hey, that a check was completely wiped out for the ransomware attack. if you were coming in to a clinic, because you had a test or you had an operation, they can find your records. they had to go back to pen and paper with ah, you guarantee unconditionally that you will not invade ukraine or any other stuff in the country, you keep demanding some guarantees from us. you must give us the guarantee it is up to you. and you must do it immediately. president, due to the blaming nato for exacerbating pensions along the russian border, is he answers questions during his annual media bring on a half of adults in britain say that they are to scan to express a real opinions, openly fear of falling victim to come from culture with the reaction to this on the

streets of london, living in a coach, now bullying we used to have a good healthy democracy. good. how are we debating country where you could save it? and then you'd have to all your cation people are frightened to always say what they fail in cases that come muslim and jewish communities in belgium, voucher fighter ban on the ritual slaughter abominable. it's an issue that we put up for debate. i think animals deserve to be sorted humanely. you were really concerned about him or well, i know maybe she used to become a bigger order. but jay with chris was just around the corner now and he travels to visit center himself. see how i'm done because it is present in every plan. you know, most people ask, what po, po, dear boy,

the good morning to you here with the new look to got a new studio single present to them, afraid you're watching us. nato expansion, record gas prices in a wide range of other issues and concerns. those are the topics, address my president, letting that putin during his merit and end of year q. and a, with the media sees for, i guess the i was there for our channel and he brought us the key points. this is an opportunity for, for journalists from all manner of outlets small, large international for, to gather together and to ask, puking, ah, the most pressing questions that they have. but that includes a journalist from small provincial outlets in russia. people forget have vos, russia is 11 time zones at spans, and there's a lot of questions the journalists want to ask. so we heard questions ranging from, from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big heating questions. lou did

questions even from foreign journalists, asking vladimir putin if he can guarantee that russia won't attacker you crave. so will you guarantee unconditionally that you will not invade ukraine or any other southern country, or should use to will desert erections? will not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia. security, in the sense we've made it clear that any further movement to the east is unacceptable. we're not threatening anyone. we didn't come to the u. s. a. u. s. borders no, they came to ours. not an inch to the east, that was a nato guarantee in 1990. so what became of that, they fooled us. we seen 5 waves of nato expansion and you keep demanding some guarantees from us. you must give us the guarantees it is up to you, and you must do it immediately. right now, instead of talking about here for decades. he also spoke about the other thing that marcia has been charged with a suspected of manipulating. and that is the guy gas market in, in europe. he says,

well, what we're hearing from various outlets is baseless and senseless. germany for example, is buying gas at $57.00 times below market price. we're and then they're using that gas to perhaps celadon, to poland, which is paying an entirely different price because it insisted on trading with russia at market prices. now, the gases or the above $2000.00. well, it is ruinous, ruinous for both you citizens who have seen their household built for electricity go up for 500. the said ruinous also for businesses which they have, which are seeing an even larger rise, the road to him with bright and what they are lying to us. they are confusing. every one gets promised, shipping the entire volume requested by its counter agents. in accordance with the existing contracts there even increasing the volume by around 20 percent. they're

increasing shipments to europe in, i believe the gas from is the only company that does that us suppliers and not supplying the european markets enough. europeans used to think they had premium markets, but they were left behind. we're talking about liquefied natural gas. americans are transferring their shipments to the premium markets to latin america, brazil, china, south korea, from japan and the prices chair. we was saying we must not destroy long term contracts, but know that the european commission, we must use market turned the market will regulate it. well, here's how it regulates it. we have $2000.00. 1000 cubic meters. good. you're welcome. the other thing that popped up here was us you of recent scandals and russian involving jails, prisons and the torture of suspected inmates by prison authorities. these were both, both incidents were, was shocking because the, with graphic footage of it happening there are more cases where we haven't seen footage. that is something that has been a sore point among russians for,

