winter's coming and german chancellor angela merkel warned it could be a long one. person in the movie had already made clear in november that unless there were significant changes for the better it was highly likely that the measures in place until december 20th would be extended and that's what we've now agreed to do so than not i got a mixed. with the record daily death toll reported on wednesday the partial lockdown has done little to turn the tide here in germany. if i do so because land is the question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decide it's some point to introduce significantly tougher measures we'll see how efficient the measures currently in place are. for now the restrictions will remain in place until january 10th. for the vendors here billons famous christmas market this is not the season to be jolly as visitors will only be allowed to buy their more wine insisting sausages to go. with you we need to ask ourselves what to do we don't know what will happen it's not really a christmas market just a few stands this f

news live from berlin germany's partial lockdown extended into 2021 german chancellor angela merkel says the infection rate remains too high current restrictions will now stay in place until at least january 10th though they'll be loosened for christmas in many parts of the country also coming up a dial warning for our planet. ready to use waging war on. the zoo's suicidal nature tollways strikes back and he's already. i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has confirmed that a partial lockdown to tackle the corona virus will remain in place until at least early january michael said infection rates are still too high to consider reopening bars restaurants james and other leisure facilities terminals being hit much harder by the 2nd wave of the virus this week saw a record for the highest number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic restrictions on get togethers will be loosened over christmas a move public health experts warn will have fatal consequences. in germany to situation looks bleak with regards to the pandemic after a month of the so-ca

it is the lockdown that angela merkel wa nted the lockdown that angela merkel wanted all along and i late in coming, they will be looking carefully at the numbers and whether it has an impact. generally, thank you very much indeed. the first coronavirus vaccinations in the united states will start tomorrow, after the pfizer jab was authorised for emergency use. it comes as the country recorded the world's highest death toll for a single day yesterday — with three—thousand 309 covid related deaths. the food and drug administration approved the vaccine on friday following intense pressure from the trump administration. four people are in hospital in washington with stab wounds after clashes at rallies for and against president trump. police made at least twenty arrests as they tried to separate far—right supporters from left wing demonstrators and campaigners linked to black lives matter. anthony joshua has retained his three heavyweight boxing titles after beating bulgarian, kubrat pulev last night. one thousand fans were allowed to watch at wembley arena as joshua knocked his opponen

angela merkel announces tighter coronavirus restrictions in germany — to run through christmas until the 10th. borisjohnson and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, have said they'll "go the extra mile" to try to reach agreement in post—brexit trade talks. the two leaders said negotiations between the uk and the eu would be extended beyond today's deadline. let's hear reaction from the prime minister. the idea was that when we went out on wednesday the hope was that we we re on wednesday the hope was that we were going to be able to finish things off today, if there was a deal to be done. as things stand, and this is basically what we agreed, i and this is basically what we agreed, lam and this is basically what we agreed, i am afraid we are still very farapart on agreed, i am afraid we are still very far apart on some key things, but where there is life, there is hope. we are going to keep talking to see what we can do. the uk certainly won't be walking away from the talks, i think people will expect us to go the extra mile. i repeated my offer, which is i

chancellor angela merkel has announced tighter coronavirus restrictions that will apply across germanym this wednesday tilljanuary the 10th. nigerian security forces said they have located the kidnappers of hundreds of students abducted from their secondary school in the north of the country. anthony joshua knocks out kubrat pulev to defend his heavyweight world titles and set up a potential super fight with tyson fury. our top story is... talks between britain and the eu have resumed in brussels ahead of a deadline to reach a post—brexit trade agreement. officials held discussions overnight, and eu sources have suggested borisjohnson and the european commission president ursula von der leyen may agree to hold further negotiations. this morning the foreign secretary dominic raab said the eu had to move on the key areas of fishing and competition rules. our political correspondent nick eardley is at downing street. under his umbrella in the rain. what is the latest? we were told ursula von der leyen and borisjohnson were talking on the phone in a bid to give some sort of artificial resp

heaven chancellor angela merkel speaking to the parliament they will date of his chief political correspondent linda crane followed that speech in the german buddhist target she joins me now melinda chancellor merkel closed her address with an impassioned play for stronger action and it was a very animated quite unusual for her what do you make of it. i make of it that in fact she sees the situation as very serious indeed she assured in that appeal by saying i believe in the power of reason she also believes in the power of science she herself is a physicist a scientist so she quoted germany's expert counsel the lay of which is said very clearly we need tougher restrictions on gatherings on the people being able to meet on store closing times or rather store opening times mainly saying that we should have a prolonged christmas vacation during which the shops remain closed and the chancellor sensually reiterated all of that saying that history and science have shown that the 2nd wave of infection is always more painful and more difficult than the 1st and that we are in the middle of this 2nd wa

