ah, police dogs and buttons are deployed again until low down demonstrated in amsterdam . this is mary gave the order to break up the 1000 strong, illegal rally. and in some of the big stories of the week, just gone, germany shows down the hall for this nuclear power plant, while belgian says it will close all of its reactors in the next 3 years. as the tradition to green energy. got this, pay off the 1000000000 and destroyed homes. an afghan whistleblower lift the lid on america's drone program. the formal operator who's currently in hiding from the taliban folks are on heard voices, projects throughout operations. we were not told about any civilian dance. nobody told us that we had hit the wrong target time in hiding alone put underground. i

live in fear speaking. honestly, i am fed up with my line that you're watching the weekly here on the international. my name is peter scott and i'll be bringing the stories that shape the news this week. for 1st, until i dont demonstrators of clash with the riot police in amsterdam, police dogs and buttons were used to break up the illegal protest. ah.

thousands of people, as you saw their rallying in the dutch capital on sunday, defying upon amidst the corona virus lockdown measures that have been in place in the netherlands for the last few weeks. now the right places you saw there with their battens and their shields were trying to break up, the crowds had gathered in amsterdam to show their continued anger against the restrictions that are in place and also against vaccines that the local government, which had allured this particular gathering had also issued an emergency ordinance which gave the police the right to head into the central museum square. and to clear those protesters from that. but to despite that protest is turned out regardless. now the netherlands has been doing this extended lockdown our since december 19th. and as a result of that, restaurants, a shot and all known of central shops are also shut. and that's going to take place and continue going on until at least the middle of the month of january,

public gatherings. as part of these restrictions means that no more than 2 individuals can gather at the same time together. so this protest was clearly outside of the, the block. it's absolutely against those cart measures. but despite that, we saw this chaotic scenes in amsterdam as the police and those protest as were clashing something we have seen elsewhere to know across europe. there is, is concerned that guess we're heading in to 2022. it's you. many people who only think this is time for fresh opportunities of fresh chance. but there are many people who really fear that the fresh restrictions that are coming in to force mean this will be essentially another ground hole here, as the authorities continue to try and grapple with the virus. just to give you an example here in france, there are new restrictions coming in to force. it includes a ban on eating and drinking on long distance trains and also

a requirement now for children as young as 6 to where a mosque i when necessary. previously, it was only applied to children over the age of 11. so that's a big shift here. and in, sometimes in cities, across france, there has been the regulation once again to have to wear masks outdoors. that something that is back in force here in paris. meanwhile, those who remain unvaccinated, there is some really bad news. the national assembly is going to continue debating this week a new law that would essentially curb the liberties of those who remain unvaccinated further at the moment, anyone who is not fully vaccinated, that 3 vaccines, the 2 vaccines plus the booster am, can going to restaurants and cafes, et cetera, if they show that they've got a negative pcr outage in test. but that's something that they can only hold for 24

hours and they have to pay for it. now the macro administration wants to change this yet again, essentially saying that if you're not vaccinated, it doesn't matter if you have a negative test antigen or p c, or you will not be allowed into bars, restaurants, et cetera. and you can imagine that that is going to cause a lot of consternation here in france, where around 10 percent of the population remains unvaccinated. there is anger here to resort with the new year's eve where they should have been celebrations. they were bound on fireworks on the shells, alisa, and cool the muted festivities. but in, despite that, there were crowds that burst onto the shoals lease a causing problems for the police there. and across the country, we saw a much lamented new year's tradition making a big come back. this is the burning and torching of cars. almost $900.00 vehicles were burned on new year's eve is part of that. now there was also, i'm good that's been felt in germany to with violent riots in some cities,

including in one where they were clashes between the police and protest. is there something we seem to be seen quite a lot of in europe at the moment. the protesters setting up barricades, but then even set bo was a light. now the police say that they had to respond to almost $200.00 calls in just over 2 hours. so very busy new year's eve for police there. now all of this comes amidst another grim milestone. the pandemic shows that there have been over a 100000000 cases of covert a positive cases that have been quoted across the european region. however, to give you some light to this, this does come at a time when studies suggesting that only chrome is less likely to damage to lungs than previous variance, such as the delta variant or even the l for b to variance. and that it also provokes

