oh nice if i couric and i'm going to be fun to. see if. this is due to all the news live from berlin britain and the e.u. struggled to put together a post breaks the trade agreement i mean in brussels between british prime minister boris johnson and european commission president jose love underly and ends without a firm deal with the talks to continue but how big are the barriers to a breakthrough also in coming up a passionate pandemic pulling until

a medical warns that germany is losing its fight against the coronavirus she says the public has a choice to accept tougher restrictions all more lives will be lost. i'm jarid very welcome to the show our british prime minister boris johnson has left a critical break that meeting in brussels with european commission president live on the line reports say both sides have agreed to decide by sunday if the talks on a post breaks a trade agreement worth continuing johnson travel to brussels after an earlier fine call between him and the e.u. changed failed to break the deadlock disagreements over fishing rights business competition rolls and policing keeping the pot he's from hashing out a trade deal with the brics a transition period expiring on just in the. the 31st fears of

a chaotic splits are growing. in the earlier on wednesday bars johnson told the british parliament he thinks that there is quite a good deal still there to be done however he went on to say that he would not accept an agreement at any cost let's listen to what he had to say i must tell one house that our friends are currently operate in the e.u. are currently insisting good if they pass a new rule in the future. with which we in this country do or compile follow suit then they will be automatic right mr speaker to punish us and to retaliate and secondly they're saying that the u.k. should be the only country in the world not to have control over its fishing waters and i don't believe this is because of those the terms that any prime minister. should act so. let's go now to our correspondent

in brussels she's been following these talks between us here live on the line and boris johnson good to see you there barbara so the 2 met for dinner it was a building billed as a chance for them to try and reach a breakthrough how did it all go. badly because the british side afterbirth said it was a frank discussion now we know that in diplomat speak that means there was a dust up and the european side talked about open and interesting discussions interesting is just another word for terrible circumstances so obviously in more than 3 hours the 2 could not somehow bring together those enormous gaps they're still talking about between the positions of the 2 sides it is of course mostly about competition it's fair competition the insists on britain following certain rules it is the governance off the deal because there's not much trust

between the 2 sides that is still a really hot topic and then once that is solved a deal could be made on fisheries but all these things hang together and this seems to be absolutely 0 movement now talks will go on until sunday evening and then the formula says we will take a decision what that would look like we don't know yet but no deal might be looming indeed none of these super promising but they have given themselves until sunday do you think they're just delaying the inevitable here. it seems like it because if there is. no app no positive energy what so ever no political will that was discernable after this meeting would be brought up. this this sort of like mini summit i mean the 2 sides and then where is this going to come from there is nobody else but the 2 top politicians on each side who could give the

decisive push and say ok let's do it we'll would sort of wiggle a bit here and move a bit there and then we can sort of push this fall but absolutely no sign of that and so if all we hear is that there are huge differences then that means that those differences haven't been sort of somehow brought together it seems that we are in fact sort of going towards no deal the point you know is that the difficult question is will the e.u. get up from the table 1st or will britain do it this is important for the history books maybe barbara stay with us because the between the leaders of the u.k. and the e.u. wasn't the only top story in brussels the 27 e.u. states also discuss the standoff over the 1.8 trillion euro e.u. budget poland and hungary had vowed to veto the entire budget let's take a look. it was them against the rest of the.

polish prime minister must feel small have yes he and his home garion counterpart viktor obama. both opposed a clause linking the release of e.u. funds to the rule of law and we made bush one yet we say arrest sounding to all the mechanisms that punish us just like naughty children is which 3 year old in another member states and european union with an equally and that for a stronger steel when you were a very still. a power move that put a lot at stake specifically the carefully crafted 1.8 trillion europe package on the blocks future fine insists that includes a trillion euro e.u. budget for the next 7 years and they 750000000000 euro rescue fund to boost ailing european economies something vital for member states hit hardest by the pandemic like italy. hungary and poland have repeatedly been called out for rolling back democratic freedoms that had vowed to veto the entire budget a crucial test for the e.u.

