nobody father sounds like a contractors. ah, a ah, jo, bud wolves, russia, he'll be up. you eastern europe with thousands of troops. if you crank conflict escalate small croatia says that in that case it will withdraw its shapes of them later as the case hospital waiting on crisis worst. during the pandemic, we speak to a mother who lost the son after he was made to wait over 4 hours. despite turning up with the chest pains. last january, the price of gasoline in manhattan was roughly $2.37. but now here it and b, p in midtown manhattan, they won $4.79. most americans say that top concern right now is rising prices.

while the overwhelming majority of small businesses, they spiraling us inflation is damaging them badly. we speak to people in new york, you have to make concessions to, to fit your budget by drive the car almost every day. the cost, the gas is going up. well, if we ridiculous firm is really going up really quickly, really high with high that good morning. thanks for joining us. this is nancy international. joe biden has reiterated that thousands of nato troops are now on high alert deployment in eastern europe. should russia invade its neighbor? you cried. something rushes repeatedly denied, intending to do. i feel obliged to beef up our presence. nato's presence in an eastern front post horses high learned are there part of a nato operation?

not a soul us operation. well, gracious president, another said that he'd withdraw his country streets and nato, in case of a conflict prompt and care to label him an anti ukrainian propagandist. he's now been put on a list of thousands of people who been branded enemies of ukraine. it's all of us the story corporation president, zora milan, of ich making so many century comments on tuesday. he said that if there is a conflict between ukraine and russia, he would order the croatian troops to pull out of deployments that they're involved in with nato. now this was a statement that's not only unlikely to have gone down particularly well in nato headquarters. it's also unlikely to gone down particularly well in ukraine either because mr. melana, which also went on to say that the 2014 might done revolution in ukraine was a coo. and he said that ukraine had absolutely no business in joining nato. not only will we not send troops, but if there is an escalation,

we will withdraw. every last corporation, soldier, everything is happening on moscow's doorsteps. it is necessary for an arrangement to be found that will take into account russia's security interests. i worked in the european council when the democratically elected president young coverage, a scoundrel who sat on 3 chairs, was overthrown in a cou. it was encouraged primarily by the e. u and the united states. the language was a lot more diplomatic, here in berlin on tuesday as the chancellor all f sholtes welcomed french president emanuel micron to discuss further how to calm down how to take the heat out of the tension surrounding russia, nato, and everything to do with ukraine. now, the 2 of them use their press conference to emphasize the importance of continuing dialogue, the french president saying he would never give up on dialogue. however,

he did say that there would be a high cost if there was any aggression and also emphasizing the importance of it being good to talk with olaf schoultz. but he did also use his time at the podium to say the into again, clarify that germany would not be sending any weaponry to ukraine. also talking about this ongoing situation in europe on tuesday over in london was boris johnson . the british prime minister. he was speaking in westminster to parliament, and he said this essentially diplomacy was the only way that there should be a solution. he said he'd be having further calls further contact with the russian president vladimir burton. and it was important to listen to the concerns that russia had. however, he did say that if there was an invasion of ukraine by russia, they said could well end up being the resulting in the worst bloodshed that had been seen in europe since world war 2. and it wouldn't end well for russia,

there is nothing new about large and powerful nations using the threat brute force to terrify reasonable people into giving way to otherwise completely unacceptable demands. i think the americans are desperately trying pressure as a new government to come on board, but it's new cold war against her and against russia. but clearly, there are still some in the german government who work at russia and see not as a threat as a potential. i'm sent my business partner. we don't want to make or break those links. and if the germans don't come on board, what the situation is going to be is gonna officially classic situation of the americans taken away for by the poodles in france and britain and with other various are eastern european states, rossi and to help. and we are seeing now america and britain pumping arms pumping its visors into ukraine and making threats of extra sanctions and saw there's also major military made in navy war games underway in the mediterranean. those nato ad

drills surrounding the and revolving around the bear, the american aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. s. harry truman. they are ongoing in the mediterranean. there was also promises earlier this week from the netherlands, spain, and ad denmark to send military hardware to the east of the as the nato alliance. the search for a diplomatic solution moves to paris on wednesday and normandy format talks will be taking place in the french capital. it's the 1st time that this type of talks have taken place since 2019. what that means is representatives of the russian government, the ukrainian government, the german and the french governments will meet to try and find a solution or veteran british n, p and anti host. george galloway believes as a deep split between european nato members on how exactly to deal with the ukraine crisis does a splintering all the european side of the nato alliance. germany has made it

plain that it does not support the build up of war material in ukraine and does not want a confrontation with russia to turn into a war. they want a new european security architecture that is not led by the nose by as seen, american president, the most stable wouldn't send out to the shops for a low for bread, but may well lead his european allies into war with hypersonic. there are more nuclear, super power called russia, so it's all beginning to break apart the law. one intended consequence that they don't have russia. you know, i made this point year before they had put in russia, because putin has dragged russia up from the floor where it was lying, having its pockets picked and restored prestige and respect,

