smart violence against children. this is deja news live from berlin the long awaited european union u.k. trade deal is stacked e.u. leaders say it's fair and balanced the british prime minister accorded a small christmas present also on the program to. this city that page to abolish its police pro-choice to support for the abolition of the police department in

minneapolis salt to the killing of george troy 6 months ago but what happened to those demands our reporter returns to minneapolis to find out. a christmas eve mass with social distancing in bro pope francis holds a scaled back service at the vatican as easily opposes the news restrictions over the holiday. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to the program often months off uncertainty britain and the european union have finally struck an agreement on a post breaks a trade deal its implementation will mock big changes in the u.k. e.u. will form 2 separate markets and free movement between the 2 will and both sides patched up their differences at the 11th hour with a virtual crisis as the end. the transition period approached. much of the british

press hailed it as briggs miss the deal itself more important than the details after months of missed deadlines intense talks the prime minister tried to reset the e.u. u.k. relationship i think this deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend. your ally your support or and indeed never let it be forgotten you will number one market. on the streets of london there was relief at the end of the ordeal. i think it's brilliant it was a mistake to try to come off the union in the 1st place but that was what most people decided and we've done it and we just got to get on with it and make it as

profitable for ourselves as possible it seems to me that it was probably deliberately left to the last minute so it could not be properly considered before put into law so that tells me there's something fishy in their fishing rights had been one of the slipperiest subjects the final deal left the u.k. fishing industry disappointed european boats will still drop nets in british waters giving up only 25 percent of their catch closures. british exporters faced new bureaucratic burdens with business groups saying they have little time to prepare. travellers will no longer roam freely facing the hassle of applying for visas and residency rights after 90 days across the channel and u.k. students will be cut off from the e.u.'s university exchange program erasmus. the european commission president turn to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly seeking relief.

i know this is a difficulty for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to see 13 is such sweet sorrow. to $27.00 b. you governments around the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. all right so for more on the steel we can cross over talk our spondon in london and in brussels big of moss and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big as so prime minister boris johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling this agreement well you told the british people in the video that you put out on social media that this is the deal is the ideal reading material for your post

christmas lunch he said it's happy christmas tidings and he basically said that he was able to keep his promise that he is the one who delivers on the spreads the deal which he has promised all along was going to be doable and that britain will offer or take back control about the money the laws at the border and still be able to come to this agreement with the european union it's not quite the nearly a promise that wasn't quite as easy as he had said in the beginning when he was elected as prime minister it would be but still he made it happen and he has to deal with the e.u. and there was a big relief on his face. how much of a win is it really for him to get after all johnson had to back down on his demands of fishing for example. yes well he did he didn't get over obviously everything he had demanded for but that's

a lot of people would say normal in the negotiation but generally for him passionately who became prime minister really on this promise of bread city the always said was of an ready now it didn't take a long time and it has finally happened so it's past the early i thing it is a win for him and also we haven't seen of course we haven't seen the details and people haven't really had time to poor over it but there were no cries of a big sell out for example by the brits the tears of his own party even niger for raj who was there was always the one who fought for bricks of 4 for decades and he's the hardline great city in the country even he said that it wasn't of the big picture it was fine say not that much resistance and business is relieved that there is a deal so i think overall a lot of british people are sighing with relief that this has actually happened max

just coming here in brussels the e.u. commission president as an underlying announce a deal with a more sort of samba statement she called it fair balanced and right is the e.u. happy. yeah normally if you ask me a question like that is the you have a good sense very difficult to answer we have 27 e.u. member states usually have 27 different opinions on issues like that but in this case i think it's safe to say that most member states think that brics it was a terrible mistake it has the potential to hurt both economies even with it with a deal done one way or the other now this deal is going to cushion some of the impact of breaks it and will have to see what this brings come january 1st in the in the next coming months in the next year it has put some strict rules in place that's right to make sure that there is no disadvantage no unfair competition this was one of the big worries of the e.u.

