but brecht's it is like nigel who fought a long campaign to take the u.k. out of the e.u. set triumphalist tone. i meet the really. good trading moves in there's 3 i. did as the day dawned on a new u.k. the newspaper headlines mark the moment in history and almost half a century of e.u. u.k. corporation but the nation is far from united some voice their sense of loss it's a great tragedy. for my life i've been in the european union my grandfather fortune was in europe we thought that was all over we thought we would be one continent peace. and harmony and now it feels. it was a fearless peaceful as it should be while others felt for the vigor what some called freedom or excitement returning to the days before the e.u. . i feel absolutely delighted it's what we wanted to do. and i feel that's probably peculiar to my generation but if we. move to push inflation it's undeniable that bret's it has exposed a huge division in british politics but the show of the nation and tribalism in the u.k. on this the point of departure from the e.u. indicates that the debate over its place

formally left the european union starting in 11 months 11 months transition period advocates of brecht's sit in london celebrated as the clock struck 11 marking the end of the u.k.'s membership others opposed to the decision gathered to commiserate it has dominated british politics over the past few years since the u.k. voted to leave the block in a 2016 referendum. the prime minister boris johnson hailed this moment as quote the beginning of a new era for the u.k. . we will rediscover muscles that we have not used for decades the power of independent thought and action not because we want to detract from anything done by our roads of course we want this to be the beginning of a new era of friendly cooperation between the e.u. and an energetic britain of britain the small tenuously the great european power and truly global you know range not bush did abuse brecht's analyst alex force widing joins me in the studio we have dared modest in brussels alex 1st to you seems very positive a lot of positivity but of course that's not the full picture of what's going on in the u.k. right now yeah

it's perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about sovereignty there's no point in kind of free hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in prison are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of person that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie on a far lighter and run a losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. a particular reporter's accuse the u.s. military failing to keep track of weapons with hundreds of millions of dollars in syria it suggests weapons were left vulnerable to loss or theft which as in turn skyrocketed operational costs of the other major consequences to scale of open reports from new york city. if you were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to send weapons to a foreign country it would probably pay to keep track of them but apparently that's the last thing that was on the pentagon's mind when it came to operation an

the stream is coming up next asking if brecht's it could break up the united kingdom. ok and your in the stream to say it is finally the union flag is down at the european parliament but i cite scotland and northern ireland that apart from the e.u.'s spot great interest even the u.k. scotland for the 62 percent to stay in the e.u. over the island 49 percent to stay in the use or we will discuss whether what could possibly break up the united kingdom of course we want to know what you think so you can share your thoughts with us live chat i need to get me right here on the street. we're going to wave. in the future. i said brave. if you disobey the rules you get cut off could you please remove the flag. you know. i. am really please sit down resume your seat put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you if you are leaving now. there's me mary mcginnis vice president of the european parliament there disciplining breck sick party any peace on january the 29 and just 2 days later the u.k. officially left the european union beginning a transition period until th

to demand a new referendum scotland voted 62 percent to remain in the european union in the 2016 brecht's a referendum since then calls for independence have grown but british prime minister barak's johnson rejected demands saying the 2014th scottish independence referendum was a once in a generation vote. now to australia strong gusts of wind and soaring temperatures a field bush fires near the capital firefighters have been able to hold the blazes back from reaching the outskirts of camera but uncontrolled fires in the territory of reached at least 350 square kilometers in size on friday the australian capital territory declared a state of emergency in preparation for fires stoking conditions throughout the weekend. age there's no homes lost but we've still got a long road ahead of us and you know. it's in the story is a serious issue unfortunately we've seen the many times during the season we can't be complacent when you have this much far activity. the commonwealth has accepted the return of the multi 3 years of the indian ocean i didn't quit a criticism of its human rights record ma