self respect to russia. that's not the kind of russia they want. was tensions with the west. mount rushes announced huge naval drills in the atlantic. pacific and mediterranean says northern fleet has already longs wargames in the barren say the forces that are holding the ought to combat skills. the exercise will involve more than 1200 troops and some washers with russian invasion hysteria gripping the media. some outlets are getting a little ahead of themselves, labeling, ukrainian territory as russian. it's more about the confusion on our website, auto dot com so to the u. k. now of the pandemic aggravated a hospital admissions waiting time crisis. in one case back in october 27 year old norman barker was taken to a with chest pains. he died outside the emergency unit to being told that he had to

wait for 4 hours before he be seen. we spoke to his mother who expressed her frustration at the lack of treatment. some received it now. tommy and kit chest pains. they said they'd pay for an ambulance, but they got told there was going to be to allow why was actually told us to sit down. but there was no way to say that people were standing outside normally. hot, you know, given a week now we don't believe, wow. well, i was still got my given my whole symptoms and i'm only wasn't able to help me. now need to be told. we have to wait for was a come across to me in a hallway teacher down in europe. stop, stay in for another. it's just come here. that is, you know, i'm not the one that foster mom a lot of loans because of the disaster situation in a any norman barkus mother describes is only getting worse. recent videos of

immersed, showing ambulances lined up outside hospitals, case national health services struggling. it seems to deal with the demand for treatment is research published early this month by the emergency medicine journal reveals according to that research, 140 percent of u. k. hospitals fail to meet the national for our waiting time target. so for this year, 6000 patients about to wait more than 12 hours in a need to be treated. patients waiting more than 5 hours are considered a far greater risk of dying. and his pressure on hospitals grows more and more cases like that of norman bunker or emerging as those with serious illnesses other than covert are effected. in the 1st year, the pandemic, more than 53000 patients with cancer, had that treatment delayed. over the same period was 4000 excess deaths were recorded as a result of disruptions caused by covert. we spoke to joe deep grover, it was an emergency medicine consultant. he says that factors such as the only con,

bear into having a dangerous impact on any just waiting times. the last 6 months within the united kingdom. in many countries, i'm sure there hadn't been around 10 to 20 percent of it did only to go with patients, which has meant is slow processing patients listening to video for people who come in with problems other than which means people are spending much longer in the images of minutes before they can go to the hospital. so if you look at the data last to last year, they were both to 90 percent of patients who came to the department. the last 6 to 8 months to get to the from 90 percent, to 65 to 70 percent. so that's

a significant problem. arguments in the united ah, a new survey show small businesses in america being crushed under the weight of spiraling inflation despite the beat messages coming from president biden on the issue. no overwhelming majority of them tripping to say the financial health has deteriorated . in the past 6 months and how selves also having to tighten belts. moping reports from you. as the saying goes on dollar, ain't a dollar any more, an american families are being squeezed by inflation. there has been a 7 percent increase and consumer prices over the past year. that's the fastest increase that we've seen since. 1982 joe biden has promised that he is going to fight these increasing costs of pretty much everything. and he has already found someone to blame for the crisis. so bottom line, this isn't just about quick winds, is about reversing decades of concentration of her workers, consumers,

and small businesses. it didn't happen any one time. it's been over a period of time now a long time. the average cost of low bread in new york state and 2021 was $0.88 here, a popular supermarket in manhattan. there's bread for sale for roughly $3.48, or $4.27. now, prices in manhattan are loc, steeper, even in good time. that's a pretty significant increase in cost for the consumer. i've food thickly thumb is really going up really quickly, really high and the feminist check, we got a fully going to boise that on just a regular trip to the supermarket. as it is becoming a, becoming more difficult. you have to, you have to make concessions to, to fit your budget, to, to buy the essential things to a feature. families got 3 kids in the cost. the food is going up. i drive the car almost every day, the cost, the gas is going up. i don't think there was anything last january,

the price of gasoline and manhattan was roughly $2.37. but now, here it be p in midtown manhattan. they won $4.79 per gallon to fill up your tank. if i could get this under control, a lot of people would breathe a huge sigh of relief. but judging from the way he reacted to a reporter's question, not inflation. that's not likely anytime soon, a more inflation from the super. some new survey shows that 76 percent of small firms in the united states have felt the negative impact of inflation over the past 6 months. there's nothing natural about it is the result of political decisions and the result has been vast borrowing of money to speculate in the stock market. it and some of that money has now fallen over into the rest of

