emmanuel macron doesn't want to solve the issue. when we see for example, yesterday, the minister of interior said it will be checked, and it was said they would crack down on mosques using whatever, and that very same day, the minister of interior was due to appear in court for his rape allegations and sexual harassment charges. on top of it, you want the president to get involved and create a problem where there is none. indeed, he already lost the muslim communities when he shut down ngo's on accusations. i'm sorry, the rule of law is gone, and emmanuel macron is facing a much bigger problem. imran: let's take the opposite perspective. traditionally, france has had a good relationship, especially when it comes to intelligence sharing, with north african countries. do you think international relations might be affected and make things slightly more difficult when it comes to things like intelligence. >> generally speaking, i think this could have an impact on france's prestige around the world and throughout the muslim world. we s

the story of the day, emmanuel macron testing positive for covid-19. yesterday he had a working lunch with the prime minister of portugal. we understand he also had various meetings with his cabinet but at all times the president -- or almost

on a three-day state visit hosted by emmanuel macron. 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,

we don't know what macron is doing and private. there are also concerns about his family, his wife, bridget, was also in self-isolation. she is 67 years old. she is part of a risk group. so what is not quite clear if really it was the summit or if it was the other meetings macron had in the last several days. he was meeting in paris with several leaders. he has a very busy schedule. although the country is just coming out of a lockdown. some people are criticizing he is still so busy. brent: in brussels, thank you. with the u.k., canada, and u.s. all recently kicking of mass vaccination campaigns, the eyes of the world are fixed on a vaccine developed by a company right here in germany. here's a closer look at how the firm, biontech, is responding to both the plaudits and the scrutiny. reporter: biontech started out as a small start up in 2008. now, the world's focus is on the vaccine developer. the german government provided funding for the company from early on. angela merkel is full of praise for the founders. >> i consider myse

emmanuel macron has tested positive for covid-19. the resident palace says he took -- the presidential palace says he took a test as soon as symptoms appeared but they did not specify what the symptoms were. he will self-isolate for a week and will continue to work. the u.k. and the e.u. are heading to a final battle over fishing rights, the major issue standing in the way of a post-brexit trade deal. officials cautiously predict an agreement within days. differencetled the over another major issue, a level playing field for business. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i'm karinauntries, mitchell. this is member. tom? tom: thanks so much. i'm going to do a quick data check here. we deserve to do a longer one because chairman powell continues to move markets. equities continue to lift. we will talk about record highs today. small-cap coming but cap doing well. solid 60site up a points. spx up 20 points. the vix came in on chairman powell's press con

, macron taking the call from prime minister borisjohnson macron taking the call from prime minister boris johnson about macron taking the call from prime minister borisjohnson about brexit but wise to keep on good terms with him. let's take a look at some of the latest news on coronavirus. community testing programmes are to be rolled out in 67 councils under tier 3 restrictions in england, more than 1.6 million rapid turnaround tests will be provided, in an effort to reduce cases. pu bs, restau ra nts and cafes across much of central western scotland are reopening after three weeks — venues in 11 council areas must still close by 6pm and cannot sell alcohol under the country's level three restrictions. wales's health minister vaughan gething has warned the country faces an incredibly serious situation as infections continue to rise. he said the government could break the agreement to allow families to mix over christmas, but said such a measure would raise huge issues about trust in government. us regulators have approved the pfizer—biontech coronavirus vaccine for emergency us

france's muslim council is due to meet president emmanuel macron this week, after it was asked by the president to come up with a ‘charter of republican values‘ for imams in the country to sign. the council, which represents nine muslim associations, has reportedly been asked to include several declarations in the text, including recognition of france's republican values, rejection of islam as a political movement, and a ban on foreign influence. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson has been looking at reaction to the idea, and to mr macron's wider strategy for tackling islamist influence in france. imam receives regular abuse from those she calls the haters. hardline islamist to say her brand of scarves and turbans do say her brand of scarves and turba ns do not say her brand of scarves and turbans do not always cover a woman's hair enough. president macron wants to curb islamist influence requiring all imams to sign up to french values is wrong, iman says, when muslims are already seen by many is not fully french. we feel targeted, we feel like everything that you do it will

macron denounced violence both by and against the police. here is more of what he said on that topic. >> i expect a police officer to be an example so i would say there is zero tolerance on both sides. but what is important is that we don't look at one side of the violence. because otherwise, you will never get out of this cycle where in some cases, there is the citizen as victim and a violent police officer. >> macon has had a fraht relationship with the media during his term. our diplomatic editor going to the program earlier and explained why macron decided to give a long interview like this. >> this would have been unthinkable at the start of his presidency. there was an incident a few mont when he first came into office, and infamous exchange with a journalist where he said, i'm not interested in journalists, i'm interested in the french public, and he said journalists are too interested in themselves and not interested enough in france. to go from that over the course of the last three years to this more than two hour long interview, n

