the british royal navy is intimidated and fearful of this powerful u.s. navy. e british naval policy has always hinged on having a big no other biggest navy, navy is allowed to be as big as the british navy. any other nation tries, and the british will get involved in a naval arms race. the problem is, great britain is broke. all of the money that finance the war from about 1915 on is coming from banks. many of them on wall street. i always tell my students, fleet street moved to wall street. united states has all of the british markers. financially and economically the british empire can't compete. if it is a naval arms race, britain is going to lose, and she knows it. that u-boating is, campaigns have drastically impacted the british merchant marine. the world's largest. the british are really concerned that the u.s. merchant marine, which is now the second largest merchant marine in the world, is making a bid to become the largest bulk cargo carrier in the world. it is not just the u.s. navy, but the u.s. merchant navy with a large u.s. navy to protect it, th

the ministry of defence has also confirmed that four royal navy ships are on standby to protect britishs if no agreement is in place when the transition period ends on the 31st of december. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. in downing street yesterday, the prime minister chaired what has been described as a stock—take on the uk's readiness to end its relationship with the eu without a trade deal. visiting a manufacturing plant in northumberland, he said while it's not the outcome he had wanted, britain would be prepared. four royal navy patrol boats will be ready to protect uk fishing waters, it was confirmed last night, as part of what the ministry of defence said was "extensive preparation for a range of scenarios "at the end of the transition period". in brussels, the eu rejected borisjohnson‘s attempt to meet key leaders individually to try to make progress. while some member states sound more worried than others about a no—deal outcome, they are united in their approach. plans to manage traffic queues are being tested this weekend — one of many possible consequenc

fish supper with the european commission president to threatening european fishermen with the british navythey overstep the mark in the channel. is an abrupt, hard, no—deal brexit really what the people of the uk voted for? is this what they were promised? and how many members of the government really believe that this is best for britain? president macron is being portrayed as the hard man of europe, but with all sides potentially losing if there's isn't a deal, has the eu overplayed its hand? and how is this all being perceived around the world? borisjohnson has reportedly been invited to delhi to be chief guest at india's republic day celebrations injanuary. nothing confirmed yet, i should stress — it mightjust be speculation in the indian newspapers — but if borisjohnson wants better trade with india, he might want to brush up on his politics. he was caught out embarrassingly in the house of commons this week. when asked about a punjabi farmers‘ strike, he replied talking about tensions with pakistan. the look of astonishment on the sikh mp‘s face who had asked the question was definit

al-jazeera across. 4 british navy ships have been. talks and without some deal. between the u.k. and e.u. ongoing that sunday's deadline is fast approaching one of the main sticking points is where the european fishermen will still have access to water the u.k. britain says the patrol ship will be ready on new year's day to impound any foreign fishing boats once the existing rules expire. so while many of us might as fun lock down baking bread or trying to learn a new language all doing other things 3 amateurs sluice managed to crack an encrypted letter by the infamous zodiac killer the 340 character coded letter was mailed the san francisco chronicle by the serial killer in 1969 the killer was never caught lead to 5 people in a string of assaults that terrorized the san francisco bay area the f.b.i. confirmed the claim by australia mathematician dr samuel blake and 2 cryptologist from the u.s. and belgium part of the message reads i hope you are having lots of fun in trying to catch me without giving any further clues to his identity. the in. a just a quick recap of the headline

say they will seize all foreign fishing boats once existing rules expire on new year's eve for british navy ships have been put on standby in case of a new deal sanaya. still ahead here on al-jazeera stepping up efforts to protect the planet's world leaders plan to unveil additional goals 5 years since the current climate. and international aid finally arrives in ethiopia's to grey region after more than a month of fighting between local forces and government soldiers. hello we've got some rather lively weather pushing across the united states at the moment big bank of cloud here sliding through right across the plains as it runs over towards the appalachians pepping up some heavier rain coming through and we got more wet weather putting in some warm moist air in from the gulf heavy downpours there across the deep south with some snow on the northern flank of that central part of kind of the also seeing some snow eastern parts of canada as i see some snow and i've it was b.c. the snow here is well that slow slides right down across that northwest quarter of the u.s. even getting a good way

