this is t w news live from berlin still no deal britain and the european union just can't close the gap over bracha british prime minister boris johnson and european commission president of fun the line give both sides 4 more days for crunch trade talks but how big are the various through a breakthrough also coming up. germany's coronavirus death toll falses police milestone interested day after anger merkel's impassioned plea for tougher restrictions she says limit contacts now more people will die. and go

inches find themselves on the move again bangladesh begins resettling thousands of the winter refugee goes along for the journey and find out why the new island location has many blanks hoops to serve. i'm like a local welcome to the program britain and the e.u. have given themselves until sunday to decide if their breaths in negotiations are worth continuing as 3 hour dinner on wednesday is seen as a last ditch attempt failed to bring the 2 sides any closer to a trade deal that british prime minister travelled to brussels after an earlier phone call between him and the e.u. chief fail to break the deadlock disagreements over. shing light's business

competition rules and policing are keeping the parties from hashing out a trade deal with the bracks a transition period expiring on december 31st fears of a chaotic split or growing. on wednesday boards johnson told the british parliament he stinks there is quote 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 off our current printing the e.u. are currently insisting that if they process a new rule in the future. with which we in this country do don't compile don't follow suit then they won't 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 control over its fishing

waters and i don't believe it's because of those the terms that any prime minister of this country should say. let's go to our brussels bureau chief alexander von nandan alexander 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 riot no breakthrough yesterday. that they have a lively and frank conversation over dinner or frankly of course this is a diplomatic expression for heated discussion sides acknowledge that there was far apart from each other and that there are still large gaps and that is of course a very telling off tonight of very intensive negotiations and even though they said that the talks are due to continue in the next 4 days it's 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. boris johnson could be more willing to compromise but apparently doesn't want to so we can expect that leaders who are going to come to town to day 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 to you are a commission to set out to move forward with their contention see plans to make sure that basic functions. are operating if we are going to have no deal no trade deal between the european union and k. jenner stay with the dinner between the leaders of the e.u. and the u.k. wasn't the only story involves the 27 you used to stand over the 1.8 trillion euros budget poland in hungary had vowed to veto the entire budget. it was them against the rest of the. polish prime minister. and his home garion counterpart. both opposed to clause linking the release of you funds to the rule of law and we move on yeah we see

a resounding no to all the mechanisms that punish children home and other member states of european union on an equal in. europe there is. 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 70 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. 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

spending 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 covers 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 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 25 members of the european union will be ok with this compromise and will approve this today or tomorrow alexander the nominee involved thanks so much a. look now at some of the other stories making news around the world and. u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated retired army general lloyd austin to be his defense secretary if confirmed you would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon but he faces resistance from some democrats you have a preference for civilian control of the military. donna's electoral commission

says president nonna of khufu has won his 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 follow a contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence. a space x. test launch in texas has ended with a crash landing after successful ascent the space 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 ilan musk says could carry people to mars in as little as 6 years. here in germany a bleak milestone as the country's total 1000 death toll reaches 20000 the latest case counts also show

a new record of more than 23000 daily infections chancellor angela merkel says those numbers mean tougher measures are urgently needed on wednesday she delivered a rare impassioned plea calling on the public to limit contacts lose more lives. 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 until 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 stands and i'm sorry from the bottom of my heart but if we have to pay the price of 590 people dying every day that's just not acceptable in my eyes and we must take oxfam. accept our bass player has decided this is. magical 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 is going to go to university nice to many 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 other scientific. data of for

medical the facts are clear a tight a 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. for more on this i'm joined now by our correspondent julie s.l. delhi julia what has been the reaction to their goals. it was a very emotional intense speech from america yesterday and that was felt strongly also here in germany numerous times she has already called on people to follow the rules to limit their contacts never as in passionately as this time and people have

felt it it has also been felt by politicians by experts by fire oh just many are echoing her calls now and also states local federal states that were not really convinced by going ahead with tougher restrictions are now following. as you well know germany introduced a partial lockdown in november the idea was to get the numbers down before christmas so what went wrong. it appears that the partial lockdown has not gone far enough the measures weren't tough enough that is in part has to do with germany's federal political system that means that the federal government cannot impose lockdowns are curfews or other measures on the individual states the states have to decide for themselves now the approach in the last few months has been to try to find common ground a common approach among all states so that measures are the same nationwide but in

the last few weeks it's been difficult to find a common approach going to american and under other state leaders were for pushing for tougher measures while other states didn't want to go along and that has meant the agreement found the november for a partial lockdown was a bit of a compromise and doesn't seem to have delivered the desired results that were wished for so how likely germany will see a stricter lockdown. it is looking like clear by the day we see numbers going up we reached a record of deaths yesterday and we've seen already 2 states of area and saxony go ahead with their own restrictions already in place and we see other states starting to talk about maybe imposing restrictions soon now there are 2 big questions when will the restrictions start because we are 2 weeks away from christmas for example if all non-essential stores were to close that would be

a big loss for for a lot of businesses at a time when sales are at record highs before christmas and also how feasible is it to ask people to not get together with family over christmas which is a very important holiday here in germany so there are talks of tougher measures coming into place right after christmas but that my already be too late to use julie's deli thank you julia with keys challenge soaring in hospitals at their limit this southern state of bavaria has one of the toughest lockdowns in germany our correspondent visits a city known around the world for its christmas spirit that's now snuffed out. this is christmas eve as it gets here and back in 2020 usually the central market

