u. k. also end of an era german chancellor angular merkel is about say good bye. up to 16 years running. europe's largest economy also, china condemns the u. s. is decision to impose a diplomatic boy called the beijing 2022 games as the violation of the olympic spirit ah button to program. a high stakes meeting between the leaders of the us and russia has been taking place. presidents, joe biden, and vladimir putin have been holding virtual talks focused on russia's troop build up along its border with ukraine. their affairs in washington that moscow may be planning to invade its neighbor. and according to the u. s. intelligence, it's preparing an attack early next year, and as amassed $70000.00 troops near the border. russia denies any plans of an invasion of ukraine and describes the accusations as hysteria, president and wants to guarantee from the west that ukraine will not join nato and bug is expected to urge de escalation while warning of economic consequences. if an attack takes place and he's been working with allies to prepare for such measures, but as sm

u. k. authorities also announcing huge record numbers for the u. k. huge numbers seem to be reflected across the continent as natasha said from france as well. yeah, well those numbers reported here on tuesday seemed pretty extraordinary. a 129000 new infections in the you count tuesday. we haven't the wednesday figure yet. but of course, that figured itself dwarfed by the french numbers 209000 reported on wednesday. and i think you can probably assume that these numbers are going to continue to go up as we continue to take stock of the christmas and new year period of records being set, as you say, all over europe. france of course, is emily greece, portugal side for small to all setting infection rate records. the swiss of the dutch say that on the call is now the dominant strain. their germany says it will be in just a few days time. finland, even sweden, adding to the list of countries piling on the restrictions to try and deal with this thing. but, you know, in the midst of all of this, in the midst of these high rates in the midst of new measu

u. k. so the labor demand is up, holiday bookings are up in the u. k. so obviously the consumer is very optimistic. the supply chain issues have also caused a lot of consumer purchases because people are concerned they won't be able to get those christmas holiday gifts prior to the holidays. so that's also what's kept the retail sector, boyd. so my bet is again, look at the experts. i think the probably the bank of in england will hold steady because what they don't want to do is they don't want to court they, they don't want to either cause inflation and they don't want to stymie the economy . so will they raise them? that's kind of highly doubtful, given the statistics that you just raised, in addition to the consumer confidence. right. so they may back off a little bit. i know there was so much it play there and yeah, right. and another thing here is the fact that, you know, we're not quite out of the, was just whenever it comes to cobit 19. and of course we've heard some different messages from prime minister boars. johnson, he was apologizing after some of his staff members were caught. joking about a christmas party at the hi

u. k. but also with the authorities of the island of jersey for that if we can't resolve the issue with the u. k, we could act that the local level, which might help to cope with some difficult situation is jesse. it is necessary to introduce administrative measures against the u. k. as soon as this bilateral agreement between the european union and the united kingdom is violated as these measures are for the long term. but this does not prevent the fact that negotiations must be continued to they precisely in order to deal with several dozen more regulated licenses. which at the moment unfortunately, have not been issued the french vessels, morgan. and that is your news for now from moscow fight for water. we've got plenty more for you on our t dot com and on our youtube channel as well. i'll be back here though, and just have a half an hour with the next update. ah ah ah, when else so seemed wrong. when all 3, just don't all. you will have to see out the theme because the applicant and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common gro

u. k. but also with the authorities of the island of jersey. so that if we can't resolve the issue with the u. k, we could act at the local level which might help to cope with some difficult situations. yes, yes, it is necessary to introduce of minced of measures against the u. k. as soon as this bilateral agreement between the european union and the united kingdom is violated. thus these measures are for the long term. but this does not prevent the fact that negotiations must be continued to they precisely in order to deal with several dozen more regulated licenses. which at the moment unfortunately have not been issued. the french vessels market court hearings on the case of the mh 17 plane crash will resume in the netherlands to day prosecution is due to make its closing speech on wednesday, malaysia airlines flight i made 70 on route from after amsterdam to kuala lumpur, was shot down over ukrainian control dumbass on july the 17th 2014, all 290 people on board were killed. russia has long maintained that the trials been politicized. our sen

u. k and also another study from south africa. what picture are you getting about the risks from on the chrome? so it's a very impressive piece of work. i mean, both of those studies. and what they show is that in the real world on the chrome does seem to be causing a lower rate of hospitalizations. and this doesn't appear to necessarily because it's a virus that's less severe because of some biological property. but because of the people that it's infecting, so it seems to cause re infections more than parents radiance like delta, which means that people who are getting infected a higher proportion of their have previous immunity which, which provides a good level of protection against severe disease. and that means the overall impact in terms of hospitalizations and the risk of hospitalization is lower for this way. and simply because of it's sort of infecting a different demographic because of the way it can escape and unity much more than delta, it's more infecting people who have been infected before. that is so. so to just r

