michael gove says there will be bumpy moments ahead.gone down to the wire and the government must ta ke the wire and the government must take responsibility for inadequate brexit planning. prepared or not, on friday the uk will wake up to a profoundly different trading relationship with the eu. vivienne nunis, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. at least 200 british tourists are reported to have fled the swiss ski resort of verbier to avoid quarantine because of the coronavirus. a ten—day isolation period was ordered by switzerland after the discovery in england of the more contagious variant of covid—19. south korea has confirmed cases of the new covid—19 variant after a family tested positive after returning from the uk last week. finland has also become the latest country to confirm a case of the new uk variant. britain has denounced china's handling of the trial of ten pro—democracy activists and two minors, who were arrested while trying to flee hong kong in a speedboat. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, s

michael gove said the eu wa nted unhappy.wanted a transition period of unhappy. michael gove said the eu wanted a transition period 01:14 yea rs wanted a transition period 01:14 years and they haggled three and ended up with 5.5 so he says that was not a bad deal. if you look at the numbers, uk wanted an 80% cut in the numbers, uk wanted an 80% cut in the eu offered 18 so it is much nearer the eu position on the length of the transition it's neither the uk position so a bit of give and take. it's what happens after the transition period that ten is interesting because then it reverts to annual negotiations on access to fishing waters and in theory at that point the uk can say we will shut out eu boats altogether, take back oui’ out eu boats altogether, take back our quarter, that is it, but there isa our quarter, that is it, but there is a presumption in the deal, it is written in that the 25% cut is going to continue for a while and the uk has to make a choice to change that. if it does so, then there is the opportunity agai

|j gove is looking for a political cover, but he hasn't got it.there is such a big effort, as well as the tories being worried about this approach. now we're seeing how it's becoming potentially a borisjohnson policy and throughout the crisis, as we seen, we policy and throughout the crisis, as we seen, we were also was to policy and throughout the crisis, as we seen, we were also was to be as one but that didn't hold up for very long. scotland taking some of its own rules, different tier systems, andi own rules, different tier systems, and i think we're perhaps about to see that here. just the story below that, david, trade deal hopes rise. could even have a vote on boxing day was blue quite extraordinary.” could even have a vote on boxing day was blue quite extraordinary. i have learned tonight that the last parliament on christmas day was a 1656. i don't think anyone is proposing that, or perhaps the up until now invisible mrjacob rees—mogg. perhaps he could welcome it. but clearly, the mood music has changed from the talks. don'tjump to conclu

michael gove says there will be bumpy moments ahead.ever have gone down to the wire, and the government must take responsibility for inadequate brexit planning. prepared or not, on friday the uk will wake up to a profoundly different trading relationship with the eu. vivienne nunis, bbc news. as 2020 draws to a close, we've asked our expert correspondents to give us their preview of what the coming year will bring in their field. today, it's the turn of our global health correspondent, smitha mundasad. 2020 is the year we all learnt more about the devastation a tiny virus can bring. 2021, then, will hopefully be the year we witness how science and changes to our behaviour can put us back on track. this is the uk's margaret keenan. in december, she became the first person in the world to have the pfizer biontech vaccine, outside of clinical trials but the world health organization says no one is fully protected until everyone is protected. so the biggest question for 2021 is how to vaccinate the whole world. that's where something called

michael gove says there will be bumpy moments ahead.overnment must take responsibility for inadequate brexit planning. prepared or not, on friday, the uk will wake up to a profoundly different trading relationship with the eu. vivienne nunis, bbc news. ten of 12 hong kong activists arrested attempting to flee to taiwan by speedboat have gone on trial in mainland china. the activists left hong kong following the introduction of a new wide—ranging national security law. danny vincent reports. in a small room on the kowloon side of hong kong, the family members of the detained await news from a mainland chinese court with bated breath. they have hidden their identities in fear of reprisals. their demand is to bring back 12 protesters detained in mainland china attempting to flee to taiwan. it's unknown when they will hear a verdict. across the border in shenzhen, the trial of the young activists began today. critics say that the mainland chinese legal system is opaque, secretive and arbitrary. family members were not allowed to attend the

what michael gove was saying is different todayis michael gove was saying is different today is undert will happen. the other thing he was suggesting was there will be certain goods like sausages which would have been banned altogether, but they will still be able to come in. however only for six months. so it does seem likely that the sort of range of checks and controls that we were talking about a year ago controls that we were talking about a yearago in controls that we were talking about a year ago in this deal was originally done, they were largely still apply and the progress has made on the customs side of things, the terrace will be charged on goods coming into northern ireland in virtually all circumstances. but nonetheless, think back to last year when the then irish prime minister and boris johnson met when the then irish prime minister and borisjohnson met and borges and agree to putting some checks in the irish sea which was a huge political gamble on his behalf. that political gamble on his behalf. that political gamble still holds. the plan in broadbrush terms to use y