to make decisions without being forced to abide by your regulations one of the main arguments of brecht's its supporters but brussels insists that there will only be a free trade agreement if britain continues to comply with european standards in the future. we want competition to defeat you but most to be fair fair and treat free country or the e.u. is demanding that worker protection environmental regulations and tax planning meet e.u. standards british prime minister boris johnson says that's absurd the whole objective of doing what we're doing is the u.k. can do things differently and better when we're going to engage in some race to the bottom we can maintain the very highest standards we want. you know mutual recognition of each other's high standards and access to each other's markets. if there's no agreement by june britain is threatening to cancel all negotiations and brussels has also signaled that it's prepared if the 2 sides failed to seal a deal. and it feels like we've been there before many times let's bring in ed and professor of economics at the university of applied scie

i think i'm for so-called brecht's it is like nigel for us who fought a long campaign to take the u.k. out of the e.u. it was an historic day the decades he held a minority view but with britain's exit he led the celebrations at the nation's departure. i made history. to try to move in the movie history of my. time but the nation is far from united in joy at the move. e.u. supporters gathered outside the scottish parliament here in edinburgh and in other parts of the u.k. there was sadness a majority of scots voted to stay in the e.u. but their voice is being ignored in westminster. i think it's because i'm a 62 percent of us fortitude a man in europe cummerbund back that against our will is absolutely a disgrace. sorrow in brussels to him and in other cities on the continent too young. since rallied their future less certain and their vision of a nation at home in europe seemingly defeated. the need to create the think you can even think. bret's it has exposed a huge division in british politics but the show of emotion and trying to listen in the u.k. on its point of departure from t

have 11 months to work out the terms of a new relationship which means the fierce debate about brecht's it isn't over yet. but. this is. about. you yeah you're. right on yes i'm very sad i would say the word i would jesus taught for i think this is a brick said that this is to be independent of the. it's a day many were waiting for and one that others hoped would never arrive the u.k. has officially left the european union. as the british flag the union jack was flying high in london. scotland's capital and improve his billy coverage in scottish saltires and european flags a small group of bricks supporters turned up at this true e.u. rally but the predominant feeling here is that the u.k. has made a mistake thanks that was a play. by the. side before scotland to be. as i was. sure. many here who have scotland will soon be back in the e.u. as an independent country and there was a glimmer of hope from the european commission in brussels responding to calls to leave a light on for scots perhaps one day to return. our correspondent charlotta potts is in london and told us about just how t

celebrations among those who voted to leave the country finds on the morning after that the hardest part of brecht's it may be yet to come. also coming up more and more countries evacuate their nationals from china and made a global scramble to curb the spread of the new coronavirus plus 2 vote shy democrats hoping to call witnesses and president trump's impeachment trial are defeated in the senate clearing the way for trunks almost certain acquittal in the coming days . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program after years of high stakes political drama since it voted to leave the european union and britain is out of the block at the stroke of midnight brussels time the u.k. ended nearly half a century of membership in the e.u. but brags it is still not a done deal the 2 sides now embarking on an 11 month transition period and the difficult work of finding the terms of a deal relationship. ringing in the changes a recording of big ben bond in bret's it at the prime minister's residence in downing street just up the road celebrations began over britain's exit from the e.u. in parliament square with thi

time for so-called brecht's it is like nigel for us who fought a long campaign to take the u.k. out of the e.u. it was an historic day for decades he held a minority view but with britain's exit he led the celebrations at the nation's departure. meat fish 3. trade moves in the 3. but the nation is far from united in joy at the move. e.u. supporters gathered outside the scottish parliament here in adams and in other parts of the u.k. there was sadness a majority of scots voted to stay in the e.u. but their voice is being ignored in westminster. think it's appalling to me 62 percent of us were to demand in europe some are being dragged out against our will it's absolutely disgraceful. and at. sorrow in brussels to here and in other cities on the continent young britons rallied their future less certain and their vision of a nation at home in europe seemingly defeated. was. the need breaks my heart to think you play even if you think that if he didn't face it the way. breaks it has exposed a huge division in british politics but the show of emotion and tribalism in the u.k. on its

