like that, no one direction do i need to, and from the other side with i would prefer to be a lead thought ally will he now was a british prime minister boris johnson's political life is hanging by a threat with a government inquiry into downing street lock down violations expected to be released later today as a police pro is already underway. also in the program here on out to you, we speak to a british mother whose son died after he went to an e with chest pains, but was told to wait for 4 hours to see a doctor with countries across europe are easing that coven restrictions, despite ne, record infection rates. well, health officials are giving mixed signals on the threat of omar crime. last january,

the price of gasoline and manhattan was roughly $2.37. but now, here it and b, p in midtown manhattan. they won $4.79. most americans are saying that top concern right now is that have rising prices. while the overwhelming majority of small businesses say that spiraling us inflation is damaging them badly, you have to make concessions to fit your budget by drive the car almost every day. the cost, the gas is going up and food ridiculous is really going up really quickly. really high with world wide, 247. it's all the international with your top stories for this our life from moscow . so the british prime ministers on the ropes with an inquiry into so called potty k locked down violations set to be released. of course, johnson faced the fury of m. p. 's and commons showdown with colds. for his

immediate resignation. i would prefer to be led by law than a lie. i will. he now has a legally for rule in parliament, misleading the house. decorating with dodgy cache party, and while the public suffered every moment he stays, his dragging of the agony for families who is reminded of the sacrifices they meet . when will the prime minister corp horn and go every day, the prime minister from scandal to scandal. and meanwhile, his government has written a full point, 3000000000 pounds to fraudsters, instead of writing of loans to food stamps. why, why the prime minister write his resignation to the queen? well, it was indeed a very heated prime minister's questions this afternoon. as the primary subarus johnson clings on refusing to resign, it comes as we still are awaiting the very much long awaited su, gray investigation report. it's still yet to be published as the weight gets longer

and longer though many people have taken to social media saying the anticipation is more exciting than waiting for christmas. even though many of these pretty uses are saying to we really need a report to confirm that forrest johnson and his colleagues were breaking the law or at the height of the pandemic. meanwhile, the leader of the opposition, he's calling on barnes johnson to go saying the prime minister life twice, misleading parliament about these parties. on the 1st of december, the promised to told this house in relation to partition locked down. all guidance was followed completely in number 10. on the 8th of december, the prime minister told this house i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations of merge the walls no party. so since it knowledge is the minister of quote replies to him, when he now resign, oh mister speaker, at least 16 alleged gatherings in downing street parties have imagined come to

light report is expected to make conclusions on at least some of them. now what we do know is that includes the 20th of may 2020, where by allegedly a 100 people were invited to the downing street party to make the most out of the wonderful lovely weather and also bring your own booze. in april of 2021, apparently 2 parties were held on the very same night where one attendee was even sent to the nearby shops at top up on the food stamp to return with it in a suit case. now, quite crucially, that party i was on the night before prince phillips funeral, and since then, downing street has apologized directly to the queen. now more recently, an allegation comes with burst johnson on his birthday party on june the 19th, apparently there was there to people endorse where the prime minister was present with some cake and staff saying, happy birthday. now, many people say the prime minister has indeed been caught red handed with all of

this, but boris johnson has repeatedly said that he didn't know he was breaking any of the rules while some of bars johnson support to says some of these parties. and indeed, the birthday party was not premeditated. people came and presented him to the cake on his birthday. the saying happy birthday was there for about 10 minutes. it was not a pre meditated organized party in that sense. he was in a serve ambush truth, as well as we still await the su gray investigation and have finding some people do say that it will confirm at least some of breaches. in fact, some are saying that must be enough evidence to suggest at least an element of criminality, considering the metropolitan police have now launched an investigation. interestingly though, when it comes to the su gray findings, they will be sent directly to the prime minister. and then it will be up to him to make a statement to the house of commons. so some people are saying, will we see the full findings? will that be made public or will the prime minister choose to redact some of that information? what we do know though,

is once that report lands on doris johnson's table, he'll have just a few hours before he has to make it publicly known and release it. and as every minute goes by now, the calls for him to resign and for him to go, i'm guessing louder and louder. well, the british government also wanted to fire over the ever growing and h s waiting times, which can sometimes have fatal results. in september last year, 27 year old norman barcode was taken to a and e and lincoln, with chest pains. he died outside the emotions, a unit after being told he'd have to wait for 4 hours to see a doctor. we spoke to his mother. now tommy and kid chest pains, they said they'd pay for an ambulance, but they got told there was going to be a chill out. why 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 night leave, wow. well, i was still got my given my home and i'm only wasn't able to help me now

need to the tell we have to wait for was a come across to me in a way, teach down in europe. stop, stay in for another. it's just here that is, you know, i'm not the one that's lost a lot of loans because of according to the study, more than 40 percent of u. k. hospitals fail to meet the for our waiting time target. so far this year. as we understand, a 6000 patients have had to wait for more than 12 hours. and patients waiting for more than 5 hours are considered a far greater risk of death. now cases similar to norman bach as a reportedly on the rise, as covey to put ordinary services on hold. in its 1st year, more than 53000 had cancer treatment delayed and over the same period more than 4000 and excess deaths were recorded, not related to cove it. and so we discussed all of this with joy, deep grover and emergency medicine consultant. the last 6 to 8 months. so

