e.u. commission urged all parties to go the extra mile. the 1st doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine are being loaded onto trucks in the us they will then be sent to facilities near the $145.00 sites that will receive the elderly and health care workers will be the 1st in the u.s. to get the vaccine supporters of pakistan's opposition parties have defied coronavirus restrictions to demand the prime minister's resignation 11 parties are calling for a new elections they're angry over iran trans handling of the economy and the pandemic. more than half of the 70 countries involved in the un climate talks have unveiled additional goals for 2030 but organizers say it's still not enough to stop dangerous global warming this century china has pledged to speed up the expansion of wind and solar power the u.k. has announced it will no longer fund overseas fossil fuel projects and pakistan says it won't produce additional power based on coal but australia and brazil both major emitters failed to make enough pledges to even qualify to speak at an onl

e.u. commission president are sort of underlying will still mates in brussels later this week. to leave the european union at best nights on december 1st let's get more now from charlie angelo she joins me live from london and charlie what does this mean exactly what the u.k. is doing what it's backing down on does this essentially mean there are no deal breaks it's not off the table. well is deafening not the trade deal announced in that we've been waiting for but it is the resolution of one of these disagreements it's been going on in power a little over northern ireland and we just heard from michael gove who's one of the prime ministers most senior ministers and. the e.u. commission vice president they said that they are delighted to announce an agreement in principle on all issues in the u.k. e.u. withdrawal agreement joint committee so that means that they've come to an agreement on the specifics of how good can be traded between the u.k. and northern ireland good news for northern ireland because it means they can now work out how things will be done and the committee sa

e.u. commission president was left on the line is a doctor herself by trade and she knows that this is not an issue faith but an issue of scientific evidence this is also one of the reasons why the e.u. opted for a thorough approach in terms of the approval unlike other countries like the u.k. and like the u.s. they did the e.u. did not go for the emergency approval with all its disadvantages and by doing so hopes are that this would give people more trust and would convince skeptics that this vaccine is safe to take any willing or germans to take the shot we know that some people here are skeptical to what's being done to boost public confidence in the vaccine. well terry if they're not as willing as they were in the spring we have studies in the spring suggesting that almost 80 percent of germans were willing to get the vaccine how that number is around 48 percent so people do seem to be more skeptical a lot of those people asked said voiced the same concerns we just heard in the reports they're worried about the long term effects their worries about the speedy approval process and menti

e.u. commission came up with a vaccination strategy with a plan and will start rolling out the vaccine right after christmas and there are still some technical issues in place of some logistical issues that have to be dealt with but the deadline for the vaccine to be brought to the member states is december 27th so member states should be able to start right away with vaccinating their most vulnerable population starting on sunday although we also hear that some member states might not be ready just in time for for sunday yet lenny you're looking at the situation here in germany what's the immunization plan. well max said germany is hoping just as many of its european neighbors to start vaccinating the 1st people on the 27th of december so after a final check the 1st doses will be delivered to the 16 regional states those were responsible for setting up the vaccination centers for organizing the teams and then they will start vaccinating the 1st people on the on the 20 seven's who are those people well the 1st group of people to be vaccinated in germany are those over 80 years of age those l

e.u. commission says there are still unsolved issues and are all parties to go the extra mile. the 1st doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine are being delivered in the u.s. it's all going to immunize 100000000 people by april the elderly and health care workers will be the 1st to be inoculated. germany's tightening coronavirus restrictions as infections surge it's reporting about $20000.00 new cases a day schools and all but essential shops will be closed for nearly a month from one state. south korea has reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day more than a 1000 new cases were confirmed on sunday mainly in the capital seoul earlier this year south korea was hailed as a successful stabilising the virus without having to shut down its economy but infections are now rising sharply the government's warning they may have to increase restrictions. or just hang on it's a very serious and urgent situation we cannot back down these are desperate times and we must devote all it 1st to stopping the spread of corona virus by focusing all our quarantine capabilities and administ

