a common leave it to show up today in out, in the yes, actually in the, in mrs. guns until sunday for special. yeah. today, the only in the legendary mich. fire sign, author of planet ponce mich. nice to see the holidays. ah, european nations are hit by reco daily code numbers while protest continue against harsh and restrictions in other stories that shape the weekend. you must give us the guarantee it is up to you and you must do it immediately. a lot of the opponent demands assurances from nato that it was moved. bass is closer to russian borders. the president feels questions on global affairs that his annual media brief

poll finds more than half about else in the u. k. think cancelled culture has gone to thought and they're no longer able to speak their minds by living in a coach. now with being we used to have a good healthy democracy. good. how are we devices, country, where you could save it, and then you'd have to all your case and people are frightened to always say what they feel in cases come today. marks 30 years was the official breakup of the soviet union. we looked back at those historic events on how they shaped modern russia with from oscar. thanks for joining us on all day international. i'm daniel hawkins, worthy, while this morning. welcome to the program. the christmas season has been overshadowed by record code, so i was in europe with france, italy, and you k hd, registering new highs in data infections parties, policy as well. we had a huge surge ours cozy cases, new cases happening in

a number of european countries. if we start off with france on saturday, france recorded a record high new number of cases for the 3rd consecutive day reporting, a 104611 cases. now, despite those people took to the streets and protest, primarily against than a set of necessity of carrying a health pass, which is needed to enter all public spaces and also for children to be vaccinated. on monday, the french president emanuel crohn will discuss with a few members of his cabinet, new measures to counter the coven. 19 pandemic, particularly in light of the new variant army con, which we know is very contagious. it is expected that the president will announce that in order to get a health pass people in france one, i'll have to agree in principle, to accepting a booster 3 months after their initial vaccination. if we move across to italy here

to we have record numbers for the 2nd consecutive day on friday, italy reporting 50599 new cases is he is also reporting the 2nd highest number of deaths because of covered in europe after the united kingdom with some 141 new depths reported now. and then if we move across to the united kingdom here on friday, we had a nother record high, a 122186 new cases being reported. largely because of this highly contagious army conte variant. now the local government in the u. k is losing political points with boris johnson's popularity rating. it has taken a snow dive and has hit record, learn december of some 23 percent. and that is largely because of his poor dealings with the co. 19 pandemic, and

a number of scandals here in germany. the health authorities have come forward and admitted that they are no longer tracing contexts of people who have court covered . in other words, they have no comprehensive follow up regarding people infected and who they are coming into contact with. take a listen. many germans believe that they do not have to be quarantined as a contact person because they are vaccinated. but that is not true. now the society here in germany is divided on christmas day. you had thousands of people who turned out to protest against vaccinations and that was in the city of the duffel doors. but then again, on the same day, you had people waiting in long queues in potsdam wakened to receive a vaccination. so the covert 19 pandemic remaining as controversial and as alarming as ever fail to come this hour. there is a new form of cupboard pass that could really get under your skin,

find out more in just a few minutes later has over the whole talks with russia on january. the 12th, after months of tensions between the 2 sides equivalent has responded. thing it is considering the proposal moscow's top brought here, this thought later is east for expansion and western military involvement and ukraine. and those issues were addressed by president booting this week during his traditional end of year q and a with the media. ah, no, she used to will directions, you not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia's security today. and in the future, we medi clear native further movement to the east is unacceptable. was not clear about it. are we the ones who deploy missiles next, the united states know that the united states who brought their missiles next to our home, all ready on our doorstep, is it an excessive demand?

no more attack systems near our home. is there something unusual about this? yet no, we're doing, we're not an inch towards the east. we were told in a $990.00 than what they fooled us. the outrageously deceived us 5 ways of nato expansion. and now they say, will have ukraine is whoa, whoa. usually if i take the traditional approach, that is a woman, is a woman, a man is a man, a mother is a mother, a father is a father or she is not all the peoples of the russian federation have a certain internal moral protection against such obscurity. them let them in the west do whatever they want, but also faith. and while this must be fought, not my direct instructions and shouts, but by the support of our tradition values of them. so it is necessary 1st of all, to rely on the data of the investigation. 17 criminal cases have been initiated under under investigation. over

