u. k. okay, thank you very much for your time. and joining us here on al jazeera, i mean, in the developing world, coal is easier and cheaper and cheaper option sort of help small industry recover. certainly from the pandemic, and it's vital for some nations ready to get back on their feet. it's, and you might say an easy argument to make at this moment in time. but those words are very welcome bye. a number of people, a number of organizations and governments elsewhere around the globe. so that's a saturday, right? if you have a, an option immediately in front of yourself, you will, you will use it. and that's what's been the case around the world this past year. but fundamentally, that's a bit of a divergence from the underlying trend about when new investment is going. and what we are now seeing is that renewables, such as wind and solar, are now cheaper than, than investment in new call for power generation. and are actually increasingly becoming cost competitive or cheaper than existing co generation. so, re pandemic, the und

u. k. okay, on to other news, the un security council unanimously adopted a resolution allowing humanitarian aid into afghanistan. the council voted to apply a sanctions exemption, meaning governments and agencies can now send money and goods to the country for the 1st time. since the taliban took power. and millions of afghans do desperately need food and medicine. kristen salome reports now from new york is, will not cook as by the un security council, paved the way for more aid to afghanistan unanimously. passing the u. s. sponsored resolution, explicitly stating humanitarian assistance and other activities that support basic human needs and afghanistan are not a violation of international sanctions. china supported the resolution after pushing back against an initial draft requiring case by case aid exemptions. thank you. thank you for the current situation in afghanistan is at a critical stage facing monte pom, arduous and complex challenges. the most important task is to help africa unders

u. k is doing badly. okay, but that's not true. of many other countries are politicians do not care about migrants because migrants do not vote what they are doing is managing their electorate and managing their electric through. ready immigration policies means that these immigration policies are made by non migrants for non migrants, the electorate, and they're not aimed at migrate. so politicians actually do not care about what migrants do in the country. and it seems like we have mobilized the bull electorate who, which is empty immigration, which is very happy that we detain and support all the time, including children, including pregnant women. and that's what our politicians are doing. and we can blame them. we have the best system we've ever invented to govern ourselves electoral democracy and they respond to the electoral pressure. and the electoral pressure is not come from people who are pro immigration from missouri to thank you . my pleasure. after the break, as the un general assembly discusses palestine, is the time

u. k. it is still functioning. okay. and the crew are said to be safe and said to be one of the most important wetlands in the world. the doin yona, national park in the south of spain is a unesco world heritage site and a refuge for migrating birds and endangered animals. but as natasha glenarm reports, the park is suffering from years of water theft by farmers. and now a drought. with every season a different diana emerges. scenes 57 year old national park is nature's tableau of wetlands beaches dunes and pine forest ecosystems. scientists call the wetlands one of the most important on the planet. yet these days it's the dry season year round at this unesco world heritage site. you can see that it is not an an integral to stage now because they know what they're so old a species of finding on some video, those which should be a perfect fit in the say that half or so if thrown in here they are in children 3000 seasonal pods used to dot the wetlands today. there are less than $100.00. the world wildlife fund or w w. f sa

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okay, that's france. now the u. k with jonah hall in london. i think we got used to certainly let's say a year ago john, we got used to the idea of more cases means more restrictions. the u. k. government definitely reversing that trends now. well, i mean, look at the differences between now and a year ago, principally of course, the vaccinate vaccine program and a different strain of the virus. so bit on that, we don't know everything that we need to know about yet. but one that is already showing some evidence from south africa and corroborated here in the u. k. so far as producing a less severe form of the disease is producing fuel hospitalizations. when you do go to hospital, you are in hospital for less time and it is that sort of data that the government here is looking at the prime minister when he made that announcement, say that there will be no new restrictions this side of new year. great musicals for businesses and hospitality for sections of the public as well. who can now get together? mascot, mass gatherings can go ahead, bars an

