agreed on paper with the european union saying that it was actually going to be delivered around 25 percent of the $100000000.00 doses and then said to the european union local trying for east that at to about 30 percent but the e.u. has rejected they still say that that offer just wasn't acceptable and that they needed to fulfill the contract they've even gone as far as on friday publishing a redacted version of that contract between themselves and astra zeneca from their perspective they want to show that that contract has been broken now astra zeneca says that's not the case the u.k. signed its contract with astra zeneca 3 months before the e.u. didn't win astra zeneca says that you know it's trying to make up the shortfall and it's a little table too because the production issue at its facilities in belgium now this comes at mit's the. that the investigators we even sent to astra zeneca is production plant in belgium to check to see if it actually was a problem with the production and miss rumors that some vaccine had been shipped to the united kingdom now one german m.p.'s said this entire spat is astra zeneca is full of astra zeneca will suffer if they

agreed on paper with the european union saying that it was actually going to be delivered around 25 percent of the $100000000.00 doses and then said to the european union local try and increase that at to about 30 percent but the e.u. has rejected this saying that that offer just wasn't acceptable and that they needed to fulfill the contract they've even gone as far as on friday publishing a redacted version of that contract between themselves and astra zeneca and it says from their perspective they wanted to show that that contract has been broken now astra zeneca says that's not the case it says that you know it's trying to make up the shortfall and it's a little table too because full production issue at its facility in belgium but the e.u. has said look we invested millions of euros into your vaccine into the research and development so we are sentient demanding that you for there will obligations but much of that money has not yet been paid to astra zeneca now this comes at mit's the fact that investigators were even sent to astra zeneca as production quality in belgium to check to see if it actually was a problem with the production and miss rumors tha

tennis tournament as the state of victoria records its 24th day without locally transmitted kovan $1000.00 cases. the european union is pressing ahead with export controls to stem the flow of corona virus vaccines leaving the blog. said it had no choice following a dispute with astra zeneca which cut deliveries to member countries in the 1st quarter of this year russell says the pharmaceutical company is violating its contract well meanwhile the european medical agency has given approval to astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine is home to 3rd child will boost sluggish vaccination efforts across the walk. it was a dramatic decision borne out of desperation faced with diminished deliveries of the $1000.00 vaccine the e.u. on friday an ounce controls on vaccine exports this threaten controls at the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland keeping the border open was a key demand in the drawn out brags that negotiations on the news was greeted with disbelief in the. you know i think it's quite incredible that it's an act of aggression actually less than a month into a sleeve in the european union we see t

the uk has fully left the european union's single market and customs union after the transition period ended exactly two hours ago at 11 o'clock locale. it brought an end to a partnership that lasted almost 50 years. with historic changes to rules on travel, trade, immigration and security. brexit continues to divide public opinion. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. it's almost five years since this moment — the date set for a referendum that would change the country's course. one of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes. fast forward through what came next. there were campaigns, promises, heated protests. chant: democracy! now! prolonged negotiations, high—profile resignations. the country i love. behave yourself! parliament paralysed as westminster wrangled. then another public verdict, and after this testing year, a last—minute trade deal, a political win for the prime minister. the central purpose of this bill is to accomplish something that the british people always knew in their hearts could be done. for businesses, it means change, as of tonight. this butterfly farm in stratford—upon—av

locals and regional politicians. that it would now after a half a century partnership of britain has finalised its split with the european union rex it appears off to a smooth start at the key e.u. u.k. trade link the port of call a moments after the separation at midnight the 1st to trucks went through the new custom checks all things are going smoothly now both european and british businesses have warned of massive destruction to the flow of trade and people once the holiday weekend ends and correspondent barbara sent us this update from dunkirk france. so this is the last piece of our brecht said goodbye to or on the 1st of january when the hopper off the dunkirk quite the next to come may 1 of the harvest that supply at the crossing to dover here and what we see in the back of the trucks rolling off the 1st ferry on on this day where everything has changed and the man to explain to us what has been changing here and what is happening is still a paramount if you carry the film as. i know. there's been a very exciting day for us it's a 1st to the pasha here from from and what we did in dubai and what we didn't do yesterday i