a 1000 people dismissed and their criminal cases opened against the law. i assure you, there's not a single investigator interested in any case. this is why we have divided the investigative committee and the prosecutor's office. there problem. yes, there is a problem. we need to work with it and rely on a conscientious, fully fledged investigation of those crimes. and these are clearly the crimes that have been committed. we need to bring it to an end so that everyone understands the punishment for these offences is inevitable. ah, yes or no long time ago i spoke with one the form you as president guess with whom he told me the boy goes to the olympics in los angeles in moscow were big mistakes, including on the side of the united states. and united states keeps on making them again, why the diplomatic and political boys of china? they tried to hold back in the elements of china. there are no other motives. ah, you know, these very city alley. we need to be realistic. the forces that appear at the helm

of afghanistan are trying to have different ethnic groups in the countries leadership. and this alone can create conditions for hope for stabilization in afghanistan. bullshit do now to help the people of afghanistan. and 1st of all, it should be done by the countries that created such severe damage to the afghan economy and people. those were there for 20 years, destroying the economy should be the 1st to help on our side. we'll do everything depending on us. another topic that was raised natural gas, europe was hit by record prices this week, meaning high bills for millions of households. some of the worst, the pointing the finger at moscow saying is withholding gas for president bush and gave his explanation for the crisis. the rule, shoot him it with both of them with they are lying to us there. confusing everyone has promised shipping the entire volume requested by its counter agents. in accordance with the existing contract, we were saying we must not destroy long term contracts, but know that the european commission, we must use multi terms. the market will regulate it. well, here's how it regulates it. we have 2000 dollars,

1000 cubic meters. you're welcome, the issue of gas. it's pretty clear that, you know, russia has nothing to do with that. a. he said that gas brown one is one of the few companies in the world that has increased its supplies to europe. whereas, for example, the american suppliers have diverted gas from the liquefied natural gas from the european market toys, the markets where they can make more money. russia hasn't done that. it increased its supplies to germany, for example, by 10 percent. but that's not enough. i'm in and the russia is always, whenever there is any issue, any contentious issue or even a domestic problem. it seems that in europe and the west in general, i, in the habit of sort of resurrecting russia as the scarecrow to, you know, hang all the possible problems on and the, you know, you can be irritated by that. but after a certain amount of time, you still get the hang attention and i think this is a state that isn't the moment. it's just simply boring. you know?

like to narrow down every problem in the world onto the rushes. plotting are evil, doing more than half of adults from the you. guy are too scared to say what they really think. new poll found they're worried about being canceled by friends, colleagues, even the road families are you study. edward darcy has the story 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 breads are living in fear of will being canceled. a 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 id or password can be canceled 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 still 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 a government actually. so i think people are frightened to always say what they feel in case there's a come back home. and so the main, she may just seem to want to appoint a few of everything. and so if you say in different you get what you get caught or has to think there's a lot of things for the climate change cove age or whatever. there is no discussion that is the narrative and you of the group, or we should cause you down a lot of issues where you fear fred, very careful about what you say and not right now, a good debate. and we used to have a good healthy democracy. we have a debate in this country where you could say things and then you'd have to all your

case and some people just don't want to argue, i want to hear the ever 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. the conditional a prior to the apology, atonement forgiveness is no longer enough to warrant if they weren't accountability . social justice boy caught and the more controversial the view on any hot topic like race, immigration breck, that the more you should keep your thoughts yourself and your mouth shop most 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 spelled out of control into social media merciless mark role. but so 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 earth even by the world. she created the pot to community and the movie production team deleted her from scripts. meanwhile. * h b o z 20th anniversary. she was bought. not only that, a number of credit leaks just they really do exist, announced that they're rebranding to distance themselves away from j. k routing that tough. that's a trans exclusionary radical feminist. but there are others in her potty school of thought. jackie riley 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

meanwhile team tough relished in the drama if this is what being cancels is like i love it. the song. 4 continues as monty python star, terry gilliam got canceled for endorsing chapels, netflix special shortly after the old vic right here in london, announcer pulling his shirt into the woods for miss 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 by brilliant and provocative american committed . they did, and civilization didn't collapse. 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 donning 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. oh, british actress of primetime tele, more in let been thinks, 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 belly laugh. it's when you shouldn't be laughing. and so therefore all the things that are being cancelled out, or i'm afraid the things that i've always made people laugh. so is it time to cancel, cancel culture, because pretending somebody doesn't exist because they've touched a nerve, it's a separate slope as let's face it. we've all upset someone somewhere haven't way.

