ah, a week's top stories for martin germany shuts down half its nuclear plants, while belgium commits to fully, deeply arise within 3 years as the shift to eco friendly power ramps up in time across europe. soaring energy bills are stretching, household budgets with work predicted to come. consumers tell us there's not much else they can take out. the price has skyrocketed, but the government is not helping you rattle anyone. i don't know what we will do if it continues to go up. we will have to make a fire in the middle of them are in civilian deaths and destroyed homes and afghan whistleblower lift the lid on america's drone program. the former operator

currently hiding from the taliban talks to ortiz on her voice series. throughout our operations, we were not told about any civilian deaths. nobody told us that we had hit the wrong target. i'm in hiding alone underground. i live in fear speaking. honestly, i am fed up with my life that with i was good to abby with just her date in the morning here in moscow. it's sunday and that means we're going to take you through some of the biggest stories covered here over the past 7 days. first for you, germany shut down half its remaining nuclear power stations on new year's eve, as part of it shift to more eco friendly energy. while that leaves the country with only 3 nuclear plants, which are also planned to go offline by the end of this year. but the decision has been met with major criticism as a significant portion of german electricity comes from nuclear sources. the country will now have to dramatically ramp up production, amico friendly souls is,

and in the meantime, increase its reliance on coal. a we spoke to germans, living near one of the recently closed nuclear plants. hasn't on a form on an antenna, it has its pros and cons. but actually here in bergdorf we only saw advantages other countries are building nuclear power plants to and the question is, where do we get our electricity from? i'm and it isn't the others. as finally, it's happening and i'm very happy about it because you never know if an accident might occur or thought people might try to destroy it. of course, there are people in the village that see things differently because the village has become rich on taxpayer money. if you drive through the village, you'll see how much was invested in it, auto, pollution. i think it's an important decision, but i also think we're not there yet. we can't get from renewable energy. what we're getting from nuclear power. many locals work sir, and we have to see where they will end up. but some people definitely lose their jobs. are you are germany is not alone in facing out nuclear power. belgium's also decided to shut all its reactors within the next 3 years. as despite the fact that

nuclear energy generates almost half the country's electricity, belton engineers have already slammed the decision as counterproductive. the government's decision to face out nuclear energy, the largest source of low carbon energy in belgium, and to finance new fossil gas power plants is paradoxical. and counterproductive, this decision would only reinforce the predominance of fossil fuels in the belgian energy landscape. on top of that, of course, europe's grappling with an energy crunch that so prices saw to an all time high last month, discussing it with us on our tea. jealous charlie boyle says the eco friendly moves are more about scoring political points. it's all about lack of planning and seeing cool point score and they may well those beliefs. but as usual, the practicalities always take. now the reality is thinking, inflation,

a huge demand search going into winter and we, we simply can't have a situation where energy prices are going up. 1200 percent. here, we need to have a plan around the world to transition to renewables. what the mixture is going to be going to need to be honest about me, which are completely used. accelerating attends to transition to renewable energy sources, coupled with the ongoing surgeon prices, the fuel. something of an energy crisis with ordinary people taking on the brunt of the problems are to charlotte to bend. ski explains when say he isn't coming. it's already here. as he, you country struggle to find a unified response to record high energy prices. there are warnings the block could face shortages or even potential blackouts. many including luca face,

a winter full of difficult decisions. ciscano dish. oh no. you have already received a reminder for the charges for heating that's increased while at the same time we have less heating. so myself and several tenants are really worried about the choices we will have to make. people are already having difficulty, so it's not easy. we feel a little neglected. living hand to mouth is worrying me, becoming more normal in some of europe's richest societies. that the vessels literally feel safe. we'll have to make choices. we will have to buy cheaper foods that are lesson traditional math problems like that. people will lose their health . tens of millions of people in europe are already living in energy poverty. and there are fears that this figure is about to see a steep rise energy crisis across that you, you has been escalating for many months government to been scrambling to find a solution because they consent. the household simply won't be able to pay the

