ah, what's driving the obesity epidemic? it's corporate. ah. tonight that him a po to not just a media talks to stop further nato expansion towards russia's borders in a telephone conversation with british prime minister boris johnson made on going speculation over the situation and ukraine and accusations towards russia up to a 100. now a fear dead after tornadoes ripped through central and southern parts of the united states. but the disaster also underlines the country's deep political divide to with some politicians already trying to score points from. the tragedy. had a special report, the sudanese who say they've been betrayed and had their dreams destroyed. coming up, we look at the 1000 strong protest gripping the capital there since october's ah,

oh, hello, life mart international moscow. it's kevin o' in here with a world news at midnight. very good evening tip 1st led him, a potency held a telephone conversation with british prime minister boris johnson with the current global hot topic, the crane situation, a highlight. the president also urged immediate talks to create a global legal framework to stop. nate has expansion towards russia's board. has his correspondent daniel hawkins reports. while he talks between the u. k prime minister and russian president follow similar discussions between the presidents of russia and the united states just a few days ago. and the focus was very much the same ukraine and the tensions on the ukraine, russian border. and after this conversation, it is clear that differences do remain in terms of threat perception and ideas on

where exactly the threat is coming from and where the problems lie. the russian president pointed out ukraine's use of heavy weaponry and combat drones on the de more cation line. so i think that as a violation of them is protocols which of course should bid the presence of foreign troops in the breakaway dawn by region. and the use of heavy military weaponry on that location line of lottery. putin pointed out that this use of the weaponry as well as discrimination, russian speakers in ukraine or violations of the men's protocols. indeed, the biggest concern for the russian president was the increasing presence of nato military nato troops in ukraine and indeed nato expansion. eastwards that is something that has been a concern for the russian president for russia for a number of years and has often been a spinal in the works on improving relations between russia and the west for quite some time. this is a suggestion that bloody me putin brought to the table and some of the resolving

those concerns from both sides fly them are put in stated the neat, immediately begin negotiations with the aim of working out precise international legal agreements that it would exclude. and if further, nate expansion east and the deployment of weapons threatened in russia, neighboring states, primarily in ukraine. now the crime prime minister came up things of the thought, a different approach cooler in russia to reduce tensions from their own side. citing the importance of respecting ukraine's sovereignty and integrity that, of course, that comes as a reference to the let's build up. a russian troops on ukraine is border. he did call for a dialogue and respectful them. it's protocols from both sides though, but it is clear from this meeting differences do remain, and between how to resolve this ongoing crisis in terms of the good news. supposedly this did agree that progress had been made on climate change issues that the, the cop 26 in glasgow and didn't agree that collaboration between moscow in london is crucial to make progress on international issues. so at least some good news

pops there. in the run up to christmas, the cold came as moscow's courteous size. the group of g 7 countries for a statement warning, russia of severe consequences if it pursues it's supposed military aggression against ukraine. russia should be in no doubt that further military aggression against ukraine would have massive consequences and severe costs in response to credit issued me as for the of a round of threats towards russia, warnings or threats. we absolutely understand the position and there is no need to repeat it 10 times. we would like their position to be more balanced. but if we're talking about the need for the escalation, ukraine, we want to see calls for kia to stop their provocative activities on the demarcation line. western media and high ranking senior officials have recently been alleging that moscow's planning and offensive on its neighbor ukraine, citing russian troop movements near the ukrainian border. the cremins consistently

denied those claims and notes. it can move its troops wherever it wants to, on its own territory. with the foreign ministry spokeswoman adding that ukraine is being militarized. but going even further to night, germany's foreign minister stating that rushes nearly completed gas pipeline nod stream to might not be given the green light in case of any escalation. early we spoke to karen can, i saw the former foreign minister of austria who came in the studio. we talked about many issues, including threats to block this new pipeline. there's a text that was written by the american and by the german government in july, in my reading, it's a rather unreadable text because it's very complex. and inter alia, it's mentioned if there is some sort of military sation of to ukraine conflict, then the china government could to reconsider sanctions. so it's very ambiguous, the whole thing and had, nobody has a real definition. what is such

a situation that the germans will to go back to court to sanctions or that are the u. s. government? what you'll sanctions, there's a lot of our unilateral roberts threats around and the situation is very ambiguous . effect is that contract treaties have to be kept, have to be preserved. and, and if ever, the, what now start tool impedes the consortium of companies or to make this pipeline operate if, which is the expansion of an already existing pipeline than that would yield tremendous problems and, and has have a tremendous impact on german economy in general. because it will mean a complete loss of credibility in general. this always seems to be here a political will to block it. this political blow to pluck it has been rising. was president trump 20172018 because it had less to do with russian supply of gas to