and my 5 were also reportedly warned by the f b i that cell mana betty was planning an attack in the u. k. which in fact he was none of that was apparently good enough to ban him from entry in 2015 and my 5 received information that summoner baby was in contact with the subject of interest as so i see a so i see was a long standing a so i, because of his previous affiliation with an extremist group in libya, from mid 2015 onwards. and my 5 received information or someone, a baby on several occasions which included conflicting information about his a spousal of pro eisley views. ah, this is abdul rove. abdullah, a convicted terrorist, suspected of radical ising the manchester terrorist. he was friends with the bomber with the bomb his father. more than that, they were brothers in arms within one of libya's largest militant groups. the february 17th martyrs brigade, that's where they learned how to shoot, kill and bomb. not without the help of natal instructors, it was a group that had taken up arms to fight against us in deep. we had to forced us as we were backed up by the whole world and

u. k. have also been at loggerheads in a post braces to speak. see over fission, rice, some of johnson's fellow party empties. if rallied to his defense they were in to pantomime season. not we. and as the french election coming isn't pretty on out for word, cause the prime ministers in the town is the elected prime minister of this country with a very big mandate leading this country through the pandemic. i'm surprised to hear that and, and disappointed openly. i'm sure that we can continue to try and work together to tackle this unconscious that we will. i will hope that we will get a formal response back. we'll artie haitian former british m p. george galloway does say that there is a destructive mood currently flowing through modern european politics. only old fashioned, but i don't think the heads of state and heads of government should be publicly talking to each other and about each other in this way. it is indeed a toxic on tong corby all that we have now. but if bodies johnson is the circus clown, i'm afraid the manual micron is the circ

u. k is also seeing a rec hold search of the government is resisting another lockdown. john holly explains the christmas and new year holiday period was always likely to speed the advance of the micron variant. and so it is proofing in the u. k. a record 129000 new infections were reported on tuesday, but the government's decision not to disrupt new year's celebrations. and instead to emphasize vaccine booster shots reflects positive signs that hospital admissions and death numbers aren't rising with the same intensity. we're looking at the data, we wouldn't hesitate to act if we saw that the data told us that we needed to introduce further measures. but so far that's not what the data is telling us. the cautious optimism that on the chrome may be less of a threat than the previous dealt.

u. k. and also dr. dean agate, a g p. he starts off the conversation. this taste we're talking about was 20 years ago in the 2001 i think it was. and around that sort of time we too would probably have been giving advice off. well, if your diet is rich and go to cast it, keep keep doing it don't necessarily need to supplement. so again, it's really hard to judge what happened back in 2001, based on the standards we have today. can you really bring fun? you can because it's hot, but can you bring the case 20 years after? so the poor afford, i mean, this isn't for linda mind where somebody was given, you know, a tablet it's, it isn't that kind of situation. this scenario shows that you're going to have a much longer time in the future to very clearly document your device we give. and more importantly, actually, the advice that we don't get is going to put a significant down to put our time. one of the, the big challenges that often documentation is about how you are judged because of course, what i do now is medicine. now in 20 years time, we may judge my

u. k. has also broken its daily infection. tommy, with a home 189000 new infections. re challenge reports from the london on the alarming developments out of europe. dedicated, skyrocketing hand, coven hospitalizations in england, or event flyer. since the alarm bells ringing, there's an ami kron serge. it's about to crash over the already struggling national health service. so we keep increasing, especially it of course the pressures are, again, mounting on wake when you've got workforce, as i said, that's already up to $550.00 for nurses on many more. and so 5 things then of course the pressures are building and building and building. so what will it be like? and john, you re contingency plans of being put in place to cope with existing hospital capacity becomes overwhelmed with new temporary boards built the house patients. 8 temporary hub, being built at hospitals around the country, each one with a capacity of $100.00 beds more sites of being planned for an extra $4000.00 bed. if needed, it, hope that none of this will ever be used, but if they're just in case london is preparing for new