bills in france. the poorest households are to receive a one off payment of a $100.00 euros to help shield them from price rises. italy meanwhile, is put in place a 3000000000 euro aid package. while the spanish government has passed emergency measures that to redirects billions of euro's from the profits of energy companies to the consumers in a beads to lower their bills. yet despite such measures, many fear that they simply will not be enough. but in the law organized, the government is not doing anything. and on top of that, whoever retires from politics, they put them in electricity companies, money that they take from another place or you just as others but out the price has skyrocketed. but the government is not helping europe or any one the one. i don't know what we will do if it continues to go up. we will have to make a fire in the middle of the room, the idea, your one, if it were me, i would like to get hold of anyone in charge and give them

a low salary and see how they like their life. and really, what is this structural problem in anna? she policies shaping and policy making in many countries is who is really in charge . we have an interaction of various authorities, bodies. and on the other hand, we have seen various governments. so being very much occupied with themselves. so there is an energy in my eyes. it's still not yet having to priority it should house. here in france there is put st kilo worry because was most energy does come from nuclear stocks of the electricity that it generates are said to be low as concern a hard winter could see the country really one out of power. low energy stalks are an issue throughout europe. why? well, although the pandemic, so large scale industry and workplace is closing down when the locked downs were

lifted demand short straight up. and companies just haven't been able to keep pace . to add to that the e was also trying to move toward source is or renewable energy, such as wind energy, but less wind in 2021 meant less renewable energy was produced. these have always been the dates, bits and of generation where experts have been warning against a possibility or even broke ability offer a of a stand still in the world of renewables. photovoltaic and went fox. the one that is now in a sort of come back is new and her head, i always say within to european union, not only that, we don't dispose of a common attitude policy. we don't even dispose of something like a common energy mentality. it may say, because that is a completely different attitudes to for instance, new janet,

she east and west of the rhine. you just like everywhere else needs a steady supply of energy to function. now russia says that could be supplied bytes, new and stream t pipeline. that is still waiting to be signed off, not just by germany, but also the european commission. the pipeline has faced opposition from within the you, with some fearing that it could make a block for you dependent on moscow. others though, say that the link is vital to secure energy supplies and ensure that people can heat their homes at reasonable prices. such political games could end up pushing even more people into fuel poverty this winter, and even cost their lives. geology boesky r t, paris, lack of back up supplies and market forces on the o t drive is apparently, politicians have also been quick to blame russia for not supplying more gas despite moscow, insisting that it is complying with its contracts. vascular taylor looks at how

western politicians never miss an opportunity to point the finger. how did it happen though, or rather who's to blame? because if there's one thing, every politician knows it's that every crisis needs a guilty party. and sure enough, brussels landed on a tried and tested one we could on the european commission to urgently open an investigation into possible deliberate market manipulation by gas prom and potential violation of e competition roles. yes, sangree that russians were warm and toasty being you accused, stay toned energy giant gas from of being cd and then furious that moscow would just take pity and pipe over some free extra gas and accused the kremlin of paint dirty politics. the increase in price is for energy has deep geopolitical roots. it's part of the geopolitical bottle, rushes on it all, its contracts, it cannot be said they are not delivering when they said they would, but it has not increased the quantities contracted full. so now at biting by

a contract is foul play. o the things people will say to dodge responsibility. and so there is no need to shift the blame, like some of our partner said, trying to do. sometimes you listen to what is said on the score. you are surprised, it's just amazing as if they don't see the numbers. i'd like to read rate. they don't see the realities. they just cover up their own mistakes. you know, maybe brussels should have gone all in on green energy before a long cold winter may be brussels shouldn't talk of banning long term contracts with gas from before long. cold winter may be brussels shouldn't rely on the notoriously volatile spot market before a long cold winter. but sure. luton sitting in siberia with his hand on the tap. in fact, he's so greedy and mean that he wanted gas from to top up europe stored supplies all the while. a solution to this crisis lies idol ever heard of north stream to

the german regulators should make this decision. they have not yet decided. of course, if we expand supplies along this route, then 100 percent, i can say with absolute certainty, the tension on the european energy market would significantly decline. and that would influence prices. of course, this is an obvious thing, but with the green light still not given. it seems the use not actually that bother about it. citizens off to rural, but he's not enough to negotiate with the russian bath. if it's any consolation to the europeans, it wasn't just valley, does his political shenanigans left people bankrupt and shivering, post pandemic oil prices skyrocketed, and americans will i fucking out more on fuel than they had since 2014, which would have been bad enough by itself. but then historic inflation hit, this is a historic inflation report. inflation has had a 31 year high with prices rising to more than double. we've seen in recent decades, everything going up and up in up in prices. new numbers showing inflation surging