angela merkel would be remembered for, it would be the migrant crisis.ill it be that for this? quick she will be remembered not just in germany, but the one who called for multilateralism, who called for europe to work together, despite the initial reflex being very national. we will still remember her for migration, but this is the big game changer. she wanted to have a grand legacy with germany having had the eu presidency during the second half of this year. she had big plans for china, those not really coming true. she used to be the migration chancellor until covid-19 came. that's what she is now. phil: thank you. you can see angela merkel's new year's address in full at midnight berlin time in three hours here on dw, and of course, on all our platforms. we will take a look at some of the latest coronavirus developments around the world. i start in the u.k., which has seen nearly 1000 covid-19 deaths for two days in a row. in italy, new infections have risen sharply to more than 20,000. 7000 more the day previously. italy has seen the highest number

chancellor angela merkel has announced tighter coronavirus restrictions that will apply across germanym this wednesday tilljanuary the 10th. nigerian security forces said they have located the kidnappers of hundreds of students abducted from their secondary school in the north of the country. anthony joshua knocks out kubrat pulev to defend his heavyweight world titles and set up a potential super fight with tyson fury. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the uk prime minister boris johnson and the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are holding a phone call about now in a last—ditch attempt to reach agreement on a post—brexit trade deal. today was supposed to be the final day to agree a settlement before the end of the tarnsition period under which the uk adopted much of the eu's rules. both sides still appear to be deadlocked on the issues of fishing rights and how closely the uk should be tied to eu standards in the future. this morning on the bbc, th

angela merkel has been fighting for this for some time.s, she has been urging those regional leaders who have responsibility for imposing restrictions to get a tighter hold on this pandemic. germany, of course, came very successfully through the first wave but it is really struggling in the second wave. deaths are reaching record numbers and they are still rising. so, angela merkel has really been trying to ban heads together. finally, those regional leaders seem to be going into panic mode themselves and they have agreed to these new measures. in fact, some states will be imposing even harsher restrictions, including night—time curfews in some parts of the country. in effect, germany is all but cancelling christmas. celebrations will be restricted to very small family gatherings. there is now a ban on alcohol consumption outside. that is the mulled wine stores gone to. new year's eve is being cancelled. parties will be banned. there is a ban on the sale of fireworks with which germans traditionally celebrate the turn of the year. and numb

the mail on sunday quotes a government source who is blaming the german chancellor angela merkel forlls the european union's hard line on brexit. britain is ready for no—deal insists the sunday express, with the paper detailing the uk's plans to cope with potential disruption if the uk and eu fail to reach a deal. so let's begin... martin, penny, welcome back both of you, thank you once again for joining us. let's start with the mail on sunday. merkel wants britain to crawl across broken glass, the mail on sunday, martin, cleaning the german chancellor for the trade talks of calling. yes, it's fair to say that the nation's split over brexit is echoed and extenuating front pages. we have the front page of the observer to start the last are coming here we have the other side of its the brexiteer arguments. borisjohnson has side of its the brexiteer arguments. boris johnson has personal controller of the no—deal preparations, one source says that angela merkel is determined to make britain crawl across broken glass rather than reach a compromise. you would've thought it might‘ve been in

private gatherings will be limited to no fireworks and no alcohol in public places chancellor angela merkel and i'm still measures after meeting with regional leaders. and the final act of the bread's a drama goes into overtime european commission president or as a funder lion and says that trade negotiations between brussels and london will keep going after today's self-imposed deadline to do kay and the immunity to trade deal to prevent chaos at the borders starting on january 1st. foley s welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has announced a raft of tough new lockdown measures she said they were necessary to bring down the spiraling numbers of new covert $900.00 cases so let's break down for you what is set to change here in germany so from wednesday non-essential shops will close supermarkets pharmacies and banks will be allowed to remain open schools will be shut in principle until the 10th of january and employers are being and. urge to allow their staff to work from home as much as possible chancellor angela merkel also made an appeal for people to limit their social

but just in time for dinner a compromise table by german chancellor angela merkel seemed to do the trick the deal is not without controversy the changes could see real floor proceedings to light by year's end until after the next election but it seems this was a concession that had to be made to underdog desperately needed funds before christmas and here in germany the latest coronavirus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has hit a new high nearly 30000 cases and 598 people have died the highers daily yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection enough much tougher restrictions the most inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder law down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays. at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert cock institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. but if it's all going to situation could easily typically end befor