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e.u. commission put out a statement saying talks would continue she said that they had been constructive in that they had been useful buoying hopes for many who were hoping for a deal to be the outcome of these negotiations but as has happened so many times brant then boris johnson the prime minister here came out with his own statement poor a little bit of cold water on that he said just yesterday in his own words well if the fondling is optimistic the not so great but they are still a big gaps on several key issues important there the key issues that have been plaguing these talks with so many weeks now the issue of fishing access to u.k. water is the so-called level playing field that's the issue of competition between you and u.k. companies and enforcement governance as well being the 3rd key issue which is proving a so problematic here and look the fact is as you said it is less than 3 weeks now until the transition period ends so the question is now not just can a deal be done but can it be done in time and the only people who really are going to know that are those who a satire on th

e.u. commission is preparing for quote all eventualities it's and there are lots of them . that's going to be using charles until now she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you charlotte after what happened in brussels is the u.k. government is it now preparing for a new deal or do they still think that a a trade deal is possible. o'bryant up until yesterday when we heard the deadline was missed in the negotiations and said to continue the talk coming from both sides was that no deal was looking like the very likely outcome of these negotiations then though the phone line who we heard just there from the e.u. commission put out a statement saying talks would continue she said that they had been constructive in that they had been useful buoying hopes for many who were hoping for a deal to be the outcome of these negotiations but as has happened so many times brant then boris johnson the prime minister here came out with his own statement poori a little bit of cold water on that he said just yesterday in his own words well if the fondling is optimistic t

e.u. commission is preparing for quote all eventualities it's and there are lots of them that's going to be used charles until now she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you charlotte after what happened in brussels is the u.k. government is it now preparing for a new deal or do they still think that a a trade deal is possible. o'bryant up until yesterday when we heard the deadline was missed in the negotiations and said to continue the talk coming from both sides was that no deal was looking like the very likely outcome of these negotiations then though the phone line who we heard just there from the e.u. commission put out a statement saying talks would continue she said that they had been constructive in that they had been useful boiling hopes for many who are hoping for a deal to be the outcome of these negotiations but as has happened so many times brant then boris johnson the prime minister here came out with his own statement poori a little bit of cold water on that he said just yesterday in his own words well if the fondling is optimistic the not so great but t

e.u. commission president praised the agreements but with some reservations if barker has all the latest from london here in the u.k. the british government has to get the deal through parliament let's not forget boris johnson has a significant majority in parliament is expected to breeze through especially now that we know that the opposition labor party are poised to back it as well a lot of the on the basis that it is the lesser of 2 evils given the very real prospect of a no deal bracks it has loomed over the past few weeks or so south korea has recorded its biggest daily increase in corona virus infections since the start of the pandemic it reported more than $1200.00 new cases as it rolled out its toughest ever restrictions. japan's prime minister your shaheed asuka is releasing 2600000000 dollars in funding to help medical facilities treating the coronavirus the country has been breaking infection records on a daily basis more than 3000 cases were confirmed on wednesday the medical alert system in tokyo has been raised to the highest level following the unprecedented spike and infectio

e.u. commission is preparing for quote all eventualities it's and there are lots of them that's going to be used charles until now she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you charlotte after what happened in brussels is the u.k. government is it now preparing for a no deal or do they still think that a a trade deal is possible. o'bryant up until yesterday when we heard the deadline was missed in the negotiations and said to continue the talk coming from both sides was that no deal was looking like the very likely outcome of these negotiations then though the phone line who we heard just there from the e.u. commission put out a statement saying talks would continue she said that they had been constructive in that they had been useful buoying hopes for many who are hoping for a deal to be the outcome of these negotiations but as has happened so many times brant then boris johnson the prime minister here came out with his own statement poor a little bit of cold water on that he said just yesterday in his own words well if the fondling is optimistic the not so great but the

e.u. commission president arsenal of underline both are under.

e.u. commission most of all the lay in the says that osce told topics that deserve more discussion. despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. we have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the taffs and to see whether no reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage while so far there have been several sticking points but the main ones include what access french fishing boats can have to british waters and the so-called level playing field for trade if the 2 sides don't reach an agreement border checks and taxes will be introduced for goods travelling between the u.k. and the e.u. by january the 1st now our correspondent john holl is in london we're going to be speaking to him in a couple of minutes 1st let's go to paul brennan who's in brussels and that is where the talks are taking place from the outside paul it looks as though the ball is essentially in the e.u.'s court that it's got all the le

