ah ah, coming up on north is ice turned to brussels to the next round of russia. security talks with the west. we look at the ground work. it's been laid over the last 24 hours. for problematic parting for the british prime minister league female has revealed a 100 dining street staff who are invited to have boozy get together during the 1st national lockdown. ah, protest is sprayed in germany during another demonstrations against strict need cope with measures that ah, good evening just on 7 in the russian capital you're watching international now with the grant work laid out on monday between russia and the us delegations.

security talks in geneva, eyes now turned to brussels, where negotiations with nato r g to start on wednesday. so far, the u. s. is promised a written response to moscow security demands. they include no. nato eastwood expansion or ukrainian membership of the military alliance or missiles position near russian territory. with more what's been said so far, he shouted davinsky following not 8 hour marathon discussion between the russian and the us delegation on a monday in geneva. we were told that the discussions were business like in frank and given the sort of meeting subjects that they were discussing, that seem to be as optimistic as many people thought they could be at this stage with both outlining what their red lines were and agreeing that more discussions and needed in the future. however, as soon as the messages seem to have been conveyed back to washington,

we're getting a slightly different response. now we've blew white house press secretary, already suggesting that russia could be ready to provide disinformation in regards to what was said at the meeting. and what it was or wasn't agreed on. though that is provoked a fiery reaction from the spokesperson from the russian foreign ministry. who says that the u. s. authorities, us simply out of touch. we are preparing yourself for the civility in likelihood. no one should be surprised. i should say, if russia spreads disinformation about commitments that have not been made, or if it goes even further and instigates something as a proof text for further destabilizing activity. and so we would continue to urge every one not to fall for any attempts to pushed and disinformation out there. as for the numerous statements made by the white house press, secretary leave lenient, but it is sincerely regretable that the american leadership is represented by people who do not know the subject well enough, but it's telling them we advise you. colleagues,

not to forget to use critical thinking and carefully double check with at least the most important story, so as not to show your incompetence to the whole world. just to put this in context, the, the allegation from the white house press secretary that russia could be about to spread. this information is interesting, given that the russian delegation held a pretty open press conference following that meeting with a you counterparts. it was f, a briefing that i myself and many of the journalists were invited to it was even live streamed with the deputy foreign minister explaining what had happened and what russia was hoping to get out of the talks in the future. meanwhile, the u. s. counterparts held a press conference that was while the more closed it was held over audio with a phone and it wasn't open to all with the transcript being released later on. so some might question who exactly is hiding?

walked in regards to what was said, the u. s. authorities are likely to be giving a written response later this week to some of the demands from russia. one of the big issues discussed at that meeting was of course ukraine. now, russia has said it's a red line i for the country, the idea that ukraine could possibly join nate to in the future. and the minister saying, never, ever that that should happen. but it does seem that full not meeting and that there is perhaps a lack of optimism for the future. we do not see any significant reason for optimism. the only thing that deserves positive assessment is the way the talks were conducted with openness, thoroughness, and directness. but this is not something that can bring satisfaction because what is important is the result, not the process. it was not what you would call a negotiation. we're not to a point where we're ready to set down texts and begin to go back and forth. well,

the russian deputy form is also talked about there being a lack of trust in the us authorities. and it's probably pretty clear from what we heard from the white house that that is a mutual distrust from both sides though, of course, what hops didn't help is going into the negotiations in geneva monday. the us already banded about these new possible sanctions that could be put in place. if russia invades ukraine, it has been saying for the last few months that it believes an invasion is imminent . due to what it says is an increased number of russian troops near the border. now, moscow has consistently denied that there is going to be an invasion. in fact, that was reiterated again in the press conference on monday night. but there is no chance that moscow will be looking to send troops into ukraine. however, the deputy, a russian foreign minister saying, you know what, we actually need an iron clad guarantees that ukraine will never,

ever join the nato alliance. we are fed up with loose dog i, mrs. misinterpretations what happened, that different forms of negotiations behind closed doors. we do not trust the other sites. so to see we need iron clad waterproof bulletproof legally binding guarantees not assurances, not safeguards guarantees. u. s. has said that it won't be able to discuss that without its other nato allies being present. but we did hear from the us that the idea that washington would not accept anybody making decisions about who becomes a member of nato in the future. so the stage now is set for the next set of talks,

and these sets of doors will be between nato and russian counterparts. they're going to take place on wednesday with of course, ukraine. once again, being one of the big topics at the table at will they be able to move forward on this subject of ukraine joining nato or nor to red line. it seems for both sides. well, we know that the need to general secretary has already lowered the ball when it comes to optimism on those talks, saying that perhaps a good outcome is just an agreement to hold. fir that talks at but we have heard from me and stilton burke, who has said that at least when he was prime minister of norway, it was possible to, to make discussions with russia and to make deals with russia. so when's the, the new stage is set for the next level of talks, this time between nato and it's russian counterparts. ah,

