Maduro claim things sweeping election victory after less than a 3rd of the country turned out to vote as the countrys economic crisis deepens what when mean for venezuelans struggling simply to survive. Im brinkerhoff its good to have you with us tonight time is quickly running out to make a post break sit trade deal the reality british and european negotiators have once again been locked in talks for hours today with no sign of a breakthrough now british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to head to brussels for a last ditch attempt to reach a deal to ease chief negotiator Michel Barnier is downbeat about the chances of an agreement saying key sticking points remain. Despite growing fears of economic chaos of britain leads without a deal london has said that it will not extend the negotiations. Hard for more now we want to bring in our correspondent in brussels barbara they saw in charlotte just until in london good evening to both of you barbara let me start with you lets start with
The Program Since we cant leave the house as of wednesday ill shop today so it will last me through the week just like the numbers are simply too high. Not fitting intensive care units to a degree we cant tell the rate. Its probably young people not following the rules we do. Our Health Systems of it and in addition the death toll is rising sharply the food on the football is causing a shockingly high number of deaths. The numbers arent going down so i think its necessary. Also coming up it is possible and looking more and more probable that there will be no trade deal between the u. K. And the European Union come january 1st fishing and. And fairness are 2 hurdles standing in the way and the clock is ticking id like to be giving more positive news but at the moment these negotiations seem seem stalled. And the the the barriers to progress are still very much in place. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of our viewers around the world welcome we begin the da
And for more lets bring in our very own they are mattis who is joining us from brussels they are why has belgium been hit so hard. Well sarah a big issue here is of course the book mortality rate the 3rd highest in the world but to explain that you need to understand the broad criteria that belgium uses to get to these numbers and the reason is that only 50 percent of the cases are actually confirmed caray corona cases the other ones of possible cases that have not been confirmed whether coronavirus test and the reason is that in the 1st wave of the pandemic here in belgium the country was so hard hits that they wanted an easy way to to count deaths and that is why they installed the system that now makes the numbers of the death rate look really bad on the other hand youre right of course numbers here i stream the high with belgium having a small population extremely high numbers 2 possible explanations one is that the tracking system has been rather weak its not been running smoothly
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