who does what we must be determined very vigilant very committed but now it looks like a last ditch attempt by the german chancellor to resolve the issue has succeeded just in time for the new budget to kick in from next year with the current of our spending make far from over. let's go back to about 5 years old so bobber a compromise looking hopeful live at a stand off over the e.u. budget in this coronavirus recovery package what exactly happens now. tomorrow when this summit is underway that is on thursday you leaders will have to make up their minds they will have to figure out whether they like this deal because this is not for anglo american alone to decide and if poland and hungary are jubilant about it now that's a bad sign for everyone else because there's quite a number of european countries the netherlands in particular who really wanted to toughen up the rule of law mechanisms against those 2 countries that have been

called up. again and again time again and again because they were sort of not obeying democratic rules and the more that sort of are the foundation of the european union and it seems as i'm going to america from what we have seen here has largely given in and has sort of fulfilled a lot of the demands and absolutely defend this new rule of law mechanism and given them lots of time to play was and it would be years till you could ever sort of bring this to fruition a difficult thing a difficult decision for the of the e.u. member states then not particularly going to like it many of them and so there might be rather point discussions during the summit on this particular topic it sounds like they'll be busy days in brussels ahead thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today ghana's

electoral commission says president. has won a 2nd term in office officials say he won over 51 percent of the putting him ahead of his previous his us and old rival john muhammad the results follow a contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence. the ethiopian government has rejected calls for an independent investigation into the conflict in the region the un human rights chief has said that the situation is warring and volatile humanitarian workers say i cannot reach the region and thousands of people have fled the fighting. officials in india seeking the cause of a mystery illness that has hospitalized almost $600.00 people in the state of under a project to have found traces of lead and nickel in blood samples of those affected the authorities have ordered an inquiry into the source of the metals. and

the united nations says the earth is on course to warm by more than 3 degrees celsius by the end of the century off the greenhouse emissions reached a new high last year the u.n. said the impact of this year's deep in the pandemic will only been negligible without a comprehensive and rapid shift away from fossil fuels fwiw we know our german chancellor i'm going as someone being known as being calm under pressure a true crisis manager but on wednesday we saw another rare side of her the chancellor delivered an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus number as the cause of 19 death toll here in germany hit a record daily high on tuesday of 590 with more than 20000 new infections here is a very warm read and moved under medical speaking in palmetto on wednesday. uncle americal has spoken in parliament on countless occasions but this time was

different she framed the decisions now facing germany as a matter of life and death in one of the most impassioned speeches of her life there are 14 days to go on to christmas 14 days we have to give our all to ensure that we don't end up back in exponential growth if we have too much contact with others before christmas and then it turns out to be divinely last christmas with our grandparents then this will be a terrible failure to. miracles message it's time to act shops are still open and even some traditional christmas stands are serving mulled wine out on the streets merkel says this has to change. so how does this i ask how does this see i know how much love gets poured into those christmas bands and i'm sorry from the bottom of my heart but if we have to pay the price of 590 people dying every day us just not acceptable in my eyes and we must take.

accept our votes by those who decide to listen to. america also condemn the protest movements casting doubt on the science behind the so-called lockdown light currently in place she made an unusually personal reference to her background as a scientist and her earlier years living under a regime with no respect for the truth to that university nice gemini i decided to study physics i probably would not have done that if i had lived in the west i did it because i realized that many things could be undermined but not gravity or to speed of light and other scientific thank you to for medical the facts are clear a tighter lockdown is needed right now her next challenge is to persuade not only parliament but also the german people and the only important leaders of each german state without their consent tougher actions won't be possible but if today's speech

is anything to go by merkel is ready to put all her political power on the line. let's take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic of the u.k.'s national health service has advised people with a history of serious allergic reactions not to receive the buy on take 5 as a vaccine 2 people have responded adversely to the shot just a day after mass vaccinations began brazil has reported over 53400 new corona virus infections in the last 24 hours now this is the highest daily rate read just a bit since mid august globally brazil is battling the 3rd worst outbreak surpassed only by the u.s. and india and south africa has officially entered the 2nd wave of the vet of the pandemic this was declared by the country's health minister after close to 7000 new infections were recorded in a single day most of these cases are in the country south. sport now ryall