say they will seize all foreign fishing boats once the existing rules expire on new year's eve 4 british navy ships have been put on standby in the case of unknown deals from the. police in nigeria have launched a rescue mission not a gunman stormed a secondary school and kidnapped a number of children gunmen arrived at a boarding school in concurrent district in the northern katsina state they were on motorbikes about 800 students attend the school many run away when the attack began and really say 200 have since returned for this report. these are some of the boys relieved to be going home after the school raid in which many of their friends were taken hostage there leaving behind parents anxiously waiting for the return of their missing children. sincerely speaking we here in katsina state are in a terrifying condition we don't see the value of the government i have a younger brother and a child taken by the kidnappers i'm from dan jacques katsina state and i've been here in the school since dawn and yet there is no update. it's not clear how many children have been abducted from the all b

coast for british navy ships have been put on standby in case of a no deal scenario more than half of the 70 countries involved in the un climate talks have unveiled additional goals for 2030 they include cuts to fossil fuel projects an expansion of wind and solar power but organizers say it's still not enough to stop dangerous global warming the century sagna gave no reports. behind the crisis of a global pandemic another danger is waiting in the wings the climate emergency fueling global warming and according to the united nations with devastating consequences for humankind if we don't change course we may be headed for to get the stuff you temperature rise of more than c. the goodies the century again any body still deny that we are facing get the domestic emergency. if you start today i call on only those worldwide to declare a state of climate the emergency in their countries and you can open all we do is reach. 5 years on from the launch of the un climate summit with $196.00 countries signed on to prevent the rise in global temperatures the organization is sounding the alarm of

british navy ships are on standby in case of a no drill scenario. venezuela's opposition says millions of people have taken part in a non-binding poll called by opposition leader 1.0 photos were asked to support calls for president nicolas maduro to step down and hold new elections arline america editor of c.n.n. reports. the fact that their votes would not be recognized as valid by the man who took the government did not stop these venezuelans from casting ballots in an opposition organized referendum aimed at showing the international community that they want president nicolas maduro out jacki and that is why we're plagued by government violence there are armed groups everywhere we need the well to intervene one way or another to end this. despite reports of armed gangs loyal to mother attacking some of the estimated 3000 makeshift polling stations opposition leader one by door said millions had voted online or in person you know they have a look at with this the illegitimate unconstitutional and fraudulent electoral process carried out last sunda

opposition strategy may take more than a symbolic referendum you see in human al-jazeera santiago 4 british navy ships have been put on standby in case presage trade talks end without a deal because between the united kingdom and the european union are ongoing but sunday's deadline is fast approaching one of the main sticking points is whether european fishermen will still have access to waters off the u.k. coast the british authorities warn the impound all foreign fishing boats once the existing rules expire on new year's eve. a muslim cleric in indonesia has turned been self into authorities for breaching coded $1000.00 restrictions after organizing gatherings that attracted thousands of supporters rizieq shihab is the leader of the islamic defenders front which demands the adoption of islamic law in indonesia jessica washington has more from the capital jakarta. the recent shihab is seen by many as a polarizing figure in indonesia after ignoring police requests to come in for questioning he turned himself into authorities over accusations of preaching covert 19 protocols. today god permits i

for british navy ships have been put on standby in case of a no deal scenario you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news in 30 minutes time that's after inside story by. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you carry. al-jazeera bring you the news and current affairs that matter to the al-jazeera the arab. 5 years since the paris climate agreement our planet is warming faster than ever but around the world people are taking action so could the pandemic be a new chance to tackle the climate crisis this is inside story i am i am i. follow i'm a man's a viral and welcome to a special edition of inside story in collaboration with the united nations environment program the paris climate agreement was born 5 years ago world leaders pledged to cut carbon emissions and stop global temperatures rising by least 2 and ideally 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels but instead of changing course the last 5 years have been the warmest on record wildfires heat waves floods and melting icecaps all point

