daniel hawkins with the latest. thank the architect behind the freedom of information act is calling for a probe into what a new report is described as being an orwellian unit within the government. it's accused of intentionally obstructing the release of potentially sensitive data. partridge has a story. a storm is brewing in the u.k. about freedom of information with a new government, a new report by open democracy describes a so-called all well, you know, it's called the clearinghouse that obstructs media requests and even blacklist journalists clearing house shares with a range of whitehall departments a daily update containing the names of journalists and complainants, the requests they have submitted and advice on how referring to pardons should respond fast in the year 2000, the freedom of information act was meant to open up the workings of government. requests for information were supposed to remain anonymous or applicant blind, and in theory could help keep the author. it is a check. but according to this

that daniel hawkins thank you for coming in and good morning to you daniel done a victorious evening for the biden state yeah absolutely it's not been the longest wait in your selection history to see who's come out the winner but it's certainly been the messiest of recent times in memory for a lot of people and whoever won this race there was one thing that was always going to be clear and that's half the country would wake up or would check their social media or news and be really disappointed with the outcome whichever way it went it is finally over the media have called biden a victory the new president elect has changed the social media status to president elect of the united states and he's outlined his key policies in his victory speech . now this campaign is over. what is the will of the people what is our mandate. i believe it's this american have called upon us to marshal forces of decency the forces of fairness to marshal the forces of science in the 1st years of hope. in the great battles of our time. the battle to control the virus about a bill prosperity are about to se

but as the country deals with the fallout from a damning report, daniel hawkins asks if it will hurt those not involved in the crimes. the burden inquiry is sending shock waves through australia, dozens of afghan civilians and prisoners of war, killed and brutalized by special forces the evidence systematically and deliberately covered up. and as the grim details emerged, the calls for army top brass to take responsibility have grown. in each case is important that not only is there accountability in the defense forces for individual alleged acts, but also in the chain of command about those who had responsibilities and accountabilities in that chain of command. the report was heavily redacted, but it's still described as possibly the most disgraceful episode in australia's military history. and the commanders are feeling the heat. there is a process to be followed here. we've received the inquiry one week ago. we need to follow a very deliberate, very methodical and very fair process. what's the best damage control? well and apology for starters. to the people of afghanistan on beha

democrats appear to forgotten that in 2016, they too found it hard to accept a projected last artie's daniel hawkins compares then. and now, despite the heated rhetoric fierce, the downright insults in the run up to the election, one thing remains untouchable, the integrity of the vote counting process. and so it's a vacation vice president biden. final question for you will you were urging his supporters to stay calm while the vote is counted and will you pledge not to declare victory until the election is independently sort of? yes, but as the race went mechanistic with supporters on both sides, claiming victory was within their grasp. the rules of the game changed, sir. what do you say to the americans that are inches over the fact that president trump has yet to concede and what that might mean for the country? well, i just think it's in the barest, baseless claims by the president and his supporters, that there's been widespread voter fraud and that the election was somehow really are stolen from president trump. that kind of rhetoric is extremely dangerous, extremely poisonous to our democracy

daniel hawkins joins me in the studio to discuss biden 1st, public address, as president elect. it was clear that whoever won the race, whichever way this went, half the country would wake up and check their social media or check the news. and we pretty disappointed with the outcome. it is all over the media have the bought in victory with the man himself, changing his social media to hide those to president elect, or to vice president elect lloyd in his future key policies in his victory speech. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify who doesn't sees red states and blue states always. she's the united states are murderers of be cured for the growth. we're not only we will lead not only by the example of our progress, but by the power of our example. now this campaign is over. what is the will of the people? what is our mandate? i believe it's this. americans have called upon us in the great battles of our time, the battle over cheve, racial justice and root out systemic racism in this country. the brother control the virus, the better bill prosperity for

outside actors but by inside ones and it's no longer the democrats doing the finger pointing as daniel hawkins reports for many americans the 2020 us presidential election had so much for writing on it it was symbolic a long awaited chance for justice to prevail for the country to correct the mistakes of 2016 at least that's how the media many people saw it where were you in 27. when we had the worst president we could argue it's unfair to rank trump is worth president ever after just one year but clearly those scholars see in him a great potential worst in most dangerous president in the history of our country or the worst whereas in these america is over. thousands of jubilant people celebrating on the streets a far cry from the scenes we saw after the last presidential election seemingly the only tears this time with those of joy. it's vindication for a lot of people who have really suffered for years ago when trump won broadcasters showed scenes of people in shock and crying today a biden declaration shows coverage that would make you think jesus had returned all 4 hours might be exaggerat