madrid have avoided a scare and qualified for the champions league last 16 the record 13 time winners beat brasil mentioned to nil despite the defeat also reached the knockout stages for the 1st sign time since the 1970 s. karim benzema opened the school. early on to settle reales nerves and the french strike a native the 2nd before half time defeat would have dumped the spanish giants out in the group stage for the 1st time. the here and match officials have made a statement against racism all took a name before the restart of this suspected match the game was whole to the die early after allegations that a match official used a racial slur a new refereeing team was implies p.s.g. won 51 thanks to a name on the trick they go through as group winners atalanta beat to book their last 16 spot and atletico madrid also progressed holders by munich were already

through but stayed undefeated with the 2 nil win over lokomotiv moscow. you're watching the news from filling up next the news africa has more on our website dot com i'm jobber grange thanks for watching. the literature invites us to see people in particular. to see as the kids find a grownup. my objective is to. deliver your books on youtube. imagine how many push. ups right now in the world right

now climate change different hockey story. faces much less they went home just one week. how much worse can really get. we still have time to. get some scribe and more news like. this. coming up on the program if you. need. in mind the humanitarian crisis in the region also coming up. defiance in the freezer the crackdown. planning demonstrations on thursday to demand that conditions on the what it was before my protest.

conscience spills on pump and i get these women somali outbreak in 5 years in this fitness center founded by one of their own their woman. and you are welcome to the program fresh between the government and the u.n. . to the troubled region on sunday so just short and detained a team of u.n. staff for trying to reach restricted areas has been in conflict since november with governments troops fighting regional militia on the u.n. house repeated the demand that safe passage to deliver relief to civilians that.

as ethiopian troops battle to ground forces the government repeatedly rejects intervention from outside whether in resolving the conflict investigating violence or in trying to get aid to civilians it says it doesn't need a babysitter. on sunday soldiers shot at a team of u.n. employees trying to access sheer melba camp in te grey which houses eritrean refugees if the o.p.'s says the vehicle failed to stop at 2 checkpoints the un staff were detained and later released unharmed going to be the government insists the area is restricted and that everyone has to comply with the rules. non-stop we work on it becomes whatever background it has it has to respect the government's order in the government believes that is something you know is not safe anymore and people should stop it that arsenal are peaceful for un now going to meant that we in turn. was in

a belief that un would collaborate with us and we the government would conditions so we cordon it we lead but we must use stands in partner the u.n. maintains that it needs unhindered access to deliver essential services are humanitarian colleagues are reporting to us said the dire shortage of food water fuel cash in region is seriously affecting people including humanitarian workers in many areas people have been living for more than a month now with no electricity running water banking or communications with the impact of the fighting has been heavy forcing thousands to flee but also wounding and killing an untold number as the world looks on. government has come under scrutiny by rights groups for brutally cracking down on a recent protest against tough living conditions in october dozens of activists and

journalists were detained just last month when a 6 year old in a sense your mottos died in a demonstration but asked not to tear the protest this they plan to return to the streets on thursday. a show of force from the police in response to the november 11 demonstrations in rwanda in a sense your motto has died during protests witnesses say the 26 year old was shot by life rounds fired by police autopsy results establishing the cause of martyrs death were never published his grandmother says she's been robbed of her grandson i think. he was in the head didn't steal he didn't i think he was just the student my life as a grandmother is to work to feed my grandson you know and now i've come with a. i we want justice they shouts i i i think in

a sense are matters funeral turned into an outpouring of anger that. i. knew a man who died in the century it was the police who killed the government's police there was he died in the sense that they say authorities in london have since prohibited demonstrations citing corona regular agents as everything but they haven't been able to silence calls for better living conditions more jobs and elections and colas 1st local elections were meant to be healthy this year before the government is buying them indefinitely. but protesters plan to make their voices heard once more thursday they say they'll be back on the streets. joining me now is an item a shadow senior research africa vision with human rights watch helo's a night out thanks for your time now why are people protesting more and more against the government. you can look at it from 2 perspectives

