ah, the headlines and our t adding to growing cause for his resignation. the british prime minister boris johnson, finds himself from further trouble. now over a christmas quiz party last year, when strict coded rooms, band gatherings for everybody else, also to come up to a 100 affair, dead after tornadoes rip across several american states. but the disaster underlines the country's deep political divide to, with some politicians already trying to score points from the tragedy and the, to stop in every classic 1984 is getting the secret of sorts. this time from a feminist perspective, we discuss whether it's a timely update or a glimpse perhaps into the rewriting and revisiting which george will well at warner back. i don't see any reason why any book shouldn't be subject to

revisiting well in the smart world. at the moment. all we were to kill a mockingbird which we all right, well, we would do to levels. he's now been bad and because it's racist because some of the language difficult if we're in the next day and the sudanese, you say they've been betrayed and had their dreams destroyed. we have a special report in the 1000 strong protest gripping the capital since october scope. ah hello, good afternoon, just gone to o'clock in moscow. you watching asi international. britton's beleaguered prime minister might be sure to festive cheer, the season, his governments facing growing anger at christmas parties they allegedly held during last year's strict code. the block dang you. allegations have come to light over. i suppose it quits party involving boris johnson himself, resulting in

a face reaction from the public and the opposition. he's the worst possible leader, but the worst possible times for his johnson presided over a culture of gives, regarding the rules at the heart of government. so pretty strong was there, as you just heard from the opposition last week was obviously all about the rumors and this week it's all about the reality so much so far is johnson is really trying to fat of accusation of the accusation, but now he's embroiled in it totally himself, he really is in the spotlight. off the pictures now emerged of boris johnson, the prime minister himself hosting a christmas downing street quiz party, totally against his own rules the time. now the image shows the prime minister, sat with 2 of the people, the time london was in kit 2 of the restrictions, meaning no social is mixing with any other people and doors. in fact, the official guidance actually stated, you must not have

a work christmas party or even a lunch. well, the government spokes person says that throughout the pandemic, officials have abided by the rules. and that this christmas party downing street quiz was a virtual one. while the education secretary is defending the prime minister, many people would have had similar zoom quiz nice around the country. yeah, i should have been neck for it on it. know if i had done it, hold on. i would be in monster trouble. while this is of around one of 6 or 7 parties that i 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 the public to abide by the rules and what from home a for many people. but why would you see your contact in minnesota address the nation just last night? not a single policy. this comes as the prime minister address the nation just last night, not a single mention of this scandal whatsoever. instead, it was all about the booster program, but as he was delivering it, and i think it's quite important to mention a hash tag on twitter was trending have in the united kingdom, national switch off was trending. it was aiming to boycott or the prime minister speech entirely. basically. no one wants to hear from the prime minister because nobody really trust forest johnson any more. and that's really translated in the polls. now it's more than 50 percent of voters say that johnson master resigned that's out 9 percent in just 2 weeks. and for the 1st time since 2014 the labor

party have the biggest lead in the polls. ironically, it's 2 years to the day now that boris johnson, one that general election, he won the public's vote then. but the polls suggest if he had a general lecture right now and be a very different story. devastating storms have ripped 3 central southern parts of the united states. the state of kentucky has suffered the worse damage with the governor. initially saying that around 100 people might have died, president biden has declared a major federal disaster in the state. while these are satellite images from before and after, in the city of mayfield, more than a 100 people were trapped inside a collapse factory building. their emergency crews. i've managed to rescue about 40 was about 40 so far. the structure was also reported in arkansas, missouri, tennessee, in illinois. where are the 6 paperwork held in an amazon warehouse. president biden

says his administration is ready to do whatever is needed to help states really from the devastation a mm hm. worst most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky. history our hometown and just noticing everybody's walter walls were shaking house collapsing against you to see where the whole house is buckled, the well back sided, it houses all total devastation for our town. most for historic buildings are now gone with

with with the largest community operation. only a disaster there has a highlighted to a shop rift between the republicans and the democrats. is some politicians already seemingly trying to take advantage of the tragedy. karen has more on that entire towns were destroyed as some 30 powerful tornadoes, ravaged across thick that us dates the worst affected kentucky and needs help support and relief aid. and so it turns to the government and fellow americans. but politics is politics and his themes, 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 poll. 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 for hurting, 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 mr. but unity 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 are red, but weather climate change was a factor is not clear at this point. still is the country real than shock and concerns over 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 a warming to a plan and the climate change. and so it seems something as devastating as this can only wet the appetite for those 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 anytime 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 political posturing for the worst of

reason. a disaster is a disaster and it was going to happen regardless. it was going to happen whether or not we had cap and trade or the new green deal or anything else. i think it also shows the increasing whole reservation 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 being 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 10 teenagers are concerned injured. according to moscow regional authorities and a blast to the convent about a 100 kilometers size of the capitol. police say the attack in the russian city supposed call was carried out by an 18 year old former student of a school located in the convents grimes, konstantin garage. gulf has more details. 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 as wall. there is a school we're out is blast occurred. no one died in the blast, 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. instead, some very dramatic scenes played out. now let's hear from eye witnesses of this incident. we have rule africa, i didn't feel the explosion, but i could smell enough to was the classes were cancelled instantly and we were led to a safe place. the teachers kept us cool and we were okay, well, i didn't see the damage, only the ambulance and the police. 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 believed 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 bought according to preliminary information. how they feast 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. josi couple of months ago, a former student murdered 6 people in his former college in the city of berm. another mass shooting happened in made this year and carson 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, one of my germany's and he kaywood measures have spots on rest. and the small eastern time of christ, where protested, have clashed with police the authority, se 14 offices were injured in the violence.

