if blanca lebrans teacher was also risen, this bullish, legal community, it ah, was eyes turned to brussels for the next round of rushes, security talks to the west, rushes, washington envoy wants that u. s. officials, remarks the trying to derail the negotiations. couple your pets and do style jumps. a major british energy companies advice to keep warm over winter while fuel costs rocket. way not she faithfully freezing in our in house because we're trying to get the cost down. you just think what else i said today. i think i completely lost the floor. so now i have to 1st and we speak to a b, b. c presenter who's left off to 46 years. blaming too much woke agenda being pumped into his network radio ship. they were very keen that we should have a balance all for men and women, and this is been the case for many,

many years. my rule has always been that we should just have people who are right for the program with global stories and international insights. this is alta from moscow. i am calling bry, here's what we are across for you. this. our russian and nato officials are meeting in brussels for talks aimed at reducing tensions. it's the 1st time the nato, russia councils convening more than 2 years. meanwhile, moscow's envoy to washington's already accused us officials of making statements the could derail the talks. there was little progress when russian and u. s. senior officials met earlier this week in geneva. and while a u. s. representative called the talks, frank and forthright events been overshadowed by washington's usual ante russian rhetoric, including accusing moscow of conducting this information, campaign clear preparing yourself for the facility and 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 everyone not to fall for any attempts to pushed and disinformation out there. as for the numerous statements made by the white house press secretary legally, 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. what we do know from those discussions is that the u. s. is expected to give you a written confirmation response later on this week. in regards to some of the red lines that were out lined by russia, including potentially that old ukraine. now it was

a session business like they said, however, it does appear that there is a lack of optimism as a result of those talks. now from both sides. 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 even before going into these talks that they were of course, new possible, thank sanctions being threatened by the united states. if it said russia invades ukraine, no rush is it time and time again? it does not intend to evade ukraine. and that was reiterated again at the press conference on monday night. however, the russian deputy foreign minister saying what russia really works right now is i in clad guarantees the ukraine full no joy,

the nato alliance. now or ever. we are fed up with a loose dog ha promises, misinterpretation, or what happened, that different forms of negotiations behind closed doors. we do not trust the other side. so to see we need iron clad waterproof bullet proof legally binding guarantees not assurances, not safeguards guarantees. so no concrete breakthrough, particularly with the united states, saying they couldn't discuss issues of ukraine and it's possible membership of native without me to being present its allies being present at the negotiating tables. and that is the stage that we are now at. we've also heard from the nato secretary general, who's pads lowered the ball when it comes to talks,

suggesting that a good outcome would be that they would be more talks in the future rather than any concrete action. however, yet still to make has said that when he was prime minister of norway, he had many discussions with russia. and he had found that the russians were open to negotiations. so perhaps there is a ray of lights at the end of the tunnel next touch anytime in britain. and so that some corporate advice for british households were struggling to hate their homes. this winter major entity provider owes told customers to cuddle your pet and do some star gems if you want to stay warm. a bills are expected to double their, their share. an incomes are expected to face a bake, squeeze his shoddy edwards dash the on the vice that's got customers fired up. are you weighing up, eating all heating as hell the projected to sort a 2000 pounds a year for fred? no more as one of britain's biggest energy suppliers has come up with no one idea.

the 10 ways to save on heating cost, not to any laira, but get the hot rate going with some star jumps. and if that doesn't work, how about a cozy little cutter with a cat? okay, i don't have a cat, but i do have this guy. another central suggestion is to leave the oven door open after cooking. be careful of your kid to love and eat a hearty bowl of porridge. and of course, make sure you have a decent pair of sulks or slippers. apparently, all these are simple, cost effective ways to keep warm this winter. but the company can't be serious, can it? i think they've completely lost the floss on that. well, i have to say a people say we're not stupid. i, we, we, we are literally trying not eating on really freezing in our, in house because we're trying to get the cost down. you just think my, what else i said today if that's real advice and the i'd be slightly and salary by