now you might think the idea of implanting microchips under your skin to show cody mean it is just a conspiracy theory, but a sweetest company has actually developed such a device. we spoke to the inventors behind the new piece of technology i or their immersive. acknowledge that can be used for many different things. and right now it's very convenient to have a passport for waste accessible on your implant. so in case your phone runs out about 3, it's always accessible to ah, the implant is readable by and the smartphone that has the function. so i can go to a restaurant or a movie theater. i just show them my arm and swipe me with

a smartphone and then that pops up the passport that i have on my chin. so you don't need a special ed for this kind of similar to a q r code. just up, of course i don't want the cure code on my skin, right. i today marks 30 years. so for us it's, i was formerly dissolved, the eating was replaced by 15 independent states among them, russia. or he's more guys the fake. so look back at what's changed since the soviet flag with a kremlin was lowered for the last time. 30 years ago, humanity witness. the spectacle, the dramatically changed the course of history, the spectacular overnight collapse of the ussr see lu luxury to as a result of a newly formed situation, creation of the commonwealth of independent states. i seize my activities in the

post of the ussr president, show. so uniqueness, ah, here enough, 300000000 people woke up with a new nationality. their homeland gone race that the stroke of the pen. and it began with the perestroika, a radical rethinking of soviet mentality, identity and ideology. we must begin 1st by restructuring our thinking on psychology, organizationally in the style and ways working. i would say frankly, though, we do not restructure ourselves and i'm deeply convinced of this, that we will not rebuild economy or social life. but perestroika proved too much too sudden too intense to unpredictable where the intent was evolution. the result was revolution. nationalism reared up with frightful speed across the u. s. sr. a

leads and opportunities in various republics, clamored for power and independence. the result was climactic. the ussr a season, his existence as a subject of international law and a geopolitical reality. it was the dawn of a new age. that was pessimism, but there was also optimism what marvels could peace bring. a great empire nicholas superpower, was split into independent countries, which got the chance to cooperate with each other as closely as they wanted, without any bloodshed. and so began uh, flood of cultural exchange, as western ideas rolled and roiled across the former ussr. ah

. ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback hundreds of millions of people have thrown off communism dictatorship or apartheid former adversaries. now cooperate with us in diplomacy and global problem solving. reality, however, turned out to be far uglier than the propaganda post as will mainstream media promised the guiding hand of the communist party. god, old and buried hatreds, re ignited, and neighbors turned on each other. ah .

it wasn't just war and uncountable debts. i'd was misery, pure and simple economic social health care collapse. the rise of transnational mafias and we'll get ice crime fraud and corruption sisted across the former soviet union. ah . ringback ah, a traumatized, the people undoubtedly the misery and the hopelessness of the 90s, they yearned for stability. not for communism, no, nor the ussr, but for a semblance of order. and whatever his, the tractors might have to say about putin, he gave the russians stability. agatha. unfortunately, are common fatherland, the soviet union dissolved. as you know,

the core of this common states is historical russia, the russian federation, which is, you know, lost almost half of its industrial potential, half of its economy, the same share of its population and a substantial part of his territory. what can we do about this? now, i've already said that we're storing the soviet union would be pointless and impossible for many reasons and not even desirable because on the scenario, which makes sense to want the u. s. a saw communists back legends have made that very clear. but to build a new state, a new russia, one which provides for the people, rather than uses them and at the same time, evoked the sort of respect that the soviet union did. while that scares russia's opponents, hooton's plan scares them. you know, i think the concern is that president putin's public lamentations and private lamentations about the demise of the soviet union have gotten

noisier and stronger over the years. so the concern is that he's actually as a legacy project seeking to reconstitute the soviet union. and then, you know, would his appetite be fulfilled with that eating or what he seek? the soviet union has been gone for 30 years, but had spirited lives on lives, on the hearts of former citizens who now remember only the glory days, the good pots. they forget the empty shelves, the food lines, the k g b, at lives on the minds of rush has rivals who still think in terms of blocks and super bowers stuck as they are in the past. who believe that russia lost it say, forever when the ussr collapsed, regardless of the fact that 30 years have passed since i rodnick, isn't it even in death?

