area. there waiting for a chance that will probably never. shattered dreams. this is t w news live from the post breaks the trade deal is signed into u.k. gold britain and the european union set the seal on the door now divorced just hours before you think hostile fire off a century of ties with the continent also coming up. deadly explosions ripped through and then stayed in airports theme a plane carrying the country's newly formed unity government. hopes for the new

year says be able to do the normal things again cops say yeah i'll throw in a virus restrictions and knock down. people around the world what they wish for most in 2021. hello i'm kristie wonderwall come to the program later today begin i said kingdom will leave the e.u. is customs union and single mom bringing to a final end its membership of the european union the u.k. will then trade goods with the 27 members of the block and a new treaty agreed last week with brussels british prime minister abbas johnson signed the treaty and it is now part of british role when the u.k. completes its transition phase at midnight central european time it will draw the

coach and donald almost 5 decades of membership off that easy. let's have a look at some of the changes that come into force way in britain exits the e.u. customs union and single mochis free movement of people is british and e.u. citizens will have to apply for a visa if they want to work and each other is to retreat or live there for longer than 90 days u.k. e.u. trade in goods britain want to add tariff and free quota access to the single market and it got it but there is now a mechanism where terrorists could be imposed by the e.u. in the future if the u.k. diverges from stand its. customs border in the irish as seen with roman island so nolan island remains part of the e.u. single market and customs union so goods and animals entering there from the rest of the u.k. will be subject to checks and paperwork and i'm now joined by clinton

peel he's associate fellow for all of this with the european president at chatham house he's joining us from london good to see you quentin so do british people think they got a good deal. or they did to be the latest opinion poll that i've seen says that only 70 percent of the british people think it's a good deal something like 21 percent think it's a bad deal and found that most people either think they don't know all they just don't i think there is a real exhaustion about its own process with the british people even though they don't think it's a good deal rather more than half of them wanted it to be approved nonetheless clinton the prime minister boris johnson say is that the u.k. will remain a partner with the e.u. it's best ally of think you say it will be the best of friends at some point what

kind of relationship is this going to be. i think it's going to be pretty bumpy at least for the beginning until until this whole thing settles down. it's been a fairly poisonous negotiating process for the last 9 months and before that most of the people in various johnson's government have a track record of saying very rude things about the european union so i don't think it is going to be easy there's an awful lot that remains still to be done this deal deals with goods trade and says ok they'll be tariff and quota 3 there's practically nothing in that about services trade which is far more important to britain so there's an enormous amount actually still to be organized. so it makes its way to the growing independence movement in scotland how can say and people

embracing about this. i think that's going to become the biggest you know is just will the united kingdom hold together as a union having left the european union the scottish people voted very clearly well over 60 percent to remain in the european union and now the scottish national party which voted absolutely clearly yesterday against this deal they're going to win i'm pretty certain the next elections in scotland and demand another referendum boris johnson is going to try and resist it so that's one pressure on the union but the other one is in northern ireland because as you said in your introduction there's going to be a new effective border between northern ireland and the rest of britain nor the ballot is in future going to be in many ways closer to the republic of ireland than it is to the rest of the united kingdom and that's why i think he's going to raise

a lot of new tensions there as well right that's clinton pale speak of the chatham house in london thank you. and it's take a closer look at some of the international stories now the usas it will increase tariffs on a range of goods including wines from the e.u. it's the latest development in a 16 year battle of the subsidies paid by the 2 sides to boeing and airbus further changes are being placed on airplane parts as well as brandy's from france and germany. the us senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a virtual way to boost called the 19 believe checks to americans the move defies president donald trump support to raise the amount from $600.00 to $2000.00 the proposal to increase aid passed with a bipartisan majority in the house. 2 protesters were killed in tasha's

