the week most been terrifying for those so stuff and students there. but as you say, luckily no fatalities, the theme ross called in the russian city of so far off. thanks for that. on to i headline news now in britain's beleaguered prime minister might be a bit short of festive chia. this season is governments facing growing anger of christmas parties. they allegedly al, during last year strict coven lockdown. our new allegations have come to light over a supposed quiz hosted by boris johnson himself, resulting in fierce reactions from both the public and the political opposition. he's the worst possible leader, the worst possible time. maurice johnson presided over a culture of disregarding the rules at the heart of government. at esco life nationality showed he had with dashti and westminster shouted at me for the opposition. this is a scandal advent calendar every day that something new isn't that?

well, pretty strong was there, as you just had from the opposition last week was obviously all about the room is and this week it's all about the reality. so much so far is johnson is really trying to back off accusation off to accusation, but now he's embroiled in it totally a himself, he really is in the spotlight off to pick just now emerged of boris jones in the prime is the him, south hosting a christmas downing street quiz party, totally against his own rules at the time. now the image shows the prime minister, sat with 2 other people. at the time, london was in tit 2 of the restrictions, meaning no social mixing with any other people and dulls. in fact, the official guidance actually stated you must not have a white christmas party or even a lunch now the government spokes present has. 1 always said that throughout the pandemic, officials have always abided by the rules. and now we're even hearing that they're saying that this didn't even happen. it was actually a virtual quiz instead,

while the education secretary is also defending the prime minister. many people would have had similar zoom quiz nice around the country. i'm sure to have been next for it. if i had done it, hold on, i would be in monster trouble. while this is of around one or 6 or 7 parties at a thought have taken place in the festive season last year, causing so much controversy. in fact, the cabinet secretary is already investigating these potential parties, including one that might have happened on november the 27th and downing street another on the 10th of december, where the department of education. and of course, the december, the 18th christmas party in downing street that sparks the opposite, spiral of a solid green. now already we've seen one casualty, one resignation after all emerged. and just before all of this was unraveling, the prime minister was still doing the public to abide by the rules and was from

home. i will give you a buzz. i know this will be hard for many people. so if i reduce your contacts in the workplace, you will help slay transmission all the say, this comes as the prime minister address the nation just last night. not a single mention of this scandal whatsoever and said it was all about the booster program, but actually was delivering it. and i think it's quite important to mention a hash tag on twitter was trending here in the united kingdom. national switch off was trending. it was aiming to boycott the prime minister speech entirely. basically no one wants to hear from the prime minister because nobody really trust far as johnson anymore. and that's really translated in the polls. now it's more than 50 percent of voe to say that johnson must resign. that's 9 percent in just 2 weeks. and for the 1st time since 2014 the labor party have the biggest lead in the polls. i run at clay,

it's 2 years to the day now the bar is johnson one that general election, he won the public, but then, but the polls suggest if he had a general election right now it be a very different story. out of course that other troublesome party of his is his own because it's about but major rebellion lined up among his own. m. p. 's. have any ok shudder. i was ashley and westminster. thank you for that. next. devastating storm serv ripped through central and southern parts of the united states. the state of kentucky has suffered the worst damage with the governor. initially saying that around a 100 people might have died. president biden has declared a major federal disaster in the state visa 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 so far. a destruction was also reported in arkansas, missouri, tennessee, and illinois, where at least 6 people were killed in an amazon warehouse. president biden says

his administration's ready to do whatever is needed to help states reeling from the devastation. a worst. most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky's history. our home town and just noticing everybody's walls there was were shaking house collapsing against you see where the whole house is buckled, the well back sighted at houses off the total devastation for our town. most of our historic buildings are now gone with

with, with one of the largest familial operations history. now, while the deadly tornadoes have been wreaking havoc across the central and southern us, the disasters highlighted a shot. rift between the republicans and democrats, with some politicians, seemingly trying to take advantage of the tragedy. nicky air and has more on that and science hounds were destroyed as some 30 powerful tornadoes, ravaged across thick that us states the worst affected. can saki and needs help support and relief aid? and so it turns to the governments 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 harvey hit in 2017, the 17 senators who voted against a bill to provide billions of dollars in relief. we're all republicans among them. kentucky's sen, round pole. once again, thousands are 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 with them. first person, but do not for one second focus, that run poll has voted against helping most americans, most times they're in need. we know, rand paul is a heartless hypocrite. the people in kentucky deserve the relief, regardless of their buffoon, his leadership. much of the dems done to use this against him and his part 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 deniers and see what happens. tornadoes

