the the top headlines are off into national european countries are divided over the u commission proposal to label nuclear and gas as green forms of energy. the new german government flattening brussels plan as quote greenwashing snowstorms are grounding flights in america with stopped shortages amid the almost prone outbreak goal. so, being blamed while cobra cases in russia are falling over all the case load among children and worrying doctors. we speak to the chief position of the children's cove at hospital right here in moscow. our children age from one month to 17 years, conditions variance of everything for children here severely l and in the intensive

care unit. exactly one year since i do k court ruled against the expedited julian songs to the united states on the program. we look at the dramatic twist his case has taken since then with washington winning its appeal just about a month ago. the news. all right, just for pm here on the russian capital, this is archie international i receive show you a very warm welcome to brussels is facing a backlash from major e you nation software proposed re categorizing nuclear and natural gas as green energy. the new german government economy minister, branded the proposal a form of greenwashing. meanwhile, energy prices in germany have risen dramatically over the last 3 months. is ortiz, charlotte? do. whisky now invested a new year and a new spat is brewing between new members. bickering has a rapid with state,

split over how energy from nuclear and gas susie should be classed in the future. the, you want to categorize investments in some of these projects as being green, but others all you, this is essentially green washing. label nuclear energy as sustainable is wrong. this is a high risk technology. it is questionable whether these greenwashing will find acceptance on the financial market at all. that we think nuclear technology is dangerous. we still think the waste issue is resolved. we expressly reject the assessment on nuclear power under the commissions proposal investment, the new nuclear energy facilities should be classified as a group if they meet certain technical standards. now that lead to accusations that the commission is destroying the credibility of the european eco label for financial investment with germany leading the charge of nations against these

proposals, but could put it in direct collision. of course, with the blocks of the heavy weight that is france, 70 percent of energy here is generated from nuclear power. so convincing president, mac, nuclear is a way forward, he's against a 1000000000 euro investment. expanding the industry will go home, you know, in order to guarantee france his energy independence to ensure our country's electricity supply and to achieve our objectives. in particular carbon neutrality. in 2050, we will, for the 1st time in decades, will real lunch. the construction of nuclear reactors in our country and continue to develop renewable energies on the house. the support from some eastern block nations with slovak is prime minister agreeing that climate neutrality just call match without nuclear energy. but australia is furious over the plan,

saying it will take the commission to court if it moves ahead with them. will will examine the present draft carefully and have already commissioned a legal opinion on nuclear power in the taxonomy in these plans are implemented in this way. we will sue because atomic power is dangerous and not a solution in the fight against the climate crisis. meanwhile, germany is also coming under pressure over its anti nuclear stance. from the czech republic, berlin has just ordered the closure of half of germany's remaining nuclear power plants as part of a plan to withdraw completely from the technology. that prod, describes that as being a radical step, our government will have to work patiently and hard look for allies in europe and convince partners. finally, it also has to move forward with the construction of nuclear units and to encourage investment in other reasonable renewable sources. that is the way out of the energy crisis. the alternative is under development and poverty. and nobody wants that.

all of this comes as europe is in the midst of an energy crisis, with some expert suggesting, crunch will last roy the way until 2023. that moved by germany, including nuclear, react is also could push up prices even further. and as prices in german neil was twice as high as they could be. there is an energy crisis that the prices of the rising rising cost means that the industry need more energy and that heating your home becomes expensive. we need cheap, stable energy to petition that run our country a lot focused on the interest of german industry and german customers. but that's the holo ideological agenda, and they follow to your logical agenda. the 1st thing they don't need get because they want to do everything with the nubile update. it's

a kind of magic. they believe that they can do that again. as the 2nd audiological agenda, they follow that there are hard core intro, rushing one solution to that coin. this could be the approval of the nord stream to pipeline that would supply got us directly from russia to germany. however, we've tension tie you between the you and moscow, the green light for that project. these fall from certain, leaving the u. scrambling to find the money to pay increasing energy bills, while members remain bitterly divided over the future of energy policy. charlotte, even sky t. paris. meanwhile, the 2nd line of the under the pipeline from russia to germany has now been filled with gas. the link is not ready for exports. however, the use certification of north dream 2 was taken a little bit longer than anticipated. so senior correspondent,

but i guess the now looking at what some calling the fuss surrounding the pipeline 2020. what was the year that the great green dream that's a rude awakening. we all felt it in our bills, but no. where like europe, power gas prices are up for 500 percent in a year. this wasn't what your average green party propaganda, booster promised. europe was supposed to go from a dirty oil burning wasteland to a green renewable paradise just like that, which was never going to happen. this isn't hindsight, this was foresight 11 years ago when german business leaders laughed at the very idea german society doesn't like nuclear energy, and i don't want to comment on this, but i don't understand how you hit your homes. you don't want gas you on developing nuclear energy, what are you going to do?