with police in peru during demonstrations against and you know raising the income of agricultural workers under the new legislation farm laborers will still earn less than $14.00 a day. at least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack at aden international airport in yemen the blast went off just as members of the new unity government returned from saudi arabia so far no group has claimed responsibility the original blast was followed by another explosion near the presidential palace several hours later. it was meant to be a moment to celebrate. a newly formed power sharing cabinet disembarking u.a.e. backed southern separatists joining forces with the saudi backed internationally recognized government but then. several explosions rocked the airport authorities say a volley of ballistic missiles were fired by the unity government common rival iran

back to the rebels witnesses described hearing sporadic gunfire soon after. hours later another explosion was reported near the presidential palace in aden. this was a cowardly terrorist attack. the government is an agent to stay with the country an exercise its duties and operations with the strong will of our people. acts of terror will not stop forces from doing our work. with. the ministers have all been reported safe after the attack. they were returning from the saudi capital where they had been sworn in as part of the new power sharing agreement the 2 science have full with what's been called a civil war within a civil war but after months of conflict a peace deal was implemented and focus was redirected on

a joint front against the who thiis who sees the country's capital sanaa in 2014 plunging the country into an ongoing civil war while no one has claimed responsibility for the attack at aden airport to blame has fallen on the iran backed rebels this power in yemen is threatened by the new government alliance. britain has become the 1st country in the will to authorize the coronavirus vaccine developed by astra zeneca an oxfordian of a state but while the drug made a has received emergency approval on its home to the european union and the united states andre to follow suit just hit the nation's vaccine is cheaper and easier to transport than the bio intake pfizer and wonder innovations but trial data suggest it's not as if it there is also uncertainty about the best dosage for the extras in a vaccine and here are some of the developments in the

pandemic in the u.s. more than 3900 people died from cold at 19 a wednesday a new record for daily fatalities that's according to the latest count by john hopkins university china has approved its 1st coronavirus vaccine for conditional use the drug was developed by an affiliate of state backed pharma company sign a form which stays the vaccine is around 80 percent effective and island has announced a titan drop zone that will remain in place for at least one month social gatherings are prohibited and all non-essential shops will be closed. now chancellor angela merkel has called on germans to help beat the pandemic by sticking to the rules in the weeks and months ahead in her final new year's address merkel say that germany faced hard times but there was no hope in sight now that vaccinations have started she said 2020 had been the most challenging give of her

decade and a half as chancellor and that the country had never longed for a new year the way it is now a medical issue to step down before the next election in september. after a year defined by coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns people around the world are eager to show 2020 the dole preparations are underway to ring in the new but it's evidence and operations will be a lot more news this evening. praying for good fortune the show months in peru made offerings for a healthy 2021 of the ritual is an annual tradition one that is the for to kill or important this year. or not. at times square in new york city preparations are under way for another important tradition for more than a century people have flocked to the city that never sleeps on new year's eve this

year will be quite different times square will be closed to the public as the countdown to 2021 goes virtual. you know you will see less people here in times square we're going to have more hope to have or because we cannot wait for 2021 the light is at the end of the tunnel and we are we are filled with out the. celebrations will also be subdued across the atlantic in germany after the government banned the sale of fireworks even though existing stockpiles can still be lit some are looking forward to the prospect of a quieter new year's eve. as we had 20 new fire lighting firecrackers i never liked them so i'm not very sad about it doesn't exist and. it's understandable that you can sit down together and have a drink drink 3 i'm not opposed to it british that's better that way but those are

all. the famous concert halls used to playing to sold out crowds will be performing with out audiences this new year's eve. the show will go on virtually as people look forward to. a fresh start. now ahead of new year's eve deja vu correspondents around the world also people what they wish all in 2021 and there was a common thread as many people interviewed said they wished for one thing above all . just just be able to do the normal things again. that everything goes back to normal i want to go to school see my friends is about i want to go back to normal. as i was you don't know model i want everything to go back to normal or. just normal i mean from no money to the money but. my hope for 2021.

