commission v.p. is going nowhere this is just the latest spat between e.u. top brass and hungry they have previously clashed on migration minorities and states autonomy hungry along with poland and the czech republic recently to rail to an e.u. migration plan that would have seen asylum applicants shared among men and the states will continue to fight against the european mainstream who still didn't understand that supporting migration is not a good response to the problems of europe it can be quite easy on hearing this news to some i think well there we go again same truly eastern men the states. not agreeing with brussels is the issue for the bloc but these spots can have far reaching ramifications particularly when it comes to foreign policy which requires unanimity for the block to act should poland hungary or anyone else for that matter feel like they're being victimized or picked on they can cause more than just a headache for brussels it can have an impact on how the european union as a whole is viewed on the world stage peter all of our r.t. . and i'

e.u. commission vice president d.n.a. you'd have a over comments she made in the news magazine there should be a go the commons are a blatant violation of the principle since equal parisian and prevent any meaningful dialogue the statements are incompatible with who can mandate therefore her resignation is indispensable listening to the noises coming out of brussels the commission v.p. is going nowhere this is just the latest spat between e.u. top brass and hungry they have previously clashed on migration minorities and states autonomy hungry along with poland and the czech republic recently to rail to an e.u. migration plan that would have seen asylum applicants shared among men and the states will continue to fight against the european mainstream who still didn't understand that supporting migration is not a good response to the problems of europe it can be quite easy on hearing this news to some i think well there we go again central and eastern men the states not agreeing with brussels is a vision for the bloc but the

e.u. commission president of the fonda line has gone to self isolation after a member of her staff tested positive for corona virus it happened as e.u. leaders gathered in brussels for a summit on a raft of critical issues including that as well as europe's response to sharply increased.

e.u. commission president or sort of underline lie and stating that the european union is now about to begin legal proceedings against the united kingdom for a breach of articles of good faith in the withdrawal agreement our correspondent barbara basler is standing by for us in brussels a brief statement there from ursula found alone barbro what can we read into it. it's a warning shot for it's london because clearly the e.u. says basically if this bill comes into legal force and it still has some hurdles particularly in the house of lords to overcome which was supposed to happen later this year but if this bill really legally comes into force we cannot possibly bring a trade agreement into legal action because the to contradict each other also how much face can we have in the united kingdom in the sort of the good will of the united kingdom that they will act according to international treaties that they are making with us the e.u. if they act like this so this was a breach of international law that the british government had known in parliament ministers stood up in parliament and said yes

e.u. commission president had to leave the summit early and go into quarantine are people there wondering out loud whether this summit holding the so many person was maybe a bad idea while the danish prime minister of the finnish prime minister they both came forward already at the beginning of the meeting and said look we're a bit skeptical whether we always have to meet in person on the other hand a number of leaders have said look those personal meetings a really crucial there are the only way to move things really forward and i think there's another aspect to it and that is the aspect of confidentiality because in a video conference obviously there's a lot of people sitting in on those video conferences with the different leaders now yesterday when they talk directed off to the conclusions we're already signed they took all the mobile phones all the tablets and moved them out of the room where they were eating so that this could really be a confidential discussion and that of course you can only have in person thank you so much that was de correspondent at the e.u. headquarters in bru

e.u. summit in brussels european commission president. abruptly left the talks on broad set of to discovering she'd been in contacts with an infected person the meeting itself was centered around trade including tricky negotiations on fishing rights and has this report. a deal but not at any price the message to britain from e.u. leaders in brussels on the brits that we are united and determined to reach an agreement but not at any cost a new agreement on our future aleutian ship would have to be based on our mandate in particular or any terms to the level playing fields fisheries and developments fishing is one of the most divisive issues in the trade negotiations for decades fishermen in the u.k. and you have shared waters but the u.k. says it now wants to control access to it sees the e.u. says that would destroy its coastal communities on a gun in those circumstances but our fishermen we sacrifice to price it it's a choice made by the british people so preserving access to british waters for our fisherman funny a good compromise for a

e.u. summit in brussels european commission president and the lion abruptly left talks on brags that after discovering she had been in contact with an infected person the meeting was centered around trade including negotiating fishing rights reports the deal but not at any price the message to britain from e.u. leaders in brussels on the bridge that we are united and determined to reach an agreement but not any trust any agreement on the ocean sure lucian ship would have to be based on our mandate in particular where the terms to the level playing field fisheries and divergence fishing is one of the most divisive issues in the trade negotiations for decades fishermen in the u.k. and you have shared waters but the u.k. says it now wants to control access to it sees the e.u. says that would destroy its coastal communities on a very circumstances what are fishermen be sacrificed to price it it's a choice made by the british people so preserving access to british waters for our fisherman finding a good compromise for a fisherman and i'm talking for all of the countries in europe who are concer

