to prepare. travelers will no longer roam freely facing the hassle of applying for visas and residency rights after 90 days across the channel and you case treatments will be cut off from a year's university exchange program erasmus the european commission president turned to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking in relief. i know this is a difficulty for some and to a lot of friends in the united kingdom i want to see her team is such sweet sorrow . the 27 e.u. governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st. for more let's bring in our correspondents in london and brussels big mouth and alexandra from naaman welcome to the both of you big prime minister boris johnson has achieved what he

promised when he took office finally getting bracks it done how has he been selling this agreement. he sold it as the big christmas tree he pulled it out under the christmas tree for a video on social media and was and courage and britain's to read it after a long christmas lunch in case anybody had time for that 2000 page document on a day like that but no seriously it's really all about him keeping his promise he was elected on the bricks today should he said i will have this deal with the european union and he is able to keep his promise not as easily as he has said this would be bots britain does have control of its money borders laws and still has a de deal with the european union and business reactions a sign of a sigh of relief however people also know that this is the 1st radio in history

that actually erect barriers instead of taking them down but nevertheless for burns johnson is a day of victory or how much of a victory is it really i mean for him personally politically it is a victory but he did have to make some concessions have back down on demand such as overfishing. he had to make some concessions but he started out with a pretty big ass and it was all about symbolism about britain being this independent coastal state about sort of patriotism and he had to give in somehow on the other hand british fishermen are now able to to fish much more in their own waters and after a transition period of 5 years there would be unique o.c.a. sions so even when it comes to fishing there there is there are trade offs bought altogether for what council was johnston is that there is a deal and there are no terrorists and creators of on on on british goods and also that there is this understanding to cooperate with the e.u.

on many issues where alexander tilting to the e.u. commission president sort of on the line announced the deal with slightly more somber statement calling it fair balanced and right is the e.u. happy with this deal while there's still was only possible because both sides were willing to compromise and the european union certainly had to to make a substantial concessions one example on lead the you wanted the european court of justice to decide over future disputes that's not going to happen instead both sides agreed to establish an independent betray ssion tribunals but overall i would say that the european union was able to achieve its main goals it remains united to during this very difficult negotiation process it's stood up for a small member state our loans who had most to lose from the u. case departure and it made clear that axis to the european union single market com

so the prize with obligations the u.k. has to agree had to agree to binding constraints and this is definitely good news for the european union or a united during the negotiations the said but how have member states been reacting to the deal. overall no very positive way i would say a german chancellor angela merkel described this deal as a deal of historian comportment. german cabinet is going to decide on the agreement in the next day next days next monday and merkel said that she is very confident that they would have a good result the french president emmanuel markhor was also very positive on twitter saying that this deal is essential to protect the rights of the french citizens fisherman and the french producers even though friends of the country who

had taken the hardest line on fisheries so now all the governments of all the member states they have to scrutinize the legal tags and to do it quickly to make it possible for the agreements to be provisionally implemented before the end of the transition period all right alan found a phenomenon in brussels and being announced in london thank you. well let's turn to some of the other stories making headlines this hour extra personnel are on their way to help clear a backlog of trucks waiting to cross the english channel thousands of drivers remain stranded 2 days after france said it would allow travel if they presented a negative covert test france abruptly closed the border last weekend after a new coronavirus variant was found in britain. to new zealand coast guards have recovered the bodies of 20 migrants after a smuggling boat sank in the mediterranean sea off already say they've rescued 5

survivors and are searching for up to 20 others still missing the boat capsized on thursday in the coastal city of facts on its way to italy. syria says israeli jets attacked its military positions early friday and were repelled by air defense systems unconfirmed reports came after witnesses in lebanon which lies between israel and syria said they saw israeli jets flying low overhead israel has not yet commented on the alleged attacks. it was one of the most defining images of 2020 george floyd pleading 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 place in the u.s. sparked massive racial protests and calls for police reform in minneapolis community members say the protests have brought little change trust in the police has reached a new low. i mean apple is 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 protests. 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 a copy prepared to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local level and growing in numbers we just thank you. 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 documented and then there'd be a better pace well like how we can wreck talk to him and how we communicate to each other minneapolis police recognize the need for urgent and fundamental change says deputy chief eric force he sees new recruiting strategies as 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 especially people from the community and that's really what we're pushing but words are not enough says they've been a local activist with a group called communities against police brutality there's been talk of reform there's been some radical talk from the city. so 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 neighborhoods the a government decide to go home. they'll be back tomorrow night and tonight after that. for many of the world's christians christmas is a spiritual time to reflect on their faith millions of people normally attend crowded masses and ceremonies sitting shoulder to shoulder in the pews but with coronavirus restrictions preventing gatherings churches have faced the task of reinventing their christmas celebrations to bring people together while keeping them apart. there's no audience in miss south korean church yet they sing is make their christmas carols heard even through their mosques it's a coronavirus means that no tightly packed pews but the church allowed people to