emmanuel macron retreats to his residence in versailles, from where he says he is doing well, but working at a slightly slower pace than usual. ♪ that you and chief is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of those schoolboys and nigeria, who still have not been tracked down , following an attack on their school, a week ago. antonio guterres says the african nation now needs to do more to protect educational facilities, but the secretary-general has taken the time to command the rescue of 300 of those boys who have been reunited with their families. >> still shaken by their six-day kidnapping ordeal, hundreds of nigerian boys were brought to the office of the katina state governor a day after their a vector release. -- their unexpected relays. >> let me assu you that they have suffered. >> hundreds of young boys were kidnapped last friday i armed men inside their school, and the town of conch are. -- kancara. jihadist group boko haram which appears to have enlisted the help of gangs to carry out the tech later claimed response ability for the abduction. details of the boys

muslim leaders inrance way out president macron's moves to clamp down on radical islam. is this the right way to go? ♪ katty: t conflict in ethiopia, specifically in thisio r has been dominating the news agenda. while ethiopians have been fling the fighting into neighboring sudan,li ested refugees are also being affected. the you and refugee agency has warned food has run out and are warning of an impending humanitarian crisis. >> tigre is home to 2000. there are thousands of ethiopian refugees. this is now plagued by the conflict. the united nations now is, warning th unless something they might be running out of bathingupies, and food and water. eit looks lhey have not been receiving much-needed help in the past four weeks. ♪] katty: france's muslim counselors are due to meet emmanuel macron after was asked by the president to p with a charter to si. the council, which represents nine different muslim associations, has been asked to include several thclarations in text, includingecognition of the french values, rejection of islam as a political movement,n and a ban

the paper also features a photo of emmanuel macron on zoom. that's, of course, after the news that he is the latest world leader to test positive for coronavirus. let's begin it, and we're going to stay with current of our verse for the time being, for ourfirst stay with current of our verse for the time being, for our first story. eva and anna, as always, lovely to have you with us. thank you for joining us. let's start with the sun, eve, sir paul mccartneyjoining various national treasures. we had suri in mcallen yesterday, talking of his euphoria at getting the vaccine —— sir ian mckellen. now sir paul mccartyjoining. this might be a great way to —— sir paul mccartney. there are people talking about people being nervous about it. i understand that totally, and you get people like paul mccartney, people who i respect, that will only help. i think he is still in his 70s, so he might have to wait a few weeks. 78. can you believe that? he is 78! time flies. i cannot. i am struggling as well. the picture, he looks lovely, and he does not

i was a bit surprised that angela merkel and emmanuel macron both said we do not wa nt to emmanuel macron both said we do not want to talk to borisjohnson because, he has seen this with their withdrawal agreement before that. —— we have seen. i think at the moment, what they want to demonstrate is unity and that they actually are behind michel barnier and i kind of think that they really do not want to get involved in that. obviously, they are behind—the—scenes but it is a lwa ys they are behind—the—scenes but it is always a bit difficult anyway within the eu 27 angela merkel and emmanuel macron are big players but they literally want to demonstrate unity, demonstrate that they are all, you know, in one block in those negotiations. time is so short now. what is your hunch? even at this 11th hour, almost 12 hour, can there bea 11th hour, almost 12 hour, can there be a deal? yes, maybe i am a bit too optimistic but i just be a deal? yes, maybe i am a bit too optimistic but ijust think both sides have so much to lose with a no deal. so i do think they would go literally even furt

macron and indeed. u.k. prime minister as well. as charlotte's been saying, the fishing ports have been the focus of the likes of mr. macron as well. we'll go into that in a short while. apparently the french and the europeans over the weekend and yesterday mid afternoon were offering to come down from their desire to have a ten year transition period. the british we understand offered maybe a three-year transition period. it seems likely they were to find a cord it would be somewhere in the middle. five to six years. those reports coming out of europe in the mid afternoon yesterday. it seemed to be denied by the british there's been any negotiation or progress on fisheries whatsoever which mirrors what with saw on friday where there were concerns from the british point of view, they were coming with a hard stance and whole host of issues. the europeans came back and said we haven't changed anything. rumor, counter rumor, speculation, counter speculation. james cleverly, the junior foreign ministry, brain tree in essex as well, he'

moving on, positive for covid-19, emmanuel macron is now self-isolating in paris. the news broke this afternoon, the first lady testing negative. she is self-isolating as a percussion. possible links were pieced together, they include the prime ministers of portugal, spain, as well as the president of the eu council. >> it has been a week of high-level meetings for emmanuel macron, wednesday, the french president met with portuguese prime minister and on monday with the eu councile president and the spanish prime minister. all three leaders are now self-isolating after he tested positive for covid-19 on thursday. several french politicians including the prime minister ought to do the same after being in close contact with him. >> i wanted to inform you that after speaking to him on the phone, the prime minister is potentially a contact case, he is doing what is asked of people and there is a precautionary measure he will self-isolate as he awaits test results. >> the palace said he will isolate for seven days and continue to carry out his duties remotely. this come