the economy. and so we have an inflation mostly because businesses have wanted to offset profits last in 2020, and the 1st half of 2021 by raising their prices. now it is a profit driven decision not to be clear. it's not like biding did all of this personally, this is a result of supply chain issues and a sudden increase in demand as we come out of the pandemic and lot downs and some of the ins or warning that it's not over yet. and it might actually get worse. the emergence of new coven 19 variants, could prolong the pandemic and induce renewed economic disruptions. moreover, supply chain disruptions, energy, price volatility, and localized wage. precious mean uncertainty around inflation and policy policies . hi, serious public health disaster. colvin and an economic crash on

a scale with the great depression of the 19 thirty's to have these 2 things at the same time was excruciating. and now at the end of those 2 years to have the added to it on inflation. currently rising 7 percent per year when workers wages on average are rising between 3 and 5 percent per year means that the working class is now hurt by the new 2022 already in the 1st month. yes, this is going to be a very rocky a year and the stock market vibrations this last week or more evidence. now in 1971, u. s. president richard nixon imposed a 90 day price freeze to curve inflation. now, economists are debating what the results would be biden was so bold and how that would affect the economy. but regardless, so far,

jill biden's promises didn't tackle the problem of inflation, are just words. prices are still rising. caleb martin artsy, new york, lacrosse l, antique in europe. italian businesses are also under pressure with gas and electricity bill soaring to record highs. couple with the impact of the pandemic, some restaurant owners in italy now fear that they'll soon have to shut up shop now, cuz you don't see the situation is not sustainable. so raising the law, we compare the bill of about $1500.00 euro housing friends. 19 with the last 2 months i'll cost triples in november, i went up fivefold into some of our latest bill is to $5300.00 euro, which is the price which we just can't afford at the moment when a 5 hold increases. ordering the death, the business, the conduct key because we're seen fewer people go to restaurants since koby. the other cancellations have been rife and the future is uncertain. with the next few months looking pretty caruso and i was not going through a good time with all these restrictions that we are getting penalize the future for

business is also at risk simply to an increase in electricity and gas coasts. it is given as a big problem pick on, on oil, reducing. and for those fin, the pinch the italian government to set up a public pot of 5500000000 euros to offset some of the burden for households and businesses. we spoke to italians though, who said that the help was my little different, so far. classy what i meant there. hey, it's a dramatic situation with many companies on the brink of closing and others already closed. government aid has also not arrived and if it doesn't arrive, there will be chaos. i mean, if we continue like this, i don't know where we will end up with the economy is collapsing. it would be a serious blow for all of us to effort germany through this bill increases an attack on families and businesses that don't have much of the low income coupled with the cost of these bills, will force them to lay off workers. scaling moves could be thought so now the situation is truly dramatic. i received a very high bill and in

a family we're only one person works, but it's really hard to get to the end of the month. kelly up d day for the british prime minister approaches of a party gate with an official report into the matter expected to be released imminently as a group of cross party politician school for johnson's resignation. ah, join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. when i was speaking the guess on the world politics sport, business, i'm sure business. i'll see you then. ah

ah welcome back boris johnson could be the 1st british prime minister in history to be interviewed under caution to police in the u. k. last a formal prob, into parties held at his residence in a parent, violation of covey lockdown restrictions at the time. parallel to that the results

of an internal government inquiry are expected to be released imminently. with reports, the chief investigator was shown photographic evidence of the p. i'm standing next to bottles of booze with the people number than piece of call for the embattled leader to step down. i'm much more or less embarrassing shop, just calling a move of mind from office government, a success. the prime minister's or 40 is in tatters. really, he advised his boss to do the right thing in the national interest and to resign. the prime minister, not supreme compounding his previous turbo state by continuing to deny culpability leading to on necessary and expensive police inquiry when he could do the decent thing and resign. well, what a hectic time. it's been in westminster at the moment. all kicked off when the metropolitan police chief was asked whether or not the police are covering up to

those in power. and she hit back. officially announcing the launch of an investigation into the downing street party allegations. well, it's a big move from the metropolitan police because we've always heard from them that they don't normally investigate retrospectively. and many people are saying this actually goes to show what significant evidence there must be out there to suggest an element of criminality. but for the prime minister for his johnson, he's actually a welcoming this move from the metropolitan police saying he hopes it will help to draw a line under all of these issues and allow the government to finally move on. but it's certainly bold words coming from a man who many people, including politicians think is going to be out of a job any time soon. but of course, this week we were really expecting to see the investigation led by stu. gray have findings and her conclusions to be published. many people, though, thought that all of this latest news about the metropolitan police would mean that

investigation would be kicked into the long grass. however, the metropolitan police are saying it's happy to see all of 2 great findings and welcome at that as soon as possible. we know it's almost ready. it certainly feels like it's just a matter of time now, but full bursts, johnson a very sketchy time. indeed, downing street has a said that the prime minister does not believe that he has done anything wrong. we know just last week, boris johnson. i simply said a involving one party. at least he thought it was a work event. he had no idea he was attending a party and all these late his birthday party allegations that being played down by many people saying it was simply just a bit of cake during the working hours. so all eyes are now on to gray. a on her findings were really just waiting to see what the conclusions may be before any politicians publicly come out and call for boris johnson to go at least within the tory party itself. it is, as i say, just a matter of time, but one tori,