democrats appear to forgotten that in 2016, they too found it hard to accept a projected loss artist daniel hawkinscompares then. and now, despite the heated rhetoric fierce debate, certain downright insults in the run up to the election, one thing remains untouchable, the integrity of the vote counting process and certification by president biden. final question for you will, you were urged your supporters to stay calm while the voters counted and will you pledge not to declare victory until the election is independently sort of? yes, but as the race went, merican meg with supporters on both sides, claiming victory was within their grasp. the rules of the game changed, sir. what do you say to the americans that are inches over the fact that president trump has yet to concede and what that might mean for the country? well, i just think it's a baseless claims by the president and his supporters, that there's been widespread voter fraud and that the election was somehow rigged or stolen from president trump. that kind of rhetoric is extremely dangerous, extremely poisonous to our democracy. if i were

daniel hawkins got to see the rehearsals verdi's. requiem is one of the classical world's favorite musical creations. an ethic piece filled with passionate emotions. it takes us on a journey through life and death, or tonight's special performance in moscow's helicon. opera is especially significant. views are taken back 75 years, almost to the day. from november 19th, 38, and crystal locked in germany to the 20th of november, not in 45, and the start of the nuremberg trials when those responsible for some of the worst atrocities in history had to answer for their crimes. we caught a glimpse of the rehearsals backstage varies. music alone is enough to give anyone goosebumps, but this production is more than just the regular choral performance, whining. the dynamism of the composition with on stage affects that inform and reach out to view is far better than a history book or trip to the museum. this is a unique project because usually the right is performed in latin. the warden's listens to this genius music, not only someone to stan

as daniel hawkins explains, some are saying the 2nd wave is firmly here to stay. others are saying the 1st wave never actually left. so whatever you call it, that's going to matter. little to muscovites who are facing a new raft of instructions go into effect on the 13th hour right through until january 15th in the new year. so these measures are long term moscow. the city which never sleeps will finally be going to bed by midnight. it seems because bars, restaurants and clubs will be shut down from 11 pm through until 6 am. that definitely means no new year's celebrations. other restrictions include those on students, college and university students to be sent to distance learning. theaters will face a reduced capacity being allowed to let in only 25 percent of customers. there's also restrictions on cultural events, sports events, as well as authorities try to find that delicate balance between saving lives, protecting lives and saving jobs, trying to ensure the economy doesn't take a critical hit. the statistics, of course, remain warring cases have been rising

thinking this is a slightly different picture than the one as biden is presenting daniel hawkins breaking done the situation with me earlier we have also been discussing with guess whether america will come together as joe biden said in his acceptance speech or whether the divisions are not too deep. with trump's election there were 4 years of accusations that the russians had helped him become elected it was 4 years and i think around $30000000.00 of taxpayer money was spent investigating those allegations which as we all know have come to nothing now in 2020 we actually have video footage of things like ballots arriving in unmarked events and people correcting ballots which you were not just allowed to do so there's a lot more evidence of voter fraud than there ever was for in foreign interference in the 26000 election and i hope as to not be totally hypocrites that the people who are all upset about electorate election integrity when donald trump was elected have those same concerns right now you know this is nothing new i come from chicago i was a suburban chicago police officer but i

daniel hawkins joins me now in the studio to this more of a quite extraordinary week really we've seen it's a country divided to listen to props props any time. since the civil war we haven't seen such a division and wouldn't election that many thought was going to be one sided towards it wasn't when you take into account the popular vote. what happened. well you're quite right that half the nation whatever the result in the end of the day would wake up disappointed when they read the news on their social media and that's reflected by the protests we've seen over the streets across many cities of america both by and celebrating barnes' victory and also reflected in the polling numbers though don't forget that although biden won the majority of electoral college votes the popular vote was much closer around 75000000 for boyd to 71000000 for trouble with record amounts yeah indeed the highest amount for any president and the 2nd highest amount for 4 trumps so this was not a landslide victory as you quite rightly said and that blew wave of democrat senators and congressmen as well that's

