into their own hands and be prepared if those kind of weapons were less available. we wouldn't have a lot of the shootings that we certainly wouldn't have the number of deaths a breaking news for you. that's our live. what our fee international sister channel in germany, oxy d. e, has been blocked by you tube. it comes on the very day it launched its 1st broadcast in that country. heavily on men surround livia and government offices in tripoli with militia threatening to scuffle at the upcoming presidential election of the 1st such vote in the ravaged african country in 7 years. also, as global fears spread over the american co, marion, the w. h o europe director tells

r t that is vital to deliver vaccines where that needed, including rushes. sputnik fees, health including vaccines, go beyond to politics. we should never take into account the country of origin ah, live worldwide and an action type program for you today. here we're not you international welcome. we do have breaking news to kick off the program here on our t. it's about our sister channel in germany, our t, d e, which is now being taken down by youtube. believe it or not, it comes on the very 1st day it launched his 1st broadcast in that country. now the reason given for the band is that on c d e's previous youtube account was removed. and apparently the owner of any blocked channel is forbidden from starting a new one. however, r t d e's new channel truly has

a different owner. and despite being unavailable and youtube right now, you can still watch it at d dot r t dot com. the channels are chief transformation officer, told us what happened on the center has been terminated by you for what you to call violation of the time. the court said that you've got to complain that auntie denton had documented some technical safety measures. this means, according to your claim, if your channel is terminated, you may be unable to use or create any obviously, if you've child. and he said that was the latest addition to feminine on youtube, that includes dozens of channels. it was that's how by the fans and company. oh god t, i know to be novice in most cases used by lead team of editors. i of them have no relation to our youtube channel that was terminated in september. i detroit, technically, because the channel that was deleted in september was owned by

a different company, all tv productions. it also was mentioning that at the time of termination, asi the channel had them 600000, follow it, and i got 514000000 views. so despite the whole, youtube by german sister channel is now up and running ortiz johnny armstrong. now looking at what, what other obstacles that have to overcome just to get on the journey. so launched a has been the usual track through pressure and passive aggression from the self appointed defenders of democracy. i. e. rival, gym, and media. it's bad enough that putin's voice sounds out across the internet. if it were not for one reliable german meteor outlet, dest spiegel kremlin owned outlets would dominate the german digital information space. in both the number of articles published in social engagement received. there is reason to believe that most of the traffic on our tea channels is real and not acquired through purchased fake profiles. the thinly veiled disdain from rival

gym and media outlets have come in a form of gallant cries to stop the so called moscow mouthpiece. and kremlin back putin propaganda, of course, that has nothing to do with our t deutsche. his popularity on a string of social media, where they consistently rank among the top most viewed channels as regards news and politics. ah, it wasn't just rival outlets that ran. so the, his theory over r t deutsch is rise through the media rankings. politicians got personal and

launched. attacks on our t employees, framing them as perpetrators of this information, and d, stabilizing democracy. those who work for asi have said good bye to critical and independent journalism and whether they want it or not, all the employees are part of the d stabilization of democracy. this is not about the approval of a profane entertainment channel, but about e. u wide access for putin propaganda and targeted disinformation under the guise of alternative journalism. and what goes up must come down arte deutsche his ascent was yank back down to earth when youtube ban the channel from its platform with it wiping out 600000 subscribers. now despite rumors that the ban was burly in batt, former chancellor angle, a miracle denied that germany had influence you chief's decision. as for r t, germany did not put any pressure and brussels of the decisions it made in germany. neither the federal government nor the state governments engaging meadows like that

