ah, ah ah 2023 has no just arrived everywhere. the american samoa the final territory to welcome in the user just moments ago. countries indeed are run the globe been celebrating with studying fireworks on spectacular light shows after a difficult year for many, we delve into that pressing social, political, and economic trends that will define the coming months with the new year bring a new world order 1000 more countries look towards a more equal structure of relations. 2022. did see cracks emerge in the long

standing unique porto world. a welcome to the recap of the news week. that was this new year's day. thanks for joining us today. my name's you the name. of course, let's begin with the new year celebrations with stunning light shows and spectacular firework. this plays very much to the for this weekend color proceedings from across the globe. here with pyrotechnics in the united arab emirates, reportedly breaking to get us where our records li, brazilian capital, celebrated with thousands of spectators watching men night sky from the beach. lucky them on chinese, beijing celebrated the coming in of 2023 with an impressive light show and celebrations, who were seen here in the russian capital where thousands of people flooded the

streets to ring in the new year. the spike many run is of western sanctions putting economical pressure on moscow. over the past months, russia was able to stabilize its economy. r t, steve sweeney takes up that point for us. we will, seeing the sensation is headlines. moscow is ground to holds and completely shut down. life in russia will never be the same again, and the country has once more retreated behind the iron curtain. while i'm here in the capital, i with the opportunity to show you what life is really like here on the ground, on a spoiler. it's very different from the so called iron curtain portrayed in the western media. first of all, no, we're not hit by some kind of social media blackout cut off from the outside world . a good vpn gets you everything you need. i'm even up to speed with the light is going on in our square of the february,

the 24th. the news came flooding in about shots and businesses leaving the country in some kind of mass exodus. if you believe the headlines there were no shops left in russia at all, but that's not quite true. many of those that didn't leave, did so great cost, but more than 1000 foreign companies are still doing business have in russia. starbucks is simply re branded itself as stars. and mcdonalds has a new owner and a new name. but it's pretty much the same. i, we're still loving it. we spoke to people in the streets and asked them if they'd notice any differences, like the benefits that are mainly less on transit. and then once in the horn, once we found a placement for them, we started to support ration brands that maintain quality. coca cola double to las coca cola is gone, but we have a replacement as in the local brand aubrey color school. a lot of beverages, the good ones have appeared since coca cola left russia and i almost see no difference without mcdonald's either on that. i don't expect that brand to return,

and i think the russian version faced equal sofa is quite delicious. which is the now we managed to partially substitute for the brands that latter for furniture, for example, ikea. we've replaced a portion of their products. it will be city to deny the impact of sanctions on the russian economy of core things aren't quite as they were before the special military operation. but at the same time is not quite as the west haute as it ramped up the pressure. remember biden as result of these unprecedented sanctions. rubel almost immediately reduced to rubble. well, soon after the military operation began, the rubel did indeed tank 30 percent to the dollar hitting record lows. for the situation, a stabilized is now $65.00 to $70.00 roubles to the us dollar, meaning that rushes currency is now stronger than it was before the military operations began. in fact, according to bloomberg, the rubel is the best performing currency in the world this year. but now,

as the situation has stabilized, so has the west 3 alizay's sion that it's over played its hand. take the economists, for example, back in february, it was reporting dubin gloom, that the collapse of the rouble was continuing and compounding the isolation of russia. yet just months later in august, it was asking the question, how does the ruble continue to defy expectations? well, maybe the answer is a simple one. perhaps those expectations shouldn't have been lowered in the 1st place, but not to say that there's no awareness of what's going on in the conflict though . it's a topic that not just discussed 80, but also exist in the public spread. across the city you'll see billboards adorned with as ed logo. posters like this one, declaring glory to rush in heroes. different pictures, different faces of different folders, of all run, a q, r code. how to find out more information. was there

