this is it reduces life for girl and push back the e.u. sues britain over breads its european commission president or zawahiri ally in it says britain has breached its obligation of good faith after british prime minister boris johnson proposed a draft bill that would finally the brics it treatment a treaty agreement with the e.u. also coming up and making a difference the winners of was often called the alternative nobel prize are announced we take a look at the people honored for their activism by this year's right likelihood award and

a 5 year battle ends in $0.06 an iranian canoeist in germany wins his fight to be considered for the refugee team at next year's tokyo olympics. it's a pleasure to be with you at this hour well we start with a story that has occupied the headlines here trust eroded deadlines missed international law broken now the e.u. has launched legal action against great britain for violations of the brig's it would draw agreement european commission president or as of underlined made the announcement earlier in brussels let's take a listen to what she said exactly this draft bill is by its very nature a breach of the obligation of good faith laid down in the withdrawal agreement. moreover if adopted as it is it will be in full contradiction to the particle of

ireland northern ireland. the deadline lapsed yesterday the problematic provisions have not been removed. therefore the smart of the commission has decided to send a letter from the notice to the u.k. government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure that was the european commission president to speak in moments before let's get your reaction on this pivotal development our correspondents are standing by always under phenomena in brussels and in london for you. i want to give you the 1st word things are just not growing well at the moment this feels like a very important development has the british government reacted. well for the moment they're really keeping their cool they're quite belligerently saying well this is their intention and they say that this needs to be happening in

order to save the good friday agreement and the internal market the trade within the u.k. however we also know that there is a summit coming up brussels and just a couple of weeks time and we do know that the government would try to get some sort of agreement with the european union so they might be quite cool for the moment by might not be the last who knows whether this will last and whether this will maybe change when there is. face to face in brussels alexander is this the european union calling a boris johnson's bluff. well ali i think that it's fair to see it this way the european commission did today what it was expected to do they launch infringement proceedings against london and it was a clear signal saying that they are not willing to play.

london's game that they are ready to negotiate but at the same time that they are not ready to to adopt what the game or to to do what london is demanding and of course the european union understands to boards jonson's by raising the stakes he's trying to put to increase the pressure on the european union to agree to his conditions but i think also that to say that the european union knows that britain needs to deal more than they were peon union does and that it's why brussels wants to continue the negotiations from a position of strength a bigot this seems like a very dicey approach that the u.k. has taken to mean this is such a decisive phase in the divorce proceedings and the british leadership prepared to walk away with no deal. well certainly they're

trying like alexander has explained that trying for it to look that way however we also know that there's a lot of pressure from within britain for example industry manufacturing industry common infections i read begging the u.k. government to get a deal because we could see more or less the extinction of manufacturing at least of those like the car makers who really depend on the close relations and close trade with the european union but boris johnson also wants to hold his own he was elected as a leader who said we are going to leave do or die and who also accused the reason mase government of not really meaning to walk away without a do you always said that this was the mistake of the make government that they always looked like they needed desperately a deal and now they are really trying to show well if we if you don't give us what we want well then we will be prepared to walk away well alexandra time is running

out there is a hard deadline at the end of this year is that enough time for all parties to overcome their differences what are you hearing in brussels. well time is running al that's what we hear here in brussels at the same time i think that we cannot rule out and i think at this moment what we saw in the last weeks were complaints from bourse sides saying that you know it cools the accusing each other of doing enough of not being determined to make progress. negotiators chief negotiators saying that there are disappointments at the same time they also say that they still see a chance for a deal in the and tell her we also have to add that it's important for the european union note to get into the brics the tears notes to encourage should those within the law cool my belief that the future would be better outside of the european union and i'm going to just

a quick follow up but you leaders are meeting right now for a 2 day summit to focus on foreign affairs is it being eclipsed by this latest decision by the commission. i don't think so what we heard from the leaders arriving here. it's not on the agenda we cannot rule out one of the leaders will bring that up but they're hot they have all their important topics on the edge and the same. they've been talking about it for weeks but so far no sanctions have been imposed and the tensions in the eastern mediterranean. with starkey oh also a very huge issue so i don't think that this developments today is going to overshadow their meeting in brussels alexander phenomena reporting in brussels and better get my ass for you in a london a thank you both for your continued coverage. i want to be up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world russia has offered to host

