meanwhile you food exporters are watching nervously as the braggs bed line approaches and this would be the time to rush through as much of their produce as they can into the u.k. but right now that just isn't possible. several 1000 of trucks are backed up in dover and that number is growing they won't be home for christmas but they at least want to avoid new border checks and customs controls that will come at the end of the year at this food wholesaler in the netherlands they're also worried about the fast approaching end of your deadline december 31st coconuts citrus fruit asparagus all of this has to go to great britain as quickly as possible if the u.k. left the braggs a transition period without a deal there'd definitely be delays in the movement of goods. over day it's too long of course it depends on the product you have stronger product and we could products but it. will lower deprives of the product if it comes humor wants to consume. very 1st provides. great britain is one of the most important markets for dutch fruit and vegetable traders last year fruit worth 2000000000

after 8 months of negotiations and 7 days before the braggs a deadline the european union and the u.k. finally a trade and security deal british prime minister boris johnson calls it an agreement that will haue the u.k. take control of its destiny but in scotland pro independence leader nicola sturgeon says it's time for the country to become an independent european nation the 1st minister to it of that's what's happening is against scotland's will in the 2016 brezhnev referendum 62 percent of voters in scotland opt to remain in the you since then calls for independence have grown but boris johnson rejects the demands of party is expected to head into next year's elections seeking any a mandate for a 2nd independence vote but will an independent scotland be allowed to join the e.u. . bragg's it's changed the debate over an independent scotland it's been 6 years since scots voted 55 to 45 percent to reject sovereignty in a referendum this year polls indicated support for independence of beijing 58 percent that's a tribute to the success of 1st minister nicolas sturgeon in controlling t

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are close to agreeing to a post bragg's it trade deal according to multiple media sources an announcement could come as soon as this morning the pound leapt on the news as britain appears close to avoiding a damaging no deal brags that after 9 months of turbulent negotiations officials goes and talks that an agreement has been found on the main sticking points fair competition and fishing rights. meanwhile the u. food exporters all watching nervously as the braggs a deadline approaches this would be the time to rush through as much of their produce as they can to the u.k. right now that just isn't possible. several 1000 a trucks are backed up in dover and that number is growing they won't be home for christmas but they at least want to avoid new border checks and customs controls that will come at the end of the year at this food wholesaler in the netherlands they're also worried about the fast approaching end of your deadline december 31st coconuts citrus fruit asparagus all of this has to go to great britain as quickly as possible if the u.k. left of the brakes a transition period witho

this is a disastrous bragg's it outcome for scottish farmer it's and like all other aspects of bracks it for students cortlandt against our will it wasn't just brussels that proved to be bogus on doing fresh from a caribbean holiday and still on a post-election high in the new year boris johnson didn't seem too concerned about a never heard of before virus his message was clear don't exaggerate when barry is going up. and when there is a risk that new diseases such as corona virus will trigger a panic while it was a pretty quick descent from fun to this. but it's hard not to panic when the person who's supposed to be meeting you flip flops and utahns his way through a crisis to the point his own ministers don't know the rules so make it absolutely clear. distinction. let me i will absolutely get back to christmas would be cancelled actually christmas is off schools are reopening actually no they're not we're lifting the knocked out actually stay at home little wonder then that confusion on exhaust peroration grew on the consumer speaker you know it's like things are very very quick an

i'm going to have you with us the european union and britain could be on the brink of a bragg's a deal after 9 months of talks some european union officials say negotiators and their british counterparts have made a last minute push to finalize a deal before christmas in recent weeks commission president. and british prime minister boris johnson got personally involved in the negotiations of the 2 sides disagreed over fishing rights and fair competition rules. and let's go right to brussels max sander is following all the latest for us there hi max what do we know about the negotiations at this point. hey sumi well this is one of these rules famous never ending brussels nights with never ending negotiations negotiators seem to still be added they've been working through the night trying to iron out the last final details of an a deal that is in sight now that could be reached through the course of this day they really are trying to get this done before christmas timing wise is probably the last chance to to get anything done nobody wants to break up come back after the holidays and and

