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Brexit: Boris Johnson in Brussels for critical trade deal talks

British PM and EU chief go over key differences standing in the way of a deal

The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, and the European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, are holding crucial talks to see whether a post-Brexit trade deal can be struck. Over dinner in Brussels, they're discussing the critical differences that have resulted in stalemate, three weeks before a deadline for agreement to be reached.

Also on the programme; more on the attempts to reduce COVID-19 inequalities in Washington DC; and we hear about the first black dancer at Germany’s top ballet company who says she’s faced persistent racism

(Picture: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, Credit: Press Association )

53 minutes

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Wed 9 Dec 202021:06GMT

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