michael gove is that tomorrow, because michael gove. . . ?l be back with that and more on the vaccination programme beginning its roll—out today, now the weather. hello there. we haven't seen this much fog around today but it hasn't gone away completely just yet. this was one part of the country that was foggy yesterday, but today, earlier on, we did have some welcome sunshine. further north across the uk, skies have looked different. some rain falling, a lot of cloud too. dominated by low pressure across northern parts of the uk, windy at times, some outbreaks of rain. quite wet still in parts of north wales, northwestern england, the rain heavier as it heads into the midlands this evening. ahead of that, fog thickens up in parts of east anglia, down to kent. that gets washed away by the rain moving down from the north, showers following on behind. clear spells developing in northern ireland, wales, the south west, so perhaps a few pockets of frost here and the odd icy patch too, but by the end of the night, temperatures generally above free

michael gove was keen to say there was no suggestion of that, but there is a grace period.itish government to sit on its hands and wait for the inevitable clash which will have to deal with again, or it can put in place legislation which it is allowed to do under the withdrawal agreement to make sure that any economic damage to northern ireland by the implementation of the withdrawal agreement is avoided by the british government taking new lateral action through legislation in the house of commons, and what we said to the minister today was that thatis said to the minister today was that that is what he should be doing, he should be making it quite clear to the eu, sort this out, stop interfering in the internal market of the united kingdom, and you make whatever changes you have to make into your laws to allow that to happen, otherwise we will be taking unilateral action to make sure and safeguard the integrity of the union and the economy of northern ireland and the economy of northern ireland and the economy of northern ireland and the uk internal market. what unilatera

michael gove says there will be bumpy moments ahead.says the deal should never have gone down to the wire, and the government must take responsibility for inadequate brexit planning. prepared or not, on friday, the uk will wake up to a profoundly different trading relationship with the eu. vivienne nunis, bbc news. now it's time for this week's edition of 100 women. vocalizing climate change came along and it changed everything. drumming and singing. due to the ice melting, we've seen all these changes. it's affecting us up here in the arctic circle. i am worried about the future. we have lagoon on one side, sound on the other. we don't have any room to give. we don't know what's going to happen. inupiaq have been here for thousands of years but now my children really have no idea what's ahead of them and it's scary. kotzebue‘s population is about 3,000 people. it's a nice place, very isolated, no roads. the only way that we go to the village is either by one of the commuter planes. summertime, we go by boat. wintertime, we go by snow m

stay with us, because we're just going to have a quick listen to michael gove, has been reacting this why special revisions are required from northern ireland? the only land border is on the island of ireland. we seem real gained maids through the peace process. it was... from unionist to ensure that we could safeguard these process but also make sure that northern ireland 's businesses could benefit from the strength of the uk internal market. that's what this agreement does. the remaining people throughout this process who said it would be impossible to provide northern ireland 's businesses with a secure northern ireland 's businesses with a secure place within the uk internal market and also access through the absence of a hard border to ireland and to the eu single market. that is what we have done in ha rd market. that is what we have done in hard negotiation with the european union, and it's a success for the people of northern ireland. in order to get what you want today, we had to get what you want today, we had to make an extra ordinary... just a year ago today, you said the

michael gove did address that on tv this morning. let's listen to what he said.e fact we are removing tariffs and removing some of the controls that have been there without an agreement, i think that will be welcomed by northern ireland businesses, but of course we will be working intensively with them to make sure everyone is ready.” working intensively with them to make sure everyone is ready. i think there will be a welcome for clarity, but a lot still depends also on the broader trade negotiations because there is the issue of whether some ta riffs there is the issue of whether some tariffs might have to be applied to goods moving from great britain into northern ireland which might be at risk of moving onto the eu. if the uk and the eu do an overall tariff—free agreement, then that issue for northern ireland goes away entirely. michael gove said this morning that for businesses in northern ireland life will continue as it did before hand. a lot are not convinced about that when they look at the scale of the amount of food and other produce that goes across t

perhaps that look a bit rosier so what's going to happen next michael gove will return to london he will present this deal. to go to parliament and then the prime minister will head off to brussels but whether or not all of this can be wrapped up before the e.u. summit on the e.u. leaders summit on thursday is actually pretty doubtful. so this is certainly a step forward but there has been lots of concern in the run up to this because it's not an awful lot of time t 2 and you see less so in the u.k. is the european union deal or no deal on the 31st of december what's the feeling in the u.k. right now certainly a positive sense that things will go well or is it still a bit of a tight group at the minute charlie is absolutely right but the mood music is not great as you as i said prime minister himself saying this morning is going to be very very difficult the feeling was that if he was going to brussels for a face to face meeting he wouldn't want to come back empty handed so these are the laying the ground saying that you know i might come back empty handed be prepared for that in th