e.u. commission president as an underlying announce a deal with a more sort of samba statement she called it fair balanced and right is the e.u. happy. yeah normally if you ask me a question like that is the you have a good sense very difficult to answer we have 27 e.u. member states usually have 27 different opinions on issues like that but in this case i think it's safe to say that most member states think that brics it was a terrible mistake it has the potential to hurt both economies even with it with a deal done one way or the other now this deal is going to cushion some of the impact of breaks it and will have to see what this brings come january 1st in the in the next coming months in the next year it has put some strict rules in place that's right to make sure that there is no disadvantage no unfair competition this was one of the big worries of the e.u. and if this works out and this plays out well next year then the e.u. perhaps can be happy or perhaps less disappointed all right that's a bit of moss in london and max sunday in brussels thank you x. . now it was one of the defini

e.u. commission president live on the land in brussels this week the u.k. has left the european union and has until december 31st to secure a long term trade deal european commission vice president. suffered which has cautiously welcomed the development. clearly created positive moment to be to move to i would say one big obstacle from the way and i hope. we will see the positive results also coming from these very complex negotiations even though we are fully aware how complicated and demanding. this process it's more from charlie angela in london. it's definitely not the trade deal announcement that we've been waiting for but it is the resolution of one of these disagreements that's been going on in power a little over northern ireland and we just heard from michael gove who's one of the prime ministers most senior ministers and. the e.u. commission vice president they said that they are delighted to announce an agreement in principle on all issues in the u.k. e.u. withdrawal agreement joint committee so that means that they've come to an agreement on the

e.u.'s university exchange program erasmus. the european commission president turn to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief. i know this is a difficult day for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to see. is such sweet sorrow. for $27.00 b. you governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. all right so for more on the steel we can cross over talk our spondon in london and in brussels big of mass and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big yes so prime minister abbas johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling this agreement well you told the british people in the video that you put out on social media that this is the deal is the ideal reading material for your post christmas lunch he said it's happy christmas tidings and he basically said that he was able to keep his promise that he is the one who d

e.u. commission president underlined to hold another crisis call on sunday on the fate of a host breaks a trade deal britain leaves the e.u. single market in just under 3 weeks an agreement on the future trading relations relationship hangs in the balance. thousands have taken to the streets across france for the 3rd strike weekend to demonstrate against a security bill that would restrict publication of images of police offices police in paris arista dozens and used water cannon after scuffles broke out. 3 courts u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has called on world leaders to declare a climate emergency in their countries and slash carbon pollution during a virtual summit on the environment could terrorists said pandemic recovery packages offer an opportunity to shape a low carbon future. well the united nations says it's increasingly alarmed about the plight of eritrean civilians caught up in the conflict in ethiopia the un refugee agency says it's received just 2 big reports of displaced people being killed or kidnapped and then forcibly returned to eritrea which borders i

e.u. commission president as if on the line announced the deal with slightly more somber statement calling it fair balanced and right is the e.u. happy with this deal while there's still was only possible because both sides were willing to compromise and the european union certainly had to to make substantial concessions one example on lead the you wanted the european court of justice to decide over future disputes that's not going to happen instead both sides agreed to establish an independent betray ssion tribunals but overall i would say that the european union was able to achieve its main goals it remains united to doing this very difficult negotiation process it's stood up for a small member state our learns who had most to lose from the u. case departure and it made clear that axis to the european union single market concept of prize with obligations the u.k. has to agree had to agree to binding constraints and this is definitely good news for the european union or a united during the negotiations you said but how have member states been reacting to the deal. overall know very positi

e.u. commission president sort of underlying a short time ago saying relief is how relieved is how she felt that certainly something that is being echoed on this side as well that boris johnson fabric cities and the promise of delivering a deal on bret's it has been fulfilled and for those who who never supported breck's it were never in favor of it i think there is relief that at the very least there is a deal in place with the transition period ending. next week the threats of no deal was feeling incredibly real so it's for that reason that the leave you of the labor party the opposition party kissed on the has said that his party will be backing the deal when it comes into parliament he was saying that the threat of not having a deal was far worse than supporting it he was clear to say though that any of the possible negative implications will be the responsibility of the conservative boris johnson's party that the opposition they would party won't take any responsibility but what we've learned from that is essentially that this will pass through parliament particularly with boris's bori