u. k . have also been at loggerheads to in a post race dispute over fission rights. and johnson's fellow party and peace, they have rallied to his defense they were in to pantomime season on we in the different selection coming as i'm pretty unhelpful word was the prime ministers in the town is elected prime minister of this country with a very big mandate leading this country through the pandemic. i'm surprised to hear that and, and disappointed and openly am, i'm sure that we can continue to try and work together to tackle this unconscious that we will. i will hope that we'll get a formal response back without he haitian former, pretty champagne south. george galloway says there is a destructive mood at the moment in european politics. oh, me, old fashioned, but i don't think the heads or state and heads of government should be publicly talking to each other and about each other in this way. it is indeed a toxic on tong called the owl that we have now. but if borrows johnson is the circus clown, i'm afraid the manual micron is the circus dwarf and the british and t

u. k, but also a radio host and colonist john gone. and they said, well, they should have thoughts on, on this issue what this is is another example of. busy attacks against my i naughty committee, in this case, it was from a jewish community who was standing united. i'm taking court action against this decision. if you're talking about animal welfare, then you should really be talking about the bo welfare across the board. and the european union under european commission and can be in the europe in europe using this as an excuse to come down on the individual rights of muslims and jews across europe. and i think it's up to you right that is challenged through the court system. i don't agree with this analysis on what the british people think. if there was a similar poll just for the united kingdom, it would unanimously not unanimously but by vast majority, said that animal should be stunned. first, i think animals deserve to be slaughtered humanely. i understand the religious really reasons why both muslim, well, certain sections of m

u. k. but also from evidence from other places where we've seen that manifest, particularly south africa. the reason it's spreading so fast is because not only is it more transmissible, it appears that it's a better virus that infecting us. it's also able to infect people who previously would have regarded themselves as immune because they'd either got natural immunity from having caught current virus recently, or they'd been vaccinated. the fact that this means the entire population is basically available to the virus means that it can spread very, very rapidly. and although we've got reassuring data, clinically, the manifestations seem to be quite mild. most people are saying in south africa, for example, it's a mild illness. there will be some, for whom, despite our best efforts, it's not a mild illness. and under those circumstances, if you've got lots and lots of cases and a very spreadable virus, despite the fact that the symptoms of mild for the majority and only a tiny number will have a severe illness. if you have a very, very significant number of people with the illness, that t

u. k. and we build huge majority of the world small satellites here, but we can't watch them at the moment. so it is a big, big, big opportunity for the u. k. you've also recently signed a deal with sierra space, haven't you? how soon will that translate into a launch? sir? space is a very different system for us, so it will take off vertically somewhere else in the world, but it needs a horizontal spaceport to land dad's will run way to, to return from space. so that will be their return location and where they'll be bringing amazing r and d and research back from microgravity that we can process here in the u. k. and we're looking at doing it out in the next 5 or so years. they're due to have their 1st launch out in colorado, in 2023. so it's a of a few years away still, but it's something that we're working on the concept of operations for at the moment. we've sun emma, you with them. so the relationship will develop over the next few years and we hope to be able to have the landing in the near future. now we've talked a little bit about satellites. what about space tourism could receive that from spice bolts. at the moment we're just focused on sat

also off the 26. the commitment on the u. k. farming industry, the commitments they've had to make in terms of being eco friendly. and they don't have those same regulations and australia. the concern is that it's not a level playing field. that's a concern. now whenever it comes to you, i know we've talked a lot about these trade deals, but whenever it comes to the u. k, the economy, there still are kind of those concerns hanging over, especially about the latest variant of 19 and it spread. now, even though the symptoms are mild, it still has led to a lot of talk that there could be even locked downs again in the country. what's the latest on that? and is that something that you think that the people would, would comply with if they were to be put in place? ok, a few things on that racial number one, you probably heard that netherlands is now total locked down lockdown. and the queen has just announced this is sort of hot news that she has counseling christmas with the roll family sandringham, and that is huge for her to do.

u. k. of also been at loggerheads and a post breakfast dispute over fishing rights. all that said some of the british premier's fellow party employees had been rallying to his defense thing. we're into pantomime season on we and as a friend selection coming, as i'm pretty on out for word. because the prime ministers in the town is the elected prime minister of this country with a very big mandate leading this country through the pandemic. i'm surprised to hear that and, and disappointed and openly, i'm sure that we can continue to try and work together to tackle this unconscious that we will. i will hope that we will get a formal response back. a lottie host of former british m p. george galloway says the world leaders should refrain from making such bitter comments about one another, especially in public discourse. only old fashioned, but i don't think the heads of state and heads of government should be publicly talking to each other and about each other in this way. it is indeed a toxic on tong carbajal that we have now. but if bodies johnson is the circus clown,

