celebrations a rupture at the exact moment breck's it comes into effect but much uncertainty remains over what exactly comes next also coming up 2 votes shy democrats hoping to call witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial are defeated in the senate clearing the way for trump's almost certain acquittal in the coming days. and lame good thanks for joining us the united kingdom has 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 c

britain that is tenuously the great european power and truly global in our range not bush did abuse breck's of analysts alex for swiping joins me in the studio we have derek modest in brussels alex 1st to you seems very positive a lot of positivity but of course that's not the full picture what's going on in the u.k. right now yeah i mean look at the u.k. whatever anybody says whatever spin boris johnson puts on it is still a very divided country and even recent polling this week has shown yet again the country is pretty much split down the middle but brick's it has happened the year the u.k. has now left the european union and i think you will find that those voices that have been very much opposed to this well now just have to quieten down and get behind bars johnson and the government because whatever happens it is in the u.k.'s interests to try and get some kind of deal from the e.u. in the future and for those voices who are opposed to brics it to get behind boris johnson pushing him towards a good deal with the e.u. and they are quite the opposite in the e.u. on almost a mirror image

how is life going to carry on after breck'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. virtue that would have been the place of richard which saw sitting next to me 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 the newbie also gets to hold his 1st speech in the plenary and most fittingly it is about the new christian nations on the future relationship especially trade between the e.u. and britain we're at a delicate stage in proceedings and i care is no example in history where negotiating parties are seeking to impose trade barriers so it will be difficult to tell the rank of from the green party has like most of her fellow members of parliament not quite digested what happened just 10

and i thought breck no that's not a south. so i managed to contact the family and went down to meet them and i asked eyewitnesses with scene. in all had been killed explained to his widow who was sitting in the room with me exactly what had happened and it was a shocking shocking experience it was the best time that an bracknell has heard how her husband had been mad i think the shock of finding out what we're trying to. do the family really how little we know about my followers killing up he was actually responsible for. i phone my news desk expecting them to leap on the story and say give us everything you've got but the irrational was quite different it was oh no not enough a catholic sob story so i was just so so disappointed and high that his reaction to what i've discovered. i pushed for the story to be written under the end it was. in iran this time from started to emerge about what would be enormous loyalist attacks in the area. i suppose i didn't know much more about water column other than the other group called a ri

for me ok and your in the stream today breck said is finally here the union flag has come down at the european parliament but in places like scotland where they voted 62 percent to stay in the e.u. and northern ireland where they voted 56 percent stay in the e.u. the departure from the ukraine union has spotted great interest in leaving the u.k. it is a show we will discuss whether boxing could break up the united kingdom we want to know what you think share your thoughts with us and i live you can chant. we're going to wave. in the few. hours so everyone. if you disobey the rules you get cut off could you please remove the flags. you know. i. had. i really lays it down resume your seat put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you if you are leaving. in this memory mcginest their vice president of the european parliament disciplining breck said party any peace on january 29th and 2 days later the u.k. officially left the european union begin a transition period until the end of the year to negotiate a new relationship the historic end to 47 years of e.u. membership was me

to weaken its food and farming standards to bring them into line with america's breck'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 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 them as to produce here to the average briton chlorine is associated

in this memory mcginest their vice president of the european parliament disciplining breck said party any peace on january the 29th and 2 days later the u.k. officially left the european union begin a transition period until the end of the year to negotiate a new relationship the historic end to 47 years an e.u. membership was met with a range of feelings celebration mourning and a sense of anxiety for many u.k. citizens living in scotland and northern ireland places where the majority voted to remain in the new black sea has generated renewed interest in independence from the u.k. as some citizens say that london no longer represents their interests with us to talk about this any longer now does he or senior correspondent. in kabul north scotland james kelly author of the pro independence blog scott goes pop and in brussels alexander phillips a former member of european parliament for the brics a party i had to tell you as alex was watching that video there from the european pilot your smile was so wide you are enjoying every moment of that why alex what should be today how you feel

british delegates took their leave from the european parliament among them were many who questioned breck set. packing his bags before the final trip home british m.e.p. magic majeed had only 7 months and the european parliament now his country's officially leaving and so must he now the 1st green i mean people coming from the and it was unfaithful to the people of yorkshire and it's a great. summer and they're like christmas cards really nothing exciting and history. elected in may of 2019 was one of 73 british any peace in the current cohort with back that that term ends on the 31st of general now he'll have to find a new job for himself and his staff. before he was elected to the european parliament majid was lord mayor of the northern british city of sheffield born in somalia and he came to the u.k. as a child refugee he started his political career and 2014 joining the green party where he promoted an open european migration policy my campaign slogan was. immigrants make britain rare i thought i was. out in. the town where immigrants will use girls. i will destroy the girl economical

