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so the e u. x, it's business monitoring as usual, whatever that may mean relevant pandemic. so the flavor, the government decline to respond to us directly. but as the story was unfolding the enact, jeff said strict state rules apply to everyone involved in helping in this critical task. companies do not control the data and on not misses to use or share it for their own purposes. at the end of the health emergency, their work will either be deleted or returned to be in a chest. in april 2021 palin to became an official u. k. government supplier. they were also signed contracts without european governments, including greece and the netherlands. the health ministries of the world are, are just, you know, they're such prime targets for this industry. that is, um, they're sitting on a lot of data. don't know what to do with that. and then suddenly a sales person's knocking on the door saying, hey, we have experience from building policing systems, border systems, immigration systems, on taking mounds of data, mining it, and finding something interesting, why don't use us and we

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u. s . x intel officer isn't flying this invasion to find out why adopting dot com. we discussed the latest diplomatic spat with michael maloof, a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the you a secretary defense. he says, this is a case of double standards. i think that by this constant harassment in the black sea, in an area half way remove from from the united states and going right up against the borders of the russian federation. i think it really isn't aggressive move. the exercise in the black sea area was in response to the failures and the expulsion of the united states from afghanistan. so the united states has to show re assertiveness that it's still a leader in the so called free world. it lacks any recognition really, spheres of influence, just like if the russians were to come into the area of gulf of mexico tomorrow, you can believe that there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in washington. the united states feels that it can do it to others, but it cannot be done to itself is part of that exceptionalism concept that the

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still think they can win against russia, they can or in the future, or maybe provo, dream changer in x, u. s. s or countries on finally in russia to impose a westernization, that's the object chief and of course, so rush ice trying to to put is, oh no reads lines. or if i can jump in, if i can jump in, i do apologize. i mean, you're racing, some pretty interesting geopolitical points here. it's, it's almost like you're talking from a big new brzezinski, a grand a chessboard book that was for some number of years, a bit of a playbook inside the hallowed halls of washington d. c. but what i wanted to ask you next is because with russia making a set of proposals to nato and essentially to, to washington as well to, to deescalate potential tensions in ukraine. what does this mean for europe? because there is plenty of disagreement between european powers over providing military support for ukraine. i mean, do you think this could actually fuel divisions within the european union? yes, of course sir. european union members are not so natal member subdivided because europeans f or different int

completely understandable. ortiz spoke to susanna murphy, a former adviser on a russian affairs. 2 x u. s. president ronald reagan, who played a major role in relations between america and the soviet union in the final years of the cold war. she says, the only way forward for both countries is by developing a constructive relationship. you can watch the full interview on rti international on friday at 8 30 am moscow time. but here's a quick tracer. what was discussed. it is more important in my view, important than ever that switch that you are, the united states and russia develop a constructive relationship. because i think if we can do that and i'm hoping we can it, would me better for the whole world? my goal is always to try to explain russia better than many americans know it, that i don't mean better could, but simply more completely than they do. and that's what i did. and that's why i wrote the books i've written because americans, alas, there are many americans who don't know much about you, aren't countries? i definitely in beneath ortho, humanizing it each other in a town,

that's called richer as an x u. s. intelligence officer. he says he's not buying what the tabloids is selling right now. you can read why it r t dot com. well, meanwhile, ukraine is also pushing the moscow threat narrative or the defense ministers calling on the u. s. u. k. and canada to provide military support to counter the suppose at risk of a russian invasion, and his warning of a potential migrant crisis. if war does break out, that might seem like a bit of a threat to some people. let's learn more about this now. crossing live to crick, i'm very, a journalist and political analyst joining us a live here when he international chris a very good evening to you. you've heard the reports. you've seen the tabloids. russia has repeatedly denied any plans, the military action against ukraine. why is key of right now raising the supposed to threat, do you thing? so this is still on here. i think there's the restaurant for joe biden. i'm a grown for this service you encounter with you. korean is becoming more, more almost hysterical in demand.

u. s. which congress has to vote on x, expanding the amount of money the u. s. is allowed to borrow. the us spends much more muscle than it takes in that any given moment. this is from, you know, decades of different administrations and policies. the republicans in recent years have been saying, making this a big issue to try and say that the democrats, so wanted to spend that even though this is a cumulative spending from republican and democratic administrations. this time, the leadership of the republic is at least said look, we're not going to do this. they agreed that there would be a 2 and a half trillion dollar increase in that ceiling. this once, or the republicans are already saying that in 2023, and this should last until 2023. they are intending to fight once again, so it's all over, but this time at least as a reprieve. she thank you. now the u. s. is condemning the conviction of the husband of bella. ruth is opposition leader as politically motivated, sir. hey, sick, a new ski has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for organizing math unrest and inciting social hatred.

