this is deja vu news that live from the berlin britain wakes up to a new era after his official exit from the european union. in a divided country the drawn out divorce brings happiness for some and heartbreak for others while the final settlement is far from clear. also coming up 2 votes shy democrats hoping to call witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial are defeated in the senate clearing the way for trump's almost certain acquittal in the coming days.

i'm nick spicer thanks for joining us. after 3 years of high stakes political drama since it voted to leave the european union britain is out of the block at the stroke of midnight brussels time the u.k. and nearly half a century of membership in the e.u. but bracks it is still not a done deal the 2 sides now embark on an 11 month transition period and the difficult work of finding the new terms of a new relationship. bringing in the changes a recording of big ben dong didn't practice it at the prime minister's residence in downing street but the country is still riven by the it's you. know he's celebrating britain's exit from the e.u.

in parliament square did so with a fierce passion for some britain had been set free. expression really break. this. down for so called breck's it is like nigel for us who fought a long campaign to take the u.k. out of the e.u. it was an historic day the decades he held a minority view but with britain's exit he'd let the celebrations at the nation's departure. gate case 3. straight moves in the history. but the nation is far from united in joy at the move.

you supporters gathered outside the scottish parliament here in adams and in other parts of the u.k. there was sadness a majority of scots voted to stay in the ear. you but their voice is being ignored in westminster. i think it's appalling to me 62 percent of us want it to demand in europe some are being dragged out against our will it's absolutely disgraceful. that. sorrow in brussels to him and in other cities on the continent young britons rallied that future less certain and their vision of a nation at home in europe seemingly defeated. my. infamy and breaks my heart that thank you k. seems to think that if he didn't face it the way. breaks it has

exposed a huge division in british politics but the show of emotion and tribalism in the u.k. on its point of departure from the e.u. indicates that the debate over its place in europe is far from settled. and to shed some more light on the situation we're joined in the studio we didn't set analyst rob much rob the u.k. has left the e.u. what next well it's it's left the realities on the grounds means nothing much changes within the next 11 months things cycle transition periods the u.k. will remain in the customs union the single market goods people's business can move freely but legally technically it's the $650.00 shows they will process that is now finished will the divorce is settled and the anyway. else get back it has to officially apply its rejoining or within the next 711 months nothing much will

actually change for the people themselves. the u.k. is going to be negotiating a new trade deal with the european union what are the most important issues for what i think 1st off i think boris johnson's. a goal to have an all encompassing deal which would include trade ins this is education and science i think that is fairly overambitious still that within 11 months i think they'll focus on the bed trade deal. ton of momentarily 1st non-customer goods i think that's the only thing they can achieve within that time span and then depending on how those talks go. on the fishing rights that's a crucial issue then they'll be able to move into the other areas but just in that report we saw there were scenes of what i guess we could almost describe as morning in scotland or is there a good chance the scots will leave the u.k. no well 1st minister nicola sturgeon is trying to push to deduce

a new bill this year and to pave the way for a referendum but again the westminster has a veto so he could block that one idea that's being mooted now is she would try and hold a non-binding referendum to test the waters to see if there's enough support for a referendum but again that would also need a transfer of power from london to scotland to be able to hold a non-binding referendum so right now you know they're putting all their cars on the table trying to see how much they can influence in that sense maybe another challenge that boris johnson is facing is healing the deep divisions in the country because it was a close run your race and you've got hamleys that can barely talk to each other intergenerational divides town versus country how does he heal all that well i think he started off yes they were made not by by keeping the celebrations locate i think he made a determined effort to come across as being appeasing and moderate i think you know

he said this is a new era for the u.k. and he's going to try and move the country forward trying strike a deal with the e.u. i think all. so much depends on his approach on how he goes into the tools when they get new currency asians if he can come across as being moderates and not so hard line i think people might be willing to give him a chance in those tools ok i said analyst rob much thanks for that insight and. so to take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the united states is widening president donald trump's a controversial travel ban restricting immigration from 6 more nations including nigeria kurdistan and sudan move will make it harder for citizens of those countries to obtain certain types of visas ashington says the measures are the result of national security concerns police in chile have fired water cannon

and tear gas at anti-government protesters in the capital santiago protesters responded by throwing rocks at vehicles chileans have been demonstrating for great greater social equality since october. a key accuser in heart harvey weinstein's trial has alleged that she was raped twice by the former hollywood mogul actress jessica men said she remained in a relationship with him out of fear on stephen has been charged with several counts of sexual assault in the united states the senate on friday voted against hearing from witnesses in the impeachment trial of president donald trump senators voted $51.00 to $49.00 against the motion only 2 republican senators sided with the democratic members of the senate in an attempt to hear from witnesses including trump's former national security advisor the defeat paves the way for trump's likely acquittal in a vote set for wednesday. and here is senate democratic leader chuck schumer

after the vote. it's a gray and tragedy one of the worst tragedies that the senate has ever overcome america will remember this day unfortunately where the senate did not live up to its responsibilities where the senate turned away from truth and went along with the sham and for more let's go to washington and correspondent all over solid all over we just heard the democrats' view what were the arguments for and against allowing more witnesses and documents so the democrats and democrats argued essentially that they need to have witnesses and evidence otherwise it would not be a real impeachment trial and they also pointed out to history that both of the former impeachment trial. 1 trials also had. witnesses as well as evidence of a loud they are the republicans many of the senators even admitted that the

president did what he was charged for but the line of defense here was that that will simply not an impeachable offense and so and that witnesses even if they would be allowed would not change the final verdict and therefore it was just be it would just be a losing time essentially and across both political aisles center as even admitted that this was a very partisan. a very partisan impeachment trial and then we heard very often on the republican side also that it's election year and that's just have the voters decide and fall then the country decides on the fate of president trump or the senate is now in recess so what's next with the impeachment. so the trial will resume on monday there will be 2 hours of closing arguments arguments comparable short if you consider the marathon's we've followed here in recent days

the centers will then have the chance to speak to explain their vote and then on wednesday afternoon we're going to hear that final verdict and that will be after the iowa caucus and also after that famous state of the union speech the president is going to deliver on tuesday so where he actually wanted to be clear victory so it's a little setback for him but the eventually outcome is inevitable because the republican controlled senate will then not remove president trump from office and he will remain president at least until the next election all right to abuse all over solid reporting from washington thanks. in china the number of people infected with the coronavirus has topped 11000 the death toll there has climbed to 259 as the virus spreads more countries are confirming cases the latest are in russia you know that kingdom and sweden. and iraq say they'll deny entry to people from china the world

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