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peter, that's a very good 2nd best. so listen, you've been looking at the tory party for many, many years or have you ever seen tom oil light this at the top of the tory party of a says just another cycle of tallie at the terminal and only seen warfare. no, this is different because it's a crisis. i think it's quite important to remove this issue from johnson himself. disgraceful and, and hapless and wretched though he is, is important to realize this is a crisis on the conservative party which has collapsed as a responsible civic organization and has been can't become the products of.

i'm peter lavelle. what is the national mood? i suppose it depends on what kind of media you consume to say the nation is divided in highly partisan is an understatement. this is certainly what the national media wants us to think, but are we really so divided on what really matters? crossing the public mood, i'm joined by my guess, martha barnett in palm beach. she is president.

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i've been peter, all of the party here in lapland. well, clearly santa claus looks nothing like our correspondent peter oliver. thanks for joining us. there were not international in your program returns for the top. ah, i just financial survival guy. when customers go buy, you reduce the price, then l reduce a lower that's under cutting, but what's good for food market is that good for the global economy. was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 when the doctors.

peter in los anueles, now to deal with it. peter in los angeles, thank _ now to deal with it. peter in los angeles, thank you _ now to deal with it. peter in los angeles, thank you very - now to deal with it. peter in los angeles, thank you very much. | a man has died after being shot by armed police near kensington palace in west london. officers say they stopped a vehicle at about 3.20pm this afternoon, shots were fired and a man was pronounced dead at the scene. police say they are not treating the incident as terrorism. new guidance has been issued for care home visits in england as a result of the surge in omicron infections. from wednesday, residents will be limited to three visitors as well as a friend or relative nominated as their essential care giver. megan paterson reports. in care homes around the country, festive celebrations are well under way. but as well as the usual trimmings, for some families, fears about covid guidelines on separation from loved ones are making an unwelcome return. i run a family of seven and it's a limit of three, so i'm very worried about

at peter evening. a big statement from the presiding judge, take us through the days, developments on background. indeed, if you will write the court here in berlin ruled the well sentenced via mcafee cove to life, imprisonment for his role in the murder of very much hunger, fairly back. in august of 2019 hundreds, really was shot dead in a central burly in park. in provide and hunting down the sentence, the court said that the killing it being carried out at the behest of the russian government. this is something that moscow has denied since the arrest was made of catholic cold. now it prompted until in a bad bulk, the new german 4 ministers to summon the russian basset to the foreign ministry here and which she told. busy him but swell to russian diplomats would be being declared persona non grata. these are mot in startling. this murder on behalf of the state as determined by the quite to day represent a serious violation of german law and of germany sovereignty. the russian ambassador was informed

let's bring in peter chin hong. here he's a professor of medicine at the university of san francisco in of california in san francisco. good to see your doctor general. we're seeing rapidly rising on the crown infections here in europe is the rest of the world on a similar path. the rest of the world, terry is definitely on a similar passive, not worse. we have to fastenal seat belts for water will be a, a tremendous ride if you think about 3 things that will affect transmission and population previous immunity. we know that omicron is 5 times more likely to be to cause re infection than other variance vaccines. i have not had high uptake in many countries, owner round the world as low as 6 per cent, which may not protect and don't even think about boosters. and the 3rd at risk mitigation, lot of pandemic fatigue, lot of mass, not where it. so i think we're in for right here in europe, at least, and in the us as well. most governments are pushing people to get their 3rd vaccination, but will a booster be enough to g

i'm sure everyone certainly hope so professor peter ching hung in san francisco. thanks very much for your time. merry christmas. merry christmas. rebecca, thank you. i can it's 10 now to some other stories making headlines around the world in bangladesh, at least 39 people have died after a crowded ferry caught fire in a river near jello. cathy some 250 kilometers south of the capital duck up and a st. most of the victims died in the fire. others drowned after jumping overboard to try to flee the flames. by ging has denounced a law signed by us president joe biden banning imports from china chin jang region of allegations a forced labor. the chinese foreign ministry says the bill quote violates international laws and interferes in china's internal affairs. and according moscow has find google and meta, the parent company, a facebook, more than $100000000.00 for they repeated failures to delete content that russia dames illegal rational fourteens have increased pressure on big tech companies. and what critics claim is an attempt to gain title control over the inte