minister gove.at we've been working with supermarkets and with other traders in order to ensure that their supply lines and the current provision, and indeed in the future, i hope enhanced provision, on all the goods that consumers in northern ireland currently enjoy can remain. the chaos at ports is already occurring before the end of the transition period, and this is because people are stockpiling because they are so worried about what will happen next year. can he confidently say that the perfect storm of christmas, brexit stockpiling, covid restrictions and the new customs regime will not lead to significant disruption come january? no, it is a very fair point, there are a number of things which are coming together this christmas, and it's helpful that she contextualizes the fact that the situation that we have is a result of many factors. we are doing everything we can in order to ensure that trade continues to flow freely, but as she quite rightly points out, there are a number of factors, wi

cabinet minister michael gove says the government wants a deal but the eu would need to "temper" itsemands. we want to avoid tariffs on our trade with the european union, but it can't be ideal at any price. but it can't be a deal at any price. thousands receive the first coronavirus vaccine, but there's a warning of a long road ahead. and if you want to get in touch about any of today's stories, please do. you can tweet me @annita—mcveigh or use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. loneliness, anxiety and depression. a survey finds more than half of students have struggled with their mental health since the start of the pandemic. the route map to net zero, the committee on climate change publishes a major report on how the uk can meet its carbon cutting targets. and the world's smallest species of possum, thought to have been wiped out by australia's devastating bushfires, has been found on kangaroo island. borisjohnson will head to brussels later for face—to—face talks with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, in what's being seen as a last—ditch attempt to make a br

i'm not entirely clear what michael gove was referring to four yea rs michael gove was referring to foures in countries like switzerland, iceland, norway, liechtenstein and when you combine this with the eu, then you've got the european free—trade area but those are very specific arrangements and they do require fairly rigorous alignments with single market rules and the uk has chosen not to do that. so, they are ona chosen not to do that. so, they are on a completely different trajectory if you like. and let's get back to the negotiations at hand, tony. what are you hearing about the point that we have reached this tuesday evening? well, i think there has been significant movement on this really troubling question of the level playing field. put simply, the european union wants to make sure that if the uk has access to the single market but if it did purchase from eu standards, then british firms could be at an advantage over european ones and obviously the eu would intend to tighten or strengthen or raise its standards over time if the uk doesn't keep up with those standards, then agai

michael gove is right that there will be big changes to prepare for.ant any small business not preparing because they can't afford to. we're still to hear. i think there is a big announcement coming in a few hours' time on the new guidance from cabinet office for business, probably tomorrow. we would like to see that in there as an additional feature. the government needs to put their money where their mouth is. you referred to the small business chapter. what i would like to know is, our business is ready? you see all the signs on the motorway about getting paperwork ready. we have had a few false starts. realistically, oui’ a few false starts. realistically, our businesses ready? only 1896 of those who think you will be affected by the deal and the transition said that they were ready. one in five. the biggest barrier was actually the future of the relationship. 68% of those said that was the unknown. neither is gone, businesses can prepare. whether they will prepare for next week is obviously going to be very difficult for every business. but the fa

cabinet office minister michael gove said the government is doing all it can to advise businesses on, but he warned there will be some disruption. as we leave the european union and we're outside the customs union, those new requirements will mean that, in particular, when people arrive at the french border, they do need to have the paperwork in order. if they haven't, then we would advise them absolutely not to make the journey because they'll only be turned back. the clock is ticking... the government has been advising businesses to prepare for months. for the thousands of british companies who rely on goods crossing the border, there are nowjust four days to get to grips with the necessary changes. we need to translate these 1,200 pages of legal text to practical business guidance that every firm can understand. secondly, we need to understand how the europeans are going to be applying the deal at the borders on thursday night. as the government itself acknowledged today, there could be a bumpy road ahead. vivienne nunis, bbc news. there are further warnings today of the pressures

the where withal to be able to navigate the new procedures. 0n the contentious issue of fishing mr goveed the best possible outcome. 0ne one of the reasons why it took so long to reach the deal is because we we re long to reach the deal is because we were holding out to get the best possible dealfor were holding out to get the best possible deal for coastal communities and the fishing sector. for weeks now, bbc correspondents have been reminding us how important fish was to the negotiation and indeed you know it was right up until the afternoon of christmas eve that we were negotiating in order to get the best deal for fisheries. now, could it have been better? would i have wanted that short a period? yes, absolutely, but we got eu down from that 1a—year transition to five and a half and made sure that we have a significant uplift in the amount that we can catch next year and the years that follow. it's been a year since the uk left the eu, but it's not untiljanuary 1st 2021 that we are outside the eu transition rules. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. big ben chimes. this