. —— president macron. the metro features a picture of shoppers queuing to enter a supermarket after fears of supplies running low during the festive season — calling the situation "jingle hell". the daily mirror leads on the new variant of coronavirus — reporting that cases of the new strain have been found all across great britain, notjust london and the south east. and the guardian delivers a grim warning from scientists to the prime minister — saying he must impose a national lockdown or risk a "human disaster". some would say tier 4 is almost a national lockdown anyway. right, let's kick off. will come to you both again. yasmin, let's start with the telegraph. johnson plans mass testing of lorry drivers to reopen ports. only a few hours ago, he was saying that the situation might be resolved within a few hours. it doesn't look as if that's the case. well, it's interesting. ithink doesn't look as if that's the case. well, it's interesting. i think from the front pages i've looked at some of the te

but it's patent that president macron is said we cannot go on there with us. will have more demonstrations. we need to put up a united front and i'm told he is very happy with the interior minister, who is really the person who is masterminded this law. >> in a few minutes we will turn our attention to ethiopia. m some reports se than 4000 government soldiers are being h eld by regional forces in tigre have been released. ill update you on that. u.k. and e.u. officials have resume talks on the final week of negotiations for deal. >> the talks could break down tomorr. they could also hear an annocement, that yes, we have areakthrough. so we know the areas of difficulty are really the same they have been all along. that is number one. the access of the e.u. to u.k.'s water after brexit. a tiny part of the economy. important to fishy states -- fishing stat. the second is the fear that the u.k. would become sort of singapore on thames, unfair competition. and the third issue, how do you police whatever agreement there is between the u.k. and e.u.? it is a battle o

macron is at the presidential residence called lantern. his wife tested negative, staying in paris at the elysee palace. coronavirus is going to be with us well into 2021. the first six months will be very tough, and beyond that probably would be in the fall before france would return to normal. kim. >> probably the rest of us as well. thank you so much, jim bittermann in paris, and salma abdelaziz in london. appreciate you both joining us. >>> the european union will begin covid vaccinations in the coming weeks. health experts worry that historic european skepticism of vaccines and of government will make it harder to convince people to get those shots. earlier i spoke with infectious disease and global health expert, dr. peter drobac, here's what he had to say. >> there's a variety of reasons people may be hesitant, and more hardened than others. it is important we get out there first. research shows that inoculating people with accurate information before some of the conspiracy theories and things that we're seeing on social media can b

, he deployed —— emmanuel macron, a british wartime slogan, or one emmanuel macron, a british wartime slogan, oi’ one you emmanuel macron, a british wartime slogan, or one you will be familiar with from posters and mugs and other things that are still available, keep calm and carry on. that was his oi’ keep calm and carry on. that was his or her response to threats if you put it like that that britain would deploy naval vessels in the event of ano deploy naval vessels in the event of a no deal into the transition period. on the ist of january 2021. of period. on the 1st of january 2021. of course, it would be the end as well as the common fisheries policy applying to the uk and therefore the uk would argue that the fish and british territorial waters can no longer be finished by french vessels 01’ longer be finished by french vessels or belgian vessel, danish vessels and so on. the eu takes a different view on that. one of the issues in which there is a stumbling block which there is a stumbling block which we all know with certainty about tomorrow whether the talks have finally

we've also learned this morning that french president emanuel macron has tested positive for the virus. vice president mike pence says he will get the vaccine on camera and he will do that tomorrow. reli relief, is it in sight? can they get it over the finish line? congress drawing closer to a stimulus deal with the lives of americans on the line. direct checks may end up being part of this deal if they can get it done. we will have a live report from capitol hill. let's begin with the critical fda meeting and dr. mark mcclellin is with us, former fda commissioner under president george w. bush. it's good to have you. take us in the room. similar thing to what they did to pfizer last week. does it go for quickly because the moderna vaccine is very close to what the pfizer screen is? >> poppy, i think it does go quickly. as you said, the analysis that the fda did of the moderna vaccine looks very similar to the pfizer vaccine, highly effective, no serious safety issues, although side effects are common. you know you've gotten this vaccine when you get it. i would expect the fda to focus