one is the fact that this government is in many that a country full of problems and those problems are beginning to emerge there is a bad economy in place nor jobs. and with that history shows brought about by of 19 everything is the. difficult in young people at their most accurate but the difficulties and they want to go to the streets and protest the other point is that we have to admit that compared to the previous president it was president said that the centrist that is the lot is more tolerant is allowing more people to go to the streets so all that's why you see more people on the streets you see more protests happening put into centers no protest was allowed whatsoever now last month president laurent met with representatives of angola news to hear the our grievances is there a chance the youth will get what they want it really depends on how president

willis who takes his meeting which was a in fact an unprecedented meeting of several hours this way you heard from the present. key exult do you think ruling does that went to the street where did it even as people presented their problems that look at elections continue to be postponed now it's up to him to take those grievances and provide solutions for them but we also have to they mind the fact that we approach in general elections and that means that politicians are less confident to nice and then to take measures and that might also be in this good self because as put this just wanting to take place we might see a government sending more force to the ground and facing protesters with my own enforce and that might mean more human rights violation in all are exactly talking about more human rights violations they are conflicting reports on how the students in a sense who died during the protests last month or why is there so much doubt about

the course of a step. it was a fabulous. witness continue to insist on the version that he died of a gunshot fired by a police officer but it is usually in the include looting the state prosecutor's version is that. would concisely the version the initial version of the police officers is that he died of coles by use for when he found in the ground what these issues oh look at the polls is that. people are stupid much in a situation where they don't trust because they didn't you do sions and they believe that's did you do instead of providing and then said to conflicts they are dead to. the bed but this is our police officers ok now you protest as expected on thursday about there are restrictions and please do 2 measures to contain the pandemic so what can we expect let me just briefly

nod to the fact that the factor that is called 19 should not be a reason for the angolan government to stop people from exercising their rights to protest what we should do is to create conditions on the ground for people toward the door to door to door to have their one meter then of. each other to be sure that people where my student protests and other measures that. 1000 forces as to adopt but he should by no means use cog in 1000 it's an excuse to stay in police officers to the ground and use live bullets against a peaceful protesters was a simple world in that market that says we want jobs ok well said so and i doubt my shadow seen our research on africa division with a human rights watch thank you for your time.

women are fighting to be treated as equals to man woman. in the country let alone a woman leading it and that's exactly what i shall is doing to break down barriers she's keeping women fit both in self confidence while maintaining a thriving business. it's work out time in somalia's capital mogadishu. this is the city's 1st fitness center for women. putting the women through their paces who's the gym's co-founder and instructor. i'm very happy to be an instructor and i hope to participate in international sports events and coach for somalia in the future.

any other places for women to exercise a rare and somalia's conservative society. even here women retain their full body coverings and train in separate rooms for men. but even the mere existence of such spaces still some somali men. it's been difficult some people told us they think it is shameful to see a woman going to. that. disagrees she comes here 3 times a week and feels she is making great progress on her fitness retain. power. core that i started 7 months ago. i was 110 kilograms

then but now i'm 78 kilograms thanks to god and my instructor know how i react with say to women do not stay at home come out and go to the gym it improves your health and makes your body beautiful that it will put her off michael for. the classes are gaining momentum about 50 women attending sessions regularly burning calories and breaking a sweat against the odds. that's it for now michel to check out our stories on d.w. dot com slash africa or you can visit our facebook and twitter pages now we were just talking about getting fed to hit some more pages of some who puts even more time and efforts to shape they have bodies there were showing off the body building contest in nairobi a few days ago goodbye about. going

to the conflict zone teams of mr joe biden will take the white house next month but with his party defeated by the other democrats really celebrating my guest this week from washington is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell a man with a vision of the struggle simply to control his policy crises only from

conflict the 5060 minutes. what secrets lie behind small. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. world heritage 360 get maps now. the u.s. federal trade commission facebook says the social media giant is abused to snuff out competition. could force facebook to instagram. the program time is running out to secure a break that deal by the end of the year but. just.