okay, moving on now the u. k. has started to record all me chron cases in their sizes. that very, it now comes for 20 percent of all infections in the country, nearly half in london as well. one death in total. that's the total confirmation linked to the. so name newton, straight bar, as johnson has not brought in his plan being new restrictions on an accelerated rule out of the strict jobs, but many members of his own party, they're not convinced it's the way forward. we are not a papers please society, this is not nazi germany. well, the prime minister lake is instruction to the nation is get to boosted and now the aim really is to get every single adult in the country vaccinated with that boosted job. by the end of this month, the is quite ambitious then really because that would mean i'm 1000000000 people need to be jobs every single day, and i'm outside saint thomas hospital here in central london. and as you can see, the queue is really piling up. now this morning, in fact being a chances are telling people to stop trying to book their boost the online the system

u. k is predominantly a professional services economy and this is actually giving the okay for up to 3 years of what they're calling sort of the visa holiday. which means that there's a that can be a transference of the professional staff from the u. k to australia. that's a huge deal and it's extended, it used to be 30 years old now it's extended to 35 years old. so if you are a professional with a family to they've also lifted the restrictions on family employment. so your young professional, you have a wife or husband, you have kids, you can move to australia or vice versa to the u. k. so that's huge in terms of professional services. then in terms of a lot of products, it is actually eliminated all terrorists between both countries. this, to quote, the ceo of the british australian chamber of commerce date, david mccord re, this is a win win creation. there aren't any loses in this situation, particularly for the u. k. perspective for confectionary on products, cheeses, immensely, of course, and then whiskey, and a lot of the u. k. a micro cultural products going into australia and then

okay, well let's turn to the u. k. no, because as far as johnson denies dining street staff party last year during a strict national lockdown senior members of the conservative party, reportedly now admit to hosting a separate similar event, also disregarding and t k with measures. so let's go to london, to speak with our correspondent, the shadow, especially for the latest and shadowy a good evening, or johnson under a lot of pressure. tell us more than about these, this latest admission. well, things have unfold as much like as much as the nation would have really expect it to be honest, more and more revelations and allegations of gatherings and christmas parties. in fact, as around 6 in speculation at the moment. now the conservative party has reportedly admitted at least one party took place last december on december. the 14th, when the prime minister was hang the rest of the country to think very carefully about what you do and how you can protect others. therefore, please do follow the rules. obviously though, t

okay. richard restrictions, some parents in the u. k. a q hospitals of discriminating against children with down syndrome in a bed have free up beds. during the pandemic we had from a mother who was all to find a do not was off the table death. i thought when she did, i, well job is that's my son's life that you're asking with down syndrome, but that's got nothing to do with the latest polling shows the most us democrats now don't one joe biden, to running 2024. we look back at his boss and i'll put a brown. this is all the international live from a most good thanks, which choosing update ways good to happy with getting started. europe is facing a new wave of angry street. protests, governments are tightening the screws on the on vaccinated. one protest in germany, a 4 year old child was caught in pepper spray as police moved and the, according to the police, the child was complete. the symptom free again off the un. i was officers launched a formal complaint against the mother for in danger and her child, meanwhile, and from anger, gave

okay, well meanwhile in the u. k, the government has promised no new restrictions. charlotte, what is the situation like in the u. k. right here in england, no new restrictions are set to be announced this week making this festive period very different to last year when millions were essentially told christmas was cancelled no restrictions coming into play here. but in scotland while northern island, they're all expecting more restrictions to come in after the christmas period. now, prime minister boris johnston says he's been weighing up the severity of the all micron very, and he's very much relying on the booster program here. it's really has been rum top over the last couple of weeks, given we know the efficacy of boost is against the on the crone very and, but this is all set against the backdrop of an abstract, tidal wave of cases at the moment. the last 2 days have seen over a 100000 new cases in the u. k. that's the highest number of confirmed cases since my testing began since the start of the pandemic. so t