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their aid thank you very much and that america and it's a lucy and human thank you to sierra. 4 british navy ships have been put on standby in case for exit trade talks and with austan deal gosh ations between the u.k. and e.u. are ongoing but sunday's deadline is fast approaching versions as the patrol ships will be ready on new year's day to help protect persons' waters one of the main sticking points is where the european fisherman will still have access to waters off the u.k. coast british authorities warn they'll impound all foreign fishing boats on the existing rules expire on new year's eve and this is the situation on the english side of the border with france have been long queues of trucks near the english channel in the past week no deal will mean brand new tariffs that's going to businesses on both sides many companies are trying to rush goods and food through from europe before the transit before the transition period ends on december 31st you're still with the news hour live from london the build up to the semifinal of the asian champions league that's coming up with gemma in t

and made his way from holland through gibraltar and england and volunteered and joined the british royal navy was then recruited to mi6. the great mistake of the british and of mi6 was that, after his captivity in north korea, he actually was then taken back into mi6 as if nothing had happened. they had no suspicions at all that he had been turned while in captivity. that was a terrible mistake by mi6. and i spent a lot of time researching not only blake but all these things, i wrote a book, and it was through dick white that he forced blake into a confession, he confessed to being a spy when he could have denied it, but somehow he felt he had to relieve himself of his proud ness, of having been a spy and also his guilt, and hejust blurted out in an interview in carlton gardens, it was quite astonishing. of course he regretted that terrible error. the met office has warned of severe gales and heavy rain as storm bella approaches the uk. yesterday, more than 1,000 people in bedfordshire were advised to leave their homes because of flooding. evacuation centres have been set up to help those aff

but the notice is, for instance, in the british navy, some 10,000 sailors come down with the flu, but only for five die. there are a few posts of the french where everyone is sick and very few die. then all of a sudden in the late summer, something seems to change. there's changes in the reporting and the intelligence we get from british in u.s. sources that we can look back on. it changes most importantly in the balance of the virus. in summer 1918, in places that were not to the u.s. and british per having good medical care, you found widespread disease. it was knocking out more people not just of combat effectiveness, but also from life itself. either they recovered and could not breathe well enough or that they had such lung damage that they could not live very well, or they were actually fatalities to the disease. here's an example of influenza patients in switzerland. so what you see in this moment, what is really interesting to look back on, is that british and american intelligence officers are reporting back in documents that are marked secret and confidential saying things l

resistance and made his way from holland through gibraltar and england and volunteered in joined the british royal navye was then recruited to mi6. the great mistake of the british and of mi6 was that after his captivity in north korea, he actually was then taken back into mi6 as if nothing had happened. they had no suspicions are told that he had no suspicions are told that he had been turned while in captivity. that was a terrible mistake by mi6. i spent a lot of time researching not only blake put all these things, i wrote a book, and it was through thick white who forced blake into a confession, he confessed to being a spy confession, he confessed to being a spy when he could have denied it, but somehow he felt he had to relieve himself of his proud and is, of having been a spy and also his guilt, and he just of having been a spy and also his guilt, and hejust blurted out in an interview in carlton gardens, it was astonishing. of course he regretted that terrible error. how much sense that terrible error. how much sense that you get of his ideological motivation in the conversations you had? what d

compromise here and actually tensions have been running high yesterday because the british government announced they will send navy vessels to guard the british coast in case of a no deal some say there is some room for compromise when it comes to fish because economically speaking it's not super important but it's very symbolic for the british and for the french side so it's it's unlikely that france will give in here a 2nd point is the so-called level playing field so the e.u. says. it custom free trade is only possible with the u.k. if the u.k. . alliance with your rules for a cut for example when it comes to environmental standards no social standards but that is ok there's a lot of talk about u.k. sovereignty is so this is a very difficult point because if this compromise we're talking about timing could the negotiations possibly be extended if there's no deal today. this sunday deadline is actually a self set deadline by the u.k. and the e.u. and looking back over the last 4 and a half years we know that deadlines don't mean a lot in this debate and this bracks it's better because they have been postponed ov

throughout the spring into the summer of 1918, but what most of them ♪ that frins in the british navysome 10,000 say slors go down with the flu, but only four or five die. there is a few posts of the french where everyone is sick but very few die. in late summer something seems to change in the reporting, changing in the intelligence that we get that we can look back on now. and it changes most importantly in the virus. and so by late in summer 1918 in places not known to the u.s. and british to have good medical care, you found wide spread disease and that it was knocking out more people not just from combat effectiveness, but also from life itself. they recovered but they could not breathe good enough. here is an example of patients in switzerland. so what you see in the moment was really interesting to look back on. british and american officers are reporting back in documents saying things like the disease that is now an epidemic. we must deal with this now. the affliction has resurfaced in significant form. so they're worried about the combat effectiveness and they take the virus