within the united kingdom, as in many other countries, i'm sure there has been around 10 to 20 percent. oh, hospital and sees related only to go with patients, which has meant that there is no slow processing of patients. list of visibility of beds for people who come in mid problem other than corporate, which then leads that people are spending much longer in the emergency augments before they can go to the hospital. so that is a problem. and if you look at the end, it is in a data last to last year and they were about 80 to 90 percent of patients who came to the emergency department in less than 4 hours on the last 6 to 8 months that has dropped significantly from 90 percent to 65 to 70 percent. so that's a significant problem at all. interesting arguments in the united kingdom officer

when countries across europe are lifting cov, it restrictions despite reported in the record case numbers. so there's plenty of confusion over the plans with a w. h o. europe chief saying, the amr kron strain could spell the end game for the pandemic. while other officials say no, that's more worries ahead. artes at charlotte and do whisky. while i spoke to her a short time ago, she is in paris. if you think back to a year ago, so many people were scared really about the possibility of getting covered what that would mean for their health, whether they would be able to survive this disease. it was ravaging the world. and now a year later, despite the fact that we are seeing each record new levels of coverage process cases, it seems that the concerns of many european governments are just melting away. take france for an example of january 2021, and the cases of cobra were around 20000 new positive cases on a daily basis. and that was enough to precipitate just

a few weeks later. a 3rd national lock down here we are today, and the daily average cases are now reaching around half a 1000000 a day. that's right, half a 1000000 a day. and what is the government doing to react to that? well, it is easing the restrictions on cobit 19 from the next week. that comes at a time when intensive care capacity in france is at 74 percent. when we are seeing a new rise creeping up in the numbers of people who are diving from covey to 19, and the causes medical staff, just say they're exhausted, and they simply can't cope with this continued situation. this continued pressure, it really does make the brain bogle and fast is not the only countries. it's easy, it's restrictions. we've just heard on wednesday the oscar has said next week, the lockdown has been imposed specifically on an vaccinated citizens will be lifted, meaning that they will be able to go out on to the streets again,

but not to party. of course, because being i'm vaccinating won't be able to access leisure facilities, but the government says that using is coming because there is an ease on pressure on hospital cases. but there are those who might question is this more about the will to continue these types of restrictions, which many has considered to be draconian? australia has seen weekly protests against cosy, 900 restrictions on getting more more calls from politicians own court is that these types restrictions must be lifted and grumbles from the police that they've put too much couldn't monitor restrictions as well. and what's interesting about the case in australia is while it has the vaccination rates of around 72 percent at the moment, that is far lower than say, here in france where it currently stung to run 78 percent fund. other countries are following see, to denmark and england, all, i don't think,

restrictions to ease despite the fact that there all these record cases coming across europe. and of course, there are a warning still from the wills houses asian, but the pen demik is far from over. just a few days ago, the head of the world health organization said you knew this narrative that could be 19, and these new variance, which is only called, become essentially a mild disease, is simply not the case. you rip remains the episode until all this pandemic and the health services of still being in, take it with cases, and therefore able to care for other patients to urgently require attention to all of the specs. the question is this pandemic about, and all these restrictions, this site that this is the end of this pandemic we've been here before, and then we've been back at square one. but the reality is, you know, it does seem as if we are now in a situation where many governments think,

you know, we just have to live with it. it's like a bad smell is lingering, but we just have to deal with it and put too much of it. but we are on stand by here at all. if you need to nationalists, the white house is expected to send a written response a bit later today on russia's security proposal. if that's according to us media reports. the biden administration has been filled out, rejected the cremeans key demands a keeping ukraine out of nato. and be pulling back forces near russia's borders. middle nato member croatia is distancing itself from the alliances stand on the ukraine crisis. as peter oliver now reports, 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. milan of each 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. i feel obliged to be proper presence. little present in an easter front was forces i learned are part of our nato operation now. so you, us operation the language was

a lot more diplomatic here in berlin on tuesday as the chancellor all f sholtes welcomed french president emanuel macaroni 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 the dialogue. however, he did say that there would be a high cost if there was any aggression. also emphasizing the importance all fit be good to talk with olaf sholtes, but he did also use his time at the podium to say then to 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 of brute force to terrify reasonable people into giving way to otherwise completely unacceptable demands. i think the americans, a desperate giant pressurized, 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 meet no great 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, russia to help. and we are seeing no america and britain pumping arms pumping its visors into ukraine and making threats of actual sanctions and saw. there's also major military made in navy war games underway in the mediterranean. those nato ad drills surrounding me and revolving around the bare the american aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. s. harry truman ongoing in the mediterranean. there was also promises earlier this week from the netherlands, spain, and denmark to send military hardware to the east of the of the nato alliance. the search for a diplomatic solution moved to paris on wednesday, and norman d 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. we discuss the ukraine crisis and the general perception of russia with former british m. p. george galloway 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. not most people 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. and while nato ramps up its military activity with wargames on the way in the mediterranean, russia is also bolstering it c defenses. a more than 20 war ships of just set, how it, from russia, southern ports for exercises in the black sea. there are also large scale russian navy drills taking place in the barren c in the arctic involving 30 ships and 12000 personnel. meanwhile, there's the ukraine crisis, grips the media come up with getting just a little bit ahead of themselves,

