the ah, so when you stop stories here, now it's a germany shuts down half of its nuclear power plant, small by which it says it will close all of its reactors within the next 3 years as the transition to green energy gas is pace. in the meantime, across europe, rising fuel prices, a stretching household budgets were worse predicted to come. consumers tell us they can't take much more. the price has skyrocketed that the government is not helping us or anyone. i don't know what we will do if it continues to go off. we will have to make a fire in the middle of the room and civilian deaths and destroyed homes in afghan whistleblower listed on american stroke program. the former operator. currently in hiding from the taliban talks to seize upon, heard voices throughout opperation, we were not back to any civilian den. nobody told us that we had hit the wrong

target. i'm in hiding alone with the way underground and i live in fear. honestly, i am fed up with my life. that's the hello that the latest news and look back at what's been happening to over the last 7 days. you watch in a weekly here on our t international. germany shut down half of its remaining nuclear power stations on new year's eve is part of it shift to more friendly energy, least the country, though with only 3 nuclear plans which are also planned to go offline by the end of this year. however, the decision has been heavily criticized as a significant portion of germany. electricity does come from nuclear sources. the country will now have to dramatically ramp up production from sustainable sources. and in the meantime, increase its reliance on coal. opinions were divided 2 among germans. we spoke to

who do you live near one of the power plants that was close? i sat on, if wasn't enough, i love. it has its pros and cons, but actually here. and 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 if but 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 and you'll see how much was invested in ins, order pollution, i think it's an important decision, but i also think we're not there yet. we can't go from renewable energy and we're, we're getting from nuclear power of many locals work, sir. and we have to see where they will end up, but some people will definitely lose their jobs. about germany is not alone in phasing out nuclear power, belgium has also decided to shut all its react is within the next 3 years. and

that's despite the fact that nuclear energy does generate almost half the countries electricity engineers have already slammed decision as came to productive 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. while on top of that, europe is grappling with an energy crunch, the saw record prices last month. we discussed this, the journalist charlie boyle. he believes the pace at which green policies are being introduced is more about political gang. it's all about lack of planning and you're seeing cool point score and they may well lease. but as usual, the practicalities always take. now the reality is sinking high inflation.

a huge demand surge going in the winter. and we, we simply can't have a situation where energy prices are going up. 1200 percent. we need to have a plant on around the world, but i think it's transmission. renewable is what the mixture is gonna be. we're going to need to be honest about me, which are completely high. and so as we've been hearing as europe continues, it switch to green energy holes have been left grappling with a higher cost of living. charlotte davinsky has more on that winter isn't coming. it's already here. as he, you countries struggle to find a unified response to record high energy prices. there are a 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. now 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 at the facility. literally to say, we'll have to make choices. we will have to buy cheaper foods that are less nutritional. you know, 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 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 poor's households are to receive a one off payment of a $100.00 euros to help shield them from price rises. italy meanwhile, has 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 bead 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 level, retired 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 anyone in england. 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 wanted, 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 the 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, theories put st kilo worry. 2 because while 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 deemed the dates, bits, and of generate where experts have been warning against a possibility or even probability 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 as a bit, 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 there is a completely different attitudes to, for instance, nuclear energy, 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 nude stream to 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 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 jollity, blue sky, r t, paris. well, another fact to being blamed for high fuel prices is russia's refusal to supply more gas lease. that's according to some western politicians who never seemed to miss an opportunity to point the finger saskia taylor reports. 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 called 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 that masika wouldn't just take pity and pipe over some free, extra gas and accused the kremlin of pang 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 is just amazing as if they don't see the numbers. i'd like to reiterate. 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 bonding 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 prom 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 it'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 it a 31 year high with price is 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, no,

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 is wrong and show he was up to the task at same time, he obviously wasn't going to admit that his own warren 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 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 for 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. yes. how many barrels of oil a day the u. s. consumes around 20000000. how many barrels did 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 are 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. it's ashley taylor. then i still come to you on the weekly burkins new cove cases called 260000 on new year's day capping off

a week in which it was kind of hon. children's lives being put at risk by the overstretched health service. we'll have the details just off ah, as we continue looking at the nearon right, you in the year ahead bringing in the all star guests from all over the world. we've got a great one today, stacy. it's charles hugh smith. oh, of 2 minds that com ah ah ah ah ah ah

ah ah ah ah hello again. now afghan drone operators working for the us were kept in the dark about civilian deaths. that's from a whistleblower who's spoken to r t about his job during the us war on terror. what he's currently in hiding from the taliban in fear for his life and even refuses to contact his own family to keep them safe. he shared his story with ortiz unheard voices project, vallejo,

we live in a horrible situation. very bad conditions. be honestly, i am fed up with my life that's out of it. so i'm in hiding alone. underground. yeah, i can't go outside. i'm hopeless. percent. when i ask myself, do i have the right to live a peaceful life in my own homeland will not let me say straight, and i wish i had been born in a different country to me at the decimal got the telling me w, i am a 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. so we were employed by this company. the scam eagle with

