business entertainment police central police district is just a few blocks down the street but largely. feet you can come out there whether you can get a problem. especially in the evening. go back with us i go in the evening. yeah i was going to say if this was in the evening this would be a bustling area with thousands of people lining the streets but you know right now it was fairly quiet. so today i guess that does lead to the 5 there's only 3 people that were injured. and this is come out of nowhere no has no threats of attacks no previous history of this sort of thing going on in nashville. no as far as we know everything was calm and there were no indication of any threats to this

area but you know destinations are under way a.t.f. f.b.i. and local authorities are all on the scene scouring the area and trying to determine the cause of this. in nashville thank you so much for that. apologist for the quality of the line. the european union countries decided to assess the post trade deal reached with the u.k. on christmas the 2000 page document still needs to be accepted by the british and european parliament's the long awaited agreement means trade across the english channel will remain tariff free it's fair to say that reactions to it have varied. much of the british press hile that as a bricks miss the deal itself more important than the day tells off to months of missed deadlines intense talks the prime minister to try to reset the e.u. u.k. relationship i think this deal means a new stability and a new and

a certainty in what is sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend you out on. your support or and indeed never let it be forgotten you will number one market reactions to the new deal have varied from relief to despair. it feels really good to live in an independent country again i didn't go for a break say i have really tried to not be fired you know putting more people on go out if we got a deal for the government and what would you obviously have come to read between. a daily call to her no deal 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 and british waters giving up on the 25 percent of their catch quotas british exporters face new

bureaucratic burdens with business groups saying they have little time to prepare travellers will no longer run 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 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 relief. i know this is a difficulty for some and to a lot of friends in the united kingdom i want to see 13 is such sweet sorrow. the 27 e.u. governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st. eskimo from day dublin correspondent burg at mass in london welcome burkett how is the news of this deal

being perceived that. a big sigh of relief for many in the country many ordinary people are just happy that they don't have to hear anything about breaks it so much it was dominating the news and it was polarizing the country really quite torturous over the last years for people of course who voted remain who didn't want to leave the e.u. it's quite this is sweet they're not happy but this is a deal prevented something was you know like chaos at the buddhists and also more disagreements with the e.u. in the future so even people who voted remain overall relief that this has happened business while they are relieved that not tens of thousands or maybe even hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost due to no deal so you know most most people are happy that that the deal is done and that's that for now it's quiet on the brakes

in front of the deals of course require compromise on both sides who is feeling particularly hard done by. well people of course students they would have been not happy that they are not part of the most program anymore and otherwise some people who are very concerned about fishing so breads it is that were really fighting for more fishing rights this is an area where the british government had to compromise and they started out with a much bigger ask but the bottom line is that even before even this this deal allows british missions fisherman to to fish much more freely in their own mooches and after 5 years transition there will be a renegotiation so even on that front there is there is some you know some compromise that was found of course you know the deal is is something that puts up trade various to the bottom line is starts in britain economically was better off

within the european union and drags it all together and knocks a few percentages of the the u.k. economy but without the deal that would have been even worse to britain leaves in less than a week parliament in the u.k. i mean europe will have to sign off on this deal will the house of commons go for it well yes it's expected to be fairly breezy this time not the torturous scenes that we have seen when when bragg's it was debated in the house of commons and voted on in the past yes the labor opposition party says even though it's been it's the alternative would be no deals who they are voting for it's a yes it's expected to go through parliament without any major difficulties thank you for that in london. a 2nd look at some of the other stories making headlines now. pope francis is uses obey at.

christmas address to call on the international community to be aware of market forces and nationalism and to focus on that sharing and making covert 19 vaccines available to the 84 year old pontiff called the brotherhood during a time of ecological crisis and social in palin's. longtime leader of molly's opposition say has died aged 71 coronavirus complications a form of finance minister was considered a favorite to win the country's next election 2022 he passed away just 2 months after his release from lengthy captivity by islamist insurgents. 3 latin american countries have now launched mass immunization programs to combat the pandemic mexico chile and costa rica have received shipments of vaccine and begun their distribution but with the 2nd times covered $9000.00 death toll in the