the uk cabinet office minister michael gove has said the government hopes the staggered reopening ofanuary as planned. speaking to the bbc he said the government is confident primary school pupils, along with those due to sit exams in the summer — would be able to return in the first week of january, with other secondary pupils going back later in the month. president trump has signed the covid relief bill that means lapsed payments to millions of americans who are unemployed can be resumed. he had refused to sign the $2.3 trillion package because he wanted cheques to individual americans to be increased from $600 to 2,000, which congress rejected. larry sabato is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia — he gave me his view on why president trump decided to sign the bill. because he had to. this was turning into a massive disaster for him on his way out. just about everybody was angry with him, his own party was furious. this bill was negotiated over six months and was mainly shaped by trump's own administration, by his own treasury secretary. what we'v

mr gove insisted the government had secured the best possible outcome in this area.each the deal is because we were holding out to get the best possible deal for coastal communities and for the fishing sector. for weeks now, bbc correspondents katya adler and others have been reminding us how important fish was to this negotiation and indeed it was right up until the afternoon of christmas eve that we were negotiating in order to get the best possible deal forfisheries. now, could it have been better? would i have wanted that shorter period? yes, absolutely, but we managed to get the eu down from that 1a—year transition period they wanted to five and a half. we also managed to make sure that we have a significant uplift in the amount that we can catch next year and in the years that follow. the latest headlines on bbc news: more signs of growing pressure on uk hospitals from the new coronavirus variant. three ambulance services in the south—east of england are asking people not to call unless it's a genuine emergency. countries across the european union begin a co—or

cabinet office minister michael gove has said the government hopes the staggered reopening of schoolswill go ahead in january as planned. speaking to the bbc, he said the government is confident primary school pupils, along with those due to sit exams in the summer, would be able to return in the first week of january, with other secondary pupils going back later in the month. ambassadors from all 27 eu member states have provisionally backed last week's post—brexit trade deal with the uk. the agreement allows tariff—free trade with britain to continue after it leaves the eu single market in four days' time. our europe correspondent, kevin connolly, is in brussels. no real surprise they have approved this? i think that's right. the best way to look at this i guess is that it would have been amazing if anything had happened other than them giving their approval. they have been kept in the loop all the way through the negotiating process. so have the governments they represent. so it was never likely that they would do anything than sign off as a formality one of a series of steps you c

the cabinet office minister michael gove is there too for seperate talks.utside the talks really knows where they've got to, but the mood music suggests there's still considerable discord. at four o'clock boris johnson and european commission president ursula von der leyen will talk on the phone and assess whether a post—brexit trade deal can be salvaged. nick beake reports from brussels. have you made progress? good morning. three good mornings but there are three big problems to solve if there is to be a brexit trade deal. michel barnier gave what was described as a gloomy update on the state of the talks to the ambassadors of the 27 eu countries. they say they want an agreement but not one that gives the uk and unfair trading advantage. having heard from michel barnier this morning, really, the news is very downbeat, i would say he was very gloomy, and obviously very cautious about the ability to make progress today. at the moment, these negotiations seem stalled, and the barriers to progress are still very much in place. lord frost, the top british nego

michael gove is chairing the x0 disruption.bout what will happen ina the xo committee about what will happen in a no deal scenario. reports have happened that supermarkets have been told to stockpile because they would be a shortage of vegetables, for example. have they confirmed that? supermarkets say that the 11th hour has now passed and businesses really need to know. it is becoming increasingly difficult to prepare. they do say that retailers, such as supermarkets, have been stocking up on longer life products. loo roll and tinned products for example. not ain! and tinned products for example. not again! they do say that they don't wa nt again! they do say that they don't want people to buy more than usual. they are saying, please don't stockpile. they have more supplies in case there are disruptions at the ports. there is only much they can do. when you're talking about fresh fruit and vegetables, you cannot bring that in advance. it has to be a few days before. they are waiting to hear more detail as soon as possible so t

that a lot of the players the government has published, they were published back in october, michael govee scenario plans, they where deal or no deal, because they are going to be a lot of changes anyway, there are bigger changes if there is no deal, but leaving the single market in the customs union is pretty disruptive anyway, but a lot of those plans that the uk has focused very much on what mark carney was talking about there, really, the immediate logistical challenges of managing the port. some of that has been made easier by the agreement that the eu and the uk came to earlier this week about how to manage the northern ireland protocols, so some of the things people were worried would stop gb and i northern ireland plate —— ireland trade... they seem to have been dealt with entirely. on the gb to eu and eu to gb, that is why we see things like all these traffic management plans going in place, the famous kent access permit so place, the famous kent access permit so you place, the famous kent access permit so you are place, the famous kent access permit so you are not supposed to go