put it clearly it's a matter of ethical responsibility that we in the government have chancellor angela merkel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion vacation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and germans may only have a few days left for christmas shopping before stricter measures are put in place it looks like this holiday season will be even quieter than usual. well i'm joined now by political correspondent hans browne hants good morning to you and the german government will meet on sunday to discuss the situation what we know about their plans because just by reading the tea leaves it seems an awful lot like waiting for a hot lockdown because it's going to be another

german chancellor angela merkel has called on germans to help bait the pandemic by sticking to the rules in the wakes and months ahead in what is likely to be her final new year's address merkel said that germany faced hard times but the day was hope inside now that vaccinations have begun. after a year dominated by one issue it came as no surprise that the main theme of chancellor angela merkel's traditional new year's address was the punter make. the call one of us pundit me of the coronavirus pandemic was and is a once in a century political social and economic challenge this either has to it's a historic crisis that has demanded a great deal of all of us and too much of some of us it's biased us i know that mustering this historic effort has required tremendous trust and patience on your part and continues to do so. that the pandemic and its effect on german society dominated the speech it was also a message of hope with machall paying tribute to the german scientists who developed the biotech pfizer vaccine already in use in several countries and after 15 years of chancellor the end

chancellor angela merkel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible . if you in our opinion vacations should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and germans may only have a few days left for christmas shopping before stricter measures are put in place it looks like this holiday season will be even quieter than usual. heatedly reporter joel dolerite is here and now with me in the studio to talk a bit more about this so cial we were just saying that the german federal government and the state leaders are going to meet tomorrow to discuss the situation with the krona virus what are their plans do we know what they're going to decide well it seems like it's a question of when and rather than if

news live from berlin and germany faces a holiday season shutdown as chancellor angela merkel and ounces tougher coronavirus restrictions starting this week schools and most shops will close private gatherings will be limited and there will be bans on public alcohol consumption as well as the sale of fireworks also on the program tragedy strikes again in nigeria hundreds of students are still missing 2 days after their school the stormed by gunmen. and in a german a soccer action labor crews intake top place in the bundesliga after a convincing win over hoffenheim. i'm claridge's and welcome to the show german chancellor angela merkel has announced a raft of new lockdown measures which she says are necessary to bring down spiraling numbers of newco for 1000 cases let's get you up to date on exactly what is set to change in germany from wednesday on non-essential shops and services will have to close supermarkets pharmacies and banks are allowed to remain open schools meanwhile will be shut until the 10th of january and employers are being encouraged to allow their staff to work from home

state leaders are now hoping to set out a coordinated plan in a meeting with chancellor angela merkel. you given moment off and also stimulus the gathering looks likely to take place on sunday. we're very interested in getting together as quickly as possible in order to rapidly gain clarity about the path our country will follow you to open door at one point they're cute. in light of recent developments religious services over the holidays are also being scrutinized. then i would if there is a possibility of a religious gathering endangering lives i'll be the 1st to call things off. the so-called most wonderful time of the here now marked by deep concerns a new lockdown in germany isn't a matter of if but rather when. simon young joins me now simon a new high of nearly 30000 cases 598 people died one day all that despite the restrictions already imposed why are the figures still rising. well guess what there are a number of different explanations that are being offered for the rising infection numbers one of the things is to look at where the disease has been spreading earlier in the

state leaders are now hoping to set out a coordinated plan in a meeting with chancellor angela merkel. if you get a moment of fun also if you miss the gathering looks likely to take place on sunday . we were very interested in getting together as quickly as possible in order to rapidly gain clarity about the path our country will follow you to open door at one point they're cute. in light of recent developments religious services over the holidays are also being scrutinized. even i wouldn't if there is a possibility of a religious gathering endangering lives i'll be the 1st to call things off. the so-called most wonderful time of the gear now marked by deep concerns a new lockdown in germany isn't a matter of if but rather when. w. reporter under shelter north joins me now anya how worrying are these numbers well we saw there a lot of the head of the river constitute speaking in that report and he even yesterday described the figures as worrying now yesterday we were at 23000 today we heard it a huge leap of 7000 infections 230000 infections over the past 24 hours and nearly 600 dead