burn firewood. you don't have even that he got to go to siberia to get firewood. throwing jokes aside. pragmatic minds knew that the transition to a carbon neutral society would, would take decades, and it wouldn't be easy. they built newer, cleaner power plants and new pipelines. natural gas will be a crucial part of the energy mix in europe for a long time. new projects like nurturing to are needed to ensure that europe's month energy is met to reach in on them eyeing the land this project, regardless of how you feel about the gas pipeline or a back, russia is legally approved and constitutionally approved, project must be implemented into many then, and what's not stream to is not the project of putin. rather, it is a project where a lot of european companies take part in it should serve to assure the gas security of europe, lord stream to has been without a doubt. the most politicized energy project and recent history. they called it an

opportunity, a try a break. so a catastrophe. everyone just had to have a say, germany is a captive over his position, fly to get rid of the colon, get rid of it. ok. thank you so much of the oil. yes. from russia. i think it's something that nail has to look at. the other thing is neither nato know the u. s. had much of a problem with the 1st pop lie which runs parallel to nord stream too, which right now supplies germany with gas, which is $5.00 to $7.00 times cheaper than market prices. i would anyone have a problem with that low, aside from the competition approval of additional liquefied natural gas exports from free portal and g furthers this administration's commitment to promoting american energy, american jobs, and the american economy. i am pleased at the department of energy is doing what i can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of

u. s. freedom to be exported to the world and is arguably the gist of it. they threatened to sanctioned german companies, a nato ally, which didn't go down well in berlin. european energy policy is decided in europe, not in the usa. we fundamentally reject external interventions and sanctions with extra territorial effect. much has changed since the pipeline was completed. washington backed away from sanctions and a new government was elected in germany with energy prices at record levels. there were no rush to get gas flowing as things presently stand. this pipeline cannot be approved because it does not fulfill requirements of european energy legislation and questions of security are still open signal. it seems like that one statement helps and natural gas prices, 10 percent higher and europe, which of course, european families and households and businesses a going to have to pay. but at least the government saves face. and the mean top

net joined european leaders and bureaucrats and prayer and pray together that the energy prices somehow magic themselves back and to the realm of affordability. america is battling down the hatches as a winter storm pummels parts of the country. it's causing chaos for flights with around $5000.00 council, just over the weekend, ultimately leaving hundreds of thousands of would be travelers stranded. now the weather has hit hard with the federal officers in the u. s. capital closing on monday. the latest full costs are predicting up to 8 inches of snow. meanwhile, airlines hadn't just been grounding fights over the weather. if at the latest omicron outbreak has been having an impact, apparently of back in october, southwest airlines cancelled almost 2000 flights. and just days after a pilot union sued the carrier over its vaccine mandate. now the by the

ministrations, been trying to impose covert shots on 2 thirds of american workers. it's a move being resisted by some senior government figures. the biden administration has to follow law. they have follow constitution, their implementers of the law, they can't just make it up. and in this case, they're forcing american workers to decide between their health and their job and they just can't do it. it's just wrong. so the u. s. reported registered over a 1000000 new cobra cases in the past day. so aussies kelly moffitt now takes a closer look at biden's efforts to battle the cobra crisis. lenny will remember joe biden's harsh words to donald trump during the presidential debate last year, and he won his response for that many dish should not remain as president of the united states of america. when those words were said, the coven death toll was around 220000 will sense, then covert death numbers have risen to about 800000. the united states just set a record high for corona virus infections. remember,

when biden said that he would quickly and easily solve this problem? how's he doing? now back in may, joe biden set his goal to partially vaccinate 70 percent of the population by july . well, fast forward and that 70 percent has still not been vaccinated. what vaccine mandates have achieved is to further polarize the country. a large number of professionals in vital industries have lost their jobs. protests have shaken the country. ah, he's been reading to me what we're doing here today, and that is writing out. i agree with

a large number of medical workers have been suspended. is kind of surreal, honestly, because i love my job, and i have been a coven nurse for since the beginning of the pandemic. i've been a nurse for 10 years. i worked for kaiser for 5, and when the pandemic happened i, we, we were scared in the beginning, like everybody by it is this amazing time to where we have really brave people. i worked with amazing doctors and nurses who showed up to work every day. and just rolled up their sleeves and faced their fears and walked into these rooms, not knowing. and if they were going to get co later bring it home to their families, more than 2000 flights got canceled by american airlines due to a pilot shortage. law enforcement has also been hit my reductions. it's not the

issue that the public wanted or the, the politicians said they were gonna deliver. they'd want this black and white issue. it's a gray area between you're going to have this big gap between qualified police officers who are trained your season new cops coming in the, the quality of new cops coming in is going to be held to a lower standard. so you're not going to get the best candidates, so do up patrol your streets and keep you safe. it's going to be a very organic living, breathing problem that is not as no solution and site with so many things going wrong. jo. biden's approval ratings are now in free fall. the depths haven't slowed down either. in fact, more people have died of coverage so far in 2021. then in 2020. so this year, biden's 2 main plans rebuild the people's trust and better fight co that have failed to come. true. caleb martin r t new york at just a friendly reminder of the w. h. o says that vaccination or natural immunity of the best ways to stay safe. i still to come here on the program and asi international.