with the economies on both sides of the channel suffering to the coronavirus crisis neither wants bragg's it to happen without a deal in place. i'm joined now by over a shock him and he's head of foreign trade for germany's d.v.m. a mechanical engineering association well mr ackerman thank you for joining us and all i wanted to ask you. how are your members approaching this moment right now as the negotiations near. yeah they the member companies have to adapt to heartbreaks it ought to move back said that means they have to adapt their international archie processes they have to prepare the relevant custom document and if outback sit com see if to pay customs duties but what is open now is how real the impact of the border controls speed on the delivery times for example and what is the availability of trucks and contain us on both sides so we have a lot of questions open now we're going to cost are you seeing put on your members as they just prepare for either outcome. i have recently had a. conversation with me a medium sized mechanical engineering company and they explained to me that

as of now officials still wrangling over a post bragg's it trade deal. is a member of the social democrat party democrat party here in germany and a member of the e.u. parliament and the head of the committee on international trade let's get more from him welcome to w not disagreements on fishery rights continue to be the hold up issue here is this economic the small issue worth the wait for this very important agreement. no it's not really an economically in part but politically it's important to look her to tool to france a bit jim we have caused by being populist parties are on our no rising wait. we're not look really like to see yellow vests protesting against the agreement and. populists and on the you put your side of course this i do don't accrue progression on top of 3 which is really 1st in. the on the good it waters so it's more politically. now a level playing field when it comes to competition as one of the main sticking his been one of the main sticking points between the 2 is size here you are heading that used parliament committee on inte

and still ahead on al-jazeera ready for braggs it business the new smart technology the customs officers at france's busiest port say will make the transition easier and. the northeast monsoon is getting colder so that means the showers agave the 1st ones to become quite big ones they look like it on the satellite picture that forming here in the forecast this lot could follow the wind down here i think you might find the wind changes direction and it's maybe singapore that gets that enhancement and in the showers of the next couple of days otherwise it's typical rainy season now in australia the orientation the rains changed a bit in that it's not quite as fast as all this satellite picture but it will change once more there's more of an inch or breeze for new south wales and victoria a.c.t so this whole area is going to be disappointingly known summary to start the new year with quite a few showers around the wettest weather will still be in tropical queens and maybe to rockhampton more likely further north it is still hot further west but at last it was 35 in paris still staying about

think it would be that big at all because i think what's going to happen is if there is a no deal bragg's it then the u.k. will simply default to w t o trade rules way that many countries already have operating agreements and trade agreements with europe but don't necessarily have trade deals in place one of those countries is australia australia does not have a formal trade deal with the e.u. they simply operate under w t o rules and it looks like the u.k. would probably do the same thing so it seems like there's all this pressure that's being put around the idea of bragg's you know if there's no deal breaks and who knows what's going to happen it's terrible for the u.k. we won't be able to move forward it's going to be there's going to be chaos at the borders if this happens calamity will hit everyone but i don't think that's actually going to happen i think what we'll see is that it will default to something pretty sensible that the deputy you know as already put into place now hilary what can be done to actually get this deal finished before the end of the year well actually i'm getti

times are long gone, back when it was a watering hole for some of the soldiers based at nearby fort braggmous for billiards, beer and karaoke, it was once a popular little public called froggy bottoms and it was where private first class kelli bordeaux planned to unwind one friday night back in april, 2012, friday the 13th. kelli was just 23, a mere 5'1" and barely 100 pounds, but she could hold her own with anybody. >> girl power indeed. >> to her older siblings, matt and olivia, kelli was always the perfect combination of tough and sweet. >> bouncy, bubbly, happy, and just trying to have a good time. >> i think she was always working to get better. she had a driven personality. >> that started from pre-k. she got straight as. all schools was just cake walk for her. >> kelli also had a big heart. she was warm and generous, always putting others first. >> she liked to help people that she saw needed help. she wanted them to be better because she could help them to be better. >> kelli grew up in florida and then enlisted in the army when she was 22. >> you just wait until i see you. i'm no

