ah, ah, as the world celebrates the new year with spectacular fireworks coming up this our we look at some of the positive predictions being made for 2022 with financial expert forecasting. the global economy is set to grow while inflation will start to fall. according to a major investment bank, and of course we review the year, it's just gone to with the look at some of the big political spats that unfolded, including a controversial defense stay on the store fronts at loggerheads with its allies. ah, i welcome you. watching are the international, this new year stage, just gone 6 o'clock in the evening here in the russian capital. now the entire

world has entered 2022 after the pacific islands that make up the last time zone, got there as well. and despite a lot of celebrations, being scaled back for 2nd year because of cove it, many capitals were able to bring in the new year with spectacular firework display . ah ah. with

what here in the russian capital, that invitation gave his new year's address to the nation. and he emphasized pandemic has told russians to cope with certain hardships together and wished every body good health. but we caught up with people in central moscow to get their hopes for the coming year. just over several is just learned. i wish happiness to everyone on that. we finally overcome kobe, where mosques, and get vaccinated than everything. we finally received the gifts in the new year. did the sure what the i heard sitting you yeah. will,

will be traveling somewhere to our case and not mandatory. and we can have a break from our mosques and forget about the previous year. what i wish everyone, happiness, health a peaceful sky above their head, and for things to turn out better for people than they can even imagine image that . meanwhile, in britain prime minister boris johnson claimed in his yes message in the countries now in a much better position, specifically when it comes to the cove. it crisis. happy, new year. 2022 is almost upon us. and whatever the challenges that freight continues to throw in our way, we can say one thing with certainty. opposition this december, the 31st is incomparably better than last year. or that said daily infections in the u. k. hit another record high on friday. and england's top health officials to say that the health service is on a war footing. the u. k. though is not alone when it comes to struggling with the pandemic. karen looks back on the past year. if 2020 was the year we lost to

cove, it 2021 was the year life was supposed to get back on track. but as always, things on never that simple. after months of locked downs and restrictions 2021. so patients reach boiling points with trust in lead is at an all time low and people's spilling onto the street in protest. despite officials warning inoculation was vitally important. ah, in the u. k, the government's reputation, nose dived as p. and boris johnson flip flopped on guidelines. leaving brits confused and frustrated. where masks don't wear masks, how your friends don't her friend's rust on your neighbors and cancel your parties as the p. m was alleged to exempt himself from the rules and

i, ah ah, there's a meetings of people at work today, but this is where i live and to i work. others were meetings of people at work. unsurprisingly, the country is predicting his days in number 10 on now. none but i elsewhere in europe and vaccinated people were bought from much of public life and there were take to germans, made their thoughts on this herd. ah,

similar angry scenes and australia crowds opposing restrictions and vaccine mandates flooded the streets. ah, state side vaccine mandates. we're creating similar divisions as bind and announce said vaccination would be compulsory for health work as teachers and anyone working within a team of more than a 100. again, a suggestion, many were unwilling to take lying down both politicians and ordinary citizens. ah, cove, it has become our common enemy, rather than bring us closer together. it became another example of the disparity between rich and poor vaccine make his sold medicine to the highest bidders. and

rich countries promised to share but hoarded doses, the surplus destroyed, or the poorest nations of the world went without. there is no doubt that the net equitable sharing of those vaccines has cost many lives. while some countries are not rolling out blanket booster programs only have off w just member states. i've been able to reach the target of vaccinating 40 percent of their populations by the end of the year, because of distortions in global supply. meanwhile, the vaccine makers, the savings that the rich got rich themselves new figures from the people's fixing lines revealed that the companies behind 2 of the most successful covered 1900 vaccines, pfizer by and taken the durn, are making combined profits of $65000.00 every minute, despite receiving public funding of over a $1000000000.00, the 3 corporations have refused calls to urgently transfer vaccine technology and

know how with capital producers and low and middle income countries. for those who was counting that money in 2021, the year was one of loneliness, anxiety, and depression, of epidemic levels. but those who we turn to what a need of care were experiencing a crisis of their own various states. one of an impending health care system collapse with the national guard deployed for support and health care staff across the globe on strike over unworkable conditions. ah, and then we come, full circle is hospital workers who object to monetary cove jobs all fired regardless of their reasons to decide the mandates. i am being escorted out of kaiser permanente hospital for my religious belief. because i don't want to get

a job in 2020, we became arm chair experts in epidemiology 2021 taught us more than we ever needed to know about corporate greed and poor leadership. so after such a check, a couple of years, some may be forgiven for looking at 2022 through their fingers. a little uncertain of what the year will bring. so 2021 maybe a year then this a lot of us would like to forget, but it didn't stop people trying to see the funny side particularly online his a like to look at the year just got ah, a