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peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. in recent years numerous small and medium—sized abattoirs have closed, and there are concerns more may follow. as gareth barlow, himself a former slaughterman reports, there are warnings that if more are lost, there may be significant consequences for rural economies. the north york moors. it's a landscape with agriculture at its heart. but for farmers like peter mawson, that's under threat. the majority of it is grazing land. he had to stop raising livestock after his local abattoir closed. the pigs went for good reason. there has to be a purpose, where you're making money, looking after the livestock, producing things that customers will buy and be happy with. but it reaches a point where, when it's too difficult to do that, you must stop. many smaller slaughterhouses struggle to stay open and for some farmers the lack of abattoirs able to slaughter and butcher their animals is undermining their business. and supplying direct to consumers is often far more profitable. to give you

peter chin hong thanks for talking with us. that was professor peter chin home at san francisco university, california, san francisco. my pleasure, terry. thank you. now to chile, which has elected a former student activist, become its next president, left us gabrielle burridge, who's just $35.00. defeated as far right rival antonia cost by a wide margin wider margin than expected orchard victory promises a shift toward more progressive policies and a generational change to ah, historic and jubilant victory. with 35 year old gabrielle. but it's chilly now, has its youngest ever president. he was helped to vote the barricade to take to the stage and recognized the people who have put him in power. the left wing fullness student leda had tapped into that anger at the country's economic model. and the inequality it has brought to when 56 percent of the vote. what is it again and i guarantee that i will be a president who cares for democracy and does not risk it. who listens more than he speaks, seeks unity, and attends to the need

indeed, dr peter hotez life must in _ you too. indeed, dr peter hotez life must in houston, _ you too. indeed, dr peter hotez life must in houston, texas. --| life must in houston, texas. —— live. let's get some of the day's other news. the un says 3 million people are in need of assistance in the philippines — among them, around a million children. it comes after typhoon rai devastated the country's south—eastern islands. many have lost everything and are heading into christmas unsure if they'll be able to feed their families. 11 people are now known to have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off a greek island in the early hours of friday morning. another 90 people have been rescued from the island of antikythera. a search and rescue operation is still continuing. two leading american tech firms — meta, which was formerly known as facebook, and google — have received huge fines by a court in moscow for repeatedly failing to delete content russia deems illegal. google was fined $98 million, meta was fined $27 mil

we have run out of time, peter cardwell, thank l out of time, peter cardwell, thank you very much indeed. people in england aged between 30 and 39 can book their booster jab from tomorrow. the acceleration of the vaccination programme comes as scientists warn that the uk could face record levels of infection, without further restrictions. dr susan hopkins, the chief medical advisor at the uk health security agency and said she expects the omicron variant to spread to unvaccinated people. we are still in the early days of understanding omicron and how it affects people. secondly, clearly, if you have had a prior infection or you've had vaccination, we would expect you to have less serious disease. however, the sheer weight of numbers that look like they're coming towards us with the omicron infection means that it will find those people who are unvaccinated or who have had a poor response to the vaccine for their underlying immune condition and that will mean that we will still see individuals in hospital. in the confirmed cases in the uk at the moment, we have only had a very small numbe

peter? >> sam brock in miami, florida tonight. sam, thank you >>> now to the state of emergency just declared in colorado tens of thousands suddenly ordered to evacuate their home to escape several dangerous wild fires there. crews outside denver right now battling fierce flames fueled by punishing winds some gusts topping 110 miles an hour. emilie ikeda has the very latest. >> evacuate your homes as soon as possible to go as far east as you can. >> reporter: tonight a life threatening situation near boulder, colorado where fires are forcing thousands of families to evacuate >> we saw a big plume of smoke over in that direction. >> reporter: flames reaching their doorsteps. people desperately trying to get to safety. >> we're evacuating, trying to get down to boulder, denver, maybe the mountains. just try to figure out something. god help us. >> reporter: on foot and by car, entire communities on the move to escape from the fast-moving flames. >> just traffic. so much traffic. that little town is just all trying to get out. >> rep