the europeans. that has always been the case. it had more to do with grating market for not american allen. she, again, it's more a politic a game and it's a risky game than it really has to do with fundamental laws of market economy. supply and demand demand ultimately comes from the consumer, which would be the voter. i mean, why would they want to spend more money on american gas when they can get it from russia? bought 3 times as cheap? exactly. this is one expect, and the other one is our gas storage is very tight. it's much below where it should be at this time of the year. there's even talk about temporary capt downs, of gas provision, or even the risk of, of something like a black out. would you expect this nord stream to gas pipeline to go ahead sooner rather than later? because it sounds like it's needed, but politically, it's awkward. you're fully right. and if that terminal regulator that bond as net

again tour would have continued its procedures as calculated still in september. and the deadline was 8th of january 2022 than the regulator said, no, that's a problem. that means that instead of meeting the deadline of eights of 10, or it might be if everything works smoothly than april, may by april, may we don't have to same pressure on, on the gas provision. as we do have right now, it's most probably going to be a cold winter. we see as sequence of unit at ro, statements by different protagonists. whether it's mrs on the line with aids, president biden, whether it's different voices and the chairman of parliament. and all that is, is not very helpful to say the least because all those unit at those statements are feeding the media. you have some german media which even publish a question plans and text plans to even tell us which day the,

the russian army is going to invade. i mean it's, it's really getting sarielle such a language was not present in the cold war days in the seventy's eighty's. maybe because we still have people in office who knew what war meant. unfortunately, we are in times of a decline of diplomacy, diplomatic practice. it's, we are in a world of unilateral statements post afford it, this arm amount of worse. i mean this terminology is, can cannot be continued as, as it has been the case of the last few weeks. and the media should act in a more responsible way of quoting this, this chairman paper bills which, which had as effect planets on. so there is many people are required to act in a, in, in, in a, in a more responsible way. because the stakes are simply too high, i believe that those president put and president biden are aware of the stakes.

but there are many, many otherwise this mandates inside natal, whether it's inside ukraine prices who are making this unhelpful unit at west 8th mess. devastating storms ripped through central and southern parts of america over the weekend. the state of kentucky suffering the worse damage the governor. now saying that 64 people died. well, more than a 100 of my missing president biden's declared a major federal disaster in the state. these a satellite images from before and after, in the city of mayfield, more than a 100 people were trapped inside the collapse factory building 8 died and the same number is still missing. instruction was also reported in arkansas, missouri, tennessee, and illinois, where at least 6 died in an amazon company warehouse. president biden says his administration's ready to do whatever is needed to help those reeling from the devastation. a

worst. most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky's history. there's our own town and just everything everybody's all there was were shaking house collapsing against you see where the whole house is buckled. the little back side of this house is off total devastation for our town. most of our historic buildings are now gone with, [000:00:00;00]

with, with this is likely to be one of the largest or new operational history. the disasters highlighted a major rift to between republicans and democrats with some politicians seemingly trying to take advantage of the tragedies. nicky, iran reports entire towns were destroyed as some 30 powerful tornadoes, ravaged across thick that us dates 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 is no time like the present for political punches. we should do what 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 hope. and most americans, most times, fair in nate. we know, rand paul is a heartless hypocrite. the people in kentucky deserved the relief regardless of the buffoon, his leadership, much of the dems, dont 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, denial, and see what happens. tornadoes in december of red, but weather climate change,

while the fact 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 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 home renovation 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 kevin, or with you this morning at our tea, on the way a surprise in the us state of florida with a number of republicans registered to vote, overtaking democrats for the 1st time in modern history the all central banks, all banks, all unfair bible committees on their bible centers of our arc run. some of them are very corrupt, some of them are extremely around here. or their money system is completely absence

of any corruption because it's only feeling toward the pure monetary premium and truth of bitcoin. and on top of that, ben rock and period you can build a fantastic country that fantastic culture driven by a dreamer shaped by those with the in, [000:00:00;00] ah,

there's things we dare to ask a, ah again, no special report. the you ins, emvoy, the sudan says military leaders must rebuild, trustworthy opposition, especially younger people. many say they feel betrayed. bob toby's co, and they're rejecting any negotiations for the military parties senior correspondent broadcast you witnessed a 1000 strong protests in the capital cartoon. and talked to people who said their dreams of a better life have been destroyed. the full version of the exclusive reports available on our youtube channel, but for now is a smaller part of the story. 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. this 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 a 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 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 would just try saying something against the government. they'll label you and islamists reform a 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, be because of roadblocks or protests. after the revolution, the 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 the nfl, but the military intervene and what some have called a to it arrested prime minister ham dock and 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 revolutionaries. and none of those here will go to these protest. 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 to dawn and chancellor demands the freedom food or to meet him. what traditional thursday, protest. i now under way ties a burning in 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 put this rupture. they're charging now against the military government who they see as being responsible for the scoop ah, the crowd. these in the thousands we had seen many small columns, swarming in various neighbors before converging here. and what they all want for power to be handed over by the military toys, civilian government property, they stop without any exceptions. they bought the military, the step down, many people here field, but trade by prime minister ham dub. they will find that agreement with the military, giving up a lot of civilian, bowed to the military. the resistance committees, abala 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 answer they have in their booklets. so we've, we've spoken to people on some support,