e.u. leaders meeting in brussels you commission chief funder line left the talks early one of her staffers tested positive for covert 19 and final line shows to self isolate a separate caution so she was no longer present when the leaders discussed how to better coordinate their pandemic response to the question of how we can get out of this pandemic is of course on all of our own minds most of the time the health of a great many people hinges on this question it will determine how many must die in our economic future it's an e.u. leaders also talked about the props climate goals for now they fail to agree on a more ambitious emission reduction targets when it comes to post relations with the u.k. your leaders speak with one voice for them it's clear that the e.u. and the u.k. must compromise we are determined to reach a 3rd of the through the u.k. . we will do everything we can. but not any price the u.k. says it's disappointed with the outcome so once more your leaders concluded a summit day without getting much closer to a trade deal. did. somebody in brussels. so still no progress on b

e.u. commission the head suddenly left the summit it turns out because she said later she has come into contact with someone with a covert 19 someone has tested positive in her own to raj now she says that she has actually tested negative but she had chosen to self isolate in order to take as many precautions as possible because of course she has been in contact with lots of people earlier today and now oh serve on delay and will probably continue to be part of this summit remotely by video conferences certainly hasn't disrupted the business of the summit or subways which is looking mainly at gregg's whether or not the e.u. can come to any sort of agreement with the u.k. on a post breaks it or trade deal i have to say though the fact that wonderland has left the summit is certainly of course once again highlighted the corona virus pandemic it is a pandemic that europe is in the in the midst of a 2nd wave of the virus a cases sparring up in many european countries and there is no doubt that the corona virus is on the agenda for e.u. leaders as much as breaks in their focus very much on how to st

e.u. commission had said was that she had actually tested negative but as a precaution she had decided to self isolate now in terms of disrupting the summit i mean that's very minimal and we actually just heard from the user gregson negotiator michel barnier give us a bit of an update on a sort of one delay in saying she is fine she has just decided to sell for as late as a said as a precaution but she will of course be following events via video calls video conference she'll be in touch with all e.u. leaders and the u.k. prime minister so she is still working as far as we know and it's worth noting as well they're not all you ladies were actually present in person at this summit because of course the e.u. is in the middle of a 2nd wave of the korean a virus pandemic live on the lens departure just another reminder of that really now the same time we've had the e.u. leaders i think they've just been speaking about briggs's bring us up to speed with how that track has been going. yes leaders discussing a possible post bragg's it a trade agreement that was one of the main topics on their ag

e.u. commission chief i. i've just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to covert 19 this morning i myself have tested negative however as a precaution i'm immediately leaving the european council to go into so far as elation the pandemic has battered the bloke's economy and the health crisis is clearly far from over leaders will be all too aware this should they fail to agree on a deal with the u.k. before the december 31st deadline the economic turmoil will only get worse with al-jazeera. u.s. democratic vice presidential candidate kemah harris has canceled all events this week after her communications director tested positive for covert 19 the biden campaign has also confirmed that an employee of the aviation company that charters planes for the democratic candidate has also tested positive joe biden is said to have not come into close contact with the person although they were on 2 of the same flights meanwhile donald trump has held a campaign rally in the swing state of nort

e.u. commission and the european leaders of the individual member state leaders of the e.u. council on counts of falsifying election results and cracking down on protests following that election back in august these sanctions had been a long time coming though they were agreed late night on thursday both the delay was quite embarrassing for the e.u. it resulted from cyprus saying they wouldn't budge on agreeing to the sanctions until the problem that they have with turkey and turkey exploring for energy sources off their coast was sorted out it requires unanimity amongst you member states to do things like putting sanctions in place but yes they target 40 individuals in bellary so high ranking officials but not the highest ranking notably absent from this list is alexander lukashenko announcing the sanctions we heard from mr fein the law and the european commission president saying they send a message. there will be no impunity for those who are responsible for the crackdown on demonstrators and opposition politicians sunni important is this a clue. we are critical and we re