a serious discussion about bestest, of all those on the front line? this new year will look different for many russians. a lot of towns and cities have struck by celebrations altogether. here in moscow, a compromise was reached, i, citywide boat was held the outcome. well, a toned down celebration without firewood, but the mer says good it important to keep those traditions allied to day when thousands of men husband's fathers and sons are fighting for the independence of our motherland. when blood is being shed, when hundreds of thousands of civilians are suffering, we also face a choice in the name of the economy in the name of compassion, to abandon these holidays. or to spite the tragic circumstances to still remain human. people who adhere to their national traditions do not lose their spirit. they do not get discouraged. they believe in victory, not with tears,

but with deeds. they support those who are on the front line to day. so yes, there have been some hiccups along the way. and for many, life will never be the same in russia again, bought rushes, total isolation on its collapse, i predicted by the west, a seemingly file to materialize. steve sweeney there. now as 2023 begins, people around the globe are looking ahead to a positive year. that's after 12 months of mass protest, military conflicts. further forward from the pandemic and all amid a deepening economic crisis, my colleague nikki, or an earlier discussed the prospects for the new year with a number of guest. just when i think i have figured that the human race has somehow exhausted, every possible means of destroying itself, or it's cultural rigid or it's saturday. i'm disappointed because there's

a new way. no, i think things are going to be much worse. and, but the only thing that will help most people is the diluted effect of the social media platforms which allow people to recess and to revert from reality can go into la la land and take pictures of their food. while society collapses famous, the astrologer nostradamus, he made many interesting and unusual prophecies, as we know, he said, to predict the 3rd world war being on the horizon next year. what's your take on that and doesn't look like tensions between some of the worlds and major powers reaching that critical points. i see the possibility of potentially for a forefront war facing the united states, especially because it's out there with it's a gemini, stirring all of the sub has created the mess and in 2022. and i think it's, it just doesn't know how to help itself,

and it's going to continue on that path. and it's going to create even greater tensions or in 2023. and we got to be watchful and any think and there can be something out of nowhere that could absolutely cause a, a catastrophic event, a cascading event that could lead to, to this war front war that i just mentioned. they stem from the middle east to the, to, into in the pacific to or of course europe, europe could see in a 2nd war next year. and that, what is that war? that is basically co, kosovo. serbia? it was announcement recently, for example, that thanks i be by one of the brushes, largest banks as currently develop a new payment gateway that goes between russia and iran and allow people to lose money more or less instantly between the 2 countries. so that's where we're moving . the dominance of the financial system, which is a moment, is controlled by

a private company called swift, which is basically how most of us to move our money to and fro around the world. now that's gone and now we've seen that gone. we're going to see, i think, a whole bunch of new and exciting companies from china, russia, india, iran, all these, everyone was saying, all these new company, these new companies that will be in this new multi poder, while we'll start developing really exciting payment technology that we've install for the financial industry to generations. now. all of the u. s. has no welcomed in the new year. so perhaps let's take that opportunity really to relying to some moment. americans will recall from the past 12 months, president biden made the highlight reel from this one. it's a great asset. more inflation supercede i know is now the primary thing no matter

what their call to 101215 step on. there's a bus black anyway. i'm not concerned about with i'm concerned about with i think the context is that whether or not with their coin, back from fallujah and the army from the, the care sag inflation is worldwide problem right now as a war in iraq and the impact on oil on which rush is doing distributed war in and ukraine, and i think interact exactly my son. i guess we got a lot to do with say hi to me. we go back

a long way. she was 12 hours 30, but anyway, a very much more with his vice. got your bridges, my caps. what you're gonna say there's that man. i hope we're on the same side. you know, so he's rushing ah, i don't care who it is. got some real bisection that we call them guns. ah,

