A temporary migrant camp in paris. Good to see this is r. T. International. Thanks for joining us. Well start to meet our president elect. Joe biden formally announced his National Security team picks and choose day the choice of a war hawks for top jobs at the white house has been criticized by peace groups and human rights activists. Or has the story. Americas Foreign Policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock says a who says the man whose own white house mistakes as donald trump saw them were thorley taken care of by the outgoing administration. The time has come for the u. Turn to go full circle. Theres been some damage done. That is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. But theres no doubt that joes got the right people to do it. The man taking over the oval office in 2021 was president obamas number 2. So who are the best people to set these apparent wrongs . Right. Well, the former deputies of obamas team, of course, how easy, im really starting to get that joke that brocks got himself a 3rd term. Lets take a look at the collective portrait of a deputy dream team. One squad member clearly thinks it was the meddling russians who god, donald trump, elected in the 1st place. Jake Sullivan Biden speak for National Security advisor. This was a moment where we realized that the russians had decided that they were going to actively interfere in the u. S. Election. That they were going to intensively work to undermine the pillars of u. S. Democracy. And that they were going to try to defeat Hillary Clinton. If it wasnt for the russians, if you know what i mean, this career boost would have come much earlier. After all, mr. Sullivan served as an advisor for the Hillary Clinton campaign. And yes, he worked as a National Security advisor to the Vice President biden. And here were looking at someone who was all for upping u. S. Involvement in syria. Tony blinken, the new man taking care of americas Foreign Relations in syria. Its tougher, its longer. Its going to take time to build up the syrian opposition, but we believe it can be done. Our commitment is to help them to support them, to give them the training, to give them the equipment to give them the air, the power, to give them the advisor. And it all comes back to hillary, who, infamously said this about libya. We came, we saw he died, right. As you may have guessed, mr. Blinken was among the star democrat diplomats who love the idea of getting libya sorted through intervention. His c. V. Highlights include deputy secretary of state deputy National Security advisor and National Security advisor to the Vice President. So moving on with deputy dream team, you simply dont deserve the position of intelligence director under joe biden. If you havent been to a big name blood, say in the cia under obama, without further ado. Heres avril haynes, the former deputy cia director also happened to serve as the deputy National Security advisor right after tony blinken. Some give ms. Hanes credit for making americas drone wars more transparent. Her critics though, paint her with a different brush focusing on her role as the architect of the drone program. One which is associated with scores of civilian deaths. A slight stain on the record, isnt it . Any great Team Deserves at least a few qualified veterans. This one is no exception. Take john kerry, hes getting his comeback. Chance to the job of special president ial envoy for climate goes to the former secretary of state. Bear with me for a bit of feedback on the team from someone familiar, the Incoming Administration could not have chosen that to pursue now for the Foreign Policy and National Security teams. Ok, at least there are no surprises. And the world knows what to expect. The Libertarian Party is 20 twentieths Vice President ial candidate spike cohen police, that the new by the ministration will be more aggressive in its Foreign Policy, but not to the benefit of ordinary americans. I think if you like the continued expansion of u. S. Imperialist Foreign Policy, then this is a dream team for us. We got tony blinken, we got michelle flournoy, avril haynes and others who served under the obama administration. And while they were there, they were the main cheerleaders for the expansion of the war in iraq, the involvement and expansion of the war in syria. The continuation of the u. S. Sponsored genocide in yemen and the involvement and invasion of libya by the us military. If you want more dead u. S. Troops and dead people overseas, if you want more trillions of dollars being run up in debt to continue this empire imperial system going, then this would be the ideal pick for us in general. If you just talk about the subject of us Foreign Policy, the average american wants the wars to end, the average american wants the troops to come home. The average american doesnt think that the u. S. Military should be used as the worlds police or that its done a good job at it, or that it done anything other than lead to an increasing number of veterans coming home with, you know, p. T. S. D. And other Chronic Health problems and not to mention the, a measurable suffering and harm thats being done overseas. So the average american wants this to end whether that will play out or not. And in public outcry, but that remains another district of the disputed theyre going to cut back region has been handed over to the hostile meaning. So just left the Area Response of a russian broke a peace deal before troops abandon their positions. Civilians fled the war zone on his mind because they have tells the story of some of those. The conflict is left homeless. Everywhere you go, there is only desolation, despair, empty, burnt, and abandoned villages. Rusty trucks palled with furniture, clothes, and who police souls. Theres no one left but the awed desperate stragglers. Its so painful, unbearably painful, your entire life you have been billed in step by step, trying to make it a little more comfortable so you get something good sound only a tool has just disappeared. Gun lit and her husband igor, for 17 years have made a hard living in the mountains raising cattle. When the barrow