e.u. commission president said that a united front was necessary to stop health care systems across the e.u. becoming overwhelmed. i think it is enough to say that it is very serious numbers of cases are raising numbers of hospitalization are rising number sudden death of death are rising not discharged fortunately because we understand better today how to treat coverage patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our healthcare systems if we do not act urgently. or france is back in lockdown on friday day on thursday evening protesters clashed with police over that decision to really locked down the whole country tear gas was used as those clashes took place the french prime minister though acknowledged. that the measures being taken were harsh but says they necessary. want to press mom for a trip of up to one hour for physical activity to get some fresh air or to take your pets for a walk these trips may not exceed one kilometer radius from your home i remind you that for physical activities only individual and now during practices such as jogging

e.u. commission head and he says that the situation is very dramatic in europe it is urgent and the rest action is taken very false then the book will simply be. you know for example. that the e.u. has agreed to fund cross for the transfer of patients so the situation is such that some patients for example in hospitals in eastern for all and if those hospitals get overwhelmed could be treated over the border in germany and the e.u. will fund transfer here in front of coles it is also a drastic situation because we are on the 1st day of a natural nationwide shutdown the 2nd knock down this year the last one was 85 months ago it began in march if you look behind me you can probably see lots of cars on the street that is because even though people are being urged to stay at home to work from home they have to say we don't want to promote much of perimeter of the head and even they will go out fill couldn't do essential things like that some businesses to stay open factories essential services public services and that sort of thing and then schools get back into school holidays on monday children f

e.u. commission is buying that seen those as 1200000000 doses for the whole of europe and the member states have to come up with a plan how to distribute these vaccines and who gets the vaccination 1st and the was not saying that that would come soon but only in april messmates the nation in europe to start this brief if you can with the numbers are still rising throughout europe are we likely going to see border closures. where the e.u. member states are pledging no there will be no border can close as you have witnessed them in a place in april and may the borders will be open for the internal market for goods and also for people but the you is discouraging people to travel they say stay home even if you allow to travel and they got in brussels for us thank you dan. time to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world new zealand has voted to give terminally ill adults who are experiencing unbearable suffering and have less than 6 months to live the choice to end their life if 2 doctors approved voters approved legal euthanasia in a referendum preliminary res

e.u. commission president of the fund a lion has gone to self isolation after a member of her staff tested positive for corona virus it happened as e.u. leaders gathered in brussels for a summit on a raft of critical issues including that as well as europe's response to sharply increasing infection rates across the block. there have been celebrations in the kirghiz tap at all bishkek after the resignation of the country's president surrounded by him because stepped down after a week of on rest following a disputed election prime minister siders up rove says he'll assume the presidency he was named prime minister on wednesday just days after supporters freed him from prison. human rights watch says russian and syrian air strikes and syria's rebel held city of it lived last year may constitute crimes against humanity the global rights group has released a report that looks into dozens of what it said were unlawful strikes on civilian targets over a period of 12 months it says the strikes were deliberate. this is w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news or visit our web

e.u. commission have now put the u.k. on notice that they could be facing legal action as a result of this latest measure as you know how we had invited down british friends too. remove the problematic parts of their draft internal market beyond the deadline lapsed yesterday. the problematic provisions have not been removed. therefore this morning the commission has decided to send a letter farmer notice to the u.k. government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure this bill challenges some of the most important parts of the withdrawal egremont in particular to do the northern ireland protocol of course the border between the north and the republic of ireland hugely important to the stability and peace of the island of ireland and yet there are those on the european side who say that this could threaten the good friday agreement this could violate the integrity of the single market this bill that is but also there was some again even within the british government the northern ireland secretary and themselves ad

e.u. commission president says these sanctions send the right message there will be no impunity for those who are responsible for the crackdown on demonstrators and opposition politicians sunni important is this a clue for the 3 since we are critical and we repeat that we would like to to to consider the people of the have the rights to do to mean what's the only future french president emanuel microamp back not putting sanctions on belarusian president alyaksandr lukashenko saying that if they did that they could see him retreat into a bunker mentality and refuse any future talks angela merkel the german chancellor said the result came after a long night of discussions but called this a real step forward minsk for their part they aren't happy about this at all as you would imagine they say that no nation. on the planet would've agreed to the demands that were being made of it by the european union and that they'll be countering the sanctions with sanctions of they were saying sions have been imposed as a punitive measure for the belorussian failure to comply with a set of ultimatum requi

