is just like that. no one the action to i'm from the other side. a ah, i would prefer to be la la will. he now was a british prime minister of boris johnson's political life, seemingly hanging by a thread with a government inquiry into dining street lock done violations expected to be released today. a separate police probe is also under way of coming up on the program. we speak to a british mother whose song died after he went to a and e with chest pains. but it was told to wait for 4 hours just to see a doctor with countries across europe, eas, they're covered restrictions,

despite near a record infection rates. while health officials give mixed signals on the threat, the on the chrome stream with my day in lima 11 pm, and i must say on the 8th in the evening right here in moscow this wednesday, january the 26. welcome to the news hour on our t. okay, we'll get to those headline stories in just a moment, but i want to bring you some at breaking news on the program. first, the u. s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan. he's right now in the foreign ministry in moscow, and according to reports, he is delivering washington's response to russia's demands for security at guarantees. the white house has until now dismissed rushes key requests. now just to give you a sense of what they are pretty much help with

a pilot assurances that ukraine will not join nato and also pulling back troops from near russia's borders. there been a big crisis really on that front. so that is one of the key repress, pulling back troops from russia's borders on assurance that kid will not join your cream. and in all information on that, that seat side of that meeting with john sullivan, the u. s. and buster to russia here in moscow will bring it to the not the british prime minister is on the ropes with an inquiry into so called party gate locked on violations. and by to be released by johnson face. the fury of n p's in a common showed on earlier on wednesday, with calls for his immediate resignation. i would prefer to be led by law than ally. i will, he now has a legally proving parliament,

misleading the house, decorating with dodgy cache party. and while the public suffer, every moment he stays, he is dragging over the agony for families who reminded of the sacrifices they made . when will the prime minister talk horn and go every day, the prime it is still active 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 confound the paras, johnson and his colleagues were breaking the law at the heights of the pandemic. meanwhile, the leader of the opposition, he's calling on barnes johnson to go saying that the prime minister ly twice misleading parliament about these parties. on the 1st of december, the promised to told this house in relation to park district lockdown. 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 emerge, the walls no party. so since acknowledges the minister of quote applies to him when he now resign. oh, to people 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 stature, 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 birds. johnson on his birthday party on june the 19th. apparently there were 30 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 those rooms. he was innocent ambush, military, well as we still await the su gray investigation and have findings. some people do say that it will confirm at least some breaches. in fact, summer saying there 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 rapport lands on forest 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 him for him to go. i'm guessing louder and louder. the british government also under fire over ever growing any chance waiting times which can sometimes have fatal results. in september last year 27 year old norman barker was taken to a any in the city of lincoln with chest pains. he died outside the emergency unit after being told they'd have to wait 4 hours to see a medic. i spoke to his mother. now tommy and a kit chest pains. they said they'd pay for an ambulance, but they got told there was going to be a chill out like i was actually tell this to sit down. but there was no way to say that people was standing outside normally. but part, you know, given a week 9 label out to, well, i was not given my whole symptoms and i'm only wasn't able to spell it. and i need to be told we have to wait for was a, come across to a, in a call. wait,

teach down in your stop. they in before another it's just come to you. that is, you know, i'm not the one that foster mom on, you know, people go off for lunch because of they will according to a study more than 40 percent of u. k. hospitals fail to meet their 4 hour a waiting time target. so far this year, 6000 patients have had to wait more than 12 hours and a any patients wedding more than 5 hours are considered far greater risk of death. cases similar to norman barkers are reportedly on the rise as well as cove. it puts ordinary services on hold, as i'm sure you know, in the disease as 1st year. more than 53000 people had their cancer treatment to late over the same period. more than 4000 excess deaths were recorded, not related to covert. we spoke to joy deep grover and emergency medicine consultant about this situation. the last 6 to 8 months. so

within the united kingdom, as in many other countries, i'm sure other has been around 10 to 20 percent. oh, hospital and see that it did only 2 patients, which has meant that there is no slow processing of patients list a little bit of your best for people who come in mid problem and quoted which the leads that people are spending much longer in the emergency augments before the and good wills up. 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. and 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 interested ottomans in the united kingdom of visit

their country across europe are lifting cove at restrictions. the spike near record case numbers, and there's plenty of confusion over the plans with their w. h. o. europe chief seeing the army constrain, could spell late en, game for the pandemic. while other officials point to heightened risks are t. charlotte gibbons gay has more for us from paris. well, a year ago, people were living in fear of cosy, but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take folks, for example, where a year ago, 20000 cases a day precipitated a 3rd national, locked down 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that,