for many years. and let me put in with us what is being done about this. he said that the russian government is taking action. there are number of criminal proceedings against her former prison institution, the staff members, as well as the fact that peter, this is a problem only in russia. this is a problem in even in developed countries, had it is very difficult to put an end to them. solution in this case is necessary festival, to rely on the is for of the investigation. 17 criminal cases have been initiated and our being under investigation. you have named only one or 2 people, but there are as far as i know, more than a 1000 dismissed and there are criminal cases opened against them. yes, there is a problem. we need to work with it and rely on a conscientious, fully fledged investigation of those crimes. and these clearly crimes that have been committed, we need to bring it to an end so that everyone understands that punishment for these offences is inevitable. i was sir lucky enough, also to be able to ask vladimir putin question,

my question was about canceled culture phenomenon as well as woocommerce that have so pervaded western politics. sometimes in very extreme forms. for example, we ah, for example, the incident with, with jake a rousing and how the axes that she made famous with her harry potter movies have turned against and asked that we have to do what he thinks about the social justice culture and whether it is coming to russia, as so been this national schuster the peculiarity and strength of our millennial society lies in the fact that russia has evolved as a multinational and multi confessional state. and we've learned to respect each other. and this means to respect the basis of our traditional spiritual culture, him and other peoples of the russian federation of a certain internal moral protection against such retrogression. and well, this must be fought not by direct instructions and shouts, but by the support of our traditional values, not the biggest crowd and attendance today because of her pandemic safety measures

there's social distancing in effect here, there's mars mandatory masters, of course. there was also humidifiers and all sorts of antiseptics prayers in action today. but there were much bigger crowds in previous years. nevertheless, this, the session lasted for fear for 4 hours, 3 hours, 56 minutes. i believe the people defer on how long. exactly. and this is this year's vladimir prudence press conference with geopolitical analyst reiner rode, fuson political commented antony weber. talked us through their understanding of one of the central themes of this q and a, the brewing conflict between russia, nato and ukraine. conflict and fall begging the cry, russia and the upper upper trunk trees. and the whole situation has been times rated out of proportion brushes. opposite trying to achieve is a peaceful resolution or a loss of war mongering been going on for,

for some time. and i have a serious on the hall hall because where, you know, which, which countries in the west genuine may want to have an aggressive situation. where with russia, i think it's more question or let's have a go at the burger, russia, and then we can take your attention away from some of our domestic issues. the west should understand that point the president putin is making when he says that the further what expansion of nato is a red line for russia. because he has, of course, the 1st duty to protect the geopolitical interest of his country, which are also legitimate security interests. a very dangerous escalation of relationships, i mean the war of faction between east and west have harmed

a lot of the economy above all in parts of europe. and therefore, we should immediately return to dialogue. the west should now take serious this with the georgia offer of russian president vladimir putin. now if you ever struggle with political correctness seems to not alone because more than half of the brits are too scared to say what they really think can you pose found that they're worried about being canceled by friends, colleagues, even their own family members was he showed he had his dusty dig into, got them so concerned council culture is silencing academics, a gagging public figures and wiping celebrities off the face of the planet. wait, can i really say that? who knows? but i'm not the only one biting my tongue as according to you got paul. majority of brits are living in fear of will being canceled. the majority of britons 57 percent,

say they have at least sometimes found themselves stopping themselves from expressing their political or social views for fear of judgment or negative responses from others. the idea or apartment can be cancelled, or in other words, blocked from having a platform is happening to hundreds with a very similar cycle. you say something offensive receive a public backlash, and suddenly you're gone done a finish cancelled by by. but it's only happening to big names and faces, but people like you and me work online on dates and even at home. i think we're living in a coach now of bullying, bullying in workplaces the government actually. so i think people are frightened to always say what they feel in case there's a come back on. so the main, she may just seem to want to appoint a few of everything. and so if you say in different you get so it's quite you get quite a has to think there's a lot of things for the climate change cove age or whatever. there's no discussion

