International

World News 3^rd December
The EU is still in a deadlock over the budget which is due to start in January.  Poland and Hungary have refused to sign up and it requires all Countries in the EU to agree.  They refuse because of the requirement for the Rule of Law.  This means that justice should not be biased and not influenced by political parties.  In Poland and Hungary the pollical parties have taken away people’s freedom and changed the judges.  This goes against EU principles.  Now Poland and Hungary refuse to sign because they are worried that their money will be stopped because they do not follow the EU Rule of Law.  Germany has to try to find solution.
No skiing for some over Christmas.  France and Germany and Austria are closing down but Switzerland is still open.  So the French Government will have checks at the border to try to stop French people going to ski in Switzerland.  The Swiss say that it is not the skiing which causes the problems – it is the meeting up afterwards where people are in small spaces drinking and eating.  The Swiss say they can control this with social distance.
Weather in Australia. Very bad storm with gales and thunderstorms over Sydney.  Twenty thousand homes lost their power.   Fraser Island, just north of Brisbane, the largest sand island in the world has had a bush fire for 6 weeks.  It is a World Heritage site with special forests, which are being destroyed.  The United Nations says 2020 will be in the top three hottest years for the planet that has ever been recorded.  More reason to be tackling global warning…. now.
Russia is to start a mass programme to give their vaccine to people.  Virus continues out of control in the USA – health experts expect a big surge after the Thanksgiving holiday last week.