macron is self-isolating for seven days. it follows a week where he met with other european officials to get infections under control. joining me now from london is keir simmons. what's going on in europe? >> reporter: this news about president macron is sending shock waves across europe, not just because of his importance as a world leader. also because of the number of leaders infected -- the spanish prime minister, the portuguese prime minister, the belgium prime. the irish prime minister tested negative. then there are french politicians that president macron came into contact with. it comes what time where europe is wrestling with what christmas traditions to cancel. president macron is still running the country officials say. in recent days wearing a mask, but close to other european leaders. in paris a nightly curfew. europeans fearing the holiday season could cause a third wave. europe has now seen more than 15 million infections and over 375,000 deaths. empty streets in place of christmas markets in germany this wee

i have just spoken to president macron. we had a very good call and we understand each other‘s positions and want to resolve these problems as fast as possible. i know that grant is also speaking to his counterpart and we are working to a solution as fast as we can to allow freight traffic to resume between the uk and france and to ensure that lorries can travel in both directions in a covid—secure way. we in the uk fully understand the anxieties of our friends about covid, their anxieties about the new variant. but we believe the risks of transmission by a solitary driver sitting alone in the cab are very low, so we hope to make progress as fast as we can. i want to repeat that these delays only apply to a small percentage of food entering the uk and as british supermarkets have said, their supply chains are strong and robust, so everyone can continue to shop normally. to our international friends and partners, i want to say frankly that we understand your concerns. i hope everybody can see that as soon as we we re eve

earlier, french president emmanuel macron posted a clip on twitter after he tested positive for coronvarius. here's some of it.

we have also heard from president macron of france today, who says he hopes the two sides can have a harmonious relationship in the future. he also denied that the ca ke were the future. he also denied that the cake were having their cake and eating it. a famous phrase that borisjohnson is employed before, saying that he was pro—having his ca ke saying that he was pro—having his cake and eating it. this is because the eu has put forward these emergency contingency plans for no deal, suggesting that for the next year or so, when it comes to fishing, eu access to uk waters should remain the same. president macron said, no, he was not about having his cake and eating it, but he certainly wanted to hold onto his portion. also, jane, ishould he certainly wanted to hold onto his portion. also, jane, i should tell you that the european commission, the building have confirmed this lunchtime, that borisjohnson asked to have individual conversations with both president macron and chancellor merkel of germany, and the commission said no. and we wait to see what london makes of that. nick, t

macron took part in an event via video link after the announcement. european leaders who are self-isolating include the prime minister of spain, the prime minister of portugal, and the european council president. macron held a dinner meeting on wednesday with more than a dozen people, including the prime minister of france. he has also started a seven-day quarantine. local media have quoted sources as saying safe social distancing and other precautionary measures were in place at the dinner. however, questions are being raised whether it was prudent to hold the gathering. it came at a time when the government is calling on the public to avoidne dining in gros of seven or more people. >>> another record-breaking day for coronavirus infections here in japan. authorities reported more than 3,200 cases on thursday, the most ever. more than 191,000 people have now tested positive in the country. over 2,800 people have died. a record 822 cases were reported in tokyo on thursday. 66 are in serious condition. in light of that growing number, the tokyo governm

macron tell finland what to do? certainly macron can -- what we have seen with mr. theon is he likes invoking -- whether he will follow through, however, and derail the e.u. budget process or the brexit, given the pain that that would reverse engineering to the french economy, i think it is more bluster than a statement of intent. francine: going back to the deal that we could or could not see over the weekend, when the french this week said they could veto if it was not the right deal, was that to increase pressure? i don't think it has changed much from what they had said in the past. how significant is it to bring it up this week? think if you see bilateral discussions, or in this case, multilateral discussions, what tends to happen is that when you focus down on getting close to the deadline, issues that have been thought have been put to bed are raised, and you're right, this is not -- but also there is a -- rolling the pitch, you are preparing your domestic audience for what is to come. to be seen to negotiate it hard is an important metric because most of the

just as bullish, the french for bullish macron was ready to opt away we we re bullish macron was ready to opt away we were told over the weekend. tony, first of all, you spent a lot of your time trying to disentangle the briefing, the counter briefing, the spin on stories post office is the mother of all stories to spin, isn't it, what do you make of the sometimes contradictory information that the papers are giving us? well, it can be quite hard at times to work out what is performance art, which as we are going to work towards a deal but we have to have all these crazies disagreements and arguments or whether in fact, it may well be out of reach. i mean, this stuff about fishing, it appears that the government denies that there is less contention around what the agreement around fishing will be. this is really important, by the way to french fishermen. similar with the uk, although they don't actually ta ke the uk, although they don't actually take upa the uk, although they don't actually take up a huge amount of gdp, there's a huge symbolism for the french in terms of their access t