with britain and the european union at each other's throats over whose orders of vaccines should be honored first as manufacturers desperately struggle to keep up. if all politics is localng a fight with its closest and most complicated neighbor. splashed across the front pages of britain's newspapers are screeching headlines accusing the eu of putting the united kingdom's vaccine supply at risk. it follows the now backtracked threat from the eu, it would start to restrict exports of coronavirus shots to northern ireland. the war of words boiled over after the british swedishsh f f astrazenececa said itt canan on dedeliver a f fraction o of t t hundreds o of millionss of vaca dodoses it promisesed t to bothu and b britain bececause of producuction delays. but wiwith both sides dememandi their plededges be m met first, world health organization shot back with a stark warning. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> falling short of political goals but ultimately short-sightsed, and self-defeating. we will not end the pandemic anywhere until we end it everywhere. >> reporter: if the eu's battle with vaccine manufacturers over delivery shortfalls continues it could affect up t

first trucks arrived after midnight local time here in the port of callan our gateway to the european union for the u.k. and since then we've seen other trucks arriving on ferries and as you say passenger services also into paris on the eurostar train of course the u.k. has now left to the single market and customs union and what that means is the french customs officials here have been able to put into action what they have been practicing for so many years and that is the reimposition of border formalities and what we have french customs officials say is a so-called small its border most of the extra paperwork that will be needed by companies or importing and exporting can be done or law in that way port authorities and customs officials hope that that will minimize any delays or disruption here at the border so far they say things have gone smoothly customs officials have said that they expected these days to be quiet it is the new year holiday of course also the covert pandemic means more restrictions on travel between the u.k. and france and some companies of simply decided not to impo

local news. this is news of live from berlin the big question from the european union where is our vaccine and those growing over the delay of millions of preordered doses of the kobe 1000 vaccine from drug maker astra zeneca what's behind the delay and how will it affect those most vulnerable to the coronavirus also coming up germany considers drastic cuts in air travel from abroad even causing all tourism for the rest of the winter this comes as coronavirus mutations keep the infection rate high and you can feel comfortable we're all going to. attack the. course that is the point i wanted to point. our correspondent with indian farmers taking big grievances to the heart of the capital delhi. plus football made in germany is the demand in the english premier league as tomas to curl takes the reins at chelsea joining your gun club and rob hasn't in the top tier. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program the european union is demanding answers over the millions of us. delivered doses of coronavirus vaccine that it ordered drug maker astra zeneca blames last minute supply chain issues for the delay

a by the local red cross and they are stating it is a sort of message to the local authorities and also to the european union they want better accommodation urgently they want a place with heating enough food water clay is that could provide them showers and baths and if that's not possible to be done urgently they want you to open borders for them concerning this tents set up by the army forces some of the migrants and refugees we talked to told us that they don't want to go to those stands because they don't see any difference between tents they had in the former camp and these new tents over there because they say it is very cold to be in tents in this winter time and in particularly in this part of bosnia and herzegovina which is very very cold in the winter and local authorities are still refusing to to open beta a camp which was located in the very city but it was closed several months ago because as they stated they had the experience of having migrants and refugees in the city center and they don't want that anymore and they are afraid for their security and there's the clear decision from the counci

question here in germany as it does in other european union countries at the same time it is important to stress that there are elements here in germany local elements that have been very problematic when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine the german federal government has handed the vaccine to the federal states who then have to carry out the whole process and some of the federal states have complained that the distribution has been too slow that they're not receiving enough doses they have also been problems when it comes to the way that has happened so certain glitches as well so this gives you an idea of a very difficult process a difficult process that is still seen with hope by many in the german government but which is also becoming a very big headache from a political perspective the talk of the whole point about the general corona situation here in germany at the moment. it's going in the right direction when you look for example at the 7 day incidence rate which is now below $100.00 for the 1st time since october it is also going in the right direction when you look at for example the new daily cases but there are still m

local journalist david jameson thinks that's unrealistic. the idea or independent scottish membership of the european union or nobody knows what nobody knows what basis and it's a totally untested proposition before the scottish cup we know that 62 percent voted for the for the u.k. the membership of the european union in store but that would be wildly different for all scotland's membership let's remind ourselves as well that the european union is a very different organization for its major states its largest states lay france germany and formally u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller states and i think it is in debate on a future independent scotland's membership of the european union then those issues will come sharply into focus and we should expect it. will be more critical of the idea than they were in the 2016 referendum when of course they were voting for a much larger state to stay in the european union and many more dangers facing scotland joining the european union as a new small state. british medics have slammed the government's decision to delay a covert vaccine rollout officials have opted to hold back a 2nd