wish that you could you, peter glueck who blossom again. she's working on whether the closure, my daughter, her mom excuse knows what she knew by the only in bullet doro munoz say. good monsieur, for your more grief all is well with him, you don't like the blue showing you but useful if you go to choose to initial duck, we're a new bush and you can use with ice cream. got it. of course most. why don't i shing your bullet, shaneka me just go sheriff's earlier cuz i seen him as imminent for cheaper one that was actress. you like brazil has just received a flower. both you let a seal and cosmo, not alex levy, ski had to act even before the laughter capsule. the landing location turned into a film, sat for one of the closing scenes of the movie about a doctor who sent into orbit to perform surgery. after that very seal, who plays the lead role? laughter autograph on the capsule that not only brought her back home to day, but also sent her acting career sky work from now on. she is the 1st actress bound in space in a couple months that she, she

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peter, thank you very much. at least 14 people have died and dozens have been injured on indonesia�*s java island, after an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. indonesia sits on the ring of fire, a region around the pacific ocean that�*s susceptible to volcanos and earthquakes. the volcano, mount seemeru, has been in a state of near constant eruption for decades. here�*s the bbc�*s valdya baraputri. blanketed in volcanic ash, this is the devastating aftermath of the mount seemeru eruption, with houses buried almost up to their roofs. heavy rain turned the ash into mud, adding a challenge to the rescue effort by the indonesian disaster mitigation agency. these adverse conditions have hampered the evacuation effort for the past two days. according to local officials, ten people are still trapped in their homes and they�*re still looking for at least one missing person. meanwhile, more than 900 people from villages had been evacuated to mosques, schools and village halls. rescue organise

i remember you actually my name's my name's peter. yes, johnny, who, who? hey. well, look, it's been a nova really hectic here. everybody around the world has not had any impact on the type of letters you've been receiving in what people have been asking for for presents. well, i can't go into the ins and outs of what individual people have asked for you understand data protection and all that. but that haven't been some definite trends like water, well, board games and video games pretty much anything that can entertain people in doors . chess, you send lots of chess, so at least people's i, q will be improving somewhat during pandemic, locked out. one of the things, some folk of note as well being locked inside is not so much that they need a little more help in the kitchen. is that they weld struggle to boylen egg. in fact, cookbooks have been high in demand and for some they can't arrive soon enough. you know exactly who you are. anything else? while we're on the sub the old food, some of us have overdone it a bit. in fact, some of us more than a bit and exe

peter all about joining us here with the breaking news. peter. the german chancellor has only been in office for a week so far. he's already got a dispute with russia on his hands. can you? can you talk us through what's happened? what do we know so far? well, a number of fronts where berlin and moscow on see an eye to eye at the moment, but this one emerging on wednesday as the, the front runner. in that case, it involves the sentencing on wednesday of a russian man to life in prison. for the murder of, of 40 year old zelman, hon gosh, really in 2019. he was shot dead in a park in the center of the german capital. now, the court in passing down that sentence on wednesday said that his killing had been at the behest of the russian state. this is something that moscow has vehemently denied continuously since the arrests were made back in 2019. we've heard from the russian foreign minister, so i think upon we've heard from the russian ambassador to berlin, a surgeon, a chai of who said that the evidence that had been presented in this case by the p

perspective on the home button, topics that shaped this policy with the hungarian foreign minister peters, the arctic for our central europeans. it's extremely important that east and west that the united states and the russian federation have a direct and continuous dialogue. we are very happy with the fact that the 2 presidents spoke again for nato and there are sharp talk to each other and then there's a much bigger and better hope for any kind of common understanding and agreement about this part of the world. look, we really do consider the, the security situation of central europe as a crucial issue for us and anything that helps to resolve challenges here and ease tensions around the region service our interest. so that's why we are really interested in successful negotiations between nato and the russia at the beginning of next year. it is very easy for polish hands to finger point on one specific country on one specific person on one specific decision. in order to push responsibility away, the russian federation on the gas from have always been very reliable partners from hungary