cnn has learned that french president emmanuel macron has tested positive for covid-19. the palace says the president was tested at the first signs of the virus symptoms. mr. macron will isolate for seven days, and will continue to work and carry out activities remotely. stay with cnn for a live report from paris coming up. that's it for me, i'm kim brunhuber. "early start" is next. stay with us. hi sabrina! hi jen! so let me just ask you? this aveeno® moisturizer goes beyond just soothing sensitive skin? exactly jen! calm + restore oat gel was designed for sensitive skin. uh! it's incredible! we formulated it with a super nurturing ingredient. prebiotic oat. it soothes skin and strengthens its moisture barrier, too. uh! i love it! i love it! aveeno® healthy. it's our nature.™ oh. wait! wait! sabrina! there's a serum, too? of course, there is. of course, there is. i knew that. sab[phone rings] a serum, too? "sore throat pain? is. try new vicks vapocool drops in honey lemon chill for a fast-acting rush of relief like you've never tasted in... ♪ honey lemon ahh woo v

the covid spread, emmanuel macron tested positive while europe should roll out the vaccine on december 27. onceentral bank of england the economy will be hit hard in the first quarter. a brexit feel within days. the parliament set a deadline to repost a trade deal. possible deal on friday. let's get into the market action. brexit deal is coming, maybe. that is having an impact on the markets. utilities and technology leading the way for a cyclical feel. down, we are off the lows of the session. you're looking at a stronger sterling which is hitting the ftse down by 2/10 of 1%. no mention of regular rates from the boe. standing back, waiting for brexit to play out as yields are down by about one basis point. bitcoin, still seeing a record high at 2000. at $22,000.n -- merkel held a conference and made a promising announcement about a rollout if the medicine agency gives the green light pop pfizer -- for pfizer's vaccine. we get approval, we can begin deliveries are our vaccine, if possible before the end of this year. our employees will be working over christmas. immunizingry concert th

the french prison macron has has been criticized by other. political opponents because they say that macron was too soft. radical islam on the muslim population 'd i can tell you and they can show you that prison micron is not. islam is not a muslim he's just a radical islam and he wants to control radical islam prison michael went on fewer t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can make everyone every religion it's not the world religion in political or but religion and this is part of the freedom of speech of france. u.k. army veterans who risked their lives serving in iraq and afghanistan have lost their legal battle to stay in britain the high court rejected appeals from 8 fiji born soldiers in 5th thing they were in the country illegally due to bureaucratic errors artie's these are captured the heartbreaking moment a decision was broken to the 4 young girls of one of the soldiers. the judge said that he wasn't concerned with any misadministration on the part of the governm

and good luck to britain — that's the feeling of mr macron. and yet, the french, the germans, everybody loses here, don't they, because there will be tariffs if there is no deal in both directions. plus, we know, for example, that the uk—us relationship on security and defence and intelligence is extremely strong, it's very important, isn't it, to the security of the whole of europe, so there are losses all around. absolutely. but the security, the military, all that will stay because the relationship between the uk and france to the atomic bomb, the permanent seat on the security council, lots of coordination on terrorism and migration and all of that, of course will be preserved. the big if would economically. but the eu feels the hit is more important for the british than the eu. ashis ray, reports in indian newspapers, as i said earlier, that borisjohnson has been invited to india injanuary. that hasn't been confirmed here. what would that signify — what could that mean? trade with india still is a relatively small for both countries,

the french prison macron has has been criticized by other. political opponents because they say that macron was too soft. radical islam on the muslim population 'd i can tell you and they can show you that prison micron is not. islam is not a muslim he's just a radical islam and he wants to control radical islam prison michael went on fewer t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can make everyone every religion it's not a one religion in particular but every religion and this is part of the freedom of speech of france. president refused to be drawn on the ones comments in an interview though he did highlight that france is under attack for protecting free speach. i'm never a good person though this is the difference between us i believe in respect my point is. becoming more violent and saw the with a leader given the violent example i think of these abuse of a broad between police good leaders is a room where president michael attempting to take the higher ground in that long w

the french prison macron has has been criticized by other. political opponents because they say that macron was too soft. radical islam or the muslim population i can tell you and they can show you that prison micron is not. islam is not a muslim he's just a radical islam and he wants to control radical islam prison michael went on fewer t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can make everyone every religion it's not the one religion in particular but every religion and this is part of the freedom of speech of france president micro refused to be drawn on the comments in an interview earlier though he did highlight that france is under attack simply for protecting a free speach. i'm never a good person though this is the difference between us i believe and respect my point is that becoming more violent and saw the with a leader given the violent example i think of these abuse of a broad between political leaders is a room where president michael attempting to take the higher gr