place how things go on yes the 1st trucks arrived after midnight local time here in the border of callen our gateway to the european union for the u.k. and since then we've seen other trucks arriving on ferries and as you say passenger service is also into paris on the eurostar train of course the u.k. has now left to the single market and customs union and what that means is that french customs officials here have been able to put into action what they have been practicing for so many years and that is the reimposition of border formalities and what we have french customs officials say is a so-called smart border most of the extra paperwork that will be needed by companies or importing and exporting can be done or lie that way port authorities and customs officials hope that that will minimize any display dysart delays or disruption here at the border so far they say things have gone smoothly let's take a listen to the head of the callee port. since 3 years we are thinking working aspecting. 2 weeks ago we did not know it will be. some days we thought it would be nobody veto a new deal force does not send in a thing a g

the european union was saying that the process is already tainted lacks transparency and transparency and accountability the u.n. has expressed concern local civil society groups and human rights groups have also raised concerns and a lot of people really are worried that. the results of presidential results contested but potentially there could be violence conference or thank you very much indeed. still to come this half hour turkey begins rolling out the chinese coronavirus vaccine despite claims its efficacy rate may be far lower than promised . and cambodia's mass treason trial claims it's political theater designed to keep a leader in cannot. the latest country to get a real dump of snow has been sweden these are the pictures now expect sweden to gets now obviously and it is meat winter but even so it's quite a big fall still being cleared up there precious now high over sweden the snow has stopped falling but the air is over it is cold that's feeding down into the rest of eastern europe as dotted loads all over the place and it's cold it's going to be snowy not excessively so don't think unless you bring a frontal system into it then

procurement of the vaccine does not happen at a local or national level it is actually called a native by the european commission then distributed to each european union member country depending on the number of of inhabitants and then each country so in this case germany distributes then the vaccine to the different states and the different states are then in charge of carrying out the process of making the appointments as we saw for example no records and all of those stages throughout the process there has been problems if you look specifically at what has happened here in germany there have been logistical problems there have been individual oversights as well some of the states have complained that the distribution is too slow that they're not getting enough vaccines but this obviously is something that also has to do with the fact that as a european level there is this vaccine shortage so there are different ways to understand this problem but it is clear that it's not only a sign of hope as it was presented by the german government as it was presented by german officials it's also definitely becoming a big headache for german officials and one

european union will be banned except for essential travel to . several other e.u. states are following suit amid soaring case numbers and a local severe shortage of vaccines the czech republic is banning non-essential cross border travel and portugal has closed its border with spain our europe correspondent peter out of a report on the latest steps from germany. this weekend tough new restrictions on travelers coming into germany from 7 different countries will come into place from saturday they're already here when it comes to travelers arriving for me you men the states ireland and portugal as well as those coming from the united kingdom brazil and south africa from sunday that list will grow to 7 to include the african nations of s. what danny and lee so to the reason these have been put in place is that these nations have seen rises and the infections of mutated variant of the corona virus the german interior minister the horse and say hoff said before they were officially put in place that germany would have to do they speak because there wasn't a unified a year solution on the horizon you couldn't. own information searing

caution here in germany as it does in other european union countries at the same time it is important to stress that there are elements here in germany local elements that have been very problematic when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine the german federal government has handed the vaccine to the federal states who then have to carry out the whole process and some of the federal states have complained that the distribution has been too slow that they're not receiving enough doses they have also been problems when it comes to the way that has happened so certain glitches as well so this gives you an idea of a very difficult process a difficult process that is still seen with hope by many in the german government but which is also becoming a very big headache from a political perspective talking a whole post about the general corona situation here in germany at the moment. it's going in the right direction when you look for example at the 7 day incidence rate which is now below $100.00 for the 1st time since october it is also going in the right direction when you look at for example the new daily cases but there are still matters