we look at white doctors in russia, raising the alarm over the covered crisis, the potential impact on children. and that will be after the break with a few more of your other stories tossed in for good measure. ah, ah, join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. and i'll be speaking to guess of the world politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm o is your media reflection of reality in the world transformed watch will make you feel safer.

isolation for community. are you going the right way or are you being led to somewhere? which direction? what is true, was his way in the world corrupted. you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah, it is good to have you with us today. now the number of daily cobra cases in russia has more than a half since november, when a reportedly reached a maximum of 41000. all the same, a number of russian cities have now introduced various new restrictions. st. petersburg ultimately leading the way, limiting access to shops and restaurants for the unvaccinated. the only exemptions are grocery shop visits on trips to the pharmacy. and while the hallmark on variant

does continue to spread, doctors are worried about the impact that earliest drains may have been having on children. ortiz until krislofski investigated the issue back in december. with what age are the children here and what condition are they in to our children an age from one month to 17 years that conditions variance about say the children harris, severely l. and in the intensive care unit where what unlike adults covered related pneumonia is less common of on children, but it still happens showing 3 to full in c t severity period. oh, so this means complete lung damage, almost 100 percent store. one is especially alarming, is that very importantly,

just like an adults, there is a tendency for the disease to rapidly develop. meaning that at some point, 10 percent of the lungs are affected. and then suddenly it's up to almost 100 percent. yes, that's exactly what we've been seeing, especially when parents wait too long to call a doctor for colds or you 10 years out. exactly. how do you feel? sometimes i have a headache, but i am okay. but that's not my. how long have you been ill? 10 days already? yes, i'm in my 2nd week, her age put through risk, which is we've actually seen the highest incidence rate among teenagers, 2 thirds of the children, a school age kids between 7 and 17 years old is because they are hanging out together and contact and each other all the time, right. among other things, yes, in you. out of them it's mostly teenagers that become infected because they always hanging out together. also because statistically they demonstrate

a more severe cause of illness than and of the jules of other ages. both get rid of them because their bodies are growing so fast and because of their hormonal processes, yes, the homeowner background and the physical transformation can influence the illness . more about the lessons are affected by more risk factors related to the course of the disease or to check with you. and as i did, nobody is it, it's not a harmless disease. it's not sorry. we found the alarm and there is a disease for which there is no medicine to day. the course of the disease is unpredictable. we don't know why someone has it hard and someone else has an easy moving. and we know there are risk groups. but for some unknown reason, a severe case of the disease can be observed among the healthy children. here's a child on a ventilator wearing an oxygen mask. well, yes, the child is really missing his mother, which is logical. that's why we always talk to him. the doctors are always with him,

otherwise he can tear off the mask that children are getting much sicker than in the 1st way. and worse than the 2nd. and 3rd, yes, worse than waves 2 and 3, which is just as you are for, for here, you're who complications develop very often as the coded. you and i do not depend on the severity of the disease. even children who have shown no symptoms, face complications. what do you think about vaccinated adults? i think it's a very good idea. what aiming died, there is no time to wait. children also i thought of infection, which if children are not vaccinated, we will not be able to grade the necessary collective immunity, which we have all been talking about for so long it works in the vaccine works. so what should the concerns be here? the theoretically, we understand that this vaccine cannot be more dangerous than to no virus infection . the vaccine is infectious for cell, but not for the body. at the level of the organism, the virus does not reproduce any real when you breathe,

would i . on monday the mexican president reveal, but he actually urged donald trump to pardon julian songs, but apparently never got a formal reply. and lopez up to the door, also said there was a below it is of the quote cheapest freedom. meanwhile, washington recently won an appeal overruling a previous u. k. court decision not to extradite his son state side. his defense team is now looking for a counter appeal. so just for a moment here on the program. shoddy edwards dash t taking us back to review this august twists and turns to date. his hopes were settled, spending christmas with his family, and set jude in a son, spends another new year's eve behind bars in the u. case most notorious prison. 2022 may be the year he sent to the u. s. after high court judges decided to overturn a verdict not to extradite him. it seems as though judges was satisfied by so