in december of red, but weather climate change was a factor is not clear at this point. still as the country reels in shock and concerns, i the climate change peak, it could also play into the democrats hands as they 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 to a plan and the climate change. and so it seems something as devastating as this can only wet the appetite said i was 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 the new green deal or anything else. i think it also shows the increasing homer is ation 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 any one else should care how they voted. either japanese anti cove measures have sparked unrest in the small eastern town of great sweat protested, clashed with police. the authorities site 14 officers were injured in the violence . ah, nearly december germany announced plans to exclude unvaccinated people from non eventual stalls until so places of mass gatherings. daily new cases have been a record levels since late november, more than double the previous peaks in april of berlin's imposed stricter coping

requirements on public transport. to the move, we'll see homeless people that take shelter in the system, lose safe places to sleep unless they vaccinated, recovered, or test negative officials in the gym and capital and says the moves essential to fight the spread of infections and that the can be no exceptions next, peter oliver looks at how 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 caused problems for the cities homeless online fung. 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 matcher 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 of vaccination organizations, like the berlin city mission, which run overnight shelters. point out the problems raised my barring unvaccinated homeless people because they were in a 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 places 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 hot 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 receive vaccines elsewhere. there is andrea, who, a key used to live on the berlin streets. he now works to help the homeless auto it along with of 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. that's really bad right now. the current temperatures around 0 degrees are the worse you can be exposed to as a homeless person, minus 5 or even minus 10 degrees is easier to bear. that in the past, you could buy a burger for $0.70 and sit at mcdonald's for an hour to warm up. now, many homeless people are unable to do that, as 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 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 said to be. it's just window dressing. the coven 19 pandemic continues to ravage year up this winter and the virus most no social class. while f, it's all being made to help the most vulnerable in society, that continue to be those that fall through the cracks. peter, all of her, ot berlin. hamilton re boost of georgia wells. 1984 could be in the works now to the oath as a state gave the green light to retell the dystopian classic, but from a feminist perspective, this time a plan no adaptation by american. all for sandra newman will tell the story from the viewpoint of julia, the love interest of the main character, winston smith. and it's already predicted that the new version of the one of the

most influential books of the past century will inevitably transfer to the big screen on line though the reactions been a bit different. all's writings, sexism is a capitalist feature, not a bug. to remove a confronted and move the rigid, black and white politics of the story. i never say this about adaptations, but maybe just frightening a story that makes space for nuance. instead of trying to make 1984 feminist. you know what george orwell. dystopian classic, 1984 needs a politically correct modern day rewrite from a feminist perspective said no one ever. this looks great, but we need to do something about the concept of the estate of an author has been dead for generations. nobody should need permission to revisit 1994. now or else iconic masterpiece is considered as a harsh indictments of ideological control. it examines a government's unrestrained access to private lives. and the rewriting of history, which will well want would lead to the death of truth. every record has been

destroyed, are falsified. every book, re written, every picture has been repainted. every statue in street building has been renamed . every date has been altered. nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right. we are in a smart world at the moment all we were to kill a mockingbird which we all read when we were due to o levels is now been banned because it is racist because some of the language difficult. i think he really is, but i think you can't banned books because we start banning books. you as bad as the people on the other side who are to 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 in your 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 be read this day, but the original stance and the date is something to be added i'd suggest is actually not a re, right? is it, it's another book and that's happened lots in literature recently. so i'm not to worry about it. i don't think it's necessary. i think 1984 is a brilliant book. i don't think it's necessary and maybe that's because i'm a blog is going to be published by grantor, so he's not going to become about best seller. i doubt, but it's not a rewrite, it's just now say 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 idea. laurine original mostly shows written by men as

a historical site more. ringback more literature been written by women, now it should a good thing, although there is a feeling amongst many righteous may or i to as a course that is almost simple, impossible to get published. if you are a man and particularly what is true and all game published into so many to look at this in the hall tree to the speech, freedom of thought. can we have freedom of who i want to think can be stimulated and motivated by ideas? i don't like, as well as ideas i do like that. i think, is wor, civilization should be wrong. the urines envoy to sudan says military leaders must rebuild trust with the opposition, especially the young generation. many say they feel betrayed by october coo and rejecting any negotiations with the military. are these mark sd of witness the 1000 strong protests in the capital, khartoum, and talk to people who saved their dreams of a better life,