france's muslim council is due to meet president emmanuel macron this week, after it was asked by the president to come up with a "charter of republican values" for imams in the country to sign. the council, which represents nine muslim associations, has reportedly been asked to include several declarations in the text, including recognition of france's republican values, rejection of islam as a political movement, and a ban on foreign influence. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. iman receives regular abuse from those she calls the haters — hardline islamists who say her brand of scarves and turbans don't always cover a woman's hair enough. president macron wants to curb islamist influence, but requiring all imams to sign up to french values is wrong, iman says, when muslims are already seen by many as not fully french. we feel targeted, we feel like everything that you do, it won't be enough, you have to prove that you're real french — you have to eat pork, you have to drink wine, you have to go out, you don't have to wear a hijab, you have to wear miniskirts and

what the paper is describing as a snub, the prime minister gets a triple snub, from merkel and macron, and this was his idea he would go around, he was happy to go reach out to different leaders and they are holding tight because, ultimately, the person speaking on behalf of the 27 years ursula von der leyen —— is. speaking on behalf of the 27 years ursula von der leyen -- is. that is a perfectly understandable position for such she is negotiating on behalf of the entire eu and i think the eu will be collectively worried about the idea of doing side deals with us if there is no overall deal. along with the idea that, actually, they still want... leaving is still worse than staying in. from the uk site, this is politics. the private nestor is keen to show he is doing every thing he can to get a deal, and that means making himself available, offering to go over there, offering to go to paris, offering to go to berlin, to the kingmakers offering to go to berlin, to the kingmake rs of offering to go to berlin, to the kingmakers of any potential deal. macron in particular is interestin

you said you just spoke to emmanuel macron. did he give you any commitment on when he would open the border? yes, it was an excellent conversation with the french president. he stressed he was keen, i would say, to sort it out in the next few hours if we can, and our teams will be working on it flat out. but the high risk at home is increasingly clear. i think it is likely that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country, and i think it is likely therefore that measures are going to need to be increased in some places in due course, not reduced. france, spain, denmark the czech republic and dozens of others have banned uk travellers, but a decision for president macron about opening the border for freight may not come until lunchtime, although late night conversations have been taking place. president macron, himself in isolation, told his cabinet... "a problematic mutation of the virus in the uk meant exceptional measures were needed to control the border." the longer the ban goes on, the more damage and disrup

you said you just spoke to emmanuel macron. did he give you any commitment on when he would open the border? yes, it was an excellent conversation with the french president. he stressed he was keen, i would say, to sort it out in the next few hours if we can, and our teams will be working on it flat out. but the high risk at home is increasingly clear. i think it is likely that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country, and i think it is likely therefore that measures are going to need to be increased in some places in due course, not reduced. france, spain, denmark the czech republic and dozens of others have banned uk travellers, but a decision for president macron about opening the border for freight may not come until lunchtime, although late night conversations have been taking place. president macron, himself in isolation, told his cabinet... "a problematic mutation of the virus in the uk meant exceptional measures were needed to control the border." the longer the ban goes on, the more damage and disrup

borisjohnson, but mr macron said that he did want to hold onto his portion of the cake. it's also been confirmed today by an eu source that borisjohnson had asked whether he could have individual conversations with president macron of france and angela merkel of germany, but the commission refused that. that's because they want to continue this process is one. they've got to michel barnier, their chief negotiator. they say he is the main man who was in the room, and if a deal is to be done, he will be the man who is there for that moment. nick beake in brussels. to get a clearer sense of where we're up to, let's speak to professor anand menon, director of brexit—focused think tank ‘uk in a changing europe'. hello, how are you doing? are we heading for no deal, is that your assessment? i think the odds of no deal are shortening quite rapidly, nobody really knows, but we are in a situation where we have a clash of principles, political philosophies, and it is very hard to see how those can be fudged significantly to get agreement on this contentious point. because the

that's the feeling of mr macron. and yet the french, the germans, everybody loses here because there will be tariffs if there is no deal, in both directions. plus, we know, for example, that the uk—us relationship on security, defence and intelligence is extremely strong, it's very important to the security of the whole of europe. there are losses all around. absolutely. but the security, the military, all that will stay. because the relationship between the uk and france... inaudible permanent seat on the security council, lots of coordination on terrorism and migration and all of that. of course it will be preserved. the big if is the economy. but the eu feels the hit is more important for the british than the eu. ashis, reports in indian newspapers as i said earlier that borisjohnson has been invited to india injanuary. it hasn't been confirmed here. what would that signify, what could that mean? trade with india still is a relatively small for both countries, isn't it? yes, it is remarkably small. in fact, i wo