. so despite other people's best efforts are t deutsche is primed and ready for action. launching on air and launching a fresh assault on those old ratings and views, rankings, mainstream media beware. so with all the a resistance that archie dee has faced, including today's youtube termination, we decided just for a moment to take a bit of a well tongue and cheek look at why authorities are just so against this channel. i mean, was it a city that i did it in as shown to don't so we stand together. we'll continue to stand together against russia. 80 in germany repeat some of the areas that we doubtless made, say no to 70 this chunky dawson about their ability to influence other nations, france b, u. k. and even latin america and other countries in june. sure. then they knew

where to high from will cycle cologne. with members of your household, please, please, please, please. we're going to continue to fight with justin to russia must not be allowed in germany. as few common leave, it's so short, so didn't altino haitian the 5 on the yes, actually indian ha the enough and we'll be looking at more russia, germany tensions just a bit later on the program here on our t as a moscow reject. so jewelry still to come now as we understand militants have surrounded a number of key sites in the libyan capital. tripoli, it's just to handle the countries presidential election. it's fust since 2014. we can show you unverified video of the presidential council building week and more or

less make out combat vehicles carrying armed men. nearby photos and videos coming in from tripoli also showing fight is outside the offices of libya's interim government of national unity and videos are circulating that appear to show military vehicles patrolling the city. i hear it all to you. we have not been able to independently verify these videos. however, earlier my colleague neil harvey discussed the situation in libya with a correspondence, eager to stand off the poor people of libya and triplet, because they've had the facia of turmoil over the last decade or so. am and beyond, and it's, it's not over, is it yet more unrest? what is causing it? well, you're absolutely right. there's more and rest to 3 militia groups who are trying to take power inside of tripoli who are trying to disrupt the upcoming elections. and this is, i have to say is only the latest in the violence that has had the country and it's tied grip. so essentially we've had the throughout the past couple of weeks, couple of months, we've had numerous reports and pictures coming out of the country as armed groups

were trying to capture local t v stations as heavy artillery was brought to the capitol. everything that we're seeing there right now, you know, the government internationally recognized government going into hiding local militias and warlords, again having their se, unhindered and unhampered, apparently in the, in the capitol. hampering the work of the internationally recognized government, preventing the political process from happening. this all it is, it is causing some serious, you know, and will, horrifying, flashbacks, old way to 2011, one of who was more market daffy was ousted with the help of course, of nato and the international community and everything that is going on there right now, with all the in fighting with all the, you know, these warlords, what wrestling in its essence, it's a result of a power struggle of vying for power. and even even if these walls are used as proxies are used as pawns. so what we're seeing right now is that the international

community, they ended, the rule of law and libya, ended libya's stability. they created a state of lawlessness. they created very, very fertile ground for all this and fighting to happen. and there was a bit of a low in the past years, libya has stayed out of the headlines, of course, but it seems that right now the elections, the upcoming elections, they have triggered this new wave of violence. it is very threatening to the political process that the international community has been trying to going for so long. and it really shows that they, they, well, they try to do nation building. they destroyed the country with their bombings and with, with all the, with all the meddling. and right now the situation shows how little control, if any, the international community has a decade on a decade since more market duffy felt a little more just to break down the what's going on there right now, this little qu, the man the, the front man of the crew is called solid body and he's quite infamous. he's a bit of a colorful figure. he's militiaman, the, he's one of the few people who actually buried my mark daffy who fought against him

. so he was the international community, his favorite back in 2011. since then he was put on a multiple sanctions list of the u. s. sanction list, the un sanctioned list. and the, the for the very same thing he's doing right now for trying to stop for basically disrupting the political process. so he's saying he has said that essentially he believes that the election is rigged in favor of the incumbent prime minister who went into hiding. but if you look at how things are unfolding, the only person to benefit from it is really the prime minister because he is not seen as a favorite in the elections. in fact, he is in, as an underdog, he is a very much upset by safe to duffy. the son of mama gadhafi, as it is widely believed that the hearts and minds of the libyan people are with the son who came back from exile. who before that was and remained in captivity rebel captivity, he was tortured, had several fingers chopped off and still despite all the exile, despite all this,

he apparently still, or he carries a lot of political weight. so, so right now again, it looks that libya is dangerously close to plunging into yet another circle of violence. more analysis on the inside of the libby as what decade long crisis. now it just doesn't stop and that poor war ravaged country, you can read more about it right now at r t dot com. well the world health organization is one of the hallmark on very and is now spreading at an unprecedented rate. one of the senior officials says that fully vaccinated people are at risk and hospitals around the world could be easily overwhelmed. well, i'm a chrome has currently been registered in more than 70 countries among the worst affected is that is the u. k. it's just reported this highest number of daily cobra cases since the start of the pandemic, almost 80000 new infections with hallmark on accounting of almost 5000 of them. earlier european commission, president ursula vandella and predicted that alma con would become the dominant