wish that you could you, peter glueck who blossom again. she's working on whether the closure vadar occur. no excuse knows what she knew by the only in bullet doro, a moon garcia room with sheer 3 or more carefully. so that with him, need to click the blue showing you. but useful if you go to choose to initial backward you bush, and you can use with ice cream regardless. of course most why don't i, sheena bull official like us, me just go sheriffs early. i was from the machine in my family that was actress, eli brazil. has just received a flower both you let me see and cosmo, not alex lisky, had to act even before the laugh the capsule. the landing location turned into a film, sat for one of the closing scenes of the movie about a doctor who sent into orbit to perform surgery after that very seal. who plays the lead role left her autograph on the capsule that not only brought her back home to day, but also sent her acting career sky work from now on. she is the 1st actress bound in space. you can call us that she, she and i saw a glow, scot

we interview talk, let's go compensator peter. i interchange tier botanist clear folks. i'm ask them what exactly is going on and importantly, what will happen, right, correct. but 1st she retreats move and message in response. i show last week one ranging up to 26 summer in grad school, michael mcgregor and says, the plan is going back to the formation as it did billions of years ago. i dobson says the realistic carbon cut to cost is ridiculous. and the commercial joke at best, robert died says didn't. but the leaders we have definitely didn't. i'm frankly, are not later note. william nicholas says, i'm starting that all music. and my said, if you took arts have kept me seen these last years. some might see a difference. what an interesting program once again, focusing on some of the good. thank you all, alex simon. sure. no journalist has been a big or thorn and the prime minister site's been the for mid to.

from the international space station were cosmonaut santano cup lira and peter de roth reached sharing review this magical feeling of the upcoming new year. both here and space and back at home on earth. numbers you live on the norm were wishing you a new year, 2022 of good health strength, prosperity and new achievement survey. you stay close to one another and d mary. happy new year. good them well, this year the i assessed for help to rush or achieve a movie making 1st, a film crew when did orbit to produce the 1st ever feature length movie to be shot in space. the team spent 12 days on board before returning safely to earth, and we were that to welcome them back. ah, if you our class before we can fly, let me know if they have already on dr. national say, let me but they already somewhere i padding back a dad. why go in the landing spot? know me, we know the landing location in berry. so now we're gonna lie around. i feel we can actually see that as standing module and wait until it touches down with well, as you can see, the capitol is on the ground. the crew is still inside, but

peter, all of her for our tea in santa's village in the arctic circle. lapland. now some bear with me. i enjoyed that. hope you enjoyed the rundown. now lots more news coming your way. the ground. if you can. i'll headline stories in 30 minutes. ah. join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. and i'll be speaking together for the world politics sport business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then i was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 lives. when the doctors told me the cancer was incurable. i knew i had to make a change, so i decided to travel to one of the most toxic places in america. florida. one of florida is the biggest industries and best kept secrets is phosphate mine in the biggest layer is $85000000000.00 industry. is mosaic janai? there are reports of millions of gallons of contaminated water now flowing into the florida aqua floor. a chronic. oh yeah, i don't want to hear that word poets, but that's what it is. in 2013 my, all our family dog, my brother, who was 21 years old, myself and my father, we're all a problem with wow. yeah. a good player. r

was peter still working on game of throne at the time? >> he wrapped game of thrones -- two days later he started this. >> reporter: she is peter dinklage's wife. >> i'm a poet. >> reporter: she wrote and directed the stage adaptation of cyrano. >> i love the character of cyrano. i love how uncomprising he is, he is unwilling to be bought. i don't think he would post much on instagram or twitter. he really is his own person. >> reporter: and yet he is insecure. >> yes. >> reporter: erica, your wife, told us you begged her for the part? >> essentially, that is true. >> reporter: why? what was it? >> well, for an actor, you want to do something that -- for me, at least -- that scares you. i had never sung since i was a kid. >> reporter: joe wright came to see the play. his girlfriend, haley bennet, starred as roxanne on the sage, as well as in the movie. so there are scenes in the movie that are almost directly from the play? >> yeah. and other things he needed to change. >> the last act is almost word for word. >> reporter: what did you as

