oh, follow these instructions. stick to the spirit of christmas. you decide. i a ah, the u. s. code response hates you. roadblock says testing capacity runs out with a data infection rate surging 7 volts across some states. we have a surgeon, we do need more testing centers. i mean, look at these lines that is a horrible on it for, you know, most of my friends have to wait on line for hours and hours to get tested. i've had to wait on the lines for hours to get tested, rushes for ministry, you said holding 90 was expansion will be the top priority it upcoming talk with

a lot and the united states to close. hello. thank you very much for joining us here on sunset. we've been searching for you around the world. tell us in your own words, where all you from the chair on our t as our correspondent, heads weighing off the homeland of father christmas with from oscar. thanks for joining us, this out all the international and daniel hawkins where he was, and i welcome to the program of an infection rights, a surging in the united states, 55 percent in the past 2 weeks in new york, texas and new jersey. they've more than doubled with the spread of the on the con baron and in florida they jumped 7 fold. now on tuesday, joe barton promised half a 1000000000 free tests for americans. he also pledged to open more testing sites. despite that, it seems that many of actually closed down due to stop shortages,

including 13 in new york and new jersey. for our correspondent, kate, of open reports from the lines are growing here in new york city. and so is 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 tested. i've had to wait on the line for hours to get tested, so it makes no sense to be. that's not good. probably why i'm standing on the line 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 people need to get tested. sidenote, they're saved. 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 getting 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 where we so much about people who still to this point refuse to get vaccinated. the virus is going to find you, please get vaccinated. all these people who have not been vaccinated. you have an obligation to yourself, to your family, and quite frankly, i'm not criticizing this to your country, get faxes in now it's free. it's convenience. i promise you it saves the lives,

i'm honest to god, believe it, your patriotic duty, really big long lines here. 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 caleb mop and archie, new york rushes for a ministry says upcoming talks with us and nato will have to focus on ending the launch is expansion. despite its media playing washington refusing to discuss that issue, it is exactly that expansion of nato and the non emergency of weapon systems to threaten 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. earlier this month, nato valid to continuous east would, expands from walls. so keith, moscow of planning to invade. you frame a claim from the nice, the recent security proposal, russia laid out at scholars,

solid guarantees that ukraine can never join nato viewing that as the best way to prevent any escalation of the conflict in the country. however, speaking on friday, the white house made clear it still supports the expansion of the military life and native she says it is being proactive in its assimilation of new members. nato has proven over the last years that our open door policy is not only something we are support in words, bottles in deeds party by inviting to new countries, montenegrin north macedonia to become members. so we have enlarged the line so that all spheres with 2 new members, despite protests from, from russia and, and also we are supporting ukraine in france efforts to a con, closer to nato membership. or we spoke with a political analyst, which we bobbitt to say, is it in crime joins nato. it sets

a dangerous precedent. the rational position is previous drawn, even from the legal point of view, according to its constitution adopted in the early 9. yes, ukraine use a neutral state and that it does not become a member of a military walks. that's the foundation 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 2014 is change and that that creates a totally new reality. it because ah, as our community. but say, if your brain becomes a member of nato and you hear american weapons station on a territory. if there is a quantity between russians, the us, 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, 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. know, just that the 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 usually russia one tend to invade ukraine, which is ludicrous because we steal the ukrainians at the front door. no nation is not deformed. here on the american side walls and sentence, that is not the form that is russia. we need the problem with showing the american side with critically needed now. and the message from rash that you know, after the proposal was made public, it's very important that it was said by our deputy, 40 minutes so that this is not the menu you can choose from. this is the minimum. this is the minimum for the security over europe for the security on the wall.