a less severe and type of disease. so good news, but at the same time with the restrictions in place and the continued fear that we are seeing from authorities, many people will be questioning if this ongoing tightening of restrictions is in fact the right path to tried. germany shut down half of its remaining nuclear power stations on new years eve, us as part of its shift to more eco friendly energy. it leaves the country now with only 3 nuclear plants, which are also plans to go offline by the end of this year. but the decision has been heavily criticized as a significant portion of german logistics does come from nuclear sources. the country will have to dramatically ramp up production from sustainable sources. and in the meantime, increases reliance on coal opinions were divided among the germans. we spoke to who lived near one of the power plants that was closed. as i found

a force 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, ortho people might try to destroy it. of course, 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 other than 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 sir, and we have to see where they will end up. but some people definitely lose their jobs. and german is not alone in facing out nuclear power. belgium has also decided to shut all its reactors within the next 3 years. and thus, despite the fact that nuclear energy generates almost half that country's

electricity, engineers have already slammed the decision as counter 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. on top of all that europe is grappling with an energy crunch the so record prices last month. we discussed this with journalists, charlie boyle. he believes the pace at which green policies have been introduced is more about political gain. it's all about like a crime scene, but it's cool point to score and politicians may well those beliefs. 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 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 pilots. and while europe switches the green energy house, on the left, grappling with a higher cost of living, and western politicians have seized the moment to blame russia, claiming its behind the spike in fuel prices. all the stuff gets taylor has the details. how did it happen, though, 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 you competition roles. yes, sangree that russians were warm and toasty the you accuse, stay tuned. energy giant gas from of being cd and then furious. the moscow would just take pity and pipe over some free extra gas and accused the kremlin of paint dirty politics. the increase in prices 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 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 a said on the score. you are surprised. it's 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 should have gone all in on green energy before a long cold winter may be brussels didn'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 is 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 that 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 that he does. his political shenanigans left people bankrupt and shivering. host pandemic oil prices skyrocketed on 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 number showing inflation surging to it's fast as 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 the same time, he obviously wasn't going to admit that his own war and 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 or of course it is, but to really make himself look the compromising innocent good guy. and all this he did make one little dredge announcing says the largest ever release from the u. s. strategic petroleum reserve till 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 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 and wash in the say 2021, the people prayed the lights wouldn't get caught. also, the year politicians showed that it's a crime to let a good crisis go to waste of gun drone operators working for the u. s. were kept in the dark about civilian deaths, knots according to a whistle blow has spoken to archie about his job during the u. s. warren terror. now he's currently in hiding from the taliban in fear for his life and even refuses to contact his family to keep them safe. but he shared his story with artes on her voice, his projects. vallejo. we live in a horrible situation. very bad conditions, but under 2 be honestly,

i am fed up with my life. that's not about so i'm in hiding alone with the way underground. yeah, i can't go outside. i'm hopeless, assented 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 me at the decimal. got the telling me nobody long . mm. for pillow top, we had to operate our drones as an 8 hours a day. 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 our 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, he said, i mean at the port we lost a couple of our pilots in the last days of our work in fin after the taliban. so cova and one was arrested and cobbled, 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, where they even the closest relatives don't know where they are. problem sex age stay, blanket is leading the continued diplomatic efforts to ensure safe facets for any american afghan partner or foreign national wants to leave afghanistan. what we are doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create 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 afghans who worked alongside us in our particular risk. reprisals are committed to then has no deadline. oh,

let me put it this way. yes, i've lost my own people. no, i'm hiding at different places. i can't stay in one place. i can't meet my family. oh, 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 now tapping our phones. yulu and i will say we all hopeless. we have lost our way. what can we do? and what will they do to us? we'll counting our last breaths because they might kill us today or tomorrow. i'm a. 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 lot yet there is no want 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. the u. s. lead mission in afghanistan previously held the drone program as a success. instead, he provided the american but afghan army with the capability to operate the system on its own. for more stories on how the whole entire enough going on change lives. do feel free to head over to our own heard voices for j. r. c dot com. britain's daily cove infection rates hit more than 160000 on new year's day and with a health care system. a full stretch is claim. the pandemic is seeing other patients sidelines and their lives at risk parents. the campaign is said that vulnerable children are being discriminated against to for your bed space, while also highlighting a spike in do not facilitate orders for children with down syndrome and autism. we spoke to one mother, he was asked to sign one for her own song. 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 now. and i haven't been asked that. my other 2 children. i mean, she has down syndrome, but that's got nothing to do when we're shipping tight. so now he was in the room and she was asking him a lot of questions and he a con and he's a he understands. and i think luckily for him and i, and i asked me because he was, i'm 16 anyway. i wanted to say are the parents. i know there are 7 children say 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 miss. so say orders are offered to people who

