A controversial election victory what does that mean for people struggling on a crippled because. Also lufthansa says that by the end of this year it will slash 29000. 00 jobs thats a 5th of its total workforce and thats not all there will be more job cuts next year. And some exciting weekend soccer action in germany has been asleep by a lever whos scoring goals. And stopping on their way to 2nd place in the district i will tell you how they extended a remarkable unbeaten streak. Welcome to the program british and european negotiators will today resume talks to secure a post bragg. 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 environmental and labor regulations britain will leave the Single Market trading block at the end of the minds. Joined by the. Nominee and brussels havent made any progress well it appears that no progress has really been made so far chief negotiator by mere briefed the best there is in brussels today and he seemed to be a rubber. About the prospects of sealing new trade deal with the u. K. At least according to diplomats they stress to that gaps between you and the u. K. Have not been bridged on the most important issues and they also said that you know the e. U. Is ready to go an extra mile to make an agreement possible but that time is running out so we have to say that brussels is in their rubber a gloomy mood at the moment but. European Commission President will again talk on the phone tonight one of the key sticking points. There are 3 issues dead the talks have been circulating around for 4 weeks now so how to make sure that we are going to have a for a competition or its going to stick to the same rules this is one issue the 2nd issue is how to find a mechanism to make sure that future disputes can be solved between d. And the United Kingdom and the 3rd issue is still fishing for they fishing represents about one percent of the u. K. G. D. P. So this is a rather a symbolic issue but it seems to be very emotional for the u. K. And also for the European Union how much the european officials will get in the future to u. K. Watchers and this. This restocking points here if theres no deal before the end of the deadline what happens well i think its fair to assume that we are going to see a lot of chaos because both sides dont seem to be prepared for such a worst Case Scenario then of course if there is no trade deal we are going to see tariffs on imports from the exports to the we are going to see customs checks and that could mean delays in even delivery of medicines for example we can see the laying of of florries way too to cross the border and very a lot of issues would be affected if there is no trade deal from i. V. Asian traveling in general to even you know transporting your pets from the from the u. K. To the European Union. Venezuelas socialist president Nicolas Maduro has held a gigantic election win that handsome control of the National Assembly and cement his position in power but through a socialist almost 70 percent of the vote turnout was just 31 percent of the opposition parties called for a boycott International Observers have condemned the vote saying the results did not reflect the will of the venezuelan people suffer claims acting president. Said the vote was a fraud. Of the people are the ones who commit fraud do ruin his regime have lost the popular vote the majority of us want change in venezuela dont be surprised if they try to advance the result in the coming days of december because this election has done them no good. When. Im now joined by a failure informed did obvious live in america desk ophelia the International Observers like the e. U. And the organization of american states agree with that b. Election was a good shot whats at stake for the country well this election wont be recognized either by that you the u. S. And other Main International actors this means that the diplomatic isolation of mother a will continue and maybe even worse than this also means that the blockade india and the International Markets will remain as well as the sanctions that have been imposed to the country to venezuelans in their everyday lives not much will change the economic crisis will stay and they wont see any improvement in terms of for example Human Rights Watch the opposition of venezuela seems very divided and fragmented wise that well they are for granted because their project failed basically. Doesnt manage to establish this turn of regina that he was hoping for he lost a lot of strength when he attempted this military uprising last year that we can take him and the. Position started to look for different strategies he and his parliamentarians will have to evacuate the National Assembly on january 5th when the new one takes over and he might even be persecuted and forced to flee the country as many other of the opposition leaders have been forced to but this election is set against a growing humanitarian crisis where the tea is rampant how big is the support for majority socialists really well we saw a very old turnout in this in this election thats because many people didnt think that their voice would make a change there are still some supporters of the socialist project of the chevy small people that believe that the economic crisis is only to do with the sanctions that have been imposed to the country but the reality is that people are so worried about how to survive how to get food and how to manage their lives the political the politics arent arent that important nowadays theyre more worried about how to feed their families and what does it mean for the socialists to win control of the National Assembly well that they are taking over the very last institution that had been democratically elected and that had a real opposition because they have an opposition now but its a fake opposition and that will only strengthen the grip of power of maduro of this oath or a tear in regime it is an important symbolic win but it doesnt change in real terms because they had already legislative powers with this Constitutional Assembly they established into 2017 so really in terms of legal better or some new your powers its not its not a real change so he has cemented his paw. So what for for that is where the weather where does this go well the main problem is how to tackle the economic crisis the majority one has thought about how to. To consolidate more support from his allies like iran russia and china but they dont really have the intention to to invest that much him in as well as they are only theyre also looking for their relationship with other partners around the world and he doesnt have a strategy on how to rebuild the oil industry that is why they have been relying on for so long for the concert from all of americas best thank you for time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today irans revolutionary guard says a remote controlled weapon was used in last weeks assassination of a Top Nuclear Scientist officials said no attackers were present when most and for his out a was shot by a High Precision machine gun fitted with a camera and fishel intelligence iran has previously blamed israel for the attack. Polls have opened in ghana for president ial and parliamentary elections the voters expect it to be a tight race between the 2 main candidates incumbent president before i dont want his longtime rival John Muhammad the west african country is experiencing a financial downturn after decades of growth. 