have until the end of 2022 to find their new post brecht's that relationship and there's still a long way to go so one of the issues that need sorting trade is the biggest one i think the trade relation between the 2 how are we going to trade with each other are we going to have tariffs or are we not going to have types in the way that we have changed goods and services that's going to be i think the biggest thing to do a successful outcome on this key issue will depend on the u.k. agreeing to the e.u.'s calls for a level playing field the e.u. wants the u.k. to stick to e.u. rules out of fear that the u.k. will lower its standards or profit from unfair advantages but for british negotiators being freed of this one of the main drivers for bracks it so talks will be tough in my view e.u. has a symmetrically bigger power when it comes to when it comes to trade each country there you would be using one market the u.k. would be losing $27.00 markets. there is one element where i think the u.k. has got perhaps more of a say that is in the financial markets and that is basically london this

now faces a new reality and a new realization the hardest part of brecht's it matey yet to come and as the world scrambles to stop the spread of the new coronavirus more countries begin evacuating their citizens from china germany is now one of the plane carrying german nationals touches down in frankfurt look at the latest. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us after several years of political drama and domestic turmoil britain is finally out of the european union at the stroke of midnight brussels time the u.k. ended nearly half a century of membership in the e.u. but bracks it is still not a done deal the 2 sides now began an 11 month transition period and the difficult work of finding the terms of a new relationship. bringing in the changes a recording of big ben didn't sit at the prime minister's residence in downing street just up the road celebrations began the prison's exit from the e.u. in parliament square with this passion but the country is still riven by this sooner. something prime minister boris johnson try to counter with a positive message for the future. job of the

they want to make the most of brexit and arguing what is the point of brecht that if we do not divergerom eu rules? so he has symbolic industies. for example, fisheries, where he wants to be seen as standing up to brussels. he says this is nonnegotiable, that it is very much for brexit. in the north of england this is a very sensitive topic, even though economically, fisheries are not very important for the u.k. but the sabella get a straight and symbolic -- these symbolic industries and symbolic moves where he says we are not going to subjugate under eu rules. that we want to come to an agreement and want to see i type but we are not going to just do what the eu tells us to do. brent: turkey's president says the turkish military has neutralized dozens of syrian government troops. that in retaliation for an attack on turkish forces in syria. the deadly flareup in war-torn idlib province is heightening tensions between turkey and russia, the tubing is foreign powers in series on running conflict at the back opposing sides in idlib. ankara is keen to show it means business. >> more milit

think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about sovereignty there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of britain that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie on a far lighter and run a losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. but a costume to make you appear like an activist icon gretta tom book has been slammed online by the swiss for behind it says it's all about i think a fun environment to wear it in. declare war on environmental scientists and show the world is on the brink. do you want to appears grad at the carnival. dare you remarks all the natives are not quite a climate neutral graduate with braids. more and more companies are trying to capitalize on grettir tundra and it is tasteless because we actually have to deal with the climate cr

northern ireland voted against brecht's it with 56 percent of the population in opposition alex now hopes that more people will follow her footsteps and make their voices heard. we want to know more about northern ireland i'm joined by quentin senior fellow at the think tank chatham house on european affairs thanks for coming quentin say no law and was a major roadblock for 2 reason may and how withdrawal agreement is it all solved now on the bus johnson no i don't think it is i don't think it solved the toll it's been fun the big changes that boris johnson has agreed in effect to have some sort of border in the middle of the irish sea that infuriated the irish the northern irish unionists and really he lost their votes but he no longer needs votes and he's pushed it through the trouble is i think that it's not just the unionists in northern ireland who mistrust the whole deal it's also on the other side of the channel i was talking to somebody from paris yesterday and they were saying we'll win on the top show that the brits won't try and smuggle stuff into the european union through nor

think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about sovereignty there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of britain that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie on a far lighter and run and losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. we'll leave it there sure that's it for now from moscow more of our top stories of the last 7 days recap for you with me kevin though in weekly returns just over half an hour between now and then the next tell me programs for you and your part of the world a father can tell you examine the controversial activist and former head of the english defense league tommy robinson right after this break coming up this weekend . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms r

think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about sovereignty there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of britain that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie on a far lighter and run and losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. beautifully said so far more of our top stories the last 7 days recap for you with me when the weekly returns just over half an hour out international i mean time for the rest the team have a great rest this weekend enjoy the rest of our programs too coming up after the break. when customers go by your. well reducible our. best undercutting but what's good for markets is not good for the global economy. become a battleground in the u.s. . people have demanding the shutdown of a local plant. is right now my focus because it

