a ah ah ha. covert protests are rubbing across europe. countries are wrapped up new restrictions. it is making the lives of the on backs ever more complicated. scientists predict amr kroner will become the dominant strain of covert globally this year. we hear the latest when the world health organization a increase in number of actions around the world as we see on current becoming going. i'm sorry. so the sheer number of infections will bring more people to hospitals distracted by party gate. the british media is dominated by headlines over the prime ministers lockdown parties, ignoring

a host of other crises from record inflation to surging living car falls off line notorious. a hacker group is taken down by russia's federal security service at washington's request. but the u. s. does continue to accuse russia being behind most other cyber crime with taking off your work week with their worldwide headlines here. ortiz live in a 100 countries worldwide. welcome to you. and so france is leading europe once again in terms of daily coping. case loads report lake hawking, up more than 270000 infections and 24 hours. the figures calm as anger over the micron governments new vaccination pass is being vented all across the streets of the

. 4 when the pictures don't quite show it, but sundays protests reportedly 1000 sitting, the street came right off to the national assembly gave its blessings to the new vaccination. it'll mean only those who are fully jobs will be allowed access to things like restaurants and cinemas. it replaces the current less strict health power system under which a negative test was enough. but it's not only from that seen on rest of the kobe in the last few days and weeks with anger restrictions and other european cities also falling over. ah, i

like when a record breaking 24 hours in germany and not in a good way when you look at the 7 day indices, that's the the number of infections of coven 19 per 100000 of the population. it's past 515 nationally. you look at things locally in berlin, it's close to $1000.00 per 100000 of the population vol. so seen the bond as fair as the german military say that they're going to implement disciplinary action against it's serving members who refuse to get their vaccinations. there are some cases that have already been opened in relation to that. there's also a number of new rules that have come into play in berlin. if you're riding any of the german capitals, public transportation. you're going to have to have an f, f p to mask covering your nose and mouth. that's

a much more substantial face covering than a normal surgical mask. also, if you're riding that public transportation to any event, which they'll be more than 10 people at, well, that event will be covered by the to g plus rule. what that means is that if you're going there, you need to be vaccinated, recovered and be able to show a negative test that was taken within the last 24 hours, or that you've had a booster vaccine shot. if you're under 14 years of age, none of that matters because you're not covered by any of those particular rules. however, those people who run the hospitality industry in the german capital say not enough as being done to keep them afloat financially, while everything seems to be done to try and keep bars and restaurants opened, at least in some fall. the earnest of his i'd earns emptied both on this place and september 2018. we worked, providing people not only with food services,

but we also have cultural events, bernice and celebrations for our neighbors. the last a years haven't been as one and them to be. we're definitely demand on the money of tourists. previously, we had groups of them even peoples from france, england, and spain. i know now is dried up the same as the number of birthday celebrations and events, especially with elderly people. this is samara refused to waive of cancellations, coupled with christmas being cancelled, but definitely feel the impact of it. and absolutely want to receive more financial support because we have no more chance of being left standing. it's not just in germany that new rules are coming into play on monday. if you're in greece and you're over 60 and you're not vaccinated. well, you're going to get a 100 euro fine. in fact, you're going to get that 100 euro fine every month until you get vaccinated. it all schools are also getting underway again in greece. on monday on friday, though, students were extremely unhappy with the ministry of education that building being

pelted with missiles by children saying that they wanted substantial protection against coven 19. and that the measures that were being put in place, which is not enough to do that. those who were attending that protest said they wanted schools to reopen, but they needed to reopen in a manner that was safe from the virus. in austria, over the weekend, we saw another saturday of demonstration, thousands of people on the streets of vienna. people extremely unhappy with the measures that the austrian government have taken when it comes to trying to fight against coven 19 leaf business owners. old us that the measures that have been taken by vienna, a taking them pretty much to the wall killer elderly. it's definitely extremely sad . we had to remain shut down for half a year during the last long locked out filling all the required applications for subsidies. coffee money require the help of tax consultants and every new lockdown