our i'm and i believe i know why with the event that i need to study my energy done for an extra jumper on the seminar. so yeah, i wouldn't want to be in, so if i vote for any other company, but that doesn't say i wouldn't listen. so i would say got fixed that would suit me . the advice and to customers comes as many households are extremely worried about rising energy costs. and despite the company apologizing for the l. judge, suggestions, politicians have criticized the coal haunted approach. it is laughable and insulting. but then with this government's lack of an energy strategy, you almost expected those comments will be right by people who have to choose between eating and heating it's. that's the state of the country. we're now and i find it quite depressing. being told to put on a instead of turning on your heating, if you can't afford it, at the time of such difficulty for so many families is plainly offensive. 2022 has already been given the total year of the squeeze of a one since

a 2008 financial crash this year. wages will barely quote one of the same time bill just by 50 percent around 2000 pounds. when britain's new energy price cap is 2nd april, this means in real time people actually get a pay cut in the situation in the private, the cost of living catastrophe. i think the nation we have the way to use that you could possibly have in business with support from the government. so we've been forced to close our dos. we're only we're trying to close our weight back. so we're in a hotel and everything else. we use quite a lot of electricity and it's fi and i am terrified of the impact of businesses in the country, not just me. or when i mean small businesses struggling as it is that just have to stop, repay the loan, the government, and supposedly gave us,

but we've got to pay them back. so all of a sudden, and i'm not going to do that, it's time to money. and we were in debt anyway from the lock that i now they energy cost to store and both electricity and gas. louis, sorry, i don't know how we supposed to pay them because we have no income. and she's not alone. in fact, one and 3 people are worried that bills will become totally on affordable this year . and i'm thinking the government to, for the bill. labor also piling on the pressure for the government to ditch tax hikes and scrap v a t on feel altogether. consent to ministers council, the 0 carbon homes program. they bond on show when development. they lost the installation program. they tore it up within one year. they were, you see, you case, gas storage capacity. i don't want particularly silly movement. the current foreign secretary claim solar panels were risk to domestic food production or all of these decisions that have made this country more dependent on volatile wholesale energy

prices than we otherwise would have been. right. and now we know this means as an extremely scituate, extremely difficult situation for british household, but also risks making large ways the british industry and competitive a talk, a combination of spiking prices, tax hikes, the looming energy big bills on the government's apparent reluctance to address these issues may actually see ridiculous ideas like cuddling pats help people overcome this, and the upcoming winter has become a reality. shanty edward's dusty r t. london. the bbc's facing a fresh wave of concerns about pushing woke issues. one of the british broadcast is longest serving presenters, quit his network radio show last month of the 46 years laming and obsession over diversity. nigel reese told us he was too frustrated to remain with the bbc's woke agenda. it was a difficult series to record because what one could call b, b, c. work,

the bbc suggested or quietly insist that we include certain types of guests, obviously. and they were very keen that we should have a balance of men and women than this has been case for many, many years. but of course, recent one has had been under pressure or one has been persuaded that one must house persons of color or ethnic minorities. and this particular series i was also told that we must have disabled people taking part. and so i went along with and i went along with the persons of color, etc. and i think they were all extremely good able to have on the program that i have reacted against this prescription issue. that we should have certain types of

people on the program. my rule has always been that we should just have people who are right for the program who are trying to do it, never mind, but their color is all that religion is or what have you. so that is the basis that i've also been whistleblower allegations about a climate of fear at the b, b. c over reporting on race and transgender issues with an insider saying the broadcast was employing overwhelming censorship. b. b. c. officials though, have repeatedly denied catering to political bias within the organization, but it's failed to stop some of its top journalists from leaving. one of them is political broadcasting. veteran andrew mar, who quit after 21 is saying he wanted to be free to speak. his views, while robin aid can another highly experienced journalist and said he was fed up with the company's quote, institutionalized left is a and i to raise claims the broadcast of putting pressure on reporters in various fields. certainly in other areas. and this is in the entertainment area, sir,