each month one pilot conducted $1720.00 drone strikes. it could be more than that, but not less with data throughout the 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, ah, at the port we lost a couple of our pilots in the last days of our work. after the taliban took over, 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 even the closest relatives don't know where they sex age. they 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 worked for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. we worked intensely to evacuate and relocate, atkins,

worked alongside us and our particular risk reprise, of our commitment to them has no deadline of let me put it this way. me. i've lost my own people. know, i'm hiding at different places. i can't stay in 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 phones. me in. i guess we have lost our way. what can we do and what will they do to us? we are counting our last breast. 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. there is no one to help us in this

situation. i live in here and i have to wonder why i was born in this hell, i am a human being. i have the right to free life. while the us lead mission in afghanistan previously hailed the drone program as a success and said it provided the american backed afghan army with the capability to operate the system on it. so not for more stories on how the war on terror in afghanistan did change, lives. do go to our unheard voice. was project products don't cover the britain. staley cave it infection rate hit more than $100.00. 60000 on new year's day and with the health care system, a full stretch. his claim the pandemic is seeing other patients sidelined and their lives put at risk. where parents and campaign is a vulnerable children being discriminated against the free up bed space and highlight spike and do not read,

such as i told is for children with dan syndrome and autism. we spoke to a mother who was asked to sign one for her son when she said, well, doctrine is because in home and that was on life that you're asking what you should have or not. and i haven't been asked that my other 2 children. and you see, i doubt enjoying that that's got nothing to do with whether shipping the stuff faced or not. he was in the room and she was asking him a lot of questions in a, a con these class days that he understands anything. luckily for him. and i didn't say all me because he was on the 6th day in any way. but 3 other parents, i know there are, there are children in one respects. i was glad he was under 16 because the others

where i was 16 and where else sells or do not. recess is 8 orders are offered to people who are gravely ill. one signed doctors won't perform cpr to help restart the patients hard. but in the u. k, do not we just as a toward is, are increasingly being offered to her for teenagers with autism is a condition that affects them. 700000 people in britain and teenagers with dan syndrome are also affected. however, the national health service does insist it is not discriminating and says that blanket policies are inappropriate. helemano lot again though begs to differ. we every child and every as ours 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 b, a n n. why are people with adults children el delay

while we why on i will trade differently with the lack of you must say given the health care system they deserve. on the social system, i did that, i get the and i just, it 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, yeah. and isn't it, isn't our kids to say, oh, your children are not valuable with everyone else's children. so they're not going to be put on that list. list i was are, isn't, it will leave you out the dumbest idea. because there's not a lot of room muscle for an indigenous leader in new zealand accusing australia, refusing his country as a dumping ground for criminals is when convicted. it is not good enough that new zealand is becoming

a penal colony for australia and just deporting your problem. why does not solve the problem of gangs in both australia and new zealand? it is not good enough just to say we're going to stick a whole lot of people in applying on a government chat, applying and seen them back to new zealand. that is not the spirit of friendship. and that you would expect between 2 neighbors. well, under australian law, or a foreign nationals are sentenced to more than a year in prison, they automatically lose the right to stay in the country. not applies even if they have lived in australia their entire lives. the last couple of years, in fact, have seen hundreds of new zealanders sent back home with strategies. immigration minister has defended the policy saying the government will continue to expel foreign nationals who do commit serious offenses will though matthew to car, he does say they need to work with new zealand to find a much better solution. now i also did battle stray and citizens, you know,

it's easy just to de pulled 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 by dosier 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. means also having a look at information and intelligence to find out we are these drug supplies networks establishing themselves across south east asia, even into the pacific being let's do that job together as australia and new zealand . and that ends explorer the motion, the weekly here, not international. i saw the company this sunday afternoon just coming up to har, pos for moscow. more from us at the top of the

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more deaths from treatable causes. so americans are suffering every day from it. it's as if these people account, i saw how they can choose are customers and dump a sick so also they can satisfy their wall street investors. no parents should have to see what i saw. so if you're denying payment for someone's care, your make life and death decisions and determine who gets to live and who dies to me, that's best getting away with murder. with las vegas was the last resort. it was like tombstone territory,

where all outlaws go to die. the mob was real generous with everything they gave the rooms away. they gave the drinks away. the only thing they were concerned about was just making money on the gambling table. food and rooms and all that was just seeing as the service to keep the machines turner and you always felt welcome. even if you were poor, because you're all for walk out the door for the most part. right. it could lose all the money that you had and you be can't dinners and breakfasts is and rooms and everybody was a high roller when they came to vegas, you come back, you know, the next year and blow your money again. the main crime was skimming, and the monsters detected their turf to the extent that they didn't want to draw attention and the st. criminals drew attention. so they stopped and got him out of charlie put him in a shallow grave. over in san bernadino county, the old mob didn't allow street crime when the mob branded town. he.