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in well, as for the year year ahead, financial experts are predicting that things could be looking up because american investment bank, morgan stanley, has a pretty positive that look for the economy and thinks inflation in major markets will rise, but then retreat while the global economy should grow, they say by 5 percent, and the banks optimizon doesn't stop there either. supply chains are expected to recover in commerce and driving down inflation throughout the world. and emerging markets are predicted to grow faster than the global average, especially in asia. well, the chinese economy may slow down compared with last year, unless they predict that government eases up on certain regulations, including on carbon emissions. those forecast to come through the bring much needed relief to the many who self the neck and make squeeze after to cope with blind to

cheers during which prices have sold, especially for any g m. fuel. we asked to economists for their predictions for the coming. i mean, the one i'm most concerned about is going to be the shock that results from a u. s. sovereign debt and currency crisis. i believe that that is inevitable. and that is going to be the biggest financial upheaval that the world has seen. i think the biggest issue in terms the markets is what's the alternative that people are going to turn to against the us dollar. it doesn't look as if bitcoin and prepped to currency so far have reached significantly wide enough acceptance to really beat the alternative that's needed. i'm certainly who wants to abandon the usa because the us dollar is at least a symbol of an economy that is consistently rejuvenate itself in favor, something like the euro, the next best option when we see the europeans in math locked on having gas problems, all sorts of other issues at home,

which don't suggest that the euro currency is any more stable. i do think that the move towards green energy is going to slow down substantially as people realize how expensive that's actually going to be. i mean, if you really want to save the planet from climate change, if this really is the existential rad, it's going to come with a huge price tag. there's a situation, it's certainly in europe, in all the parts of the world, if you get inflation, we just have not been going off historically from large waves of the population of the course of the last 20 years. you're looking at a position where people are going to be squeezed financially. they may have energy issues and certainly their gas bill go up. what's the basis of politics? while the ancient romans told us panam after kansas bread and games, it doesn't seem to be an awful lot of fun. like there to be had a lot dawn europe at the moment. thanks to cope with 19. and if it's going to be more expensive to simply teach your home to light your home and indeed to have the food that you want in your home. some people are going to get very, very upset. and it's not beyond the power of reason that we're going to see an

increase in the sort of general protest that has been occurring indeed in recent weeks of places like holland of tried to lock down. once again, you're watching at a still ad. he, this is day, 2 decades of fighting only thing, disappear chaotically in a matter of months. we look at how the war in afghanistan has left veterans. he served, asking, was it worth it that story after the break? oh, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safer?

isolation for community. are you going the right way? or are you being led to some with what is true was is great. in the world corrupted, you need to descend. ah, so join us in the depths or remain in the shallows o f. b new year. special kaiser report with the one and only gerald salenti, originator of the transport. jazz man, no stuff ah . hello again. our major international rift develops last year between old friends and saw 2 countries on opposite sides the planet, driven even further apart,

australia and france fell out after the french were snubbed at the last minute when britain and the wesley destroyer into a new defense packed charlotte davinsky has more on the deal that turned so triggering the nuclear option is always going to be risky. business as australia found, i think 2021 we need to. so i did to, rene, gonna 56000000000 euros submarine deal with franks. so how did cambra elect paris? no, i friends. all this is bull, a new enhanced trilateral security partnership between the strider, the united kingdom and the united states. that announcement saw wrong select flabbergasted, but it was not at a loss for words. see, but i mean it's really not in the back a relationship of trust had been built with australia and this trust has been betrayed on france, living that, that deal of

a century wave laborers. and i want to thank her that show down on thank you very much from pushes to progress was scrapped without a claims. only warning. what followed was an a bomb of a diplomatic full lance. we had the president of france calling the prime minister stria a lawyer. we have a try block. we have the recall of ambassadors and we have a very rusty if the medic situation francis shooting the presidency of the a. you a very significant liar in global politics and very hostile and a long memory and feel the trite, are even president biden. why it was managed with clumsy, which is presidential her heading and screaming. and if

you people think that things couldn't get any worse thing, you'd be wrong. australia's prime minister tried to suggest that france was aware, the deal was doomed. i made it very clear that i conventional diesel powered submarine was not going to meet the strategy is strategic requirements. we discussed that candidly, then one of those, a parent messages between the french and all the leaders, was leaked. should i expect good or bad news from our joint submarines ambitions? oh, dear. oh dear that when done with france? well, a bit like this submarine deal inelegant crude confidence has been completely shattered . that's how the french saw it. relations hitting a new. lo and it seems the whole debacle hasn't gone down to well in australia. either the desire to acquire submarines will

literally burn bridges with some of our most longstanding guidance will undermine original security and will break a lot of formal and informal regional understandings and cooperation grades. so they are profound implications for they are financial security. they are site environmental, they're also very much about defense and out and out the will sell and help others in the region and the world shifting towards nuclear submarines raises of the questions to given that astray is a non nuclear power nation. the real concern moved by will facilitate or a regional rice. we've already seen expressions from japan and south korea

