managed by from part. of. this is deja vu news live from berlin the new u.s. president gets to work reversing the policies of his predecessors. never heard we were going to rejoin our current course. joe biden has taken his place in the oval office signing a string of executive orders and making key appointments to put his agenda into action. also coming up for the 1st time in more than 3 years

a suicide bomber strikes in the heart of baghdad killing and wounding scores of people. and i know america tells germans that measures to contain the coronavirus are paying off but the death waits are still strikingly high as she also speaks of her concerns about the new variants railing progress. i'm sumi so much gonna it's good to have you with us a new chapter is beginning in the united states president joe biden has already started undoing some of the policies of the trumpet ministration on his 1st day in office he rejoined the paris climate accord and the world health organization he also ended a ban on travelers from some mainly muslim countries in his inaugural address he called for unity and a change in tone. you know hurry to get to work new u.s.

president joe biden arrived at the white house ready to roll back the policies of his predecessor within hours of taking over the oval office biden signed a stack of executive orders resetting the agenda on the coronavirus pandemic immigration policy and climate change. we're going to review while you're here. during the climate of course. as of today. wearing a mask he ordered all federal employees to do so as well biden moved quickly to fill key positions swearing in nearly 1000 new appointees and stuff virtually the new white house press secretary jens saki heralded relations with the press instead of attacking reporters and spreading so-called alternative facts. i have deep

respect for the role of a free and independent press in our democracy and for the role all of you play as i noted earlier there will be moments when we disagree and there will certainly be days where we disagree for extensive parts of the briefing even perhaps i believe a common goal which is sharing accurate information with the american people meanwhile vice president come about how our us took up a post in the senate swearing in new members of georgia with the new law make is the senate is now split 5050 between democrats and republicans vote to tip the scales there meaning the democrats now have control of both houses of congress and the power to push forward with president biden's agenda. let's bring in our washington bureau chief you know it's poll hi you know it's good to see you it is now joe biden's 1st full day on the job and he plenty has plenty of work to do he has made the pandemic a priority tell us more about what we're going to see there. right sumi you know we

have to keep in mind that alone in the greater areas someone die is a code every 6 to 10 minutes this is how grim it looks here and it will get worse that's what experts say because of the new more taishan so biden didn't lose any time it took him only like 2 hours in office before he signed the 1st executive order which makes it mandatory for mosques wearing on federal property and buildings and he also asked this fellow americans to wear a mosque in public for his 1st 100 days in office and he already has announced a new c.d.c. director so he is really making that a priority we also kind of have to keep in my o.b. aware that we spend some minutes of his acceptance speech to address this pandemic this is and this shows how seriously he's taking covert 19 you know as you

mentioned some of those numbers from los angeles but remind us how bad the pandemic is in the u.s. right now. the problem is that there is no plan you know biden didn't tarried inherit any vaccination plan from his predecessor so he has a huge huge task to really organize the delivery but he also will sign more executive orders that's what we learn to in hennes the production of the vaccinations maybe this morning he will do that and also expanding tests so the united states is not prepared however when it comes to code 19 that has a lot to do with the donald trump just made everything regarding this pandemic so political. and you know as we heard by now the president promised to fight for unity in the country how big of a challenge is that going to be. it's huge because this united

states has never been so disunited to and we all know that social media has played a big role in these 2 alternative realities people are living in he presented himself to in his acceptance speech as a unifier and it was remarkable the way you did that in very simple words he reached out in a very like every american manner and asked his fellow americans for help but this will be a huge challenge and i think it's good for him to focus on the pandemic because if he really is able to conduct some success in that regard this probably will help in our washington bureau chief in this poll reporting good to talk to you. now twin suicide bombings have ripped through

a busy market in central baghdad authorities say more than 20 people have been killed with dozens more injured according to the interior ministry the 1st suicide bomber rushed into the market claiming to feel sick and detonated his bomb when people gathered around him the bombings at the 1st in 3 years to target the iraqi capital there was no immediate claim of responsibility. let's get the latest on the situation we can speak to my a bally a journalist for the a.f.p. news agency in baghdad what more do you know at this point. thanks so much for having me on at this point there's been very little that's beyond besides the details that you have just mentioned it will be our cvs condemnation start to come in and around the world and also from president. despicable i think it's highlight how shocking displays for so many iraqis who have become accustomed to having it into living in