will remain in place until at least january paving in a videoconference on wednesday, chancellor angela merkelnd the state premieres agreed to extend all those restriction measures. she said the infection rate is still too high to soften what has been called germany's lockdown light. in order to fight coronavirus, merkel also said shorter but consequent is better than longer and half consequent. let's go to our political correspondent who is on the story for us. why are germany's leaders seeming to be so worried now? reporter: look at the situation, it's simply not good. earlier we were having around 23,000 new infections daily. now, after a month of so-called light lockdown with bars and restaurants closed, with cultural institutions not running anymore, we went down to over 17,000 infections daily, but the number of deaths has significantly increased. today was the highest death toll ever registered in germany since the beginning of the pandemic, with 487 deaths. angela merkel said the axman intro growths could be stopped and bring it under -- under 50 cases, but this is still not the case.

germany's angela merkel announces tighter coronavirus restrictions to run through christmas until january0th. and anthonyjoshua knocks out kubrat pulev to defend his heavyweight world titles, setting up a potential super fight with tyson fury. good afternoon. borisjohnson and the european commission president, ursula von der leyen have agreed to continue talks to try to break the deadlock over a post—brexit trade deal. after speaking on the phone this morning, they issued a joint statement saying they had agreed to go the extra mile to try to find a solution. the prime minister said the two sides remained far apart on key areas but they wouldn't be walking away while there was still hope of a deal. today had been given as a deadline to decide whether negotiations should continue. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it was supposed to be the call that would make the call. was there enough chance of a deal to keep talking? the answer? despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations, and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over, we both think

german chancellor angela merkel warns her country is losing its flight against the coronavirus. the public she says has a choice. except tougher restrictions or more lives will be lost. a dire warning about extreme climate change. u.n. says we are failing to cut greenhouse gas emission. but its not too late to turn things around. we will find out how. and bangladesh begs resettling thousands of refugees on a remote island. find out why the move has human rights groups concerned. ♪ i'm brent goff. two our viewers on pbs in the states and around the world, welcome. we begin with a last-minute face-to-face attempt to strike a deal. british prime minister boris johnson and the european commission president are hold -- are set to hold talks aimed at hammering out a post brexit trade deal. johnson left downing street early afternoon on wednesday to fly to the meeting. several sticking points have kept the u.k. and the european union from hashing out a deal. after a phone call earlier this week failed to offer a breakthrough, there is hope and in person meeting will maybe get better re

angela merkel has been fighting for this full sometimes. —— for some time.have responsibility for imposing restrictions to get a tighter hold on this pandemic. germany, of course, came very successfully through the first wave but it's really struggling with the second. infections, deaths are reaching record numbers and they are still rising. angela merkel has been really trying to bang heads together and finally those regional leaders seem to be going into panic mode themselves. they have agreed to these new measures. in fact, some of these have agreed to imposing harsh restrictions including night—time curfews in some parts of the country. in effect, germany is all but cancelling christmas. celebrations will be restricted to very small family gatherings. there is now a ban on alcohol consumption outside. that is the mulled wine gone too. and, new year's eve, is being cancelled. parties will be banned and there is a ban sale of fireworks with which german traditionally celebrate at the turn of the year. and numbers again are very much restricted. it is the l

and public nearly as welcome to the program we start here in germany where the chancellor angela merkel has set the table for a bleak holiday season earlier today she announced a raft of tough measures saying they were necessary to bring that on the spiraling numbers of new covert 900 cases most known the. november the measures that we put in place on the 2nd of november have not been enough and when instead of back for a while we were able to stop the exponential growth and we had to pretend to do that and even talk but now we're seeing a new rise in infections and exponential growth once again. that's been good to. and what that means is that many people are dying you've been following the statistics i'm sure. you have this in the finally also know that we are close to exceeding the response capacity of our public health systems under aim was always to prevent this and this is why we must act and we must act fast on the results of the decisions that we made today. most of you had to give us the wooden chancellor angela merkel speaking there earlier now let's break down for you what's

and german chancellor angela merkel warned it could be a long one. if you had a notion in the muck we had already made clear in november that unless there were significant changes for the better it was highly likely that the measures in place until december 28th would be extended and that's what we've now agreed to do. with the record daily death toll reported on wednesday the partial lockdown has done little to turn the tide here in germany. if i do something the question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decided some point to introduce significantly tougher measures we'll see how efficient the measures currently in place are. for now the restrictions will remain in place until january 10th for the bend this year billons famous christmas market this is not the season to be jolly as visitors will only be allowed to buy their more wine and system sausages to go. we need to ask ourselves what to do we don't know what will happen it's not really a christmas market just a few stands this far i was there last year before