is the reality, mr gove, that tier 4for all of us.nd these are difficult months ahead. it has been reported that you have been arguing privately in government for the need for further restrictions in some instances, does that remain your view? there are lots of things reported and i think we are pursuing the right strategy but the important thing to do is to take into account the emerging scientific evidence in order to keep people safe.|j the emerging scientific evidence in order to keep people safe. i note that was not a denial. a quick word on schools in england, we know the plan at the moment particularly in secondary schools, bring us up—to—date because the holidays are rapidly running out. is there more news to come as far as far as schools opening, and in particular secondary schools? yes, primary schools open, secondary schools will open next week, we hope for years 11 and 13... open next week, we hope for years 11 and 13. .. you open next week, we hope for years 11 and 13... you hope? those doing their gcses and a—levels and

mr gove said he was "delighted" with the agreement.y, the devil is going to be in the detail that will be revealed tomorrow. so as we were just hearing, remember, from january tomorrow. so as we were just hearing, remember, fromjanuary come in northern ireland enters these special arrangements where it remains closer to the eu than the re st of remains closer to the eu than the rest of the uk, no matter what happens, it means ports here in northern ireland are gearing up for new paperwork and new checks that they never had to deal with before. now, previously, borisjohnson once famously said to people who are worried about the i receive order, don't worry, guys, but the time we are through with all of this, you will be able to check some of that paperwork in the bin. now, tomorrow, we will find out if that's really the case come and just to much of the case come and just to much of the burden of extra red tape on traders has been reduced, and why thatis traders has been reduced, and why that is important is because it has a knock on ef

it comes after cabinet minister michael gove said the government's plan for a staggered return to secondary schools can go ahead. nhs england says health workers are "back in the eye of the storm" as the number of coronavirus cases exceeds the peak that was seen in april — but its chief executive said the vaccine is bringing hope for the future. us president—electjoe biden says his transition team is not getting co—operation from the trump administation on crucial matters like national security — but a pentagon spokesman said it had been "completely tra nsparent". the bangladeshi navy has begun transferring 1800 more rohingyas to a low—lying island in the bay of bengal — but rights groups raised concerns about the new location's vulnerability to storms, and say some of the refugees are being forced to move. now on bbc news... another chance to see a robotics company's efforts to establish their start—ups in wu han‘s fast—growing new technology sector. wuhan, china ‘s economic heartland. the epicentre of a global pandemic. the epicentre of a global pandemic. the city at the heart of a public

michael gove has in the house of commons been giving more details of an agreement reached with the euthe finer arrangements as to how exactly that side of brexit, known as the northern ireland protocol, will work. one particular area of concern for businesses is the thought that a new checks on goods arriving in places like here at belfast port, from great britain, would be subject to checks, which might disrupt supplies to supermarkets of very basic food supplies. so, mr gove has said there is going to be a grace period for supermarkets to enable them to update their procedures, so, fio them to update their procedures, so, no major change to supermarket supply chains on the ist ofjanuary. another question, if there is no trade deal between the uk and eu, well, goods arriving here that are deemed to be at risk of moving across the land border into the republic of ireland, and therefore the eu, might be subject to tariffs. but there will be a trusted trader scheme which will cover up to 90% of those goods, meaning they will be exempt. thank you all very much. honda has temporarily paus

let's listen in to some of what mr gove has to say.e don't make or has the scope of that. one of the things that is the case for the eu, and one of the things that is the case forthe eu, and i one of the things that is the case for the eu, and i don't mean this in a disrespectful way, as you can sometimes find regulations which we re sometimes find regulations which were under one headline can find their way into another, so things that are in one thing can find themselves somewhere else at a different point. 0k, themselves somewhere else at a different point. ok, that would be approaching bad faith as they were to try that in the future. do you think these talks have been conducted with both sides acting in good faith or do you think some of the movement in the eu demands has taken us beyond that? well, i think a judgment can be made at the end of the process, so i think there have been moments of strain in difficulty but the negotiators are working hard at the moment so i wouldn't want to make theirjob more difficult by providing any

is almost nothing to do with gove this bill could pay $85500000000.00 for assistance to cambodia. $134000000.00 to burma $1300000000.00 for egypt billie's goes to rick salvador guatemala honduras nicaragua and $40000000.00 for the kennedy center in washington d.c. which is not even open for business despite all of this wasteful spending and much more the $900000000000.00 package provides hard working taxpayers with only $600.00 each in relief. ok that's quite a lot to unpack there so let's take a closer look at some of the points the u.s. president is raising 1st to that $600.00 direct payment that would go to most americans trunk wants an increase to $2000.00 that's something that democrats speaker of the high finance pelosi says she's willing to put to a vote other relief measures in the bill include a weekly unemployment supplement of $300.00 as well as food stamps for those in need that many cultural institutions have been close for months including the candy center for performing arts which trump called out there as well it's set to receive $40000000.00 in relief a further $15000000000.00