throughout the spring into the summer of 1918, but what most of them note is that, for instance, in the british navy. some 10,000 sailors go down with the flu and something only like four or five die. there are a few posts of the french where everyone is sick, but very few die, and then all of a sudden in the late summer something seems to change. it changes in the reporting and it changes in the intelligence that we get from u.s. and british sources that we can look back on now, and it changes most importantly, in the virulence of the virus. and virulence of the virus. by late in summer 1918, in places that were known to the u.s. and british to have very good medical care, you found widespread disease. and it was knocking out more people not just from combat effectiveness, but also from life itself. either if they were recovered and they couldn't breathe well enough. they had such long damage that they couldn't live well or they were fatalities to the disease. so what you see in this moment, what's really interesting to look back on is that british and american intelligence officers are reporting b

four royal navy ships are on standby to protect british fishing waters.efence say it's part of extensive preparation for a range of scenarios, but it sends a not—so—subtle message that the uk is ready to go it alone. the scottish government has called the move gunboat diplomacy which will not be welcome in scottish waters, and others have also raised concerns. we need to be building alliances, not breaking them apart. the advent us administration is wanting to rekindle western resolve, reenergise an international alliance and take on our adversaries, like russia and china, and here we are actually arguing with a close military european ally. the eu has sent its own message in the final hours of the talks, with leaders rejecting boris johnson's attempts to meet them individually, a public show that they are sticking together as one. the uk has already left the eu. the next few hours will decide exactly what happens next. helen catt, bbc news. let's talk to lord bilimoria, president of the confederation of british industry, an independent life peer in the h

. >>> in case there's no deal on brexit, the british royal navy has put patrol vessels on stand by tonited kingdom waters. the deadline, the end of the year is just 18 days away. if the two sides cannot come to agreement, britain will crash out of the european union. i want to find out the sentiment on both sides of the english channel. zanny minton beddoes joins me from london and christine ockrent is in paris. she's a journalist for french public radio. zanny, let me start with you by asking a simple question, this is a big deal both for britain and europe because britain is large trading partner for europe. it's in both sides' interest to make some kind of a deal. why is this falling apart? is it because there are deep structural interests that are at odds or all a miscalculation? >> so first of all, i think there's a little bit more of a glimmer of hope that has appeared in the last three or four hours. both sides have agreed to continue talking. today was the deadline to stop talking. they agreed to continue w. t. with the eu, nothing is decided until five minutes before midnight

brexit, the british royal navy has put patrol vessels on stand-by.e end of the year is just 18 days away. if the two sides cannot come to agreement, britain will crash out of the european union. i want to find out the sentiment on both sides of the english channel. zanny minton biddoes joins me from london. she is the editor-in-chief of the economist mis. and christine ockrent is in paris, a journalist for french public radio and a columnist for publications in europe and america. zanny, let me ask a very simple question. this is a big deal, both for britain and europe because britain is a very large trading partner for europe. it is both sides rational interests to make some kind of a deal. why is this falling apart? is it because there are deep structural interests that are add odds, or is it all just a miscalculation? >> so, first of all, i think there is a little bit more of a glimmer of hope that has appeared in the last three or four hours than we had before, which is that both sides have agreed to continue talking. today was supposed to be the

british government source said tonight that "as things stand the offer on the table from the european union, remains unacceptable". it comes as a former conservative defence minister said the government's decision to put the royal navy in the event of a no—deal brexit, is "undignified" and "irresponsible". here's our political correspondent, iain watson. in brussels, the briefest of glimpses of the uk's chief negotiator. he is locked in talks behind closed doors with his eu counterparts to see if a deal is possible in the next 2a hours. but indications tonight are not positive. a government source told the bbc talks are continuing overnight and, as things stand, the offer on the table from the eu remains unacceptable. the mood around the talks, like the weather, is rather gloomy. in fact, the only agreement that might be reached this weekend between downing street and the eu is to halt the negotiations and move towards no deal. downing street says, to reach agreement, the eu must recognise that the uk is now a sovereign nation. theresa may's de facto deputy when she was prime minister is urging both sides to focus on avoiding no deal. we are coming to the last knockings now, so, obviously, it is getting very tense a