. new applications, new subsidies. it's exhausting. sometimes help comes extremely late, some people and upon the rocks, after all of it, himself syracusa, i played full financial support during the 1st wave. for my application wasn't even onset. i think they have just been overloaded when they can't work as an excuse. but i think it was just like that just in following waves. i received help but received it with a delay and it wasn't very clear what amount of money i could count on his been very hard, very hard to plan. any thing. i'll staying in austria, county hm. at the austrian chancellor has confirmed that his government is pushing ahead with its plan to introduce mandatory vaccination at the beginning of february . it's a controversial plan, which is drawing a lot of criticism from a small section of the austrian population. it's also a plan that's being watched very closely by a number of other european countries, including here in germany, to see how it plays out. but across europe,

nations are taking a number of very different courses when it comes to them, trying to snuff out this latest wave of coven 19 and with all mark on, reportedly taking hold in the world. some countries such as denmark had begun administering a 4th vaccine a spokesperson for the world health organization tarika your shot of it shot took us through the latest developments. well, what we see leaks is, is a critical increase in number of concessions around the world. and as we see on current becoming a dominant variance, we have seen in one week 50000000 newly faction, which is the absolute director, is the beginning of contributing decrease from the previous week. so the sheer number of infections will bring more people to hospitals even know may prove less severe disease,

then delta and previous periods, these numbers are low. we will need more pressure on how system. so it is very dangerous situations. the countries are trying to find the best way to, to reduce the risk of transmission. we know what needs to be done. so we hope that people have not been oxygenated, will be max and they can become effective mostly those who have not have their primary series of mac sees the countries are basically looking. ready into functions that we can completely understand that governments are trying to find the ways to balance the public health side of the story and public health benefits. and yet it's nice socially for money issues. so you need to do that. however, we are trying to see he is having any different periods or shutting of

the virus period than previous parents don't study if we need some time. that's what i mean. we are still being offered 10 days. the isolation, fortune to my case is 2 weeks current time woke up. now these 2 weeks current can be tucked down with the appropriate wendy masha, the scene. and this is still a problem again, who says boosters may come for extra benefit and we are looking into data now. and that is very much possible. that's why we want to how to prevent dec elevation. the biggest benefit is the primary and we want to make sure everybody's with us cooling the primary workstation is being available to everyone around the world. when we time travel to australia has in fact been east

for the vaccinated with con, brought now granted a health pastor, those who have had 2 doses of rushes. sputnik beach today that tga determined that an additional carpet 19 vaccine. the 2 dose course of the gas mail your institute vaccine. sputnik, the russian federation would be recognized for the purpose of establishing a traveler's vaccination status. the recognition of sputnik will expand options for the return of international students travel of skilled and unskilled workers to australia, and travel by business people, and elite sports people to our country. or despite the move done go booking your holiday just yet. australia's doors still remain firmly closed the tourists they have. they have been now since the start of the covert crisis. well, the sporting vaccine has now been registered in more than 70 countries, although still not approved by the w. a show all the european medical association. chair and any ology a deacon university, catherine bennett,

says australia as greenlight might now excel, right? the international approval process. a lot of people were came to say, so it make 5 recognized because it's not only impacts people traveling here from russia. but also clearly there's been a number of countries around the world that have also use the effect same. so it's good to say that is satisfied with the days when we've now got this recognition. so it's good to say that they've now got sufficient data that i can make the call. but i just think compared to other vaccine that wasn't for the day, the package wasn't paying the same way. so it took a lot longer to negotiate the, the days that i felt i needed. what we've heard from the regulators here is i want to thing that the equivalent dates are in the same format coming at home makes. it really did leave them with their hands tied. they were talking to russia over this extended period of time. the producers of the vaccine to make sure that they did in fact have those data in the pipeline so that i could look at them. so if they

satisfied, i think other countries will look again if they're not already looking and, and that increases the chances that this will be more broadly recognized. faxing it is good to have you with us today for the british prime minister barak johnson's popularity has an old time low. it's over the whole pot he gates scandal. it's dominating the u. k. media with a string of revelations about boozy shouldn't big's a downing street, but it's all drawing attention away from a bar, roger of all the problems affecting the country. look at an explanation now with all these daniel hawkins. it's a tough time to be you. k prime minister for was johnson's cabinets, have been criticized for their code response. the countries seem decade high inflation, soaring energy bills and living costs with stagnant wages, record breaking ambulance, and hospital waiting, five's teenage knife crime in the capitol. yet it's one thing that has brought anger from both the public and his party,

crushing down on johnson bringing him to the brink of disaster, both in the poles and parliament, a party, or rather a series of parties with very bad timing. the picture was quite a contrast as the whole country, even the queen was locked down, or at least social distancing down ensued. officials apparently held boozy parties and cheese and wine get togethers. what in our faces seems like a hang over. so far things don't look good. for the 1st time in years, the opposition has taken a solid lead in the polls falls, also show large numbers of voters, even tories. what in the prime minister's resignation? even dozens of his own. m. p. 's are calling for a no confidence motion as processed as gather outside number 10 for a mock work party. ah