the soviet union still shapes our futures. after the soviet, in fel people gain certain freedoms but lost outs, in other ways, we just laughed. but paragraph move to that. we're back in 1960 shy, but it's not when i'm on that he's been unable to obtain citizenship ever since it all. his life seemed better back in the ussr. i moved to lot here from the russian, the pat screeching in 1965 and i've lived here ever since. at that time it was good fun and people have life to the full ever was good natured and cheerful and it fell as if there was some kind of future when more comfortable than under soviet rule. then of course, there was the referendum to leave the or so on. people voted for it. from then on we were divided into citizens and non citizens. those who lived in not feel before 1940 wednesday grant assistantship, and those who came later went on citizens. if you're not granted citizenship, then you do not have the right to occupy certain positions in government structures . they introduced the state examination commission, a language which checks who speaks latvian and who does not passing their exams and

not in language is a way for people to be able to obtain citizenship. but the elderly people is difficult to do, especially since the mind is not what it once was and everything is much more difficult to learn for citizens, it's easy enough to get a job, but the same cannot be said, but non citizens plus non citizens are not allowed to vote, even in local actions, is not like this in germany. we lived there for 10 years. they give you a passport. there has been 30 years since the collapse of the ussr and the position is still guaranteed. the exams education's change to before you could attend lat, via an russian school seamlessly. and there was no issue. the now the majority of schools a lot in only because many russian language in bilingual schools are forced close. the soul is longing for the motherland. but where can it be found? i've lived here for a long time now and haven't so many contacts of friends here. i should thought early about where i was going last it from a theme i myself for this our station with us in our to international lecture for going underground in the u. k. it's crosstalk and mill harvey will be mosquito in half an hour to bring up the lights on the morning level news headlights join us

again that oh and i thought we to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk with

i'm action or it's antsy and you're watching 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 coming up in the show as 1400000000 people wake up after china's national day celebrations. when it's nuclear weapons, now be targeting not any cities in nuclear mentor nations, but australia to after the biden johnson morrison nuclear submarine deal. and as you, caleb alida suggest, alma declared his party, the party of nato. we ask the palestinian ambassador to the new k. if he has any hope for her majesty's opposition when it comes to fighting for the palestinian people after another week of you can us armed violence in palestine. but 1st, it's the day after mainland china is national day celebrations,

which mark 72 years since the establishment of the people's republic of china up to the chinese communist party, won the civil war against the u. s. backed nationalist party. this made control vesee over revelations of phone calls by u. s. general mili to re ensure china of no m and, and us nuclear strike. and the surprise australia nuclear submarine deal with london in washington. joining me now from aging is the center of china and globalization, vice president to gow. victor. thanks so much for coming back on. as i said, is the day after you have brittany elizabeth aircraft carrier coming towards your maritime borders. nato countries openly threatening your existence, ro, us as ronald reagan strike, carry a force sailing towards you. bad times for china, welsh, i'm the just celebrated the 72nd national day. the whole country, 3 hours in a mood of great celebration. i was very happy, very united. the government. yes, of course. are there have been lots of incursions or impulses that carry and the

all ships, all kinds and possibly so are eats into china and other waters around china. this is a very serious matter, and china condemns such incursions and they are not purely freedom of navigation. exercise is they are using freedom of navigation as an excuse to challenge channel sovereignty and territorial integrity. and in such a way, china not only contends date, but will prepare the consequences for such violations of channels. national interest. i mean, then we will go more to our video about the economist magazine on our youtube channel in widely quoted remarks around the world. there may, june correspond was saying she didn't being will try and unify china before he leaves office. what he may give, he is very popular among the chinese people. he probably will be very long. so be

in positions, not the unification of china. that is channels. mainland, with china's taiwan properties, is a mega trends of our time. it will happen sooner or later. it will happen peacefully if we can, and not peacefully if it has. so we need to prepare for that the day when the reunification will happen. and i personally believe no force whatever from whichever part of the world will be able to stand in a way of chinese people's reunification. now, you know, repeated the expert opinion over the decade saying china's economy was about to blow up its poor growth. all the rest of it. we have headlines in nature, nation media saying you have massive power goods. you learn human rights abuses, engine jang.