we're looking back now politically on a global stage. 2022 was a year that saw cracks, hemorrhage in the long standing unipolar world. news rolled in every month. thoughts appeared to show the balance of power shifting and a new or assured world order rising. well, no, no, she wasn't before our very eyes, the world is changing and really becoming multi polar. however, some countries are trying to preserve their teetering gemini, at any cost using a wide range of political, military, economic, informational, and other methods and means. since the end of the 2nd world war, it felt like the world was ruled by a very few power, seemed concentrated in the hands of the global north and represented by the g 7 group of economies,

all singing to the same west than him. but this year and new horace is rising, the biggest new block is coming up and with a tidal wave. this is rick's 25 percent of the world's t. d p. that the quarter of the world gross domestic product and 40 percent of its population. when measured in land was, it is a quarter of the world, this is what you and i, and the rest of us have been waiting for. a multi polar world is rising. and along with it many more keen to join in african biggest country by land mars and the continents biggest guess export algeria once in. iran is also key. and it was right here in south africa that president settled on the plaza, told us about saudi arabia's interest as well. egypt and turkey allured and pondered, why it's the spirit driven in co operation and inclusiveness,

heightened in trade, finance, supply chain, and smart manufacturing. here no one is more over another with in the group, and there's no meddling in each other's business or dictating how they should handle their own, a face each with equitable global governance. radio, not a new world is coming to san antonio. t was the ear the word dollars aisha went a bit of ira just there as detail. political ask about changing with new regional powers. emerging. the global financial system is getting a bit of a make over 2, for example, major his painful rush energies of, with national currencies, neither 50 to 50 splits between rouble and new that. and if the plans of shanghai corporation of an invasion come to life will always see this tran accelerate with alternative payment system. also on the horizon,

the reliance on the dollar as the instrument supporting the world at 1 am. it is not so very promising for him to speak, that it is not by use of them that more and more countries are shifting through or using cur, alternative currencies, shifting still use national currency more and more. and then the, this process will be, will be gaining momentum. we have see how washington says hundreds of billions of dollars of fresh assets. we know promised that there will be returned. i am of the day to show that trenice un, i counted for almost 3 percent to the highest level since the data began in 2016 at the same time, the dollars share job to, to below 59 percent to the lowest level in 25 years, but 2022 saw the momentum growth tours break is diamond s and h r frame. a new fair war daughter.

when the conflict in ukraine started, western leaders said that anyone who doesn't sign up for their sanctions will be on the wrong side of the history. india did not pick sides. in fact, in that position has been cleared the position of neutrality. after all, law school been an old friend to new delhi and also an old trading part. so what india did instead was it started building new banking channels to be able to trade with more school. in ruby's india as appetite for russian could also increase from your own one percent imports in february to almost 22 percent now, which is nearly 1000000 barrels of crude di now in the ongoing geopolitical shift. as far as india is concerned, it's view or more school is not defined by how western countries see it. we hope to

be confident about who we are. i think it's better to engage in the world on the basis of who we are rather than try and least one of the limitation of what this idea does. the final got, you know, somewhere and we need to get the approval of the waters. i think that's it. all we need to put behind in the us. foreign policy has been very, very clear that is to promote its own interest 1st. so despite western pressures and more of judgments, india has been very clear that it's not going to be dictated by anyone. all, so 2022 saw no little instability in the energy markets with commodity prices really all over the place. western sanctions on russian energy supplies lead to spikes and fluctuations. and it's forecast in 2023. the sector will be negatively

affected by the e. u and g 7 price camp on russian oil that comes as moscow stresses. it will play by the western rules and will bomb exports to any country complying with the gap. we are prohibiting supplies of russian oil and petroleum products to foreign legal entities and individuals provided that the contracts for the supplies directly or indirectly apply a price kept mechanism. things are really not looking very good here in france right now. and moscow's response to the g 7 and european union's price cap on russian oil. that is to ban deliveries, to countries that abide by the cap. does even kick in until february 1st. and the useful embargo on russian oil also hasn't been fully felt yet. because there's also a grace period there until january, so ships don't get caught out at sea, but already there are some signs of trouble here. hey, you know the fairy tale of cinderella, where she had to be home by midnight, or else her magic carriage turned back into a pumpkin?