a city where explosions and are not the norm anymore and seen basically 3 years of her sight where they didn't have this kind of violence and so today to have this kind of violence break out on a normal morning in baghdad it was quite shocking for many people it is a horrific attack by is there any indication who might be behind this at this stage there has been no claim of responsibility yet we're very closely monitoring the usual channels through which isis claims such attacks but at this point there's been nothing people in the street are quite afraid of seeing a return to those those missed any suicide bombings that were quite commentor sectarian infighting in 2006 onwards and during isis's campaigns around the country from 2014 on roads but so far intelligence agencies and other security officials have not revealed any information about what might you know you mentioned that baghdad had reached some level of security and normality why do you think we might

be seeing this type of attack now. there haven't been any solid indications but one thing that a lot of the security officials that we've been talking to have mentioned is the planned elections that are supposed to play it later on this year but actually if you go back to the last time there was a suicide attack that wasn't any close to this deadly it was in january of 2018 which was just our minds had a parliamentary election in iraq the last time presidential elections took place in iraq later on this year we're also expecting the entry elections are meant to take place early ahead of schedule at this point authorities are deciding whether it's going to be june or later on like in october but many people are connecting the possible rise in political instability in that kind of inciting to potentially more violence like the suicide attacks that we saw today journalist michael palin from the a.f.p. news agency speaking to us from baghdad thank you very much. let's

check in now and some other headlines from around the world security forces in mali used to tear gas to disperse dozens of demonstrators in the capital bamako on wednesday police also used roadblocks and motorbike convoys to stop people from gathering protesters were rallying against the ongoing presence of the french military france has deployed over a 1000 troops in mali since 2013 on an anti terror operation. in china state media has reported that a worker trapped in a gold mine for more than a week has died as rescuers continue efforts to save 21 others still stuck deep underground rescuers have been in contact with 11 of the workers but the fate of the other 10 remains on no. a 4th person has died after an explosion ripped through a building in central madrid one building partially collapsed in the residents of a nearby nursing home were evacuated the city's mayor says initial investigation

suggest that a gas leak caused the blast. you're watching news still to come on our show we meet a football juggling star from nigeria this 12 year old skills have gone viral online and he's already written his name in the guinness book of records. but 1st german chancellor angela merkel says the country is in a very difficult situation because of the pandemic she says too many people are still dying but the measures to bring down the number of new cases are paying off she also urged germans to take the new variant of the virus seriously or face a 3rd wave of infections. the home business we're dealing with an alarmingly high death toll today alone we have again lost over a 1000 people this is terrible these are not just numbers these are people who have died all alone these are families her mourning we have to remind ourselves of this again and again and we also have to struggle with the fact that all our efforts

against the virus do not exclude it's danger. of a new meaning that fuels we see the danger of the meat and strain a little bit clearer and then at the beginning of the year i think of the mutant strain from britain and ireland which has also been seen in the netherlands in denmark and also in our country. and the. our political correspondent jared reed is tracking this story for us jared what more has the chancellor said about the current situation. well she described it really as as a mixed picture because as we've been seeing the last few days there are fewer people in intensive care units and the 7th day in fiction right is on a steady decline and uncle americal says well this is encouraging news it means that the restrictions are working but there is another side to this these very

stubborn lehi in fiction numbers each day and deaths i mean today we saw more than a 1000 people die or all of all we've had 19 and what i'm going medical did was defend this strategy and the decision by her and the state leaders earlier this week to extend these restrictions and to the middle of february to encourage more medical mask wearing in public to encourage people to work from harm or reducing the infection risk in public because of the very real threat posed by these variants that are starting to be seen in germany she says she doesn't want these strains to become dominant ones here jared what about the vaccination rollout that has been criticized here in germany for being too slow what is the chancellor said about that. well essentially there at the moment as it stands there aren't enough vaccines to to go around to everyone that needs them and that is because of

a lack of production capacity what markel said is that she basically appealed for patients saying that more needed to be done to support manufacturers vaccine manufacturers in getting more vaccines out there what she said was 2 which we've heard earlier this week too from health authorities that is that the government wants to offer x. and nation to everyone in germany by the middle of september so by the end of the european summer what undermount called to also said was in light of these variants these mutations that are being seen here in germany is that it is easy for vaccine manufacturers to to change the development of the vaccine based on what they learned from the mutation so the vaccine can be altered to fight the mutations that are being seen or those mutations are also raising questions about whether it's