celebrations are of just the exact moment breck's it comes into effect that much uncertainty remains so what exactly comes next. also coming up 2 votes shy democrats hoping to call witnesses and president trump's impeachment trial are defeated in the senate clearing the way for trump's almost certain acquittal in the coming days. i'm max foster thanks for joining us. more than 3 years after the united kingdom voted to leave the european union it's official at the stroke of 11 pm local time friday night brussels time the u.k. ended nearly half a century of membership in the e.u. now begins an 11 month transition period and the difficult work of agreeing to a new relationship between the 2 sides. bringing in the changes a recording of big ben dong didn't practice it at the prime minister's residence in downing street but the country is still riven by the is you. know you celebrating presence exit from the e.u. in parliament square did so with a fierce passion for some britain had been set free. expression really waiting for. this. time for so-called brecht's it is like nigel for us who

the so-called breck'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. the. i made history i. tried to move in the movie history i was 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. i think it's because i'm a 62 percent of us fortitude in europe some are being dragged out against our will it's absolutely a disgrace and. sorrow in brussels to hear 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. the need breaks the thank you kate. he didn't pay for. rex it has exposed a huge division in british politics but the show of emotion i'm trying to listen in the u.k. on its point of departure from

be a stumbling stone on the bumpy road to bracks taking back control of british waters was a key breck's a campaign pledge but the u.k. may have to compromise if it doesn't want the issue to scupper chances of finalizing a deal with the e.u. the u.k. leaving in my view was unjustified and therefore i believe that it's going to be an economic cost for the u.k. so the closer we can keep when it comes down to the way we do trade for example the better it's going to be for both of us it's going to be an extremely tight race to get things done by the end of the year. now negotiations about the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. begin in earnest in early march a key issue is free trade plus the status of e.u. workers in britain and vice versa european union is pushing to ensure that e.u. citizens enjoy the greatest possible freedom of movement even after breaks it but they may have to fight to get what they want. 3.2000000 equal citizens are currently living and working in the u.k. and according to the withdrawal agreement they'll have residency rights for the rest of their lives the sam

of the country also feel like now that the divorce from the european union has done the rifts that breck said has cost can finally be overcome those hopes were marriage by prime minister boris johnson when he mocked the historic moment and called upon his people to unite and to heal he is now painting the picture of a prosperous and global britain off to break that but the reality is that nobody knows what's in store yet the real work though is about to begin a new trade deal with the european union needs to be found by the end of 2020 a task which many trade experts say is next to impossible. our let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators in algeria have marked 50 consecutive weeks of protest against the ruling elite the heroic movement's marches have been smaller in recent weeks but a larger crowd turned out for friday's rally calling for change and the removal of the army's role in politics. iraq has a new prime minister mohammad alawi a former communications minister will now try to form a new government and will run the country unti

and to shed some more light on the situation we're joined in the studio we did you did abuse breck said analyst rob much rob the u.k. has left the e.u. what next well it's left but the reality is on the grounds means nothing much changes within the next 11 months the so-called transition period the u.k. will remain in the customs union the single market goods people's business can move freely but legally. the article 50 shows they withdrawal process that is now finished will divorce is settled and the only way the u.k. to get back it is to officially apply its rejoining within the next 711 months nothing much will actually change for the people themselves. the u.k. is going to be negotiating a new trade deal with the european union what are the most important issues for what i think 1st off i think boris johnson's. goal to have an all encompassing deal which would include trade and this is education and science i think that is fairly overambitious still that within 11 months i think they'll focus on a bad trade deal. ton of known terrorist non-customers on goods i think that's the only

ringing in the changes a recording of big ben bomb didn't breck's it at the prime minister's residence in downing street but the country is still riven by the is you. know you celebrating presence exit from the e.u. in parliament square did so with a fierce passion for some britain had been set free. expression really is quite different. this. time for so-called bracks it is like nigel for russia 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 a story i. tried to move in the movie history of my. time but the nation is far from united in joy at the move. from 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. i think it's because me 62 percent of us fortitude and then in europe and they're being dragged out against our will it's absolutely a disgrace. sorrow in brussels to he