e.u. commission that was feelings that looked like a deal could be done that's of course eased concerns among many about the prospects of no deal the rhetoric really have been ramping up over the last couple of days on both sides about the prospect of that being the outcome of the talks just a couple of days ago prime minister boris johnson saying that the likely is very very possible that the likely outcome of these talks would be no deal then some hope today although i have to say that has then been dampened by a statement from the supporters johnson gave just a short time ago i asked about this possible optimism about the deal boris johnson said well if us live meaning as the vaunted iran is optimistic then that's great but he pointed out that big differences still remain on both sides and crucially he wouldn't be drawn on whether any progress has been made over the last couple of days let's take a listen we are always happy to. talk make progress where we can i do think as i say there is a deal to be done if all parties want to do it but we remain very far apart on these key issues and th

e.u. commission president want to live on how to hold another crisis call on sunday on the fate of a post breaks in trade deal and they say you single market in under 3 weeks and remain on the future try to the relationship is in the balance. thousands of taking to the streets across france for a 3rd straight weekend to demonstrate against the security bill that would restrict publication of the images of police police offices place in paris arrested dozens and he's board a cannon off the scuffles broke out. change un secretary general antonio quit head ish called on world leaders to declare a climate emergency in their countries and slash common pollution during virtual summit on the environment ted as said pandemic recovery package is often an opportunity to shake a low carbon future. well the united nations says it's increasingly alarmed about the plight of eritrean civilians caught up in a conflict in ethiopia the un refugee agency says it has received the stedding reports of displaced people being killed or kidnapped and forcibly returned to retreat which borders if you know because

e.u. commission president on the line with the aim of breaking the deadlock in the trade negotiations if no breakthrough is found u.k. will trade with the world trade organization terms from the start of january. but chancellor angela merkel has told german m.p.'s that the european union is willing to accept a no deal out if no agreement can be secured. that's good enough if they're still remains the chance of it 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 dia one thing is absolutely clear the integrity of the e.u.'s single market must be preserved and. let's bring in our reporter daniel went on this daniel how significant is what chancellor merkel saying that well it's not quite explosive it's more the drip drip drip of water torture on the u.k. government the pressure is building on them now to do something to change their stance but the thing is

e.u. commission president. spoke at length on the phone to uki prime minister boris johnson but to no avail conditions were not there for an agreement they both said they plan to meet in passion in the coming days just a few sticking points have kept the sites from striking a deal one is the so-called level playing field that has rules governing business competition. a 2nd sticking point is more visceral who gets the fish france has threatened to veto any agreement that doesn't grant e.u. fishing boats generous access to british waters the u.k. formally left the european union in january of this year but agreed to adhere to the blocks rules until a new deal could be forged after nearly a year of talks there's no deal and the deadline is less than 4 weeks away officials are gloomy and so are many on the streets of london. streets in crazy i mean truth or else in the 16 we were retreating 4 years later but are very very much progress at all to be honest with you somehow this what we do we bury that's all you say

e.u. commission president on a line had to say about this historic moment in the united kingdom in country. remains. on long island. we share the same value and in. whether it be the the $26.00 summit in the last. 7. tell young g 20 presidency the european union and united kingdom will. deliver on our common goal. and braces prime minister forest johnson has also been addressing the press let's take a listen to what he's been say i think you know. the new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend your ally your supporter and indeed never let it be forgotten your number one market because although we've left the e.u. this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologically attached to europe and of course this deal was of a long time in the making and in many ways it represents the beginning of what could be a long post specs a journey in ice kingdom my colleague daniel winter on the road ahead. the deal is done a crisis of verted it's a relief for both sides after all half of the u.k.'s trade is with it

e.u. commission president of the fund and lined up to hold another crisis call on sunday on the fate of a host breaks a trade deal britain lease the e.u. single market in one to 3 weeks and agreement on the future trading relationship is in the balance. thousands of taking to the streets across france for a 3rd straight weekend to demonstrate against a security bill that would were strict publication of images of police police offices police in paris arrested dozens and used water cannon off the scuffles broke. well the quick development of corona virus vaccine has been grabbing the headlines but the pandemic has also spurred inventors to come up with other tools against the virus and its report looks at some simple but effective innovations that could help save lives. is this simple light bulb a weapon against the coronavirus. rosario violence thinks together with other researchers the doctor invented this l.e.d. lamp its light has certain frequency characteristics which could destroy the coronavirus. this one is similar to an ordinary one you screw it in switch it on and it works. that w