those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that. australia to pulling suits in announcing on wednesday of next week, unvaccinated to be under their own specific type of lockdown will be able to go back out the streets freely, although still not able to accept restaurants and bars because they are unvaccinated. and there is this question about whether this is a more of a will to continue these types of what people described as being to communion restrictions whether government just simply aren't giving into this. there is now a ray of political who sees from culture saying, restrictions now it's too much. in fact, the restrictions are impossible pretty much for the police to monitor some all to say the restrictions i easing as a result of vaccination levels being quite high course europe. the average now is

at 70 percent. and there are also restrictions easing in denmark. and in england, in the u. k. but all of this comes amidst a warning from the world health organization that this pandemic is far from over the idea. it said this narrative, this is now a mild disease, is simply wrong. the w h o saying that actually health services are still inundated the cases and you will remain the epi center of based upon demick. so is there like at the end of the tunnel, what we've been here before would be easing restrictions and then being put back to square one. but the reality is it does seem, is it cozy? 19 now is going to linger like a bad smell, and a bad smell we simply going to have to get used to a new survey has highlighted that small businesses in the u. answer being crushed under the weight of spiraling inflation. the spine upbeat messages from president biden on

the issue. an over whelming, majority of entrepreneurs say their financial helped us severely worse and in the past 6 months. and high schools, of course, are also having to tighten their belts, kill up and reports from new york. as the saying goes and dollar ain't a dollar anymore, 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. it's a bottom line. this isn't just about quick winds. it's 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. now the average cost of bread in new york state and 2021 was $0.88

on 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 on the flu 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 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. 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 about inflation. that's not likely anytime soon, a more inflation. 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 i n f 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 us present. 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 words. prices are still rising. caleb martin, r t new york. okay, no history the bring you this are the dutch government is calling for the european

court of human rights to ignore russia's objections in the trial of the m h. 17 tragedy. the court is currently hearing complaints against moscow lodge by ukraine. the netherlands, russia, though, is seeking to get the case dismissed. ne, donal quarter can tell us more. the europe ian 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 higgs 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 yet. so this was shortly after the conflict and 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. 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 p 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 will be interesting to see how the core process plays out the can. let's indeed bring you some more of thought breaking news that would give you at the top of the, our fill in some of the blanks that we had at the u. s. and pastor to russia. john sullivan has just left the foreign ministry building here in the russian capital. according to reports, he delivered washington's response to moscow, demands for security at gar, and see something that's been asked for for quite a while by moscow. mister sullivan declined. however, to answer reporter's questions, and i'd side the building so we don't really have a sense of what was in at the white house house until now. as i mentioned, dismiss rushes key, requests those key requests 1st and foremost,

assurances that ukraine will not at join nato. an essentially increase in circle meant at a round russia, in terms of nato members, and also a pullback of forces near russia's borders. well, let's get the bigger picture here from our europe, corresponding, peter oliver in berlin. peter, you can price is a must a security concern for, for europe, from both sides or across the continent really, can you give us the latest in terms of international develop? and so on the various threats demands, perhaps being made to well, a lot depends on what is in what we presume is the written reply to russia. security demands the john sullivan, the u. s. somebody we presume has just dropped off the russian foreign ministry in moscow. i think it's safe to assume i know we should never assume,

but i think it is fairly safe to see that that is what he's been doing. that's where he's been this wednesday evening. i think particularly when you look at the fact that secretary of state anthony blinking is set to take to stage any minute now in washington to give his remarks, we presume about exactly what they've handed over to the russian side, mid around 7 pm in around 40 minutes, so we were expecting to hear a in brussels from yen stalsen bird, the nato secretary general. and of course, the nato secor general had said that as soon as the united states had responded, they would also be a nato response. now, when i was in geneva last week for the meeting with a note with the installed bag, it was with anthony blink in the us secretary state and said to a lover of the russian foreign minister, the american side said that they would be providing these written replies that russia had requested as soon as wednesday. it's wednesday evening. moscow tell him