u. k. is also co author of chilly social rights and the constitutional moment joins us on skype from london. good to have you with us. so, is this a step forward, a wind for human rights in chile and social rights? well, we shall see. we shall see rights and age. it was clear that the selection has happened at our historical juncture for the country. i know he story cool moments, a unique opportunity to reconsider the role of human rights in the constitution. her, sheila is quite unique in the continent in being one of the only countries there has a little thought where the it, what social rights have little presence in the constitution only compared with the u. s. which obviously has a very old constitution or from the 18th century. so, so chill is now going through our these process and, and, and, and prescient elect boards. and he's going to preside over the latter stages of this process of constitutional reform. and it is quite possible that the new constitution, which is expected to be approve

u. k, have also suggested all me, con, holds a reduced risk of severe disease health, but experts at cautiously optimistic, but still concerned over how fast on me crohn is spreading. that says, astrazeneca claims a 3rd dose of their vaccine protects against omicron. similar to that of pfizer and medina, south africa's also approved johnson johnson's vaccine to be used for boost to jabs . let's bringing it for me to mila now. who's alive for us in johannesburg? hello there for me to. thanks for being with us on this news. our tell us more about this study in south africa. can we be cautiously optimistic? well, that's according to the experts. and i think are they that well, cautiously, cautiously optimistic, but i think also quite confident in terms of some of their findings thus far. they have said, look, these are early indications. but what they have observed is that people are becoming sick, but not severely. so and also there are lower hospitalization rates, especially compared to the 2nd and 3rd, waves of covert 19 in south africa. at this point, just 8 percent of hospital beds are fold b

u. k. of also been at loggerheads and post for exit dispute over that of fishing. right. and some of johnson's fellow party and peter rallied to his defense. they weren't phantom unseasonably in the different selection coming in. some pretty unhelpful word, because the prime ministers in the town is elected prime minister of this country with a very big mandate leading this country through the pandemic. i am surprised to hear that and, and disappointed and openly am. i'm sure that we can continue to struggle together to tackle this unconscious that we will. i will hope that will get formal response back at the host and former m p. george galloway says there seems to be a bit of a destructive mood in european politics. these days on the old fashioned, but i don't think the heads of state and heads of government should be publicly talking to each other and about each other in this way. it is indeed a toxic on tong corby all the we have now. but if borders, johnson is the circus clown, i'm afraid the manual micron is the circus dwarf and the british and the french deserve be

u. k. of also been at loggerheads and opposed to brick. that dispute over fishing rides and some of johnson's fell upon him. he is a rally to his defend thing. we're in to pantomime season, not we in the different selection coming, and i'm pretty unhelpful. would go to prime ministers in the town. he's the elected prime minister of this country with a very big mandate leading this country through the pandemic. i'm surprised to hear that and, and disappointed openly. i'm sure that we can continue to struggle it together to tackle this unconscious that we will. i will hope that we will get 4 more response back realty host into a former employee, george galloway. so as a bizarre mood and european politics these days, only old fashioned. but i don't think the heads of state and heads of government should be publicly talking to each other and about each other in this way. it is indeed a toxic on tong corby all that we have now. but if, but as johnson is the circus clown, i'm afraid the manual micron is the circus dwarf and the british and the f

u. k. have also suggested omi called holds reduced risk of severe disease health experts. cautiously optimistic, but still concerned over how fast on the crown is spreading. that says, astrazeneca claims, as food severe vaccine protects against me. crohn similar to that who finds that? and medina, south africa is also approved in johnson. and johnson is vaccine to be used for the booster jabs. for more on this story, let's bring in for me to mila who's alive for us in johanna. big hello. that for me, that tell us a little bit more about the study in south africa and how we can be cautiously optimistic. all experts so far are saying that it could potentially be promising in terms of just how sick people get or rather the how, perhaps not severely they become ill. they become a given that, that yes on the crime does appear to spread very quickly. there's been a to under an 8 percent increase in infections in southern africa loan in the last 4 weeks. so the is that increase in numbers for that is also coming from a low base. but what they're also pointing out is that the rate of hospitalizations a

u. k. retrain will also be discussed. natasha battle has as update from paris ahead of the meeting of european leaders. the french government been watching the situation in the u. k. very closely. indeed. and they've decided to impose restrictions effectively banning non essential travel between the u. k and frogs, effective from saturday. now, french citizens and residents will be able to return to france, where anyone having to travel in this period of time from saturday onwards, we'll have to have a p c, or tassel depaul choate arrival. they will have to self isolate the french government. it says that it is particularly concerned of course, about trying to stop the spread of the oma kron variance. briscoe operations are and away in parts of the philippines that have been hit by one of the strongest storms in the world, a sheer official say about 10000 villages in the path of the typhoon associated presses, calling on the f t a p. government to immediately release a freelance video journalist attain 2 weeks ago. i mean among kyoto was arrested in the capital out of arbor accused of promotin