e.u. commission says that all still unsolved issues and parties to go the extra mile. despite the exhaustion after almost one geo negotiations and despite the fact that that lines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. we have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the shaft and to see whether no reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage nearly 2 days after gunmen raided a school in northwestern nigeria hundreds of parents are still waiting to find out what's happened to their son's families desperate for news of converged on the 2nd reschooling can see the state government spokesman told the reuters news agency that 321 students are still missing it's not clear if they've all been and abducted the authorities of ordered all schools in the states to close john le carré these by turned novelist behind some of the world's best selling espionage fiction has died at the age of $89.00 he worked for britain's intelligence service before turning to books his work includes tinker

e.u. rules up the european commission president lyon said e.u. rules will be respected by a balanced deal which protects member state interests as at the end of the story not quite ambassadors from the 27 members will be meeting on friday christmas day to discuss it while british m.p.'s will be recalled for a vote next wednesday both must agree by midnight on the 31st for the deal to become official at the end of a successful negotiations journey i normally feel joy. but today i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief. i know this is a difficult day for some and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to say a park team is such sweet sorrow. but to use a line from t.s. eliot what we call the beginning is all from the end and to make an end is to make a beginning. so to all europeans i say it is time to leave rex is behind our future is made and europe. i think this deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend your ally your supporter an

e.u. commission president sort of on the line announced a deal with saudi more somber statement calling it fair balanced and right is the e.u. happy with this deal while the still was only possible because both sides were willing to compromise and the european union certainly had to to make a substantial concessions one example only the you wanted the european court of justice to decide over future disputes that's not going to happen instead both sides agreed to establish an independent. tribunals but overall i would say that the european union was able to achieve its main goals remains united during this very difficult negotiation process it's stood up for a small member state our learns who had most to lose from the u. case departure and it made clear that axis to the european union single market com so the prize with obligations the u.k. has to agree had to agree to binding constraints and this is definitely good news for european union or a united during the negotiations the said but how have member states been reacting to the deal. overall know very positive way i would say a german c

e.u. commission building where the dinner is taking place. good evening to you. just heard a rather combative boris johnson in the house of commons speaking of terms dictated by the e.u. that no reddish prime minister should accept. that statement clearly designed for his home audience. does this dinner fall into the same category? >> supposedly not because it would be a bit let's say unusual or even a bit silly to play this public performance again for the commission president. the two of them are now sitting up there for what journalist have decided to call the last summer -- the last supper. that is the last throw of the dice across the dinner table to get this thing over the line, to push it and shove it maybe. in the end, there might be a deal. she resides in the upper floor and has a president's dining room. it is not dinner for one. it is dinner for four because the two lead negotiators will be in the room and will be eating with the others. so nobody strays from the paths of virtue and makes any concessions that are not in the playbook. it is going to be

e.u. commission is preparing for quote all eventualities it's and there are lots of them that's going to be used charles until now she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you charlotte after what happened in brussels is the u.k. government is it now preparing for a no deal or do they still think that a a trade deal is possible. o'bryant up until yesterday when we heard the deadline was missed in the negotiations and said to continue the talk coming from both sides was that no deal was looking like the very likely outcome of these negotiations then though the phone line who we heard just there from the e.u. commission put out a statement saying talks would continue she said that they had been constructive in that they had been useful buoying hopes for many who were hoping for a deal to be the outcome of these negotiations but as has happened so many times brant then boris johnson the prime minister here came out with his own statement poori a little bit of cold water on that he said just yesterday in his own words well if the fondling is optimistic the not so great but t

e.u. commission says that are still unsolved issues and all parties to go the extra mile . the 1st doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine though being delivered in the u.s. it's hoping to immunize 100000000 people by april the elderly and health care workers will be the 1st to be inoculated. germany's tightening coronavirus restrictions as infections their surge is reporting about $25000.00 new cases a day schools and all but essential shops will be closed for nearly a month from but instead. the war in bosnia ended 25 years ago but there's still a quest for justice nearly 600 people are waiting to face trial courts in bosnia have taken over the legal process after the closure of the war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague tony berkley went to see in central bosnia the center of one of the atrocities in the war survivors there is say many of the guilty are still walking free. it is a small village with a dark past it was where one of the biggest atrocities of the bosnian war happened 116 muslim men women and children killed by bosnian croat forces the men

