really check out our podcast. your podcast can also find us and. science. this is news a live from berlin still no deal britain and the european union just can't close the gap over. british prime minister johnson and european commission president funded line to give both sides 4 more days for french trade talks but how big are the barriers student breakthrough. also coming up.

germany's coronavirus case count here a new record just a day after engler merkel's in tashan speak for tougher restrictions she says except move limits now for people. i'm like a local welcome to the program. britain and the e.u. have given themselves until sunday to decide if their breakfast negotiations a worth continuing as 3 hour dinner on wednesday seen as a last ditch attempt failed to bring the 2 sides any closer to a trade deal the british prime minister travel to brussels astern earlier phone call between him and the e.u.

chief failed to break the deadlock disagreements over fishing rights business competition rules and policing or keeping the parties from hashing out a trade deal with the vets a transition period expiring on december 31st sears' of a chaotic split are growing. on wednesday boris johnson told the british parliament he thinks there is close a good deal still there to be done however he went on to say that he would not accept an agreement at any cost i must tell one hoss that. are currently approved in the e.u. are currently insisting that if they process a new rule in the future. with which we in this country do compile followed suit then they will be automatic right to speak 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 sole control of its fishing

waters and i don't believe it's because the basic terms that any prime minister of this country should i'm sure. let's go to our brussels bureau chief alexander von nandan alexander at the 2 met for dinner it was billed as a chance for them to try and reach a breakthrough but it certainly appears not to have worked out that way. well michael you ryan no breakthrough yesterday both sides that they have a lively and frank conversation over dinner or frankly of course this is a diplomatic expression for heated discussion. acknowledge that there are. far apart from each other and that there are still large gaps and that is of course very telling off to 9 months of very intensive negotiations and even though

they said that the talks are due to continue in the next 4 days days it's very difficult to imagine how you can break the deadlock if you know there are still large gaps there none of this sounds very promising or that you should just delaying the inevitable. well i think that it's crucial for the european union to walk away from the negotiating table they don't want to be the one to be blamed for the collapse of the trade talks for what it's going to follow. you care. could be more willing to compromise but he apparently doesn't want to so we can expect that you leaders who are going to come to town today for their regular summit here will talk a little bit about but there are not expected to change their mandate and

some of them will probably urge the you were commissioned to set out to move forward with their contentions. to make sure that functions. operating we are going to have no deal no trade deal between the european union and. the dinner between the leaders of the e.u. and the u.k. wasn't the only story in the 27 you used. over the 1.8 trillion euros budget poland in hungary had vowed to veto the entire budget as have a look it was them against the rest of the. polish prime minister. and his counterpart viktor orbán. both opposed to clause linking the release of you funds to the rule of law and move immigration

yeah we see a resounding no to all the mechanisms that punish you want your children your home and other member states of european union. when you're a priest or 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 budget for the next 7 years and a 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 and had vowed to veto the entire budget a crucial test for the e.u. to do for 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 for next year with the current of our spend and make far from over. alexander the nominee is still with us so alexander can you tell us more about this last ditch effort by miracle is a compromise now in fact looking hopeful. well it depends i think it's important to stress that for germany it's very important to convince hungry in poland to drop their veto threat because it's really embarrassing for the european union not to be able to move forward with its badgett and with the coverage recovery fund money that it's badly needed by countries like spain and italy who were hardest hit by the pandemic so germany has presented this compromise a sort of legal declaration that should provide more clarity about the rule of law a mechanism and how it's going to work and one important point here is that this

mechanism according to to the paper a compromise paper would not go into action before the highest court has ruled about it we know that hungry in poland are saying that the whole thing is against the law and they will be given a chance to to see that the case so we'll see if all the alva 25 members of the european union will be ok with this compromise and will approve this today or tomorrow. in brussels thanks so much alexandra. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated retired army general lloyd austin to be his defense secretary if confirmed he would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon but he faces resistance from some democrats who have

a preference for civilian control of the military. meanwhile the president elect's son hunter biden has confirmed his tax affairs are under federal investigation president donald trump has often accused hunter biden of corrupt dealings in ukraine trump's early pursuit of these allegations resulted in his own impeachment after he pressured the ukrainian president to investigate 100 bidens work in the country. gone as electoral commission says president. has won a 2nd term in office officials say he won over 51 percent of the vote putting him ahead of his predecessor and old rival john muhammad the results fall in contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence. the boeing 737 max aircraft has taken to the skies for the 1st time almost 2 years after being grounded following deadly crash

a commercial flight in brazil took place after the country's aviation regulator lifted restrictions on the aircraft in november a flight is reported to have been incident free. a space x. test launch in texas has ended with a crash landing after successful ascent the starship rocket returned to the landing pad at excessive speed causing it to explode it was the highest flight yet for the rocket ship that space x. founder iran must says could carry people to mars in as little as 6 years. now here in germany a bleak milestone as daily corona virus infections climbed to new record high this hour authorities report more than 23000 new cases and 440 deaths from 2 over 90 countries rising chased down has prompted a rare impassioned plea from chancellor angela merkel on wednesday called on

the public to make a choice limit contacts a lose more law. 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 a role 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 to very last christmas without grandparents then this will be a terrible failure when the. 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 how does this see i know how much love gets poured into those christmas fans and i'm

sorry from the bottom of my heart but if we have to pay the price so $590.00 people dying every day that's just not acceptable in my eyes and we must take x. and. accept my dogs to decide to receive. medical also condemned 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 of occurred at university may's gemini i decided to study physics i probably would not have done 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 this was for medical the facts are clear a tighter lock down 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 political power on the line for. a 2nd look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus and damage un secretary general and to a new gutierrez's warned rich countries against prioritizing their domestic vaccine needs at the expense of others she's appealed for $4200000000.00 to help get vaccines to the world's poorest people canada has become the 3rd nation to approve the buy in tax pfizer vaccine the country plans to begin administering the shots next week. australian scientists say they've developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would help to rapidly contain future out predicts they say it would cut the time taken to trace the source of cases from 24

hours to within 4 years we all madrid has avoided a scare and qualified for the champions league last 16 the record 13 time winners beat. 2 nil is 5 the defeat also reached the knockout stages for the 1st time since the 970 s. karim benzema scored the open her roomy on to settle reales nerves and the french striker netted the 2nd before half time defeat would have dumped us banished giants out in the group stage to different time. istanbul bash action here and match officials have made a major statement against racism they all took a need before the restart of their suspended match the game was halted a day earlier after allegations that a match official used a racial slur

a new refereeing team was in place as p.s.g. won 51 thanks to a name or hattrick they go through as group winners at the line to beat i.x. to book their last 16 spot and athletico madrid also progressed holders by munich were already through but stayed undefeated with a 2 nil win over lokomotiv moscow. you're watching news from berlin and next up my colleague stephen beardsley will have all the latest business news so stay tuned for that. in the far north. it's lonely.