well, friends, drivers have until midnight on december 31st before their own pars risk getting bricked turning into pumpkins because of sticker shock at the pump. because the discount that a live drivers here in france weren't even aware that the government had built into the price of fuel for the past few months to help offset the rising cost of energy is coming to a crashing halt. at that point, the prices are set to go up by $10.00 to $0.20 per liter for everyone, except about $10000000.00 french citizens who will qualify for the help that's replacing it. in the case of workers who make less than $14700.00 euros per year, who will need to fill out a government form to get on all whopping $100.00 euros to cover the entire year of energy price heights for 2023. meanwhile, french factories are already planning to ring in the new year by not reopening

after the holiday. citing skyrocketing production costs, one manager of the company that produces isolation material, told the french press that he seen. i 100 percent increase in material costs and 500 to 700 percent spikes in energy prices. oh, and this, the french energy transition minister, i guess, penny of lena. she tweeted on tuesday that if you hear home with wood in france, the government will now offer you assistance of between 50 and 200 euros. the state acts against rising prices from this tuesday, december 27th. if you want timber to help you warm up, you can benefit from assistance ranging from 50 to 200 heroes is just so surreal. this tweet that you think you're looking at a parody account. but nope, and apparently the energy transition minister, i guess, is going to help france transition straight back to the cave mandate. hey, maybe the government can toss in a free bag of marshmallows so that at least french citizens can all feel like

they're having fun. camping out at home rather than huddling around the fire. like they're back in the stone age. maybe we can even like, since production is troublesome right now because it m replies me, we can like start bashing. i rocks in the fire to hobbled bad. it's hard to believe that this is supposed to be one of the world's most developed countries, which at one point prided itself on its nuclear energy independence. before we get to that, this been the perception that when russia is being sanctioned, left right and center, i'm not able to respond. so this, the service phones are from the russian president from the russian federation. douglas center, quote, straits does not going to come in here and play your games as you know, the oil and gas or the energy has control and want in washington, especially the european countries have the ones that i have to suffer from dis decree. but to go on stuff ah friendly state going to russia i do to get offered them bud. she's only the western countries does law and do that. i shall. yes,

it would benefit him from the resistance of russia that are going to suffer can want to turn attention now to the conflict and ukraine on dumbass. new year's night saw shelling of done yet by ukrainian forces that winded 3 people, including an infant according to local officials. this on verified footage, posted on line shows must have fires near residential areas. authority say at least 2 dozen shells were directed out. the city center rushes alleged to have responded and attacked infrastructure in several ukrainian cities. the 3 explosions were reported in cave over night. this is footage from the capital where the electricity supply had been knocked out for a period while an earl urge was the current through its ukraine. earlier on. a lot,

some of the territories that voted to join russia in referendums last year are trying to establish a type of normal life again. more you pulse on the black sea coast was a hot spot of fighting during the conflict r t contributor. even bartlett has more now on the efforts to rebuild the city. 2022 is coming to an end. it was he of great sorrow for the people of the don bass and especially here in mary ople mariel. paul is a city that sy massive battles to victor, ukrainian forces and the nazis that were embedded with them. consequently, there was much destruction, but in contrast to what western corporate media would have, you believe the city was not destroyed. western corporate media also would not like you to know that. in fact, there are positive developments like massive reconstruction projects, including new hospitals, new and rehabilitated schools and new apartment complexes. this is one of them at the school a beneficial for this school existed for the last 40 years and has been here since 1982. during the war, the school suffered 6 direct hits,