more avalanches in the area with local roads closed as a precaution the prosecutor's office is open an investigation following its. hungary's lashed out at the european union over what it sees as its tardy efforts at procuring a vaccine the country has broken ranks with brussels by entering jab negotiations with russia china and israel peter oliver has more. e.u. commission president is on the phone the line is struggling to keep the states in line when it comes to vaccines she's warned the nations not to try and do their own deals the only framework we are negotiating in is as $27.00 we do this together and nonmember state on this legal binding basis is allowed to negotiate in parallel or to have a contract and parallel the loudest voice unhappy at brussels being in so charge of banksy procurements is coming from hungary with prime minister viktor orban saying the current plan could lead to months more of a lock down if we only rely on the western vaccines the restrictions will have to be maintained for several more months if we can find a safe and proven vaccine elsewhere we can speed up the process mr obama said that hungry had received only 800000 dose

question here in germany as it does in other european union countries at the same time it is important to stress that there are elements here in germany local elements that have been very problematic when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine the german federal government has handed the vaccine to the federal states who then have to carry out the whole process and some of the federal states have complained that the distribution has been too slow that they're not receiving enough doses they have also been problems when it comes to the way that has happened so certain glitches as well so this gives you an idea of a very difficult process a difficult process that is still seen with hope by many in the german government but which is also becoming a very big headache from a political perspective to talk about a whole part of the general corona situation here in germany at the moment. it's going in the right direction when you look for example at the 7 day incidence rate which is now below $100.00 for the 1st time since october it is also going in the right direction when you look at for example the new daily cases but there are still matte

first trucks arrived after midnight local time here in the port of callan our gateway to the european union for the u.k. and since then we've seen other trucks arriving on ferries and as you say passenger services also into paris on your star train of course the u.k. has now left to the single market and customs union and what that means is the french customs officials here have been able to put into action what they have been practicing for so many years and that is the reimposition of border formalities and what we have french customs officials say is a so-called small its border most of the extra paperwork that will be needed by companies or importing and exporting can be done or law in that way port authorities and customs officials hope that that will minimize any delays or disruption here at the border so far they say things have gone smoothly customs officials have said that they expected these days to be quiet it is the new year holiday of course here also the covert pandemic means more restrictions on travel between the u.k. and france and some companies of simply decided not to im

era outside the european union going forwards their relationship will be defined by the recently negotiated trade deal the u.k. officially departed from the blocks rules at 11 pm local time on new year's eve coronavirus destructions that meant that the brig's supporters couldn't hold any celebrations in public for trucks have been hauling goods across the border with france on the new customs rules since midnight delays were expected but so far things appear to be going. smoothly in the last hour or so the 1st europe eurostar train has arrived in paris from london travelers from either side will now face new restrictions on how long they can remain without a visa and in a nod to this landmark moment for the u.k. prime minister boris johnson delivered a message of national unity this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he is up to us to make the most of it and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one united kingdom england scotland wales and northern ireland working together to express our values around the world leading both the g 7 and the cop 26 climate change summit l

country but around the world the european union demanding vaccine providers do more than just emphasize the that is important here is transparency as governors and local health officials go straight to the federal government. >>and i'm advocating directly to the new president of the united states joe biden to send more vaccine doses to los angeles county a crisis that has everyday americans thinking outside the box the live music industry sideline completely by covid-19 offering to go back to work staffing vaccination mega sites in the play isn't just to be in use. >>the important part beyond the venue says the people because what do we do. for a living. we handle crouch we get people in and out quickly and safely. >>that was time to govern reporting for us tonight. >>encouraging news today for parents, teachers and students who are desperate to return to the classroom. the cdc has released a report that shows that there are limited amounts of covid-19 infections found in schools that have reopened an hour following the established guidelines to prevent spreading of the coronavirus the director of ucsf covid response doctor gina noble spoke with kron

bosnian locals prevented an attempt to take them to new quarters prompting authorities to cancel the relocation the camp is in lipa close to the border with croatia which is a member of the european union it's almost called the balkan routes used by people trying to cross into the e.u. as they seek a better life the un says almost half of the migrants in bosnia are living without any shelter. now bosnians religious leaders have joined humanitarian groups in condemning the treatment of people in the camp are receiving. for hundreds of men many from afghanistan or pakistan it's back to camp a site that's been on and habitable for a week now on tuesday both need a 30 cent buses to transport them to a new camp but they never left in the town now we're heading to there were heavy protests from locals the migrants spent the night waiting in the buses. they didn't give us any updates they were saying that we have to we're going to take the decision so they didn't take any decision and finally said that you have to go back to your. leave but the situation is spiraling out of control the bosnian red cross and fallen tears of providing them arguments with one ball meal a day. the camp was set on