that is the narrative and you of the group or wish closure. dan has a lot of issues where you fear fred, very careful about what you say, and that's not right. let's have a good debate. and we used to have a good healthy democracy. could have debate and country where you could say things and then you'd have to all of your case and some people just don't want to argue. i want to hear the argument. i just want to shut you down and say, no, you can't tell you that you don't allowed to say that i thought device. i traditional apartment to the apology, atonement forgiveness is no longer enough to warrant if they weren't accountability, social justice boycott. and the more controversial the view on any hot topic like race, immigration breck, that the more you should keep your thoughts and your mouth shut. those with less progressive views on device of social topics, feel more reluctant to voice their opinion. some say rather than being politically correct, the whole thing has been spun out of control into his social media, merciless mob rule. but it hasn't felt some from taking the risk of being cancelled

. like for instance, j. k. rowling and her auntie trans, public position. worries piece, freedom of slavery, ignorance, his strength, the biggest thing to vigil. hurrah! too is a woman. well, that wasn't her only comment. there's been plenty more. and as a result, she's been wiped off the face of the up even by the world. she created the, bought the community and the movie production team deleted her from scripts. meanwhile, at h. b o, the 20th anniversary, she was bought. not only that, a number of credit leaks gas they really do exist, announced their rebranding to distance themselves away from j. k. rowling, the tough that's a trans exclusionary radical feminist, but there are others in her potty school of thought. jackie raleigh wrote all the harry potter books by herself, and they canceled her because she said gender was a fact. and then the trans community got mad and they started calling her turf

trans, exclusionary radical feminist onto turf. gender is a fact well, trans employees and allies at netflix stage to walk out forcing the c e o to publicly apologize when you ah ah. meanwhile, team tough relished in the drama. if this is what being cancels, is like i love it. the song continues as monty python's star. terry gilliam got cancelled for endorsing chapels, netflix special shortly after the old vic right here in london, announcer pulling his shirt into the words from its november schedule. it is very said that a great cultural institution like the old, vague, allowed itself to be intimidated into cancelling our production of into the woods

by small group of closed minded humor, averse i. d. o. x on their stuff. my unspeakable crime was recommending my facebook followers to watch netflix special. ok, so that's on the most extreme end of the scale. but at the end of the day, how hard is it not to say something that's obviously dumbing. turns out really hard, indeed. cancel culture. this cancelling this punishment, it's everywhere. punishment and i for and i, you said that therefore you must never work again. sooner or later, the counselors will win well versus actress of prime time tally more and let them think. even comedy is now on the verge of being canceled. it's a bit like laughter in church. something has to be forbidden to make you really laugh, to make you really bella laugh. it's when you shouldn't be laughing. and so therefore, all the things that are being cancelled out are, i'm afraid, the things that have always made people laugh. so is it time to cancel,

cancel culture, because pretending somebody doesn't exist because they've touched a nerve, is a simply slope, as let's face it. we've all upset someone somewhere, haven't we regulate, is it over in germany or apparently ready to flout international treaties in the war on all german says the channel, that's all t d the outlet. good is broadcast. license in serbia, which like germany, signed up to the european convention of trans frontier television, something berlin seems to have gotten about. the karen investigates just the hours after the launch of ortiz, bronze, new german language channel. you cheap, blocked it valley a week later. german regulators force european satellite operator, utah sat, who suspended south despite all t holding a satellite transmission license in serbia, giving the right to broadcast in germany under a council of europe agreement. yet for germany forties,

it's not enough. the unauthorized start of broadcasting the kremlin channel r t d is an undisguised, a front to our current law and well established media policy. anyone who has a broadcasting license in serbia does not have one for the e. you. the program managers know that for sure, then more your take on this, this regional and local 12, our news platform and exclusive cnn affiliate. similar to r t d. this channel broadcasts in serbia on a license issued elsewhere in this case look some book. but unlike r t d, it doesn't have the thumbs up from the european convention on trans frontier television. what it does have is friends in high places. the european found for reconstruction and development, the european commission on the top investment fund, the k. k are headed by disgrace for my c. i a chief and david portray a little bit for it. the tragic irony of portray is the man who took part in the military destruction of serbia in the 90s. now setting up media that have not been

