this is g w news live from berlin the european union and britain on the brink of a free trade deal the wait goes on outside downing street where british prime minister boris johnson is expected to make an announcement soon after talks went into the night in brussels will bring you all the details. meanwhile anger mounts a british torrents truckers confront police arrest thousands remain stranded even after france lifts its blockade over a new variant of the coronavirus. and from the seat of an idea to a nationwide network will meet the twins in india mobilizing communities to help

those hit hard by the pandemic. i'm so glad you could join us with just days to go before the end of the brakes a transition period the european union and britain are on the brink of a post for exit trade deal reporters are waiting outside 10 downing street in london where british prime minister boris johnson is expected to announce the outcome of the negotiations talks went on into the night in brussels to hash out the final details of the treaty it lays out rules for when the u.k. leaves the e.u.'s single market and customs union on december 31st. and let's bring in our correspondents on the story in london back sander in brussels good to see you both max let's start with you there what do we know about

the negotiations at this point where you senate already so many talks went into the night went through the night and up until this point we have little knowledge of what is actually happening there behind closed doors officials and people on the negotiating team are very careful not to leak any kind of information but right now here in brussels it has the feeling that there is a mix of optimism and a little bit uncertainty here in the air and there were some signs last night and this morning that a deal could be reached that a deal is very close however most of this is based on rumors not not much has been officially confirmed yet but rumors how did that there has been a lot of cross channel diplomacy between the e.u. and u.k. leaders to iron out the last bits of the deal which could be a strong indicator that it deal is close and the 2 sides seem to have been gotten closer on one of the last remaining issues or the last remaining issue which is

fishing rights a very contentious and very thorny and a very emotional issue but as of now from what we know we're not quite there yet all right barbara let's come up to you in london as we come down to the wire how important is it for boris johnson tell you get a deal done. it's extremely important it's how he became the leader of the conservative party it's how you actually won the election when he said there was an obvious ready deal to be made and he presented it as though everything was just going to be very very easy which is turned out not to be as you can sense from the drama that really goes on on on to the last minute he was on the a lot of pressure in the u.k. from readers of the health service recently who said that put for patient safety you know the there needs to be agreement with the european union the business community has been practically imploring him to do a deal with the e.u.

because for some parts of business for example the car industry to have tariffs on that exports would be more or less the death of a lot of companies and then you've seen the chaos at the borders as well so no deal would mean most likely extra waiting times more chaos at the borders and the time off of the corona pandemic so there was a lot that is leading boris johnson to to really really want to push for this deal all right a lot of incentive then to get a deal done they seem to be close will be monitoring the latest developments there i'm max under in brussels in london thank you both. now the german airline lufthansa has flown 80 tons of food and produce into the u.k. after ground transport was halted to contain a new coronavirus variant france has reopened its border to traffic entering from britain and trucks of started boarding ferries at the port of dover but thousands

of truckers are still stuck at ferry terminals because they can only cross the channel with a negative coronavirus test and many say they've already waited too long. knowledge not moved out of. frustration and anger in dover as truck drivers are furious at that delay in getting back to europe. some drivers are transporting cargo but all of them simply want to get home for the holidays if they're stuck on the english coast. any of the last 4 nights if you didn't see nobody. in the nothing. put it things are going to be fast in his place not we have no food we have no water yesterday. or going to the. food but it was just something. and we don't know when we. can get home we have to day 15 and day and now they say us don't

have. because best luck on the way. yeah boccardi. is blocked a cab one way here. meanwhile the lines of trucks stretch for many many kilometers. the drivers will be eventually allowed to cross but only after testing negative for cold feet 19. the army has been called in to help with the tests at a lorry park on a disused airfield near dover. the blockade doesn't just hurt drivers one 5th of all goods found for britain pass through dover supermarkets warned of shortages of basic goods if the port remained closed. let's check in now on some of the latest developments in the pandemic drug makers biotech and pfizer will supply the u.s.