trying. we would also consider all welcome nuclear power submarine option. and there is a real concerned this will now, right? i sort of understanding and lead to increased military expansion of christians and technical capacity increases in the region while astray. it may, if hope that sampling up to the u. s. might have given it a boost on the international stage. what it seen is the reverse trade talk to the you have been picked into the long grass. but in through all the stuff, there is no worries kind of attitude so much so that it just stuck up 2 fingers to french, designed helicopters to no one. the problem says the risk between the 2 countries remains open. what streaming is lead is may not be quick to co known just how

big of an issue this could be. but australia themselves have been left wondering if a government is a few stubby short of the 6 pack charlotte, even skiing, our t paris in another major story last year, us troops and their allies rapidly pulled out of afghanistan after 2 decades of war . but for many who served there is still a looming question. was it worth it? the spot of on heard voices, projects, and naughty? don't come. we spoke to you. k, on the veteran about the conflict. i tried to take my life last year. i was in a real bad way in my mind and that i needed lost my son, and i didn't know what to do. a lot of the guys i was with don't really talk the children anymore. i mean, they're gonna try to delete it and move away from all put, put quite a few people lives in the last month for 5 years. and the most recent is only

a few months ago. a guy pitching you've been through hell and you're still living it. you eat, eat a, get a feeling of fear somebody wouldn't understand, you know, and given the order to kill someone and stuff, you know, people get upset of it. things today that, that don't need to go up satellite. i want to so i'm ok my coffee. i really just drink the coffee with what i prefer to have gone on. we were told that we were going to bring the poppy fields

to the palm with what you do not plan changed and we landed in afghanistan. our troops in a way that they haven't for many years are going to be fighting alongside other countries and situations. a great danger to the shoulders are very good at that, that taken orders and just getting on with it. i'm not questioning orders, but as you go through the years and you mature, you start to sort of how to bring in to think for yourself and realize, okay, why are we here? what are we doing? we're not looking at gast, i don't think it was a pointless exercise. what's happening in the south of afghanistan is that residents about height that tell up, i'm trying to get back power. the news was way back. and the taliban had already got in the grind that we'd already cleared. my friend, my really was just a couple stood on one and died instantly. lost his arms and legs. i believe it's 17

casualties all from, from our group or the each of those casualties. you've got quite a few guys affected by what they've seen. it's trauma, public trauma as a constant high threat over a weeks and weeks, and most u . k. troops and officials of what round the clock to a remorseless deadline. it's thanks to that colossal exertions this country has not been processed, check vetted, and ended more than 15000 people to safety in less than 2 weeks. i mean, it's been a complete mess, hard by ins and ministration worked with the rest of his allies. it would have been, we were going to leave anyway, but we could have done up a systematic approach. for instance. you don't even need to have the middle of the

mindset to understand that if you're going to extract from a country, you bring back all your citizens from the embassy, put them into secure bias, and then fly them. what you don't do your flyers, your military, and then go, what about the, what are the civilians come out and i got tional that got home be 600016 weapon systems, 3000 bombs left behind. so that's munitions that can use for id. the glass that i was watching last night i watched a video of taliban dressed as us special forces moving in behind her to take control of fortune x. which, you know, it's just unbelievable. we don't have too many people for situation which we just give up on his story there from our project unheard voices which you can still view at. artie dot com now in russia, the holiday season is only just getting started with your 3rd ox christmas being celebrated next friday with the ornaments and other festive items. still in demand

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just coming up to ha 6 needling. hey, re moscow that brings you up today. we'll be back there with the latest news and our review of 2021 at the top with a with i mentioned it as senior watching special edition going on the ground on the 1st day of 2020 two's gregorian calendar. 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 the season this week. so a meeting that could have designed the future of our species on planet earth. the virtual meeting between economic superpowers of the 20th and 21st century, the u. s. and china, as the contours of this century become clear between shanghai cooperation, organization, nations, and nato. join now from rome by the former adviser to the european union's i representative for common foreign and security policy and accept my 6 official alice to croak galaxy. thanks so much for coming back on, you know, biden's, the national security adviser said america is not seeking to contain china. it's not a new cold war, simultaneously briefings to journalists for me. anonymous senior us officials at the aim of the virtual meeting was not to ease tensions. sure. but what that means, what's your take on the virtual meeting?

but if she didn't bring a job, i'd i don't think it went well, and i don't think very much was agreed. it kind of thing on the meeting. and i followed a very pet, she telephone call between brings and the chinese foreign minister on the case a few days for to prepare for prepare for the meeting. and then the been some harsh words coming out of china in the, in the way of the meeting. essentially the, the chinese, certainly the foreign minister was saying, very clearly to listen. you're not going to have a good relationship with us. you're not going to have the sort of relationship competition if you like. well, no competition, while the explosive issue of taiwan continues and in the subsequent pos.