here's the german chancellor angela merkel.losing the shops from wednesday, the 16th of december, and will only keep open those selling essential daily products. we will also take care not to extend the sale of nonfood products in the shops that remain open, and the sale of pyrotechnic products will be prohibited before new year's eve. let's hearfrom our berlin correspondentjenny hill. angela merkel has been fighting for this for some time. she has been urging them to get a tighter hold on this pandemic. germany came very successfully through the first wave but is really struggling with the second, infections, deaths are reaching record numbers and they are still rising, so angela merkel has been trying to bang heads together and finally those regional leaders seem to be going into panic mode themselves. they agree to these new measures and in fact some states will be imposing harsher restrictions including night—time curfews in some parts of the country. in effect, germany is all but cancelling christmas and celebrations will

angela merkel has been fighting for this for some time.rmany came very successfully through the first wave but is really struggling with the second, infections, deaths are reaching record numbers and they are still rising, so angela merkel has been trying to bang heads together and finally those regional leaders seem to be going into panic mode themselves. they agree to these new measures and invite some states will be imposing harsher restrictions including night—time curfews in some parts of the country. in effect, germany is all but cancelling christmas and celebrations will be restricted to very small family gatherings. there is now a ban on alcohol consumption outside so that is the mulled wine stalls go on a new year's eve parties will be cancelled, a ban on the sale of fireworks with which german traditionally of the year, and numbers again very much restricted, so it is the lockdown that angela merkel wanted all along and i think that most scientists would say it is very late in coming and they will be looking carefully at those nu

but chancellor angela merkel has told german m.p.'s that the european union is willing to accept a no deal outcome if no agreement can be secured. is good enough if there's still remains the chance of a deal i don't think we will know by tomorrow whether we have succeeded or not that i can promise but we are working on it we are however prepared for a scenario in which we cannot accept the conditions if there are bridges conditions which we cannot accept then we will take the path of you know deal one thing is absolutely clear the integrity of the e.u. single market must be preserved and. let's bring in our reporter daniel wynter on this daniel how significant is what chancellor merkel saying that well it's all quite explosive it's more the drip drip drip of water torture in the u.k. government the pressure is building on them now to do something to change their stance but the thing is what i'm talking about is the so-called level playing field principle so what's stopping the u.k. just pouring its money into particular industry or co

deja news live from berlin germany is a partial lockdown extended into 2021 german chancellor angela merkel says the infection rate remains to tie current restrictions will now stay in place until at least january 10 oh they'll be loosened for christmas in many parts of the countries also coming up britons will start vaccinating against the coronavirus next week according to prime minister boris johnson but he cautions that getting doses to vulnerable groups poses a huge logistical challenge. and a diet warning from planet. he's waging war to make sure the zs through cycles late should always try to spec and he's already doing so with go in force and fury u.n. secretary general antonio to terrorism or just world leaders to make 2021 year of fighting climate change. plus a chaotic attacked of the european union guys from covert 19 former french president balotelli just can't just talk led france during the 1970 s. and laid the foundation for europe's single currency the euro. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has confirmed that a partial lockdown to ta

i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is due to deliver a speech in parliament this hour as the nation faces a decisive period in its fight against the coronavirus germany's regional governments are considering imposing a strict lockdown over the christmas and new year period as infection rates remain stubbornly high officials warn hospitals could be overwhelmed the country's infectious to saint diseases agency says 509000 people have died in germany from the illness in the past day marking a record high since the start of the pandemic. as we wait for that talk to take place i'm joined by chief political editor michelle occur behala thanks for joining me what can we expect from anglo michael today well reese she's certainly here to defend the budget which means 180 bill. when your is a new debt some 350000000000 euro is to tackle this corona crisis but reading the whole nation is watching her to hear some kind of indication on whether she will once again call together the state premiers here in germany who have the say on which restrictions which degr

german chancellor angela merkel has made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions as corona virus cases fail to drop germany's death toll from cove at 19 is he to record daily high of 590 started late is it considering strict lockdowns through the holiday season. this is d w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram it to w. news though visit w dot com. for months we reported on germany as a role model for how to keep the pandemic under control tonight germany is in crisis the corona virus is spreading almost out of control 6 weeks of a partial lockdown and still kovac 19 deaths are at an all time high today german chancellor angela merkel put it bluntly is up to us either we protect the ones we love or we don't either we ensure that our grandparents lived to see another christmas or this christmas may be their last golf in berlin this is the day. even we had a decisive perhaps the decisive face of fighting the pandemic and. the number of people requiring intensive medical treatment and the number of people dying from the find this growing. sentiment. and the conclusion

