this is either the news live from berlin the long awaited european union u.k. trade deal is that you need to say it's fair and balanced the british prime minister boarded a small christmas present also coming up. the city that pledged to abolish its police state that's what protest says in minneapolis for softer the killing of george floyd 6 months ago but what happened to those divonne our reporter returns there to find out. if he had

a christmas eve mass with social distancing him broke pope francis holds a scaled back service in the vatican as if he imposes new restrictions over the holidays. i'm christine want to welcome to the program off some months off wrangling and uncertainty britain and the european union have finally struck an agreement on a post breaks a trade deal its implementation will mock big changes among them the u.k. and 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 to avert a crisis as the end of the transition period approached. much of the british press hailed it as briggs morris the deal itself more important than the details after

months of missed deadlines and turns talks the prime minister tried to reset the e.u. you can't 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 supporter 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 is 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 and they're searching rides 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 speaking relief. i know this is a difficulty for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to say

it. is such sweet sorrow. for $27.00 b. you governments and 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 mosse and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big surprise going to surprise johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling disagreement 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. that britain will offer or take back control of the money the laws and the border and still be able to come to this agreement with the european union it's not quite the deal yet from us it 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 the 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 off for all johnson had to back down on his demands of fishing for example. yes 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 bragg's it d.d.

always said it was alvin ready now it did take a long time and it has finally happened so it's past really i thing it is a win for him and also we haven't seen of course we haven't seen the details of 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 to tears and his own party even niger for raj who was there was always the one who fought for breaks of 4 for decades and he's the hard line breaks it did 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 of sighing with relief that this has actually happened max just coming to you in brussels the e.u. commission president as an underlying announce a deal with

a more sort of samba's 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 preg said and we'll have to see what the springs 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 in this plays out well next year then the e.u. perhaps can be happy or perhaps less disappointed right that's big of us in london

and max sunday in brussels thank you. it was one of the defining images off 2020. in vain for his life as a minneapolis police officer nailed on his necke back in may his staff and those of other black men and women at the hands of police in the united states talked mass racial justice protests and calls for police reform and minneapolis community members say the precious have brought little change trust in the police has reached and you know i i was may 28th the 3rd precinct building of the minneapolis police department said the place 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 secured 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 the . prepare to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local level and growing in number we just thank you for your blessing to watch over us as we walk the streets 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'd be a better place where like how we can write code to and how we communicate to each other minneapolis police recognize the need for urgent and fundamental change says

they're pretty chief eric force you see. these 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 as they've been a local activist with a group called communities began to 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 gabby men decide to go home. they'll be back tomorrow night and tonight after that. here in germany president frank and i has to live it a message of hope in his annual christmas day address to the german public

emphasizing the challenges brought on by the pandemic but also how it's brought him is to give it its take a listen to what president time i had to say the event going on. vast. and vincent is via was a visit in front of them laden one of them doing out playing the do is call it's on time insisted the most snow of feelings for. him study on kino on consent the highs in the fire. on feelings under the mia depending me. the fire let's leave the mentions and said directly thus is. anomalous leaving then. and of us having via. the stark fears and then we are fine and.

doesn't. and that was chairman president by they in his christmas address to the nation and now he is a look at some more developments in the pandemic south korea has seen its biggest daily increase in corona virus infections since the start of the pandemic with over 1200 new cases israel is set to impose its 3rd 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 over a new variant of the virus spreading in britain from monday all passengers traveling from the united kingdom to the u.s. will need to present a negative covert 1000 test to fly. pope francis has celebrated the traditional christmas eve mass from st peter's basilica in the vatican this year as service started to i was earlier than usual to comply with at least 10 pm lockdown curfew the congregation was also much smaller due to social distancing.

carols echo through the near empty service made sumber by the coronavirus trying to make. sure than a 100 people attended the christmas eve service compared to the usual 10000. or 10 days where masks apart from the small choir and the pope himself a message from pope francis urged people to help those in need this christmas in the god came among us in poverty and need to tell us that in serving the purpose we will show our love for him. despite the pandemic residents in the italian capital are hopeful. it's strange. feels like a war scenario in which something bad is about to happen. the same time there is an

air of hope through this change so i think that is what we all want after this difficult year. the. defeat. the hope of the next year. to celebrate christmas all the governor. chris missed day will see more changes when the pope gets his traditional irby at rb blessing from inside st peter's rather than from the balcony overlooking the square and events that usually attracts tens of thousands of people. now notre dame cathedral in paris has held its 1st ever christmas eve concert since the fire devastated the building in 2019 who are only a handful of the 160 part quiet were allowed to perform and wore helmets and

protective suits to conform to security protocols last year's fire destroyed the church's roof and spire the french government has promised to reopen the church of the public in 4 years' time. and that's all for now up next our documentary series struck films i'll see you at the top of the next hour of a. young moroccan immigrants. they know the police will stop but. the road is not the solution. they're like. is not an option.