have been destroyed. ah, she's called mina. like countless others, she's a beggar. she doesn't play with her friends or go to school. she spends her days thinking 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 is sick wounded in disease by years of strife and disappointment, least wasn't what democracy promised. the fall of the dictator, omar al, by sheer in 2009, jean 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 if they're still hopeful, to be honest, my only concern now is finding something to eat and so much sleep. as to everything that's happening, i just don't know. i don't care anymore. i just try saying something against the government. 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, the people put their faith in a man called abdallah ham doc, a korea bureaucrats who promised as prime minister to lead the country to democracy . he won the hearts of millions only to break them in a fill, but the military intervene. and what some have called

a to it arrested 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. the 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. they now ruled jointly to the displeasure of the revolutionaries. aliesha. none of those here will go to these protest. we protested then and we were betrayed. why would we protest again for who, for what? what will change? nothing? we will i t once and life only got glass. we will sit and wait for our deaths here . yet every week, 100, sometimes thousands gather across. so don and chancellor demands the freedom food ultimatums. what traditional thursday protest now underway,

tires are burning and federal at all. this is how these protest happen. people gather and group several 1000 several 100. in this case caps. i've written 50 people here. burning ties are the major intersection. their objective is to put this rupture. they're charging now against the military government who they see as being responsible for the scoop. ah, the crowd, these shinla thousands and we had seen many small columns warming in various neighborhoods before converging here and what they all want for power to be handed over by the military to a civilian government property. they start without any acceptance. they bought the military, the step down many people here field, but trade by prime minister ham dub, who find that agreement with the military, giving up a lot of civilian bow to the military resistance

committees. eyeballing g, a groups across many neighborhoods, which nominally help organized protests and run civilian life and practice, they increasingly hassle businesses or denied people. water will cooking gas if they so want. asking them about us. mooney got us the on. so they have in their booklets of we've, we've spoken to people at some support the, the resistance committees, other people say that resistance committees, intimidation, bullying, scare people. but you would, you have to say about that labor, how can they scale what's horizon? people at just ordinary civilians, they're not related to the military for intelligence agencies will they do is help with hogan, i zation and dialogue. no matter who we are. 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 into what they so hated ham dogs

. army. some pulled themselves twisted version of the secret police, but once enforced a dictate his rule. ah, here on the outskirts of cut to leave some of the most impoverished and the city people who survive on one meal every 23 days who drink water that is barely fit for capital who were on the front blood of the revolution and who the revolution entirely passed by and so said don, remains in wretched stasis chain didn't hunger frozen by corrupt and self serve in elite and held together by a military bed on preventing collapse. mm. mm. and you can see more extended report later on. i'll tell you this monday or you can look at it right now online at all t dot com. that's it for me. thanks for watching and half an hour from now. andrew

i'mma will be here to update you on the stories we're tracking here. reality from oscar. mm hm. mm hm. in, ah. dom asher, it's and so you're watching going underground. 5 years to the day since the un security council adopted resolution to $3.00 to $3.00, reaffirming

a strong commitment to the sovereignty independence, territorial integrity and national unity of africa's riches began to country libya coming up with a show 10 years after nature, destruction and declarations of victory in libya after the murder of liter mcgaffey, could his son safe be elected president? this christmas we talk to ma, get out. he's information minister about securing judicial support in the oil rich country for his candidacy and his millions face humanitarian catastrophe, and displacement in the form of french west african colony of booking a faso days of 2 countries. prime minister was fired. we investigate the country's assassinated leader, often called africa's che guevara, thomas son kara, oldest of all coming up in today's going underground. but trust this month on christmas eve elections will take place in libya, formerly africa's richest per capita, nation before destruction by nato nations like britain and france in 2011. but now one candidate is promising to put power back in the hands of the libyan people. after a decade of imperialist foreign intervention, that candidate is safe all his land,

gadhafi and the b as for information minutes. ms. abraham joins me now from germany . i miss a thanks so much for coming back on. it's a big news from libya, not to mention here in the british media. obviously, britain that took part in the aerial bombardment of your country, your reaction to the overturning of a decision that there was to disqualify safe. i'll get off it. well, this actually confirms what i have been saying with this very program for years that the will of the libyan people will be victorious. so then what is happening now is that the libyan tribes and cities and towns are coming together slowly. but a fast way to liberate their country from foreign intervention, especially that of western europe and see if it a slam is increasingly seen by mos libyans as they way out

of this a crisis.