this is data line from birth and germany's partial lockdown extended into 2021 german chancellor angela merkel says the infection rate remains too high current restrictions will now stay in place until at least january $10.00 they'll be loosened for christmas in many parts of the country also coming up the background of ours that same developed by text has painted green lighted by the 1st national regulator to look at how germany's look tom there is gearing up to fly around the world. past a giant warning trout on it. really think he's waging war on the nature of. suicidal nature always try perspective and if he's already doing so we're going to force confuted u.n. secretary general antonio to terrorism world leaders tonight 2021 a year of fighting climate change. and decay architects of the european union guys from close with 9 taint former french president valet just as tom led france during the 1970 s. and laid the foundation for europe's single currency the euro. i'm rebecca raters welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has confirmed that a partial lockdown to tackle the co

german chancellor angela merkel has made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions as coronavirus says failed to drop germany's 10th toll from cove of 19 has hit a record daily high of 519 state leaders are considering stricter lockdowns through the holiday season this is d.w. news from both in follow us on twitter and instagram it t w news all visit our website w dot com. for months we reported on germany as a role model for how the. keep the pandemic under control tonight germany is in crisis the corona virus is spreading almost out of control 6 weeks of a partial lockdown and still covert 19 deaths are at an all time high today german chancellor angela merkel put it bluntly is up to us either we protect the ones we love or we don't either we ensure that our grandparents lived to see another christmas or this christmas may be their last i'm going golfing berlin this is the day. be going to be on a decisive perhaps the to science that famous supplying the pandemic and then besides the number of people requiring intensive medical treatment and the number of people dying from the f

angela merkel will be resigning.ns is here with a look at the key events to look at in 2021. guy, obviously the vaccine and virus is front and center but let's start with elections in europe as well. this will really determine certain policies. guy: good morning. absolutely. the big election next year in europe will be in germany in september. as you mentioned, angela merkel will be stepping down after 16 years as chancellor. 16 years as chancellor. that means young voters going to the polls in september will have no memory of the leaders of germany. that will be a change for them. it is unclear who will take place, the party will take a successor next month. anything could happen. right-wing party is likely to win but they might have to go into coalition with the greens. other elections around the world. there's one in russia in september and a parliamentary election. there will be a referendum on the authority and reputation of vladimir putin who has led russia for 20 years. he said he will be president through unt

and on the eve of a year the same time they've also german chancellor angela merkel calls for patience and insurance in tackling the pandemic a crisis she describes as a once in a century challenge. i'm rebecca richards welcome to the program it's a year that's been defined by coronavirus fictions and lock downs and people around the world a more than ready to show 2020 the door straight was one of the 1st countries to say hello to 2021 sitting welcome the new year with a fireworks display at the harbor bridge access to the area was limited because of the pandemic parties people to stay home and watch the show on television in japan and south korea i'm next in line to ring in the new year. meanwhile here in europe the united kingdom will leave the e.u. customs union and single market at midnight central european time finally bringing an end to its membership of the european union the u.k. will then trade goods with the 27 member bloc under a new treaty a grade last week with brussels britain's the punch that brings the curtain down almost 5 decades of a u. membership. goods from britai

also coming out on the 8th of a year that will likely be her last in office german chancellor angela merkel calls the patients and insurance in tackling the pandemic a crisis she describes as a once in a century town. i'm rebecca written welcome to the program taiwan is welcoming in 2021 days a live images from the capital taipei there you can see the 101 skyscraper one of the tallest buildings in the world. championship pelting gala most of the employees. since she was the feel. good she says. she's in. there we say taiwan ringing in the new well that it has been a serious. the paper this year but one of the 1st countries to ring in 2021 was easy and i was. feeling is one of the few places in the world that's managed to successfully eliminate code and that meant the party could go ahead as usual without masks or distancing. meanwhile the stranger was going to give frontline workers a special ticket so they would have the best view of the spectacular fireworks of sydney harbor bridge but a recent outbreak in the city ruined those plans and authorities urged people instead to stay at home an