it seems that they have arrived. we'll be waiting to see of course, what is contained in there and what the reply is and what the, the wording that follows it up will be the remarks on that follow it up. it's unlikely it's going to be anything other than a know though, based on what we heard coming out of those talks in geneva. and what we've heard from both the secretary of state anthony blank and what we've heard from you repeat and lead us as well. and what we've heard from the u. s. president joe biden over the last few days. what we, what we will have as well, of course, is as a busy day and what we have out of beg, your pardon is a busy day for us. diplomats all over the place as well, also in the ukrainian capital key f. they've been hunting out a warning to us citizens telling them that they should be leaving the ukrainian capital that they should be leaving ukraine. this combs as the deputy secretary of state that wendy sherman said, but as far as the united states source,

they could see russia using force against ukraine before me to february. this, of course, something russia vehemently denies. we also heard from wendy sherman saying that nato had as of yet not made up a firm decision on what to do when it came to the situation regarding ukraine. very keen to see what anthony blinking has to say all very new news. this developing it of course, soon as we hear anything from gans, dalton book coming out of brussels as well be bringing you all of the latest here. what we have in terms of coming what's come out of europe so far. with relation to the, the german side, i'm seeing gay from berlin. there is a continuation of the message from germany that they will not send weapons directly to ukraine. they are sending age to ukraine, though of course there's part of the european union that will be sending perhaps

part of a $1320000000.00. a financial aid package not still to be signed off by a lot of people though. but when it comes to, to immediate 8 full files and helmets are going to be sent to your crane has on top of medical aid, that will be going there as well. but in terms of military hardware that will be arriving in ukraine. the check government has said that they will be sending $4000.00 off tillery shells to ukraine. that's just been announced on wednesday as well. so a lot of developments coming through lots of use yet to cope. it would seem as well, though, keeping a close eye on what is developing as it seems that letter there would be waiting for from the us side has arrived at the russian foreign ministry in moscow. be looking to see what it entails and where we go. busy from here next, when it comes to attempts to try and find a diplomatic solution to tensions between russia and nate, so concerning ukraine,

that is the very question. our euro correspond, peter all over yet. we'll wait and see what happens. sat with 20 blinking on those at demands from moscow. thanks peter, for bringing through alla, italian restaurants are struggling to make ends meets as record energy bills. compound the impact of the pandemic. many fear they're gonna have to close their doors now, but you don't see the situation is not sustainable. so raising the alarm, we compare the bill of about $1500.00 euro we heard in friends 19, you know, the last 2 months i'll cost triples in november. i went up fivefold into some of our latest bill is the 5300 euro, which is a price which we just can't afford at the moment when a 5 hold increases, ordering the death, the business big on that key because we're seen fewer people go to restaurants since coby over cancellations have been rife, and the future is uncertain with the next few months looking particularly so, and i was gonna go through a good time with all these restrictions that we are getting penalize the future for

business is also at risk due to an increase in electricity and gas coves, it is given as a big problem on the oil. they want to see. and just to get a perspective on this, here are some electricity bill costs one restauranteur assured with us. as you can see, there is quite a big jump from november to december last year. though, the amount of electricity use was roughly the same and compared with october 2019, the bills have more and tripled. and for those feeling, the pinch, the italian government us sent up a public pot of 5500000000 euro to offset some of the burden for a high schools and businesses. we spoke to italians who said the help has made little difference so far. classy what i meant day. 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. oh, if we continue like this,

i don't know where we will end up with the economy as collapsing, that it would be a serious blow for all of us to effort to him and their own. this bill increases an attack on families and businesses that don't term much. the low income coupled with the cost of these bills will force them to lay off workers feelings, $50.00 or so on. situation is true. a dramatic. i received a very high bill and in a family we're only one person words. it's really hard to get to the end of the month. so let's just wrap up with her an updates on our breaking news. this our, the russian foreign ministry is confirmed that it has received the u. s. response to moscow's security at demand surrounding the air ukraine prices and other issues on security at the u. s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan was in the foreign ministry here in moscow. he did not speak to reporters on the way out or in indeed, and we do not know as yet the content, the full content of the at u. s. response. but it had been expected that but at

would come by. whedon stay under this now at wednesday evening here in the russian capital. sh, indeed, the white house had until now dismiss rushes key requests just to go through 2 of them. those include insurances that ukraine will not at join nato, and pulling back troops from near at rushes, borders and in all significant development. and when we know exactly what was said from the u. s, we will of course, bring it to you here on our team. that is it for now, for the scene here in moscow, scotty now is standing by in washington to take me 3 more of the weeks. big stories, news views hughes. it's going that, ah ah, there may, may, we should all be may, it may,

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