what is this in the world corrupted? you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. a with the u. s. co good response pates new road blocks as testing capacity runs out with the data infection rate searching several folds. in some states, we have a search and we do need more testing centers. i mean look at the law that is all horrible on it. for most of our firms have to wait on line for hours and hours to get her. i've had to wait on the line for hours to get tested. questions foreign ministry says whole thing,

and nato's expansion will be the top priority out. i'll be coming tool, could they line with the close? hello. thank you very much for joining us here on all t sunset. we've been searching for you around the world. tell us in your own words, where all you from foster care and all the as all correspondence had nor wayne old to the homeland of follow up with while you been on christmas. we are here bringing you the story that all this might not. this is autumn to national. good to have you with us. getting started, coven infection rates are searching in the us up 55 percent in the past 2 weeks. in new york, texas or new jersey, they've more than doubled the spread out here in the current variant and in florida . they've jumped up unfold on tuesday. joe biden promised healthy opinion free

tests for americans. so to patch to open more testing sites, despite that it seems that many have actually closed down and tear to stop short. jason puting 13 in new jersey and new york, while correspondent caleb mow, pen reports from the lines are growing here in new york city. and so as the frustration, 13 different coven testing centers throughout the city close down to day. all while demand for tests is rising amid and increasing infection rate. we spoke to some people who were waiting to get coven tests here in manhattan. that is a horrible, honestly you see how many people are on this line right here. and most of my friends have to wait on line for hours and hours to get started. i've had to wait on line for hours to get tested, so it makes no sense to be. that's not good. probably why i'm standing online and the 26th degree weather the end of the day. it's the holidays. we have a surge, we have to be vigilant, active, and we do need more testing centers. i mean, look at these lines. there's a 100 people on this line. i think it's making the lines really long. i think

a lot of you will need to get tested. sitting out there, save it becomes a whole drama amongst friends and family. i live with roommates. they need to know . i live in the same room with them and you know, i'm doing this, i'm going testing. now keep in mind, we're seeing a rapid rise in the infection rate throughout new york city. keep in mind the entire cities cove at 19 infection rate, for the month of november, was only $35800.00. so quite a spike in coven, 19 positive tests. now we're here in a situation where people are seeing this as joe biden, not keeping his promises. just recently, he was promising more. coven tests would be available. dr. found she the u. s. government health officials and joe biden is saying that if you're not vaccinated, you shouldn't be seeing your family for the holiday season and worry so much about people who still to this point refused to get vaccinated. the virus is going to find you, please get vaccinated. all these people who have not been back, you have an obligation to yourself, to your family and quite frankly,

now we criticize this to your country, get faxes it now it's free. it's convenient. i promise you it saves the lives. i'm honest to god, believe it, you're patriotic duty. really big long lines. your anger is rising, frustration is rising. people are angry at the mayor. people are angry at the governor and the new york state government, but people are also angry at the white house. taylor mop and archie, new york watches, foreign ministry says upcoming talk with the us and nato will have to focus on ending the alliance is expansion. despite the media claims, the washington is refusing to discuss the issue. it is exactly that expansion of nato and the non emergence of weapon systems, the threat and our security on the russian border. that are the main issues in the upcoming negotiations with the united states and nato. those who have not yet grasped the essence of the russian position should understand this very clearly.

while at the small native vowed to continue its eastward expansion was also accusing what's called planning twins age ukraine. a claim that the criminal denies in a recent security proposal wash, russia laid out its goal of solid guarantees that ukraine can never join nato viewing not as the best way to prevent any escalation of the conflict in the country. however, speaking on friday, the white house may still support the expansion of the military alliance, which the natured, she said is proved by its proactive assimilation of new numbers. nato has proven over the last year's data. our open door policy is not only something we can support in words, puzzles in deeds party by inviting to new countries. montenegro north muscle not to become a member. so we have enlarged the line so that all spheres with 2 new members, despite protests from russia,

and also we are supporting ukraine in france efforts to come closer to natal membership. while we'll put political unless, when she bought that still says that if you quite enjoyed nato, it's that's dangerous precedent. the russian position is pretty strong even from the legal point of view. according to its constitution adopted in the early 90 s. u grain is a neutral state and that does not become a member of any military walks. that's the foundation on, on which the new independent ukrainian state was built. now then you government than you are a g. m that came to follow violently in to 1014 is change and that that creates a totally new really kit because ah, as our military experts say, if your brain becomes a member of nato and you offense, here,