on a lighter note, it's the busiest time of the year for the christmas. but ours is pretty to all of a managed to get a moment to track him down all the way in lapland. he's probably the busiest man on the planet right now, but where santa claus 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. so you get to to look to. oh so left to right. and yes. so are on the i have no idea, but i guess somewhere in finland, main present day, i think and across are probably living somewhere where there's a night feed and night. little i hack there that he has for all the toys actually sank lovers in norway 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 sun to slay 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 reindeer can't live in the north po can like no, am i sans ice originally from my mount ear, quarter of the room dory. but he was here in rome. name it because it's easier for people to reach to him then i'm the radius are here in north. well there's nothing to leave round. you look after the reindeers, how he whispered to a reindeer, 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 d a 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 cancer that are addressed to him at the north pole? i'm here in the bustling epicenter of santa's post office and joined by a very busy postal elf poll here too. he's taken some time out of her dear to talk to 30. thanks very much. welcome welcome to santa claus man, 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 sent to get and the 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 way 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 or around the mediterranean coastal town of mirror. 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 our t. 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. we got lost the soccer. yeah, i've been here for. oh screamed you, long time actually here on the arctic circle i g o small than way over 30 years in my house. yes. yeah. 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, but you're able to travel extreme distances and all over the world to make sure that you deliver toys to the boys and girls. how does that happen? we all, that is actually quite easy. oh, well you know my, my ranges, they fly not going to show us and on the tricks, no exclusive here. first of all,

remember, the world is divided into the time so, so okay. so when you travel you all the time, the same time, sometimes on alonzo like that's how you do it. well, well, the other way, sir. the santa charlie, i was also over christmas eve. how tiring? nice, going very slowly while you're waiting on. well, that's my other secret. the world is turning around that day, a little bit slow. thank you very much. santa claus. it 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. well and from traditional christmas aria to something more woke. if festive cheer does push

through boundaries for you. he has alternative. ah christmas. the traditional yuletide holiday this year making this traditional with a special christmas guide. mm christmas tolerance diversity guide. busy we all know that christmas is a family holiday. that makes oral your parents are properly number. i am this year. follow the agenda and make us no woman instead of snow man. or even better at this new person designed for themselves. oh, no gift. no don't. so teddy, best prepare your children for the brave new world. you remember, diversity is not at i o is no longer an appropriate cost. you this

is appropriation. 0 a logical appropriation. offensive to the d. a community. mm hm. and obviously sandra has to be cancelled. i because he is a why says 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 cells. so sorry kids center is not coming to town anymore. i follow these instructions, stick to the spirit of christmas. you decide. i mean,

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cost of feeding the reindeer, skyrocketing downstairs terminate into the living room, pop stand, collins, to explain all this to us. dan, welcome to our kaiser. christmas show. merry christmas, everybody ah, welcome back to russian, and he's john gas farmers denied a cheese accusations from countries including ukraine, but it's deliberately pushing up natural gas prices in europe by stretching supplies. the company says it's westbound exports are actually far higher than last year ortiz. he goes on how fast the latest gas from has once again reiterated the statement. it has been making for quite a while that essentially any. well, any accusations that gas pro may have somehow contributed to the energy crisis in europe, completely unfounded. these are their words, and in fact,

they have once again stressed that the real, the actual output of gas from russia into europe via gas problems will infrastructure, has in fact the succeeded, has, in fact, exceeded, i should say, unsurpassed the contractual obligations in front of the company have a listen 7, you know, what is that? i see just for all my, all accusations against russia and dest 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 a contract. that's 5000000000 more than last year. your 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. it is better to look in the mirror. so once again, gas from his saying that it simply can't offer more natural gas on the spot 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. nathan mark 30 years since the symbolic end of the us a saw the criminal soviet flag was lowered and replaced by the colors of the russian federation and president smithfield. gorbachev announced his resignation and the soviet union, united by a communist audiology, existed for almost 70 years, but was the end relations between republics had become for tissues and the liberalizing policy of perestroika had little to stabilize the situation. the union was replaced by 15 independent states among russia, and as the new boundaries sprung up, around 25000000 ethnic russians found themselves cut off from their homeland. money were unable to get naturalized. and the other republics and moving to russia wasn't easy either. now one of those people is nina sugar. now 65 living and catholics

thought he was born in soviet lithuania and grew up in russia. nina moved with her aunt and son because external just months before the soviet union collapsed and she was left stateless for almost 3 decades, only getting it as a passport a few months ago. nina says it's too little, too late. it seems to me as dallas said, no, no, 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 carol gander. i stayed there because i didn't know that the ussr would collapse. if i had known that the u. s. s, all would disintegrate, and i would never have left russia. i worked in a local store for more than 7 years. i was paid amiga salary, but i agreed because i had to feed my son. eventually i lost touch with all of my relatives. i went to human rights organisation for help with getting catholic 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, which i was always told you were not born here. you were born in lithuania. is that my fault where i was born and that i came from russia recently, i received lots of help. but who returned my pension for all these years? i wasn't on the waiting list to get a flat. hospital refused to help me. i was deprived of all right, of course i have no saudi 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. but i'm a romantic. i was not afraid of work. i like nature mountains, but i wanted to see everything with my own eyes today with the break up of the