well, that's across live now to bud in peter, all of a joining us here this evening peter said things and what kind very smoothly for the new government a can you fill us in what, what we've seen on wednesday night with protests in the city of munich now these offensive mostly around the decision to bring in mandatory vaccinations for health care workers. there is a wider discussion about the the future of mandatory vaccinations, but at the moment it is limited to that one particular sector. what we saw in munich was about 4000 people, according to police, turning up, it was all relatively peaceful, but a smaller section of those decided that they were going to go in an unplanned march . this resulted in a bit of cat and mouse with police a bit of pushing and shoving results of the 28 arrest needing to be made. according to police. they range from things from failure to wear a mask to assault on police officers, but the anti vax movements known as lateral thinking, they call themselves and not just anti voc, sunday coven measures, of course, as well. they have been round be marked by

peter oliver can tell us more. the courtier and berlin ruled there to well sentenced vadim kasey cove to life, imprisonment for his role in the murder of zaman hunger fairly back in august of 2019 hunger really was shot dead in a central berlin park in provide and hunting down that sentence. the court said that the killing had been carried out at the behest of the russian government. this is something that moscow has denied since the arrest was made of cassy cove. now it prompted analynn burbock, the new german, 4 minister to summon the russian ambassador to the foreign ministry here and which she told him, but swelled to russian. diplomats would be being declared persona non grata. he's a match in startling miss murder on behalf of the state as determined that quite a day represents a serious violation of german law and of germany sovereignty. the russian ambassador was informed that to members of the diplomatic step of the russian embassy were being declared undesirable. while murray's account of a spokesperson f

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peter harris, bbc news, northumberland. time to catch up with all the day's sports news, including lewis hamilton's great day on the racing track. here's karthi gna nasegaram. hello, thank you very much. it has been one of the most intriguing seasons in formula one's history and it will all come down to the final race next weekend. lewis hamilton and max verstappen are now level on points after hamilton won today's chaotic and controversial saudi arabian grand prix. adam wild reports. just two races left and still two drivers could become world champion. the battle between lewis hamilton and max verstappen, the rivalry for the ages. but here, there was danger around every corner. this was mick schumacher race per —— mick schumacher�*s race coming to an ending, a crash heavy enough to impact everyone, the aftermath costing hamilton the lead when they got back to the grid. verstappen was at the front this time, but they lasted less than a lap before they restocked. another pause to raise the tension, we verstappen back

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so let's bring in or europe correspondent, now peter, all over to talk more about this at peter there much the latest on the soaring prices. and what are the experts say? well, gas has got very expensive in europe. on tuesday, the price is broken, $2000.00 per 1000 cubic meters of gas for the for the 1st time ever. what it's come about because of is that gas prom, the russian energy supplier has not booked any and transit through the u moll euro pipeline. the part of that pipeline that crosses poland in its most very basic sense, meaning no gas has been arriving here in germany. or at least no extra gas russia, as rushes gas pran continues to live up to the contracts, which it signed with countries like germany and other european ad nations. but what it's not doing is sending any extra. now what that means is there's increased supply and, and a lack of as, sorry, i beg your pardon as an increased demand and the lack of supply in that is seen prices go through the roof. 40 percent increases in december alone, 300 percent increases since the summer. what that meant is a number of energy

all right, peter, thank you. well, i facebook users may have to reassess the information they've been getting from the site. it's after its parent company, meta admitted in court, so called fact checks, a based merely on opinion. with the revelation came during a legal battle initiated by a journalist after his posts were flagged as misleading. picking up the story ortiz saskia. taylor turns out the famous fact checkers who are busy labeling things false partly false, misleading. i've actually been a bit loose with well, the facts. facebook yet again found itself in court. this time up against a journalist. he didn't like the day slapped at partly full sticker on one of his post, so he sued for defamation. i'm because facebook where he spent millions of dollars on legal fees over the years. it got creative this time and claimed that front chequers don't decide what's false, so not based on fact. what a ridiculous idea, but on their opinion, hence the title fact checker. and because opinion in america is sacred, y

