hello, a cobra protest wrapped in europe. other countries, rochester, off new restrictions making. the lives of vaccine hasn't been people ever more complicated. scientists predict amik cross will rapidly become the dominant strain of cobra globally. this year, the world health organization tells us medics will get little relief. tweaks is the increase in number of confessions around the world and it's me see on her and becoming a domino area. so the sheer to now the instructions will bring more people to hospitals. inequality kills so phase from the world, 10 richest people are found to have double their wealth during the pandemic,

while much of the global population struggles to get access to even basic cobit fighting health curb. we hear from a director of the chart on the front. a presidential candidate is fine. thousands of bureau for comments, dean does hate speech or exit more himself claims. he's become the victim of political injustice. now being that the court should be cleared of ideology. ah, just after 11 am in vancouver, 9 pm in vienna and 11 at night, here in moscow this monday, january the 17th. welcome to the needs are france is leading europe once again in terms of daily kobe case loads, talking up more than 270000 infections. in 24 hours. the figures come as anger over them. a chronic government's new vaccination pass was meant to write across pars

the the the pictures don't quite show it, but sundays pro chance saw thousands hit the streets. it came right after the national assembly gave its blessing to the soon in vaccination. it will mean only those who are fully job will be allowed access to things like restaurant some. it replaces the current less strict health system under which a negative test was sufficient. and it's not only from spent seen on rest over coven restrictions in the past few days. there have been major flare ups in the netherlands, grace, and in germany. ah .

ah it's been 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 cove at 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 bumpers there at 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. all. so 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 open at

least in some form of his own display. since september 2018, we were providing people not only with food services, but we also hold cultural events, birthdays and celebrations for our neighbors. the last 2 years haven't been as one of them to be, would definitely depend on the money of tourists. previously we had groups of them, even people from france, england and spain now was dried up the same as the number of birthday celebrations and events, especially with elderly people, did. december refused to wave 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 coming into play on monday. if you're in greece and you're over 60 agend not vaccinated. well, you're going to get a 100 year ro fine. in fact, you're going to get that $100.00 euro find every month until you get vaccinated. it will. schools are also getting underway again in greece. on monday,

on friday though, students were extremely happy with the ministry of education, not building being pelted with missiles by children saying that they wanted substantial protection against cove at 19, in the measures that were being put in place. which is not enough to do that. those who were attending not protest said they wanted schools to reopen, but they needed to reopen in a manner that was safe from the virus. in australia 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 has taken when it comes to trying to fight against coven 19. the business owners old us, that the measures that have been taken by vienna taking them pretty much to the wall can earl de la. it's definitely extremely sad. we had to remain shut down for half a year during the last long locked down,

filling all the required applications for subsidies. cost 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 end upon the rocks after all of it, himself c, o, a tutor, i applied for financial support during the 1st wait for my application wasn't even onset. i think they've just been overloaded, but they can't work as an excuse, but i think it was just like that 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 anything. no staying in austria coll, near home 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 draw a lot of criticism for 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 causes when it comes to them, trying to snuff out this latest wave of coven 90 or with all micron taking hold in the world. some countries such as denmark have begun, administering a 4th vaccine, a spokesperson for the world health organization tucked us through those latest developments and what's in front for us. well, what we see leaks is, is a community can increase in number of concessions around the world. and as we see on current becoming a dominant variance, we have seen one, we 50000000 new infections, which is the absolute records is the beginning of the 50 percent increase from the previous week. so the share in another,

infections will bring more people to hospitals, even know may provoke less, your disease then don't previous barian, but 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 are not being oxygenated. we'll make it because the fact the mostly those who have not have their primary series of mac sees the countries are basically looking into how functions that we can completely understand the government. trying to find the ways to balance the public health side of the story. and public health benefits, and yet it's nice socially or money issues. so you need to do that. however,

we try to c fleming is having any different being nation period or shutting of the virus period than previous parents don't study if we need some time. time being being offered 10 days, the isolation for symptomatic cases, 2 weeks current time woke up and now these 2 weeks current can be tucked out with the appropriate well already mentioned the inequity and this is still a problem again, who says boosters may come for extra benefit and we are looking into data now, and it is very much possible that for want me to how to prevent dec elevation. the biggest benefit is the primary and

you want to make sure everybody's with us cooling the primary workstation is being available to everyone around the world. ah, can us bring you to the u. k. nod british prime minister barak. johnston's popularity has hit an all time low over the so called party gates scandal. it's dominating the u. k. media with a string of revelations about boozy get togethers, dining st. it's put johnson in damage control mode requiring several staff fresh for allegedly breaking rules. the law, his ministers are seemingly trying to shift in our it's if with a dramatic new policies, including solutions to the migrant crisis, extra health care funding, polishing the tv in addition to the forest johnson as promising to lift cobit restriction to policy, getting a lot of public support, but comes out of the n h s 8 is currently under extreme pressure to see the army kron waive reports of dunning st. shindig. so of course widespread under in the u. k. happening up the height of the 2020 lockdown and people were even far from

attending a few of their loved ones that was trust and is the founder of campaign grip names, not numbers. he was unable to pay his last respects to his friend. it happened in its 1st way, so it was the sunday masjid. i didn't get to get that. you know, i stayed in london dressed in my best suit and how about myself. and it's interesting to note on a day that the prime minister was having wine, friday's funeral, there's only about 4 people that yeah, it was very rough. no way. it could've been easy for many people that can the believe you can do it when i try my normal flight concept. the got a hard job so you need for why and his job and he needs to hit the ball with resign