times are long gone, back when it was a watering hole for some of the soldiers based at nearby fort braggfamous for billiards, beer and s karaoke, it was once a popular little public called froggy bottoms and it was where private first class kelli bordeaux planned to unwind one friday night back in april, 2012, friday the 13th. kelli was just 23, a mere 5'1" and barely 100 pounds, but she could hold her own with anybody. >> girl power indeed. >> to her older siblings, matt and olivia, kelli was always the perfect combination of tough and sweet. >> bouncy, bubbly, happy, and just trying to have a good time. >> i think she was always working to get better. she had a driven personality. >> kelli also had a big heart. she was warm and generous, always putting others first. >> she liked to help people that she saw needed help. she wanted them to be better because she could help them to be better. >> kelli grew up in florida and then enlisted in the army when she was 22. >> you just wait until i see you. i'm not playing with you at all. >> after basic training the army sent her to fayetteville,

on the whole was not for braggs it they know it's knocking several to sound off the u.k. economy and even with this it will make trade between the u.k. in the e.u. more difficult there will be more paperwork there will have to be export declarations there will be origin checks so it's not the seeming this trait that the u.k. bret's it is boys johnson had promised but it's better than the absolute chaos at the borders that would have been pretty soft and if there was no deal. speaking of the u.k. economy the financial services sector is hugely important to it but this deal doesn't cover services so what happens there and is the city of london ready. financial services have really been largely left to fend for themselves and i imagine it's a 2000 page paper and i imagine that people in the financial services industry will be poring over the details to see what it actually means financial services act is that conserves wife spoken to all deeply worried mostly about whether they will still be able in the future to sell their financial services across europe and under what cir

food exporters are watching nervously as the braggs of that line which is december 31st approaches this would be the time to rush through as much of their produce as they can into the u.k. right now though that's not possible. several 1000 trucks are backed up in dover and that number is growing they won't be home for christmas but they at least want to avoid new border checks and customs controls that will come at the end of the year at this food wholesaler in the netherlands they're also worried about the fast approaching end of your deadline december 31st coconuts citrus fruit asparagus all of this has to go to great britain as quickly as possible if the u.k. left to the brits a transition period without a deal there'd definitely be delays in the movement of goods. over day. long of course it depends on the product you have stronger product and we could products but it. will lower deprives of the project. comes humor wants to consume. very 1st products. great britain is one of the most important markets for dutch fruit and vegetable traders last year fruit worth 2000000000 euros went

on the scottish 1st minister here nicholas sturgeon say britain has lost more than its gain from bragg's it stressing that scotland must now decide on its future as an independent european nation we've got to if you resolve scots and other britons on the deal. fatigue because it's been going on for so long it's happening now the balls rolling i think we should just finish it i think it makes it feel to be because it was perhaps a couple weeks ago should be just so much hype and misinformation and media i hate breaks and i think it's a completely retrograde step i think that the feeling of being part of a multinational international. i word looking community i think has been thompson fantastic i didn't support bret say i didn't pull pranks a i have really tried to not be part of you know petty boy it does make me nervous to think how am i going to get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in spain and in france and other parts of europe it would have been a disaster if there had been no deal so very cases but there is a to this is i suppose to some people a big

it scorches forwards and like all other aspects of bragg's it for students cortlandt against their will so may be a political victory for johnson but certainly does not a huge fan club around him at the moment a deal might have been reached spot it's just the 1st stop toward sort of bidding adieu to breakfast if i can mix my european british metaphors and i still think we will see that us rise up a few surprises. from germany's left party says e.u. leaders would have gone to great lengths to punish britain over bricks or. even if . they got themselves as markers of the euro it is surely the capitalist interest in the european union and the end of the day it is that in which direction this goes they don't want to go as they try or stops to make it bloody. and they want to destroy the u.k. economy just to set an example or so that other nations not accept the terrible arrangement that is your day but they have not succeeded because the economic interests within europe the german car probably for example they have a strong interest and. this trade relationship not. argentina has officially

and we've been covering bragg's it since the beginning and i'm now joined by big mass our correspondents from london and gareth much as who is in brussels for us and it's a huge story the story of the u.k. leaving the e.u. untangle in decades of integration we spent years interviewing politicians campaigners even body language experts and now after travelling across the u.k. as well as the continent and even the scenes we're taking a moment to select our past now the biggest threats that loses and some of the winners to. maybe one after that gunship maybe we can use diplomacy. and allow access maybe to some but not to all. forger is really few sleep protective about his fish he's a fisherman in hastings that's on the southern english coast and his family has been there for generations for centuries really if you're looking for the winners of pranks that we've met them in the english channel just off the british coast of some of northern europe's richest fishing grounds british fishermen are now able to fish much more freely and that's exactly what pool joy wanted to do take back so often