is that cove it will be over because 2020 has brought a lot of hardship because on the back room of what i hope will be able to see each other again without masks i hope people will be more cheerful and kind with each other i think result. i hope the coronavirus goes away in 2021 and we've got a good amount of work to do. you write your best undermanned i wish everyone to be peaceful and for the pandemic to go away so that we can all be kind to each other with all our hearts. i really hope i'll be able to travel again catch up with a time i don't. i don't want things to go back to normal because i want things to be better than they were before. you're watching the news up next it's news in the maestro meets pub in all science villages for more news updates you can always visit our website. and you can follow us on social media as well as news i'm

christine linda and i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour before we go though we'll leave you with images from a new year's festival in scotland with a stunning drawing display let's have the skies. every day. for us and for our planet. google ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities scream or how can we protect animals and their habitats for. the

worst. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling or disposable smart new solutions for still sending our. earth is truly unique and we know that our uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive. why do i see the environmental suit in global 3000 on goma. hello there friends welcome to music i asked my name is along the alabama i'm a conductor from mexico and i just want to invite you to enjoy this wonderful show where you will need to amazing musicians from all over the world and see the backstage life and their stories of how they put this beautiful music together.

welcome to the next episode of music a master this time i'm in copenhagen in denmark and i will be working with a danish radio orchestra and in this episode we will get into the world of percussion i will take you through what it is like to play in a large book as a section of a symphony orchestra and what are the challenges and also the lots of joy and fun that they can have there. that you've been with but that didn't get to the book about the didn't. know the. time not to get. the ticket to get a ticket to the tactical ticket if they get picked that. so

i have to come with a plan that whatever happens it will work but then it's great when we can take it much much further and you came and said you know that's very good how how we were going i said but do you think you should be a bit more flexible i. i really love that contribution because that's exactly what i wanted and. the story of this film is a sort of romeo and juliet story but between the mayan princes and the spanish

conquistador so it's an impossible love story from my country and the music is just incredible. when you play in a big symphony orchestra even as a percussionist we used to just have the pulse and but in the peak of his like this always some small adjustments we have to do small adjustments all the time so that's quite difficult because we have 13 players that needs to do that just once it's all of the same time so that it needs a lot of a lot of eyes a lot of ears is set of like a football team you know we have someone to run fast and someone just just you know their experience and know how to keep calm when when it's you know it's growing on your then you have to have. people experience people just this is this is where they have the reason they don't go wild.

the sort of this is sort of a master class and we'd like this because in classical music normally written place to the melody has not this time the military has to play to the reason. that i mean like the black sheep of the sound samples. because i'm not a classical trained physician i am self taught jazz guy.

i love it when we get the sense from all those types of music it's so enriching and many times i think that if we we need be classical musicians need more of your where else to do what we do because it's all intertwined is not separate. you're. here. this is a big pleasure playing with someone like you who are rhythm because we feel immediately that you are with me you have this. you're grounded for me as a conductor it's always good to go to the stores and talk to that the ones who are experts on each think and i've learnt so much most of what i've learned i've learned from the players and i'm happy to meet you that's with while you were in the band i mean. it's an honor i think your thank you very much.

i was so happy to be part of the band and it's always an honor to be considered part of the band. and this concert it was a very special opportunity for me to work for the 1st time with my partner your template out there in a set 2 sets of songs one by mother and one by it have a little but the entire program that we put together and it is about love stories especially the impossible ones and to get to this the union and it's such a joy and pleasure and we've had a lot of fun together. you're. 'd

more with. the. poor. the. moors. or are moving here in copenhagen the rehearsals with the danish remark. the group. of people yes because there are they giving a concert with. with your partner in life is something special everybody imagines big conflict in during the preparation and fights about who is in charge. well i

but i don't question that the conductor is in charge. and she better doesn't question that i'm a tenor so this we can avoid a lot of fights i think well you know. i think you can lie we'll always be able to work together well because we met working so for us the relationship through music and through may conducting and him singing was the way we actually met because we met while doing the magic flute at the state opera and berlin and so our 1st relationship was of colleagues and so i think for us is no problem and we both know and respect each other. in a way that it's really pleasant it's really nice.