american weapons are stationed on a territory. if there is a quantity between russia and the u. s, russia will have to switch to the nuclear option immediately. because your brain is so close to moscow, it's basically, it's not about 5 minutes why it's a 3 minute flight for a more than we style. and this is something that people around the world should be thinking about. no, it's just that see shows in washington, that's the message. russia is trying to convey and russia is not going to compromise on that. this crisis is artificial. the western media, it's using russia one tend to invade ukraine, which is ludicrous because we still view ukrainians as a fraternal nation. it's not deformity. on the american side was and sentence that is not the form that is russia. we need the problem with the american side, with critically needed now. and the message from russia, you know, after these proposals were made public,

it's very important that it was said by our deputy foreign minister that this is not the menu you can choose from. this is the minimum, this is the minimum for the security of europe for the security of the wall. well, for a change to light to note it is of course, the busiest time of yet for, for the christmas. but peter managed to track him down all the way and planned. he's probably the busiest man on the planet right now, but where some to close lives generally depends on where in the world you are. where does santa claus live? in? at the north boy i every one knows in africa. yeah. yeah. yeah. right. yeah. so you get to to look to. oh, so left to right and yes. so are on there. i have no idea, but i guess somewhere in finland present day, i think 10 o'clock or probably living somewhere where there's

a night feed and night, little i factory like he has for all the time. actually sag authorization norwin in new york, the north wall, new york city north fall in north america. the answer is usually that he lives in the north pole. but there's a few problems with that. firstly, there's no buildings there for sumter in his elves to live in, and it's far too cold. secondly, there's no christmas trees at the north pole. in fact, they've no trees at all. and you don't usually see some to slay being pulled by these guys. of course pulling santa's sleigh is the elite team over reindeer and looking after those. reindeer is jo hannah, who has the wonderful title of ring dio whisper. johan, a thanks very much for talking to us. we're looking at where son to lives. now. there was some room as he lives in the north pole, but radius can't live in the north po can like, no, am i sons ice originally from

a mount ear corner of the room dory. but he works here in revenue because it's easier for people to reach to him then i'm the radius are here in awful. there's nothing to eat round. you look after the reindeer, how do you whisper to arrange what makes hello heard his name? what makes a good reindeer a santa? ah! the reindeer needs to be patient. it needs to be curious. it needs to be strong enough and bold enough. if they are too shy, they are afraid to fly over the skies. now what does the rain do? you do for relaxation when it's not flying. they are just, you know, killing, laying down, eating, chatting with the friends, you know, but that leaves us with quite the problem. what about all of the letters to tom said that are addressed to him at the north pole? i'm here in the bustling epicenter of santa's post office, enjoined by a very busy postal elf called here to he's taken some time out of her dear to talk to 30. thanks very much welcome welcome to santa claus main,

post office. thank you very much for having me. now. the question i have is, what do you do here with all of those letters that arrive from the girls and boys all over the world? well, 1st of all, this very, very many letters that arrive every year. there's always are over half a 1000000 letters that santa get and her 1st we sought him out by the country. and so that's what i'm doing here right now. santa has received a letter sir, around $200.00 countries so far. so what happens to those letters that are addressed to the north pole? please tell me they come here. they come here, let me see if i do have here some. ah example, for example over here. so this is the place where they all end up anyway. so they come to the right may even though you put the wrong address in it. well, that's good to know that everybody watching make sure that their letters always arrive with santa claus. well, it's good to know that santa is receiving his mail here in lapland, but this wasn't always his address. most theologians will agree that saint nicholas

was born in nor around the mediterranean coastal town of mira now damira in turkey, in around $288.00 d. however, there's not many images of santa in his home town on christmas cards. well, there is one way to settle this argument good and proper to speak to the man himself. santa claus. hello. thank you very much for joining us here on arte sunset . we've been searching for you around the world. tell us in your own words, where are you from? oh, i am from here. las vegas trucker. yeah, i've been here for those crazy long time. actually here on the arctic circle, i. g. o small than way over 30 years in my house. yes. here i have my office now here. i'm here every day of the year. so children all over the world can come and meet me. you're able to travel extreme distances and all over

the world can make sure that you deliver toys to the boys and girls. how does that happen? we all, that is actually quite easy. oh, you know my, my ranges, they fly not going to show us and on the tricks, no exclusive here. first of all, remember world is the wild evening to the time. so. okay. so will you travel you all the time the same time from times on the danza. that's how you do it. well, well the other way, sir. the santa tell you ever thought of oh, christmas eve. how tiring these going very slowly while you're waiting. oh, well, that's my other secret. the world is turning around that day, a little bit slow. thank you very much. santa claus. mary,

you all are married and a very merry christmas for me as well. peter, all of her for our tea in santa's village in the arctic circle. lapland. and from those traditional questions, ideas to something more while perhaps as fast and that chair pushes gemini, boundaries and buttons you are. let's take a look at the alternative. ah christmas. the traditional yuletide holiday this year, i'm making this traditional with a special christmas guide. mm. christmas tolerance diversity guide. we all know that christmas is a family holiday. now i make sure all your parents are properly numbers. i am this year. follow the agenda that make us no woman instead of snowman, or even better at the snow person designed for themselves.