lost on observers, more disturbing, still, the man now invested in bringing objective information to the people. in 2010, recruited the 1st army of internet trolls. of course k, k o. ready controls a large number of internet companies. and there are other things worth a 2nd look like the alleged lack of transparency investigations into k, k all have found a labyrinth of goes to offshore companies mushrooming and tax havens and a bit to hide the original owners and find national networks for at least last 6 years, millions of years have been exchanged for shares of affiliated companies. war than hundreds of millions of lawns. cabral reductions and increases in the occasional incredible miles and ultimately material payments of capital shares, which are extremely difficult to trace or verify. at the times, levine is tele mac, and serbia's broadband were taken over by u. s. investment firm key our which controls billions of dollars in assets

worldwide. so here we have at 2 channels, the both sister channels of big news outlets, both with transmission license issued in foreign countries. only one with the knowledge from the european convention on trans frontier television, the other the brainchild of some questionable stakeholders. one barely last week, yet the other is celebrating 7 years on the air showing that sometimes it's not what you know, but who, you know, muslim organizations in belgium are fighting against restrictions on the ritual slaughter of animals. this has been banned now in 2 regions of move that's being challenged in europe in court of human rights. the was the greens, he hopes that this court will, might reason triumph over this emotionally charged case. the rule of law must not succumb to the growing political and social pressure of populous movements that are waging a battle of symbols against vulnerable minorities across europe. while the restriction

so that animals must 1st be electrically stunned before they are killed. the idea being to reduce their suffering, but muslim groups together with jewish organizations, say the stunning actually inflicts more pain. previously, the e. c h r as backs the method the protection of the welfare of animals is sent him beings constitutes a legitimate, subjective of general interest. along we spoke with mohammed shar, fake his, the head of the u. k. is ramadan foundation and also with radio host and color miss john gordon. they shared with us their thoughts on this controversy. what this is, is another example of attacks against my i naughty committee, in this case, the muslim a jewish community who was standing united. i'm taking court action against this decision. if you're talking about animal welfare, then you should really be talking about the bo welfare across the board and the european union under european commission and countries in europe in europe,

a using this is an excuse to come down on the individual rights of muslims and jews . across europe and i think it's up to you right, that is challenged through the court system. i don't agree with this analysis on what the british people think. if there was a similar poll just for the united kingdom. it would you, nana mostly know unanimously but by vast majority said that animal should be stunned. first, i think animals deserve to be slaughtered humanely. i understand the religious release reasons why both muslim, well, certain sections of muslim community and the jewish community want to carry on with these barbaric traditions. no religion, whether it's jewish or muslim, or even christian if it was a similar case, should trump the law of the land and i would love this to be outlawed in britain as well. no religion. from any law, we are all opera operating within the, within the respective laws we live in. i'm so the idea that any religion has

a precedent or others is not factual. correct. and actually in the u. k, we have that established church of england, which, you know, is, is our national faith and we live within the garden. i don't, i don't have and i actually celebrate the fact that we have a strong christian community here in the u. k. need not country. and we have the vibrant face as you started to take this issue. but you know, if you were really concerned about anymore, well, an audio safety then maybe should choose to become a beacon or vegetarian and not take it because you know, full stop. i would accept a fully, i'm a me teacher as well. of course, killing an animal, bring some pain, but if they're stunned, it reduces that. and that's what we need you yourself said the muslim community is splits on this. the jewish community is as well. mohammed if there was a pole to morrow, well, both sides could put forward the position, you know,

as well as i do, that the overwhelming majority would ban this. because each crew, i've always believed that, you know, we've got to respect faith and within the confines of the law that we live. and i just feel that this is been done in a climate where, you know, fall right. i activism, i'm file right now sweeping across the european union. i'm not know to be be can be mainstream. i think that this is another indication of thought when you see the jewish community and the muslim community on the same side standing together that shows you. we put a tech issue right. christmas is just swap if you're lucky, we'll 9 sleep away. santa claus is getting ready to deliveries, present box with the paddling, still raging and energy prices soaring his wishlist this year. well, it looks very different to him previous years. wanted to respond, peter, all of attract all the way to let land, to hear from the man himself. what his little helpers. loading onto the sleigh.