important to impose border controls around germany and in across europe as well and what did the chancellor have to say about that well this is something that e.u. leaders including are going to be discussing later today in an online conference what angle americal basically said was that the government wasn't planning comprehensive border closures or controls but it wouldn't rule it out if neighboring countries were not able to get infection numbers under control and in order to do that i'm going merkel says is that a comprehensive strategy is needed across the block though she doesn't expect there will be a comprehensive agreement today we just have to wait and see our correspondent jared reed reporting thank you. let's take a look now at some other developments in the pandemic china plans to impose strict code testing requirements during the lunar new year holiday season when millions of people are expected to travel the countries battling the worst wave of new

infections since last march the netherlands will ban flights from the u.k. south africa and south america beginning saturday for a month the country will also debate a nationwide curfew aimed at curbing infections and australia has recorded a 4th day of 0 cases this comes a day before new roles rules go into effect requiring international visitors to test negative for the virus within 72 hours before departure would arrive to vaccinate as many people as possible is set to top the agenda of the meeting of e.u. leaders today they're also reported to be planning to discuss a proposal to allow each new why travel with a coronavirus vaccination card but as. reports some fear that this could be misused. no need for physical distancing partying traveling this is what europe looked like before the pandemic are

returning to normal life is what europeans are craving many here hope that getting vaccinated will bring that life back but slow vaccination rollout in many european countries means it will take months before jobs are available to all this raises questions about whether vaccinated people should receive privileges they've been able to travel freely greece's prime minister has me to tack is floated the idea of an e.u. wide vaccination certificate to help restore cross border travel and tourism in his country his fellow party member marius bit accu backs him to france and development to say for the people to go forward to proceed forward to nation we have to motivate people adore him to explain to them but it is important finally to create a space in order to protect ourselves in order to protect our way of life the e.u. executive says they will work with the e.u. states on a common approach it's a political and a legal decision what you allow to do with this or to fix it and i think this is

something that we will certainly discuss on the cover and european level to have common rules but i think it's also indeed important always to find the right balance for example you can always call vine either a certificate or and negative coverage test if you did not have access to a vaccination so far. opponents fear that attaching rights to vaccination certificate would divide europeans into 2 categories the vaccinated and the non-black to meet it watchdogs are warning there is a risk better certificate could be misused for example by potential employers. only time. which are dealing with. we have to be read the good we will use them for certain purposes only for this purpose the vaccines provide an amount of protection to those that have had them. but it's still not clear whether they

also prevent people from passing on the virus the fear is that giving people who have been vaccinated the freedom of movement could also pose a threat to those who are not. football now in the bundesliga season has reached the halfway mark and are only on berlin one nil in midweek action on wednesday night the only goal came in the 70th minute courtesy of forsberg it was the swedish wingers 3rd of the campaign forsberg fired in and on stoppable shot the win keeps leipzig in 2nd place while berlin dropped to 6 that's for losing for the 1st time since early december. let's check in on the midweek want to go results now which is edging out berlin cologne beat shaka byron squeeze past freiburg tied with frankfurt to be felled downed guard and a wednesday leverkusen beat dortmund gladbach edged past bremen hoffenheim

thumbtack to and vosburgh downed minds. a 12 year old freestyle football player from nigeria is already in the guinness book of records for his juggling skills he's now ending to break his own mark and want to become a professional footballer and he has an unusual style take a look. juggling one ball with your knees is hard enough but nigerian 2 non-so ha does it while balancing another ball on his head. he's so good at it that he set a world record 2 years ago. 111 touches in one minute not a single wobble from the ball on his head it looks like it's glued into place. he's only 12 and learned his skills from some football greats. nobody

to me but my father made in part in my love. of. pete so fond it is now an online sensation videos of his football skills have received thousands of views but not everyone took him seriously. his record changed all that. before with us was close enough not to me what a brick record memphis said they want to be that. the king of multitasking is not satisfied he is now aiming for another world record 2000 touches all while balancing a ball on his head a career as a professional footballer is his ultimate dream you wouldn't bet against it it's now as we mentioned after 4 years of divisions in the united states president