u. k, and others are also reducing isolation and other countries may follow, including germany, france, and italy. but how risky is this strategy? the cdc is own modeling, found that after 5 days of quarantine, there was still a 35 percent chance that a person could pass on the virus. now that risk reduces to one percent after 10 days. so why shorten the isolation period? well, previous variance, they had an average incubation time of around 5 days. however, some studies are showing that all me current has a faster incubation period. around 3 days infected people may develop symptoms more quickly, and some are arguing that that could allow quarantine to begin and end earlier. but other scientists are urging caution wanting that there is still much we do not know about. the impact of ami kron, the decision to reduce isolation periods, may be welcome news to millions of people stuck at home. but it's a calculated risk that is being made to get people back to work. sketch up on some other developments in the pandemic. south african researchers have found a booster shot of johnson and johns

u. k. p. m was also infamous with ronald reagan for chicago school privatization that would metastasize around the world. her legacy would be continued by successive tory liberal and labor politicians, and this christmas, $4000000.00 u. k. children will be in poverty while to night. 40000000 in the usa cannot eat without food stamps. so as lennon said, what is to be done? joining me now from boston is the one who thinks he has the answer. economists, michael albert, author of the new book, no bosses, a new economy for a better world. michael, welcome to going under ground right at the top of the new book and we come to have to do justice to the complexities are an arguments in, in the book, but right of the brad, the top performer, greek finance minister says or marks, famously vague about what follows revolution after capitalism? tell me about a new economy for a better world and how you are, how you decided to write about what comes afterwards. well, i did the original work with robinson now friend of

u. k. but it's also very nerve wracking for the mall kits which have already been on a total road coast right over the last couple of months. but of course, who has taken the biggest head of all people. i mean, i was absolutely shock to read that europeans will pay 900 percent more the natural gas in january 2022 than they did in january 2021. so i really think looking at this picture now, it's not an exaggeration say, it's a pretty di situation. a lot of this russian gas that goes into europe. it hasn't, they didn't fill up their coffers during last summer. so they were, as you were saying that the gas levels were low, prices have gone up, but russia is the one who's apparently taken the blame and, and certainly the u. k. media and the tabloids in the european media. they've been having russia for these high prices. it is a big supplier of gus to europe. and how was moscow reacting to all of this? while you are right around 30 percent of europe, natural gas that comes from russia. so you'd think then, given how desperate the situation is that brussels would know what side it's bread is butte

u. k to cab the spread of the armor, chrome variant. that's as the u. k. c's, a record number of infections, not south korean hospitals are also being overwhelmed by a surgeon. the number of critically ill patients, there are warnings that the system is on the brink of collapse and on the african continent, the delta, normal kron variants, have driven infections up by nearly 83 percent. that's the fastest search anywhere in the world. this year. natasha butler is lying for us in paris, sir, keeping an eye what's going on across europe. and of course there is this news about france timing it's borders, especially when it looks towards the u. k. yes, that's correct. fraud. the french government have been watching the situation in the u. k. very carefully indeed, and they've decided to improve further restrictions on travel. essentially, all non essential travel between the u. k and frauds will be banned. as of fact today, now french residence and citizens will be able to return to fraud, but they will have to have p c all test before leaving and all the arrival and have to self isolate the french government. very concerned by the high concrete numbers that ar

u. k. and the u. s, it also expressed concern about rights abuses in this conflict. the u. s. state department just last week said it was concerned about reports that to gray enforce is committed killings and rapes in am hora region of ethiopian government itself. objects to this commission being set up, it says it have a capacity to investigate. these allegations of abuse isn't to deliver justice domestically, but rights groups say in spite of repeated promises to do so that to date it's failed to. to do that. watching out his air ally from london cilla had on the program a flare up in fighting between men mas minute trained ethnic rebels drive more than 2 and half 1000 vintages into thailand, including hundreds of children. also, i protest is rally foreign against he needs his president on the anniversary at the uprising that sparked the arab sprain. ah hello no sir. we have a big drop in temperature is come in for europe more on that in his heck. hello, everyone, good to see, but 1st the here and now high pressure, the driver of the school bus for northwestern sections o