that point was put to michael gove, the cabinet office minister, earlier on. to decide who they will admit and on what basis, they are private businesses. but i'm not sure that is what people are concerned about, i think they are concerned about making sure that we are managing the infection effectively, that the new tiered system will reduce the rate of infection overall and we are in a position to deliver the vaccine. the prospect of mass vaccination is an exit strategy, a way out of the situation in which we find ourselves in. and the most important thing is making sure that vaccine is effectively distributed and available, that is the critical question. the government obviously trying to push ahead to more hopeful news but on today, how many rebels are expected and is number 10 trying to find their way to buy them off effectively? talking you through the timeline, the prime minister will open the debate in the commons at lunchtime. more than 100 mps are expected to contribute during the afternoon and we think the vote might be around seven o'clock with hea

and michael gove had a busy day, a meeting with his european commission counterpart today to formallyor the rest of the uk, northern ireland will continue to have tariff free trade with the eu next year. so a big plus for northern ireland there, but the price of that is that there, but the price of that is that there is extra bureaucracy down the irish sea between great britain and northern ireland. one example, we've talked before, ithink, about northern ireland. one example, we've talked before, i think, about checks on food going from great britain into northern ireland, but if you wa nt into northern ireland, but if you want to take your pet because that you pet passport scheme is coming to an end, if you want to take a dog or cat after the 1st ofjanuary from great britain into northern ireland, you will have to go to a vet and get an animal health certificate to show that it's healthy before you can move within the uk. so there are some good news from northern ireland, but also some extra bureaucracy as a result of it staying within some of the rules of that using the markets ope

hearing from michael gove talking about what will happen this evening.tically if there is some way forward, if there is something they can do that the trade negotiators couldn't, to try to get of these talks back on track. it was interesting listening to your interview with michael gove that he was talking about compromise on both sides being needed to try and get this process up and running. have a listen to the cabinet office minister. some of the demands that have been made in recent weeks by the european union's negotiating team do need to be tempered. you know, one of the things that has been put forward is the idea that when the european union changes its rules, the uk has to follow suit or face consequences. and the prime minister has been clear that we are going to maintain high standards in this country but we are also going to be a sovereign country and we need to be in control of our own rules and regulations and ways of doing things. that is how the uk sees it. europe sees it very differently and it wants to protect trade and the single marke

what he has excepted and what michael gove may clear this morning is that bridget would sign up to assion clause, in other words bridget agrees that not to reduce its current level playing field status oi'i current level playing field status on those areas. labour, environmental, state aid, etc. the squid concession because remember brexiteers, some are very keen that the uk use brexit to divert away and deregulate to become more competitive that's all we become rich and prosperous. that's quite a bit concession already. if you got printing agreeing to keeping the current level playing field standards, and the eaves saying we wa nt standards, and the eaves saying we want you to not just do that but follow us in the future, is there some sort of mechanism you can design that bridges those two? they're still quite far away. you can really feel they are beginning tojust move a tiny bit can really feel they are beginning to just move a tiny bit closer. the eu already saying they have given it their idea of dynamic alignment where britain has to automatically follow everything and just im

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the minister in charge, michael gove, of this, leaving december 31 at the end of the transition periodt room inside number 10 downing street earlier on today. any other day of the week, any other time, that would be fairly unremarkable, and perhaps it was nothing more than a semi routine update for the prime minister, but it is notable that devin —— downing street is making us aware of this, with the negotiations in brussels deadlocked over the prospect of a free—trade deal with the european union, described today the european union, described today the prime minister is very, very unlikely to reach the conclusion of an agreement. so perhaps a signal to brussels here that the prime ministers taking seriously the prospect of not reaching a deal in those talks and starting that new period on january the 1st of those talks and starting that new period onjanuary the 1st of next year on wto rules, which at this point in time, things could change at any moment, but right now, that looks to be the most likely outcome. and as you say, on any other day, we would not necessarily be looking at th

it might not feel like we have moved very far, and michael gove said today that the chances of a deal are 50%, but there has been some progress and we still have some of the same sticking points. really briefly, it still looks like state aid, the amount of money a government can give to certain businesses to transport them to help them grow, it is still a sticking point, try ensure there is fair competition on both sides of the channel. this time, it looks like the particular problem with state aid is the bailout package, the seven and 50 billion that the eu is raising to help out different countries in their economic recovery from the coronavirus. or trondsen saying that should count as a state aid, and the eu is saying, no, we should treat it differently —— boris johnson saying. that is one sticking point. and then there's this other issue of fish around whether or not you should have something like 50% of the uk's quota returned immediately and then a three year transition phase for the rest, which is with the uk wants, and then the eu saying, we can give you back 20% and we need a