i'm, i'm, i was working and, but obviously in this political field, i'm sure that these precious do come up on hold time as to the people. that money's going to interview her. and the things that report isn't correspond since own concerns. so i think that is going on and there is also, so i mean, the media have changed out or exists since that since i started back in 1960, i mean the tickler producer i was working for the last series that was 50 years younger than me and she was very much into her watch, michael, right on causes cam. so on. so inevitably she pushed those. ah, and i, i resisted that. ah, a troubling milestone for the united states, which broke the global record for daily registered cove infections on monday with

more than 1000000, 300000 cases reported the number of hospitalizations of also doubled in the past 3 weeks. and that's in the state of california issued new guidelines that health care workers who test positive for cove. it can return to work immediately if they're not symptomatic from january 8th, 2022 until february 1st 2020 to health care personnel who test positive for sars cove 2. and a systematic may return to work immediately without isolation and without testing and health care personnel who have been exposed and the asymptomatic may return to work immediately without quarantine and without testing. positive testing, medics are required to wear extra protective masks, and should only be assigned to treat covey patients. it's still not quite clear though, how that's going to be put into action, and the california hospital association admit there were no guarantees that hospitals will adopt the approach the head of america's biggest health and public sector beauty and says, allowing the mildly infected to continue working could exacerbate the crisis. you

know, it's a really scary, dangerous time because you know, our job, our 1st job is to protect the people we serve the patients and these hospitals. and by forcing our nurses and health care workers to tap to come in, if they're coven positive, it puts these patients at risk. so we're, we're asking, you know, our local elected officials here and our community groups, and anybody that will listen to you. we want a reversal of this policy, and we, we really believe that it's health and safety crisis. if they force our nurses to have to come to work while they're coven expose, we, we thought it could be, it can make a really difficult crisis even more difficult. well, joe biden thinks the government's doing a good job, continuing to take credit for what he calls america's economic recovery and praising his administration's pandemic policies. today, america is the only leading economy in the world where the economy as a whole is stronger than before. the pandemic. no wonder one lady in economic out

says me, analyst. describe what we've accomplished in 2021 is the strongest 1st year economic track record of any president in the last 50 years. wasn't quite how the polls put in one of the most recent suggests of 68 percent of americans say the economy is their biggest concern right now. well, just 37 percent put the virus in the top 5 priorities, and that's a major shift in opinion from just a year ago. the director of the rumpled institute for peace and prosperity says biden's dreaming if he thinks the economy is in great shape. while the pull that came out just recently was actually conducted early in december. and that's why it's so interesting because it indicated that even at the height of the arm across the scare campaign in the us media, the propaganda to be terrified and stay home. she said, don't go out for christmas, keep your relatives away. even at the height of the scare, you saw a huge dialing back on the part of the population with regard to the importance of

cove it to their, to their concerns and their voting activities. my guess is now after they warned us that this would be a long dead, deathly winter when those tests have not occurred. probably if you took a poll right now, it will be even less of a concern for koby, particularly as the u. s. administered the by the administration covered narrative, narrative is falling apart as we speak, much less concerned for that. then the economy then run away inflation and the, the supply chain problems, the lack of goods in the stores, the inability to even purchase a new car. you know, i think the things are even going to be more concert. it's a big problem for democrats going into the mid term election. well, if he's going to run on the economy, he's going to have a tough row to hoe. in fact, no matter what the democrats run on in 2022 is going to have a difficult time of it. obviously, the inflation, which they claimed was transitory. and then said, well, actually it's not transitory is having

a huge effect. we're seeing the effect of shutting down the economy, which is that the supply lines have been shut down. you're seeing a lot of stores empty in the united states and people are noticing it. in fact, trending on twitter, i think the other day was people taking pictures at the empty shelves in their stores. i seen disappointing employment numbers that just came out this past month . so i think, you know, biden as usual is kind of living in his own dream world. next for you, i for getting caught out by the capital riots a year ago, the us justice department's got a new domestic terror unit, but the republican suspect it's designed to silence critics of the democrat leadership new. it's our next story after the break. ah, join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. i'll be speaking the guess on the world politics. sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then