okay, covered news and starting in the u. k, where the prime minister birth johnson's facing pressure to impose stricter restrictions after more than 122000 cases were reported on friday, where we challenges in london to take us through this. and i guess it's important always to remind our international audience where we, when we talk about a lack of restrictions, we're talking about england and weight, which is 80 percent of the u. k. population. yeah, they all have the different ways of making decisions and scotlands wales and northern not and have their own devolved parliaments which are responsible at the moment when making those health health decisions that result in lockdown or otherwise england doesn't have that kind of devolved parliament. it is governed by boris johnson's government, based out at westminster, right? when governments where the others a more left wing leaning and so far as johnson's parliamentary policy, his cabinets politically opposed. i think you can safely say to lockdown left, absolutely necessary,

okay, well let me turn to the u. k. now, because his board johnson denies, dang. st staff party blasted during a strict national lockdown senior members of the conservative party, reportedly admit to hosting a separate, similar event, also disregarding and t k with measures. let's get the latest now. i had to london to speak with our correspondent shadow edward stashed the good afternoon t shandey, the prime minister under a lot of pressure over this. just run through them. what we know about this latest admission. well, 24 hours later this soccer really has unfolded much like the nation. really thought it would with more relevant revelations and allegations of gatherings and christmas parties. tis the season off to rule you might say. but now the conservative party is reportedly admitting as of the party did indeed take place in westminster headquarters jury had the corona virus restrictions last year in december. and now tory stop apparently dots and drunk their way through the night at a party house in the basement o

okay, so transit still possible then how is the reaction there in the u. k. is making waves although they did have plans to go to france, clearly very, very disappointed. we're hearing that they've been neither rushing to counselor, as i say, rushing together across the border. they've been noises from tours and bodies as well. they've described this as a hammer blow. obviously they've been very, very badly affected by the pandemic over the last year and a half. so another blow to them. but a lot of people in the u. k. i have to say really focused on the domestic situation . cross to said it's and post these restrictions because it's the rapid spread of all the crowns in the u. k. it says it wants a chance to increase it 1st to jam that but the situation in the u. k. really is quite alarming at the moment. the number of cases has been rising, the 3 days running, and i think it is those case numbers that font is looking at him in day will prime minister of ours johnson and his government have been criticized both domestically and internationally. for what many

okay. richard risk friction. some parents in the u. k. accused hospitals, open discriminating against children with down syndrome and a bed to free up beds. during the pandemic, we have from a mother who was off define a do not resuscitate us on when she said it, why? well, that's my son's life that you're asking with stable? no, i mean she has down syndrome, but that's got nothing to do with whatever shipping the stuff tight. so now the latest polling shows that most us democrats now don't want joe biden to run in 2024 . we look back at his last year in a hour every hour. this is all to international life from moscow. thanks for choosing off today was good to have that your company are well 1st story fi. this how why europe is facing a new wave of angry street. protests governments are tightening the screws on the on vaccinated. i one protest in germany, a 4 year old child was quoted at the spray as police moved in. oh, what? according to the police, the child was a complete ease symptom free again after an i wash of since no one so for

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. >>> so will jimmy g play on sunday? that's the big question surrounding the 49ers this week. suffered what coach shanahan says is grade three sprain of a thumb ligament in last thursday's loss that has his status for sunday in doubt. but garoppolo said he has definitely a chance to play. 49ers could clinch a playoff spot if they win and new orleans saints lose. if jimmy g can't play, trey lance will make start. >>> forcing postponement of their game against cal, stanford set to play the bears sunday, but game put on hold. last week stanford had to drop out of a game because of health and safety protocols. cal and stanford will look to reschedule. in the meantime, cal will play arizona state this sunday. >>> covid surge forced cancellation of five college football games, holiday bowl had to be canceled after ucla had covid cases in the team, nc state was declared the winner and proudly declared the winner. they weren't happy with ucla, believe replacements could have been found if ucla was more transparent about dealing