oh, well, in early december, germany announced plans and exclude unvaccinated people from mon, essential stores in places of mass gatherings, stating cases have been at record high level since late november. more than double the previous peaks in april or berlin has imposed trixie code requirements to on public transport. and the move woke c homeless, people that take shelter in the system, lose safe places to sleep unless they are vaccinated, recovered, or test negative officials in the german capital to insist that the move is essential to fight the spread of infections. and that the can be no exceptions. peter oliver looks at had the homeless might 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 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 out of his signature when he vaccinated me. the city of berlin recognised 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 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, where he used to live on the berlin streets. he now works to help the homeless demolish having the scene of just this morning. i saw the security guard at

a train station at court and old homeless man walking with a walk around the station. that's really bad right now. the current temperatures around 0 degrees or the worst you can be exposed to as a homeless person, minus 5 or even minus 10 degrees easier to bear. in the past, you could buy a burger for $0.70 mac dollars for an hour to warm up and now many homeless people are unable to do that. i mean, we do have opportunities for the homeless to get vaccinated and we do have testing opportunity with the digital vaccination card. it is very difficult to 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, we'll talk berlin. senate says that opportunities are being offered, but they're not as good as they're set to be. it's just window dressing. the coven 19 pandemic continues to ravage year up to this winter, and the virus knows 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

feature, all of her, all the berlin bolton, 3 boot of george, all wells, 984 could be in the works. after the authors, a state gave the green light to retell the to stay p classic from a feminist perspective. a plans new at the adaptation by american ortho. sandra newman will tell a story from the viewpoint of julia phil of interest of the main character, winston smith. and it's already predicted that the new version of one of the most influential books in the past century will inevitably transfer to the big screen online. though the reaction has been a bit different. all will's writings sexism is a capitalist feature. not a bug to remove are confronted and moore's, 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 to stop in 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. all elza, iconic masterpiece, is considered a harsh indictment of ideological control and is as examined and governments unrestrained access to private lives. and the rewriting of history, which will well warned would lead to the death of tricks 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 its not world at the moment. all we were to kill a mockingbird which we all read when we were due to our 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 at a new blight and all these things. you don't after like a book, but you can understand it's context and i think that's what we need to get to. they could be really, could, 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. maybe that's because i'm a blog is going to be published by grantor, so he's not going to become

a bad 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 discuss, to explore some of the idea. laurine original mostly shows written by men as a historical site more. ringback militia been written by women, now it should a good thing, although there is a feeling amongst many writers, may or i choose a course that is almost simple, impossible to get published. if you are a man and particular 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 thing is war civilization should be rom, deborah, or cultural and or artistic limits are being pushed elsewhere too because a german artist has chosen religious icons from the greek orthodox church to explore the 2 of sexuality, the critics de say that the artists chose that controversial medium because the orthodox community is the smallest christian group in germany. some say that art is just art, while others do think that she has gone too far with this content. well, despite the anger, several works have already been, so was grow. i think it violates religious boundaries. pictures can say more than words, you had any standing. i wouldn't say it's offensive to religious sentiments, artistic freedom versus freedom in the world to the theory. it's one of those things that everyone relates to personally. in 2021. humanity can be

a bit more open again. i think we have other problems than arguing about what pictures are painted said, but i myself are not a believer. but i think if it's just art, then it's just art and he shouldn't take it so seriously. well, the artist has emphasized she didn't want to, to offend any body. and that the icon is a metaphor for all religious denominations. not only greek orthodox christians, a politician from the christian democratic union, the germany voiced, hurt you on that. this is planet belie, didn't look like it is an insult of people. faith will say there are fundamental rife and they cannot take priority over personal rights. on in the foreground is the sole to greek orthodox believers, as a christian delivers in general, because it is simply disrespectful and repulsive. it makes the believers angry when they look at the icons or that is the limits of art irishmen, the feelings of others, such as the greek orthodox of people. in general, i heard in an unacceptable wait, had art is good to you. okay. we are for art not against it, vice,

but not these pornographic art. if she had taken all the churches, everything we have a synagogue and marcy of the buddha is as then emotions would not have ran so high . you ends emvoy to sedan, says that military leaders must rebuild trust with the opposition, especially the young generation. many say they feel betrayed by october school and are rejecting any negotiations with the military at his mcgasey of witness the 1000 strong protests in the capital, carting and talk to people who say 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 sold a sick, wounded in disease by years of strife and disappointment. these wasn't what democracy promised. the fall of the dictator, omar al, by sheer and 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 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 are a former rating 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, korea bureaucrats, who promised as prime minister to lead the country to democracy. he won the hearts of millions only to break the anecdote, 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 ham gods 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 revolutionaries. aliesha. none of those here will 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 i t once and life only got glad. we will sit and wait for our deaths here. yet every week, hundreds, sometimes thousands gather across. so don and chancellor dimansky 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 caps, 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 the scoop, the crowd,

these ship the 1000. 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 want the military, the step down many people here field, but trade by prime minister hammed up to find an agreement with the military, giving up a lot of civilian, bowed to the military resistance committees of all g, a groups across many neighborhoods which normally 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 and 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 that just ordinary civilians, they're not related to the military, poor intelligence agencies will they do is how quick hogan i zation and dialogue no matter how we ost, of people. wonder about us speak about the resistance committees on camera. they were fearful live 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 at once enforced a dictate his rule. ah, here on the outskirts of come 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, ah, run, cast there without special report from sid, and just coming up to half past in the afternoon, moscow will be back more stories at the top of the ah, well it shows the wrong one. i'll just don't hold any new world to shape out. disdain becomes the african

and engagement. it was the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, ah, ah hello and welcome to cross stock where all things are considered. i'm funeral about the west relations with russia already record lows. and there is no reason to believe this will change any time soon, however, is a grand bar impossible as some have suggested. also as a bait of julian assange been sealed, ah.