german chancellor angela merkel addressed the assembly via video link she stressed the need for global cooperation to ensure equal but equal access to vaccines around the world through the need we must never forget that the pandemic can only be truly beaten in the long 10 when everyone in the world has fat. access to effective vaccines. oh the coming the pandemic in the long term also means doing everything we can to a much stronger with regards to future challenges and crises to this and we need cosa international cooperation above all with strong the international organizations then we can succeed acanthus in us paul is washington bureau chief you know it's good to have you on the program at the u.n. summit secretary-general onsen a good terrace has urged the world to work closely together in the fight against a pandemic this close cooperation is always hearing a lot about how has this message been received in the u.s. . berthing tell me there is anticipation that the incoming biden administration will help bring this country together and maybe even the world as the pandemic continue

chancellor angela merkel has announced tighter coronavirus restrictions that will apply across germanym this wednesday tilljanuary the 10th. anthony joshua knocks out kubrat pulev to defend his heavyweight world titles and set up a potential super fight with tyson fury. let's return to the news that within the last hour, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen has said talks between the uk and the eu will continue — in an attempt to reach a negotiated settlement on a post—brexit trade agreement. a uk cabinet meeting is being held now, and ireland's foreign minister has welcomed the news — saying a deal is "clearly very difficult, but possible." today was supposed to be the final day to agree a settlement before the end of the transition period during. let's listen again to what the ec president had to say. good afternoon. i had a constructive and useful phone call with prime minister borisjohnson and we discussed the major unsolved topics. our negotiation teams have been working day and night over the recent days and despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negot

chancellor angela merkel has stepped german chancellor angela merkel has stepped in at the last minuteget negotiators to agree to a post brexit deal. negotiators to agree to a post brexit deal. that story is also in the ft — which notes borisjohnson‘s 11th hour visit to brussels tomorrow in an attempt to break the deadlock the male describes is teetering on the brink. and emmanuel macron locked in dissent. disagreement between london and paris is pushing brexit talks near a collapse. the paper also has a picture of heavy snowfall in the pen eyes. more snow expected for other parts tomorrow. more snow expected for other parts tomorrow. the telegraph claims that it's brussels‘ request for unfettered access to fishing in british waters which is the reason behind the deadlock, the paper also carries an image of the queen — carrying out her first diplomatic meeting via video link. and he expresses high street retailers are hedging their nets on the pre—christmas boom this weekend. shoppers emerge after a four week lockdown for the up the paper describes it as a £10 billion describes it life

carsten: especially angela merkel has very high ratings. really supporting merkel. it will depend on how we get there. we might be able to do without fireworks, the majority of germany can do, if at least by mid-january the situation improves and we go into an easing of the lockdown measures. the longer this uncertainty, that more the damage will the for the severity of the cdu and teh spd, but currently, especially merkel, is so popular -- there aren't any voices anna: thank you very much for bringing us your perspective, carsten brzeski, ing chief economist for germany. european equity markets, 50 minutes into the trading session, we have 0.7% on the upside on european stocks. a lot of movement around the midpoint. the banking center doing really well, lifted by optimism around the brexit deal. that also did the pound. . banking stocks in the u.k. doing well. the pound also doing well still around the 1.34 level. we will get into a conversation around the market and talk to andy vanderbilt. he will join us next to talk about those themes

one of the things that angela merkel has acknowledged and politicians and people in the country havenowledged are light lock down measures that have been in place in the second wave of the coronavirus simply are not managing to get the numbers of new infections down. a couple of weeks later, the death tolls go up as well. what angela merkel is saying and other politicians as well, they want a crisis meeting as fast as possible, and they want to move to tougher lock down measures. there is also going to be a full meeting of angela merkel and state governors to put tougher measures in place possibly after christmas to give people that christmas fest at least and closing stores, longer school holidays over christmas, and other measures as well to just try and get those numbers down because of course until a vaccine becomes widely available, that's still going to take some time, and to donald trump's tweeting, obviously him saying vaccines are on the way. that vaccine that he's talking about was actually developed in the labs that you see right behind me at biontech here in germany and i

it's interesting to me mention it to look mentioned angela merkel, it does suggest that angela merkelre kind of coming into line with each other in wanting to gets a deal, maybe this just means that they will blink first. i know some but he once said, it's not fashionable to say anymore, it's not over until the fat lady sings in the case of the times, it's not over until the relatively svelte sayings. fortu nately until the relatively svelte sayings. fortunately come he was singing, it's a lovely photograph of him, lovely to see some live concert as well taking place. and that was dedicated to the oxford team that developed a virus vaccine, which come to me, sounds like a signal that we ought to move on from talking about brexit. we will have another opportunity to do that in the next hour in our papers at 11:30pm. let's look, that was the times, let's look at the front and we will come back to vaccines, let's look at the front of the guardian again. this is the story, caroline, this is a really depressing story, isn't it? it's been running for some time. using ids of dead children, h