tune in and clap along from the safety of their harms. it's a problem many churches around the globe face how to bring christmas cheer to the masses without aiding the spread of coded 19. here in the philippines many catholics still preferred to attend morning mass in person but they were met with assigned seats and contact tracing forms. by the number of mask over his coming every day and specially during this christmas day we can see that people really take seriously and know that their spiritual needs are essential moods that we want to fulfill. at the vatican a scaled back christmas eve mass started to earlier to comply with the tally in coronavirus restrictions in faith should

a much smaller congregation. pope francis urged people to help those in need his christmas. came among us in poverty and need to tell us that in serving the poor we will share our love for him. many other services around the world face similar limits on the 10 days including bethlehem's famous midnight mass at the catholic church of st catherine. but the church in france took the highly symbolic option of broadcasting a concert from inside the fire ravaged not true dom cathedral. sporting protective gear the quiet the form the 1st concert in the church since it was engulfed by fire in april last year. the performance tried to offer hope after

a year of upheaval from the pandemic. you oh say that. that's all from out up next our documentary series doc fell docs film profit looks at germany's fairy tale castle stage and for that don't forget you can always get the latest information on around the clock on our website at state w dot com i'm rebecca richards facing. young moroccan emigrants. they know the police will stop but. the road is not the solution. their flight could be fatal. but it. isn't not an option shatter dreams starts january 18th on t.w. .

it's packed with myths and desires. is it the work of a wasteful lunatic or the wondrous conception of a genius who has never understood is it a medieval castle or ramadhan construction. a council inseparable from the tragic fate of the varian king new flick the 2nd. paragraph. in 869 the 1st story the slate ingenious divine or absolute cheech it's a phenomenon or the new that reaches around the world and yet it was built for one man alone who treated the 2nd or the fairytale king as he is known to us today his legacy includes the council and him if. people

call me a fool. will god call me that too when i finally received his summons. the man who built it never had the pleasure of living in his finished palace the king died before it was completed and the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear to this day. his story has become an agent and his legacy lives on. our have the stories of knowing castle and the man who built it zadok the 2nd in are so closely intertwined with each other as to make them almost unique is story of a culture that can buy a helmet. it all began here in her own she found out. after i came maximillian the 2nd rebuilt a late medieval council here turning it into a comfortable home the family often spent summers here. much to his

father's regret the firstborn son was holy and interested in politics. instead with his younger brother auto he preferred to explore the area around the alps ian chauncey lakes as well as horn chunk out. in 1961 the bavarian puppy proof consummate the 1st documentary film about the life and fate of luke vick the 2nd. here in or here on the top floor of hole in shango castle is where the early childhood of luke big and his younger brother auto unfolding on. the walls a decorated with scenes from medieval legend says it's all very cozy very romantic

all up to. the big grew up surrounded by fair maidens dragons and heroes. his relationship to his father was a distant bond looked like felt he was traced with condescension and he found that he's mother lacked a poetic sensibility. at the age of 18 a prince roderick felt more at home in the world of legends than in the monday and real world. of hop off from difference his father marks a 1000000 the 2nd died suddenly and march 8th. 64. would vick was shocked by the fact that he was to ascend to the throne automatically and that once there should we know that he left his father's death bed in floods of tears and he was even more shaken when a servant addressed him as your majesty and immediately after his father passed

away. no one had prepared him for this sudden ascension to the throne. 3 days after the funeral he wrote in his diary just one route filling the in time a penny each. gene. treated sort of from by a big the 2nd of the various felt torn and i'm sure at 1st. you months he was someone who lacked stability and a man who was unsuitable for his job as kings true to the representative of the bavarian state for a guy could. at least he had been tortured how to handle money the records of prince lympics pocket money can be found in the archives of the house of little spot. in july 862 he spent a total of 9000 guilders and 48 crowns on the scene donations for the poor