square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to buy them. has been working here for 3 decades he says he's never seen his city so empty. feels it's all full for us there's no christmas here no no tourists it's terrible just look the market square is completely empty. and it's the same all over the city the state government has asked variance to only leave their homes if they have valid reasons like going grocery shopping visiting the doctor or going to work wearing a mask is compulsory in most areas of the city center partial school closures a ban on alcohol in public places and a nighttime curfew complete the strictest lockdown in germany police have increased

their presence in the city center to remind people to stick to the rules but for now this little resistance they tell us. not to listen to all of course there are people who intentionally defy the rules there have been incidents of people refusing to cooperate when police tell them to wear masks but luckily those people are really the exception. no baca seem very conscious of the risks the city faces right now and they're willing to play along all the people we speak to think the authorities should be even tougher. is in amman and us that we think the lockdown is absolutely justified there's just no alternative at the moment the restrictions should be tightened even further for shift and sold in america that this was very much needed and the fact that everything's been kept open for all the business in the run up to christmas that's a very corporate driven attitude even the numbers are higher than ever so in fact i

think we'll need even tougher measures like in spring i mean just when and richard just so fresh off no money in for me i think is i'm totally fine with it because there are so many people suffering and people not taking this seriously should see what it looks like in hospitals. and that just grim indeed and getting worse every day at the moment more than 180 people are being treated in hospitals for cope with 19 and while that doesn't sound much it means that hospitals are working at capacity over the past weekend for the 1st time ever patients had to be moved to hospitals in surrounding areas to make sure they get the treatment they need to survive that scares people including those who are suffering from the effects of the lockdown that is already in effect like market traders on the 2 things are hard lock down is the best option now there are 3 and we've just got to get through this and maybe things will get better back to its. maybe even in time for

christmas for that known back a willing to make sacrifices in the weeks ahead. let's take a look at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez has warned rich countries against prioritizing their domestic vaccine needs at the expense of others he's appealed for 4200000000 dollars to help get vaccines to the world's poorest people canada has become the 3rd nation to approve the biotech 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 outbreaks they say it would cut the time taken to trace the source of cases from 24 hours to within 4 hours in bangladesh the government has

transported the 1st row when refugees from their long time camp at cox's bizarre to a new island location bangladesh made the decision without the cooperation of the un refugee agency and the move has been criticized by human rights groups many of these refugees have been in bangladesh for years the most recent large group of arrivals came in 2017 when more than 750000 people fled their home in miramar following a genocidal campaign launched by the military there. cox's bazaar the world's largest refugee settlement. for the rohingya who live here bangladesh is decision to relocate 100000 of them to beslan char only adds to their uncertain fates. for some it's

a chance to escape the squalor of the camp. the person in charge here told me would have a room on the island like his office that's why i agreed to move there and the. others have doubts over starting a new on a place known as the floating island i don't do well with him if we came here after so much torture in myanmar even if we're shot 2000 times we won't go to bet on child. we feel safe here in the camp we don't want to go to beslan charge. more than 1000000 refugees a squeeze on to 26 square kilometers near the bangladesh myanmar border. the bangladeshi government says its relocation plan will ease the pressure on the crowded camp. according to the country's foreign minister a.k. abdul moment ranger if you g.'s won't be taking the best forcibly only those who

are willing to go will be going there voluntarily. but some refugees say they're being given no choice. no we did it 1st my father was arrested by the police they beat him badly he was put in a dark cell for a day and a night and they asked him to choose between death or going to best and charging. that's when my father agreed to go. to the yes man and the. international rights groups have also published evidence of forceful relocation. we are concerned that you know more island which is off limits to everyone including the journalists and the rights groups it poses a serious concerns about human rights monitoring and for that to be overcome i think the court issues create the framework they should be ensuring that the

refugees are able to take free and prior informed consent to give those be able to take voluntary decisions to be able to get. a 1st group of 1600 refugees were taken to beslan char last week the island is 34 kilometers from the mainland in the bay of bengal formed by silt liston 20 years ago bangladesh has built flood protection barriers barracks hospitals and mosques. but international aid agencies fear a big storm could endanger thousands of lives. on the un which was excluded from the relocation process once more consultation and access the un high commission of refugees from grandy said he's concerned by reports of ranger if you g.'s being moved to beslan char he wants access to see conditions on the on himself and he

transfer he said must follow a voluntary informed decision. the u.n. to focus on repatriation rather than relocation they still want to return to myanmar but only if the muslim majority are recognised as citizens. of italy's successful 982 world cup campaign has died at the age of 64 the former you ventas and ac milan striker won the golden ball and golden boot in 1982 rossi also won 2 series a titles one european cup and the copa italia but will be remembered most for his time with italy last he scored 6 goals to lead italy to world cup victory in 38 years ago. rossi's family didn't disclose the cause of death but it's

believed the aussie had a long illness. real madrid have avoided a scare and qualify for the champions league last 16 the record 13 time winners beat. 2 nil despite the defeat gladbach all serve reach the knockout stages for the 1st time since the 1970 s. karim benzema scored the opener early on to settle reales nerves and the french striker netted the 2nd before half time defeat would have dumped the spanish giants out in the group stage for the 1st time. is stumbled 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 and you refereeing team was in place as p.s.g.

won 51 thanks to a neymar hattrick they go through as group winners atalanta beat x. to book their last 16 spot and had let it go madrid also progressed holders by in munich were already through but stayed undefeated with a 2 nil win over lokomotiv moscow and a reminder of our top story. british foreign minister boards johnson has left a critical direction meeting in brussels where the european commission president versus sunderland reports say both sides have agreed to decide by sunday if the talks on a post to trade agreement a worth continuing disagreements over fishing rights business competition rules and policing are standing in the way of a deal. if you are watching the news

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