state leaders are hoping to set out a coordinated road map in a meeting with chancellor angela merkel and. viewed a moment of fun also if you miss the gathering looks likely to take place on sunday . we were very interested in getting together as quickly as possible in order to rapidly gain clarity about the path our country will follow used to open door at one point take it in light of recent developments religious services over the christmas holidays are also in the balance. then i would if there is a possibility of a religious gathering endangering lives i'll be the 1st to call things off. the so-called most wonderful time of the year now marked by fear a new lockdown in germany isn't a matter of if but rather when. you're watching news from 1000000000 up next is adult film top 2 of oil promises gone is dreams of black gold is more in the details the news out g.w. dot com you can follow us on instagram and twitter to your i d w news i'm jarred great i'll be back in around 45 minutes with more headlines. when you hear me no no here's we're going to tell you and how the last 2 years

chancellor angela merkel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or possible expansion of the vacation period get education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible . if you in our opinion make ation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and germans may only have a few days left for christmas shopping before stricter measures are put in place it looks like this holiday season will be even quieter than usual. get up earlier porter jal dolerite is here and now with me in the studio to talk a bit more about this so joel we were just saying that the german federal government and the state leaders are going to meet tomorrow to discuss the situation with the krona virus what are their plans do we know what they're going to decide well it seems like it's a question of when and rather than

and german chancellor angela merkel warned it could be a long one. if you have notion to move them up we had already made clear in november that unless there were significant changes for the better it was highly likely that the measures in place until december 28th would be extended and that's what we've now agreed to do. with the record daily death toll reported on wednesday the partial lockdown has done little to turn the tide here in germany. he said i the simplest question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decide it's some point to introduce significantly tougher measures we'll see how efficient the measures currently in place are. for now the restrictions will remain in place until january 10th for the vendors here at billings famous christmas market this is not the season to be jolly as visitors will only be allowed to buy their more wine insisting sausages to go mum with a tray we need to ask ourselves what to do we don't know what will happen it's not really a christmas market just a few stands this far i wa

state leaders are now hoping to set out a co-working a good plan in a meeting with chancellor angela merkel. if you get a moment of fun also if you miss the gathering looks likely to take place on sunday . we are very interested in getting together as quickly as possible in order to rapidly gain clarity about the path our country will follow used to open door at one point acute in light of recent developments religious services over the holidays are also being scrutinized. then i would if there is a possibility of a religious gathering endangering lives i'll be the 1st to call things off. the so-called most wonderful time of the here now marked by deep concerns a new lockdown in germany isn't a matter of if but rather when did of use julia so delhi is following the story for us hi julie a let's talk about these numbers nearly 30000 new cases and 598 people have died in one day why are these numbers continuing to rise. well the lockdown that we've seen them place in germany over the last 6 weeks a partial lockdown appears not to have worked it was meant to bring down cases significantly befo

on pablo foley s welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has set the table for a bleak holiday season a short time ago she announced a raft of tough measures saying they were necessary to bring down the spiraling numbers of new covert 19 cases. the measures that we put into place on the 2nd of november have not been sufficient. for a while we were able to stop the exponential growth and how to plateau movements but now we're seeing a new rise in infections an exponential growth once again and what that means is that many people are dying you have been following the statistics i'm sure and we also know that we are close to exceeding the response capacity of our public health systems and aim was always to prevent this thing in the end this is why we must act and we must act fast and the results of the decisions that we made today. well let's break down for you what is going to change in germany from wednesday non-essential shops are going to close supermarkets pharmacies as well as banks are allowed to remain open schools are going to be shut in principle until the 10th o

news live from berlin germany faces a holiday season shut down as chancellor angela merkel announces tougher coronavirus restrictions starting this week schools and most shops will close private gatherings will be limited and there will be bans on public alcohol consumption as well as the sale of fireworks also on the program as germany tightens its lockdown the us is about to start its massive in fact the nation program vaccines are currently on their way around the country. and in germany soccer action and labor comes in take top place in the bundesliga after a convincing win over all the time. i'm claridge it's unwelcome so the show german chancellor angela merkel has announced a raft of tough lockdown measures which she says are necessary to bring down spiralling numbers of new cofa 1000 cases from wednesday on non-essential shops and services will have to close setting the stage for a bleak holiday season in germany. called the hanta for stuff you feel is in a barrel in toy store the owners have been planning all year for the christmas rush which will now be abruptly cut short.