e.u. commission president ursula fund and other top officials they're trying to hammer out a deal to govern britain's trading relationship with the e.u. after breaks it but big barriers remain and in an emotional address to parliament german chancellor angela merkel has demanded tougher holiday measures as coronavirus cases fail to drop germany's death toll from govan 19 has hit a record daily high of 590 state leaders are considering a strict lockdown through the christmas holiday season. here's a quick reminder that you can always get the w. news only go just download our work out from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can always use the app to send us photos and videos of what's happening. is up next with business stick around to be right back i'll see you tomorrow. in the far north. and the inhabitable world. it's lonely. barren. and breathtakingly beautiful. the arctic. to take a journey around the north pole meet profiteers a

e.u. commission president to discuss the issue on wednesday.ake a listen to how he described their meeting. >> it was put to me this was a bit like twins and the u.k. is one twin and the e.u. is another. if the e.u. decides to have a haircut, and the u.k. has got to have a haircut or face punishment. the e.u. decides to buy an expensive handbag, then the u.k. has to buy an expensive handbag or else face tariffs. clearly that is not the sensible way to proceed. it is unlike any other free trade deal. brent: let's get beyond the handbags. talk us through the issues that are standing in the way of the trade deal. >> in a sense, we can say a little bit with the handbags because that is the sticking issue apart from fish, remains a problem because french and dutch fishermen are fishing in british waters. britain is selling most of their fish, 70 or more percent to the e.u. market. the key sticking point is a level playing field. a technical term for handbags or whatever item that is produced to the -- produced in the country and sold to the other co

e.u. says it's time to limit the power of tech giants the european commission is about to unveil new rules for the digital. business unlike johnson good to have you with us and relations between china and australia appear to be further deteriorating china's state owned tabloid global times reports that the country's top economic plan a has approved to power up plans to import thermal coal without clearance restrictions from several countries except for australia if this is confirmed by the government the move would further inflame tensions between the 2 countries which appear to be heading towards a trade war. state owned newspaper global times reports that china is now targeting australian coal the country's most lucrative export besides iron ore can browse alarmed us china has already slapped high tariffs on most trail you know wine and barley the asian country has altogether halted imports of australian timber and lobster. ties between the 2 nations are deeply strained but so far the australian government is treating the new report as media speculation. while it waits beijing's response

e.u. commission president has described the rollouts as a touching moment of you know. up next we have the week in reports our best stories from around the world as always more on our web site t w dot com and you can follow our stories and correspondents on twitter and instagram at comdex visor thanks for. touch. with him how to be good goes on as well lions how you know if i had known that the boat would be about small i never would have gone on the trip but you know i would not have put myself and my parents saw him out of danger of the god of the game of the going to get a fleetwood. that one little bit and to give them i had serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there much i'm going to. want to know their story in full migrants terrified and reliable information for more grants. this week on world stories lakeville gloria drives out residents in kenya in 1000 increases poverty in spain but we begin in the canary islands increasing numbers of refugees from africa and using gram cannot be on an island that belongs to spain to reach europe offic

e.u. commission president to discuss this issue let's listen to how boris johnson described parts of the meeting on thursday it was put to me that this was kind of a bit like twin. k.'s one twin the e.u. is another and if the e.u. decides to have a haircut then the u.k. is going to have a haircut face punishment of the e.u. decides to buy expensive handbags the. expensive happens in the u.k. has to buy expensive handbag to or else face terrorists and clearly that's not a sensible way to proceed unlike any other free trade deal. haircuts and handbags your talk history the issues that that stand in the way of the steel. well 2 key issues are still sticking points i want to fishery which i think can be resolved because you have interests on both sides you have you fishermen shipping fishing in british waters and on the other hand you have british fisherman who are trying you're selling that 70 percent of their catch in the e.u. now the more difficult thing is the internal market the so-called technical term of level playing field and what's hiding behind that technicality is the idea that you need