chocolates and presents. the prince had to keep meticulous of pounds of course he spent and present them to his father this sort of thing that's really seen on his going it was meant to help the crown prince learn how to live frugally of course and some and you can see that for example when he wanted to go to the theater he would have to pay for it himself and if he but then even if it's all those lessons on was a huge big considered to be excessive frugality had a big impact on and i think it agreed after his father's death upon his coronation the loss i want no more of this unnecessary miserliness i was and i often hear it unfortunately he didn't understand that even a king's resources are not endless that's what i think it's beautiful. his majesty didn't learn much from his father's example. one of his 1st official acts was to invite the highly indebted composer he had wagner to me and to finance him unconditionally. at. sea and countered wagner's musical

dramas based on scenes that were very much inspired by the medieval very tale world here i was and became an ardent fan of that music olympic ice the from is a music. so the maestro it was he respectfully called the composer became one of the 1st people to learn as the king somewhat unusual plant in the outgoing area. he wrote to wagner i discovered the pups and i intend to build a new castle above the old castle ruins in holland by the pollard or in the true style of the castles built for an ancient german i like the top order i think the 1st pitch is still a fairly simple castle i. watched a noise he commissioned a theatrical scene painter christiane young to do the initial design is at the

image quite naturally those designs were quite literally theatrical. in this part this. design fuses elements from medieval germany morris spain and the mythical world because this works this is often in india it's also in direct challenge to his father's cozy hole in shango castle within a built in the b. to maya static and with scenes from historical picture books on the wall is that world of i wanted something grand something divorced from the real world and on a monumental scale in one with all of a form. and he was to achieve it. and i look at it sure trim come true. and then commissioned it or to escape reality with constructed play and to see. the municipal archives in houston harbor a small treasure a photographic treasure. these

photos languished in a drawer for 150 years. now and these photos taken at the start of the construction process have never been seen before as far as i know this in this is the very 1st time that they're be shown. to say. they were part of the deceased's estate and donated to the archive the photographer looked fixer hadleigh born in facade an 830 he was the 1st person to document noise from stein castle this photo shows the remains of a medieval castle on the mountain ridge of desire for tourists on him and less wherever you can see the real bridge which was built in 866 i know exactly what it will do you work on the castle began in 869 so this photo must have been taken sometime between those years and of course that means that this is the oldest photo

by fiction ardler in our collection hardly opposites. when we're going to stop the concrete room on my great grandfather actually worked on the noice bunch tynecastle building site and my grandfather would sometimes take in his lunch at the council of the mark and i think it was because he thought he might catch a glimpse of the king there can the dog include the excess people were curious about the king he was not exactly shy but he rarely made public appearances or and when you were up at the construction site you might expect to see him some time in the world of politics. in the military in capital munich people were skeptical about the monarch zeal for building a council but not here in albuquerque and. it was all those years in fact no one criticized the construction of noise punch line. of juju it's high altitude this region is not very fertile so people didn't live a life of affluence here and

a giant construction like noise bunched on bed approximately a 3rd of the population increases and yet. it was even possible to run into the king. he she. gets a movie to work i mean there are some stories like the one of him meeting a young cowherd who asked him the time. the boy had no clue who the stranger was then he said why do you need to know what time it is and the boy replied precociously well i have to take my cows for milking and i don't know when. he then told the boy the time and even asked for the name of the farm 2 days later a king's servant rode up on a horse and handed the boy of bob watch on a chain so he could see the time himself and know when he should take the cows in sean can of is really cool and there are a whole lot of stories at this personal levels of spending

a very different picture of the king and how he's depicted in munich comes on this big as this this illusion for it's like it was. there he was known as a spendthrift and the metric but here in southern the various his subjects admired him as a minor with a personal touch. the photographer who. made the most of the spectacular views in the area. almost $100.00 french a graphic plates a kept in a mean it's a pool archives the system. air is signed with his camera which was new technology at the time something that only had. just got going to win a castle was billed as she went to have fun with her it was a big heavy camera this was no smart he dragged everything up the mountain and