to its fastest pace in nearly 40 years. following up she came yeah. though it's pretty windy outside. it's very windy. i almost felt coming up the steps myself. i didn't was determined to prove those hate has wrong and show he was up to the task . at the same time, he obviously wasn't going to admit that his own warren oil was to blame, spoilt or not killing pipelines, halting oil leases and proposing to tax the industry into oblivion. all within the space of 11 months makes the market jittery. so instead he found, you guessed it, the guilty party, if you take a look at, you know, gas prices and you take a look at the oil prices. so that is a consequence of thus far. the refusal of russia or, or the opec nations to pump more, or of course it is,

but to really make himself look the compromising innocent good guy. and all this, he did make one little pledge announcing that the largest ever release from the u. s. strategic petroleum. reserve help provide the supply we need as we recover from this pandemic, guess how many barrels of oil a day the u. s. consumes around 20000000. how many barrels to bite and release? 50000000. 2 and a half days was not exactly a big when about big enough to come out looking like a decisive leader taking action. after all, sometimes all that matters is that you'll seen to be doing something even if you do fail to win them all over. the reason gas prices are going up is because the oils and louisiana and texas and the dipstick store in washington d. c. 2021. the people prayed that lights wouldn't get caught. also the year politicians showed that it's a crime to let a good crisis go to waste. okay,

still to come. britain's new covey cases have surpassed a 150000 a day in a week, in which it was claimed that vulnerable children's lives are being put a risk by the overstretched health service. just one of our store is still ahead on the weekly from our tea. ah ah ah ah

ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race who is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful. very difficult. time. time to sit down and talk. ah, i went back to the weekly afghan drone operators working for the united states were kept in the dark about civilian deaths. that's from a whistleblower who's spoken to l. t about his job during the u. s. war on terror. he's currently in hiding from the taliban. in fear of his life refusing to even contact his family to keep them safe. he's been sharing his story with artes,

unheard. voices, project, lalellah. we live in a horrible situation, very bad conditions with whom, speaking honestly, i am fed up with my life. but so i'm in hiding alone with underground. yeah, i can't go outside. i'm hopeless and i ask myself, do i have the right to live a peaceful life in my own homeland or not it me said straight. and i wish i had been born in a different country to me, the decimal that he's telling me that would be long. mm. for pillow top, we had to operate our drones. i was an 8 alice today. and then the same at night there was a u. s. company and the afghan government was signed an agreement with he said, we were employed by this company. they scam eagle

with each month one pilots conducted $1720.00 drone strikes. it could be more than that, but not less with data throughout all operations, we were not told about any civilian deaths. nobody told us that we had hit the wrong target to that. and the statistics on this were out of our control. we didn't

have access to this data the dominate the port. we lost a couple of our pilots in the last days of our work. and after the taliban took over home and one was arrested in cobble. and the 2nd, when he was visiting his family, some drone pilots were also beaten and humiliated. and 3 or 4 of our colleagues are missing was a even the closest relatives don't know where they are. problem sex, age stay blinking. is leading the continued diplomatic efforts to ensure a safe passage for any american afghan partner or foreign national wants to lead up . again, this is what we're doing. every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create a safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who work for us to the airport to get them on planes and get

them out. we worked intensely to evacuate and relocate and work alongside us in our particular risk reprice up our commitment to them. has no deadline of let me put it this way. yes, i've lost my own people. know i'm hiding at different places. i can't stay at one place. i can't meet my family. i don't even know how my family is doing now. i can't see them with my colleagues. we can't see or contact each other because we are afraid the taliban are tapping our phone is me. i will, we also, we have lost our way. what can we do and what will they do to us? we are counting our last breast because they might kill us today or tomorrow. i have one son staying with me and when he goes out to buy something to eat,

he says he is afraid of being killed or kept. so there is no one to help us in this situation. i live in and i have to wonder why i was born in this hell, i am a human being. i have the right to free life. well for, it's called the us led mission in afghanistan, defended the drone program, saying that the afghan army can now operate it without outside assistance for more stories on how the war on terror in afghanistan change lives. check out on her voice is project you can find it now on all t dot com and on all you tube channels as well. of britain's daily cove infection, right hit over 160000 on new year's day and with the health care system it full stretch. it's claimed that the pandemic is seeing other patients being sidelined and their lives put at risk parents and campaign to say vulnerable children being discriminated against a free up bed space highlighting a spike and do not resuscitate orders for children with down syndrome and autism.