visited by john, the artillery became too much, they left everything but they ship a dog and fled. As did everyone they returned to find the village empty bund and looted littered with dead pets and animals who starved to death. When the humans left, those that survived came begging for food and will be filled with limited eagle for 3 desperate beds. As they try to salvage what they could of their old lives belongings. They feel even empty barrels. Things that many of us would see as trash, anything that would help them start over. Theres no choice for armenians to stay after the region has had to do that too. Is it about john . They claim it could be that death sentence. If a dog is killed on mistreated in europe, the whole world condemns it. What was our crime, and what did we do that . No one even objected to all the civilians been killed here, where all the humanitarian groups that a client file over animal cruelty but have done nothing about the massacre here says the engine on a little it was forced out of her home twice during the war in the ninetys when both meenie and as it about john accuse the each other of massacres and ethnic cleansing, though both denied that. This is the 3rd time shes lost, the house. Shes a hateful person, shes a teacher, a mother. Most people would burn their houses so no. Is it about johnny gets it . She couldnt stomach the thought. Yes. I dont want to burn down my house. If someone wants it, let them have it. Even burn it for fun. My children were born in this house. They grew up on that this roof. I cant burn the memories. I can burn that part of my life. All the good and all the bad. It was all here. Its a real even tomorrow. We dont know who will get the house to hell with them. Its im here to break down a little. It couldnt bear to watch. We found her weeping behind. The house is the flies spread. What do you call this . Is it sad . Is it devastated . Having to burn down a house you built, you loved you tended and raised 3 children in for 17 years because of the shape of your face, the color of your skin, your creed, your culture, your faith. Everyone here understands whats happening. This is the price i mean, eons of paying for backing doubts, accepting peace terms. Despite their resistance, the thousands dead the ceasefire may have prevented a massacre and preserve some territories. But for a little it in the eagle. It was the end of life as they knew it. Everything they knew burned and gone. Theres nothing comforting you can say nothing to ease or dulled the pain. Its terrible to think anyone driving but to them. This is just another house. They wont even bat an eye. After all, dozens and dozens of villages have burned over the past week. Of course, these isnt just another house. It had a life. It was happening soon, there was joy. There were tears and there was sadness. Now, its all over. More, i guess the of see from kelly budge, our region was headed by john the french president has announced the country will start easing its lockdown this weekend. The situation remains critical with hundreds of virus related deaths a day. And i knew my crown said that everything would be done to prevent a socalled, 3rd wave, lord, true or not, most of so i dont, but the return to normal will not be for tomorrow. So we can, im convinced control the epidemic over time. And the same time we have to face and on which precedent economic concerns will crisis, is the consequence of the 1st confinement and of what we are going through. I told you last year like the crisis is likely to get in and worse. We have an answer to provide, we did it from the stone and from saturday, businesses will start to reopen or the law down will remain in place. It will only be lifted in mid december if daily infections drop to 5000. However, bars, restaurants and cafes will have to remain closed throughout the christmas period. Only reopening in late january. Thats when schools and universities will also resume in person teaching. Local mayor we spoke to is feeling positive about the proposed plan. These announcements are good because at least they give us a schedule. So french citizens can no longer cope with the complete absence over the long term plan. Since the beginning of the 1st stage of self isolation, people made plans only for one day. Nobody could adapt. People shouldnt be told they need to get through difficult times. They need to know way for getting out of this situation. The murderer president s speech is that he defied 3 goals in the schedule. Even with all possible reservations. We hope that we will be able to avoid a new 3rd wave of new self isolation. Also in france pro migrant activists have rallied for a 2nd day in the center of paris. Thats after monday saw police using tear gas against the protesters who were trying to stop the removal of a migrant tent camp and has been building since french authorities cleared another camp in the north part of paris. Last week. Around 2000, people were living there. Human Rights Groups say around 800 still remain without a home. In the meantime, the french government has passed the 1st stage of a controversial new law, which critics say undermines media freedoms with all the details of just what it entails is r. T. Charlotte. Well, there is a protest taking place behind me outside the National Assembly here in paris, where those deputies are vote on this Global Securities law. A law thats been very controversial. Weve seen protests across the country over the last week or so against that, and not speak, cause journalists unions, and n. G. O. S say that this law, which contains a specific article, octal 24, will criminalize publication of images of Police Offices where you can see their faces. If there is an intent to harm and that would be punishable by one year in jail or the 45000. 