ah ah, we stop stories from our t germany shuts down half its nuclear plants while belgium commit to fully di nuclear ice within 3 years. the shift to eco friendly power ramped up. meantime across europe, storing energy bills of stretching household budgets to the max work predicted to come consumers tell us there's not much more we can take out. the price has skyrocketed, government is not helping you read to 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 the room and civilian deaths and destroyed homes and afghan whistleblower lifts the lid on america's drone program. the former operator who is currently in hiding for the taliban talk to our teeth unheard throughout our

operations. we were not told about any civilian deaths. nobody told us that we had hit the wrong target for the afternoon time and hiding alone for the way underground. i live in fear speaking, honestly, i am fed up with my life with beginning of this new year's weekend sunday and i see. so we're going to talk you through some of the big stories we've covered here. over the past 7 days. i'm calling bright welcome to the program. first, then germany shut down half its remaining nuclear power stations on new year's eve . as part of it shift to more eco friendly energy. that leaves the country with only 3 nuclear plants, which are also planned to go offline by the end of this year. the decision though has been met with major criticism. this is a significant portion of german electricity comes from nuclear sources. the country when i have to dramatically ramp up production from sustainable sources and also in the meantime,

increase its reliance on coal opinions divided among the germans. we spoke to who lived near one of the recently closed nuclear plants and that's on a former enough. tyler 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. if of course, the people in the village that see things differently. because the village has become rich on taxpayers, money, 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 and we're, we're getting from nuclear power. many locals work there and we have to see where they will end up. but some people definitely lose their jobs. are you? germany is not alone and facing out nuclear power. belgium's also decided to shut all its reactors within the next 3 years. as just by the fact that nuclear energy

generates almost half the country's electricity. belgian 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 grappling with an energy crunch. the saw price is saw to all time highs last month. discussing it with us here on our tea journalist 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 politicians may well those beliefs. but as usual, the practicalities always take. now the reality is thinking,

inflation a huge demand surge going in the winter. we, we simply can't have a situation where energy prices are going up. 1200 percent here. we need to have a profit plan around the world, but how they can transition to renewables. what the mixture is going to be, and we're going to need to be honest about me. so don't worry, which are completely pile of the use accelerating attempts to transition to renewables. and also the ongoing surgeon prices of left households bearing the brunt shall to do. bad sky explains winter isn't coming. it's already here. it's e u. countries 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 with you 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 less nutritional. we have 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. this energy crisis across that you, you has been escalating for many months. government have 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 if you just as others but out the price has skyrocketed. but the government is not helping europe or any 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 you want, 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. what is this structural problem in

an achieve policy 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 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 whilst 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. ringback 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 u is 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 generate where experts have been warning against a possibility or even probability offer a of a stance still in the world of renewables. photovoltaic and went fox. the one that is now in the thought of come back is new. as a, i always say within the 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, you can achieve east and west of the rhine. you just like everywhere else needs

a steady supply of energy to function. not 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 to dependent on moscow. others. those 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, blue sky, r t, paris. on a lack of back up supplies and market forces on the only 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. saskia taylor looks at how

western politicians never missed 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 u. competition roles. yes, sangree that russians were warm and toasty the you accuse state owned energy giant gas problem of being city. and then furious, the moscow wouldn't just take pity and pipe over some free extra gas and accused the kremlin of pain dirty politics. the increase in price is for energy has deep geopolitical roots. it's part of the geopolitical battle, 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 abiding 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 re to rate. they don't see the realities. they just cover up their own mistakes. you know, maybe brussels shouldn't 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 a long cold winter may be brussels shouldn't rely on the notoriously volatile spot market before a long cold winter, but sure. hooton's sitting and siberia with his hand on the tap. in fact, he's so greedy and mean that he wanted gas prompt to top up europe stored supplies all the while. a solution to this crisis lies idol ever heard of nord 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 that he 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 year though it's pretty windy outside, it's very windy. i almost felt coming up with 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 war an oil was to blame, spoilt or not killing pipelines, halting oil, nieces 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 at 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 oil. 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 us strategic petroleum reserve tell, provide a 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 did buy to release $50000000.00? 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 wash and they say 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. they some news in the sunday from south africa of

fi has broken out and the national parliament building in cape town. a plume of smoke was seen rising half from across the city. dozens of fire fighters have since managed to contain the fire, which broke out in the 3rd floor office over night and spread to the national assembly chamber. no injuries are being reported though, and there's also no indication as to what may have started to the place. i still to come britton's new coven cases, to passed a 160000 on new year's day capping off a week in which it was claimed, vulnerable children's lives are being put at risk by the overstretched health service. is one of our stores still ahead on the weekly from our t ah o s. things that have happened in the world were being done by people who had

a great vision of how society could be better. but that great vision is typically the left hand to see a representation is not real. it doesn't take into account any of the complexity of reality. the subtlety of various and complex people i put them into categories is this lot is bad. we'll get rid of them, you know, and change is an organic process. change is an evolution and the opposition is not between the status and everything must stay the same and everything must be radically changed. a radical change is not the way that kills me. join me every 1st day on the alex simon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess on the world politics sport business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm

ah, hello again. afghan drone operators working for the united states were kept in the dark about civilian deaths. that's from a wishful blow up to spoken to. i'll tell you about his job during the us war on terror. he's currently in hiding from the taliban in fear for his life, refusing even to contact his family to keep them safe. he's been sharing his story with ortiz, the unheard voice is project lalellah. we live in a horrible situation. very bad conditions. went on speed. honestly, i am fed up with my life that's not about so i'm in hiding alone with underground. yeah, i can't go outside. i'm hopeless for somebody, i ask myself, do i have the right to live a peaceful life in my own homeland will not let me save strength. and i wish i had been born in a different country to meet the decimal guardians telling me wi fi