joe biden is promising to bring the country back together so what could the biden presidency mean for the arts we talked to leading american artists just before the inauguration. conductor marin alsop is one of many american artists who say they are relieved that a new administration has moved into the white house she's currently music director of the r.f. radio symphony in vienna and the baltimore symphony. hall because it's like a huge exhale says that we've been holding our breath for 4 years not knowing what was about to happen at any moment. singer jocelyn b. smith has lived in berlin for the past 30 years she sees the change in administration as a chance for america to heal. looking at. stamina there is a strength and this is i would say from an artist point of view this is something

that we pride ourselves on our resilience and that feels very optimistic from me. but most also have no illusions as to how big the job will be chloe pina a visual artist best known for her drawings says her country's wounds won't heal overnight. the name. is. john culture. orse yet we. eat or just years are actually almost. always. land. but expectations are high for what the biden administration can do for

culture after 4 years of trouble politics that many people saw as a worst case scenario for the arts. the noun tory on. different jolly will of joe's the law is also a dancer teacher and founder of the dance company urban bush women there are a lot of people that are asking this administration to create a cabinet position for arts and culture we've seen the economic engine that we are and the lots of that through this pandemic and we we have to our voices are important and the not just forces we provide jobs we provide training we provide. education we've never had an arts you know a cabinet position and something that really takes arts here seriously so this is biden's opportunity by administration to really take us seriously to really understand who we are and what we are and how big we are. artists will no doubt be

more vocal in future about getting that message across. you know the ards it's not just for the soul it's good for the bottom line arts you know culture in the united states is 4 point by percent of our g.d.p. and that's really huge and i don't think as artists we promote that's not enough. there's a lot of work to be done but equal amount of optimism for new beginnings. and we're in a new chapter that really is bringing our allies together all over the world back into some kind of dialogue together so it's a new chapter and i can't wait for it to begin that's it for our show will leave

you now with pictures from the celebrations in washington following the inauguration of joe biden and coming to harris thanks for watching.

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how has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say. information and context. coronavirus a. special monday to friday. that . might do it with very little approach and i understand that. it's not what be expected crystallizing be on your partners all year because of your opinion across the room in terms all getting everything up and running is a little bit unfair and it was in doubt right up to the last minute but on christmas eve the e.u. and britain will clinched a free trade deal with the post directly below now at least in the u.k.

there are some hard realities to deal with and plenty of shots of the trial my guest this week from aberdeen in scotland is andrew barley conservative m.p. and vice chairman of the conservative party was boris johnson so economical with the truth and why did he break so many come to. undervalue welcome to conflict zone thank you very much for pleasure to be here i guess you can argue about whether britain's 11th hour free trade deal with the e.u. is good or bad but whatever it is why did the prime minister have to lie about it i'm thinking about he's flat out denial that when montara barriers associated with the deal. well i don't think that using phrases like allies and anybody helpful i mean what the prime minister is trying to explain is that this is a good deal for britain a good deal for the e.u.

in the territories that were. far less of an obstruction to be the case we have guards and all that the scaremongering and the stories about the cuban over the queues of cali and hold up commas knots and we are proceeding at an early age i'm sure with your you know we want to see l'arche the great business and present peoples of both of our core unions and i think that if you if you you could you go over a good basis for last week or if i may say you blubaugh said over the fact of what he said which was on christmas eve there will be no palisade of paris and no known tariff barriers no non-tariff barriers time took mrs net but that simply wasn't true you know i would agree with that all there that there are of course at tara byers the prime minister what he what he said that's not what he said there were only said i don't need a you know i think you don't know or he was once going to choose which is it i mean either he didn't know he wasn't telling the truth which was at the trial the trial

has been absolutely clear all the way along is the time to get a deal that works for the united kingdom as you're you know we got that the old bill is good for business and provides a very good as starting point for a river of the relationship between european and and really independent so when i came to florida and the tire fires how to stop all are in place are not insurmountable that is what the prime minister is trying to say when he said there is no power stayed. higher to me they are surmountable we're working with business over qantas all part of the teething problems that some of them might be having at the minute and so that we can move on this new year a french cooperation between the e.u. in the u.k. well i hate to nit pick but he said there will be no palisade of terrorist and no known terrorist barriers and we now have what retailers are calling the biggest imposition of red tape in 50 years on the. u.k. tax so authorities have estimated that the cost of that for british companies will be around $7000000000.00 pounds annually so to say that there will be no non-tariff

