European negotiators will pick up talks again with an outcome still highly uncertain. A german state known for its festive spirit remains a stopper and hot spot for coronavirus now people there face even tighter restrictions ahead of the holidays. And some exciting weekend soccer action in germany is going to sleep go higher labor costs and scoring goals and stopping them on their way to 2nd place in the ports they got will tell you how they extended a remarkable on the beat in st. Im sumi so much got to thank you for joining us the results are in and as expected president nicolas mughals party has won the parliamentary elections in venezuela consolidating his grip on power Opposition Leaders called on supporters to boycott the vote they and many western nations have condemned it as fraud the pandemic has deepened the countrys long running economic and political crisis and with no op turn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about their future. A humble tarr night few venezuelans came out to cast their votes on election day perhaps because there was so little to choose from with many opposition figures banned from participating the ruling socialist parties victory was all but assured that would give president maduro control over the National Assembly the only institution not yet in his hands 13 israelis economy was already in a downward spiral when punitive u. S. Sanctions meant to dislodge material made everything worse the trumpet ministration policy hit venezuelans hard with many struggling to meet basic needs and hunger rampant. 5000000 citizens have left the country. President would do are the opposition to join him now asking the incoming u. S. Administration to rethink the policy. That when your mouth i call on our opposition to abandon the extremist route. And to call in one voice for the new u. S. Government of joe biden to lift all sanctions in one voice but u. S. Backed Opposition Leader one has called for sanctions to be increased instead enthusiasm for quiet all who declared himself interim president anally 2019 has fallen drastically ever since he feel to oust material his campaign are doing venezuelans to boycott the selection did not prove popular thea. Regardless of a persons political position its a civic duty to vote he said i meant the latin extension does not promote democracy or change change is achieved to mass participation and yes i have somebody that i will try their luck at this it was messy with. Nicolas maduro his victory is likely to be hailed by his allies russia and china. But for ordinary venezuelans they have little reason to expect swift change. And we have harmes i would be from latin america desk with us good morning ophelia thanks for joining us we now know that it could last month party has as expected won control of the national simply what does this mean and no real surprises here sumi what it means is that he will continue to tighten his grip of power he has already ruled the country with no authority and regime but now he gains the last institution that was in control of the opposition with this institution he gets the legislative power and that will only mean that he will continue to strengthen his his power in real practical terms it doesnt change much in the country though the bad news for the maduro regime is that the Economic Situation will probably continue because he will continue to be isolated from the International Community what about the opposition here we saw images in the report of one though you know the Opposition Leader there was so much Energy Around him but it seems like theyre now in a very difficult position so what do you think this leaves them well this election has shown that they are divided again as they have been in the past and has been losing power and strength in the last 22 years we havent seen him very active some people say he might have needed more support from the International Community but the problem now is that he will have to step down he and his Parliament Even if he tries to continue administrative powers as he has said he will do in a referendum he will have to step down and he might even face persecution and will have to end up in exile as many other Opposition Leaders the opposition will have to really gain power together they are divided and they will have to find a new leader that might help them you mentioned the economic crisis and the humanitarian situation also in venezuela right now is dire i mean how do venezuelans see this election well the low participation that we have seen so far shows that. People really didnt have much interest in this election not only because the outcome was clear to everybody but because people are very much more worried about how to get food and how to get every days needs that are really a struggle in day to day lives for venezuelans. What we see now is that the Economic Situation wont change much the rudder regime doesnt have a real Clear Strategy on how to tackle the crisis and so the situation for venezuelans wont change much we might see even more venezuelans fleeing the country joining those 5000000 migrants that already have fled venezuela and what about the International Community here we know that the u. S. Also called this election a fraud that there were no International Observers from the European Union for example what role does the International Community and its view on the selection play well they didnt send any International Observers because there are no real signs that there is and the transparency of the electoral body is controlled by the majority in the judiciary is controlled by them as well but it is important that the International Community doesnt support them because this will continue to strengthen the sanctions that will continue to affect venezuela and we can throw a bigger analogy worldwide you can see the liberal democracies havent really found a way to deal with the authoritarian regime as a venezuela and this can apply to many other countries as well i feel your hands are at the from latin america desk thank you so much for your analysis. