this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin here's once again of a no deal breaks it is a key deadline looms media reports say u.k. prime minister boris johnson is planning new legislation that would discard key parts of last year's eve withdrawal and rayment and push the 2 sides into a no deal scenario also coming up the poisoning of russian descent alexina bonnie

opens a fresh rift between germany and russia and now on the future of a crucial gas pipeline. defining a dictator tens of thousands marching calling for an end to the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko will his government crack under pressure from the people. shot at the u.s. open as number one seed novak djokovic is disqualified and the serbian hits a line judge with the ball and appears on intentional and he has apologized but officials say he still had to be thrown out. so i'm terry barton thanks for joining us another break said showdown between britain and the european union british prime minister boris johnson saying the u.k. will. pull out of talks aimed at striking

a free trade deal between the bloc if there is no agreement by october 15th in a stable statement released to the press johnson said there needs to be an agreement with our european friends by the time of the european council on the 15th of october if it's going to be in force by the end of the year if we can't agree by then and i do not see that there will be afraid of free trade agreement between us and we should both accept that and move all. britain formally left the e.u. in january but a transition period was agreed until the end of the year well for more on that i'm joined from brussels by our correspondent. from london because must good morning to you but let's start with you we've got boris johnson delivering an ultimatum and the financial times saying the u.k.

is planning to override parts of the break that with all agreement what is going on here. well there's quite a lot of movement here in london when it comes to a new push for the regs and one is as you said this the ultimatum potentially controversial. bill and this is a new legislation that the u.k. is expected to start on wednesday and from what we now call it's over these u.k. legislation would be contravening the withdrawal agreement that the u.k. and the you had agreed on when they finished breaks it talks of that was. just the divorce agreement how the nets how the u.k. would be the european union and this is an international law so this has got some alarm bells ringing here in london. and also critics of the government are saying well if the u.k.

wants to be this new self-confident global britain it needs to be trusted and call and go back on any international agreements that it has with the european union with its biggest trading partner so quite a bombshell announcement and the interesting we can come in london and with comes to the u.k. you talks. alarm bells ringing in brussels to you if london rips up a withdrawal tear deal day or what would that mean for relations between the u.k. and brussels. terry over this 4 year break that saga we've seen many setbacks bergin i have seen them and as she points out this one is a real bombshell not only because the u.k. backtracks on internationally agreed documents but more importantly the northern island part of the withdrawal agreement has specifically being written up in order to avoid northern ireland becoming a bargaining chip in order to avoid a situation where

a conflict could arise again over that region and that is the situation we find ourselves now in and the e.u. keeps wondering what people here in brussels keep wondering why have we been talking if the u.k. now threatens to withdraw all from something we have been we have agreed on to you let's talk a little about northern ireland should the u.k. goes back on its agreements with brussels that could have ramifications for the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland irish foreign minister simon company has been tweeting saying this would be a very unwise way to proceed you can send some sort of underlying frustration there georg remind us what's at stake here regarding the border. oh a lot of this is at stake look a number of things in the brawl breaks that problem you could result with some smoky deals about what you cannot resolve is the fact that northern ireland and the

republic of ireland have a common border and this is an open border on the island of ireland now northern ireland belonging to the u.k. and ireland the republic of ireland but look belonging to the e.u. and that open border is of course a threat to the internal market something that is economically very dear is at the heart of the e.u. construct on top of this you have a political conflict between those 2 entities on the island of ireland and the big concern of the e.u. but of many people on the island of ireland of course is that this political conflict was which has cost many people dying could come up again if indeed this common border would be under threat and if the u.k. drops out this would be the case. if the u.k. does scrap the withdrawal agreement with the e.u. house is likely to go down with the british public. well boris johnson was elected on the ticket off that. easy off unready is what he

said and this is why the british public voted for him he was optimistic and fresh face and they run to. me that they wanted solution for bradford so that he now says well actually you have no deal with all the economic consequences of this brings mostly for the u.k. that will make some people wonder what does he really mean when he said that the brits would be very very people will be wondering. you know he was telling the truth at that time what has changed in the hall for a year when he said it was going to be easy and now it's just not. very good in london much as in brussels thank you very much to you but. you just heard from our london correspondent lots of fun certainty in the u.k. as negotiators work on a withdrawal deal she sent. us this report on british businesses who trade with the