. my thoughts are if, if this is the idea of leading by serious the already wrong for thought, the state of the country at the moment, the leaders giving us rules that we do are in standby, whereas they come in while party gate isn't just a headache for the tories a photo as emerge showing the leader of the u. k. l position drinking beer with stuff during the 2021 spring locked on. although cure stormer insist that on like the prime minister, he's not going to apologize on that. they did nothing wrong. just days before the election, we've been very busy working in the office. we stopped for something to eat and then we carried on working no party, no breach of the rules, and absolutely no comparison with the prime minister. it, members of the ruling,

conservative party, don't buy that argument, however, i'll accuse him of hypocrisy. they're saying mr. stormer should be investigated just like doris johnson, especially after his finger pointing against the prime minister. his defense that he didn't realize he was, it's a party. ah, it is so ridiculous that is actually offensive to the british. yeah. with the whole country was locked down. he was posting boozy policies in town express. he now going to do a decent thing and reside here stormers at defense there on the offensive indeed against boris johnson. now i spoke with radio host, john galt, he thinks politicians on both sides are absolutely failing to live by example. but in any case, the country needs to focus on more pressing issues was a smell. it's the stench of hypocrisy. obviously, he wasn't doing what

a lot subarus staff seemed to be doing avenue right, booze up in the garden. but he was inside the house. he was drinking beer and his excuse that they were having a chinese and therefore his work meal is frankly ludicrous. these politicians are all the same. they make the rules, and they want us to act in a certain way. but they don't want the rules to apply to them, but there are many things now we need to move on. things like a soaring inflation and the job losses that are going to be around the corner. let's talk about the migrant problem as well at dover. let's talk about law and order they, they're the things that the british public now won't boris to get on top of the wealth of the world's top 10. richest people has double cheering the pandemic. that's as the pur, across the world continue to suffer due to a lack of treatments and vaccines. who's are the findings of a new report by the ox,

from charity called inequality kills. which claims policy choices by governments are skewed in the favor of the one percent. to well said the wells at 10 rich's men has doubled. since the pandemic began the incomes of 99 percent of humanity, a worse off because of coven, 19 whitening economic gender. and racial inequalities, as well as the inequality that exist between countries, a tearing our world apart. this is not by chance, but choice. economic violence is perpetrated when structural policy choices are made for the richest and most powerful people. this causes direct harm to us all. the pandemic has really exposed inequalities and fuel them. so ox home has been tracking billionaire wealth for some time. and of course the forbes list shows that it has been growing over the last 40 years. but over the last 2 years it's been really exponential. so we call it a billionaire bonanza. and at the other end of the spectrum, of course,

for 99 percent of humanity. it's been a very, very difficult time. and most people are worse off as a result of the pandemic. of course, more than a 160000000 people have fallen into poverty during this time and is in a moment when you can see the difference is really showing very, very starkly. we can't cause success when there is such disparity, that at one end of the spectrum, you have people who have more wealth than they can spend in several lifetimes. and at the other, we have people struggling to pay their next health bill or, or not knowing where their next meal is coming from. having such a level of that of disparity affects everyone, even the wealthiest, because you know, and it's a sign of an unhealthy state of affairs, of an unhealthy society that needs addressing. and one of those key drivers for inequality has been in vaccine access to vaccines. so the difference between rich and poor countries has grown that inequality, so,

and the poorest countries in africa, in general, only 10 percent of the population has had his 1st course of vaccination. so that means that they still, and they're taking much longer for their covered with response and their recovery from the economic downturn. which means that unfortunately the trend is set to widen. if we don't act lumber out and knock on effect of those profits, the ultra rich snapping are properties in the new york neighborhood known as billionaires road that's been happening. but it turns out the owners are paying just a fraction of the tax being charged to low income residents, and they're also driving up costs for every $1.00 else. years ortiz kill up and just 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 an 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 that, you know, a lot of activists have been calling to end the 421, 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 and the for get for 430 to park avenue,