how is life going to carry on after brecht's it this is richard corbett one of the most outspoken pro europeans from the labor party who has now left inside the committee room of social democrats german parliamentarian. still can't quite believe that his best friend after so many years is gone so normal the. church would have been the place of richard which saw sitting next to me in the from rule group meeting with was it was nice richards next to me and it said that he's gone the u.k. lost 73 seats in the e.u. parliament because of president and 27 of those where redistributed to other countries one of the winners in this lottery is barry andrews from ireland so i'm very sad for our colleagues particularly from the liberal democrats that are not here but i hope now to be able to fulfil my mandate so yes it's been some good luck for me but the circumstances are not ideal but the newbie also gets to hold his 1st speech in the plenary and most fittingly it is about the new stations on the future relationship especially trade between the e.u. and britain we're at a delicate stage in proc

think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about sovereignty there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of person that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie on a far lighter than a losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. hysteria is spreading in 3 ukrainian regions where protests have been held over the country's nationals being brought back from the coronavirus epicenter in china the fight carrying flight carrying 73 people evacuated from war hand eventually landed in the ukrainian city of harkov now demonstrators have clashed with police in the town where the passengers are meant to be quarantined. right. was no no no no no no no no no. oh. god oh. god i think it. was. so far ukraine has yet to see one case of the corona virus but many people

the studio where we asked him about the chances of british relations with russia improving post brecht's it. well objectively i mean logically the ought to britain has slipped its moorings in the e.u. and is setting still for the world russia's a major part of the world moscow's the biggest city in europe russia's the biggest country in europe it's one of the world's biggest economies logically britain ought to be looking for friends and ought to be looking therefore to thaw if not warm up its relations with russia and there are one or 2 straws in the wind that suggest that britain realizes that at the same time britain's under countervailing pressure from the united states. over the while we have other things. there's something to play for thanks to using r.t. international we're back with the headlines in just over 30 minutes. i walk through the streets of moscow now drew blood 100 people i was down the 8 of them would have the changes of leukemia in the blood that they don't have. because in order for them to have leukemia they need a d.n.a. changes they also need an environment that'

to weaken its food and farming standards to bring them into line with america's brecht's it presents a chance to break open a major european market the other issue which people got very obsessed about here is chlorinated chicken deliver on our comes that benefit the agricultural sector and most importantly consumers who are going to be the net beneficiaries of these really good deals american producers claim they've turned away from chlorine in favor of other disinfectants but the e.u. still believes the use of such methods at the end of the meat production process could compensate for poor hygiene standards plus other fears of inhumane treatment while farmers leaders think it would be madness to import such goods this year the government must show global leadership insists that u.k. farm standards are the benchmark for climate friendly farming around the world and that whoever wants to trade with us trades on our terms and we must not allow those standards to be undermined by imports of goods which would be illegal for our farmers to produce here to the average briton chlorine is as

in many ways over the last 10 or 20 years i think donald trump truly is a symptom of that as his brecht's in england well of course is also told here about what sort of cool to allow a trade over any trade deals in britain does pose breaks in trump said he then the world bank linked to trade tribunals he hasn't he hasn't done that yet look at i mean there's a certain amount of this localization that you just can't walk away from in a certain infrastructure that it's not useful to blow it up the problem is that the economic model wasn't working you know at the level of nation states so i think there's a balance where you know somebody like something ministration has got to move on these fire lateral trade agreements where if the same time trying to keep what he can of go and say shame on him going over thank you thank you. after the break is the international community now united against britain and the united states after the deal of the century and trump's killing of money we get perspective from a cia insider's guide. legibly done. old stuff in being the 1st u.k. territory to rejoin the

important about and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about solvency it's there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of boston that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tighten up on our lives just to run a losing argument ok and that's where we're going to have bring this argument. there i'm sure that's your opinion though all right thank you to you both are so going to the cultural historian and also my answer that this a call and social commentator thank you.

