this is the business i'm craig ferguson thanks for joining me it was an agreement that was. more than 4 years in the making where the key deadline just days away britain and the european union have reached a deal that will govern the future off their trading relationship both sides are calling us of a fast bust what has actually been a great news don here explains. you could call it a christmas miracle both sides certainly appear to be pleased with their last minute deal or more. we've taken back. and did we need to do that. joy to. complete. that to prove to the us that we are so close and. see the walking through schulman so. called into question by the judge judge he didn't use a cool. jurisdiction you really didn't do justice. to that competition or a single market will be fear and remain so the e.u. rules and standards will be respected we have effective tools to react if fair competition is distorted and impacts our trade. the deal goes into effect on january 1st britain will leave the european single market but both sides will still have tariff free access to each oth

this is the double events i'm craig ferguson thanks for joining me. 2 new potentially more infectious strains of the corona virus have been identified one in england and the other in africa it's prompted fears that the next wave of the pandemic could be worse than originally feared it let's talk 1st about the new strain in england its emergence prompted a number of countries to impose travel restrictions in and out of the u.k. the netherlands was the 1st to impose a flight ban on sunday morning belgium followed suit later in the day as did germany but fears over importing this new virus variants are growing elsewhere to france arland switzerland spain and denmark are among the countries who have also since banned flights to and from the united states has forced thousands of would be travelers to abandon their holiday plans. rushing to catch one of the last flights to britain many passengers here in madrid were hoping to make it before the midnight deadline on sunday the start of the flight ban a lucky few made it on time to spend christmas with their families others were not so lucky.