and you said you just spoke to emmanuel macron. did he give you any commitment on when he would open the border? yes, it was an excellent conversation with the french president. he stressed he was keen, i would say, to sort it out in the next few hours if we can, and our teams will be working on it flat—out. but the high risk at home is increasingly clear. i think it is likely that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country, and i think it's likely, therefore, that measures are going to need to be increased in some places in due course, not reduced. france, spain, denmark, the czech republic and dozens of others have banned uk travellers, but a decision for president macron about opening the border for freight may not come until lunchtime, although late—night conversations have been taking place. president macron, himself in isolation, told his cabinet: "a problematic mutation of the virus in the uk meant exceptional measures were needed to control the border." the longer the ban goes on, the more damage and di

you said you just spoke to emmanuel macron. did he give you any commitment on when he would open the border? yes, it was an excellent conversation with the french president. he stressed he was keen, i would say, to sort it out in the next few hours if we can, and our teams will be working on it flat out. but the high risk at home is increasingly clear. i think it is likely that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country, and i think it is likely therefore that measures are going to need to be increased in some places in due course, not reduced. france, spain, denmark the czech republic and dozens of others have banned uk travellers, but a decision for president macron about opening the border for freight may not come until lunchtime, although late night conversations have been taking place. president macron, himself in isolation, told his cabinet... "a problematic mutation of the virus in the uk meant exceptional measures were needed to control the border." the longer the ban goes on, the more damage and disrup

the french prison macron has has been criticized by other. political opponents because they say that macron was too soft. radical islam or the muslim population 'd i can tell you and they can show you that prison micron is not. islam is not a muslim he's just a radical islam and he wants to control radical islam prison michael went on few t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can make everyone every religion it's not the world religion in particular but every religion and this is part of the freedom of speech our friends . the tramp administrations around anti china measures to close 5 cultural exchange programs in the u.s. accusing them of being a propaganda tool and secretary of state my pompei are now with fresh visa restrictions on chinese citizens. today i announce to be's of restrictions on united front work department officials who've been gauged to malign activities to co-opt and coerce those who oppose beijing's policies we call on the p.r.c. to end its use of coercio

the french prison macron has has been criticized by other. political opponents because they say that macron was too soft. radical islam on the muslim population 'd i can tell you and show you that prison micron is not. islam is not a muslim he's just a radical islam and he wants to control radical islam prison michael went on fewer t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can make everyone every religion it's not the world religion in particular but every religion and this is part of the freedom of speech of france. to trump ministrations ramping up anti china measures it's close 5 cultural exchange programs in the u.s. accusing them of being a propaganda tool and secretary of state might pompei or announced fresh visa restrictions on chinese citizens. today i announce to be's of restrictions on united front work department officials who've been gauged to malign activities to co-opt and coerce those who oppose beijing's policies we call on the p.r.c. to end its use of coercion to

and you said you just spoke to emmanuel macron. did he give you any commitment on when he would open the border? yes, it was an excellent conversation with the french president. he stressed he was keen, i would say, to sort it out in the next few hours if we can, and our teams will be working on it flat—out. but the high risk at home is increasingly clear. i think it is likely that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country, and i think it's likely, therefore, that measures are going to need to be increased in some places in due course, not reduced. france, spain, denmark, the czech republic and dozens of others have banned uk travellers, but a decision for president macron about opening the border for freight may not come until lunchtime, although late—night conversations have been taking place. president macron, himself in isolation, told his cabinet... "a problematic mutation of the virus in the uk meant exceptional measures were needed to control the border." the longer the ban goes on, the more damage and

we know mrjohnson wanted to talk to angela merkel and emmanuel macron but the eu said you had to keep talking to ursula von der leyen and the eu has a whole, not to individual leaders. do you think that might have made a difference to these negotiations? frankly, i was a bit surprised that emmanuel macron and angela merkel both said we do not want to talk to borisjohnson. we both said we do not want to talk to boris johnson. we have both said we do not want to talk to borisjohnson. we have seen it with the withdrawal agreement before that, he was obviously talking to the irish prime minister back then. i think at the moment by what they wa nt to i think at the moment by what they want to demonstrate is unity and that they actually are behind, there isa that they actually are behind, there is a common line behind michel barnier and i cannot think they really don't want to even get involved in that. obviously, they are behind—the—scenes but, you know, it is always a bit difficult, you know, in the eu 27 angela merkel and emmanuel macron are big players but i think they literally wan