vaccinations against the coronavirus are underway the german companies keeping the safe ultra low temperatures. this is. welcome to the program. the u.s. government facebook saying the company broke anti trust law the federal trade commission accuses the social network of using its dominant position to crush smaller competitors is calling for facebook to be forced to divest instagram both of which when they were up and coming rivals coalition of states also joined the trade commission's legal action. along this let's cross to our correspondent in new york quarter we really see facebook being forced to get rid of instagram. well i mean 1st of all clearly not quite the holiday gift mark zuckerberg was

hoping for back then and 2012 when facebook bought instagram for 1000000000 dollars if you look what became of instagram that was quite a steal and then 2 years later facebook bought what's it for $19000000000.00 they spent quite a controversy why facebook was allowed in the 1st place to buy those 2 companies big ben under the obama administration but coming to your question facebook and mark zuckerberg clearly won't go without a fight if they might lose their might actually appeal and if you look on wall street well they seem to be quite relaxed when it comes to divesting those 2 companies facebook shares did drop by about 2 percent but overall the not stuck up was it was also down by about 2 percent if you look back at the history of the united states it doesn't really happen that often that a company gets broken apart but it did happen if you look at standard unoiled early

in the 20th century or then also in the eighty's when actually. big ben almost had a monopoly on the telephone market and then eventually they got broken up into the so-called baby bells so it's not say there is a blairism press or not if i would have to bet i would say it's not that unlikely at the moment. thanks for joining us. now to some of the other business stories making the news says indoor dash have risen 8 percent after going public for the 1st time today a frenzy of interest means investors value the company as a total of 60 $1000000000.00 far more than expected. the largest business in the u.s. market. the u.k. says it will remove a 25 percent tariff against boeing when it leaves a transition period at the end of this year in the e.u. as part of. british efforts to press ahead with the u.s.

trade deal. the boeing 737 max has officially returned to commercial service brazilian airline gold has become the 1st to use the model for one of its flights since the max was grounded for 20 months following 2 deadly crashes. now the use says it's preparing what it calls very specific contingency plans for a no deal breck says to maintain connectivity and critical sectors u.k. prime minister bars johnson has travelled to brussels for talks with the commission president on the line with the aim of breaking the deadlock in the trade negotiations if no breakthrough is found the u.k. trade with you on the route to rio terms from january the 1st. chancellor angela merkel has told german m.p.'s that the european union is willing to accept a no deal outcome if no agreement can be secured. this is good enough if there's still remains the chance of a deal i don't think we will know by tomorrow whether we have succeeded or not that

i can promise but we are working on it we are however prepared for a scenario in which we cannot accept the conditions if there are bridges conditions which we cannot accept then we will take the path of you know deal one thing is absolutely clear the integrity of the e.u. single market must be preserved and. let's bring in our reporter daniel wynter on this daniel how significant is what chancellor merkel saying that well it's not quite explosive it's more the drip drip drip of water torture in the u.k. government the pressure is building on them now to do something to change their stance but the thing is what i'm talking about is the so-called level playing field principles so what's stopping the u.k. just pouring its money into particular industry or company and then bouncing out the competition inside the e.u. taking advantage of that free market access a lot of what you doesn't want and so the difficulty. though of course the e.u. is accustomed to pushing the go see asians to as

a late as possible but british businesses are under pressure right now because they've only got 3 weeks to get everything together and they don't know what's happening here and this really can be coming at a time could yes i'm out from all of this getting ready for brics it british ports are suffering right now there's a huge bottleneck there at the moment now they're saying this is due to you know the coronavirus those are the christmas rush but getting their customs checks into into order before the end of the transition period so the likes of honda in the u.k. say that they're pausing production because they can't get all of the parts that they need to carry out their business as normal and this is all due to these ports having difficulties right now but beyond that supermarkets like tesco let's say have said that prices will likely rise in the event of a no deal bricks and they already stockpiling along with many other british businesses so the pressure really is on right now yeah and just briefly if you can any closer to understanding what