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. >>> a pennsylvania community is rallying around a family devastated by a christmas morning fire. a gofundme page raised more than $600,000 for kristen king after the deaths of her husband and two of their sons. >> that's just tragic. >>> and saturday's fire in kwarktown is still under investigation, but officials are focusing on a symbol of the season. >> the massive fire killed 40-year-old eric king and sons liam, 11, and patrick, 8. kristen king and their investigators say a dried out christmas tree may be to blame. >> we're looking at the christmas tree that may have ignited as a result of christmas lights on that christmas tree. >> i didn't see anybody, so i thought that they got everybody out, but, you know, it was kind of sad, you know, it was -- really sad to realize that not everybody was saved. >> the fire also dried a nearby home. a family of four in that house was not hurt. >>> turning overseas now, two dams burst sunday in northeastern brazil after weeks of heavy rains. threatening the region with more flooding. no deaths or injuries have bee

u. k. u s. compared with south africa, a country where there's a relatively low level of uptake vaccine, 50 percent in some of the country. okay, so south africa's largest private insurance company actually is saying this new variant is not making up the most of the new cases in the country. as you mentioned, they just have a little listen to this for us. immediate briefing on about an hour ago with south africa, top medical research council, through the surveillance done by the network for generic surveillance in south africa. and you can see, indicated in red on this talk, how the army kron variance is now dominating infections. and is responsible now for more than 90 percent of infections in south africa. displacing this green variance, which was the delta variant that drive the previous wife and the, the recent infections up to the advent of on the cron here in south africa. so when we hear that and where we hear what you just said as well, chris does it almost, i'll use this term loosely justify what governments are doing because a lot of people look at bars, johnson and such a job at the other day talking about you know,

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u. k. prison. accuse of publishing the truth about or crimes about the i killed teams. okay. what, here's how we reached this point in 2019 june songs with forcefully removed by british police from equity embassy in london. after the country terminated the 7 years silent. he had sought refuge following sexual assault allegations were sweden, which were later dropped. the british authorities arrested him on a separate charge of jumping bail. america wants the weekly founder extradited on claims of conspiring to high government computers. and also publishing classified material was we spoke with an essay whistleblower william binnie about the case and also with rafael korea, the former president of that could all whose administration gave assange political asylum according to what a gift to london court gave to the united states on the human rights day. that's grim irony on human rights stated the rights of the journalist are blatantly violated and his sin was telling the truth. if a sancha revealed the secrets of china, russia, or left wing latin american governments such as m

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. ling anxious about the future, you're not alone.id-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> one of the toughest opponents the warriors have faced this year is their own covid protocol list. andrew wiggins cleared to play tonight but almost simultaneously draymond green becomes the latest warrior to enter covid protocol joining three other teammates. show must go on in san francisco and it did. warriors taking on the nuggets. steph curry entering the game. he is just one three pointer away from reaching 3,000 for his career. didn't get it in the first quarter or the second quarter but this is the third quarter. and there it is. 3,000 for steph curry. that's wow. last time he went into an entire game without making a three pointer was 157 games ago back in 2018. warriors come back from 25 down, tie it late in the game only to end up falling to the nuggets, 89-86. what an effort, though. sharks first game since december 16th three games have been cancelled, sharks got thomas hurdle back. battling t

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. ama: that is how you recycle a christmas tree and san francisco. tradition begins next week, running from the third to the 14th. more than 500 tons of christmas trees, turning them into mulch for landscaping projects. drew: it's cold out thecold outt will get colder tonight. we are still tracking some scattered showers for the next 24 hours, but after tomorrow, things are quiet out there. 48 in fremont bay. scattered s s s s and snow and the cold air remains in place for wednesday. increased cloud cover showers moving through, it is not a squatted -- not as cold as last night but still chilly. take the reindeer with you if you are out and about on wednesday. showers will be moving through so you will need a heavy jacket. temperatures barely topped the upper 40's to low 50's by the afternoon. the forecast, we tracked that rain and snow mix tomorrow. things quiet down thursday and friday, the weekend looking really nice. monday and tuesday is when the wet weather returns. ama: chris is here with more moe today's breaking sports news. chris: the sport