e.u. commission president as a fun time is addressing reporters questions in the new parliament so let's cross over to that now great excellent thank you very much for the question and good afternoon to the president and mr bernstein. given the explain time pressure at the end of the of the negotiations the deadline being only 7 days away i knew confident put you really safeguarded of the interests of the union and its member states or did you have to give in to british demands just to avoid. a week from now thank you very much. we had a very strong go shooting position indeed you're right the time was very very short at the beginning of the year we have already said very clearly that such a comprehensive agreement. 12 months really short really short and on top came covered this did not make negotiations more easy and therefore it is outstanding what the negotiating team has. done and achieved in only 12 months that is one part and our negotiating position was as strong because it was the european union was it very clear if the united kingdom wants access to the single market the largest sing

e.u. commission president have a form the alliance says there's been some progress on a trade deal with britain for when the u.k. leaves the block as she told the european parliament the next few days of could be crucial remaining sticking points are fair competition in the e.u. basket and fishing rights for e.u. vessels in the u.k. glances. the e.u. has announced plans to grieve its cyber security regulations days after data on a new coronavirus vaccine was hacked financial markets and health care infrastructures would be the block's top priority is brussels also wants to bolster its sanctions response to cyber security breaches. big korean has cracked the $20020000.00 mark for the 1st time the value of the virtual currency has rocketed since march when it was worth just a $5000.00 u.s. dollars it's seen a resurgence as high risk funds of a turn to more exotic investments like digital currencies in order to make profits . germany's disease control agency says the number of covered 19 deaths in the last 24 hours reporting period has risen to a record or 952 units went to came as the country wen

e.u. commission president underlying it is reporting some progress in talks over the e.u.'s future relationship with the u.k. negotiators are trying to resolve differences over issues including fishing rights and fair competition for business britain leaves the e.u.'s single market in just over 2 weeks. the prime minister of s. one seanie has died after contracting covert 19 that's according to the government there the 52 year old embryos. announced in november that he had tested positive for the corona virus but was feeling well he was later hospitalized in neighboring south africa the army had been prime minister of the country formerly known as swazi land since 2018 the u.s. has removed sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism terrorism opening of the african nation up to financial assistance that could help its struggling economy washington placed tough sanctions on sudan in 1993 claiming that president omar al bashir was harboring militant groups including alcott. anxiety and anger in nigeria tonight 3 days after gunmen kidnapped hundreds of boys from a schoo

e.u. commission all parties to go the extra mile. the fast horses of pfizer's corona virus vaccine have been loaded on to trucks and the us and as you can see they are currently these are live pictures being sent to facilities me the 155 sites that will receive them the elderly and health care workers will be the 1st in the u.s. to get the vaccine. there are fears that some students in nigeria are still missing after gunmen stormed a secondary school and kidnapped a number of children about 800 students attend that school and katsina state many of them fled during the attack and police say just 200 over time. supporters of pakistan's opposition parties have defied coronavirus restrictions to protest and demand the prime minister resigns there's anger over how him unconscious handled this pandemic and protesters also allege he came to power and rigged 2018 elections backed by the military. on a day he's live in islamabad for us with more come out we've been watching these protests grow rice. where there is one way of looking at the do

e.u. commission on the lane says there are still topics that deserve more discussion. despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. we have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the task and to see whether no reach an agreement can be reached even at this late stage but so far there have been several sticking points but the main ones include what access french fishing boats can have to british waters and the so-called level playing field for trade if the 2 sides don't reach an agreement border checks and taxes will be introduced for goods travelling between the u.k. and the e.u. by january the 1st our correspondent john hauls in london we're going to be speaking to him in just a few minutes 1st let's go to paul brennan who's in brussels where the talks are taking place paul it seems as though the e.u. has pretty much most of the leverage in all of this but what is it actually worried about. essenti