and the european union have sealed the braggs a trade deal just days before the new year deadline it's not all fully signed off yet still needs to be ratified by both sides but it is expected to go much smoother than the negotiations that will be e.u. commission chief. plenty of concessions preventing a possible no deal i'd come on the implications that would bring on the british side pm boris johnson seem to think it was essentially win win for westminster it is up to us to get. and a newly and truly independent nation to realize the i'm in city of this moment and to make the most of it as we knew in any case if there would have been a heartbreaks it it would not have been good for both sides but it would have hit the united kingdom harder than the european union with all its might 450000000 citizens therefore from a position of strength if we were able to come forward with the most comprehensive agreement with ever had well let's take a look at how the u.k. and the e.u. will cooperate from january 1st there will be no tar of sun each other's goods are no limit on trading new border c

48 hours to pore over a lot of details earlier are to join me in the studio to discuss whether the braggs adventure is not fully done and dusted. this is been such a long road britons voted to leave the european bloc but can 2016 ever since and they've been patiently waiting to see what kind of threats that they've got a sigh of relief for many they got one with a deal of course we all know it's been a roller coaster to get here those who campaign for breakfast said it's going to be plain sailing it's a piece of cake one politician said this is something that gets resolved over a cup of often noon tea that was just one of many overly optimistic statements i think on the matter no deal with that of that steel i believe it will be. negotiate these terms will be easy to negotiate a trade deal and of course you know if you're in the european union's interest just as much as it is. there is a price and they do because you're going to get a great. the free trade agreement that we will have to do with the european union should be one of the easiest in human history while easy i think we can say

as of now officials still wrangling over a post bragg's it trade deal band is a member of the social democrat party democrat party here in germany and a member of the e.u. parliament and the head of the committee on international trade let's get more from him welcome to d w not disagreements on fishery rights continue to be the hold up issue here is this economically small issue worth the wait for this very important agreement. no it's not really an economically apart but politically it's important look here to tool to france a bit to him we have crossed by being populist parties. on our no. wait . we're not little really like to see yellow vests protesting against the agreement and spirit of the populace and on the british side of course this i did not approve progression on top of 3 which is really 1st in. the on the good waters so critically there. now a level playing field when it comes to competition as one of the main sticking his been one of the main sticking points between the 2 assize here you are having the ears parliament committee on international trade and have been push

on the whole was not for braggs it they know it's knocking several to sound off the u.k. economy and even with this deal will make trade between the u.k. in the e.u. more difficult there will be more paperwork there will have to be export declarations there will be origin checks so it's not the seeming this trait that the u.k. bret's it is boys had promised but it's besa and the absolute chaos at the borders that would have been pretty soft and if there was no deal. speaking of the u.k. economy the financial services sector is hugely important to it but this deal doesn't cover services so what happens there and is the city of london ready. financial services have really been largely left to fend for themselves and i imagine it's a 2000 page paper and i imagine that people in the financial services industry will be poring over the details to see what it actually means financial services act is that conceives wife spoken to all deeply worried mostly about whether they will still be able in the future to sell their financial services across europe and under what circumstance

fishing waters post bragg's it something firmly opposed by britain's believe campaign negotiators have also still not agreed on the level playing field for future tariff free trade or on how disputes would be resolved if either side doesn't play by the rules of the u.k. officially left the e.u. back in january but remains in the single market and customs union during the transition period if a deal isn't reached by the end of this month britain will depart the block and revert to trading on world trade organization rules with the way in a go she asians have been going so far many see that as the most likely outcome political commentator anthony webber believes most people just wanted to be over one way or another. but people inside are great at making progress but i think the general public can we find out because because we proceeded to lead the e.u. in 2016 so no i don't think community people would be strictly surprised yes we're not going to look i think we have to remember the our e.u. referendum in 2016 question or 2 leading the e.u. it wasn't leaving the e.u. if we had. started