ah, here it arty. we always go above and beyond. to bring you the very latest news. rain or shine. whatever the weather, even coming here to the very frozen far north. i've come to lapland to meet a special guest. looks like we're getting close. come on, let's see if he's home. santa thanks very much for joining me. actually. we've met once before, you know? ah yes and johnny. i remember you actually my name's my name's peter. yes. johnny. oh, hey. well, look, it's been another really hectic here. everybody around the world has not had any

impact on the type of letters you've been receiving in what people have been asking for for presents. well, i can't go into the ins and outs of what individual people have asked for, you understand data protection and all that. but there haven't been some definite trends like water, well, board games and video games pretty much anything that can entertain people in doors . chess, you send lots of chess, so at least people's i q, which will be improving somewhat during pandemic lock downs. one of the things, some folk of note as well being locked inside is not so much that they need a little more help in the kitchen. is that they well struggled some boylen egg. in fact, cookbooks have been high in demand and for some they can't arrived soon enough. you know exactly who you are. anything else?

while we're on the sub to old food, some of us have overdone it a bit. in fact, some of us more than a bit and exercise equipment has been asked for. in fact, i know i could stand to lose a little from around my middle. i think you look great. thank you, but fin are the path to the naughty list. keep that in mind. well, what we have seen is people asking for fancy clothes, because we do know that this pandemic will eventually end. and when it does, people want to be out there stretching less stuff, leaving behind the zoom cave and ditching the sweat pants merging like beautiful butterflies, even if so, the clothes they're having to ask for are in slightly larger sizes than previously . it's not just smart clothes people have been asking for though, is it quite correct? energy bills have skyrocketed,

but so has demand for sweaters and warns got to keep away the wind to kill and with climate change at the top of a lot of headlines. what we've also seen is a lot of people asking for a solar, something whether it's a watch, a backpack, or even a lawn mower. it is all really rather interesting. but even at this most magical time of year, there is quite a lot of upset out there, hurt feelings, raised temperatures, really and all for a lot of brush. i do wish i'd seen more request form books about improving social skills in a temp to try and not cause offense before things get even worse. but you know, most people asked, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, dear boy, hope that this is the last year that we have such disruptions and we can be all

together with those that we love was about you, johnny did you write me a letter this year? why actually, since i knew i was coming to see you today, i brought mine to give you in person, but that's, that's all rather presumptuous. don't you think we have a host system here for a reason home post office takes care of this anyway. give it, give it, give it here. yes. yeah, that's or i'll be fine. i mean i'll have to consult the list of course, but down the bottom is subtle and football club to win the league. i mean, i'm good, but i'm not a miracle work. um i got what about let me have a thank god yes. will that work? oh, thank santa mary, chris, best pizza. oh son say you remember? yes. just having a little for holding for merry christmas to you, and a merry christmas to all of the girls and boys out there, whatever age you are. well, exactly what he said,

merry christmas to you all. i've been peter all of the for our see here in lapland . well, for those of you who thought you'd never see, stand up comedy, the news bulletin. there you go. consider it, let's say off christmas, present to you. thanks you company up about with more use in health. ah. when you listen to, if he thinks of tone and you think x is going to happen. you know, why happen instead of distinctive bringing responses and engage that are relevant to you, how we experience, reward and pleasure, while listening to some people looking at this is a kind of music, is it kind of choreographing of our expectations? so

ah with hello and welcome to cross stock. we're all things considered. i'm peter lavelle. what is the national mood? i suppose it depends on what kind of media you consume to say the nation is divided in highly partisan is an understatement. this is certainly what the national media wants us to think, but are we really so divided on what really matters? crossing the public mood, i'm joined by my guess, martha barnett in palm beach. she is president.