walls, laws as country still divisive, subject to generation. later we spoke to people on the streets of moscow to get their perspective. a downside is that the last territory would 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. there's a lot of war and anger as well lived together. we could travel to all our republics now at silver. you cannot 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 a pretty long as 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. so no one, the u. s. a saw was formerly dissolved. there was rejoicing in the u. s. at the demise of its main rival though the mood was very different in socialist country. luck china r t. saskia taylor spoke earlier with august about those world changing events. the . the collapse of the soviet union is down to political leadership, and that is a joke. 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, but as you listen and they fell out, they hated one another. now had gilson and go to work together. so 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 fronts, one to reform, to so the 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 post state space, the number of conflicts. whether that's going to carry back from touch cheapest on to for example, k cost on is back is donte do you think that we would have seen those kinds of disputes if the u. s. a saw had remained a whole the biggest loss i think of all in terms of relations human relations. ready was the breakdown of their been rather narrow to tell you, waited the feeling of community community odyssey that existed within the soviet

union, that local level that is lost. and i think everybody knows as a result of the disintegration at the beginning of the, at 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 united states and europe in that field is will, hey, give the world a vision of a fair society, a just society ah, and on paper it was the fairest and the best society you can imagine. but it was a you tube, it proved to be a utopia. it's not just a matter of what was done for, for people in the 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. ready 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 world's population. some soviet politicians, so the fall of the ussr is inevitable. several years before it happened. one of them was, says you all my other now in the 1980s she became a member of the supreme soviet and want to keep the song together as a storm socialist. she was also an outspoken critic of mikhail gorbachev, seeing his actions as the cause of the union's collapse. now in her late sixty's, what about is still active in political life,

serving his chair of russia's peace and he met the party on his donald quarter. got to meet on the doff by sponsors back then in the huge soviet union or any person created, worked leaved and believed that tomorrow would be better. and in fact, it was to day, we see what a beautiful planet we had. we looked abroad and it seemed that all the democracy, all the beauty was there. we wanted to be like them. although the culture of beauty and morality, which was in the soviet union, wasn't in any other country. i don't want to offend anyone, but this is a fact. the great soviet union was the 2nd world power in most respects. although in some it was ahead of the united states. this country did not need to be rebuilt . it needed to be improved and moved forward very strongly opposed. gorbachev on his policy of perestroika, how to go, which of them ruined the country, thinking that what your gorbachev came to destroy the country. i was sure of that when people asked him the question, what is perestroika?

he himself could not explain it. and so a man came and destroyed the country from the inside or from the top volume from bery much known to come on the market economy was one of the main aspects of perestroika. do you think it was a mistake to replace the planned economy with the market world yet those muslims? cuz i have to tell you, it wasn't the market economy. of course, capitalism is basically terrible system. capitalism assumes only a bunch of people can own the wealth of the country. the walton is and the market economy. if it had been introduced as the ussr planned, it would have been wonderful. it would be a welfare state because whether we like it or not, the whole world will come to this because capitalism has outlived its usefulness. capitalism, as lennon said ill always pregnant with was, was attacks or provocation seizures with all the time you have to fight. what for you, what are we fighting for with? nobody has the answers though. where do they want to leave the world?

today the arms race has started again. every one demonstrate who created the big rocket. the plain view is that the points. on the contrary, we must stop. we're not talking about justice security, the environment voice we're talking about who will sees the motion for you and everything has a beginning and an end. but we are already approaching a point of no return. of course it's terrifying. if today they start rattling their weapons and so want to shout, stop. what do you want and say no guys, let's be friends. the whole point is only in friendship and peaceful political good . there's the headlines for this, our se soon, for the cars report turning away in just a few moments time. it's even all back in half an hour with the latest. on a 2nd. ah,

one of the major fights winchester murder heads with president bush junior, was in 2008, this called bucharest company. at that stage, the united states actually wanted for and georgia and ukraine to get a nato membership to start this 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 of nato, which is one of the prerequisites in the nature of treaty. ah ah, i am ash kaiser. welcome to a very kaiser a christmas now of santa claus and.