and of course we'll be across that for you now does yet more party pressure for the british prime minister boris johnson. but once again, it's social and not political because elite e mail has revealed another locked and gathering, involving the leader and his wife exclaimed, a 100 dining st staff were invited for boozy. get together in 2020 hi all. after what has been an incredibly busy period, it would be nice to make the most lovely weather and have some socially distance drinks and the number 10 garden this evening. please join us from 6 p. m, and bring your own booze. well, it seems as though all the prime minister was during, during this pandemic is party. and while everybody was simply in a lockdown, it seems as though the government was acting as if there was a cause for celebration. in fact, the prime minister's chief aid simply sent out this message saying that the lovely weather in may of 2020 was ample enough reason to host a party. and so invited around a 100 people to a, bring your own booth,

downing street garden party. now it's alleged that around 40 people attended this party, including boris johnson. the only problem is at the time the rules clearly stated, even reiterated just an hour before that invitation went out. but you can only me talk with one other person from another household and of cool social distance to meet as a part. so it's probably not much of a surprise for me to tell you this huge amount of opposition to it, including calls for the prime minister to resign. people will find it awfully outrageous that the most powerful people in the tory government will be using up at number 10 downing street proofing yet again. that it's one rule for them. and another for the rest of us. if the prime minister had a shred of integrity or an ounce of shame, he would have resigned many months ago. boris johnson has consistently shown that he has no regard for the rules he puts in place for the rest of us. at the time

everyone would have known did go into a body was wrong. so how can those run the country of filters was ok? now, number 10 are yet to comment, but far as children has previous and repeatedly said that all guidelines have been followed. of course, metropolitan police and now weighing and considering investigating and the now in communication with the capital office. but just to give you a bit of an idea of what was happening at the time here in london on may the 25th that 5 days off of this. so cool, talking 10 days off is that wine and she alleged why re florence. joseph said this, the only reason we have been able to make such progress is because the country has observed the social distancing rules. feel free to speak to people yourself if you feel they are not observing. the rules on the face will step in, if necessary. so it comes as no surprise then it's no wonder that even tories ah, now losing trust in the government. according to the latest shocking pole,

more than a 3rd of tories think that boris johnson should quit. and almost $4.10 think he is doing a bad job, of course, considering that is now being dozens of party revelations and allegations floating around during the locked down period. it sounds as though the government was almost on the booth cruise, but it seems as though bar johnson may not go down with his ship. he k righty, host john gordon, says the saga does reflect the sorry state of british politics. forrest johnson has absolutely disgusted me. it is completely and utterly wrong when we, the people were following all the advice to the letter. and some people were getting fine when they broke it. how did he and other members of the government, if they were there, break their own rules and no man or woman is above the law and the law should take precedence here and they should investigate. it's not good enough that that's going to report in weeks and weeks needs to report. now,

if this story illustrates it just how poor our mainstream politicians are today, they're all pretty useless. and you couldn't put a cigarette paper between them. we've been let down in our country by the political class, the professional political class. they all basically discussed me with those revelations of downing street gathering still come as europe continues to grapple with high cov infection rates. it's also been facing 2 violent demonstrations against ty, to restrictions with the toughening of measures in germany, seeing process get increasingly agitated. aah! with

every state across the federal republic. seeing some gathering, some of them very small. some of them around a 1000 people. couple a 1000 people or so the major cities like berlin cologne, leipzig, all seeing larger demonstrations. now those protestors who've come out to say absolutely no way to mandatory vaccination in germany. they may well have been boyd by the, the news coming out of austria that the plan to introduce mandatory vaccination there by february is certainly been pushed back at least a month. or what we have seen though is state leaders like the one in saxony. michael courier of the christian democratic union saying that there's, there's a section of society that germany has lost a hold of that no matter what they say, no matter what they do. and these people are not going to accept cobra restrictions and they're not going to certainly accept mandatory vaccination. now we are

expecting there to be a more restrictions put in place in germany. coming up this week, all of sholtes, the german chancellor, will be speaking in parliament later this week. and now overall, the, the message for the coming from the people in germany is that they support these measures that are being put in place. however, as i said, there is a hard core nucleus who are wealth absolutely outraged by what they're saying. we have freedom of expression. we are the people, we are citizens, they are, you have to do your duty. you have to show the government a red card that things should not continue as they have been up to. now. i can pause. free vaccination is clearly a violation of the constitution. it's clearly totalitarian and absolutely must be prevented. what should it be decided by these criminals who unfortunately, ross now? well elsewhere in europe, in italy, what we're seeing is new restrictions coming in there as well. they've already brought in the super green pass. now already italy had what was called the green