oh, no gifts, no, don't already best. prepare your children for the brave new world. to remember, diversity is not at i o is no longer an appropriate costume. there's an appropriation 0, a logical appropriation offensive to the dear community. mm hm. and obviously sandra has to be cancelled. i because he is a wisest gender male who amuses mrs. close. discriminate against children based on behavior, whereas red, which is a communist color, makes children sit on his lap, makes people destroy trees and exploit sales. so sorry kids center is not coming to town anymore. i follow these instructions

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a very taiser christmas now santa claus and rudolph, were scheduled to deliver a bounty of toys today. but due to supply chain constraints and the cost of feeding the reindeer, skyrocketing downstairs terminate into the living room potsdam, collins to explain all this to us. and dan, welcome to our kaiser christmas show. merry christmas everybody ah no again, no russian. and she joined cows. prom has denied accusations from countries including ukraine, that it's deliberate, a pushing up natural gas prices in europe by restricting supplies. and the company says it's westbound exports actually found higher than last gym on tv for some of

has the story. ask from has once again retreated the statement, it has been making for quite a while that essentially any. well, any accusations that gas problem may have somehow contributed to the energy crisis in europe, completely unfounded. these are their words, and in fact, they have once again stress that the real, the actual output of gas from russia into europe via gas problems. well, infrastructure has, in fact succeeded, has, in fact, exceeded, i should say, unsurpassed the contractual obligations in front of the company. have a listen 7, you know what this, that i see just for all my all accusations against russia and death from that our gas applies to europe are low, are absolutely groundless. and unacceptable. this year gas prom supplied 50000000000 cubic meters of gas to germany under contract. that's 5000000000 more than last year. you gas problem has also supplied more gas this year to italy, turkey o guerria, hungary, serbian denmark, finland and paula. all the problems in western european countries are created by

themselves, and there is no need to blame gas prices. it is better to look in the mirror. so once again, gas from his saying that it's simply can't offer more natural gas on the sport for the european market, simply because it 1st has to provide enough gas for the domestic market for the russian households and will factories saying that in fact, it is doing everything and its powers to actually help europe, even though some experts still remain unconvinced. thought say marks 30 years since the symbolic and all the u. s. and saw the crime and soviet flag was lowered, replaced by the trick toward the russian federation. i'm president, we call gorbachev, announced his resignation of the soviet union, united by a communist ideology, existed for almost 70 years, but towards the end relations between us republics had become practice and the liberalizing policy of perestroika did little to stabilize the situation. the union

was paced by 15 independent states among them, russia, and as the new border sprung up, around 25000000 ethnic russians found themselves cut off from their homeland. many were unable to get naturalized in the other republics and moving to rochelle. this was easy about time. now one of those people is mina chico now 65 living in target stone. she was born and so the way now and grew up in russia. nina moved with her aunt and aunt context on just months before the soviet union collapsed. as she was last stainless with 3 decades only guessing a cause, a passport a few months ago, something she says is too little too late. is this, you mija? stella said no, i lost my whole family. my parents died young and then i lost 2 of my brothers in 1991. i went to live with my aunt and kara gander. i stayed there because i didn't know that the ussr would collapse. if i had known that the ussr would disintegrate,

i would never have left russia. i worked in a local store for more than 7 years. i was paid a meager salary, but i agreed because i had to feed my son. eventually i lost touch with all of my relatives. i went to a human rights organization for help with getting cassock, citizenship in the year, 2000. i put all the documents together and sent them off, but they just disappeared. i was angry about that, but i gave up and did not try again. what i was always told you were not born here . you're born in lithuania. is that my fault where i was born and that i came from russia recently, i have received lots of help, but who return my pension for all these years? i wasn't on the waiting list to get a flat. hospitals refused to help me. i was deprived of all right. of course i have no stouter for the soviet times, but then i knew i was needed if you could get a job, you could cross borders. and of course,

every person holds on to their past memories. i hold on to those years, but the later part of my life was very hard. i just had to think about how to survive, how to raise my son was. i'm a romantic. i was not afraid of work. i like nature mountains. if i wanted to see everything with my own eyes but, but it will break up, all the world's largest country is still a device of subjected generation on. so we had, as districts of moscow to ask people for that perspective. so the downside is that we lost territory. we could not restrain the urge of certain nations to gain independence. it was inevitable. it was going to happen anyway. but little soon period when an empire is collapsing, it's always bad because something big and united fragments into a lot of smaller pieces and always ends up in war because everyone starts to have their own ambitions. so there's a lot of war and anger as well lived together. we could travel to all our republics