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 and risen weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions its thought an illegal camp fire sparked the blaze. But look now at the latest development in the corona virus pandemic this Arum 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 finds a vaccine on tuesday Health Care Workers and seniors will be 1st in line uncovered 19 infections in germany are still trending upward despite the partial lockdown imposed in early november Health Departments reported more than 12000 new infections about 1000 more than on monday last week when the german state of bavaria new corona virus infections remain among the highest in the country after a crisis musing on sunday the Regional Government has decided to toughen restrictions for them starting wednesday bavarians will be asked to stay at home with only a few exceptions. The state premier of bavaria marcus 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. Whats a particular set 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 cabinet are breaking ranks with the other state premiers in germany. Kovac 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 lock down. Your 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. Numbers arent going down i think its necessary 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 are all of Germany Special states will now follow bavarians lead. On this story lets bring in Political Correspondent julie daly of the german states follow bavarians lead. Well they are premier of bavaria markets so there has always been one of the leaders in germany who was often pushed for tougher restrictions and has gone ahead now and implemented of those restrictions that are significantly harsher than those we see nationwide and this is causing some debate in the country also because countrywide we dont really see coronavirus cases dropping significantly with the current partial lockdown we see cases numbers case numbers flattening but not really going down and the death toll remains quite high and we now see some other state leaders and politicians calling for stricter measures especially in the hot spot areas where the incidence of coronavirus is higher so we do see some warming up towards positions happening in the Political Landscape here in germany was something that the very. State doing as well as others. Well bavaria has been hit hard by the virus already during the 1st wave its where the 1st coronavirus case in germany actually occurred and it continued to be heavily hit also for example after the summer break so between august and september and we currently see as one of the states in germany with the highest incidence of coronavirus cases per 100000 inhabitants the situation is quite serious and even. Acknowledge that he said that the current numbers in bavaria are not acceptable and thats why even though nobody really wants to implement a harsher lock down it is currently necessary but we have to keep in mind though is yes but very is not doing that well but germany wide we dont see numbers improving significantly and that is of concern throughout the country germany wanted also people are looking forward to easing off was directions for christmas and the new year is that still going to happen well the issue now is not only whether the current partial lockdown is working but also whether the expected loosening of restrictions for christmas is too much of a risk that was the loosening this was something was decided on only 10 days ago by german chancellor im going to makan and the state premiers and it was meant to stay that way over the holidays and a new meeting was planned to reevaluate the situation on january 4th now on sunday service said he thinks it is necessary to meet before christmas to decide what to do over the holiday period and other members of germanys political sphere including other state leaders are saying that it definitely is necessary to meet before christmas so we might be seeing a new meeting happening before the holidays. Correspondent julia so delhi thank you jim. Most times us says that by the end of this year well of const 29000. 00 jobs thats a 5th of its workforce the German Airline says its also planning to slice another 10000. 00 jobs in 2021 although demand for flights has risen somewhat towards the end of the year. Worldwide mean much of its fleet remains grounded the company has received substantial state this year due to the crisis by the end of the 3rd quarter it had recorded losses of 5600000000 euros. Now lets bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt chose to delay the chelsea thats worse than the funds i was previously announced right it is tons i have previously been saying it was going to cut about 22000 jobs by the end of the year thats obviously been increased quite a bit now in part thats because the house decided to sell its catering unit which accounted for about 7500. 00 jobs but they also are cutting about 20000. 00 jobs abroad and as you mentioned they plan to now cut another 10000. 00 jobs within germany next year and thats going to be very controversial because as part of the 9000000000. 00 euros that lufthansa received from the German Government this this massive bailout they had really pledged to try and not cut jobs in germany to try and preserve those jobs and they have been negotiating with the unions within germany but now theyre saying that they they likely will have to cut jobs here as well thats in part because the Airline Industry is is really is still not seeing much of that bounce back theyre losing a lot of money if they only expect capacity to ride out about 20 maybe 25 percent through the end of the year so its really a much more difficult situation and they have been expecting us the island its an industry wide problem of course who will survive this. Well a lot of state carriers like photons have gotten a significant amount of help from their governments its not just of tons of air france. Some airlines and italy is there has been a lot of support from europe for these airlines but they will face a lot of challenges Going Forward the industry is not expected to recover fully until maybe 20242025 even then these carriers will emerge from this much smaller they will have to make permanent job cuts they will have to let go of planes so the future for the industry looks much dimmer and much smaller. In frankfurt for us thank you charles. Time for a few more headlines u. S. President s Donald Trumps person a lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for corona virus yes reportedly been admitted still Washington Hospital but tweeted to say he feels fine the 76 year old has traveled extensively working to overturn trumps recent election loss. Romanias parliamentary election held on sunday is too close to call Prime Minister of a call bomb claimed victory for his center right liberal party but the left wing social democrats appear to be slightly ahead in another exit poll turnout was record low with only a 3rd of the electorate voting. Lebanons capital beirut has been hit by a hail storm for the 1st time in more than 50 years the intense downpour that to flooding in some areas held so many residents by surprise and comes just months after a massive explosion at bury port left some 3000 people homeless. Sports news on match day 10 and the football bonus league on sunday nights game pad 2 clubs going in opposite directions by liver calls and went into this one unbeaten in the league this season and looking to put pressure on by on at the top shocker meanwhile on a winless run stretching back 250 does leave the matches. With the other top teams dropping points leverkusen were looking to put themselves into the title race shelter coach manual bone was looking for anything positive anything but things went south in the 1st 10 minutes blues defender how forced to try to head the ball clear didnt write an own goal to make it one nil labor who isnt. It stayed that way to the 67th minute when leon bailey offered another worthy corner kick julieann baumgartner with just the right touch laver couz