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. ama: as we near the end of the year we reflect on what we have been through. the pandemic has abandoned the lives of student athletes, we followed three bay area student athletes for the year to make the new series lost season. here is one story. >> coming from a home, not having all of the resources made it difficult. having that constant structure made it difficult and as a coach i try to do what i can to support him and make sure he is on track with everything. >> when you meet somebody, you can tell how they are. when i met the coach he was not like the people who wanted me to be on their team. >> sacrifice. if we can help them develop, that is all it's about, give us a chance. >> a solid skill set, he is confident ball handler and passes well. >> he does a nice job of making plays in transition, he moves the ball and a half-court setting, he finishes on the drive. a fairly good shooter with three point range. >> a 2021 prospect worth checking out. that is pretty much may actually

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. >>> they are a product of the pandemic.ooking for a new partner in march 2020. >> luckily, they found instant chemistry because they had no time to look further once the world shut down. here's a chance to learn more about them with the olympics less than two months away. >> i have a french bulldog. his name is chowder. >> we're a pairs figure skater. we live and train in irvine, california. >> i was thinking of a lot of different names. >> be honest. tell them what happened. >> i was going to name him loin. and i was going to knight him and call him sirloin. >> he put on this, is bowser. >> and then, i didn't gel right. when i had him, he is like my little cup of chowder. he's my cup of chowder. >> one time i had to baby sit chowder. and i put one of my cat's tutus on him. and brandon wasn't too happy about it. >> no. >> if you were skating with your husband, how did the two of you come to skate together? >> long story. we had successful careers with other partners. we reached a point where it was time to start something n

okay. will be all right, please to say we can go back to the u. k. m. speak with our correspondent there shout. he had boost ashley. he was telling sir, bout how residents i think it's up to 30000 residents. a still without power for 6 day off. for a big storm in the u. k. a shout to you, you, you are commenting on how many residents they're having to stay in hotels and the bill is being footed by the local council. yes, that's absolutely right, because of course the damage caused by storm are when has been totally catastrophic . the region has seen fallen trees day bree in the road, in people's gardens and even power lines completely on the floor. i've seen that myself driving through the area around 1000000 homes and businesses were shut off entirely at the beginning of the situation last week. official statistics, though, se 97 percent of all of these places have now been let back up. however, the statistics, official ones seem to be quite contradictory to what i'm seeing here on the ground . still people in these kind of remote places are in a total

okay. well, at last check, santa was near england in the u k fine over wales and now it looks like a.heer and sending some north atlantic are too. interesting. we'll be tracking him all night long here on kron 4 news if case waiting for your gift. kron 4 is teaming up with the souper bowl of caring to help support local food charities. so if you'd like to donate, you can use your phone to scan the qr code on the screen and text and y e donate 2, 2, 6, 9, 8, 9, you can also visit tackle hunger dot org and pick a local charity to help. well before we sign off on this christmas eve here at kron 4 news at 3. we have one final check of the weather with no brakes or andrea ghez. hey there, la. yeah. we're tracking some pretty dry conditions for most of the bay area. but scattered showers off the coast. >> making its way into the north bay and now heading eastward into the east bay. but we're going to see widespread light to moderate and heavy downpours tonight. impacting your christmas day and snow showers continuing to blanket the sierra. but we are seeing right now. storm clouds increasin

okay. when, again, the holiday spirit, one woman in the u k knows how to do it. holds the title in the guinness book of world records ornaments from every place that you visited. there's one from vegas. she hopes to continue breaking her own record. with at least 2000 pieces next. christmas. and someone in the bay area's a lot richer today. the winner of 11 million dollar lottery prize. the super lotto plus ticket was purchased at a 7 11 store in san jose. it matched all 5 winning numbers from last night's drawing which were 5, 8, 9 1939 the mega number was 9. we don't have many details on the winner just yet. it's not reset because she's here but winning lottery tickets must be postmarked or received by california lottery offices within 100, 80 days of the date of the draw. so check out those tickets. and now it's time to check in with newsnation to see what the team in chicago is working on for tonight's. >> tonight. and dan abrams live on news nation playing defense in 2 of the most followed trials in the nation. former officer kim potter preparing to take the