00 euro fine. Now those groups say that this essentially gives the green light to stop journalists from doing their jobs because they wont be able to potentially film police because they could find themselves in the criminal courts. For doing that shocking images emerged from monday evening where it was showing the police using brute force force to clear a migrant camp in the center of the city. Does have a look at some of those in images of what unfolded. What parts of the job of journalists is to document what the Security Forces are doing or whether there are any abuses of power of bolli them . It was one journalist who was forced to the ground by Police Offices of the images and videos circulating on social media and showed the police not just using that to gas, but actually when they would trying to move those tents in one scene, they pick up a tent and they essentially eject a migrant out of it. And in another video that we show, you know, social media as in my, constrained to leave the scene where he is forcibly tricked by a Police Officer at those images shocked. Many people here fronts, including the interior minister, who has until now cited time and time with the police. Such an image is showing the dispersal of the illegal migrant camp on republic square. A shocking, i have requested a detail report of the facts from the police by midday tomorrow, i will make a decision after that. There is an investigation thats been opened into what happened on monday evening with us. I say even the interior minister saying he was shocked by those images, but many people might say if it wasnt for the journalists there covering that if it wasnt for the citizens taking those images on their phones. If they were not allowed to do that, then how would prefer investigations be able to be carried out . How could you hold the Police Accountable when they use force that is beyond that of the remit of their jobs . Even the u. N. Have also criticized this law, essentially saying the news media must be free to do their jobs. The government says this is necessary because its important to protect the police, protect the police at a time when they face unprecedented violence in doing their job. And Police Unions say that this law doesnt go far enough. They say that by the time this image is approved cost and somebody is a arrested taken to account for doing that. Then you know, those images could have been shared thousands and thousands of times more. So theyre actually cooling for the law to be strengthened even further. The question is censoring journalists, even selfcensorship is now as urgent as ever. Journalists are constantly being pressured already and they have a difficult job. We are not saying that Police Officers have an easy profession, but if someone, 3, filming or Something Else encroaches on the honor of an officer, the measures are already spelled out in the criminal code. Why add Something Else to it . We see this is an attempt to put additional censorship on journalists. This profession has been under pressure for more than one year through various laws, the laws on commercial secrets, the law on fake news, and also summoning journalists to find out their sources. This is all well known and we try to convey to the minister that its time to Pay Attention to frances image abroad. Because of it 19 economy, the impact of log down and then you normal just some of the discussion points on the latest installment of r. T. America. Host ben swans online show is a preview. Do things go back to normal because there are a lot of people who, as we said, are suspicious of vaccines to begin with. But theyre also suspicious that things are not going to necessarily become better based upon the usage of that backseat to things. Well never of the Honorable Health care and be a corporation. The rest of society to Small Businesses who suffer from this terrible odor. Doctors who suffer from every day, threats to their hols, this Important Group of people, well get better. What. What do you believe is the answer moving into the, into this year and going into 2021 for people who say enough is enough. What we have been told has not been working. I think the issue is, is clear that if you want to suppress the epidemic that some form of social restriction until we get that seen is it is inevitable. Otherwise we will get quite rapid growth. Yes, there is going to be a balance to be struck between the need to control the epidemic and to end allow our children to compete, continue to get their education, and to allow the economy to do as best as it can within the current systems. The promise that we keep hearing from leaders is, once we get the vaccine, things will, you know, go back to normal. Can we trust, even in the word normal . I have no doubt that those vaccines will make a big difference to the pandemic and to the control of that pandemic across much of the world. But dont even with vaccine the virus isnt going to go away. And i suspect, you know, ive been saying our grandchildrens grandchildren will certainly experience the infection. The w. H. O. For their part has come out and said that corona virus, lockdowns globally, have contributed to quite possibly a doubling of global poverty in any demick that kills more than a 1000000 people is going to generate economic hardships. Anyway, the issue is how you manage that in a way that the epidemic doesnt actually by itself, destroy the economy. But at the same time, those restrictions do the least harm to the economy and thats a difficult balancing act. In the meantime, the world is 11 months into the pandemic. Scientists are still debating the best response to what is happening, and hawkins looks through the options. Its almost a year since the coronavirus ended our lives and its in no hurry to leave everyones affected in some way. And everyone seems to have become an alice of our all of just over the last 11 months. But how well do you really know your facts and what are the experts saying . Lets test your knowledge. If theres one a symbol of 2020, its the mosque from moscow. Its a matter of government. Some mandating Wearing Masks in one way or the other just days ago, a Scientific Study in denmark, concluded mosques off, a little protection for healthy individuals on the study gives an indication of how much you gain from where in the mosque, not a lot. So when you finally throw that mosque away, not so fast. Heres a japanese study that states the opposite. We found that cotton masks, surgical masks, and 95 masks all have a protective effect with the respect to the transmission of infected droplets. Aerosols of sars cove to both studies are reputable and published by qualified professionals. They just come up with different conclusions and thats the problem. When it comes to any research on covert, you can find a study that will prove all disprove almost anything. How long is a piece of string . Heres what the u. S. Center for Disease Control has the say earlier, a system surfaces and the objects nature alludes to within hours to do it. Slightly ambiguous, but not a disaster until you read a study by a stray is National Science agency, which gives coded lifespan of 28 days in some cases. So i guess theres no right answer. Well, what about the incubation period . Heres a little clue. The in commission period, youre referring to is anything can be anything between 1. 