michael gove this morning said you might have to compromise. level playing field is the killer one.e. what price should britain pay to access the eu trade tariff? should have to follow eu rules now or in the future? that feels like it's been movement and talk about non—russian deals. having to follow rules in the future, it seems that if there's going to be any movement at this at all is going to be trying to design some kind of formula, horrendously complicated perhaps, but it polices both sides. —— pleases. perhaps, but it polices both sides. -- pleases. what do you reckon, then come ultimately we've had this clash of ideologies for years now. they have not moved, but the big guns came in and negotiators will continue to negotiate. what's your assessment of this? i think it's an interesting point that tom makes about why would they agree to another four days of talk of there's literally no giving room? and hopefully there's something to that, because i'm sober that very much thinks that a deal would be at their outcome, still not a great outcome in terms of the economic damage it

we know michael gove has been in brussels this week also.s say of course that personal chemistry, the personalfinal course that personal chemistry, the personal final political push can be essential at a point like this to try to open things, to try and push things forward to see whether both sides ultimately it now will give ground and head for a deal. of course many who are promoters of brexit don't want any compromise that goes too far. they say no deal actually opens up more opportunities for the uk to trade around the world. but of course this has all come in the midst of a global pandemic that nobody foresaw. the prime minister that was elected to deliver brexit, that one in labour heartland people had voted for brexit, has been of course very much distracted and not of course some will say by the pandemic and therefore making this huge political decision has been made even more difficult to focus on with government time if you delete split and dealing with coronavirus in the first instance. our political correspondent jess parker is i

appears that we are going towards something that, let's be honest, the prime minister and michael gove't happen, others have clearly wanted from the outset. they will be delighted. a lot of people in this country who think this is a great day that this will be true independence, what they voted for, and they did vote for it from a 52% of the people who voted in 2016 voted to leave the eu, for many of those, probably the vast majority leaving the eu actually does mean leaving all the institutions to be entirely independent, this is what they want, this is what they're going to get, and if they don't get it, a lot of them will be very upset and very angry at the government for backsliding into a deal that they simply don't want to accept. 0k, let's move on to the telegraph and go to the story about the health secretary, i wanted to move onto this, because we haven't spoken about it yet this evening, the health secretary —— his hopes of rural tier decoupling, so this basically, the vast majority of rural towns and areas were perhaps hoping to be decoupled from neighbouring covid hotspots

michael gove has also arrived in brussels. morning.f the uk—eu joint committee under the withdrawal agreement. we are all working to get a deal but the only deal that is possible is one that is compatible with our sovereignty and takes back control of our laws, trade and waters. members call out "hear, hear" while an agreement is preferable, we are prepared to leave on so—called australian—style terms if we can‘t find compromises. as the prime minister has made clear my people and businesses must prepare for the changes that are coming on the 31st december, most of which are related to our departure from the eu single market and customs union, and not the outcome of these talks. mr speaker, we will continue to keep the house updated as we seek to secure a future relationship with our eu friends that respects our status as a sovereign equal and independent country. listening to that was labour‘s shadow office minister, rachel reeves criticised the government‘s handling of the trade talks. last year the prime minister said that to leave

we will ask michael gove about that at 7:30am stop. daily telegraph's front page. more than a0 conservative mps are expected to vote against the bill today, with labour abstaining. the party says that's in "the national interest." and the metro is one of several papers to carry a picture of pop star rita 0ra, who has apologised for holding a lockdown birthday party. the paper says the singer will voluntarily fine herself £10,000 for the breach. and on the bbc news website, there's a story about an early boom in christmas tree sales, as people rush to decorate their homes. a business owner in dorset says he's sold a third more trees than usual for this time of year. lots of people have got their decorations up early. have you gone yet? no. that is not like me. 1st of december i am. the kids persuaded us to go earlier this year, normally two weeks. we were talking about beavers yesterday. i said they had a limited skill set. the full moon last night. to know what was called? a beaver moon, or a frost room. we did not plan to talk about b

asked whether teachers will soon get the vaccine, cabinet minister michael gove was noncommittal. >>prioritize the most vulnerable, eldest and those with other challenging conditions, then we make sure the vaccine can be distributed more broadly. >> the u.k. is hoping to get approval for a second vaccine developed by astrazeneca this week, so they can administrator early in the new year. but it knows that will only be part of the solution to a still growing crisis. al jazeera. >> the world health organization's warning governments to be prepared for future pandemics that could be worse. >> this pandemic has been severe. it has spread around the world quickly and affected every corner of this planet. but this is not the surly the big one. -- this is not necessarily the big one. this virus is very transmissible and kills people and has to five -- deprived people of loved ones. but its current case for tally is reasonably low compared to other emerging diseases. -- its current case fatality rate is reasonably low compared to other emerging diseases. >> bass sitters from member states me