jokes are sites for those in the u. k. it's a matter of perception and principal. why have people followed draconian rules been separated from dying? relatives faced isolation and restrictions on base at a life while those in power have lied. the suitcase of wine is definitely the tory equivalent of a bag of cans. a kind of wine. this is nothing. the number 10 lads drink it by the suitcase christ. if this was what johnson's downing street was like, jerry looked down. imagine what was like before. why do you think they call it downing street? it's fun, her damage control. meteor, speaking of a double whammy operations, said big dog. yes, but allegedly named by the prime minister himself and operation read, meets the former mass calling of don street officials to throw as many as possible under the bus ballasa. a bliss of policy changes to appease the public and m pays

from scrapping the b b. c. license fee to putting the military in charge of patrol in english channel from saving a chest to binding booz downing street though, why this wasn't done earlier. beats made some looks like he's getting on what's called a charm offensive. he's trying to introduce things that he thinks the public will like. he is, for example, threatening to limit the fun thing of the baby said. he says he's going to get tough on migrants coming across illegally over the channel. he's saying that very soon or restrictions uncovered to land, but it's too late. all of those things might be attractive individually, but he has prominently lost his moral authority on this issue. and since the issue of the time demick has been the biggest issue for the last 2 years, he will always speak, we can from now on. can johnson come back from the brink? the coming weeks will tell, but policy it has once again shown 2 things. does nothing voters have more than

a lying politician? except when a law politician stops them having policies but goes ahead with their own. atoria tucker group has been taken down by russia's federal security service, the f. b, claiming the group stole money from various bank accounts of foreigners, the f b actually moved in not washington's request. well, let's learn more now author, donnie armstrong. joining us live with the very latest on this. do take us through the details. what do you know? sure. i mean, this comes as the news, the f s b, that's the russian security services, dismantled a hacker group. rebill, it's called after request from the u. s. not a hacker group in, in any way affiliated to the russian government. but the us does believe that at least one of the 14 members of that group that has been detained, was involved in the hack on the colonial pipeline. back in may. now a little bit about that, the colonial pipeline, of course, the biggest pipeline for refined oil in the u. s. hack is still passwords that were

on the lease on the dog where they then encrypted a lot of information within the system of the company. they demanded a ransom of $4400000.00 that was paid in a few hours and then the information was decrypted because of that the us put how a $10000000.00 bouncy for information leading to the rest of the hacker group that was executed by the f s b who found of course, millions of dollars as well in stolen money from foreign bank accounts. so let's talk a group has been dismantled at what's been the general reaction so far? well, the reaction has been a little bit of a mix on the us who said they are pleased about these actions of the f s. b in from russian side. of course, they came after a request from the u. s. government. the white house is said that also they are pleased with russia's actions in the very next sentence. they've got on to say, revert back to their old rhetoric as it were saying this is nothing to do with the

situation in ukraine. of course, situation that they're referring to is the accusation that russia strengthening their forces on the border with ukraine and getting ready for an invasion into ukraine course or something that russia denies. there's also been some interesting comments from victoria newland secretary of state for political affairs. she said, referencing another cyber attack in ukraine on friday that brought down quite a few government websites. she said that that attack reminded her the good old ways the russian hackers used to do things as some of the methods that special agents in russia allegedly used to destabilize governments and bring about fear and distrust . i would simply say that this is a tried and true part of the russian playbook, as you know all around the world. in the past, russian operatives have done this to destabilize governments to test their own

capabilities, to undercut the sense of confidence of governments that they have gripes with. now those comments of course, coma as something of a surprise, especially as itself failed to find a culprit from the 1st couple of attempts, they started to point the finger 1st off, bella ruth, russia minutes came out and said, this is all from the bell. russian side, and then after a prob, from the ministry of digital transformation, said the all evidence points to russia with pope, as we said, the fear and distrust from the ukrainian people towards the ukranian government. now this is, of course, an accusation that russia strongly denies. we can hear what the reaction has been in kiev right now. we believe preliminarily that the group un c 115, 1 may be involved in this attack. this is a cyber espionage group affiliated with the special services of the republic of bella, rues. all evidence points, the fact that russia is behind the cyber attack. moscow continues to wage

a hybrid war and its activity building up its forces in the information inside the spaces. now this follows on from the u. s. accusations of russia trying to find any pretext to invades ukraine has been a much told about an invasion, of course, especially in the west. the russia denies any accusations that they are planning an invasion for the time being. and following this news about the, the hacking, the hacking group has been broken up in russia and cause the hack on friday in ukraine. it seems the u. s. is taken on the stands, if the shoe fits that particular digital footprint, and it's basis enough to accuse russia pretty much whatever it once used. any armstrong, thank you. well, we did speak with the editor of defense on foreign affairs gregory properly. he believes just by moscow, cooperation, washington, perhaps will still will try to pay moscow in a rather negative light. when you have a process of co operation, you can resolve problems. and moscow, i think, is attempted to show this. it's attempted in the past to show the bomber