world all eyes are on brazil where a vaccine is yet to be approved. it's been a week of celebrating firsts in latin america the 1st shipment arrivals of vaccines . the 1st jabs for health care workers and those at risk. it's the best gift in 2020 i could have gotten. you with i understand people are suspicious it's something new but you have to have faith and get vaccinated as soon as possible chile mexico and costa rica have all begun administering the farce of biotech back same. tain of maine while hazaras saved its 1st doses of russia's sputnik 5 vaccine with plans to begin vaccinations next week but in brazil which has one of the highest rates of covert 19 infections in the world there have been mixed messages. the baton time institute

has announced that the trial of the chinese sim about faxing had achieved w hey chose required efficiency levels the very next day brazil's president revealed his lack of confidence in. these fish and say you know the vaccine in sao paolo seems to be down i will not disclose a percentage here because it. i make a 0.001 percent era i'll be beaten up by the media i want to vaccine that is safe and effective that meets its objectives there are a lot of scared people at home let's wait for the vaccine. but while the nations that have begun rolling out the vaccine are optimistic warning us to remain vigilant against the virus remain in place. for one of the most popular christmas traditions is buying and decorating a tree millions of young pines are cut down every year to adorn living rooms and gods but there's growing criticism over the damaging environmental impact so some

was a creating more sustainable alternatives. a tree is cut down. and another. every year we cut down millions of trees just so that we can have one for christmas in germany alone around $30000000.00 trees are sold over the festive season. benedict bruiser is selling christmas trees with a difference to make a difference well the idea of the regions of christmas trees is that we develop a system where we only cut the top off the tree and then have the natural succession off the tree and that will again build a new branch so to say hopefully so it's a regenerative tree that never is being killed but it always regrowth in january birds of peas people if they bring back the bits they've had over christmas. those bits are cut up and mixed into soil becoming nutrients in the tree plantation.

underneath the cover brazil plants potatoes or wild strawberries. and in the middle blackberries. and all around them the regenerating christmas trees. which have a special meaning for birds or. through through all the technological advancements and the digital world we have lost many of those just natural ways of coming together and communicating and celebrating life and you know being aware of what life actually means and for me tradition is the christmas tree at christmas where you come together as a family and you just enjoy being together and having that time to also reflect on the year if the project proves successful bursal hopes the technique will be used around the world to make christmas trees a little bit greener. i said you're up to date more at the top of the

hour up next here on d w dr phil explores the secrets of the mona lisa. of good. young moroccan emigrants. they know the police will stop. the rumors of a solution. to their flights could be sick. but. not an option shattered dreams starts january 18th on d w. it

is the most famous most expensive and most mysterious painting in the world. each year millions of people visit the portrayed in the louvre. the mona lisa has remained a star among works of art for centuries. because fanatics attempted to destroy the painting it can only be admired from behind armored glass. but what makes the mona lisa so special. the small painting shows nothing more than a portrait of a woman. or does it reveal something more. it

was painted by one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived leonardo da vinci. and with mona lisa he left behind more than just an image of a woman. gaze appears to wander off yet always meets the viewer. she wears no jewelry her clothing is dark as if she were in mourning and yet she smiles mysteriously. leonardo didn't leave behind any sketches of the portrait. 2 no visible brushstrokes mona lisa appears to be made out of flesh and blood. 'd yet her biggest secret remains who was shooting whose portrait is leonardo showing

us. well to solve this puzzle the louvre placed its most famous painting under scientific scrutiny using the most modern techniques. the painting was examined using x. rays mammals spectroscopy ultraviolet an infrared pictures among other techniques to uncover its secrets. a master's painting technique was examined beyond the surface were corrections made to the painting was anything over painted did leonardo paint the piece in one session or did he work on it for decades.

these questions must be answered in order to resolve the most puzzling question of them all. who is the woman behind the smiling yet melancholy face. who was leonardo's mona lisa. is this not a portrait. but rather an imaginary image of an ideal beauty. experts have been wondering this for centuries. there seems to be proof of only 2 explanations but each cancels the other out documentation comes from 2 different chroniclers 'd but these written records are not compatible with one another.

the most accepted theory is based on biographer george over sorry according to him the portrait depicts leaser dirge a condom the wife of the florentine silk merchant francesco dodge a condor who commissioned the piece in 1503. this contradicts a notify the chronicle antonio to be artists from 1517 in which leonardo da vinci claims to have been commissioned by giuliani dimity team. just like the 2 chronicles contemporary leonardo's scholars also have divergent theories. people anti an artist or even from florence believes the officially recognized theory that the painting depicts least condo.