e.u. many are worried that they'll be forced to compromise on prices and products that keep their customers coming back. 2 whoever shops at barro market in south london is looking for the best quality tasty treats from across europe. well 2 dominic court sell scouted cheese from the netherlands. dairy cooperatives in france deliver conti and mopey in the summer this fetid cheese from the greek island of lesbos but briggs' it poses a threat to its little cheese paradise. the massive lorry the i me and has been very since the referendum and already we're on our 3rd stop calling plan. to make sure we've got enough stalking at the prices that we're currently paying and we don't have to incur any higher prices that might be introduced by high tariffs. court shows us his story and he's worried that the already pricey

cheese he sells will be slapped with high tariffs that's assuming it can even be delivered undamaged with new border checks goods could be held up for days. the transport is just 6 is going to be that much more complicated it's going to be expensive to simply be extra paperwork involved. and i can only imagine it's not going to be as free flowing as it is currently food experts warn that the supply chains of fresh products could be disrupted britain imports roughly 80 percent of its fruit to learn much and also have another worry if there is no trade deal with brussels the us might fill the gap food products could even become cheaper but what about quality american health and environmental standards are lower for example when it comes to meet. i think the real worry is that if we get these influx of much cheaper food being imported that actually supermarkets will opt to stop say

chain restaurants they have to stop face and so our traders here who you know what only supply the best face us. that price means that the disparity between. it is going to be much wider than it already sees much and many court has had lots of discussions about bret's it including with max talk up the fishmonger all but he. always told me old fashioned he said. we want to. live and you know. that you with us and you'll. just preparing himself in his own way a friend of his mixed up at a pinch maybe he'll end up sending this kind of cheese. 7 look at some other stories making headlines around the world today british police arrested a suspect in connection with the stabbing rampage in birmingham one man died and 7 other people were wounded 2 of them seriously authorities said the victims appeared

to have been chosen at random and that there was no indication the attacks were terror related. the korean peninsula has been hit by its 3rd typhoon in as many weeks typhoon high fashion knocked out power through thousands of homes flooded roads and damaged buildings on south korea's southern tip hundreds of flights were canceled earlier the storm battered islands in southern japan. california's governor has declared a state of emergency in 5 counties speak us of the wildfires raging there cross the state hundreds of people trapped at a remote campsite were airlifted to safety heat wave is pushing temperatures up to record levels 8 people have been killed. now the recent poisoning the russian opposition leader alexina body has raised tensions between germany and russia about he's being treated in berlin after collapsing in siberia

the german government says he was poisoned with the nerve agent know what chalk the fire is casting doubt on the future of a strategic pipeline being built to carry russian gas to germany. construction is in the final stages yet the north stream to pipeline might never be completed because of the diplomatic storm over the poisoning of alexina valmy that is where you know not all over 100 companies are involved in this project half of them a german backlash against the project would hurt them to phone for an hour or so but it would be wrong to assume that what's happened will not have any consequences . to moscow denies the allegations over novell name and this hit back with its own assertions the kremlin says germany has not responded to russian requests for legal assistance but in rejects this meanwhile ukraine has joined

calls for tough sanctions to be imposed on russia be all for us in the lead and we . will react with tough measures that the month so that is left in no doubt country. and many german politicians agree putin 1st understands only 2 things money and gas stream $2.00 is crucial to our future relations with russia. the green party believes russian gas is incompatible with clean energy. it. government must find ways to exit this project can be even if accepting ends up costing money and time of course it all adds up to an uncertain future for a controversial pipeline. more joined by our chief political editor mccain here in berlin and our correspondent in moscow emily sherwin good to see you both mckayla