that's why we have now photographic plates of photos and a lesson. from today the wafer thin photographic plates a delicate and irreplaceable every building phase was documented carefully for 17 years that helps historians reconstruct the building process. the ancient ruins and the mountaintop to newt from the site and you steam train was constantly at work. in. the digits while doing the 2nd was not just agreement he was a visionary too he had the will the imagination and of course the power and the resources to make this dream come true. the blueprint for

a mega sized project. was impatient and for studious and he wanted the building to progress as quickly as possible when anything didn't go the way he wanted he would be extremely displeased those responsible would fall into the greatest disgrace. for tom from the top of the tower to the cellar floor everything was not big the seconds work out so he dedicated himself to every detail that ever i was in regular correspondence with the royal superintendent of construction and the architect so he take he always inspect the plants personally so he could decide how to 1st see if the all want to change jobs and nuns are in matters of government look think mostly how to bow to his ministers and except there were times. it was a kingdom in which he was. really just a figurehead with very little to say but when it came to his building projects he ruled supreme. grit up to i don't think was

a difficult client or what he was constantly scrapping plans you're suddenly deciding rome should be different that go all newly built walls might have to be torn down and. most people are surprised to learn that the council is built of bricks. and clad with rocks for me if i cooperate. to fill is all the cliff face and the walls are made up of the same materials it's a very sophisticated construction built from materials that come from the local area as it really organically blends in with the surrounding you'll be able in food . not only the construction but also the restoration in the last few decades for technical logistical and physical challenge.

because the king was always impatient with the world cup they couldn't progress fast enough for him it's understandable anyone who works in construction will get it you always want to see progress and it's always too slow as it was a challenge for everyone involved. including the local people at the time a chronicle written by the village teacher back then whose name was left is still preserved in this funk archives the man recorded the ups and downs of the construction every day from the so. not. in 17500 wrote. an alliance 100 on the 23rd of april at 6 o'clock

in the morning mr hare hauled in the foreman at the king's castle who works in all its trunk out and he took his own life with a bullet through his heart and in the life it's a had suffered a mental breakdown and is buried and by the hoffman who from pickup in. the foreman heinrich harold who laid the foundation stone of the council on the 5th of september 869. some people saw this as the case of noise fungi and the giant trunk jet and the mountain pushed those in charge to the limits. to look to the construction business scape from reality ever since germany had had a kaiser the bavarian chain had filled supply for us but he still had his world a fantasy. be a low point and we all like to dream we all have ideas but also have the courage to realize them and in his case to fight against all odds for them those that shows he

was lucky that that's what i like about him i'm setting out to show. you treat made history in come true. the throne room takes you to the past. to the noble knights. the heroic battles. the hollow keenan's. and everything under the watchful eye of divine guidance. the king rules by the grace of god. this indian born this whole idea we now in the throne room which was sort of religious. a little bit the 2nd by at all it's a space dedicated to kingship without this bill and well read as he was he designed

everything himself to the core of. this throne room came to symbolize the intervention monarch. no audiences were given here no court was held there isn't even a throne in the room the combination of splendor and solitude is particularly stark in this space. inertia and noise time not everything is how it seems a source inside when you stepped out of the wrong room can you might think the columns are made of spore for a go but it's actually stuck on a marble wall that was itself stuck on to cast iron columns oil and that was necessary for construction reason water and. everything is for show the. most fun stein is the perfect symbiosis of the latest technology and medieval statics the king's wishes challenge the creativity of the

architects. the throne room is a modern construction. a masterpiece of engineering. the head of administration of the council johann henson is getting disappeared behind the curtains of the mock middle ages the roof construction of noise feinstein council. the area is not open to the public. you have to think no one's we are now above the throne room that says this is the dome a silver star. forcing construction is it is this technique was innovative at the time arctic building with a lion or with these large eye and good is that we also see downstairs in the

throne room the ones i'll see and it was revolutionary at that time it when i got it for 2 on. the modern construction of teams can be seen beneath the threw him. to pick a fight when it came to technology good big the 2nd was mainly interested in what you could do with this one for and his very high demands started on science driving it forward for here quickly. the king was fascinated with technology in a way with the latest innovations in construction. sophisticated technologies from the age of industrialization can be found throughout the castle. to superior. we now in one of the boiler rooms for the warm and heating system