countries blockaded by the british and french navies, germany, austria, hungary, faced alarming energy deficits that required authoritarian regulations. from an environmental standpoint, is not at all surprising that germany lost, what is shocking is it 1.7 million soldiers on multiple fronts for over four years as long as it did. germany's defeat revealed the ecological constraints of waging war. germans imported 25% of food, that included eggs, dairy, meat, much of the fodder came from russia, argentina, the u.s. and high agriculture yields relied on chilean nitrates for fertilizer. with that british blockade and the poor domestic harvest, german agricultural production plummeted. there is this massive attempt to mobilize food. this is a german placard. it says, "hold out." it is a potato with a strangely human face. it says, "though we are surrounded and threatened with hunger, we will hold out, we will mobilize the last potato." desperate to increase agricultural production, germans plowed church yards, school grounds, forest glades, even the soccer fields, which was telling. germa

ministry of defence said that, as part of no—deal contingency planning, four royal navy boats are on standby to protect britishishing waters. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. in brussels, negotiators are now back round the table once again, but not for much longer. tomorrow night remains the deadline for deciding if a trade deal can be agreed or not. overnight in kent, a test run. this concrete barrier was being laid along the motorway to deal with this, the potential for along the motorway to deal with this, the potentialfor lorries to be delayed at ports. there will be some checks at the border injanuary whether there is a trade deal or not, but other plants specifically for no deal are more controversial. former royal navy ships are on standby to former royal navy ships are on sta nd by to protect former royal navy ships are on standby to protect british fishing waters. the ministry of defence say it's part of extensive preparation for a range of scenarios, but it sent a not so subtle message that the uk is ready to go it alone. the scottish government has called the move gunboat diplomacy

in britain a former defence minister has described the idea of deploying the royal navy to defend britishirresponsible". an spokesman for the french president said france is preparing to "keep calm and carry on" regardless. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. reuters news agency has just reported that talks are continuing overnight. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. is this what no deal with the eu would look like? the ministry of defence has confirmed that four armed vessels will be ready to patrol uk waters if there's no agreement with brussels on fishing rights. the scottish government has denounced this as gunboat diplomacy, and they don't want the ships off their shores. some of boris johnson's own mps are also concerned about the signal this sends. we need to be building alliances, not breaking them apart. the advent us administration is wanting to rekindle western resolve, re—energise an international alliance to take on our adversaries such as russia and china, and here we are actually arguing with a close military european ally. the drumbeat to no

countries blockaded by the british and the french navies, germany, austria, hungary, ottoman empire, faced alarming energy deficits, which required authoritarian regulations. from an environmental standpoint, it is not at all surprising that germany lost. what is shocking is that it sustained over 1.7 million soldiers on multiple fronts for over 4 years, as long as it did. germany's eventual defeat revealed the ecological constraints of waging war. germans imported around 25% of its food, that included eggs, dairy, vegetable oils, fish, meat. much of the fodder consumed by german farm animals came from russia, argentina, the united states. in high agricultural yields relied on chilean nitrates for fertilizer. with that british blockade, and the poor domestic harvests that followed, german agricultural production plummeted. so, there is this massive attempt to mobilize food. here we see, this is a german placard, and what it says is hold out. it is a potato that has a strangely human face. i see it. and what it says is that though we are threatened by our enemies, though we are surrou

food scarcity was a defining feature of the war countries blockaded by the british and the french navy's, germany and austria and hungary and the ottoman empire, faced alarming energy deficits. that required authoritarian regulations. from an environmental standpoint, it is not at all surprising that germany lost. what is shocking, is that it sustained over 1.7 million soldiers on multiple fronts, for over four years for as long as it did. their ventral defeat, yielded the constraints of waging war. germans imported, about 25% of their food. that included eggs, dairy, visual oil, meat and much of the father for german animals came from russia and argentina and united states. and they much of it relied on chilean nitrate for fertilizer. there is a massive attempt to mobilize food. so you see this picture is a potato that has a human face. and it says that we are threatened by our enemies, and surrounded and threatened with hunger, we germans will hold out, and we will mobilize the last potato. desperate to increase agricultural production, germans plowed up church yards, school grounds, f

we go forward through these tough winter months to go live now to need barclays in the british capital for us navy 5 the biotech got quick approval how. yes they get very quick approval and the british government is very keen to show that the country is the 1st in the world to give this green light to the fires set by and by intact vaccine there is a perhaps a political edge to it as well the british government keen to show that now that it has left the european union its regulator can act more nimbly on the data than by haps the european union can the e.u. have said that they're looking into it and will possibly give a green light to the vaccine pretty soon as well but let's not forget that this approval is an emergency approval what the regulator here in the u.k. is done is both way up the the risks against the benefits and has decided to push ahead with this on the basis that it is in the public interest and the health of the health of the nation is at stake here and thus this a vaccine should be rolled out as quickly as possible we know that an order was already placed for 40000000 doses that