daniel hawkins brings us more russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is in the closing stages of a working visit to minsk where he met his. but a russian counterpart, foreign minister and the 2 officials, this cussing both internal events in belarus over the past few months as well as of course relations between minsk and moscow. now, mr. lovell in the press conference after that meeting was very critical of his german counterpart, high call, muscle mass presented his program for the coming 6 months in the politicized fashion. striking an unacceptable tone, i would even go as far as saying it was rude, not how a diplomat should act. he made quite a few remarks again, they were baseless accusations regarding crimea, abkhazia south to set a year transnistria and the southeast of ukraine. the level of there was referring to comments that high costs made to at the meeting of the committee of the council of europe, which germany is you take presidency off shortly. in his speech mass was very critical of a number of points, 1st and foremost, crum years reunification with russia, which the german

let's go live to our correspondent, daniel hawkins.i'm slightly worried to find out, dan, but we must please tell us what are these new regulations you know, no more parties here in moscow. it does seem us, some are calling it the continuation of the 1st wave. others, the arrival of the 2nd wave or whatever you do call it, that's not too war of some for residents here in moscow. as those measures have come in, russia has seen a record rise of covert cases in line with global and european trends over 20000 cases. recorded across the country over the last 24 hours, nearly 6000 of them here in moscow. russia's biggest and most populated city with over 1500 people sent to hospital warring trends. when you bear in mind that the deputy minister for social policy that said just over tend to get 10 days ago, that many regions in russia had between 5 and 25 percent of capacity left in their hospitals. even those extra medical institutions that were built to take in some of that extra some of those extra coronavirus patients. we've seen reports

be hard to deliver on though given the election was closer than many had anticipated auntie's daniel hawkins explains for many americans the 2020 us presidential election had so much riding on it it was symbolic a long awaited chance for justice to prevail for the country to correct the mistakes of 2016 at least that's how the media and many people saw it where were you in 2070 when we had the worst president we could argue it's unfair to rank trump as worth president ever after just one year but clearly those scholars see in him a great potential worst in most dangerous president in the history of our country the worst president is america has ever had. a rollercoaster few days a rollercoaster which hasn't quite reached its end that moment came in the form of joe biden's victory the bible tells us to everything there is a season a time to build a time to reprint a time to sew and a time to hear oh this is the time do you hear on america thousands of jubilant people celebrating on the streets a far cry from the scenes we saw after the last presidential election seemingly the only tears this

in the past that has been the main target of those claims but this year moscow is not a long daniel hawkins has more. one of the key things you need to know to understand how presidential elections work in the united states swing states the nomination process the electoral college and since 26 the foreign meddling tally atory measures against russia for its meddling in the us presidential election a pervasive campaign by russians to interfere in this year's midterm elections russia in the 2020 us presidential race despite much of the heavily redacted evidence proving tenuous in establishing just how alleged meddling affected the 26000 election 4 years on its meddling saga 2.0 this time with multiple suspects potentially involved 1st and foremost is russia the classics and arya and it's deja vu for the democratic presidential nominee under trump's republican administration russia's faced the biggest different expulsions since the reagan era plus asset freezes as well as sanctions under the countering america's a diverse aris through sanctions act but biden and the democrats are confident mos

daniel hawkins explains the police killing of george floyd, reinvigorated the black lives matter. a movement that caused indignation on a global level with millions turning out across the u.s. and beyond. to say enough is enough. major companies were quick to show solidarity . and big pharma led the way big pharma even harder. lobbyist with great social justice credentials. i wanted to make sure that i was highlighting all the great work that organization, but also with our member companies chided diversity to try to address health care disparities to try to improve patient accessed with at least 3 major, covert 19 vaccines being rolled out in the coming weeks, access is the global buzz word. so here's the charts for pharma giants to go all in the fight against racial injustice, inequality, and discrimination all across the world. but so far, there's little evidence of that happening. take the moderna vaccine, despite receiving nearly $2500000000.00 in taxpayers' money, the company intends to make a profit. the vast majority as much as 78 percent according to estimates of its $100

party down hawkins joins me in the studio now good morning to you daniel i think tori is evening for the biden team yeah indeed it's not actually been the longest wait although it may seem that way to decide who finally will be in the white house next year it was clear that whoever won the race whichever way this went half the country would wake up and check their social media would check the news and be pretty disappointed with the outcome it is all over the media have the bought in victory with the man himself changing social media had those 2 president elect or. vice president elect lloyd in his future key policies in his victory speech. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. who doesn't see the red states and blue states only she's a united states a murder is a beacon for the broader. we're not only we will lead not only by the example of our problem but by the power of our example. now this campaign is over. what is the will of the people what is our mandate. i believe it's this american to call upon us in the great values of our time. the battle over chev