m p i just, yesterday described the news as another nail in the coffin. the boards johnson is already. a lying in the director of the u. k. center for migration and economic prosperity, the steven wolf says the police investigations a tipping point and the party gave scandal. this is a critical part of the campaign for those who've been seeking to oust horace. johnson is the prime minister of the united kingdom, is very clear that there has been a strategy of leaks and other stories to damage his credibility and to ensure that he feels under pressure consistently. so an apology has not seemed good enough and the brand is damaged and so there is a feeling with in the newton and piece on the old hand that pipe protecting the conservative party requires the removal of forest johnson. and that is why they are now leaking more information. there is so much going on there. now that i think

more revelations are bound to come take. john spent a record amount on lobbying in 2021 according to filings submitted to congress. the top 7 firms spent a combined 70000000 dollars fighting legislation aimed and limiting their market power. the top of the list were amazon facebook, now known as matter, spent around $20000000.00 each persuading all makers not to at all tough new regulations. in the process, they used dozens of intermediary firms deploying professional lobbyists with close ties to members of congress and biden administration officials. but not all of those other services exceeded last thursday. the us senate judiciary approved to bill preventing tech johnson giving preference to their own businesses on their websites. the innovation and choice online act as it is now, still has to pass a full senate vote in order to become law. we spoke with ben swanner, it's about his business shut being bused. remember, there are about 5 different laws that have been suggested in terms of being able to

rein in these tech companies. in this particular case, this, this freedom of choice app, essentially what it's saying is if you're amazon, you can create your own product on your own marketplace and then compete directly with the other sellers who are on there. especially since amazon is constantly deriving information and data from those sellers. so they're essentially utilizing someone else's research, someone else's market position, someone else's understanding of price points to basically copy all of that and then compete directly for a lot of years. companies like facebook and amazon and twitter and google didn't have to spend a lot of money to lobby lawmakers because they were essentially left alone. so you could throw a little money here and there in key positions. i don't think what we're seeing now is a much wider swath of congress, receiving donations and receiving money from those tech companies because they recognize what they really have to do as muddy the waters. you don't want one party

to be on your side because when the other party gets into power, then you have problems. instead, you wanna as white of a swath of both democrats and republicans in order to influence them. and then you can't really get legislation passed. you can't get it in front of committees and you can't get the votes that you need. because as you know, we have a very divided congress here. if an ordinary citizen tried to buy that much influence for their own gain, it might be considered bribery. how much of a difference is there in reality, between lobbying and bribery? i think there is very, very little difference, especially when you consider the fact that not only do these lawmakers receive money directly from these companies in order to push their agendas. many of the lobbying firms that do this, this bidding also right. the bills that go before congress, many law makers don't write the bills themselves. it's a lobbyist on behalf of those companies that write the bills that ultimately become law would dictate the laws that govern and regulate the companies if that makes

sense. so it's such a backward system that you've created here in this country where there is very little accountability and very little ability for the average person to actually have a representative. that's what we're supposed to have in this democratic republic representatives who stand up for our interest, not the interests of these companies. now if he them, until to mind your language is probably because you was swearing. now though it could happen even when you use words wide leading to be inoffensive, especially if the university washington's new language style guide has its way called anything lame recently. well, the woke please, so on the way to get you, the problematic word was put on the rate up by the university of washington. blame abel is in flight. this word is offensive even when it's using slang for own cool, because it's using a disability in a negative way. minority offensive in various context implies

a less than attitude towards the community being disco, mansion, the cultural appropriation. many people in the buddhist and hindu community hold this to him as a highly spiritual and religious experience, and it is not to be used with nonchalance webmaster races. the words may have been chosen to emphasize the concepts of a free master. that is no work and a slave of followed the master's orders and every day word or an offensive sla, it takes an expert to tell a difference. nowadays. no one hears that those supposed to be no offensive words, and you don't know whether to laugh what i mean. this is a politics and a culture of odor. they now a cheat and irrelevance. and here you have steady intellectuals coming out of u. s. universities that are fixated on this pretty symbolism and really playing

a word game with no relevance whatsoever to the burning issues of you know, of our day. this is just, it is inexplicable censorship a free and open speech and we're looking for things to sensor issues. how do we solve the burning problems if the majority of people in the united states and world wide sites and what is the relevance of this woke language to those problems? there is no relevance of this language to the real problems that we face that we should be discussing, thinking about and trying to resolve. and that wraps up for this news hour. don't forget to more new stories available on websites and you can check them out simply by having to auto dot com. ah mm.