this is g w news live from berlin still no deal britain and the european union just can't close the gap over bracks and british prime minister boris johnson and european commission president versa fundal and give both sides 4 more days to find a breakthrough on trade talks. to move close impassioned plea to german limited contacts now more people will die the country's rising death toll from the corona virus shows no signs of stopping. and locked in the time of covert 19

how the pandemic has changed wedding celebrations in india this year. i'm michael o'connor welcome to the program britain and the e.u. have given themselves until sunday to decide if their negotiations are worth continuing a 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 travelled to brussels after an earlier phone call with the e.u. chief fail to break the deadlock disagreements over fishing rights 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 are growing. on wednesday boris johnson told the british parliament he thinks there is a quote good deal still there to be done however he went on to say that he would not accept an agreement and any cost i must tell the house that off rate our current offerings in 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 the basic terms that any prime minister of this country should go now to our correspondent in london very get 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. no it doesn't look like we've had a jolly get together with love and re conciliation the marriage is pretty downbeat and you've had chorus johnson it's really 2 principles that are really opposed which explains why it's a difficulty to to reach that remaining gap it's on one hand it's the issue of sovereignty for the u.k. you wide ask all the people who fought for bread supply the us what is the point of grex if we then retire ourselves very closely to the e.u. as they would see it and on the e.u. side it's the fear that they have compared to tell on the door with a lot of access to the single market but who might in future somehow undercut them and these are 2 core principles and they are opposed and it's at the moment very

very difficult apparently to to find a way to find a compromise. well none of this sounds very promising so i have to ask you are the 2 sides just delaying the inevitable that we have to see because obviously they always maintained that it would be then in everyone's interest to have a trade deal it would be in the interests of business is in the e.u. and very much say in the u.k. however for us johnson if we just look at him he's also on the pressure from many of his backbenches who have fought for brics in the conservative party the m.p.'s in parliament many are have very strong views about it and they say he's toast and i'm citing that if he gives in to the european union too much now the u.k. is leaving the transition period at the end of the yes it's really is crunch time

it's only 3 more weeks and they have set themselves another deadline which is sunday and then they say they really want to make a decision if they haven't been able to overcome the gaps on till sunday then they said they're going to and the talks this is what they say now what of course they have been delaying and delaying because both sides still hope that they will be able to find an agreement for good in london for us thank you so much greg. within the e.u. over the blocks budget and grown a virus relief package appears to be over pullin and hungry had blocked the nearly 2 trillion euro passage over a clause linking sunday into respect for the rule of law those governments have been accused by brussels of rolling back democratic freedoms but a season crisis manager apparently stepped in to find a compromise. it was them against the rest of the. polish prime minister. and his home garion counterpart vic to obama. both opposed

a clause linking the release of e.u. funds to the rule of law and we're not 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 fairly strong go through when you want to pay for 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 do 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. as take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world 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 and he faces resistance from some democrats who had a transfer inst for civilian control of the military. a space 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 according to space x. could carry people to mars in as little as 6 years. germany

has hit a bleak milestone in the corona virus pandemic the country's total code 1000 death toll has now surpassed 20000 the latest case counts also show a new record of more than 23000 daily infections. chancellor angela merkel made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions on wednesday calling on the public to limit contacts or risk losing more lives merkel doesn't have the power to unilaterally impose new rules instead that decision is up to individual german states. for more on this i'm joined by our correspondent julia sound delhi julia hello what's been the reaction to mikkel speech. it was a very emotional strong speech from chance of america yesterday and that has really

resonated in germany time and time again before she had already encouraged people to follow the rules and called on the public and on the state leaders to take the coronavirus seriously but her speeches have never been as and passion does the one we saw yesterday and now some state leaders are following her call for tougher restrictions even those who were previously skeptical and didn't see the need for them so definitely a speech that has made waves. germany introduced a push along down in november the idea of course was to get the numbers down before christmas so what went terribly well it appears that the partial lockdown did not go far enough in trying to bring the number of cases down that in part has to do with germany's federal political system that means that the federal government cannot impose restrictions like lockdowns or curfews 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 a nationwide agreement and measures to be the same in the entire country that has been difficult over the last few weeks we've seen trying to push for more restrictions together with some state leaders other state leaders were not ready to go along and that has led to the compromise that was the partial lockdown that was introduced and november which hasn't delivered the results were hoped for so how likely is it that germany will see a stricter lockdown. it is looking like clear by the day we see numbers rising a record number of cases today and the record number of deaths yesterday we've seen some states like bavaria and saxony already introducing tougher restrictions themselves and other states thinking of going along to issues stand one is whether

we will have a net national agreement under measures and whether they will be the same all around the country or whether states will go along their own way individually the other is timing is it feasible to introduce a lockdown now just before christmas for example see non-essential shops closed at a time when sales are high and are people prepared to spend christmas under lockdown here in germany where christmas is very important so we might be seeing a locked out introduced right after christmas but there are concerns that that may already be too late. much thanks julie because of the pandemic many couples have decided to cancel or delayed their wedding in india determined brides and grooms are still tying the knot but planning around social distancing and lockdown measures presents quite a challenge as. reports from delhi. its peak

reading season in india like every yo couples who greeted for all species beats i'm . not bought it isn't quite like every oh. india is gonna do recording i don't put a 5000. while most restrictions have been eased there are still limitations on gatherings. which have had the great indian wedding hard. events of social prestige for most families where guest lists scanned run into the hundreds sometimes thousands. but couples like another in charge are finding these out. as corona cases in delhi will be king they move their wedding to the state of goa now for the deception they chose this open air venue in a suburb of denver. it can accommodate 1000 guests they have invited 300 to

allow for social distancing family members have been tested regularly those showing any symptoms of voluntary missing the event. while the scale had to be reduced it was important for the couple to have all the ceremonies in style got a grand new entry fee which i am. intimidating yes bird will be ignored by the granddaughter for going into the afternoon voicing that we will do to have the very hope so that's what the guests will tell us. but while she was even on a may have pulled off their dream wedding many other couples haven't been as lucky small oh readings are having an impact on the wedding industry like your inch on the chalk a traditional wedding market in delhi's old city typically this market is full of people buying bedding finery but shopkeepers see delis told spike in november has also driven many customers over. how do you all know has been working in bridal

best stores for 2 decades he says even recessions did not had the bedding industry as hard as the couldn't of virus has and it has a dimple a fact how do you on was unable to sell stock earlier in the year as veterans were pushed back indefinitely because of india's harsh lockdown. now customers are unhappy with what they consider last year's designs. he also finds that for smaller gatherings even guests don't want to buy expensive new clothes well the luger good enough for a gathering of 50 people why would someone dress up even the brightest and not enthusiastic for a small gathering they just want to make do with something and expensive. beddings customers fine just not as special as they're supposed to be there should be excitement around a wedding there should be happiness i feel none of it for my wedding cost goes a little or not able to celebrate as well with restrictions even if we just call our closest relatives there will be 50 people from each site that's already 100 but

why and many are disappointed because of destruction for a moment the pandemic wedding will be a story to tell you made your watching news from berlin next stop a documentary about beethoven's 9th symphony where the world i'm like a local in berlin for me in the entire news team here thanks so much for watching. can you hear me now oh yes we can hear you and how it all stands german chancellor and we'll bring you i'm going to back off and you've never had to have before surprised yourself with what is possible who is magical really what it means that i'm part of who took the people who follow along the way marc.