Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, December 7th,

and this is your FT news briefing.

Britain's negotiations with the EU were on a knife edge Sunday night.

Scientists are pushing the EU to stick to climate science as they draw up rules on

sustainable finance and a COVID-19 vaccine will be available for private purchase in India.

Plus, there's always a lot of focus on how the UK will survive after Brexit,

but today we'll take a look at how the EU will fare without Britain.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need. how the EU will fare without Britain.

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Brexit negotiations are far from over and deep division still remain.

Irish Prime Minister Mikhail Martin told the broadcaster RTE on Sunday,

Britain's trade talks with the EU were on a knife edge.

My gut instinct is that it's 50-50 right now,

and I don't think one can be overly optimistic about a resolution emerging.

The main issues are still there.

The big one is the so-called level playing field, the rules governing

future competition between the EU and the UK. But there's also been no compromise over

EU fishing rights. Britain suggested that EU fishermen can have three years

to operate in UK waters.

The EU wants 10 years.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

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