government's breck's it negotiating team has been ordered by prime minister boris johnson to come up with plans to avoid checks on goods passing from britain to northern ireland according to the sunday times newspaper officials seeking to evade checks on goods crossing the irish sea which are due to come into effect as of next year because of brics it the u.k. formally left the e.u. last month and is in a transition period the withdrawal agreement leaves northern ireland inside the u.k. customs area but all e.u. procedures are expected to apply to goods arriving there after december 31st travelers in india can now receive free platform tickets at one of the nation's largest railway stations with one condition they have to prove their fitness 1st athletic commuters who can complete 30 squats in just 3 minutes at delhi's and bihar station will earn a complimentary ticket that's a saving of 10 rupees or around 14 u.s. cents the special needs kiosk is the latest initiative in the government india movement launched last year to improve public fitness. coming up in sports. tyson ferry sits

what -- well, it's so inappropriate at a prayer breck pham if you want to go to the prayer black fest, prayer on school vouchers, all the things -- god bless youch it's a prayer breakfast and that's something about faith. may not be something i agree with but it's a prayer breakfast, but to go into the stock market and raising up his acquittal thing and mischaracterizing other people's motivations, he's talking up about things that he knows little about. faith and prayer. >> you often counsel members to be dignified the their responses did you step on that's message -- >> no, i did not. i tore up a manifesto of mistruth. infrastructure and the rest, who misrepresented all of that. it was necessary to get the attention of the american people to say this is not true and this is how it affects you. and i don't need any lessons from anybody, especially the president of the united states, about dignity. dignity, is it okay to start saying, four more years in the house of representatives? it's just unheard of. it is unheard of for the president to insult people there who don't share his vie

the celebrations are of just the exact moment breck's it comes into effect that much uncertainty remains so what exactly comes next. also coming up 2 votes shy democrats hoping to call witnesses and president trump's impeachment trial are defeated in the senate clearing the way for trump's almost certain acquittal in the coming days.

be able to continue this business like a majority of voters in scotland james porter did not want breck's it now the fear that britain will no longer welcome workers from the e.u. has become reality we've tried to encourage people locally to come and pay. you know the numbers just aren't there so these guys are only solution for harvesting what we grow. he doesn't know what he will do in the future he's hoping that the british government will offer a compromise. others are hoping for more radical solutions from the scottish parliament and would have liked to stay in the e.u. . i'm really angry and upset and being taken over vu against our will not just piques my heart just breaks my heart please leave l.a. on fodor's last find a refight to europe please england. scotland are in 2 different caucus in england's one to go their own way and they want to be a bit more right wing and they want to be a bit more reclusive not supergrass save the scotland wants to be progressive. to despair about bricks it has reignited the debate about scottish independence. scotland already declared its independ

think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of breck's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about there's no point in kind of 3 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 with free of a bureaucracy outside of boston that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie the find our life turned around and losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. serious spreading in 3 ukrainian regions where protests have been held over the country's nationals being brought back from the coronavirus at the center in china the flight carrying 73 people evacuated from we can eventually land it in ukrainian city of harkov but now demonstrators have clashed with police in the time where the passengers and meant to be quarantined. so far ukraine has yet to see one case of the coronavirus but many people clearly are quite scared of even taking that chance in the region of laval's groups of protesters wor

breck's it and the war of words. we won the. french words as it turns out. india is more than 2 months into a series of nationwide protests against the new citizenship law known as the c a a the citizenship amendment act the c a a makes it easier for migrants from religious minorities some of whom have been persecuted in their homelands to get indian citizenship unless they are muslims the protests are all over the news not just because of their size or the politicians working the crowds this past week a few days after a minister in a render a modis b j p government called for quote traitorous protesters to be shot a gunman infiltrated a demonstration then shot and wounded in that this is a political story in which the news media are playing a central role india has more than 424 hour television news channels many of them have taken to amplifying the nationalistic pro hindu rhetoric of the b j p labeling protestors anti national implying that muslims are inclined to spread terror and in the process normalizing hate speech and spreading that right across thei

the conservative party see them off and also don't forget in this question that also the effect of breck's it which you know hasn't been discussed so much it's not actually been abraxane election no sort of bipartisan. sort of credence and respect that people have expressed towards me of radko for how he's handled bracks it and so it's not been a case of that and it's actually sort of unify the country to some extent this election has been about something very different it has been about local issues it has been about housing health care child care. i would pick it up on on something that connell said right back at the start of that and so the island's pretty unique in that this traditionally been no. swing towards the left or right from election to election but the shin fein on the rise is is that about to change and will the left now become a mainstream political force in irish politics one might argue that faith while it's about is about left to any political policies a. it's not actually a left wing party it's primarily a nationalist party whose ultimate goal is you know if you are and