which was cutting edge back then it was still extremely uncommon in buildings used mainly for private purposes or a castle like face symbols on the it was included here to meet the king special demands for luxury the 2nd wanted a comfortable version of the middle ages from his childhood on he had always had a low tolerance to cold and so a warm air heating system was ideal it's another we have. the boiler for the unfinished nights bath was installed it has never been in service. but. everything was the finest quality for the. keane who also closes. battery operated fans who. found a brand new item in the collection telephone was the entire construction

tailor made for one man. who's that ingenious was simply crazy and we think of a madman as someone who has no idea what he's doing just salutes and ludwig the 2nd knew what he was doing all the way. living in a world of his own closed off from anyone is a different story to money's going to look big this 2nd created a world for himself that had a logic of its own all that was coherent in itself was off and on but that world was not meant to be open to others you have so often. the price was loneliness. is big chain because your way to the tragic love story of tristen and his own.

his wash basin reminds you of that too smoove phoned the cup to his chase brush a community. he's big this is imposing as the choir stalls in a go thing change. them and do it when you walk around the noise time you realize very quickly that it was not built for practical purposes this could come because there are no guest rooms to focus as you noticed straight away that this is a fantasy made real smeared and it's more like walking through a film set when you realize you're not in the house you're in a dream of the sun and call. searching for the holy grail. alongside the not this will.

not respond good digs buildings are unique and that they're not about showing off prestigious dynastic functions he would not to travel as they were spaces where he turned his poetic world and his world imbued with literary arianne trickle influences and to architectural reality there's nothing like this anywhere else. stella tied also in the middle of the consul belongs in that world to. a secret door leads to a staircase which is normally hidden from view. it was built especially for the servants teams. up the stairs take you from the access road all the way to below the rafters is something that means they run through the whole

building as you can see that the stairs are relatively wide and well equipped so the servants could do their work properly to do you know what. this was because the king insisted on fun lost in discreet service the monarch's behavior was starting to become increasingly won't he was true indian self the entire council is laced with staircases big and small brittle with hidden doors. in. this seen as whole. game this is the 1st extensive restoration that since it was built x. . that seemed more to stone and paintings have been at work throughout the castle for several years.

that have. dental. as this is part of us what's so special about the paintings here in his they are incredibly high quality of execution taped to my door and you can see that from the fact that they've scarcely been damaged in this white exertional casualties and the high volume of visitors was storm does she hadn't been doxie getting sent. to feed new civil artists personally. exquisite craftmanship was always more important to him than an artist's unique signature or style. play my suit into something if it's what i want it was only for a total of about $200.00 days that he really lived in the castle at a time when the artist was still working up there and he would show up now and then

had a chat with the foreman for example their job and hand out cigars he gotten for as it was standard back then well not when the monarch was satisfied with your work you get a cigar as a reward for life because what feed. the king must have made a lot of cigars because he had other construction projects to my car engine is a new palace is modeled on the summit in france. was. linda her highness in the mountains near et al is going to a star of a french summer residence. on council is almost to the german middle ages and the world of germanic legend. expensive dreams of a keen to build a rumor that will probably never die is that look big the 2nd bankrupted the state

treasury 5 building noise vanished on a so that's completely wrong by law he received a sum of money annual thing which he used to pay for the quarterly the maintenance of other castles involved boggs numb from borg and many others who would spoil the stamp had to be paid according to the it or had to be paid for it over and at the very bottom of the list whatever was left he used that for his own building projects such as on a boat and pushed ect. fixed it would private from a $171.00 on was he received yearly sum of 300000 months of an impression mr president bismarck taken from so-called reptilian forms all such fun. it was a little thank you gift for handing of the title of concent to william of prussia was a word mish to this what's incorrect is to call it a bribe i prefer to call it a gift to him then when he had already given up some of his sovereignty and accepted this great personal risk direction of his powers trend he could well be given a little financial benefit that often and still under the arm of god. and yet even

with his financial allowance from the north the king was still very short of money . his ministers are asked him to limit his building projects to nutrition would be clearly said and also wrote i can't discuss building is my greatest joy in life and i hoped laban sat's how he put it formally or undeterred he continued to order chandeliers with exquisite nickel placing furniture in sculptures the bills show his obsession with details sean stein cost approximately 6000000 mugs that sequent of about 42000000 euros today. also taken loans from foreign banks which was a big mistake on those foreign.