u. k. have chosen to tighten down and they're looking at what's happening in the, in england and being very worried indeed. okay, so then how these calls for sensible celebrations being taken out by the public or a couple of hours away from midnight. what fit lie count while i'm on the embankments on the thames, this normally in any usual year is absolutely rams. with people who be coming down here. so you wait for the fi works that will light up the thames at midnight. now we have been told that that is not happening this year, but there are plenty people here coming down there with the expectation that something is going to happen. london is a busy city tonight. i've been out walking the streets. the restaurants of gold pubs are full and people are out there in the mood for a celebration of some sort. they all are allowed to. as i said in england, there have been no new restriction. so there is nothing to stop people coming on doing it. other than the edge from birth johnson to play cautiously this year in other parts of the u. k. scotland, wales, and northern on it. it's not the same night clubs, the closed

okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. ♪ ♪ >> mike: much of the focus of build back better's derailment has beenraphic leader chuck schumer also looking at senate republicans for congressional gridlock. it joining us now, senator roy blunt of missouri, a member of g.o.p. leadership. senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> senator blunt: good to be with you, mike. >> mike: senator blunt, your democratic colleague joe manchin argued single handily sunk the bill back better this week but that overlooks the g.o.p. senators who were no votes as well. there's president biden tuesday making an impassioned plea on behalf of families he says would benefit from passing that legislation. >> president biden: imagine being a parent, looking at a child and you can't afford, you have no house to borrow against, you have no savings. it's wrong. >> mike: how do you respond to that criticism from the president? >> senator blunt: well, i think the biggest challenge that families are facing right now is the inflation, inflation numbers as high as they've been in for decades. of the impact families at the gro

u. k. to only those with compelling reasons. french nationals, residents, and their families, all arrivals have to isolate truck drivers though, are exempt in. okay, so to calculate noblesse can we come into this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further tighten the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of a micron variant cases in our territory. so much, and during this time we vaccinated with the booster shots, but for the 2nd day running the u. k. has logged a record breaking number of new cases. 88000 or micron is spreading through this country faster than any previous various forest. johnson's government is focusing on vaccine boosters as its principal weapon that and urging people to think about where they go and who they see. we wouldn't want to make your choices for you about your social life. won't closing things, but we are saying is people should be cautious and they should think about their activities in the in the raptor took to christmas on the streets of london's west end. those i spoke to didn't seem overly sons. just took the mouthpiece to put jack . yeah. get it. i get anoth

okay, so it's multi month multiple approach that is needed. ok, we'll come back to the boost as in a 2nd but, but the u. k. we know has raised its cobra level from 3 to 4. in your experience briefly, is this going to be enough to slow the spread of a micron given that scientists believe it's more transmissible than the delta variant? it's very difficult because already we've got an exponential rise in case numbers, and this is why i'm feeling depressed that we're not talking about masks and stay at home and cancel the parties and, and bars. johnson seems to be, as you say, putting his hopes on speeding up the booster campaign. how much more protection will the booster job give against on the chrome? because we already hearing that on the cron might be able to evade vaccines to some degree. yes, indeed. so only kron is maybe a little bit vaccine, erase, save. however, what the boost is, do is produce a large amount of those antibodies, also a slightly more diverse range of antibodies. and therefore, we can say that that boost works against delta, as well as against omi crime, because we have more of faith a

okay, thank you for that. a picture catherine sawyer reporting from nairobi today. now, as promised, jonah hall in london for a look at the u. k. in europe, where there are record can record numbers of cases everywhere. but as ever it's about the context, the bigger picture, which has to include vaccinations and importantly, hospitalizations, hospitalisation of taking up. but not with anything like the trajectory of the infection numbers is on. the con, continues, it's sort of relentless search here and across europe as well. records tumbling everywhere, frankly. record infections reported here in the u. k. on tuesday, 129000 infections reported in just one day. and similarly, france, italy, portugal greece, cypress, all breaking records. you've got the netherlands in switzerland reporting on the convent. it is now the dominant variant in that countries. germany says it will be in the coming days, finland, and even sweden, adding to the list of countries imposing new restrictions, travel restrictions in their cases. of course, vaccinations continue. booster programs being emphasized by most government, all governments doing di