talks to try and end hostilities in the congresses over disputed region of nagorno-karabakh but armenia and azerbaijan vowed to continue fighting that's killed more than 100 people since sunday it's their most violence a military engagement since the mid 1990 s. . police in hong kong have arrested dozens of activists who were defying a ban on protests it comes as the city marks the 71st anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china officials denied permission for a rally citing security concerns and coronavirus restrictions. human rights are under threat across the planet in some countries they're even moving backwards the right life fully hoed award aims to recognize the activists championing human rights also known as the alternative nobel prize well this year is being awarded to individuals and groups fighting for peace and inequality in

belarus iran nicaragua and the us the right livelihood award foundation is again honoring people who peacefully defend basic human rights around the world they will cut to the back to know who democracy is under threat all over the world that's why we want to send out a signal to the world in defense of democracy. american lawyer bryan stevenson a prominent member of the black lives matter movement will be one of this year's laureates he has promoted the fair treatment of african-americans in the u.s. courts for decades it comes at a moment when there's a lot of uncertainty and a lot of anxiety about our efforts to achieve justice in america so deeply appreciative to the selection committee to this kind of recognition both. the belle of risk in democracy movement will also be honored the on the outs he founded the human rights organization vyas now some 25 years ago i let's be. honest.

now will receive the prize for their promotion of human rights and democracy and alexander lukashenko groups which can rightfully be called europe's last dictatorship. seize the. iranian human rights lawyer nothing and so today will also receive the award she's currently serving a 38 year jail sentence the 4th award recipient will be lottie cunningham rent of nicaragua and advocate for the rights of indigenous people in her country the right mike lee hood award ceremony will take place in stockholm on december 3rd thing. and joining us now is a lot a kind of a moran one of the 4 recipients of the right livelihood award she is committed to environmental protection and in the genus people in the a very warm welcome and congratulations mrs cunningham what does this award mean for you. well firstly i would like the will and the billy save my grant that to receive this hour i did and i was they express my

sincere directive to the group when they write slavery war that and for us is the very important that the. experience in it and serious human rights crises in the history and these have the nicaraguan states has been practiced scenes restriction as the city since close in spaces and apparatuses south institution and that there erased and and this process and there can safely have and still have actually was in fact in the very very aft in the general speech bill and after this in there in the caribbean cool cephalic there are still for us is very important because the current situation after the people birth this is serious human rights the and they only shan which there are

consequences for the life and the there is very and then the lack of action by nicaragua states to protect their life and their it very often in the genocide community. these. are humans in 'd back in the your life now you are obviously trying to shine a light on all these issues that you've outlined what is your single biggest challenge at the moment for you to be able to do your work. way let one after our most chance is took and being you know with the international mechanism to see for justice for my be good to protect mother in the chair big guy as we has be so far in i am here my theory and gravity is for him the forces these placements for the there is there is and it is in many

companies coming and the in force in my people to leave big guys have the money to be an ethnic there our government giving can say shadow my. illegality and cut in ranch so more is why seeing you will be there in action and. dual seek for justice to all that and the. land rights for indigenous people very important issues are there that your raise a lot of kind of them around the recipient of right livelihood award congratulations again thank you very much. let's bring up today now where with the latest developments she from around the world well there was a 61 percent increase in positive kovan $1000.00 cases in england's latest weekly

data results from the country's test and trace steam show more than 31300 people tested positive for cocaine 1000 and miss september meanwhile in italy a proposal has been put forward by the country's prime minister to extend the covert 1900 of emergency until the end of january 2021 germany has classified in the vigil regions in 11 countries as high risk areas due to the high number of infections belgium iceland wales and northern ireland are now included on that list . the new university semester starts today in germany and for a lot of students that now means learning from their laptops rather than in the lecture hall but the pandemic has also left many and precarious situations especially those from abroad who receive less state support others planning to study abroad have not been able to get to their universities at all and are even

having to juggle assignments across different time zones. this was not how mean dean imagined student 10000 deity non-bank about to get before. and i don't know whether i would matter if it's 10000 you know because it's no job i'm not getting any help from the government. is studying for a doctorate in economics at a university in australia she wanted to be there in the spring but is stuck in berlin. you know that she has to keep up with her lectures online. going to. work go to.