corona virus of erin in the e. u. by mid january. despite medical institutions saying it has very mild to low symptoms of corresponding to any of her trunk. i spoke to the w h o regional director for europe. how much more do we know about our micron at this point? we know much more. and we have the tours and about all mcclellan. it's to, it's the latest variant. it's spreading much more faster, but i always tell we're not in the business of fighting one variant when the business of fighting all variance and stew. delta is dominant. what we need to do is to implement what they call fife pandemic stabilizers. number one, increase vaccination coverage, number 2, boost boost, boost number to city. double the number of people varying marks, indorse number for ventilate, particularly in classrooms,

keep the schools open and fife, implement new treatment protocols. how valid are the concerns that vaccines might prove ineffective against all micron, where we know as of to date, that vaccines are still effective for the 1st or the 2nd dose may be little bit less, but it recovers with a cert dosed well on the european union specifically, we've seen a range of different approaches. why aren't we seeing a more uniformity from the block in particular? and he didn't do uniformed, it has been growing over time. but i take the point that it's still really aleck, off uniformity. what they call political here is, and it's confuses the people. that's why dublin was advocating to establish a bung european health senate council at the high level to half uniformed in policy, but ultimately still health is a national competency. it's a decision by the country. speaking of sputnik v, r t, we've heard from

a number of experts that the issue has been politicized. is that true anyhow? house including vaccines. go beyond politics. we should never take into gold. the country of origin. i shed the optimism of the present alteration for the nation that this dub rachel emergency use listing for scrutiny can be there soon. an irreversible division. that's the point american society is reaching according to a new academic study. it found that polarization in the u. s. is close to that of a tipping point. if polarization is to extreme, people become divided even on the shock. if she, if we reach that point, we cannot unites, even in the face of war, climate change pandemic, or the challenges to the survival of our society. it's been early here in the studio, the former pennsylvania state senator bruce marquis joined me here at moscow to show his perspective on what is ultimately

a growing rift in american politics. the nbc accomodate of nbc was saying, he said there was 30000000 people right now. ready to take up arms. so if a donald trump back in the office, that's somewhere between 20 and 30000000 people. that's a mass movement in america, in favor of political violence, which is a new thing. does that sound accurate to you? well, i don't think that you're gonna see anybody taking up arms in the literal sense of, you know, having, you know, weapons. but i think that maybe there's a 120000000 or 130000000 or maybe more people who be willing to vote for donald trump. we had the tobacco, an afghan, a stan, which was poorly handled and then maybe united states look weak on the international. you know, a platform where they didn't get the americans out before the troops, laughter. that's number one and number 2, with all of the spending that were happening because of these, you know, bills that the democrats just wanna throw money at. we, we, for the 1st time, i mean, in a long time, we have inflation so that, so this is,

this is not just the media fear mongering about inflation in america. because we've been reporting that it's nearly at a full decade, high inflation in the united states. it's just about everything across the board now is more expensive than it was even just a year ago. is that, is that true? what's absolutely it's, it's absolutely true. i'm just, i grew up in the 70s so i can remember when we had inflation, then we really haven't had inflation since i'd say the, the late 19 eighties has been fairly stable. absolutely. you go to you. listen, you can't fully american public. we have the whole problem, you know, with the transport and getting goods, goods into the country. i wanted to ask you just briefly, going back to biden's approval ratings and the inflation crisis. cove id afghanistan, the list goes on it yet. he says, he says the following about mid times have a quick listen to this. if you would in 2021 as a unified democratic party for unify than ever. now we look at 2022. i want to tell my republican friend get ready bell. you're going in for