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world irans revolutionary guard to censor a remote controlled weapon was used in last weeks assassination of a Top Nuclear Scientist officials that know what taxes were president when most insight exciting was shot by a High Precision machine gun fitted with a camera and our Artificial Intelligence iran has previously blamed israel for the attack. In australia residents have been told to evacuate from Fraser Island as bush fires burn toward homes more than half of the World HeritageNational Park has been destroyed by fires in recent weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions it is thought that no legal campfire sparked the blaze. U. S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus hes reportedly been admitted to a Washington Hospital but tweeted to say he feels fine the 76 year old has travelled extensively working to overturn trumps recent election loss. Runs the british and european negotiators will today resume talks to secure a post breaks its a trade deal with an agreement hanging in the balance the latest round of talks is taking place in brussels ahead of an e. U. Summit later this week the e. U. Is offering tariff free access to the Single Market in exchange for britain agreeing to e. U. Rules on state aid environmental and labor regulations britain will leave the Single Market trading block at the end of this month. And for the very latest lets go over to brussels barbara vessel is standing by for us there hi barbara good to see you so negotiations that were tense over the weekend there resuming today has any progress been made. No progress has been made because from what just emerged a very Early Morning briefing by show bunya the e. U. Lead negotiator to the european ambassadors who are 1 the point people off the Member States here in brussels there is not mood of victory absolutely not the talks are slowed talks are difficult they are dragging on and there has been no breakthrough we heard last night that supposedly somehow on fisheries the 2 sides had come together but that was as so often before in these in this drama it was a false hope and so theyre continuing throughout the day well thats not a good sign we know that the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and the European Commission president was on a funded line they will evaluate tonight whether and nothe progress really has been made now barbara you mentioned the fisheries but remind us what the biggest sticking points are right now. Nothing has moved of the 3 Big Questions you mentioned already the level Playing Field thats what we call fair competition that is britain has to sort of more or less acknowledge the rules that the European Union has on environment labor laws and so on its very big bone of contention is the question of governance the e. U. Wants rather tight clauses to punish the United Kingdom if they sort of dont obey the rules off the agreement in the end something that we have seen was the result drawn all agreement and that is another big problem it will be coming back to the contentious internal market log will be coming back into Parliament Today in london and supposedly be voted through that is a point for the European Union where they say if you dont stick to the 1st agreement we did how can we ever believe that you will stick to the 2nd agreement we you do so there is a complete lack of trust and then of course there is fishery they cant agree on how and where and how much the 2 sides the fishers of 2 of the 2 sides will be allowed to use each of the supporters and what fish to pull out and just quickly barbara if they dont get a deal what happens. It will be the mother of all contest or fees we have will have trucks picked up through the arisan on in cali and dover of course everything will break down well need emergency agreements on aviation on transport to 4 trucks to be able to row at all the whole cooperation between the u. K. And the united and the European Union 40 years off it will suddenly all be void and they will really have to scramble to sort of come across the 1st of january of next year it will be a very difficult time all of that hanging in the balance today. For us in brussels thank you. Lets take a look now at the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the Serum Institute of india says it has applied for emergency use authorization of its Coronavirus Vaccine in India Britain says it will administer the 1st doses of the biotech Pfizer Vaccine on tuesday Health Care Workers and seniors will be 1st in line and cover 1000. 