u. k. supreme court has ruled it was illegal for police to drop a proven to alleged torture committed by a british soldiers in northern ireland in the seventy's. okay, so late for the troubles when hundreds of suspected ira members were detained, often without charge. 14 of those arrested was rejected to brutal interrogation techniques. these will be recognized as illegal francis mcguigan, one of those fall train told us what he went through. i was booted forced to stand against a wall finger tips and tip trolls. small mom back pushed them to my body was actually old. with this constant weight noise, the command took over bran. weaver denied chile. we also were denied jewish. a toilet they took were moved my own closure in a boiler suit. the boiler shirt was may day, close my nice clothes and my toilet for 7 days. and that just went on and we are forced to stand against the wall to your fingertips and that in the stress position, the body, you only stand too much and you would collapse what state you would just be taken back up up against the wall. and that, that was constant for the shopping dads. i finished up with the broken ribs. i still have n

okay, we'll, let's move on to junior sanchez instead of because this is another major story. it's happened over the last few days to the u. k. caught his rule that assange is no longer or his health is no longer a barrier to his extradition, to the united states because of the assurances they've and i received from the us. i know you for this case closely what, what are your thoughts on that really? when i saw the reporting on friday, i was saddened and shocked. and as far as i've been following your channel, it's the only one that really speaks and spoke about short. and i saw she was not in the headlines in most european papers. it's, it was, it was not breaking news there. and julian assault is punished for having revealed walk crimes and the decon leaks revelations of december 2009. i remember them very clearly because what was published showed to my reading and we are here back to the topic of diplomacy more. they're rather low level or the superficial level of the, of the cables from the u. s. embassy. so, i mean, there are some which were interesting, but many others which were more the summing up of the daily press

u. k, which reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day in a row, at more than 88000 situation in france isn't much better though. it's reported almost $61000.00 cases. it okay, so to calculate noblesse, can you come into oh city. this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further type minette to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of our micron variant cases in our territory. and during this time, we vaccinate with the booster shots, going forth into huddled south careers, limiting gatherings to a maximum of 4 people. as long as they're vaccinated, amid a surgeon, cases and hospitalizations. restaurants and bars will also be forced to close at 9 o'clock each night. restrictions come amid warnings, the countries hospitals are being overwhelmed by critically ill patients. breski operations are underway and parts of the philippines that have been hit by one of the most powerful storms in the well, this year typhoon rise, strengthened to a category 5 storm before making landfall in the southern philippines. official say around $10000.00 vintages are in the projected pass restore. in australia 5 children have been ki

okay, we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us. and speaking to us from south africa in now new restrictions are being imposed been parts of the u. k. ahead of new years eve, scotland wales and northern ireland, or clamping down on large gatherings to curb the spread of the crown variance. no restrictions have not been announced for england that has the highest infraction rates and frances report and yet another record number of corona virus cases. it's the 1st time it's surpassed $100000.00 cases in a single day. president emmanuel macros due to hold a meeting with his cabinet to discuss potential new restrictions. hundreds of people have marched through the streets of barcelona to protest against mandatory covert passes to enter bars and restaurants. the spanish region of catalonia introduced tough measures on christmas eve to slow the spread of the army kron variance. people have been banned from leaving their homes between one and 6 o'clock in the morning. it also the order, the closer of night clubs, while restaurants and gems have been required to operate at 50 percent capacity. and many hospitals in the us don't have enough