called assurances of humane treatment that he would not be held in a maximum security prison. all subjected to isolation. serving his sentence in australia is also on the cause they say, but a sanchez defense don't buy it. the so called russia says of those points came after they lost the case in january, then they came back and said, okay, well we can, we can assure we can treat and fairly so that should not be actually admissible in an appeal hearing because uniform a legal standpoint, you cannot just try to bend after the fact after you've lost the case. these us arguments were presented back in october during the to day appeal hearing, including that he was and as on well as is being suggested, turns out, as those words were being uttered in court by american noise. a sound suffered a mini throat. julian is struggling and i fear this many stroke could be the precursor to a more major attack. it compounds our fears about his ability to survive. the

longer this long legal battle goes on. it urgently needs to be resolved. look at the animal strapped in cages and as you it cuts their life short. that's what's happening to julian. the never ending court cases are extremely stressful. mentally . it's not surprising. it's all taking, it's toll not only the legal labrons, but reports of cia, gangs like plots to kidnap poison or assassinate him, as well as spying on him. and his high doubt in london's ecuador and embassy weighed, received political asylum while a soldiers, lawyers say this should be ample evidence to throw the entire case out of court. this young report is a game changer into the appeal because it shows the true nature of the true origins . the true commonality of the u. s. actions against julian now reports that the ca, conceited kidnapping, or killing assange, have cost even more doubt on the reliability of u. s. promises and further expose the political motivation behind this case. sounds

fictional, right? all parts of it are true. that's the admission of the then c, i, a director, mike pompeo. they should all be prosecuted for speaking about classified activity inside the central intelligence agency. maybe they didn't, maybe as a cop, just made it up. but you should, i take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. this can be seen as pompoms confirmation of the assange kit, not all kill story. why else? what do you want to prosecute those sources? speaking about classified activity, but there's been another twist in the story. key accusations in the case against the sonnet are reportedly based on false testimony from a convicted fraudster, who admitted to lying in the legal proceedings in exchange for us immunity from prosecution for criminal activity. his supporters say all of this is enough to deem the case closed and press freedom groups that question a why jr. nathan's is behind bars, while allege war criminals walk free. it is

a damning indictment that nearly 20 years on virtually no one responsible for alleged u. s. war crimes committed in the course of the afghanistan and iraq was, has been held accountable, let alone prosecuted. and yet the publisher who exposed such crimes is potentially facing a lifetime in jail when students saw and was infamously, hold out of london's ecuadorian embassy in 2019, he was thrown in jail right here. the alarm has long been sounded over his treatment with the un special repertoire and torture warning he is suffering abuse . only shine prison. yes, i can be tortured to death. that's the reality of it. and i not exactly do this on . great, you know, medical harm has been close to him in the last decade to constantino isolation, defamation, and abuse. and it comes from anxiety that he suffers and he's being isolated absolutely. for the purpose of the argument that yes,

that extradition proceeding is the data that we have to somehow secure it's present . it can be in the house arrest for legal basis for this is we support the 52 week sentence, the skipping bales back in 2012. so he's currently not sending any sentence, no facing any actual criminal charges. sounds like he's a political prisoner right. well, washington professor, team him a security risk and wants him to all the questions across the pond on that task and their rules. his support to say, pursuing event data against the science, ultimately silences him, but will also science other journalists in the future. this is a c or ration anyone who knows the well knows the power overseer, the extra judicial power of the cia, the extra talking mental power. yeah, that's what this is. this is,

this is what you probably say. 2008 of wiki lakes. first major lakes in march, the 18th, 2008. it's from the u. s. army counter intelligence assessment branch, department of defense. you read through this document. it lays out everything that's happened for from 2010. but we will get a song by smearing him. i just spread, observing him by destroying trust. i am good from here. wrong investigative journalism. all this time are not the words. serious investigative journalism is our, a different culture in a different place should we seems a hero. but because he was exposing what the us and britain in particular were doing. he seems of it to me is somebody that when the history books are written,

the 21st century jewelry massage, his name will be right up. there was somebody that told the truth. as 2021 comes to an end june, a saw and just closer than ever to extradition with court siding with the u. s. government. so what will 2020 to bring for a start that can be a pills either across appear at the magistrate court, or even not supreme court level. this could even reach the european court of human rights. at this point though, the home secretary may say enough's enough and intervene herself. of course, you're an assigned faces, a 175 years behind us bars. but with that trial, be fair, considering how fair this process has been in the u. k. chart edwards dusty. r t a london. yeah, the whole or julian massage debate continues right now at the head section of odds . he dot com or thanks for sharing your time with us here with moscow. it's now about half past 4 tuesday afternoon. more of your programs still to come when we

return at the top of the to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on, often has very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with .