pass. this allow, it's an people in bars restaurants, cafes to see that you tested negative is super green pass that's put in place for the over fifties in italy, specifically that shows that you've been vaccinated and that you have tested negative in the czech republic. there is talk of allowing even people who've tested positive to go to work. it's an attempt to try and keep the economy alive. it is only at the discussion stage at the moment in prague. but what they're basing it on is the idea that the o micron variant results in less people requiring hospital stays and that would allow them to keep the economy going if certain professions were allowed to continue even if you tested positive for cove. and of course, if you have a mild case of it over in the united kingdom, they are also looking at lifting restrictions a little bit, not as extreme as what's being discussed in the czech republic. of course though,

they're, you going to see the isolation period for coven 90 reduced from 7 days to 5 days. this is because they have real staff shortages in the u. k. when it comes to the, the health care sector and in education as well. the education minister in the united kingdom, the education secretary in london saying that they're looking at this. and it's alongside the, the scientific data and they're going to make a decision based on that. i would, but obviously always defer to the scientific advice on this. it would certainly be help mitigate some of the pressures on earth. the schools on critical workforce at ubs, i hope, will be one of the 1st. you'll see the question, how we, how will we performed, i hope, will be one of the 1st major economies to demonstrate to the world how you transition from pandemic to end to me, what's going on across europe when it comes to covert 19, and a real patchwork of methods being used to try in both keep economies alive,

keep countries open and stifle the spread of the virus. and i mean, while a french m. p has been accosted by a group of protesters outside his home over the decision to implement coven passports in overseas territories near canada for each posted on social media haters show stefan caro being held with susie and he was entering his property in sam p l. rico the m p. 's said he will fall criminal charges against all those involved in the attack. health passports will limit people's movements if they are unvaccinated. i hear moscow infections have risen 66 percent over the last 24 hours, but russian health officials do say that they are prepared for it. with the rapidly spreading amr chrome strain seen as a key factor, world health organization has born that half of europe's population will have been infected with a new strain within the coming weeks. once he's done quarter reports now on the

covert situation in russia. well, the 1st micron case in russia was detected just about a month ago, but it seems to be spreading across the country like wildfire as usual. moscow and the suburbs were the 1st to take a beating. we saw the number of daily cases rise. a whopping 66 percent over just the previous 24 hours. now, russian medical experts have said that we should have expected a new wave of infections, but that the number of deaths that will probably be looking at in the future will be a lot lower than we've seen in the past. move in still, while the on the kron strains, level of infectiousness is absolutely unprecedented. the level of left ality and the number of hospitalizations might be 60 to 70 percent lower. but still, with such a level of infectiousness, more people are going to get ill. that was the deputy director of the gamma layer institute that develop sputnik v. he also said that we should expect another wave of new infections come late january, early february. as for the authorities,

they promised to keep the situation under control. so we can expect to see some new measures being rolled out on the whole measures in russia have been generally quite lighter than in most european countries. of course, it varies between different regions of the country. but in moscow, at least q r codes are needed to enter cultural institutions like museums and theaters. several months ago, the authorities also discussed possibly instituting q r codes for certain forms of travel, like on airplanes and trains. those measures, however, have not yet been implemented. so with alma kron making, it's mark on russia. we have to see what kind of new measures we'll be seeing in the near future. you watching, are you still at this hour? it's 20 years to the day since the 1st time needs arrived at the us one time obey detention center in cuba. well, throughout the day we have been hearing testimony from former inmates about the horrors of the camp, which ought to another just after the brand. i

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know, everybody is concerned about that point being a part of the scheme, but in fact there's the only thing out there. there's not apologies game, it's an open source project girl by volunteers policy. but there are a lot of policies out there. ah, welcome back. now it is 20 years to the day since the 1st prisoners were taken to the notorious us prison camp at guantanamo bay, and we've been hearing about what they went through. former detainees, morris, i'm bag, was held there for 3 years without ever being charged with any cry. unfortunately, on this anniversary 20 years, there are people i spoke to young boys. one no longer young, the 1819 years old, who never met at all because they probably be held that child or travel channel

list a. so me and i saw 2 people. i saw one present with hands part of his head to the top of the cage being repeatedly punched and kicked them to the children, the americans that this was a homicide. i also was subject to the sounds of a woman screaming in the nest cells that i was led to believe was my wife while interrogated some way pictures of my children in front of me and threatened to send me to egypt and syria. if i didn't cooperate so that all sorts of shocking things that were taking place, i say i was only get to 3. is there a few people been up to literally 20 years without charge? when a new report by human rights watched us detail the tragic extent of the peace, the prison camp ceci torture and illegal detention of hundreds of muslims at guantanamo, and course upon president joe biden, to repair the damage done. and finally closed the detention center. his brief history of the infamous facility