actually just on saturday this whole tension right you stop because the british government said it wants to deploy navy vessels if in case of a no deal to guard brutus waters some people also say there is some room for compromise there because it could nominally speaking it's not very important but it is symbolically and it's unlikely that france will give in at this point while the negotiations are going to continue and i'm sure marina strauss and charlotte shelton people will be keeping a close eye on them today thanks for your update. well let's take a look at some of the other stories making news elsewhere in the world attacks in afghanistan have killed at least 3 people according to police in one unknown assailant attached a sticky bomb to an armored vehicle in the afghan capital kabul and that exploded 2 people were wounded in the other attack a local government prosecutor was shot dead. the u.s. pharmaceuticals giant pfizer has started shipping millions of doses of its newly approved covert $1000.00 votes in the trumpet ministration says it's launching a huge logistics operation the 1st inoculat

former conservative defence minister says the government's decision to put the royal navy on standby, to protect british waters in the event of a no—deal brexit, is "undignified" and "irresponsible". tobias ellwood who's now chair of the commons defence committee, was speaking ahead of tomorrow's deadline set by the uk and the european union, to reach an agreement. both sides have warned a deal seems unlikely. our political correspondent, iain watson has more. is this what no deal with the eu would look like? the ministry of defence has confirmed that four armed vessels will be ready to patrol uk waters if there's no agreement with brussels on fishing rights. the scottish government has denounced this as gunboat diplomacy, and they don't want the ships off their shores. some of boris johnson's own mps are also concerned about the signal this sends. we need to be building alliances, not breaking them apart. the advent us administration is wanting to rekindle western resolve, re—energise an international alliance to take on our adversaries such as russia and china, and here we are actually arguing with a

british media say the government is planning to patrol the country's fishing waters with the help of the royal navy if i know breaks a trade deal can be reached. reports say naval vessels would have the power to stop chick and impound all fishing boats operating in british ports. the u.s. supreme court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the state of texas to overturn the results of last month's presidential election president trump and schools of republican officials and lawmakers had supported the suit which challenge to president elect joe biden's victory victories. in michigan georgia pennsylvania and wisconsin the justices ruled the texas didn't have the right to challenge how other states run elections here the defeat marks a huge shift back to trump and he's been to seize electoral victory from bob. so is this the end of the road for donald trump's campaign to stop joe biden from taking office next month we put that question to michael moore the he's an election law expert of florida state university. well this one of the things that made the texas suit so unique and again the court held they di

actually just on saturday this whole like tension right you stop because the british government said it wants to deploy a navy vessels is in case of the no deal to guard brutus waters some people also said there is some room for compromise there because it could nominally speaking it's not very important but it is symbolically and it's unlikely that france will give in at this point. while the negotiations are going to continue and i'm sure. that charlotte shelton pill will be keeping a close eye on them today thanks for your updates let's take a look at some of the other stories making news elsewhere in the world attacks in afghanistan have killed at least 3 people according to police in one unknown assailant attack touched a sticky bomb today in an armored vehicle in the afghan capital kabul that exploded 2 people were wounded and in the other attack a local government prosecutor was shot dead. in washington d.c. several people sustained life threatening stop wounds and scuffles during a rally in support of u.s. president on the trump people say at least police say at least 23 people were arrested earlier t

but when you consider that the talk yesterday was of the royal navy being deployed to guard british fisheriesgh the mood has improved a bit. and here is, ithink of feel as though the mood has improved a bit. and here is, i think of the interesting point in today, which is that no deadline has been set again this time. so we know that talks are going to continue but, actually, we don't know for how long they might go on. kevin, thank you. let's go to nick eardley in downing street. may be improving mood music as kevin says, but slightly downbeat assessment from the prime minister in the last few minutes in that interview, saying the two sides still very far apart on key issues. it's interesting, isn't it? a couple of days ago, we were talking about a no—deal outcome, no trade deal being agreed, borisjohnson saying that was very, very likely. he is still saying today that people should prepare for it. but it does feel like the fact these talks are continuing potentially for a good few more days is significant for a couple of reasons. firstly, because neither side at the moment is prepared to wa