a no deal bracks is going to look like well it's going to be huge shuji problematic and destructive for all kinds of industries so we're going to see of course tariffs applied to a lot of things like foodstuffs which is why tester is going to have to increase its prices toyota the car company on top of hundreds well says that their factories will not be competitive if there is a no deal breck said so of course it's going to change the business models change industries until a deal can be found so if for no deal breaks it happens then there is the wait is there going to be after that any further negotiations on the continuation or is that going to be it is the u.k. going to be trading on. trade organization terms with all the tariffs that implies with its closest trading neighbor that would be hugely problematic for the british economy at a time when it needs to recover from the coronavirus crisis because i've been saying it for ages but the clock really is ticking as i salute you and thanks for joining us for. now the 1st covered 19 vaccines have been greenlit use

and more approvals are likely on the way now distributors are in the spotlight they'll have to start moving drugs within hours of approval but some vaccines need to be transported and stored at extremely low temperatures 2 german companies are at the forefront of keeping them code safe and effective. with clothes like the if you could survive at the north pole but the man bracing himself for freezing temperatures is here in germany still it's as cold as the north pole here. the temperature in this container is an arctic minus 70 degree celsius. low temperatures like that are the specialty of the german company vacuum. founder and c.e.o. joachim kuhn builds thermal containers in boxes thanks to their special insulation these containers developed to preserve the newly developed covert 1000 rank scenes

can't keep the maksim viable for 5 to 10 days when all are containers and boxes work like giant thermos bottle we have vacuum super insulation in the walls then we'll use either a cold storage or a warm storage material inside it with 5 to 10 days' time we can land anywhere in the world even at difficult destinations like in africa or latin america. i mean. guarantees that it will remain cold enough inside even if the container is sweltering outside under the african sun. the container like this one full of vaccine is definitely worth millions but if i transport the vaccine and it's pure forget all the value of one of these containers can go up to a 100000000 or contain up on game just the 90 minute drive away shot glass in minds is working at high speed aiming to get the vaccines around the world as fast as

possible these glass vials can handle the extreme cold without a problem but years of experience are needed to produce them. this is a so-called borosilicate glass the glass has the special property that none of it defuses into the drug simply put the drug doesn't get contaminated by a comment. line it shuts has $600.00 active production lines around the world the company is not expecting any production bottlenecks construction continues at the vacuum factory additional machinery will be arriving in a few weeks it's needed to produce smaller cooling boxes according to a recent study some 15000000 of them will be needed worldwide. finally christmas this year just won't be the same partly because the pandemic will frustrate families plans but also the toys this year a going to look a little different this toy store in madrid shows how companies are getting into

the spirit of a viral holiday season there are several dolls in cooperating the pandemic theme this year complete with face masks and for budding scientists there's even an antiviral advocate. now reminder of our top story the u.s. government is suing facebook saying the company broke antitrust laws the federal trade commission accuses the social network of using its dominant position to crush smaller competitors and is calling for it to be forced to divest itself of what's happened instagram both of which it. does over me in the business team here in berlin to check out our website the deal with the dot com slash business.

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up your own mind. in the far north. and the inhabitable world. it's lonely. barren. and breathtakingly beautiful the arctic powerful expanse of bitter cold. and the sound of global warming. to take a journey around the north pole meet profiteers and talk with people experiencing

a changing environment or the ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating to chase years the last years have been smelling rocky. makes it hard to shift. our future depends on what happens here in one of the most fragile ecosystems on earth. northern lights within the arctic circle starts december 21st on t.w. . and. every character i write about this is essentially about me it's a little pompous meryl streep's plays a famous author who's burned her. bridges and the improvised comedy let them all talk. close more on that experimental project coming up here on arts and culture also be talking with our film expert about the trend in this year's christmas

movies it's beginning to look a lot like same sex romance. i mean there's street dot and later on the author johnny pitts his book afro pm about the search for black european identity wins a major european prize. ringback welcomes arts and culture just when you think meryl streep has done it all well think again the queen of hollywood's latest straight to streaming movie is new territory even for her street film let them all talk and just 2 weeks on a real atlantica crossing and with no script that takes a lot of trust and a director who loves to experiment steven soderbergh. work on my rounds meryl streep plays a famous author trying to finish her latest novel while on a cruise with her nephew into i just friends the film was shot in sequence and

dialogue was improvised and the actors including lucas had used die and least in candice bergen had no idea where the story was going to let him go have a drink later no i.