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what we also spoke to former grand panama bay detainee man saw a day fee. he spent 14 years there and like many others, was never charged with any crime. he says the facilities very existence is an injustice. guantanamo, you know what animal is a place that retake garage, you know, injustice once and i, when i was a simple torture injustice lawlessness. i'm using power in different dishes. one can only is one of the biggest human right. why listen in the 21st century, no law applies there. no human rights, no any kind of rules or basic right for, for humans. so guantanamo existence is. a torture is injustice as it is now. it's 20 years and he wanted or turn to be a political again or under for new markets and lubricants. you know,

americans what want to keep it open because that gives them some kind of publicity or been something more votes. savvy. was that humanity within and they know what that was wrong. they don't want an ocean that exists in the 1st place. human rights lawyer clive stuff, it's smith does represent some of the inmates who've been held at the facility and to say to the process, the obtaining justice for the prisoners is long and convoluted. something that i, as an american lawyer various shane danced that we in the us have held people indefinitely without trial now for 20 years. in some cases there's no excuse for that. it's absolutely wrong. it's very, very difficult to explain why it takes a long time and even with a very small number of prisoners. sure, they want true a military condition each time we come to the supreme court has been when the u. s . government assisted it's right term to keep prisoners without proper trials and

each time they've lost and you would think that here we are 20 as on, surely they've now narrowed down the people since $780.00 they originally said were the worst terrorists in the world. i think now that get it right, but they haven't. and indeed one of my funds, i still represent 6 people. and one of my clients is someone who is mistaken for a true terrorist who has torch and for 540 days and then was taken to guantanamo bay while the us captured the real terrorist and set him free. so its own that now the american retailer, walmart is half the paid lee for work is the test positive cove. it all must isolate. company policy says they will now get just one week off. we heard from a walmart employee who just think that the move is putting people's lives at risk. i don't want to pay sick by for employees who aren't going to be at work. they'd

rather us come to work sick, spread the virus to other people, get other people sick. have them have to go on our way even all that. some are afraid. you know, of getting a virus, they get the virus. what are they going to do if they're still sick after 5 days? i mean, i feel the same way. i can't come into work when i'm still have coven spread everywhere . they really don't care. so i put all, all our lives in danger even more than before as just not worth. i'm not going to die for wal mart, and i don't think anybody else wants to dr. wal mart either wants new policies. they follow updated recommendations from the us census with disease control and prevention that do allow paper twice slate for 5 days after a cave with 19 infection, instead of 10 walmart spokesperson said to they had also introduced a number of other policies to help employees during the crisis including working from home where possible until the end of january. now, a surgeon covey cases in the us cause significant labor shortages. the survey of

hourly paid workers found that 65 percent of them he reported being sick in the last month said they went to work anyway. peter norton again believes it's because people just can't afford to take the time off. if you have something fever, you still might feel sick, you know, i still not feel well, but you still can come to work. and after 5 days you don't get paid anymore. you don't pay more paid pay leave for that because of that. a lot of people are going to say, even if they do have a fever or something that they're gonna say that they are foreign because they can't afford to or not, they're not going to pay. so they're still going to come into work sick with the virus and be contagious and spread it to everybody else. it's very fair to say i was miss that fact, it was complete negligence on their part. they should not have done that. they should have, you know, been thinking of us, but the factory thing and their profits. right after wal mart, sir, made that announcement tech joined amazon followed suit to and short and paid sickly for its workers. employees will now be entitled to 7 days instead of the

previous 10 guidelines impact all workers, regardless of their vaccination status. and then across the atlantic and e e e, e k, i care has just and, and, and i'm just tell you it is cutting sick pay for certain groups of unvaccinated workers who have to self isolate. ah, it is just approaching half 70 mosque and nice that the company tonight will have more fear. ah, well, the funder make no, certainly no borders, just blind to nationalities. there's a whole world needs to be ready. people

with we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is great, the response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. now we have e cigarettes. i was just heard that it was a healthy alternative to cigarettes. do we trust tobacco companies with their message that these new products are actually going to reduce? are these you shared rich are raising the tobacco, opened it over to yours.