was. what you're hearing about the mahler songs. this is the 1st year that you sing them it's the 1st time that i sing them out of songs with orchestra so i have some of the piano version and the chamber version so today was the 1st time with after those time that i heard this orchestra like that i was within the orchestra with this whole world of imagination. things. like this. was. when i looked again at the at the date of composition like 8485. this is and i know other music from the time other songs. like

you want to promise who voted for. us. it's so different in terms of its simplicity but also in terms of protests in this simplicity so many layers of truth. of life his approach to music is is really like describing the world and not only describing it and painting it but making you live it as if you're in the moment living all this. elements was eat you. it's really a cinematic week as well we're in the center of the orchestra and we're hearing birds on the horn calls and and. the trees and leaves and nature

coming out from i mean a reaction like like like as if you were saying it's moving nancy you know it. was the. heat eat eat sleep. eat the and then you suggested 70. 5 weeks on what. i think is a beautiful contrast of no suffering of no problems. and so it's 5 songs that talk about the beautiful day of waiting it starts with waking up the bride and seeing the church and how the families get together then the posing of

the groom like look how great i am of pistols and a saver and i'm so handsome but you are the one of. the. was. we have a combination of lust that was what i thought of this together today it really made me see that love was everywhere the same and almost always impossible. to. find on. the site. was sort of the.

conflict zone you don't hear a lot about change in your feast days but for more than 2 months follow gary combust finance you corruption and you government demonstrations my guest this week from sofia to speed so such about mr lake and social policy why does she continue to suck on the job that's mistreating its most vulnerable people they should have it's human rights organizations like sophia. for the. whole. closely. carefully. don't look too soon she needs to get. the

edge of. discovery. subscript. documentary. when is the government going to get the message and resign we're getting a lot of different messages from the protests is your government afraid of the truth they'll see me being afraid of the. we don't understand that there are a lot of problems you don't hear a lot about it in europe these days but for more than 2 months fog area has been combust by anti corruption anti government demonstrations for 7 years in a row it's on the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt country in the e.u.

my guest this week from sofia is the need for such about the minister of labor and social policy why does she continue to serve in a government that's mistreating its most vulnerable people in violation of its human rights of the geisha and why has it done so little to crack down on organized crime and the politicians who benefit from it. when it's such about welcome to conflict zone we've seen more than 2 months of government protests sometimes violent when is the government going to get the message and resign we're getting a lot of different messages from the protests but we're also getting messages from those that are not on the belt. actually the protests started 2 months ago but

they combine different messages some of the messages those messages that are for better judicial system or more justice and for fight against corruption these the messages that we hear and we do want to pursue in our politics whether from the opinion polls this is pretty clear 70 percent distrust the government and the personal confidence rating of the prime minister has dropped to just 20 percent the lowest rate in years so the crowds are telling you they don't want you they don't want your new draft constitution they want immediate elections so why not give them to the ground because there are not more than 6000 people on the street and there are more than 1000000 people who have voted for this government and also the regular elections i just showed you what 6 months from today people don't want to

wait for that they've seen enough corruption they've seen enough brutality on the streets now the violence has been condemned as widely excessive violence by the police including by your own president truman rather he accused your government of actually directing and triggering the violence didn't he at least on one occasion. i wouldn't agree with your strong words about violence because i can i can tell you that there are more than 80 people eastment that are actually now with us to tell and that kept the against them there's been a lot of violence on behalf of the public and what when we are talking about the role of the president it's really very interesting that actually it's the president that is the the one that must be a king about unity and must be opening alak and that on the contrary is actually fueling the violence and he's giving spirit of hatred that's that's quite an accusation to level against your president but it's not shared by the council of europe in particular the. commissioner for human rights doña me out of it she