barriers i'm sorry to keep going on about this but i think the truth matters in politics what it what does it say about a government believes a false statement on its website especially when it's known to everyone that it is false it shows a degree of contempt for the british public doesn't mean as i said nonsense i mean the prime minister is going to say sure nothing in full accountability but we feel a great deal of respect and and we trust we understand that the deal that we got was a deal that's good for business good for trade and and yes there are going to be eating problems and yes there is red men and we're working very closely with and by the way with the. organization on the other side of the china within the european union to make sure that these obstructions such as they are are not in place for very long and the teething problems are work the wrinkles are ironed out and we're able to continue really so astutely playing with european ip where before we left well let's talk about some of the teething problems as you call them a bit later but the fact is that the government has been less than candid over much

of the bracks process hasn't it let's take the northern ireland protocol in the october 29th seen which mandated checks on goods going from great britain's in northern ireland because northern ireland is remaining inside the e.u. single market for goods 2 months later mr johnson insisted that the no checks why was that again ignorance or dishonesty that was needed to try and we were we were determined to make sure that when the united kingdom and britain northern ireland left the european union we did so as one and that's what we've done was to line the northern ireland the best of both worlds avoiding a hard border on the island of ireland i think it was great i was the last thing that anybody wanted and so the i hope you might want such a northern ireland remains in the us and your course going to vote on elements of jacks on trade in. northern ireland yes the law is not what he said he denied it was what mr johnson actually said was there is no question of there being checks on

goods between northern ireland and great britain or great britain in northern ireland and that was simply untrue wasn't it you know i wouldn't say it was untrue i think that will happen with a person saying i have of course it's untrue it doesn't accord with the facts it's not untrue that's. the way this is self-esteem is the power i mean i think what we what we've achieved has been it was with something which most people thought was policy nobody believes i'm going to ask you about another meeting about you need to leave the transition period i will go with northern ireland remaining a part of the u.k. single market and the e.u. customs union without a hard border on the island about and with free flow and just about as freely as it or or we left the european you know i think that's a great success or 'd the british from having the european union compromise as well and we came to an agreement well i reached the u.k. one way and to respect your station or the republic of ireland over goods on the

island i understand that you don't want to talk about the issue of truth and you'd much rather talk about other aspects of this deal but look what happens look at the us look at what happens when leaders no longer bother to distinguish between fact and fiction it can lead to massive social dislocation aren't you worried about that here in britain and i think comparing the situation in the nice change with the satiation the states might be getting a bit beyond ourselves i mean i think that the reality because it's a lying isn't it this because of the lying the gone on in terms refusal to accept the truth and that i think that a large chunk of the party as well there's a huge difference between trying to explain the complexities of the trade agreement between the united kingdom in the european union and accepting the results of a free fair and open democratic election which is what we've seen in the united states american i think i speak for just that and. everybody in the conservative party and the government when i say we are looking forward to this was then seeing joe biden assume the presidency of the ice base because that this era. of lies

deceit of democratic process mean i say. france is mr barry there's a lot of people who trusted mr johnson have been badly let down haven't the democratic unionist party in northern ireland said they were promised they'd be treated just like anywhere else in the u.k. and they weren't a year away only no i mean i'm irritated the the time i had just finished a question can i just finish the question or year ago mr johnson told alfie unionist that no british conservative prime minister could or should sign up to any bracks deal that damaged the fabric of the union with regulatory checks and even customs controls between great britain and northern ireland and yet that's exactly what the northern ireland protocol did isn't the fact as part of the single market northern ireland has to follow strict e.u. regulations on food standards plant and animal health that's fact and that's the time electrically opposed to what mr johnson promised them report yes exactly

yeah sure metrically opposed no but what the prime minister did achieve here she came to reading the european union as one united kingdom with the best of both worlds for northern ireland and the alternative was to leave northern ireland in a position where our border on the island are going or. we were almost in a situation where the report about how to control almost every aspect of creation on the island of ireland to blow your own telling me your be telling me yes you're telling me what he actually signed up to but that wasn't what he said he was going to sign up to that's my point so when mr johnson declared on december the 24th we've taken back control of every jot and tittle whatever that means very jot and tittle of our regulations in a way that's complete and unfettered that once again wasn't true is that northern ireland is very much fatted by its obligation to abide by the rules of the e.u. single market at least for the next 4 years again that's fact. what we have managed