peter, thank you very much. _ plans are rather in limbo. peter, thank you very much. clinical - ministers in scotland and wales are warning people not to travel to england to take advantage of looser coronavirus restrictions on new year's eve. nightclubs in scotland and wales are closed, and tables in pubs, bars and restaurants are limited to six people. that's not the case in england, meaning some are contemplating crossing the border to celebrate. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in chirk, close to the welsh border. what have businesses been telling you? the pub behind me bills itself as the last pub in england. normally that makes very little difference at all. but at the moment, the english side, as you were saying, clubs and open, people can meet and much bigger groups for new year's eve. and that does make a difference, because, unlike at other moments in the pandemic, people are free to travel. they are free to cross the border at the moment. so you can understand why lots of people may be making this very short weather, maybe they have to b

peter, all over your correspondent, yet peter, all over. when that headline came out earlier on, it did make everybody is pre kept in there, but just let's why did pocket. but what were the positives that came out from this meeting today between love rove and blink, and some of the other highlights take us through it. you've been covering it there in stock. oh yes, that's right. it's just wrapped up that press conference. you just saw it on our tv . well, really that the takeaways are seems to be that there is a, a willingness from russia to work with the united states and nato. however, it needs they. so in the united states to take some steps towards russia, we heard ad said guilford. all they're saying about this meeting with anthony blinking that he held here in stockholm just a few hours ago in which answer lincoln started reading out a list of demands that were being made against russia being made on russia in relation to the minsk agreement, which is the piece a cold set to to try and bring about a stability to easton ukraine and, an

i'm sure everyone certainly hope so. professor peter chang hung in san francisco. thanks very much for your time. merry christmas. merry christmas. rebecca, thank you. a sign to say there's never been anything like it. a revolutionary new telescope is set to blast off into space in just a few hours time. the james web telescope, named after a former head of nasa, is expected to be back new clues about the origins of the universe. the new i in the sky is the successor to the legendary hubble space telescope. it's 6 and a half meter mirror makes the hubble look tiny by comparison. the james webb, the biggest telescope ever sent into space, is made up of 18 segments plated with a raise, a thin gold coating. the instrument has to be folded up to fit into the rockets nose cone. the telescope will scan the heavens using long wave infra red light. ah, astronomers will be able to look back towards the big bang, nearly 14000000000 years ago. back to the origins of the universe and the formation of the 1st stars and galaxies. the new telescope could also prove decisive in th

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peter, it's fair to say moscow is not exactly thrilled with the verdict. and you take us through the details. of course, here in berlin sentence, they rushed national to life in prison on wednesday, vadim classic cove known by the alias. so critical of, according to the court with previously had previously been found guilty of the 2019 murder of viola hume hun. gosh, really though, the court said on wednesday that the killing was directly linked to the russian government. something moscow has denied multiple times. hon gosh, really had been wanted as a terrorist in russia. he was said to have been directly responsible in the killing of almost 100 people in russia's north caucuses. he was also tied to the planning of the 2010 moscow metro suicide bombings. he had asylum status here in berlin before he was shot to death. in a park, in the center of the german capital, the ambassador from russia to berlin said again, the child has been far from happy though with the evidence that was presented in this case. the absurd thesis about the involvement of the russi

well, if we were to do the peter snow lets have a bit i to do the peter snow lets have a bit of fun and apply this to the next general election, the conservatives would be left with three seats. of course, that's not going to happen but it's an indication of the scale. two things for the conservatives to worry about. first, but leave vote is potentially relatively fragile. second, there is a risk the lib dems are now back in business and perhaps their ability to eat away at some vital conservative seats will have been strengthened. but we should also recognise that the future of our politics is probably intimately tied up with the future of the pandemic, which is unknowable. but what is true is this government at the moment is in a sense betting. that boosting boosters will be enough to deal with it and the nhs won't be overwhelmed. i guess everyone hates thatjudgment will prove right but if it were to be proved wrong, the conservatives could find this a difficult position to recover from could find this a difficult position to recoverfrom —— everyone hopes thatjudgment will prove r