e.u. commission president has left on the line he said that they needed to present this united front to stop health care systems being overwhelmed. i think it is enough to say that it is very serious numbers of cases raising numbers of hospitalization are rising numbers a day of death are rising not this fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat covered patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our health care systems if we do not act urgently. well france is back in lockdown on a friday on thursday evening there were protests from people on happy with the new measures that are being put in place those protests turned into clashes with police where it was used some points now in announcing these measures which are some of the toughest state in europe the french president said they would necessary. want to press mom for a trip of up to one hour for physical activity to get some fresh air or to take your pets for a walk these trips may not exceed in one kilometer radius from your home i remind you that for physical activities on

e.u. commission chief i have just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to covert 19 this morning i myself have tested negative however as a precaution i'm immediately leaving the european council to go into self isolation the pandemic has battered the bloke's economy and the health crisis is clearly far from over you leaders will be all too aware this should they fail to agree on a deal with the u.k. before the december 31st deadline the economic turmoil will only get worse natasha butler al-jazeera paris. some across advised presidential candidate come. all in person events to members of her campaign team have tested positive for corona virus she's since been addressing supporters remotely both harris and white house hopeful joe biden have tested negative. they've been scuffles between thai police 90 government protesters who have defied a ban on public gatherings. the demonstrations in central bank all come a day off to thailand's government announced the bounds for an image to seem to crave it's failed to quell the growing protest movement which is calling for

e.u. commission and with the other heads of state and government in europe where we will be discussing further steps because we know the way we tackle the pandemic europe doesn't just decide about the health of our citizens and national economies but it will also be definitive in its influence of the capacity of europe and therefore the legitimacy of our european model of society and economy worldwide the world is watching us and there is a strong global competition we have the corona warning app in germany means that we have set up early we're running systems that can alarm and alert contact persons at the moment we have 21000000 downloads and the number of test results shared on the app is increasing that we need to get in bed here at the moment 98 percent of the test labs are connected to the app and to the trend is rising which means that our current one in app is helpful for the public health offices even if it doesn't help them directly at least there are. alerts to those who have contacts have had contact to infected people the app is now available in a number of different languages and

e.u. commission president also from the line have to leave the summit and go into quarantine are people there thinking that holding this summit in person maybe was a bad idea. well look it's not it just goes off on a line it's also the finnish prime minister who did today left the summit because she had been in contact with a member of parliament in finland and she was among those including the danish prime minister who said look we don't always need personal meetings we can do without them the video conferences the works fine on the other hand a number of member states yesterday made clear that in person meetings are crucial and if you look at yesterday's dinner where mobile phones and tablets were collected so that pete leaders could confidentially talk about directed at that is one of those examples where if you want to get stuff done it is really important is what diplomats have told me a number of times now if you want to get stuff done you have to meet in person. because one of the u.n. headquarters in brussels thank you. as the number of infections rise many european countries are intr

e.u. commission presenters who were found alive spelled out the situation after the meeting i think it is enough to say that it is very serious. numbers of cases are raising numbers of hospitalization are rising number sudden death of death are rising not as fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat covered patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our healthcare systems if we do not act urgently. so let's take a closer look at this with a fresh metoos an award winning science journalist based here in berlin welcome to the w m how bad is it with the war what we heard sort of on july and they're saying it's bad but we're it's almost too bad how bad do you think it is. well i think it really depends on you know what you what you want to compare us to i mean it is very clear that we are in a situation where the numbers you know cases rising very fast we have a rise in hospitalizations and deaths so from the spring the idea was always to try and keep the health system from basically from overloading and failing now that you kno

e.u. commission president sir sort of on the line spelled out the situation after the meeting i think it is enough to say that it is very serious. numbers of cases are raising numbers of hospitalization are rising number sudden death of death are rising not as fast fortunately because we understand better today how to treat covered patients and how to deal with the disease but the spread of the virus will overwhelm our health care systems if we do not act urgently. so let's take a closer look at this with a fresh metoos an award winning science journalist based here in berlin welcome to the w m how bad is it with the war what we heard sort of on the line there saying it's bad but we're it's almost too bad how bad do you think it is. well i think it really depends on you know what you what you want to compare us to i mean it is very clear that we are in a situation where the numbers you know cases rising very fast we have a rise in hospitalizations and deaths so from the spring the idea was always to try and keep the health system from basically come from overloading and failing now that you

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e.u. commission president of the fonda line has gone isolation after a member of her staff tested positivena virus it happened as e.u. leaders gathered in brussels for a summit on a raft of critical issues including that as well as europe's response to sharply increasing infection rates across the block. there have been celebrations in the chair just kept it all bishkek after the resignation of the key .