a problem. he seems certainly out and made and optimistic. the how do you think is ratings right now will affect the mid tons. i think they've already infected the elections, the united states. we had a republican when governor and virginia completely unexpected. ah, and that was in part because of the lack of popularity of president biden. it's typical that the party that's out of power does well in the mid years, but with biden. and his lack of popularity is really even his inability to campaign could didn't even campaign for himself when he was running for president. i don't think that we're going to see him going around the country and supporting very many democrat candidates. and republicans, i think you're gonna feel very good slate of a of candidates the lawyer for a russian national who's been found guilty of motor and got chechen man in berlin back in 2019. believe the verdict lacks solid evidence in an exclusive interview. here with us at all t,

he said the court relied on highly questionable sources. the problem it is, and the problem with this investigation is that it's partly based on sources which in off you from the point of view of defense and not credible. these belling katanen documents from ukraine and witnesses who gave conflicting testimonies and colds. rebelling cat is a business project that focuses on questionable russian stories and serious crimes down there, getting donations and financial helped to do that. and which is why we believe that belling cat does not produce independent mutual journalism. on the contrary, as a clear aim, there are assumptions that is still in need of evidence. from our point of view, evidence from belin cat is unreliable. cabana for economic. the judge also said will sentencing that there's no direct evidence that it was in order from russia. they relied on clues that from all points of view were insufficient for this ruling . joseph law, i think that the existence of contract was not established. and there's no evidence that that's why i believe,

at least during the hearings in the evaluation of evidence that such participation from russia wasn't revealed. but the court decided differently was brought back in 2014 russia, put out an international love for classical interpol. i believe this confirms that he's not an agent of the russian secret services. as these aren't usually puts on, international wanted las were all that private details to divulge loses. on wednesday, germany expelled to russian diplomats prompting warnings over retaliation. a bowl in cova said in his verdict, the killer acting on behalf of moscow as a claim the kremlin denies. in europe a correspondent peter oliver. he reports to russian diplomats have been declared persona non grata by the new german foreign minister anal in a bare balkan one of her 1st duties in that role. it all relates back to the sentencing of a russian national, named as vitamin cathy cove to life imprisonment. for the murder back in august of

2019 of silly man. hun gosh, fairly in the fact that ad that killing was well described directly as been at the behest of the russian state by the court that did the sentencing. now moscow denies any involvement in the killing of high gosh, really, who is shot to death in a pearl in park right in the center of the german capital. back in the, the summer of 201930 tractor. the defendant denied the crime, particularly denied being part of the russian security apparatus, or having been commissioned by any security apparatus at all. for there is not a single piece of evidence and the court also admitted there isn't any evidence that would prove this. there is only circumstantial evidence. this prompted on the line of bare bog to call the russian ambassador to the foreign ministry and which he was informed that 2 of his diplomats will be going home. these are much in startling, this murder on behalf of the state as determined that quite

a day represents a serious violation of german law and of germany. sovereignty, the russian ambassador was informed that the members of the diplomatic step of the russian embassy were being declared undesirable. i hope there will be no escalation, because in a moment we don't really need peace, we don't need or there's an economical crisis. there's covered crisis. when we look at the rhetorics off of foreign ministry, analynn of our book, i'm a bit afraid she wants to escalate the conflict. i will go to the russian side, will try to research dialogue as far as possible and that we find her oh transshipment. maybe it would be good. mr. appleton and mr. charles, come into a dialogue directly mold for a ministry in moscow has issued a response very as a card of her, their spokesperson saying that there would be a reaction from moscow to the expulsion of those 2 diplomats. moscow denied any involvement in the killing of hunger, surely. and he was

a wanted terrorist in russia. he had asylum status here in germany. but moscow had been seeking him in order to, to prosecute him in connection with the death of almost 100 people directly. that they say he was involved in those death in russia's north caucus region. also, he's accused of being part of the planning and plotting for the 2010 moscow metro suicide attacks. now, the russian ambassador released a statement shortly after the c sentencing, saying that he believed that both the evidence that was provided from the prosecution and the timing of the sentencing were politically motivated. the absurd thesis about the involvement of the russian federation in this case was never confirmed by convincing evidence to accept pseudo investigations and unsubstantiated statements of the bias media such as belin, cat, an insider, and other speculations is at least strange the time chosen for the announcement of