both to 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 that consists of 92 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 washer gas to hi my surgery for apartments right now and i have that. i can't find anything really, in my opinion, for me for less than $40000.00 problem to fix them. the fiscal year, 100000000 dollar part. what department? taking advantage of all the assets of the new york city, but they're not paying for 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 you're going elsewhere. central park tower has 89 percent of its apartments vacant, according to the new york post, and all 7 of the buildings dubbed billionaires ro, you've got a half of those 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 rig caleb mop and r t. new york. a right wing presidential candidate in front has been fine, 10000 euro after a court find him guilty of hate speech erickson warehouse rejected the ruling, calling it a crack done on free speech we once and enter this system, which every day tightens the noose on the freedom of expression and democratic

debate. this system manufactures the crime of opinion on an industrial scale. there is an urgent need to drive ideology out of the courts. justice must become justice again. well that certainly how eric seymour would see this. he is the bad boy of french politics, particularly as we had into that presidential election in just a few months. he's now been slapped down once again. so what did he say that was at so exclusive here in france? well, when he was speaking on that show back in september of 2020, he was talking about unaccompanied miners. so children who come here illegally and many of which are living on the streets in france, particularly here in paris. and he described them as being thieves as killers and as rapists. now those comments were seized on by a number of organizations who made a complaint. and of course, it's gone all the way through the courts. eric's in war has been reacting to that

decision by the court to find him 10000 euro saying that what this is, his condemnation of free spirit at by a judicial system which he is described as being invaded by idealogues lobby levity . once again, i am the object and the victim of political justice. i'm condemned for incitement for complicity in the incident. but the complexity of the formula used is too much to understand. i know that these immigrants like unaccompanied children and not a race noisily. well eric, the more also says he stands by his comments and he is due to appeal that fine and by the court. and then he went on to say that from his perspective, that the majority of saying mobile phone facts it took place here in france were being carried out by these unaccompanied miners. he says he's also got a really busy legal agenda at the moment and he said that's because they, when he means they, he means the ruling elite or trying to demonize him to try and silence him. however,

there was other reaction to that decision by the court on monday, and this came from the lawyer who represented the 30 or so organizations that originate filed a complaint against what he said to it. if it's more, it's definitely an important decision because we want him to understand that we want acceptor, we need him to understand that there are human rights defenders. there are anti races. we need him to know that we will stand up against a political project aimed at destroying the legacy of the french revolution and the enlightenment error. now, it's not the 1st time that sir moore has been convicted of hate speech. in fact, he's been convicted of this twice before, and there have been around 16 investigations into incendiary remarks that he's made particular topics such as immigration and on islam. he has plenty to say about both of those subjects. now whether you agree or disagree with this and was views, what is absolutely clear, cannot be disputed, is the fact that when he discusses topics, it is something that becomes an explosive debate here in faults. and people pay

attention. and as a result of that, when he announced his candidacy for the presidential election just a few months ago, he's surged in the polls automatically and what his voice is done, whether you like the contribution or not it's pushed the debate towards right wing agendas and some would say that that he's even pushed present mack on his traditionally like to be part of the center debate to the right with policies that he's made and policies he will be campaigning on in this election. so this is an election that is going to be for pretty much exclusively on right wing issues, and that is partly due to voices like eric's and more at no doubt, his support has dipped since he 1st came on to the waves and said, i want to be the president, but the reality is he's shaking up the political debate here in france, and he is certainly a voice that we will hear a lot of in the next few months. ok. ok, another story that bring you to

a berlin house condemned you plans to re brown gas and nuclear energy. as green fuels, germany is economic and environmental ministers did not hold back when offering their thoughts. labeling nuclear energy as sustainable is wrong given it's high risk technology. this is more than worrying. i find it completely wrong that the european commission is intending to classify nuclear energy as a sustainable economic activity. a form of energy that on one hand can lead to devastating environmental disasters. and on the other hand, leave his behind large amounts of dangerous highly radioactive waste, can not be sustainable. a little bit of background to what's been spoken about there. the statements come after the european commission published a draft proposal, which suggests classifying gas nucular as climate friendly energy sources. it's gain momentum banks to natural gas hyper inflation and energy prices hitting homes

and industry across the continent. the commission justified the proposal by claiming it would actually aid the use desire to go green. the activity is covered in this complementary. delegated act would accelerate the phase out of more harmful sources such as co and moving us towards a more low carbon green energy mix. the chairman of a local alternative for germany branch, reiner rough for sais, the country's economy actually needs nuclear energy. nuclear power is a vital source of energy for our country for the years to come. because what we don't need and what all the germans fear is the complete disruption of the energy prohibition system. with the danger of black out it's, i would say a matter of ideology, much of the public view on this topic depends of course

on media. i would say painting off the topic nuclear power plants have been dealt as an environmental problem for quite some time. and the only solution for the energy transition has been well seen and shown, and propagated in renewable energy. but more and more people seem to understand that the transition aims to 100 percent renewable energy cheese will not be able to meet. now we've heard the term false flag talk a lot over the last week in terms of an alleged invasion of ukraine by russia. but why now all of a sudden and why is this sensational claim, seemingly going on challenged by media outlets. crosstalk, the bates,

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