talked about numerous reports of police violence against journalists covering the demonstrations several were reportedly beaten up and pepper sprayed when rock police clashed with demonstrators violence against germany she said especially at the hands of state agents is contrary to state's duty to uphold press freedom and to protect the safety of journalists it's pretty sad when you have to be reminded of that isn't that it's pretty set but at the same moment you are a person that is your word for factual television and for factual journalism and i can tell you the fact i'm not actually supporting the strong statements as i told you right now there were more than 80 police people that are in hospital and even out of that he serious violence they were also yellow also on the streets on the plot the sounds there were coffins that were being brought in a number of other. excess of it is that they have been we have been witnessing on

the street so the council of europe doesn't know what he's talking about and your own president doesn't know what he's talking about and you have a veto i. don't like to try minister so this is not into a head and isn't it you have a dead end here. it's not that then that adjective it is this that we also see everything which is on the street not only what is what suits elk recission well president rather has long accused your prime minister of corruption and links with organized crime he's called on him to resign the government government the current government he says is morally finished and it's of the utmost importance that it's formally finished as well he's right isn't it what kind of system is this where the prime minister is pictured asleep in his official residence a gun beside his bed and a draw in his bedside table stuffed full of 500 euro notes what kind of government is this what are your proofs that this this photograph that actually true what are

the proofs of the president in this respect and is this what this stupidity of law just broadcast in picture is it wet weather but i mean is that is not on one in the same picture with this average notes of hero and at the same time i think that if we if we're talking about democracy and if we're talking about superiority of law it's the court that must actually say whether this is true or not but we're coming to the courts in a minute but how helpful is it to the stability of bug area with the prime minister and the president at each other's throat both of them calling for the other one to resign the answer has to be that's not very good for the stability of your country is it. definitely this war between the institutions is not good for the stability but i want to again to to draw your attention to the fact and the fact that very clear 1st of all we have the country at the moment which has very low the crease of

the g.d.p. due to the corporate crisis it's 8.2 in comparison with other countries when it's at double figures we also have we have the in top 5 the number 7 employment and i can also point to that the race of the g.d.p. in the last 5 years is nearly double this is not possible in a country which is that we under any corruption it's not possible to see such figures if everything is so rooted then corrupt if there's a human trying to plus now the conversation well i'm not the only one saying that because you know both park area and the government you serve in have become by words for corruption internationally corruption mafia capture democratic backsliding and a political manipulated and almost dysfunctional justice system i wonder why you continue to serve in a government which is so mired in scandal. because this is the government which doubled the teacher's salary in the country this is the government which invested

2500000000 in only in the education system this is the government which preserved almost 300000 just place in the core if that is this is the government which double that the g.d.p. in the last in the last years and also is the government that boston increases the incomes of the people and i don't know like a mismatch of your the black and white you know your figures are extraordinary g.d.p. growth over the last 10 years has been around 50 percent in contrast to remain which joined on the same those you the european union has registered an increase of more than 200 percent can you explain that you have the lowest average salary in the you with less than $690.00 euro's a month less than bosnia montenegro which aren't even in the e.u. and the european council on foreign relations says it's a sign you've made very poor use of e.u. cohesion funds why is that mismanagement and corruption or is a both. this is this is not true because the ligament still in the country when we

started in the country in the country was 250-5011 now list expanded and then 11 and when we are talking about that the influence of the banks actually the increase of the sale is still the investment of the events is 8.2 percent for the period between $24020.00 points it is also important that the g.d.p. has increased its 7.7 percent the european finance investment it is once again because i am a minister of lebanon social policy want to measure the level of unemployment which would mean the whole thing or end now is 7.2 percent and youth of the european union france investment is a lower 5.6 percent minister last year the us state department said that while you laws provided penalties for corrupt officials the government did not implement that law effectively officials in all branches of government reportedly gave in corrupt