with michael g ove g ove governments held a call with michael gove gove yesterday, subsequent discussionsall sides that people will be wanting to spend some time of the family after having not seen them probably in many cases for many months, or perhaps since the beginning of the year to give out all the defections that had been in place. and to change the rules at this point would have risk what ministers here at westminster and in that the devolved governments around the uk have been wary of, and that is people making up their own rules and deciding on the bills do not apply to them or are simply too complicated to follow. it is an attempt to strike a balance between allowing the freedom to meet up with up allowing the freedom to meet up with up to three other households, but strongly advising people, given that the situation in terms of coronavirus cases now, not to do so. our health correspondent, anna collinsonjoins me now. the tone of all the messages is that the fewer people you meet up with over christmas, the better? yes, definitely. the risks that come with this five day christm

checks on new goods arriving into the likes of here, belfast port, from the rest of the uk, michael goveup we know the agreement reached by the uk and eu yesterday, as regards to foods in supermarkets, one area of concern, the supply of goods into supermarkets could be disrupted, supermarkets could be disrupted, supermarkets are getting a three month grace period, so—called, no big change until the end of march. and then until the end ofjune for meat products like sausages. independent retailers say they have questions, wondering whether that grace period applies to them as well as the big supermarkets, and they have said they have not had the clarity they were looking for. also in regard to customs, if there was no free trade deal between the uk and the eu in the end, that would have raised the possibility of ta riffs have raised the possibility of tariffs being due on goods which arrived here and redeemed being at risk of moving on across the land border into the republic of ireland and therefore into the european union, but according to the government, we know there will be a trusted

michael gove spoke to the other leaders if you hours ago. more talks tomorrow. at the moment coachella they are broadly in the —— at the moment? they are broadly at the same place. you heard nicola sturgeon talking about the relaxations, potentially at the number of people who can mix indoors. a member —— remember that scotland has an eight person christmas a book, not the same other places. it is about the same other places. it is about the messaging and saying to people, you can travel, but we are urging you can travel, but we are urging you to do only if it is absolutely essential, and that is reflective of the fact that trying to change the law now, saying to people it is illegal to do that, would be quite difficult and would be a complete u—turn. it would leave a lot of people scratching their heads, saying, we made our plans based on what you said before. 0k, nick, thank you very much. nick eardley there. the results of a survey by the polling organisation yougov suggest the majority of people in the uk believe the relaxation of restrictions over christmas

flat no from downing street so we really are on tenterhooks here and what happens now is that michael gove will return to the u.k. he'll update. the mint chief negotiator david frost will also return from brussels and he will update the prime minister on the state of play before that crucial meeting with us move on to the end but we are just 2 days away from an 80 just summit and it's very doubtful that they'll be anything to present to them and bear in mind if a deal is agreed on it will still have to be ratified by parliament here in the u.k. on the european parliament before december 31st charlie angela live for us in london many thanks johnny a member of abu dhabi this royal family has bourse a 50 percent stake in israeli football club it's our jerusalem shake hammad bin khalifa not yon has also committed to invest more than $92000000.00 in the club over the next 2 days the next decade that's despite being the only top club in israel never to have signed the palestinian israeli play out they also have a group of friends in this life familia which has been openly abusive towards palesti

it comes after cabinet minister michael gove said the government's plan for a staggered return to secondaryools can go ahead. nhs england says health workers are "back in the eye of the storm" as the number of coronavirus cases exceeds the peak that was seen in april — but its chief executive said the vaccine is bringing hope for the future. more than 100 republicans in the us house of representatives join forces with democrats to reject president trump's veto of a key defence bill. it's the first time in the president's time in office that republicans have united with their rivals. french fashion designer pierre cardin — who was hailed now on bbc news, before the first coronavirus lockdown, professional dancerjoel kioko returned to his home city nairobi, meeting dance students emerging from a thriving classical ballet scene in kenya. one month since the coronavirus lockdown started, 19—year—old joel kioko completes daily ballet classes at his home in london, with instructions coming in from his teacher via zoom. demi—detourne. derriere. stretch out a little bit. switch davant fondu. second

it's a way to work, a way to build trust and ail way to gove. these values are not always easy to live but. we're all human and we all struggle to live up to these ideals we set for ourselves. but that's why we call them ideals. i believe these are values we can all agree on, and by remembering the values we share, we can work, together to tackle tough problems and find shared solutions, do what's right is a rat great slogans, but you -- is a great slogan. people see a mess in washington, so how do we actually make progress? i believe it involves focusing on common ground over compromise, especially when it comes to legislating. people sometimes think that compromise is the answer. i think it means i give in to something i don't like and you give in to something you don't like, and we both wind up with something neither of us like. that's not legislating. when with it comes to legislating, often the best way to get something done that everyone can agree on is to leave out the things you don't agree on and focus on what you can get done. that's w