this talks about president macron's exerting pressure and make a demand saying they want total access, the eu wants total access to british fishing rights for ten yea rs. british fishing rights for ten years. that's what their claim is on the telegraph. look up the pressure is going to be angela merkel who exerts the pressure on the french president? welcome we can see that clearly both sides want to reach an agreement, and as rachel said there will be disruption to both sides. if i'io i’ooiti will be disruption to both sides. if no room is reached although as she quite rightly said even with such a shallow agreement that we have been expecting, there's gotta be some for us expecting, there's gotta be some for us disruption any event. yes, angela merkel's intervention is significant but as significant as emmanuel macron's intervention today, and both sides really are speaking to their own parliament in terms of german car manufacturing. it's incredibly important that a deal is struck. but i mean, we really need to see how those redlines are going to see how those redlines are going

that's the feeling of mr macron. and yet the french, the germans, everybody loses here because there will be tariffs if there is no deal, in both directions. plus, we know, for example, that the uk— us relationship on security, defence and intelligence is extremely strong, it's very important to the security of the whole of europe. there are losses all around. absolutely. but the security, the military, all that will stay. because the relationship between the uk and france... inaudible permanent seat on the security council, lots of coordination on terrorism and migration and all of that. of course it will be preserved. the big if is the economy. but the eu feels the hit is more important for the british than the eu. ashis, reports in indian newspapers as i said earlier that borisjohnson has newspapers as i said earlier that boris johnson has been newspapers as i said earlier that borisjohnson has been invited to india in january. borisjohnson has been invited to india injanuary. it hasn't been confirmed here. what

. —— angela merkel and emmanuel macron. it seems so. because the leaders have pointed back to the eu commission and ursula fund or lien as the person overseeing the talks from the eu side. —— ursula von der leyen. we need to see who the premise or is talking to. he is letting it know that he would do everything he can and go to every length and making self available to go and see the people who are the power brokers in the eu, merkeland two people who are the power brokers in the eu, merkel and two to try to get a deal through. i think there is no deal, then people can say that he can't do everything —— that he didn't do anything. —— merkel macron. this is embarrassing a bid for numberio when macron. this is embarrassing a bid for number 10 when your son by those leaders. but if you are a person tear then you are being... —— there already believing what they believe about the eu. so in that way it is a bad book. and notjust snub the ft picks up on other countries, the eu 27 telling other countries do not do side deals wi

she was beaten in the presidential election by emmanuel macron. [singing the marseille♪usee] >> it is within parallel societies that fundamentalists have recruited in our countr i want to see a willingness to take action. >> le pen believes the new law does not go far enough because it does not limit mass immigrion. >> this islamic fundamentalism is a fundamentalism that is important. it was important. as long as we refuse to see that refused to put in place the rightolutions. >> clementine is a lawmaker with a left wing insubordinate friends partand accuses the president of adopting right-wing policies to try to neutralize >> new law is a war machine against all muslims and i think it is a dangerous strategy, it could antagonize them, not necessarily jihadist but at least a radical islam that turns its back on the republic. >> patric -- worked for the ch the terkel publicatio charlie hebdo until 2015 when two islam is murdered 11 colleaes. he could not bear to continue. >> we are at a crossroads. meaning the concept of enlightenment, the philos

yes, i think emmanuel macron wants his colds —— so—called gold standard, the pcr coven testament cost £150, but it would take 48 hours, if not longer. so once again you know, delay is the idea that we can get back to sense of normality at our ports. obviously, everyone said, look, it's fine if it's blockade lasting for 48 hours, the prime minister said it affects 20% of supplies. if it goes on longer, it becomes more problematic when it comes to perishable goods. those typically have a short supply chain and come quite late in the day. the telegraph often is, probably, one of the best or most well informed newspapers, one of the government was my favourite. there your first telephone call. i traced everyone the same, tim. i'm ruthlessly fair. but, yeah. it seems to have a lot of detail there about what they are trying to do to ease things up. yasmin, the government today, well, borisjohnson yasmin, the government today, well, boris johnson and grant yasmin, the government today, well, borisjohnson and grant chaps was saying they have been preparing for this for another reason, a noâ€

angela merkel and president macron closed ranks and confronted borisjohson with a final offer, says the times. it says both leaders have agreed to weaken european union demands for a so—called level playing field. tomorrow is being dubbed as the "day hope arrived" by the daily mirror, as teams at a croydon hospital prepare to administer the first covid—i9 vaccinations. this following the approval last week of the pfizer vaccine by regulators. we are told the first vaccinations will be given on tuesday and then a second given over two weeks. so, let's begin. but let's look at a couple of those front pages in a bit more detail. so we have the times which has envelope merkel and the french president ron united. particularly interesting because over the weekend we were being told that macron was digging in his fee and threatening to veto the whole deal as any of the member states can veto any deal reached in these terms but envelope merkel was being conciliatory and trying to convince the french to move but maybe she thinks they have moved as far as they can be expected to move if those