you're sort of staring down the barrel of this happening skpand you know, the british, for example, the prime minister has the navyn stand by to put into the english channel to protect british fishermen from the potential of french fishermen. when the rhetoric goes up like that, it sharpens and focuses people's minds. these talks are going on without a set deadline. we have heard the irish prime minister speaking to an irish media outlet saying, yes, there's no deadline, but, you know, the real deadline really would be the end of the year, 31st of december, so can the talks really go right up to the wire because there will be no time for ratification, but that's how long this piece of string is, but he said what the eu and uk hope to do is clinch a deal in the next few days. what does that actually mean, again, the string analogy, each time that it's possible to stretch this out further, it happens for those reasons. no one wants to blame. everyone knows the cost of getting this wrong, and i think that's where we're at now, so if there's going fob movement and i think we're in a period of invigorated glue, rather

roller—coaster of coverage, don't forget, yesterday, all the headlines were about the royal navy being deployed to protect the britishin pounds french fishing vessels. things feel a lot more positive than they did at that point. to what extent those shifts of mood in the media genuinely affect or reflect shifts of mood between the principles is very ha rd to of mood between the principles is very hard to say but clearly, certainly among the negotiations at least, there is a businesslike relationship underlying the whole thing. let's find out how businesses are reacting to the news that pots—brexit trade talks between the uk and the eu are to continue. i'm joined by our business correspondent, katy austin. some relief i suppose. some reliefi suppose. there is a mixture of relief that today there hasn't been an announcement that the talks for a no deal. but still a sense of anxiety that we don't yet have a resolution and businesses don't know exactly what is coming after the 31st of december. some of the big business groups are talking of frustration and urging the negotiators to use this time well. exactly what the im

roller—coaster of coverage, don't forget, yesterday, all the headlines were about the royal navy being deployed to protect the britishrest or impound french fishing vessels. things feel a lot more positive than they did at that point. to what extent those shifts of mood in the media genuinely affect or reflect shifts of mood between the principles is very hard to say but clearly, certainly among the negotiations at least, there is a businesslike relationship underlying the whole thing. away from the world of politics, brexit and everything else, what is happening in the world of sport? we'll start with the premier league where leaders tottenham are currently 1—0 against crystal palace. harry kane with the goal. earlier, sheffield united lost again to remain bottom. they were beaten 3—0 by southampton, and havejust one point from their 12 league matches this season. racking up the victory for southampton who are up to third. rangers have moved 15 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating dundee united 2—1. captain james tavernier was once again the key man, scoring one with this superb free kic

british troops. it was the same grand union which flew from ships of the continental navy when they sailed from philadelphia again was raised over the fort of manhattan island even after the declaration of independence had been signed. with no possibility of reconciliation with the mother country no longer existed. but as hostilities increased, the old flag, symbolic of england, became a banner to be cast off by revolutionaries fighting for independence in a land they declared their own. in 1777, young congress formally told the world, the flag of the united states shall be 13 stripes alternate red and white with a union of 13 stars of white on a blue field, representing a new constellation. as the legend tells us, on the day congress laid down guidelines to the new flag, john paul jones was named commander of the newly built ship, ranger. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> so snug inside the harbor, the sales were set to rise, the french gave the first salute, our flag was recognized. >> john paul jones be hardy, his life that for the ranger went down in history. john paul jones the flag and his ship that never went down. ♪ ♪

ministry of defence said that, as part of no—deal contingency planning, four royal navy boats are on standby to protect british

the ministry of defence has also confirmed that four royal navy ships are on standby to protect britishers if no agreement is in place when the transition period ends on december 31. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. in downing street yesterday the prime minister chaired what has been described as a stock—take on the uk's readiness to end its relationship with the eu without a trade deal. visiting a manufacturing plant in northumberland, he said while it's not the outcome he had wanted, written would be prepared. it is looking, you know, very likely that we will have to go for a solution that i think would be, you know, wonderfulfor the solution that i think would be, you know, wonderful for the uk solution that i think would be, you know, wonderfulfor the uk —— britain would be prepared. we would be able to do what we want from january the first and obviously it will be different from what we had set out to achieve but i've no doubt that this country can get ready and, asi that this country can get ready and, as i say, come out on world trade terms. four rural navy pat