Outside the home with two americans dying from tobit every minute, the nation is bracing for a starkest period of the pandemic. Time is running out before the United Kingdom cuts ties with the European Union and today, the two sides failed to secure a trade agreement. Instead saying talks will be paused. Negotiators want to talk to politicians so they can get better guidance on where to go next. With less than four weeks before the transition period ends, it is down to the same three Sticking Point that have threatened to derail the process for months. Lets bring in our correspondent in london. It has been a dramatic week of ups and downs. Now it is ending in this pause. Is that a surprise . It is a surprise that suddenly they are paused tonight, but we have an explanation. What they are trying to do is reach this post brexit trade deal and that time is really short. We have said that many times. We have seen sincehe eu was no longer bluffing for the United Kingdom because of the refer
Percolating issues, whether it is trade tensions or brexit, which goes to the heart of the uncertainty in 2021. Francine there is a lot going on, and i guess this is the concern, you have a million angles of things that turn out sour. Bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Senatorone republican dix President Trump will get on board with a bipartisan 908 billion senator bill cassidy told foxnews Senate Majority leader mcconnell will back it, too. Cassidy is a member of the Group Pushing the measure. President trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for the coronavirus. According to reports, he has been hospitalized in washington. Giulianis son says he is getting great care and feeling well. Giuliani has been leading the effort to overturn the results of the election. In china, exports jumped in november by the most since 2018, pushing its trade status to a monthly record high, and thermined underlined how pandemic and global related goods is helping the
Human Rights Groups are pressuring macron to take a hard line on human rights abuses. Hello and thank you for joining us. It is crunch time for a post brexit trade deal. At this point the prospects are looking tenuous at best. A transition period ends december 31. Boris johnson says he will travel to brussels this week after a phe call tonight with the European Commission chief ursula v der leyen failed to produce a breakthrough. Main Sticking Points on fishing rights and business rules remain. Meantime the British Parliament is voting on a market built tonight that could allow britain to allow certain requirements on Northern Ireland and other issues. For more we are joined by our correspondent in london. As we mentioned, johnson is headed to brussels this week. What does this indicate . Yes. Interestingly we have learned after this 90 minute phone call, the second in 48 hours between the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Eu Commission president ursula von der leyen, that t
The announcement. Unprecedented that there should be a rich abundance of approaches, all of which rich abundance of approaches, all of which are rich abundance of approaches, all of which are essential. And new data shows another covid 19 vaccine developed in the us that may only require a single dose is 66 effective. In other news, primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term though the nationwide lockdown will continue. And thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello, and a very good afternoon. The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the Oxford Astrazeneca Covid Vaccine for use in the eu this afternoon. The uk has been using the Astrazeneca Jab in its Mass Immunisation Programme for weeks now. Meanwhile, the European Commission has published a redacted version of its contract with the pharmaceutical giant in a continuing row about supplies of the vaccine. A contract was signed in august fo
Antonio gutteres has expressed great concern over rising Political Tension in myanmar. The armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the Ruling National League at 10 00, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. First do black lives matter in brazil . In the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in Rio Dejaniero state than in the whole of america. 75 were black brazilians, many of whom were just teenagers. We must give a strong warning that this programme contains Graphic Violence and very distressing images, from the outset. Sirens wail. They chant. The police stand accused of inflicting brutal violence. Most often seen to be hurt are young black men. They chant. Police brutality here is often horrific to watch. Shocking violence causing terror and fear every day. But given how often it happens, there are no mass protests, no backlash in the media, nojustice. In the year that blac