e.u. commission president slobodan delenn will still meet in brussels this week the u.k. has left the european union and has until december 31st to secure a long term deal charlie angela joins us now live from london so actually this is and isn't to do with a trade deal what does it mean exactly. well this is the resolution of one of those disagreements that's been going on in power to the trade agreement and michael gove one of the prime ministers most senior ministers and marrow of it the e.u. commission vice president have come out saying that they have an agreement on the specifics of how goods can be traded between the u.k. and northern ireland specifically checks on animals and plants derived products export declarations the supply of medicines the supply of chilled beets and other food products to supermarkets so this is great news for northern ireland and we just heard in a tweet from the irish foreign minister simon cove any he said it's good progress it means practical cooperation and flexibility has been agreed to make it as manageable as possible for people an

e.u. commission aims to rollout across the block from december 27th so the korean capital seoul and surrounding areas will ban most gatherings of 5 people or more later this week the country reported its highest daily death toll on monday amid a surge in infections thailand has become has begun testing of thousands of people after its work at worst outbreak to date the infections have been linked to the country's biggest seafood market which is located outside the capital bangkok in a region that's now under. a report by amnesty international accuses spanish health authorities of effectively abandoning residents of care homes during the coven 1000 pandemic and one of the supposed serious allegations report states that many people in facilities for the elderly have been denied access to hospital care the w.c. on philip schultz reports. there is just time for a coffee before one by battle has to go back to his care home in a month that its suburbs now at least the 81 year old can leave the home for a short while in spring when the pandemic began it was different for months one was imprisoned in h

e.u. commission president was enough on the law and said in the press conference that this is putting europe on the right path to be carbon neutral by 2050 that this is going to give clarity to investor investors and that this is our growth strategy in europe and as you just mentioned their leader is. acknowledge that they are looking back at very tough negotiations but merkel said that it was worth staying up the whole night to have this agreement and of course it is a huge success for her and the german e.u. council presidency there were some countries a member states that did object because they for example do rely upon coal energy so how did they manage to strike this compromise and convince them. so we talking here about hungry poland and czech republic who are opposed to the plan saying that they would need to more help to clean up their economies and in particular it was poland blocking this compromise or the plan until the last minute today the polish prime minister said that that there are hoping to go to get more money from them ordering these funds and i would say that what helps

e.u. commission vice president for a year for a digital age as well as the internal market commissioner gary brettle they put forward this new set of legislation that they say is a big change and certainly could be a big change for the way these companies do business in europe what we are going to present to you 2 milestones in our journey to make europe fix for the digital age that is the services act and the dicks in all markets act. the 2 proposals they serve one purpose to make sure that we as uses as customers businesses have access to and wide choice of safe products and services online just as well as we do in the physical world and that all businesses operating in europe that can be big ones that can be small small ones that they can freely and fairly compete online just as they do offline. well large companies that have being called gatekeepers those real tech giants that are household names they're going to be coming under the most scrutiny there's also going to be a lot of attention paid to mergers and takeovers they're all going to have to be run by brussels if the entities that

e.u. commission president on the line spoke at length on the phone to yuki prime minister boris johnson but to no avail conditions were not there for an agreement they both said they planned to meet in passion in the coming days just a few sticking points have kept the sites from striking a deal one is the so-called level playing field that has rules governing business competition. a 2nd sticking point is more visceral who gets the fish france has threatened to veto any agreement that doesn't grant e.u. fishing boats generous access to british waters the u.k. formally left the european union in january of this year but agreed to adhere to the blocked rules until a new deal could be forged after nearly a year of talks there's no deal and the deadline is less than 4 weeks away officials are gloomy and sore are many on the streets of london. seems crazy i mean through 3016 we voted in 4 years later i got a very definitive proof it's all to be honest with you somehow this what we do we bury that story you say feels like it's been buried in the public to know about this and what's going on it is

e.u. commission president as an underlying announce the deal with a more somber statement she called it fair balanced and rice is the e.u. happy. yeah normally if you ask me of course there that is the you have to it sounds very difficult to answer we have 27 e.u. member states usually have 27 different opinions on issues like that but in this case i think it's safe to say that most member states think that brics it was a terrible mistake it has the potential to hurt both economies even with it with a deal done one way or the other now this deal is going to cushion some of the impact of preg said and we'll have to see what the springs come january 1st and in the next coming months in the next year it has put some strict rules in place that's right to make sure that there is no disadvantage no unfair competition this was one of the big worries of the e.u. and if this works out and this plays out well next year then the e.u. perhaps can be happy or perhaps less disappointed all right that's in london and max sunday in brussels thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making he