okay, kind of open a new york. thank you for that. britain is led by a clown now saw the french president's brand at boris johnson as france, his former u. k envoy bones the relations of hit that was to more than 200 years. and they didn't pay from johnston's party, brushed off microns insult. calling his anti british stance a pantomime, designed to win votes ahead of next year's french presidential election. i'm crohn allegedly made thee deeply on diplomatic remarks in a private conversation after a growing number of public route. bobo talks to me, full speed, everything's going well. we have grown up conversations, but he strikes me before and after, as having an inelegant way about him. it's always the same circus. it sought to see such a great country with which we could do so much led by a clown. in the latest spot, micron took offense to a letter. johnson tweeted that appeared to blame france for the record flows of asylum seekers. or paris probably scrapped its invitation to the u. k. to crunch european talks of migration. last week, recalls 27 migrants died, attempting to make the perilous journey across the english channel. as the

okay, george, always good to tell shape. we're going to leave it. that was george galloway, a former british m p. an rti have the speaking to his there from the u. k. thanks for coming on. revising his broken i with us them within the us democratic party after one of its own sentences to the balance in the senate by refusing to vote in favor of jo biden's near to trillion dollar bill back better bill joe mentioned immediately, dri fury though from the white house, his move is seen as a fatal blow to present to the president's flagship plan, although apparently not by biden himself. do you believe magic word? you don't trust your banker legislation, not for some people think maybe i'm not irish, please hold a grudge. but i want to get things done. i still think there's a possibility. can you build back better, john? leave know by and see me on face by it. all. he did paved the way for a further rift in american politics with the democratic party. now, facing a crisis of confidence as ask, the tailor explains by didn't promise to build back better than long time friend, joe munch and went to the fox news and blew up the president's campaign promises

u. k. the moment the prime minister is saying, if you've had one vaccine or 2 vaccinations is not important, now you need a booster every 6 months. is that so it is at the future. okay, think of how we can if i'm not, i'm not a scientist. i'm not the medical doctor, so i don't want to do and getting something that is not up to me. but i did did did the consent. it's about the accessing places where they didn't do not there. baxa, they had to the 1st doses and add these iniquities or something that were calling to be fixed. so do you hear hours from button for sure, i think that we have to leave. we deserve disease that for a very long time, and yes is not, i'm not going to be olvera, especially if we will continue to need. we need to in the, in the, in the same way as we are doing now. you mentioned a few moments ago about about how difficult it is to get mass vaccinations to the developing world. for example, you've seen a huge amount of nationwide inoculation rates and parts of europe, parts of america as well. but in places like africa, for example, they're not getting the number of jobs that they need. is there something that you can do? your older organizations

u. k. right now? so i for example, we have the we haven't you, i hope that you can be kind of yes. so i, i persuades dance and any countries from them from the us. yeah. okay. awesome. so for example, you, you, in a to the 20th century, new york was the biggest, loose out the war. and that the emergence of the you is also because you don't want to p for future at all. impede games is for the p for future. so i believe that any countries, including a huge or not part of the us, you can all street it and let sparse belong to support and the politics to politics . i thought at wang when the executive director of the chung young institute for financial studies, thank you very much for joining us, your analogy international. we really appreciate your insight. thank you. you. thank you so now a half or 6 in the evening here at moscow. thanks for joining us. we're naughty international. it's been a busy day so far the evening is not going to slow down. we can guarantee you that we are back soon with more of your world wide headlines.

okay, thank you. do any of you share location data with the company that's in this article? it's i think h-u-k, they're a major data. >> senator, i've never heard of that company and i'm not aware. >> senator, i'm not aware of the company, but we also don't collect gps data. >> you would be affiliated with them in some way. i mean, they're getting this information anyway. so, i'm sorry, the last witness if you -- >> senator, i'm also not aware of the company. >> maybe you can help us for the record on this so that we know. but this is exactly what the public is frustrated about and concerned about particularly when harm can be done, that, you know, they go to a website, they say to the website i don't want my sensitive information to be shared, and then there's this conglomerate of data gathering on top of that that's not honoring those wishes as it relates to the interface on those apps. this is exactly why i think we need a strong privacy law and why we should protect consumers on this. in the facebook hearing we had, we had this discussion about advertising and the issue of whether advertis