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ah, hello again. now, one year off to the capitol hill, riots the u. s. justice department to set up a new domestic terrorism unit to combat threats. they claim have doubled in the past 2 years, i decided to establish that domestic terrorism unit to augment our existing approach. this group of dedicated attorneys will focus on the domestic terrorism threat, helping to ensure that these cases are handled properly and effectively coordinated across the department of justice and across the country. that was testimony we heard from mark olson, who is a deputy attorney general with the national security division of the us department of justice announcing the formation of this new entity that will deal with the issue of domestic terrorism. now this comes as part of the senate judiciary committees hearings about january 6th. that was the capital riots. and in the

aftermath of that we see an investigation. now, in the testimony we heard today, we heard department of justice officials talking about how white supremacist anti government activists and others are the primary domestic terrorism threat. and in some of their language, they even compare them to as long as it's stream it. here's what we heard from my perspective of spending a lot of time focused on the radicalization of international terrorists and islamic extremists and extremes of all stripes. this group shares many of the same characteristics. people who feel like their way of life is under attack. many of those people i would, i would guess last year had carried those exact beliefs and thoughts as they marched their way to break into the nation's capital. now, republicans described all of this as a witch on setting the stage were clamped down on the sand in the united states, serving a political agenda that will only further divide the country and increase division

and polarization in u. s. society. here's some of the republican reactions. unfortunately, one year later, the majority party seems no closer to answering the central question of how the capital was left so unprepared and what must be done to ensure it never had friends again. instead, they are using it as a partisan political weapon to further divide our country. now, republicans have also raise concerns about why this single riot that happened on capitol hill is getting far more attention than the year of rioting that preceded it. and the protests around the country, almost every major city had rioting, property, destruction going on in the lead up to the 2020 election in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. and such, there's a, there's a feeling that democrats are using january 6th to serve political ends and that these ongoing hearings and investigations and potentially this new unit being formed to investigate domestic terrorism serves

a political and for the democratic party. but we did hear this announcement of the department of justice has said that this formation of this new unit is taking place . so that's what we've heard from testimony and capitol hill, about the u. s. department of justice and their ongoing efforts against domestic terrorism. so the terrorism, the domestic terrorism prism has been the main way that this administration has tried to frame. what's happened on january 6, in this case, the true enemies of the administration on the far right. and those are the intended target of this move. there's a real sense on the political right that they are being treated unfairly, that, that they're being targeted, that the government isn't just going after tara, but that the government is acting as the police. and that's simply holding on popular political preferences on those on the political right,

especially if you are, trump, supporters is, is dangerous actually can next, where you will, the story from afghanistan and an update on the 2 month old boy who went missing during the us. military's chaotic evacuation last august, and now after almost half a year of being separated from his family, he's now been reunited. thanks to some good samaritans. no, my mom, my mom is concerned. i have a short story to tell. i'm so happy the baby is being returned. this is the happiest day. the happiest day of my life. ah ah .

phone him at the airport and looked after him for 5 months. we took care of his food and clothes. my wife spent many painful nights with him when he was not feeling well for wash and gold. but jack, i, my brother insisted i keep the baby with me. he said he has united states nationality in a valid visa, so he could help me take the baby to the united states. he was ready to take my whole family to the west with him. there was a good chance to evacuate, but i could not do that because i'm a father and i couldn't give the baby away with my yard. we asked around and approached everyone that could not find the baby. he could not see him all listen to his voice. the fact that he was missing was then

covered by the media. and one day we saw him in an interview on a television program. i mean southie who was taking care of the baby said in the interview that he would give the child to the father mother or a close relative that he could find any information where they were. he also said that his family could not keep a baby that was not with ah, but it might eob will know. i wish to deliver the baby to his mother and father so they can meet and the rest will be fine. we'll prepare his documents like photographs, passport, ticket, and visa, we will find a person traveling to the u. s. and will request he take the baby with him. this way he will get to meet his mother and father at the airport. dang, lation, michel doses. i wish you may happy life. we have respect for humanity and friendship for the whole world. we want to show the world that there are still friendly people living in afghanistan. and it's been 200 years since the birth

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