14 days. Commonsense 14 days is usually the maximum period. Most countries around the world have quarantined new arrivals. All those potentially infected. So we all know this one. Right, seems i got that one wrong as well. Researches at Trinity College dublin say the danger period could last up to 34 days. But lets get back to basics. We all know that smokers are more at risk of suffering complications from covert. Heres a study our study provides evidence supporting the utilization of Smoking Cessation programs, especially in younger populations, as part of a strategy to minimize the adverse consequences of the covered 1000 pandemic. Common knowledge. After all, we all know that smoking is bad for you. So is it time you put that cigarette out . Apparently some research is in france, this agree claiming nicotine is the answer. Just to be clear, we obviously dont condone smoking or drugs. So as we approach the one year mark in the covert by endemic the best Scientific Minds in the world are united in their mission, billions of dollars thrown into research. All we any closer to seeing the back of this disease. It seems, despite all our best efforts that family get away, will have to wait a little longer. They noted nations agencies warning the young are being forgotten when it comes to the global battle against the pandemic. Its an issue we discussed with a senior unicef official. I think the immediate response, of course, is what will and i make most hitting at all populations. And the elderly was in direct effects was an appropriate response message from unicef. Is that as countries are preparing their response plans to the pandemic and making sure that they Pay Attention to those hardest infection itself, that they dont lose sight of making sure that essential services that children and mothers depend upon that theyre not severely disrupted because thats whats really leading to these higher numbers of deaths and also to bear in mind that a lot of the economic consequences that will cause a increase in poverty, which disproportionately affects children. Unicef outlined some of the worst aspects in its report. It found 15 percent rising young People Living in poverty will wife and predicted the lives of around 2000000. 00. Children under 5 could be lost in the next 12 months and also estimated the education of more than one and a half. 1000000000 schoolchildren would be hit and of a referee again, please, that the level of teaching should remain the same throughout the pandemic. I think the key is keeping the 5 leashes safe. So mitigation measures are extremely appropriate. But at the same time, we need to be working out innovation so that we can make sure that children are connected through the digital platforms and to make sure that theyre still in school. Look, there are court shows that looking across and under 911 different instances that there wasnt an increase in infection through school openings, although there are variances depending upon the degree to which the schools have been able to implement mitigation measures. So i think its on the one hand, there needs to be more review of School Systems that have done things in a way that is reduced infection risks or if infection or both teachers and for students. And that government should also, at the same time, take a look at making sure that while were transitioning back to and normal our environment, once we have vaccines in place, winter is still officially a week off, but it hasnt stopped the snow from falling in russia. So far east and while it might have a pretty backdrop to the festive period. So its the been causing a fair bit of chaos. The Canary Islands looks set to become the next Pressure Point in europes migrant crisis. With access to the continent restricted due to the pandemic authorities on the archipelago say the situation is close to breaking point. The Spanish Island of grand canarios, currently host to more than 2300 new covers. Most of them arrived in just the past few weeks. 160 migrants making the journey to europe by sea dies in the attempt conditions on the islands, a temporary camp of been branded, quote, shameful, by their rodents. The hygiene unsanitary situation is deplorable. Actually, chemical toilets are changed every week, but sometimes not. That is to say the conditions are not in the best of humors, that little spain is treating them right cargo. Some migrants are now being housed in local hotels, which are empty because of the pandemic and emergency camps being set up to accommodate 7000 people. But scary Officials Say more arrivals will create severe strike. You know, he took a very unique thing we asked for morgan city hall is that phone decisions that say can get recently are roadmap and they can strategy. So this camp of shane can disappear as fast as possible, is not lampedusa or less possible. Were talking about hundreds of thousands of people. This is warring, that europe needs to get in. And it needs to be solved from a humble point of view by the spanish government. Were not talking about numbers that can all be accommodated. Ok, thats how the global world news situation stands right now. Thanks for joining us on our updates in half an hour. The world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those great