dharma chatter brecht at secretary is the argument the mainstream media's candidate to be the next labor leader was it just bricks that his disastrous bricks of policy that lost the election i don't think it was i mean bracks it was really symptomatic of a wider problem the seats we lost when the city seats in the north seat in manchester newcastle we won all the seats with much majorities we lost the seat on the fringes annoys people were feeling alienated they didn't feel part of britain any longer and therefore the lashed out and breck's it was the way in which they showed their views but to the election if we take working to i mean we read. only got breaks on the doorstep it was all until he called me. describe workington itself area which the mainstream media particularly homed in on as the bellwether seat of the december election yes it was that the press really picked up a good story there and run with it and. i think he did and they feel the story but it's an area which is 40 miles from the ems takes no really good road to get there and they've always voted labor as indeed it did

couple weeks ago saw the world premiere of a movie called crypt camp by nicole newnam and jim the brecht it's going to drop on that flicks that shows these people would do a summer camp they came out of the summer camp they realize i am not alone in this and people went to change the literal world they went and they fought for disability civil rights and laws came out of that had changes in attitudes came out of that people are going to be able to see maybe for the 1st time what happens when disability community comes together that is a great leap forward. this is politics because disability in politics is becoming more and more of a bigger topic not even if paul if policies may not be paying attention but certainly people with disabilities are making them pay attention i'm just looking here at some of the hashtags of pretty busy right now disability inclusion disability counts 2020 is a new another big one because there's a census in the united states and if you are not counted then there will not be policy that's built around you there will not be facilities and services that you need

the stream is coming up next asking if brecht's it could break up the united kingdom. ok and your in the strain to say that is finally here the union flag is down at the european parliament but i cite scotland and northern ireland that apart from the e.u.'s spot great interest even the u.k. scotland for the 62 percent to stay in the e.u. over the island 49 percent to stay in the you say we will discuss where the proxy could possibly break up the united kingdom of course we want to know what you think so you can share your thoughts with us live in our chat i need to get me right here on the street. and national we're going to wave. and if you can. i said really.

is what we're talking about today is the future of the union of the you can is it after rests on brecht sick day we spoke to and picked up some of the opinions from nova knight and i should say that northern ireland voted 56 percent to stay in the european union hasten ideas from the street about how they're feeling about box set. a lot of people in bad form with this cause a lot of education on whether. by the end of year a lot of others a hard ball the resolve ball that we're leaving we're appealing it ain't against our will and the deal that's in place is only a temporary measure i think you should measure the real important stuff is happening this year the timing for the elections for island is on county now and what should we be expecting coming up for this weekend. well in the south in the republic of ireland i mean if it is the issues there are really super exit things to the housing crisis and health care and frankly that you know the echoes of all the austerity that brussels and post on when the banks went on several years ago and completely bends over for germany and so they w

led to anti sentiment and they made that sentiment the rise of hate group that i saw a particular brecht said that i saw terrorism and that affected us in the united states and we think sometimes our politicians think that syria is the land where people are killing each other but actually what's happening in syria is affecting us and the us and every politician in the democratic party or president should care about syria and we can do a lot presidents from can exert influence on putin can apply more sanctions can pressure him so he can stop the bombing of children in school and the bombing of the hospitals 67 hospitals in the provinces at the border were bombed by the sit in their game and their russian and their minding the rules of war every day 'd in syria and this is dangerous for all of us and i tell you right now we have an extra really important point actually that dr who is making the point is that you know there are certain military options that you can use to for example stop helicopter from dropping bombs on jasmine and also hold on a 2nd some about to have to wrap this i want

overwhelmingly voted for that so there is a mandate we can't leave russel's without a mention of brecht's it british newspapers adjusting in the last few days that there are new overtures being made to boris johnson this after the european union has stressed repeatedly that there is no reopening of the withdrawal agreement is the e.u. in the process of blinking at the 11th hour. no we have said and ordered off on the law and has repeatedly continued to say this we want to stay friends with our british neighbors that's not easy in the current political debate especially not easy in the current debate in the u.k. but that's the principle we want to stick to but it's obvious that the treaty that we have been negotiating about in the end to make government is the treated that is on the table and if you have new people now coming into the e.u. and you have a new person to coming into the government but the principles behind the treaty don't change it's only the one of the 5 european countries including germany and france allegedly making contact with johnson in order to see what chance there i