the offices assembly home and the school was significantly damaged. life is great, everything is being restored now. and as you can see, literally this school was restored in 2 months. there was work, but we will wait. we are happy and we like everything, bring us up with it. your kids are sitting with of course, after the destruction it was difficult. but now you can see the massive construction going in the city. this can be called the construction of the century and life is getting better. life is becoming more interesting. it's even easier for you to breathe. everything is great. it feels good to know that we're under the care of the russian federation for which our thank you. in syria and late 2016 after al qaeda and other terrorist groups were expelled from the city of a lap o, a leper residents erected a christmas tree in christmas decorations and celebrated the new year and their freedom and their future. so to our residents of mary, up already to celebrate their futures now that the city has been restored to calm night during his new year speech, chinese president,

she jin ping address one of the most pressing issues his country faced in 2022. the cobit pandemic, and also call for unity king or jenco, ga, the nor the from our colossal effort. we overcame unprecedented difficulties and challenges which were not easy for everyone. now the prevention and control of the epidemic has entered a new stage. everyone is working hard, persevering, and the dawn is ahead and in persistence, and unity is our victory. recently, china accuse western media mis representing the situation in the country after its strict anti cobit mergers were lifted. now the number of nations that previously urged beijing to remove those partiers or imposing travel restrictions on chinese nationals so sensibly amid renewed fear of the virus spreading. our teeth, money and culture has been taking a deeper look into the shed. it's the case of damned if you do damned if you don't know the china is relaxing. it's shred, 0 comb, with policies after 3 long years,

which had 1st and foremost at the expense. so it's economy bought for the sake of its people, was for me the are having a field day with headlines like to be for, did you know about as of may this year more than 1000000 people have died from call it in the u. s. we learned that more than 1000000 americans have now died from the disease a milestone. we didn't want to think about, but new was coming it pandemic that's far from over. that's more than any country in the world now did was see the same hysteria in the media as we're seeing now with china. of course, not as the us took the headline lead in the number of deaths and cases during the pandemic or american singled out and forth to be tested more than other world travelers. no time is asking how come a small number of western media have deliberately hyped up and even misrepresented

china's covert policy adjustment. and yet avoided reporting on the deficiencies and heavy price paid in their own countries called response. this is nothing but double standards, and it's clearly against journalistic ethics. just a few weeks ago when we saw dozens of protests across various cities in china against the country, strict cove measures was for leaders were keen to push basing to compromise and meet the protesters, demands calling season, paying an authoritarian dictator. china has to figure out a way forward on dealing with was covered a way for that answers the of the health needs, but also answers the needs of people. locked down is not a policy that we support here. but obviously there are people in china that, that have concerns about that and their protesting that. and we believe they should be able to do that piece for i think we're seeing the chinese people speak up for more freedom against the coven lockdown policies. i support that, well, what happened? you got what you wanted, didn't you?

and now people are a change in their tune, applaud in china's original success in containing the virus and saying that now it's a disaster. even japan, which was asking china to relax its quarantine measures just a month ago, is now afraid of chinese travelers and in america. as always, the double standards are comical. remember when the by the administration will sneer in trump's china travel back at the start of the pandemic as racist. no republican president nor democratic president, we have racist, and they've existed, they tried to get elected resumes. the 1st one that has, and i was like this, this is we're a credible year president. is most needed, as he explains what we should and should not do. this is no time for donald trump record of esther xenophobia historical jennifer. fast forward to this, if you've been to china, get ready because the coven tasks are back even for those who have been vaccinated

. so what was the plan, or is it more of a make it off as you go along kind of approach, as long as it's against china? who knows either way, it's clear that in today's reality, whatever beijing comes up with, it's wrong. it locks people up authoritarian. it opens up its reckless and a threat to the world. but maybe it should be about letting countries sort their problems out themselves. the dark secrets supposed to be for their eyes only during the you're just gone. the new twitter chief brought into the spot like the so called twitter file, revelation leading bird previous management bias, and the u. s. government attempts to censor dissenters on promote its own narrative . but as the documents went viral, the mainstream focus instead focus it's considerable, gave on the last himself he long mosque, one must be on.