sculptures a see now things fail for decades to secure the return of relics it says was stolen however breck's it could be all about to change that now with the e reportedly backing greece's claim over the so-called elegant models and brussels could now push britain to return them to turn the collection was originally part of the parthenon in the greek capital but they're currently on display in the british museum in london a lot to speak to they got their grease claims they were stolen by law delegate in the 19th century while britain insists no britain says they were acquired legally and at the moment anyway isn't budging. the u. case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations cultural story when the earl and political and social commentator mo and surly discuss the links between democracy and the importance of history. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people

sculptures and see nothing fail for decades to secure the return of relics it says was stolen however breck's it could be about to change all that with the reportedly backing greece's claim to the so called elegant models in brussels could now push britain to return them the collection was originally part of the parthenon in the greek capital but the display in the british museum in london claims they were stolen by lord allegan in the 19th century while the u.k. insists it acquired them legally and it isn't budging. the case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations cultural historian wendy earle political and social commentator earlier discussed the links between democracy and the importance of history. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just as awash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woken like in society people

think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of breck'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 the father live to the runner losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. because you to make it look like climate change activist gretta tom burke has been slammed online but the swiss makers have defended it as nothing more than dressing up for what's supposed to be an outlandish annual carnival. declare war on environmental sinners and show the world this is on the brink. do you want to appears grabbed at the carnival for a week and turns to dare you remember all you need is are not quite neutral ground a break with braids. more and more companies are trying to capitalize brighter thunder and

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 we take working to i mean we rarely got breaks on the doorstep it was all until called me. describe workington it's an 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 unless you are right we are going to. feel that and they feel the story but it's an area which is 40 miles from the m's takes no really good road to get there and they've always voted labor as indeed it did but on the right on top of that alienation they rebecca long bailey who's the corbin east a candidate touted by the mainstream media again. she said progressive patriotism you saw that patriotism as a clue to understanding these last oh yes because what you've got talking to labor voters who deserted us by in large it was the men who do. speaking i'm going to say that and of course a disproportionate of young people in

not be put back i think that many of the populist activists don't care you know even if it's a messy breck said they don't care just imagine what if your family were divided on this here's one voter saying the referendum is split the household so much that my dad is sleeping on the sofa we now have 64 voting areas who have declared in the trend seems to be moving back towards the remain campaign so i'm not quite sure that the people who really said they would go to sleep are or really went to sleep at the moment this is such a nail biter when we get to the finishing line which ever saw my crosses that line it'll be only a very small margin you can see up here on the wall it looks as though the leave camp is beginning to pull ahead so far what we're seeing is a shock it is a shock yes and i think what's happened is that david cameron is completely official he thought cable could hold this referendum because what will walk it will be easy will be able to convince britain to stay in and it's backfired very badly at that since it's now getting frightening i think we're coming up on about 21 mi

start by saying you know from the outside one would expect the irish election to be dominated by breck's it but apparently it wasn't how do you explain that. well i think. frex it was kind of the elephant in the room of this election certainly on the doorsteps it wasn't i mean own looks it registered 0 in the exit poll as a concern for the way that people decide to to vote but i do think the turmoil of the last. 2 to 3 years has raised a lot of hackles and arlen because you know not only does arnold have its own broadcast media but irish people the length and breadth of the island both in northern ireland and the republic get british broadcaster restaurant broadcasting every single day so they see everything that was said of parliament and everything was said about bret's but the european union and i think that's so certain degree of anti british feeling in the background so despite the fact that threats it was no wasn't an issue as such i think it was very much a conditioning aid in making the irish people more inclined to vote to move towards the on the the the anti parish shouldn't th

as the country concludes its breck that trade negotiations that's according to the u.k. department for international trade transition reviews will assess whether the current measure is appropriate for the u.k. markets and whether it should be very changed or terminated industrial products such as alimony and for oil seamless pipes the iron and steel fittings are among the items that could be removed from the restrictions list earlier the host of the r.t. show sputnik george galloway joined us in the studio way we asked him about the chances of british relations with russia improving post breaks 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 r

whom highlighted the risks of having so-called controversial opinions they included anything from breck's it to conservative views on religion sexuality and gender fewer than half of those questions said they felt their views were respected in their field and some claimed they were even offered money to keep their opinions to themselves others said that it was part of a wider problem in their line of work it wouldn't be advisable to point out that the arts tend to do well under the conservatives are arts culture and indeed education sectors are not dominated by monolithic politically correct class mostly of privileged white middle class people by the way who impose their intolerant views across those sectors anything to do with gender issues especially trans issues who get a lot of flak either for not being on message enough or being off message or 2 on message. well another traditional bastion of free expression is under pressure in the u.k. he think tank policy exchange is warning that universities in the country have lost the trust of the nation over attitudes towards patriotism the re