. we had to operate our drones as an 8 hours today. and then the same at night there was a u. s. company and the afghan government assigned 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 blessing with

data throughout all operations, we were not told about any civilian deaths. nobody told us that we had hit the wrong targets. and the statistics on this were out of our control. we didn't have access to this data. ah, ah, dominate the port. we lost a couple of our pilots in the last days of our work. and after the taliban took over 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 with 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 against what we're doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day. it's 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 worked 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 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 phil and i have to wonder why i was born in this hell. i am a human being. i have the right to free life. for its part, the u. s. admission in afghanistan defended the drone program, saying the afghan army can now operate without outside assistance. for more stories on how the war on terra in afghanistan change lives. you can check out on her voice project on r t dot com. and also one of

britain's data cove infection rate hit over a $160000.00 on new year's day and with the health care system, a full stretch right now. it's being claimed that the pandemic is seeing the patients get sideline and their lives put at risk parents. and campaigners say vulnerable children are being discriminated against to free up bed space highlighting a spike and do not receive acetate orders for children with down syndrome and autism. one mother was asked to find one for her son, shared her story with us when she said it, all right, well just in case because, you know, and that's my son's life that you're asking with each site or not. 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 the taste or not. he was in the way. and she was asking him a lot of questions. and he a con and he's a,

he understands and he think luckily for him and i, and i asked me because he was, i'm 16 anyway, so well to say are the parents i know that are 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 do not resuscitate. orders are often to people who are gravely ill want signed doctors when perform c p r. to help restart the patient's heart. when the u . k, do not resuscitate. orders are increasingly being offered to teenagers with autism, a condition that affects some 700000 people in the country as well as for teenagers with down syndrome. and the national health service insists that it's not discriminating. stressing that it sees blanket policies as inappropriate. but karen will, it begs to differ with for a child. and 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 is why are people with adults children l delay while we why on trade differently with a lack of you must say given the health care system they deserve on the social care system. i did that, i get the and i just that was paying for under extreme cab again today with higher than the interest isn't it? is the government that needs to pull their finger out. and so it's out and isn't it isn't our kids to say, oh, your children on that last night? i was our isn't, it will leave you out the stay 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 murray authority chairman wants camera to scrap its 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 in just reporting your problem, 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 charter plane and seem them back to new zealand, that is not the spirit of friendship. and that you would expect between 2 neighbors . one under australian law or a foreign nationals, a sentence to more than a year in prison, they automatically lose the 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 sent back home. australia's immigration ministers defended the policy saying the government will continue to expel foreign nationals who commit serious offenses. 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 at dathan intelligence at the moment, they would be good to see if we could just increase their including invest in joint resources. that means also having a look at information and intelligence to find out where these drug supplies networks are establishing themselves across southeast asia, even into the pacific, and been, let's do their job together as australia and new zealand and that ends explorer.

okay, that's it for this edition all the way. okay, thanks for spending some of your new year. we can do this here on, i'll say i'm calling bright back with more and just evolving with with a, he came kind of a test bed for medical and then later recreational marijuana and it started with something so innocent. i was wanting to socialize. everybody. does it so i cannot and then it just keeps going and going and going. i'm just going to do it once. yeah. and then it's, i'm just going to try this was never do it again because they want my phone was want to know you right on inside. ok. and you surround yourself with people who are

encouraging you to do it not to stop or it felt like my life was over. jump office about balcony and died. mm. he knew he just couldn't stop with hello, welcome to world moral or in the last i realize i know that was a very humble and on some level, the very hiring admission by stop the father of western philosophy,

an admission to which the last during the half down here is to say, many of the worlds of bride assigned to our disposition to the shame, which we think we do know well to discuss that i am now joined by in my gilchrist and british psychiatrists, an author of them that are with things dr. mcgill trace, it's a great privilege, both personal and professional for me to engage in a conversation. thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. thank you very much. now i hope many of our of yours are familiar with your previous best seller, the master and emissary. in which you laid out the keys for how the last hemisphere of our brain, which evolved to deal with nero, practical and mental things, has become too full of itself too bossy and you eager to remake the world. and it's rather constrict image. you made that argument very eloquently more than the day to go. what has happened,

or what have you learned seems down to your versus that your voluminous new book. well, i suppose the, the gestation of this book, it goes back quite a long way and it hasn't just been precipitated by recent events. but i do see the thing is that i outlined at the end of the master and his and mystery, where i gave a thought experiment. what was it will be like if the left hemisphere is way of thinking had dominated completely and we no longer have access to the wisdom that the right hemisphere could give us. what would it look like? and the also was very like the society. i think readers could recognize that we were living in since, and i think things have accelerated and the situation has become critical in many respects. and i believe very strongly that it's not, it's necessary to do many practical steps to the destruction of the planet.