practices with impunity that means no consequences so the inescapable conclusion is that you allow this corruption because members of your government and criminals connected to it profiting by it day by day that's why the state department on the line multiple reports of government corruption and they included bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes for kilmeny violations and influence trading this is full service corruption right across the spectrum of your government did you think the world would notice what was going on. i can tell you that in the last year is the commission for fighting against corruption and confiscating of illegal aquatic property yes that damn the bit but eliminated precautions for over half a 1000000000 level and yes even that more than $1000.00 different the checks and editions of different officials on different levels including local and national

government it wasn't going to government official not a single senior government official or major crime bosses been indicted on corruption charges why is that that your court case is and then not finished yet but i can also point to that part of the felt this and i mean once again reminding but the bulk is after i'm beat by a person who is now trying to escape justice from bulgaria because of not bait exis in the country for more than 700000000 you know you keep telling me about what you've done on the subject of corruption but last year the center for the study of democracy in your own capital and sophia so that at least 35 percent of public procurement contracts involve corrupt practices that's 35 percent more than a 3rd this is the kind of country that you've turned bug area into and you still think you should stay on in government transparency international regs your country as the most corrupt in the european union and has done for the last 7 years

consecutively. why don't we call it then you know what i wanted in this respect than the statistic which they have they have announced that for example 58 percent of the respondents in the area say that in the everyday life they didn't met that option and that actually according to europe or with that our country with 3 percent lower corruption rate then in comparison to 2017 well i don't know which you're a barometer you're looking at but the one last year said that 80 percent according to it 80 percent think that there is widespread corruption 78 percent think that the only way to succeed in business is to have political connections these are statistics that would shame any developing nation around the world let alone a member of the european union exactly the same europe amid the sense that 28 percent of the respondents say that they are actually feeling that absent in the every day and 58 percent say that they could not be in enough touch with that

action in their life and did well i don't know if that was you using i wonder if you actually listened to the views of the people out on the streets or are you just interested in digging around in your heels and hanging on to your government salaries to listen to what actually people are saying on the streets about you yes we do and that and i don't know on the street there is no one united view and that is no one united group of people i think mission may be a consul of them plenty but in but they're different people with different motives they're those the young people the people that are actually looking for better judicial system and that one more vigorous fight that absent those voices we hear and we want to respond to them yet by showing us according to the u.s. state department you're not doing anything about it you're providing opportunities for full scale full spectrum corruption within the government itself. i wouldn't agree with that and i don't know that they're talking about either well observers

or what they're talking about the us doesn't know what he's talking about the e.u. doesn't know what he's talking about nobody seems to understand you very well do they let very honestly of the country once again and i'm telling you that in a country where the incomes that being increased where the employment rate is lower and let the g.d.p. is being increased you cannot eat about the pandemic corruption because this is just cannot be achieved if there is such import that's in our midst and then corruption so you say minister why is so there's so little respect in your government for the free press which is after all the bedrock of any democratic state the council of europe commission dunja many out of age noted last year the continued deterioration of media freedom in bulgaria she cited nontransparent media ownership heris mint of journalists including the use of defamation suits against them why do you allow this to go on more than 60 percent of the media coverage in

the area is critical against the government they wouldn't say that this is this is like a freedom of press freedom house reported when a pro-government journalist and politician and milk look of was appointed last year to head bulger in national t.v. all the critical voices were silenced so with the nova broadcasting group new owners came in investigative journalists were fired you clearly have no interest in a press that holds your politicians to account to you. i wouldn't agree with this as well because in one of the most popular shows on the get a national television distracted for example was one of the main leaders of the opposition and one of the main leaders of the protests and actually every single day that a protester on the whole get a national television and people can free to express what they think about the government and what they think about the media you know get it yes but don't investigate them don't hold them to account for corruption earlier this year reporters without.