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we start in russia where the mo, x is up for the week by one percent. this despite warnings from u. s. secretary of state anthony blinking of economic sanctions. if russia were to make moves against you crate new data released this week showed the nation's economy grew by 4.6 percent in the 1st 9 months of 2021 compared to that same period last year. you will remember the russian academy could acted by 3 percent in the same period in 2020 moving to asian markets. the shanghai composite is up by 2 and a quarter percent. gaining roughly one percent on friday alone. consumer staples and semiconductors close out the weak, strong for the composite data release friday showed that the services sector group in november but at a lower rate than seen in october. chinese vice premier lu have predicted that the chinese economy will meet expectations expanding at least 6 percent this year despite concerns of its flowing growth. now we have a red arrow for the hung found in hong kong that news ride sharing giant dd blessing in new york cause shares hong kong to drop at the end of the week. the bi

that sort of depth in the current administration or any recent new x and ministration for that matter. but there's also, you know, the u. s. is in a very tight spot right now because of the emergence of a military union in europe. that if that, if that becomes the sort of the lead defense force for europe, then that takes the u. s. ability to have its hand directly into the glove of europe for all things military. so there is a competition in the background, a little bit between nato and european military union in pasco. so that's, that's not good for washington because washington is always relied on nato to act multilaterally without being seen to act directly. and so if you take away nato as a, as an instrument for u. s. international hedge or money, for instance, that's not good in european military union or an army, for instance, in the future. the u. s. will have to somehow negotiate with it rather than from inside it. and so this is a really important, so they're kind of in a bit of a competition in a bit of a race to maintain their influence and their foothold in their post world war to orientation in europe. so

x. vo: you're not 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

u. n. space agency uses of the we bill messaging platform have labeled space x our lives as space junk and they're threatening to boycott tesla. katrina, you has more from battery. china's foreign ministry has lashed out at the united states saying that countries should be responsible for the actions of their private companies. aging, also accused washington of having double stand and saying that it often calls for safety in space. but the same time does not abide by international space treaties. us endangering other crews there. now bating has confirmed that there were 2 close encounters between elan musk starling satellites. and the chinese 1st permanent space station, the tin gold one in july. and the 2nd occasion happened in october. now china space station itself is quite new. it's cool module was only sent into space in april. it's not yet completed. it's due to be completed next year, which probably explains well, so the crew, they're all fairly nervous. interestingly, the beijing didn't have any specific reference to either mosque or his company, tesla at all, and there quite a hug

x. vo: you're not 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. t

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u. k. is become the 1st of its kind to generate renewable energy using animal weist. droppings from zebras are x and other animals are converted into fuel using bio mass technology. ne fokker reports from hampshire morning at ma. well, zeus and dung patrols out eagerly collecting an abundance of bowel movements because where there's pu, let's power to generate heat and keep other parts of busy warm. until recently $600.00 tons a year. if the stuff was taken off site and composted with a significant carbon transport cost, but not any more, it's definitely 1st in the u. k. and as far as we know, it might well be the 1st in the world. i don't not azusa our colleagues around the country all what you, what we're doing very closely. they're very keen to see whether this does work and it does work. they've also got the same problem. they've got lots of oil, 5 buildings. they've got lots of big buildings that need lots of hate and they've got lots of waste. so you know how the 1st day works, food goes in, waste goes out, is them brought by this boom, avail to their special energy center, and to get them

x. vo: you're not okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-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 ca

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x. vo: you're not okay to drive. man: y-g-k-l-v-w...regular u. how you recycle a christmas tree and san francisco. the 35 euros 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

x. vo: you're not 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

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