one mother who was asked to sign one for her son has been sharing her story with us when she said it, i, well dock is because, you know, and that's my son's life that you're asking with each site or now. and. and i haven't been asked that my other 2 children. i mean, she has down syndrome, but that's got nothing to do with whether shipping tights or not. he was in the way and she was asking him a lot of questions and he a con and he's in a class days and that he understands. and i think luckily for him and i and i asked me because he was, i'm 16 anyway. i both say are the parents, i know there was there any children in one respects. i was glad he was on the 6th day because the others where i was 16 and where else themselves did not reset the

date. orders are often to people who are gravely ill. one sign doctors won't perform cpr to help restart the patient's heart. but in the u. k, do not receive the date orders of being increasingly offered for teenagers with autism. a condition that affects them 700000 people in the country as well as for teenagers with down syndrome. and the national health service insists it's not discriminating. stressing that it seems blanket policies is inappropriate. but carol willard begs to differ where every child in every ad, though it's got the right, especially to life. and i just don't understand why there's a difference in society for anyone, discrimination, of even the question a n n. why are people with adults children el today? why are we, why are they all trained differently with the lack of humanity, hey,

given the health care system they deserve. on the social system, i did that, i get the and i just was painted under extreme cab again today with higher than the and i just isn't as the government needs to pull their finger out. and so, you know, just out and isn't it, isn't our kids say, oh, your children are not as valuable with everyone else's children. so they're not going to be put on that list. list i was are, it will leave you out. the dumbest idea, because there's not a lot of we're not so fast and indigenous leader in new zealand accused australia on monday of using his country as a dumping ground. the national mary authority chairman wants camera to scrap it to policy of deporting new zealanders when they're convicted of crimes. and it is not good enough. now that new zealand is becoming a penal colony for australia and, and just reporting your problem or why does not solve the problem of gangs and both

australia and new zealand. it is not good enough just to say we're going to stick a whole lot of people on applied on a government chartered plane and seen them back to new zealand. that is not the spirit of friendship. and that you would expect between 2 neighbors. one under australian law, if foreign nationals are sentenced to more than a year in prison, they automatically lose their right to stay in the country. that applies even if they've lived in australia their entire lives. the last couple of years have seen hundreds of new zealanders and sent back home. australia's immigration ministers defended the policy saying the government will continue to expel foreign nationals who commit serious crimes. matthew to khaki though, says they need to work with new zealand to find a better solution. now, i also did that australian citizens, you know, it's easy just to deport the problem away. and australians want exactly what we want. we want safe communities. we do not want to say drugs being sold to our

children. we are sick and tired of saying gun violence on our streets. one possible solution is a joint task force to address a couple of different things. and even though our police forces, they do share information, data and intelligence at the moment, that would be good to see if we could just increase and including and beastie and joint resources. and that, that means also having a look at information and intelligence to find out where these drug supplies networks are establishing themselves across se asia, even into the pacific. and then let's do that job together as australia and new zealand. and that ends experience. and that's it for the weekly for this, i hope you having a great new year's weekend. i'm calling bright. i'll be back with you next edition in just over half now. ah,

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about it and i did the story on it. there were about 30 police officers with shotguns and they are isn't going to handle the emission for now on the 32nd floor went into the room 1121 of the water watch discharges weapon in the room where they went into the room and they completely destroyed the crime scene, which is something you all do when they turned over paddock, spotty. they ran shocked. the room that goes against any stand up police protocol anywhere in this country. they handle the crime scene like a bunch of incompetent because they call the biggest crime scene in american history at that point. the bottle never brought this out until i broke the story and was followed up by some news made after she would not have won the election. in my opinion, had this information been released the way it should have been released in the timeframe is, should have been released in the put it was forced to release. you

have the body chair videos where you hear officers directly saying turn your cameras off. make sure your cameras are off. why do you not want what's about to happen to be on video? tell them about one of the many crazy things in this investigation that just doesn't i think there's something more to the shooting. then what's been disclosed . you've got to lease officers that say that they are gunshots from different locations. i know what i want you to do that. we saw more formal devices from out that window. be sure it wasn't just one test because it was to to speak with .