administration, for example, that a lot of the same people are in office in the state department. as i attempted to show that cooperation was possible with moscow and the united states rejected that washington has determined that this is not the right time to corporation. because it is the state department itself, which is trying to paint rusher in the worst possible light. seeing a pattern of behavior which is been repeated from the printed administration through the obama ministration and now in a, in the, in the, by the ministration. it's fundamentally ad roxanne, it's fundamentally not designed to achieve any meaningful results. a caught in moscow is find a google $52000.00 for ignoring an earlier ruling demand. the company deletes links to websites ban here in russia. it is

a fraction of what the tech giant was fined by russia last month for not taken down illegal content, a record breaking $98000000.00 at the time. facebook also got hit with 27000000. and the fines were a legal 1st here in russia, they were calculated based on that of turnover. ah, well is known as billionaires row, the new development of high rise luxury apartments in new york being snapped up by the super rich. but it turns out the wealthy owners are paying just a fraction of the taxes, which do face the pool this leading to an affordable housing crisis in the city as caleb up and now explains. the south of central park and manhattan are 7 skyscraper buildings that are referred to as billionaires ro. these are homes only affordable to the ultra rich, while billionaires ro is certainly driving up rent and housing costs for average citizens. one thing it is not doing is increasing tax revenue. new york city's property taxes are based on assessed value, not the sales price residence of 157,

the luxury apartment building. that's part of billionaires ro, also get a tax break because the company owns some affordable housing far away in the bronx . it's a pretty convenient loophole that allows the billionaire residents to have some of their tax burden. east. i've looked into the controversy with former new york city council candidate and lawyer marnie hall law. so it is a huge tax discrepancy. and you know, a lot of activists have been calling to end the $421.00, a tax subsidy because the city loses so much money. and in $22011700000000.00 of money that the city could have got for city services. we don't have so that's, that's a real problem and it creates a tremendous amount of income inequality. and that's where you see again, you know, like the, the story is the rich get richer in the 4 year for 430 to park avenue, both being the tallest residential building in the western world. its 85 stories

with a nice view of central park or take the building known as 157. it consists of $92.00 housing units above the hyatt hotel. the very existence of these buildings drives up housing and rent costs for average citizens. non billionaire residents of new york city have often been complaining about the high costs of rent, which hasn't decreased very much despite the worsening conditions in the city. shows a bearing off gas to hi my surgery for apartments right now. and i can't find anything really in my opinion, for me for less than 40000 dollars problem to to speak to them a 100000000 dollars. harvey. what department? taking advantage of all the assets of the new york city, but they're not paying the financial strain of accommodating billionaire housing goes even further. since the pandemic, new york city has lost much of its appeal,

the ultra rich are going elsewhere. central park tower has 89 percent of its apartments vacant according to the new york post and all 7 of the buildings dabbed billionaires row. you got half of those. busy luxury housing units sitting empty. so in such a situation, shouldn't the housing costs and rent go down? well they aren't. i mid rise in crime and inflation. new york city housing costs are still. busy sky high working families are struggling and many look on and say the game is rigged. caleb martin, r t, new york. it's already a busy monday, feel worldwide headlines. thanks for joining us. this. our many more headlines still to come when we return in about 25. ah ah

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to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest, maxine should golf. he's director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. and we also have dmitri barbara, she is a political analyst and editor. it was me internet media project for a gentleman cross stock rolls in effect. that means he can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciated. i was going to maxine 1st of max, you know, in low my introduction here, i'd like to read some of the words from the national security advisor, jake sullivan. he said, russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for an invasion, including to sabotage activities and information operations by accusing like using a grain of preparing an imminent attack against russian forces in eastern ukraine. how do you replied that? because my introduction, i also mentioned weapons of mass destruction, 2003 go ahead met, right? well, as were, remember, president putin promised to quote unquote,

military technical response should be in nature. we know pale to address the proposals unsecure, to guarantees that the russian delegation put forward in geneva. and i think there is a lot of focus on the military folded in that phrase, in the western media. but because there is a lot of uncertainty of what exactly this military technical response may be. there, all kinds of things in this discourse, you know, one day they, the date they're, they're talking a lot about the quote unquote, univision, ukraine before that as well. remember a couple days before there was a lot of hype over russia deployments in latin america. so i think that's, it suggests that the, the us side is not entirely clear of the russian intentions. and there all kinds of ways to pump up the domestic discourse on the russia threats and to show that the administration is ex.