for example, cnn labeling, ukrainian territory as a russian. you can read more about that right now. c dot com or right now it's only 20 minutes past the hour. a new survey shows at small businesses and america in crushed under the weight of inflation. despite beat messages from president biden on the issue. and overwhelming majority of entrepreneurs say that financial health has been severely hit over the past 6 months. with households, of course also happened to tighten belts, reporting from new york called correspondent caleb month. as the saying goes on, dollar ain't a dollar anymore. and american families are being squeezed by inflation. there has been a 7 percent increase in consumer prices over the past year. that's the fastest increase that we've seen since 982 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, it's about reversing decades of concentration of hurt 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 red in new york state in 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 food thickly thumb is really going up really quickly, really high. and the fruit check, we got a phone going up within the lawn, just a regular trip to the supermarket. as it is becoming old, becoming more difficult. you have to, you have to make concessions to, to fit your budget, to, to buy the essential things to a future. 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 class january the price of gasoline and manhattan was roughly $2.37. but now here it be p in midtown manhattan. they want $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 about inflation. that's not likely anytime soon, a more inflation supercede. a 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 are 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,

high 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 jo biden's promises to tackle the problem of inflation or just worse. prices are still rising. caleb mop and r t new york. the dutch government is calling for the european court of human rights to ignore russia's objections in the trial of the mh 17 plane crash tragedy. the court has come to hearing complaints against moscow launched by ukraine and the netherlands off. a correspondent tunnel quarter takes a good look. european court of human rights is now considering a complaint launched by ukraine and the netherlands against russia in connection to the downing of malaysian airlines flight am 817 but rushes representative to the court says that this complaint should actually be completely disregarded. he also says that the have belief that moscow has not been cooperative throughout this investigation is just nonsense. let's take a listen to what he said. unfortunately,

the dutch authorities are clearly misleading the court by saying that the requests were left and answered by the russian authorities. 29 requests for legal assistance from the netherlands have been received so far and 28 of them have been answered. now just to remind our viewers, mh 17 was on its way to qualon poor from amsterdam when it was shot down over done yes, this was shortly after the conflict in ukraine broke out in 2014. unfortunately, none of the nearly 300 passengers on board survived, and kiev was close, was quick to blame this, this tragedy on the militants in the breakaway region. the kiev said that they were using actually, russian provided equipment to shoot down this plane. this is something that moscow denies, and the millet and the militants, the mill, the militia from the self proclaimed the people's republic of done yet also said that they didn't have the equipment that would make it possible to shoot down a plane at that distance. a number of theories have floated around since then one,

including even the possibility that perhaps ukrainian jets fired on that passenger plane and shot it down. now, the court process surrounding this tragedy has been going on since 2020. and since then, ukraine has still refused to provide any radar data connected to the event. washington has yet to provide the satellite images that it says capture the exact time of launch of the rocket that hit the plane. but this court process is still going on, were set later in this specific meeting to see a representative from though of those who lost their family members in that tragedy . so they'll be interesting to see how the core process plays out. i'd rocking up this alice news costio naughty international. thank you so much for joining us. nearly half boss 6 on wednesday evening here in the russian capital, a big iowa slated for the next one at the top of what and half an hour's time. we are back soon with more of your world. oh,

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ah hello and welcome to cross talk. we're all things are considered on peter lavelle. winds have been drawn and positions made clear. after 2 weeks of high level talks, russia and nato. we main poles apart on how to define pan european security. moving forward. moscow was presented its vision in writing while washington falls back on our k. a cold war cliches. ah, i discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, brian becker in washington. he is the executive director of the answer coalition in new york. we have john early, he is a political analyst, as well as a former foreign correspondent in russia and in london across to i'm real concerned that he is a founder of a consulting in a foreign affairs analyst,

hard gentleman crosstalk rules and effect. that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate it. i'm going to go to brian 1st in washington. i sent him an introduction where we've had 2 weeks of high level everyone's positioning. i think what we know, and what we now know is how, how much both sides disagree with each other on certain particular issues. li, nato expansion over the weekend. we have this story come out of the u. k, where the u. s. are confirmed without sourcing it in the public, any way that russia has designs for regime change and again, no details provided at the end of last week i talked to a lot number of experts and too much to my surprise. so someone were a little bit more optimistic than usual that yes, there hasn't been a breakthrough, but maybe that's a good thing. and then we have this over the weekend, and now we have evacuations from embassies here where we stand after 2 weeks. go ahead. well i don't think we stand in a far different place than we were at the beginning.