. now it's silver. you can not go so easily with lou on a financial level in terms of our basics. wife has improved. as for everything else on an idea, logical level, things are not as good. the youth of today are lacking in ideas. there is no shared sense of purpose within the country. accordingly, also got the collective opinion from grandparents and parents, is that it was better with the usaa. education was better. perhaps everyone's mood was good, but i think there is more freedom now there's little trouble that was just put it on us. it has definitely become better now. we are not as isolated as we were before, so there is more opportunity for a self fulfillment inside the country. she was more or when you saw was for me to solve that was rejoicing in the u. s. at the demise of its main rival to the moodle . very different and so she come to supports like china. i spoke earlier with our gas about those well changing abundance. the, the collapse of the soviet union is don't political leadership. and that is a job is the main person who bears responsibility. one of the reasons why

he was so unsuccessful was he attended economic, economic, and political reform at the same time. and the other thing was that he had anatomy . what is your listen? and they fell out, they hated one another, now had yells and go bunch of work together. the show would you probably been with us today. that's all we had to reform, that those reforms are absolutely necessary. the gorbachev was working on 2 fonts, one to reform the soviet union inside, and also to reform its relations with the capitalist world. and he tried his efforts there failed because of the inability of the united states in russia. the union then russia to, to come to terms we'll say that see in the pay say that space a number of conflicts on whether that's nicole and a car back from touch, cheapest on to for example, take us on his back. is on team. do you think that we would have seen those kinds

of disputes if you ssr had remained a whole the biggest loss i think of all in terms of. busy relations human relations. ready was the breakdown of their been rather narrow to tell you waited the but the feeling of community community our see that existed within the soviet union, that local level that is lost. and i think everybody knows results of the disintegration at the beginning of the and the soviet union, that there was a real hope for a confederate world confederation. and that failed immediately after that initial period after going to charles reform stale. and yes, and you also to try to engage with the united states and europe, that sale this will give the world a vision of a fair society, a justice i pay,

and on paper it was the fairest and the best society you can imagine. but it was a utopia, it proved to be a utopia. it's not just a matter of what was done for people in the. ready countries over the soviet unit itself, it was also the way in which the soviet union was able to interact with the rest of the world. and overall, it's present was i would say very positive. and since then, the lack of having the soviet union that has made the world a much more dangerous place and a place much more dominated by big capital in a way that has been disastrous for the climate and disastrous for a majority of the wells population. that is all for the thought, and it is a good buy for me for today. daniel hawkins is taking over the top pop by band,

i guess in ah ah, one of the major fight america with president bush junior, was in 2008, the so called newcrest company. and that state the united states actually wanted

for georgia and ukraine to get them a nato membership to start the so called membership action class. and it was germany that stop that and then said, no, no, we don't want to do that because these countries will not add to the stability nato, which is one of the react with in the they to a treaty, a very kaiser, a christmas. now a santa claus, and rudolph are scheduled to deliver a bounty of toys today. but due to supply chain constraints and the cost of feeding the reindeer, skyrocketing down there to terminate into the living room, pop stand, collins, to explain all this to us. and dan, welcome to our kaiser christmas show,

merry christmas everybody mm. with i'm african return senior watching a special christmas day edition of going underground the team. and i will be back for a brand new season on wednesday, the 12th of january. but until then, we'll be showing some of your favorite shows from this season merry christmas over the past week, so called mainstream media has been waking up to the potential extinction of humanity. after landmark i p. c. c report issued

a warning of hell on earth because of climate change. will this, while a new cold war ratchets up the chances of extinction? but another man made existential threat, nuclear annihilation. so is humanities, intelligence, and collective knowledge? also the root of its own destruction are the only beneficiaries the 1000000000 is looking to escape the planet in private rockets. joining me now is renown for loss for an offer. ac grayling, whose new book, the frontiers of knowledge, explodes, the progress barriers in future of humanity when it comes to enlightenment. that thank you so much. a professor grayling for coming back on. if anyone thinks that they don't need to read this book, you imply that they have their only themselves to be to blame for being blown to bits by append again as a nation drone. why? why is this not as it's eric? well, because i'm here, i can quote, the unforced always used in his novels, you know, only connect that if you're able to connect things together a bit, make better sense of your much more likely to make good decisions about what to do

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