the u.s. has been pressuring germany to scrap that north stream to pipeline for a long time. dispute with moscow over the nobel the poisoning end up killing it. well it depends on whether you listen more closely to the foreign minister who's a social democrat all the german chancellor who herself when she so condemned this attempted murder tack on mr now so that this was an attack on the fundamental rights values we stand for those are the words angela merkel used but only days before she once again backed the north stream to project and said that it should be seen as decoupled from these current events and there we see that this is purely a political dimension ultimately the question is whether i'm going to machall is even willing to raise this pipeline is everybody else is when it comes to the case

which of course has a long history in terms of an attack we saw here in germany as well but for now german policy remains to see this project as completely separate. emily what are we to make of the russian government's response to an evolving as poisoning i mean we're talking about norbert chalk here is a military grade nerve agent is moscow showing any interest in a transparent investigation. well russian officials certainly say that they're interested in a transparent investigation and in fact in the past few days we've heard statements saying that actually it's berlin that slowing down the process for example the spokesperson of the foreign ministry here in russia said that russia's general prosecutor's office actually asked germany for information on these states but they have had no response we've heard in recent days statements from russian doctors saying that they're willing to cooperate with the german side so kind of from the

russian side a signal that they're willing to cooperate with germany but in fact we've only heard words from the russian side no investigation has been opened so far and that's in a strategy that we've seen before as well of kind of very various different versions of what happened to me being circulated including on state t.v. and we've seen that with other cases for example with the downing of the mh 17 plane over ukraine russia kind of spreading different versions blaming the other side shifting blame questioning investigations that are taking place and it seems that that's what we're seeing as well now kind of a smokescreen of lords rather than actions. if the north stream to pipeline project were to be canceled because of this dispute with russia over than the ball the poisoning does germany have a bubble alternative in terms of meeting its energy needs. well let me quote the

energy expert of the german institute for economic research and she says europe germany simply doesn't need it that this project should never have been built and when there's an argument to use gas as a bridge technology particularly russian gas she says that this is a bridge that leads to nowhere so this just emphasizes the political dime mention here it's a project that was deeply unpopular amongst most e.u. states seen as on european action by the germans and that raises the overarching question whether i'm going to machall in the end will be give a bit of ground despite the fact that that would now look like giving in to us press over the us of course having its own interests of selling l. and g. gas to europe but the analysis here is that it's a project that simply isn't needed particularly looking at 0 emissions in the future. because of

a chief political editor here in berlin in moscow our correspondent emily sherman thank you very much to both. another country over which germany or the e.u. as a whole and russia do not see eye to eye is bella roups police in belarus have arrested more than $600.00 people after a massive rally in the capital minsk according to the interior ministry for the past 4 weeks protesters have been demanding the longtime authoritarian leader of xander the step last month's election he claimed victory but his opponents and many observers including the e.u. say the vote was rigged. a sea of dissent flooding minsk. more than 100000 protesters marched through the capital calling for an end to president of exxon the location goes nearly 3 decades long rule. this protests cannot be stopped any more there's no way back the point of no return has already

been crossed the people will go to the end to defend their constitutional rights jasmine as is the new legal system does not function our country violence rules our country one man that rules our country. the month long protests marks the biggest challenge to look at grip on power and what's been called europe's lastic tater ship. the opposition has refused to accept the result of last month's election which the president says he won with 80 percent of the vote. in from exile in neighboring list of his rivals for atlanta to call for new elections. he skipped the countries in the state of political crisis and the only way out of this crisis is announcing another transparent and fair election. palooka shango is shown no intention of relinquishing power a visit by the russian prime minister last week seemed only to unfold in the 66

year old straw man he spent the past days warning his neighbors poland lothian lithuania and ukraine against interfering in deliveries internal business. rather than extending an olive branch what does have confronted the mostly peaceful protesters with sticks and tear gas and the president has some leashed pants of brass knuckles security forces on men women and children. sake a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona crisis coronavirus india has overtaken brazil on the list of countries worst affected by the corona virus pandemic it now has the 2nd highest tally in the world with more than 4200000 cases friends has placed 7 more regions on high alert after a record daily rise in infections the move affects major cities including. his own and allows forty's to impose exceptional measures to slow the virus australia says