the verdict is hardly accidental. obviously, some one is interested in overshadowing the dialogue between russia and the new german government. the relationship between moscow and berlin is under some strain at the moment whether it involves the future of nord stream to the situation surrounding ukraine. all this particular case and the expulsion of 2 russian diplomats following that sentencing all f sholtes, the new german chancellor and vladimir putin who yet to have a phone call. certainly they haven't met face to face yet, but when the to do there is certainly going to be a lot for them to talk about. les, i just spoke with george galloway artie host and former british m p. if things are diplomatic expulsions are a very dangerous step and relations between berlin and moscow, it's very dismal is potentially very dangerous. and we must hope that cool our heads reveal it struck me as being so obvious

a blind man. good. see it, an international lynch mob. seeking to convict without evidence and execute the russian state for anything that happens anywhere on their territory. and i'm sure about russia will respond. it needs to show that it will not be kicked around any more. this is not the yeltsin period where russia lying drunk on the ground, having its pocket picked up, put on, has made russia really something again, any i'm sure will want to show. but i wrapping up this our news cost here on our t international with george galloway. thanks for joining us. very much. here's a busy thursday. if you're well, bye headlines before we get to the next program. it will be or the alex so much coming up next on this network. mm. ah, ah, right now there are 2000000000 people who are overweight or obese. it's

profitable to sell food that is fatty and sugary and salty and addicted. not at the individual level. it's not individual willpower. and if we go on believing that never change is obesity epidemic. that industry has been influencing very deeply. the medical and scientific establishment. mm hm. what's driving the obesity epidemic? it's corporate. ah. tools . in a said, you don't get it in a don't stand together. we'll continue to stand together against russia. media in germany. repeat some of the areas that we don this made say,

notice if he needs a shockey dawson about their ability to influence other nations, french u. k and even latin america and other countries in future than maybe know where to high from cycle alone with members of your household. so please, please, please, please. we are to continue to fight. don't you just need to rush, you must not be allowed in germany. i want you to call and leave it to show us would be an out innovation. the 5 and the yes actually ended out to you the innovation, mrs. gumple sons. ah

welcome to the alex salmon. sure, we're, we're to view the political highlights of 2021. i'm asked 2 of our favorite ccrs. what can we expect from westminster politics? in 2022. in a few short weeks, prime minister johnson has moved from master boley, surveyed to a lame duck drowning and self inflicted scandal. well, well, the new year bring up that quote, a viable for the prime minister or end game for the johnson administration. we interview top political commentator, peter, all's like, i looked into changing tier barden as clear folks. i'm ask them, what exactly is going on? and more importantly, what will happen 1st, she retreats e message in this one. so i show last week on renting up to 26 summit. ingram micro mcgregor says the plan is going back to the formation as it did billions of

years ago. i drops and says, the realistic carbon cut to cost is ridiculous. and the commercial joke at best, robert died says didn't. but the leaders we have definitely didn't. i'm frankly, are not later note. william nicole says, i'm certain that all music and my said a piece of arts have kept me seen these last years. some might say different what an interesting program once again, focusing on some of the good. thank you all, alex simon. sure. no, no journalist has been a bigger thorn and the prime minister site than the formidable peter over. and earlier this year he published the assault on to detailing the full extent of what is johnson's repeated departure from actually team. i were there for a pointing journeys, and for johnson, alex speaks to peter point bitter about. welcome back to the alex simon. joe. it's a huge pleasure to be back with you alex. i do apologize. not for being with you in

person. while we're, we've got you on the screen. peter, that's a very good 2nd best. so listen, you've been looking at the tory party for many, many years or have you ever seen tom oil light this at the top of the tory party of a says just another cycle of tallie at the terminal and only seen warfare. no, this is different because it's a crisis. i think it's quite important to remove this issue from johnson himself. disgraceful and, and hapless and wretched though he is, is important to realize this is a crisis on the conservative party which has collapsed as a responsible civic organization and has been can't become the products of.