and if this works out and this plays out well next year then the e.u. perhaps can be happy or perhaps less disappointed all right that's a bit of moss in london and max sunday in brussels thank you x. . now it was one of the defining images off 2020 george foliage painting in vain for his life as a minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck back in may his death and those of other black men and women at the hands of police in the united states mass racial justice process and calls for reform in minneapolis community members say the protests have brought little change trust in the police has reached and you know i minneapolis may 28th the 3rd precinct building of the minneapolis police department said the blaze during protests against the death of george floyd in police custody. the burning police

station becomes a symbol for the protesters fury for their demands for an end of police racism and patella. abandoned boarded up and secure with cement barriers precinct 3 still a symbol now signifying the city's struggle to make the changes the protesters demand to the local police department and how policing is done. volunteers from here cop a moment prepare to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local level and growing in number. one the group recently recognized and supported by the city is filling the gap created by the collapse of trust between police and the black community with police patrols largely absent from this part of town they have taken on the task of proactively protecting the community from rising crime we want to have selected

police in our community who knows who live in our community who look like a community and then there be a better place where like how we can recall to him and how we communicate to each other minneapolis police recognize the need for urgent and fundamental change says deputy chief eric force the. new recruiting strategies this critical for any real progress one of the best things you can you can have as a department that's as reflective of your community as you can get it especially people from the community and that's really what we're pushing but words are not enough so it's they've been a local activist with a group called communities begins police brutality there's been talk of reform there's been some radical talk from the city council but there has been virtually no action whatsoever and we're not seeing a lot of initiative for action from the city council the mayor the police chief after hours of patrolling the neighborhood the government decided to go home.

they'll be back tomorrow night and tonight after that. here in germany president from my has to live it a message of hope in his annual christmas state address to jimmy emphasizing the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic but also how it's brought germans together let's take a look now to listen rather to what president bush tried my had to say these are going on burgo. vast. and vincent israel was a visit in front of them laden on how to play in the do is call its own time insisted the most of his ill feelings for. first by them study on kino on consult the eyes in. on feelings under the mia depending me how don't stand there in the fire let's leave the

mentions and said but actually he does is must be anomalous leven. under us haven't via have found the starkville isn't when we are fine and. doesn't and that was german president. in his christmas address to the nation. now here at some more developments in the pandemic south korea has seen its biggest state increase in corona virus infections since the start of the pandemic with over 1200 new cases now israel is set to impose its the nation wide lockdown after case numbers rose dramatically 2 weeks of tightened restrictions will begin on sunday and the u.s. is the latest country to impose restrictions of a new variant off the virus spreading in britain from monday all passengers traveling from the u.k. to the u.s. will need to present and they could have covert 1000 test to fly for now pope

francis has celebrated the traditional christmas eve mass from st peter's basilica in the vatican this is service started 2 i was earlier than usual to comply with these 10 pm lockdown curfew the congregation was also much smaller judges social distancing rules. charles echo through the near empty service made sumber by the coronavirus pandemic . then a 100 people attended the christmas eve service compared to the usual 10 fires and . 10 days where mosques apart from the small choir and the pope himself amass it from pope francis urged people to help those in need this christmas. came among us in poverty and need to tell us that in serving the purge we will show our

love for him. despite the pandemic residents in the italian capital are hopeful. its strange. feels like a war scenario in which something bad is about to happen. same time there is an air of hope. another change in a shift so i think that's what we all want after this difficult year but i mean the bubble was started i was in the field a little but hope for the future the next year a group possible to celebrate christmas all the governor. crist's missed day we'll see more changes when the pope gives his traditional irby at rb blessing from enzyte st peters rather than from the balcony overlooking the square and eventually the track tens of thousands of people. and that's all for our program up next my colleague chris caldwell with new business news taking

a closer look at what that breaks that agreement means of economies of both sides don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock that's on our website www dot com i'm christine in berlin and i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines join me if you can't. afford. long term agreements. the police will stop i'm.