with an extra $100000000.00 doses of their coronavirus vaccine the government hopes to immunize 20000000 people this month canada has followed the u.s. by approving the more dan $1000.00 backs in 2 weeks after giving the go ahead to the biotech pfizer shot and the british government has brought in a ban on visitors arriving from south africa after 2 cases of another new strain of code 19 were detected in the u.k. india has recorded nearly 25000 new coronavirus infections in the past day the total number of cases there is now over 10000000 that is the 2nd highest in the world after the u.s. since september the number of new infections in india has been declining sharply as everywhere though the pandemic has made life difficult especially for the poor and people who have lost their jobs back in july we reported on 17 year old twins in delhi who set up a national hotline to help we'll speak to them in a moment but 1st this report how many people who. said you know

the whole. time isn't ok i. want to. assure you can tare and a sister cities get a dozen calls per day the girls have set up a telephone helpline in delhi they use it to distribute food and medicine the coronavirus pandemic has plunged hundreds of thousands of indians into job listeners and poverty. when the don't start to lose so many people out there who have lost their jobs even have enough money or resources to get the most basic necessities like food or medicine and we were so done tweeting. and asking the jury to use a take action so we call it really create this hope line. many people come to this barrier fence word has spread they can get help here mina malik has 3 children they

were fed at school until the school closed due to the pandemic her husband lost his job and she did 2. i've had no job for 4 months nobody needs us not even for a little odd jobs. the twins mother helps finance the initiative as sikhs they say doing good works is important to them. you know in my religion we always put aside the money to spend for charity and oh well it's one of most prizes or any of our generation the giving my parents in the embassy. the twins mother also brings food medicine and mosques to delhi's outlying districts tens of thousands of margaret workers live in this settlement when her daughters got the 1st call for help people here had gone hungry for 5 days straight. a new call has come in for the twins they've already helped feed 50000 families in over 30 cities across the

country now flour sugar and rice is heading to a family but the demand continues. and we can speak now to the founder of that help life. welcome to you both great to have you on our program i should let's start with you that report was filmed back in july can you tell us what the situation is like now in india is the need as great as it was then. yes definitely i mean it is just as great of time. from last year monster priorities have changed a lot. of people were asking for rations and fluids but now there are more for medical it. jobs oxygen cylinders and electronic devices because kling in india it is true online you demand millions of children don't have access to electronic devices and their education is think of america and we're just trying

to adapt to the situation and help as many people as the karen but 1 the americans have changed a lot recently and that's very different from the situation if you want to buy your hotline has been a huge help as we heard a says i want to ask you what motivated you here and drove you to help other people . you know staying in a country like india asked as he stepped out of the houses you see millions of people in such a devastating to 2 actions and even if i had one person you know made their lives easy out it more to me it's made what it's made only to be built on an artist and i think you have the government and the citizens what we're then harmony without blaming each other i'm sure you can create a secret much that environment every citizen of this country i share your sister just touched on this but what do you think the government of india should be doing in this case. well this is a situation of crisis something none of us could have foreseen but i didna government needs make quick decisive decisions they need to be more transparent and

more enormous amount of money but it is the pm care funds that really it is so big we have nor do you talk where this money is going where it has reached it's not reaching the people who need it the more so it's not the children that are so if you learn they need to be more transparent and the citizens of the country and your citizens like me who know they do know what the government is doing what their course of action is and right now we draw a shock and a season of the pandemic has been challenging around the world but how would you say the virus has changed life in india. so go 19 is a public health and economic damage and so india being the nothing news in us news does huge economic sense meaning of going to privilege community can rely on a banking c. millions of people who do not have the city or lie on the end month new gadgets and hence all this mutant problem of unemployment rehab nutritionism

gotten so good at it as even the good news is high right now seeing both medical facilities have very limited and i think girl you know concept of life as we knew it is not true anymore and we have to adapt to this new situation it's very inspiring to see both of you going out into your community and helping a sharon as his candidate thank you so much for joining us on the view. thank you thank you. ok let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has issued another set of pardons they include charles question a father of a son in law jared charles questionnaire had spent 2 years in prison for tax evasion and other charges troubles a part of his former campaign chairman paul that of art as well as longtime confidant roger stone. the president has also vetoed a major military spending bill that had been passed by a large majority of republicans and democrats in congress had previously criticized

the $740000000000.00 national defense authorization act saying it would benefit china congress could not move to overturn the veto and ethiopian state media say the military has killed over 40 people involved in wednesday's massacre in western reacher security forces arrested 5 local officials following that attack which left more than 100 people dead it is the latest episode of unrest in ethiopia following a deadly civil conflict integra and before we go we have a festive cheer for you of the furry variety courtesy of the berlin zoo the animals in the german capital were treated to some early festivities including christmas trees filled with animal friendly treats and there was even a present or a true 2 for us some of the bear ourselves they did have to reach for them into the stars are its polar bears how to and tanya and they even took their tree for

a swim after their feet. coming up next the documentary on the secrets of mona lisa. and you hear me known for years we don't need you in the titles to use german songs now we bring you uncle that magical and you've never been surprised to so with what is possible who is medical really what moves them to want. you to be the solution the way marc.