i believe that play an audio actually painted lisa get our d.n.a. the wife of francesco del joconde. probably around $1503.00. 23 roman historian robert perry considers a new and revolutionary theory in which the portrayed woman is an entirely different person. i think the painting is connected with grand army. it has nothing to do with mona lisa with. the 1st clue leads to florence the majority of the great renee songs artists lived and worked here as did leonardo da vinci. ga adversary also worked in florence economical the biographies of many italian artists. next to his

work as an architect sorry documented the biographies of great italian artists today these make up one of the most important foundations of art history levitated the pewit chill leonti architect. italian e was 1st published in 1515 and revised in 1568. today the original manuscripts are housed in the if it's the library. most of the artists whose lives were sorry chronicled were already dead at the time but the sari researched very carefully. so too with leonardo da vinci on just a few pages for sammy wrote down his whole life story. in it he also mentions that

painted the portrait of mona lisa for francesco dojo condo her husband and it's in the possession of confront is the 1st to france. he labored on it for 4 years. and ultimately left it unfinished. these words gave the painting its name. mona lisa. who was this mona lisa of whom are sorry what and who was her husband francesco down to calm down. francesco was a stock much good acquired some wealth but wasn't part of florence's elite. he was a nouveau riche businessman. was it really possible that a renowned painter like leonardo accepted

a commission by an ordinary businessman or did french just go down to congo and his wife climbed the ranks of society. out of her shoes were going to francesco del ger condo was well known in the city simply she medically was nice just an ordinary merchant he was also a public and charismatic figure whom i would have it up not in the bouncer booth because. these a doctor in your lease was very young. and for saudi to find very beautiful to see what i mean to marry her husband also spoke very highly off her and it does that mean that in his testaments francesco refers to her as a bone a feat a woman if you move in this is an unusual description for women getting those who

are only i have yet to find a similar description in other testaments. are more you know dong a bonafide a woman can signify a noble woman will be. at high principles who works hard and has personality. it is going to hold up in she could go and develop a possible assad. leeson belgacom though was francesco's 3rd wife. the birth of their 2nd child a move into a new home could have been the occasion for the commission portrait. and yet up until them leonardo only portrayed men and women of nobility these people were interesting to him

a star such as him self could choose his own subjects why did he paint lisa down to calm down. leonardo return to florence around 1500 tremolando he was 48 years old restless without family and didn't have any large commissions on the horizon. they were not aware of that when they an auto came to florence he didn't have any commissions or work. and we know that portraits are the bread and butter of painters doing it and that is to say they are the simplest commissions and also the best paid so it is easily possible that francesco del jewel condo commissions laid auto to portray his wife out of the mall. but doubts

arise there is a condo family trade register resides in the lucky vo story codell instituto. chante and it is the basis of their tax report. florence had a highly advanced tax system the so-called catastrophe. as part of this its citizens had to claim all of their incomes and expenditures. in this trade register all movement of money and assets were meticulously recorded . the summary mentions that leonardo received the commission in 1503 so a record of the expensive portrayed must certainly have been made.

but in 50 no 3 there is no reference to the expense of a painting. there is no record of a commission to leonardo in the entire trade register. there is also no mention of such a valuable painting in the inheritance. you can imagine how desperately i searched for clues of a commission or payments. not even in the testament is there mention that this painting existed. i think francesco would have certainly claimed it since it was a painting with a rising and secure value the whole thing is incomprehensible you know city of you should. just go would have most likely shown the portrayed by the famous painter publicly and would not have risked

a bent toward tax evasion. in leonardo's records there is also no trace of a commission by francesco money apparently didn't change terms. from just goes testament is archived in florence is a key view to start up there in there is also no mention of the great masters valuable artwork. leonardo apparently never delivered the painting to francesca. bizarrely writes about an incomplete portraits of the mona lisa and the louvre however is completed down to the very last detail. i mean the years shorey he except of the commission at a time in which he had no work is it that he introduced himself to the merchant who wanted a painting of his wife and simply and. then he painted only the head. they

stared he interrupted the work for other commission when he left it on finished never delivering the painting to the merchant not even the head. and there are no traces of this painting in florence with the traces left by the motion a couple must be available in the archives documents or testaments that you do with that the the and yet this painting by leonardo shows up with no way to the. usual day stanley if he had finished the painting and limited then a record within the family would exist a painting by a famous artist like your nardo was a very valuable commodity in that park at this. they left me advocated way superior we know absolutely nothing about this but. the thing.