the resistance committees, other people say that resistance committees intimidate bullying, scare people would you, would you have to say about that? i can they scan whatever ice people that just ordinary civilians, they're not related to the military or intelligence agencies. all they do is how quick who can 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 into what they so hated. ham dogs. army son 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 entirely passed by. and so, sir darn remains in wretched stasis, chained in hunger, frozen by corrupt and self serve in elite, and held together by a military bed, on preventing collapse, ah, democratic party, alarm bells ringing in the key state of florida for republicans overtook them for the 1st time in modern history and the number of registered voters, i'm with next years crunch, mid term elections looming democrats and i wondering just how to reverse the historic slide. caleb open reports simply a matter of mathematics. for the 1st time in modern history, the republican party has more registered voters in florida than the democratic

party does. now, local democratic party leaders are at this point, reacting, realizing that something seems to be very wrong. of course, this fight will not be easy, but is about so much more than any one of us. and it's florida democrats. we have lost so many times that donors and pundits have given up on us. now florida's governor de santis gave a statement celebrating these new numbers, saying that this shows that the residents of his state reject government control from the democratic party and value liberty as put forward by his administration in florida and by the republicans. now at this point, there is a fear on the part of some figures within the democratic party in florida that national donors to the democratic party is washing as well as national party leadership will at this point, consider florida to simply be a red state. they'll consider it to be lost territory and, and not really work on fighting for voters in this very important state that has

generally been considered a swing state and u. s. presidential elections. it's not as if floridians can't be swayed one way or the other. we need more coordination with the national party. now this comes amid a drop in the approval ratings of u. s. president joe biden, at this point, the approval rating of joe biden, when it comes to handling the vital issue of inflation, is pretty low. only 28 percent of americans say he's doing a good job. only 54 percent within his own party. and when it comes to the handling of coven 19, while he still maintains a 53 percent approval rating. that number has dropped 10 percent since july. now at this point, joe biden's approval ratings have been continuing to drop back in march. he was 20 points higher in terms of approval with us public than he is now. many wonder what the implications could be as the mid term congressional elections are less than a year away. you k, prosecutors say the wife of

a u. s. diplomat charged with killing a teenager will face criminal proceedings after all. and the coolest fled to america. after her car collided with motorcyclists, harry ton outside the appendix. military base and central england. a correspondent shut edwards, dusty as mal. what has been over 2 years now since harry don lost his life, but now the family are a step closer to justice that says, and the coolest to women accused of killing harry done is due to face criminal proceedings here in the united kingdom early next year. so the 44 year old wife of a u. s. diplomat fled to the united states claim this diplomatic community shortly after the incident that happened on the 27th of august of 2019. she was late to charge with causing death by dangerous driving. but an extra addition request to face the justice system here in the united kingdom was refused. now that refusal initially was made final by the trumpet, ministration, and later reaffirmed by president joe biden. so it's

a monumental moment for the done family who say they're feeling incredibly emotional and overwhelmed. charlotte done, his mother has read relentlessly. campaigning full such a moment to come. in fact, she says all she ever wanted is for answer coolness to face the justice system. here in the united kingdom, so that time will now come as the case will be heard at westminster magistrates court on january the 18th. next year. we believe and synchronous will be a pairing via video link. and we also have a statement from the crown prosecution service that says, well, the challenges and complexities of these case is now known. we remain committed to securing justice in this matter. but of course, this is a long time coming now, especially as there's been various twists and turns to this story earlier this year in fact have emerged. the answer good as was working for the intelligence at the time. now that would fundamentally change the principles of this diplomatic immunity, which diplomatic community, by the way,

has been controversial from the get go less. it was a legal loophole which has now been closed under a revised agreement between the united kingdom and the united states. as the answer, clueless herself latest position, her latest public position is that she is currently apologetic and has accepted responsibility for the accident. as i say, this is a huge, a moment for her redone family. all they've ever wanted is to see this moment when and schoolers faces the justice system here in the united kingdom. because what they have always argued that till there's justice only then they will be able to grieve, showed it was dusty reporting then that se, world news had midnight with me. kevin, know, and thank you for your company. now, next programs for you or on a,

after the break for the west relations with russia already record lows. and there is no reason to believe this will change any time soon. however, it's a grand bargain possible, and some i'm suggesting also as a bait of julianna's song, the scientific knowledge has never been so readily available to everyone across the globe, but overwhelmed by information. can we distinguish the real science from the one being imposed upon us? we're living in a world where there are many people who have a vested interest in finding information, finding scientific evidence, and discrediting even the notion that science could provide the truth about the natural world in the pursuit of business goals. large corporations are challenged strongly by scientific evidence. if you're emotionally invested and free markets, then climate change is

a serious emotional threat. because dealing with that means we have to change our approach to business industries or on the war bond attempting to debunk legitimate science by producing new evidence in science, writing science. that's how the ignorance is manufactured, their attention only seeking to the rail science rolling using shy cell ah ah, the obesity epidemic as the most important international health problem,