to do we have managed to leave the european union as one you know i came to northern ireland alongside the rest of united kingdom of great britain and of course i know i'm not alone and what we have achieved is something that most people thought was apology we've managed to do it with very little obstruction on trade we've managed to do it as one with our border on on the island of ireland and that we're moving forward with that with a deal that allows us to to create a new relationship a friendship and cooperation something we can build on as we look forward this time a year ago this time 2 years ago people were questioning whether bracks that would even happen the fact that we got the cross-wind high that we're now left with no less a transition here with as good a deal as we have for britain is on yes business is in northern ireland who actually i think we have the best of both worlds is something i'm going to be cheered and also that i think we should be and i heard a call back do you think that hans is the reputation of the government and the prime minister when you just break

a promise which you made to which do you pee in northern ireland and just brush over it you think other countries don't notice that i think what and hans's the position of the british government is is a demonstration that able to achieve what we have achieved and peacefully i'm with with good intention leaving the european union with this trade deal something which as i keep saying if only a year ago were saying which is most of us right understand so walk away from the northern ireland deal and breach international law in the process not only produced outrage in britain and europe but also in the us where you talk about the need for us trade deal and getting together with the new biden ministration doesn't exactly enhance mr johnson's reputation with that incoming administration has it wrong well we're. trapped she was the result of our getting a low interest co agree and the eventual deal with the european union. so you

support that threat to you you don't have one of those around you because that's part of the art of all the characters as myth or whatever sounding that you will find on the thread longest article deals along been done i support the government all the way through in its position to go see a thing and that and it's half except trying to get a deal that works for ourselves and the european union and what we were talking about was something which other countries in the world have done on numerous occasions of course sovereign control able meatpackers and breaking international law but we pay much of it when it comes time and how do we manage to come to an agreement come to a deal which i think if you frankly yes and so shoddy was it that the government's chief law officer had to resign in protest that he was because he lied to the i think i think the president told us or as i said a law abiding country does and then of living it you can know who's a friend an agreement with britain after this really valuable european this yeah yeah but after that because they wanted out of the deal. the government was really

was playing hardball as many countries do when they're negotiating complex international agreements and indeed germany has done on kadian in the past the chief law officer resigned on principle of course i respect the idea of the press and with great international law however it has not come to that and which is a very good thing in my life and deal was done and now i think we're in a very good position to move forward as i said in the build on our relationship a longstanding relationship allies france we recorded a shared object everything ourselves and your most intimate most in the group combating. campaigning free trade all the things that we share with your opinion this below i was going to work let's talk about those teething problems which you mentioned are those include empty shelves in some of the supermarkets in northern ireland which the government described as teething problems that hasn't done anything to pacify the. cavite unionist party says geoffrey dollars isn't the

leader at westminster said the no the protocol had ruined trade in northern ireland it was an insult to our intelligence to talk of achieving problem his colleague in paisley said the province had been screwed over by mr johnson this is another part of the deal that wasn't properly thought out was it about all of these are teething problems the government is working very closely with the whole years and businesses that are seeking to transport are going to cross the irish the into northern ireland to make sure that the scenes we saw in early january are and just markets are not repeated there is no reason for them to be any shortage if it starts in northern ireland so might go as. easing gaping holes people turn to ensure that the situation not arise again you know what we saw was there being as you say there's no reason why there should be empty shells but there were plenty of warnings not least from the national audit office back in november when it slammed the government for

a shortage of customs process i'm prepared border sites failure to build enough capacity in new custom software you report you so don't you well or there are obviously teething problems we are 'd forgetting that you can never get to the site of the inaudible or to 50 years or and it's a failure to pass properly is not a teething problem it's a failure to plan properly and you will want about it well i think what is clear is that we didn't know the situation regarding a trade deal until the very last minute the 20 it was christmas eve and i believe that we alliance i deal with and the europeans to the fact that people are criticising the under par in this on either the government or the european union customs officials in terms of getting everything up and running is a little bit unfair there were no the militia called considerably earlier than christmas eve we are aware that there are issues in terms of the stuff coming across the irish sea into northern ireland and what we none of us want to see every again and shell from markets in the united kingdom so we are very sure and certain

that the steps we have taken since the early weeks trying to make sure the.