are gravely ill and one signed daughters won't perform cpr to help restart the patient's heart. but in the u. k, do not with the state orders are increasingly been offered for teenagers with autism. a condition that affects some 700000 people in britain and teenagers with down syndrome are also affected. however, the national health service insists is not discriminating and says the blanket policy is inappropriate. karen will it begs to differ where every 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 b, a n n. why are people with adults children l delay while we why on trade? differently with the lack of he must say, given the health care system,

i deserve an essential care 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 to say, oh, your children are not as valuable as everyone else's children. so they're not going to be put on that list. list. i was arc isn't it will leave you out of the dumbest idea. because there's not a lot of room muscle for an indigenous leader in new zealand is accusing australia of using his country as a dumping ground for criminals. the national mario authority chairman once comes to scrap its policy of the policy, new zealanders, when convicted 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 chartered plane and seen them back to new zealand. that is not the spirit of friendship. and that you will expect between 2 neighbors. under australian law, if 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 for new zealanders. the removal of that right is even more troubling, as both australians unused cylinders are supposed to be free to visit, live and work in each other's countries. the last couple of years though, have seen hundreds of new zealanders sent back home. australia's immigration minister has defended the policy saying the governments will continue to expel foreign nationals who commit serious offenses. although matthew to khaki says it would be better if they work with new zealand to find more appropriate solutions.

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 by do share information data for an intelligence at the moment, it would be good to see if we could just increase and including beastie and joint resources. 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 sealants. and that ends experience. and that's the way the week looks her on our international. my name's peter scott reporting live from moscow. thank you very

much for watching. ah. as we continue looking at the here and review 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 of to mind that time ah, with

while our officers are facing an increasingly dangerous environment, we are seeing a growing debate about so called warrior cops the term that i've heard in the militarization of police. this is an admirable vehicle we acquired through the 1033 program, very free program, and the government program that follows military property that is no longer use to local law enforcement. we're building an army over here, and i can't believe people aren't seeing a terrorism here because it's again a feeling that ahead. you have to deal with our practice. who are you putting in a uniform? a bed is a problem. is sometimes like money played tricks and people mind they think they go

bad knows what was out the door. very bad. johns are coming. good news. you have job security because the world desperately needs that you have a a with mm hello. welcome to worlds of immortal or in the last i realized, i know it was a very humble and on some level to very hiring admission by some bridges. the father of western philosophy, an admission to which, to over the last, during the half down years, has been by many of the worlds that bride assigned to. how does our just position

to the shape what we think we do? you know what to discuss, but i'm now joined by in mcgill. christa, british psychiatry is an author of the matter with thanks. dr. my gilchrist. it's a great privilege, both personal and professional for me to if you're in a conversation. thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. thank you very much. now, i hope many of our years are familiar with your previous best seller, the master and emissary in which you laid out the keys for how the last time a year of our brain, which evolved to deal with nero. practical mental things has become too full of itself too bossy and you eager if you remake the world in its rather constrictive image, you made that argument very eloquently more than a day to the goal. what has happened, or what have you learned seems down to your birth, is that your human a new book?

well, i suppose the, the gestation of this book goes by quite a long way, and it hasn't just been precipitated by recent events. but i do see the things that i outlined at the end of the master and his emissary, where i gave a thought experiment. what will the will be like if the left hemisphere, his 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 answer was very like the society, i think, or readers could recognize that we were living in the sense and i think things are accelerating. and the situation has become critical in many respects. and i believe very strongly that is not necessary to do many practical steps to the destruction of the planet. and.