Reforms to the monarchy. Accord overturns new restrictions on nightlife intended to quell the spread of the. Health minister calls the situation regrettable. And the us president ial candidates square off from a distance. Televised events and donald trump revealed their very different views on issues from the pandemic. A michael welcome to the program british Prime Minister Boris Johnsons says talks with the European Union are over and johnson is warning the u. K. Must prepare for a no deal breaker unless there is a quote fundamental change of position he says the e. U. Wont give britain a trade deal like the one it has with canada which the u. K. Wants as well e. U. Leaders have dismissed johnsons statement as. And since we have only 10 weeks until the end of the transition period or generally the 1st i have to make a judgment about the likely outcome and to get us already and given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months and given that this summi
Negotiating ploy there alexander all use leaders met in brussels today what was the reaction to johnsons statement. German chancellor Angela Merkel reacted soberly with her typical no nonsense attitude saying that talks continue. To compromise but she also said that its best to strike a deal however if its not going to happen that the European Union would have to plan alternatives i tried to press her with a follow up to get a direct reaction to johnsons demands but she just told me that shes not going to negotiate with the media it was the french president who was more outspoken emanuel mccoll told the press that its not just a joke of the European Union to make Boris Johnson happy and that the british people were misled to believe that you were a peon union who needs a deal badly its the u. K. That really needs a deal mcauliffe that. I want to go back to you about something Boris Johnson spokesman has just said that the talks are over unless the e. U. Shifts thats a direct quote its