let's go to a peter oliver correspond on this one. attend to the press conference, peter now the cost the a beers for diplomacy to win the day. no one's conflict. no rush has been so clear . all along is read lines. but to hear love rob basically saying today, the specter of war could be returning to europe. that was aim to shock to get george iowa. well, yes, of course, this is been ukraine. and the situation regarding ukraine's border with russia has been the main subject of this, oh se conference of taking place here in stockholm. in fact, the swedish foreign minister, as she opened proceeding said that ukraine would dominate this ministerial meeting . now, what we heard from said gala, for all of us, he spoke to the ministers all gathered before we went into a bilateral meeting with m. u. s. sector, state antony, blinking was that the united states was increasing the risks of real serious situation developing in europe if it continue to apply pressure on russia's borders . because this was the nightmare scenario of military confrontation has returned to europe ruptures. moscow cat

peter, a research fellow at the american institute for economic research. thanks for coming and explaining it to us. thank you. i finally this say, an american act to jesse small letters being found guilty of lying to police, but a hate crime against him which turned out to be stage, but not everyone, even at this stage still is willing to accept the decision b, l m brands jessie small at trial as a white supremacist charade. pledging support for the actor ahead of the burden. we can never believe police. it's not about a trial or a verdict decided in a white supremacist charade. it's about how we treat our community. when her up systems are working to devalue their lives, racial identity, a we're liable indicator of trust for dea lemme. but what if everyone in the trial is actually black? just the small, let found guilty of staging, a hate crime against himself. awesome day road brothers. the attack, as he paid to beat him and yelled racial slurs, chicago police department superintendence. could have been a tough one for b, l m. thank god, there's always a

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let's get more from peter to in hong. he's a professor of medicine at the university of california in san francisco professor . welcome back to d, deborah. it's nice to say ali cron is turning out to be far more infectious or what is the knock on effect in terms of the sheer scale? can we expect that everyone across the world perhaps is going to come and contact and not just come in contact, but actually contract this virus in the coming weeks and months? well, that's what some people are thinking, rebecca, that it's so transmissible up to 4 times as much as shelter that it would be hard to escape. but nevertheless, i think we could try to mitigate damage. i'm. we're most worried about unvaccinated folks. and folks with co morbid conditions, it's still going to result in a lot of hospitalizations, even though it's probably less you know, severe to the general person as delta was. he mentioned vaccinate vaccines there, but studies just released in the last few days shy that back seems to be much less efficient than previou

peter chin hong in san francisco. thank you, sir for your time and your perspective. some breaking news for you just now. germany's a constitutional court has ordered parliament to immediately issue laws. protecting people with disabilities in pandemic, related tree are situations. treasures course is the process of prioritizing patients for treatment. for example, if hospitals are unable to cope with demand for intensive care, the case was filed by a group of disabled people in pre existing conditions, fearing they would be left behind if the pandemic pushers hospitals to their limits . we'll have more on this story in upcoming diligence. here's a round up of some more developments and the pandemic china has expanded locked downs with hundreds of thousands more people ordered to stay home in northern areas . the measures come as beijing prepares to welcome thousands of overseas visitors to february's winter. olympics. australia has recorded another record search in cases as an outbreak of the highly infectious amok on variant disrupts the planned reopening of the eco

peter chin hong in san francisco. thank you, sir for your time and your perspective. he is a round up now of some more developments in the pandemic, australia recorded another record surgeon cases as an outbreak of the highly infectious alma khan variant disrupts the plan. reopening of the economy. turkey has also seen infections spike according to the health ministry, new cases ruined by 30 percent. that's the highest percentage rise so far this year . and indonesia has detected its 1st locally transmitted amok on case the patient had no recent history of overseas travel was asymptomatic and now isolating at age of carter hospital let's get a round up of some had other headlines at this hour. thousands took to the streets across germany to oppose national covered rules. they come into force to day clashes with police were reported in several cities. germany is tightening restrictions ahead of unexpected surgeon american cases. health officials say a return to full lockdown is still under consideration. a man has opened fire in the us state of colorado, killing 4 peop