and we interviewed him just before the fateful bragg's it and like absolutely every executive in the car industry was very very worried about press it. investment in the u.k. car industry has plummeted since then its 80 percent down and cover has made things just was but if we look purely at the bread to defect some eastern european countries are winning because some manufacturers and some in the car industry have already relocated some of their production to eastern europe. we're looking over at the u.k. from europe i can't help but feel frustrated. principle sold in the u.k.'s this big wind wind and what we have now is a new sluice so it's very hard to see any significant advantage in all of this. after all the people we met after all the praise as well was travel these people are basically mainly lost out tensions are clearly running out yet westminster we try to destroy european trade just as here for months so i'm a german i'm living in the u.k. my children were born here and i feel at home here but for me. the e.u. is also important and it's important as a peace project these a

trade deal doesn't include gibraltar spain's foreign minister is warning of a possible hard bragg's it for the british territory if there's no agreement by later on thursday june also lies next to spain and it could face border delays as tat of some travel restrictions kick in on the 1st of january both sides have refused to comment on the progress of bilateral negotiations. u.s. senate leader mitch mcconnell has blocked a bill that would more than triple the amount given out in pandemic relief checks and in this week the house of representatives voted to increase the payments from 600 to 2 $1000.00 that followed a month from president donald trump the bill needs a 2 thirds majority to pass in the senate should have a chance he's in washington then explains what's behind mcconnell's decision. it's all rather nuanced mitch mcconnell right now has 3 main priorities in the final days of this session of congress which runs on sunday the 1st is to override president promises veto of the national defense authorization act the 2nd is not to jeopardize the chances of 2 incumbent republican sen

waters off to bragg's it but a trade deal reached by the e.u. and u.k. hasn't made their fears e.u. birds can continue to fish in british c.s. although they'll have to give up part of their catch to britain it's a better result than expected during the next 5 and a half years there will be some ongoing negotiations and the outcome we don't know it's we know that the target is a victim litter of 25 percent of a quarter going back to u.k. . but there's an 25 percent it's better than 60 percent as free trade between the e.u. and u.k. continues or thorough in the port of cali say they hope for minimal disruption customs officers in france's busiest ports say they're ready for persons departure from the e.u. single market and customs union $50000000.00 has been spent on creating a so-called smart border customs officials say they have introduced information technology and smartphone apps to help things run more smoothly but with some $5000000.00 trucks passing through the port of palo each year it will be a huge challenge to prevent allies to produce all covered for 2 years we have work

seeking to avoid a no deal bragg's it even british negotiators try to reach a trade agreement and prevent a chaotic scene at the end of the year. and we take a look at how the coronavirus pandemic is changing the way architects design buildings. voting has ended in venezuela in an election that will likely see the opposition lose control of the national assembly people are choosing a new congress which is the only government branch conkling controlled by opposition parties they boycotted the polls saying it was a fraud opposition leader. is planning his own referendum. if there are literally middling when the morning came today i said the day has a wrong the hour has arrived we had the patience and wisdom to wait for the selma to wait for this day to get rid of that nefarious national assembly that has been swollen and that brought the plague of sanctions cruelty of pain of suffering we were patient we resisted and today we are making justice with the boats. in america at its alyse in humans following events from chile's capital santiago not list c.e.o. i know that there are a lot of peop

that we have less than 30 days to go and it looks like we could be looking at a no deal bragg's that with europe what are the sticking points here give us a few sticking points i just want to add one thing to what ben said very thoughtfully cover that he did one thing that nobody even talks about birth defects that how can they study their longevity in the long long term effects of this and the longevity in terms of birth defects for the next gen i'm not sure today we have pregnant women are even going to be want to go and get that what about my sons of what about my grandchildren you know would they get a positive anyway that's a whole nother issue but you asked about rex said yes i'm getting really close now down to the wire i thought it was very interesting that mccrone recently met with the belgian prime minister and he actually said that he is that he's afraid that this is going to be use a football analogy the britain is going to like to have a loss a goal in the last minute i think a couple of things happened the u.k. actually has conceded a little bit in terms of the fishing