00 infections in germany are still trending upward despite the partial lockdown of post in early november Health Departments reported more than 12000 new infections about 1000 more than on monday last week and in the german state of bavaria new corona virus infections remain among the highest in the country after a crisis meeting on sunday the Regional Government has decided to toughen restrictions starting wednesday bavarians will be asked to stay at home with only a few exceptions. The state premier of the very a market has long been wanting to implement tougher restrictions. His state has recorded the countrys highest coronavirus death toll and after weeks of consistently high numbers despite new restrictions he says its time to go further. The largest lyta the situation is unfortunately serious its simply not enough we must do more we have to take action that is why i convened a special coronavirus Cabinet Meeting today so that we can implement various measures before christmas miles for the on off base whats. Said to announce a number of new measures as of wednesday people in bavaria will only be able to leave their homes with good reason for example to go to work to the doctor to go shopping or for exercise curfews from 9 pm to 5 am are planned for hotspots with the highest infection rates and there will be stricter rules and checks on the borders with austria and the czech republic. Schools will remain open but 13 year olds and above will only be expected to attend on alternate weeks. With the move said and his bavarian cabinets are breaking ranks with the other state premiers in germany. Cope with 19 restrictions are up to the individual states but so far theyve agreed to take a unified approach. The 16 federal states have agreed in recent weeks to a number of stricter measures as part of the countrys current lockdown. It was you that chancellor Angela Merkel has often said she thinks the steps dont go far enough so while the new measures might be welcome to the chancellor in berlin there were mixed reactions on the streets of bavaria its going to say the numbers arent going down i think its necessary i would us to this making it this tough i think its a bit excessive but i think of my workplace for example where i sit with sometimes up to 30 colleagues and then i can only spend new years eve with 5 people. With new infection rates remaining consistently high in germany the question is if other or all of germanys federal states will now follow bavarians lead. Today germany and poland are marking the 50th anniversary of an historic agreement the treaty of warsaw was a cold war a nonaggression pact that guaranteed germanys acceptance of polands post war borders west germany chancellor at the time any plant travel to communist poland to sign the agreement but his visit became known for an even more historic event at the memorial for the warsaw ghetto uprising against the nazis plant went down on his knees a deeply symbolic gesture seen as a mark of atonement for the 6000000 poles killed by germanys nazi regime during world war 2. Faced with the of business of german history in the burden of the millions who have been murdered i did what we humans do when words fail us. Thats how willy brandt described the moment thats come to be known as the genuflection of warsaw. It was an act of atonement for the sins of the nazis of the nearly half a 1000000 jews and present in the was so ghetto most were killed in total nearly 6000000. 00 poles perished today a plaque commemorates the historic gesture the square where it happened renamed in honor of the german chancellor half a century later the meaning of that moment still echoes throughout warsaw. He was begging forgiveness to make this guest had to ask our forgiveness for all the germans what they did to us during the war. You know this was a person who broke into booze a person who broke barriers he was brave enough to make this extraordinary. Show the 1st of all it paved the way for dialogue between germany and poland that marked the beginning years after the end of world war 2 when there was still a lot of animosity on posts. At home brands gesture was met with hostility nearly 50 percent sort as a sellout of National Interests at a time when many still sought to reclaim former eastern territories dogs hopes were dashed when plants signed the treaty of warsaw formally accepting the existing border and recognizing the polish state a chapter thats gone down in german history as a game changer. Thats not thats what this is take to mean to you that is the plan needing before the memorial to the warsaw ghetto uprising that marked a turning point in west germany its policy towards Eastern Europe you know this was obviously its a connecticut guess as specially because it was made by someone who himself had resisted the nazis and was forced into exile this was a moment of reconsideration or maybe brother an admission of guilt. In poland plant act of humility marked the beginning of a close friendship but that changed when the populist law and Justice Party rose to power in 2015. 70 years after. The war they say they want more than what they call empty gestures they want reparations from germany lawmakers in berlin have refused such demands many here dismissed it as an attempt by the polish nationalist government to score cheap political points by stirring up anti german resentment but some are more open to the idea how they differ like maybe germany did take the easy way out because our polish neighbors were so quick to accommodate us maybe its not such a bad idea to talk about reparations just as we discussed erecting a memorial here in berlin the polish victims of the german occupation. 50 years on the relationship between germany and poland looks as bleak as the weather did on that fateful december day but an suggestion serves as a reminder that where theres a will theres a way. Our chief Political Correspondent linda crane is with us hi melinda this image of the chancellor kneeling what made that moment s