it will receive the 1st batches of a potential vaccine in january next year the zeneca vaccine is currently undergoing late stage clinical trials. well it's back to school time for much of the world but the coronavirus has made returning to classes a challenge almost everywhere where spare correspondents around the world to tell us how school reopening are going in their country. it was a mix of nerves and excitement and the kids at this east london high school headed back for the 1st time since munch the teachers here tell me they're ready with stock of class times social distancing measures and one way systems but for the older students in particular the road back to the classroom hasn't been easy schools here are reeling from a series of chaotic government you tens which left many kids over the summer facing days of uncertainty about how their results would be awarded the canceled exams and this new school year isn't bringing back any more stability teachers here say many

kids a month behind on the learning they're warning that the knock on effects could take that toll for some time to come despite a new search of coronavirus case this strain every open in the states even if it doesn't look like it it's actually a nursery school behind me it's located in a beautiful park and i was very happy when we ran for it some days ago that i was going to place their happiness with a feeling of uncertainty the government end up with a measure and some days to go about haven't had any time to react to at least there's going to be parents meeting in some days and hopefully find out more about how our 1st days of school look like during the one time students are back in school throughout the whole of china including more han where the epidemic has started. students need to wear masks there are social distancing measures staggered schedules but otherwise schools are supposed to go back to their normal curriculum

colleges and other educational institutions continue to remain. but the government has allowed schools to buy back some of them by the end of this month but online and other related however competitive examinations which take place in the country every. fight. schools remain closed what you see here is a reflection of what's happening across the country right from elementary level to university level classes remain closed the government is not sure when to reopen schools now especially with the rising cases of. now many teachers of already lost their jobs while you're on the government tried to introduce lessons of radio and television but sustaining that became a challenge so many families however it did describe 2020 as the last.

big drama at the u.s. open favorite has been disqualified for hitting a line judge with the all. sports is here to help us understand what happened which is my 1st question mark what happened well he was playing against public arena in the last 16 he just lost it and he took a ball out of his pocket and angrily hit it behind him now unfortunate behind him was a line person and it hit on the fruit and she was in quite a bit of discomfort he went up to her to try and comfort and then officials said look you can't do that you're out of the tournament he pleaded with them but he accepted in the end and walked off and it's just such a very strange end to the tournament 4 and i mean need one every match in 22. albeit in a season that has been truncated by the coronavirus he was looking for is 18th grand slam title which of putting just one behind rafa nadal and 2 behind roger

federer as record of 20 and obviously rafa nadal isn't there he decided not to go to the u.s. open because of his worries about coronavirus in the states and roger federer is injured so the field is wide open for joke of it to win it and it's just such a strange mix it is a strange sort of it's a kind of bizarre situation and it didn't seem a freak accident one could call it how. the top tennis world reacting to that as i mean yes it was unintentional we can we can look at a tweet now from novak djokovic saying sorry he was upset by the whole thing i mean he actually said the whole situation has left me really sad and empty i checked on the lines person and the tournament told me thank god she is feeling ok i'm extremely sorry to have caused such stress now as for the tennis world they're pretty universal that he had to be kicked out yes he didn't mean to do it but he recklessly shot the ball behind him and that can obviously cause injury it's not

like he's serving or something and then the ball suddenly hit someone that something happened some time in tennis people will say what about john mcenroe back in the day used to smash his rackets on the ground when he was annoyed and he didn't get disqualified many times but obviously when you smash a record on the ground the only person you're really endangering is yourself there's not really many people around but with a ball obviously it's more more dangerous and it isn't the 1st controversy to have hit novak djokovic this year you might remember back in june because there was no professional tennis because of the coronavirus he said to be zone address kind of exhibition event and let's just say there was normal social distancing there was lot of partying and joke of each got coronavirus and there's a lot of criticism of that tournament and then also came out with some comments against vaccination which a lot of people also criticize so it's to. very strange year for him strange indeed mark meadows indeed thank you so much. hundreds of spectators have lined the

banks of bed this is famous grand canal for the city's annual historical regatta rowers and gondoliers paddled the waterways and historical costumes for the event which dates back centuries people came out despite credible iris restrictions with many calling it one of venice's most beautiful traditions. you're watching to bend to zoom in is up next with all the latest from business i'm terry martin thanks rick.

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