national scottish party. prime minister johnson i am : using the word nationalist with a small n. and i don't think he would disagree with that which is semantically justifiable, i think, under the circumstances. and yet, and yet, in spite of that, mr. speaker, they would hand back control of scotland's waters and go back into the common fisheries policy. what this bill does, what this bill does come mr. speaker is , take back control. take back control of the spectacular marine wealth of scotland and the rest of the u.k. >> just on a moment. in the heart of this bill is one of the biggest free-trade agreements in the world. as we have discussed in this chamber many times come mr. speaker a comprehensive canada , style deal worth over 660 billion pounds, which should allow companies to do even more business with our european friends safeguarding millions of , jobs and livelihoods in our u.k. and across the continent. than 40, we will leave the eu single market, as we promised, and yet, british exporters will not face a sudden the thicket of trade barriers. but rather for the first

national nationalist party...speaker, and they planned to ensnare scotland's fishing fleet in the dry cadets scotland's fishing fleet in the dry ca d ets of scotland's fishing fleet in the dry cadets of the common fisheries policy all over again. in the meantime, mr speaker, guess what they are going to do today? they are going to vote today for a no—deal brexit. or perhaps the gentleman opposite will tell me that he is going to vote for the deal?” opposite will tell me that he is going to vote for the deal? i am immensely grateful to the prime minister for briefly pausing that monologue that was designed for the erg. on the issue of fish, he is waxing lyrical, but i would like to read him a quote from the chairman of the british fishermans association. he says i am angry, disappointed and betrayed. boris johnson promised the rights to all the fish that swim in our exclusive economic zone, and we have a fraction of that. is he wrong? i'm afraid he is, mr speaker. we will ta ke afraid he is, mr speaker. we will tak

vote on a deal when he secured the deal, prime minister, i hope there is a deal that my party will vote in the national interests, not on party political lines. this is about leadership. he had five platforms of covid-19 and they voted against it. the prime minister hasn't always wanted to listen to business. he should listen to them. let me quote for cbi, the message for business is get a deal quickly. the national pharmacy, time is running out. hard to get the final preparation. these are people the prime minister should be listening to. on the question of preparation, the government knew months ago it needed 50,000 customers agents trying to get ready to go for the first of january, deal or no deal. could the prime minister tell the house how many of the 50,000 agents will be in place on the first of january in 20 days time. >> 1 billion pounds already getting the country ready for whatever we have on january 1st and 84 million into supporting customs agents across the uk, supporting our ports and i want to thank business for the incredible job they've done getting ready. we've all got to get ready

i hope there is a deal and i hope my party will vote in the national interest and not on party, political lines as he is doing. this is about leadership. 15 prime minister has done u-turns. he has five different plans on covid. and last week, several members voted against it. has note minister always wanted to listen to business. he should listen to them. they sayote the cbi, the message for business is this -- that a deal quickly. and then there is the national farmers union, time is running out they say. it is hard to get the final preparations. these are the people the prime minister should be listening to. not his backbenchers. and on the question of preparation, the government knew months ago it needed 50,000 customers agents trained and ready to go from the first of january, deal or no deal. could the prime minister tell the house how many of the 50,000 agents will be in place on the first of january, in 23 days' time? p.m. johnson: it is wonderful getting to the end of the question. you can tell him that we have invested one million pounds already and getting this country ready for

with the ruling pro european national liberal party expected to win that's despite paid seeing criticism for its handling of the corona virus pandemic the poll is taking place amid a spike in infection across the country. he was president donald trump has been speaking in the state of georgia at his 1st rally since being defeated in last month's election the outgoing president falsely claim that he won the vote in the state trump is in georgia to support 2 republican senators taking part in a runoff election next month. european commission president it was a well funded alliance says u.k. and e.u. brags that negotiators will continue their trade talks in brussels on sunday we conclude this ball is a phone call with sedition by mr boris johnson in a bid to break the deadlock over a potential deal there are just a few weeks left until the braggs the transition period ends on december 31st a british extreme athlete has climbed barcelona's iconic glorious tower without the use of safety equipment george king took 40 minutes to scale the $33.00 storey skyscraper and returned to the ground he'

reaction from scotland — ian blackford, the leader of the scottish national party in the house of commonsave been taken out of the single market and the customs union. brexit has already cost us jobs and there is no question that this will be something which will be detrimental to our interest. let‘s remember that 80% of our economy is service based. and there is no deal for services here. of course a deal was better than a no deal but let‘s not lose sight of the fact that this is a hard brexit. we were told we back in 2014 when we had a referendum and scottish independence in that if we stayed at the uk our braces eu and scottish independence in that if we stayed at the uk our rights as eu citizens would be respected. that has ended as a consequence of this deal today. and of course i think there is real sadness that young people that have benefited in the past from the project will no longer do so. the opportunity and social education opportunity to work collaboratively across europe to get an education in europe are stopped and that is a deliberate choice the uk government and the memb

ruminant scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster now the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. single market meanwhile you chiefs have signed off on the future relationship agreement in brussels european council and commission president shall michel and live on the lay and formalize the blocs approval in brussels the papers have been flown to the u.k. for signing all 27 member states will abide by the agreement provisionally until it can be ratified by the e.u. parliament paul brennan is in london he says despite opposition from smaller parties the bill the sent is more or less guaranteed. this is a day full of symbolism and box ticking essentially rather than high drama the outcome of today's procedural vote in parliament this bill is not in doubt boris johnson has the full support of his conservative party and a big majority in the house of parliament and even labor the main opposition party in maine will actually support him because the opposition leader k

scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster now the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the single market meanwhile you chiefs of signed off on the future relationship agreement in brussels european council and commission president shall shell and is live on delay and formalize the bops approval in brussels the papers are now being flown to the u.k. for signing there all 27 member states will abide by the agreement provisionally until it can be ratified by the parliament so let's take a look back at how we got to this point the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. by a narrow margin in 20 sixteen's referendum the vend prime minister david cameron resigned after 18 months of talks his successor theresa may reached a withdrawal agreement with the e.u. but failed to get it through parliament she was replaced by boris johnson in july 29 teen britain for we left the e.u. back in january but months of fraught negotiations followed following future trading agreements they nee

earlier we spoke to a member of the french national party who believes the government has gone 'd a step too far you know a manual marker on the prime minister and the health minister of iran promised us there would be no compulsory vaccination and that they would leave the freedom to choose to the french in fact thanks in particular to marie le pen we see that the draft law speaks of a measure completely veiled aimed at limiting subjecting the french people that certain rules in their public lives there by deciding for them whether they will be vaccinated or not i think that it is shameful in fact it is a restriction of freedom which moreover contradicts the constitution this is a manifestation of dictatorship it seems to me that the government does not understand that today the patience of the french has run out they agreed to strict discipline for many months they said yes to the introduction of quarantine said yes to the imposition of a curfew said yes to the imposition of sanitary rules they agreed to everything that was imposed on them the next day the government came up with nothi

expected to pass comfortably but the main opposition labor party supporting the agreement scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. single market i historic victory for women's rights in latin america where senators in argentina have passed a bill legalizing abortion after a marathon session $38.00 senators voted to allow terminations up to 14 weeks $29.00 senators voted against it up to $520000.00 women seek illegal abortions in argentina each year 40000 of them end up in hospital because of complications during the procedure. there have been several aftershocks the central croatia a day after a 6.4 magnitude quake killed at least 7 people it struck near the town of parts of 50 kilometers from the capital zagreb the local mayor says half the town has been destroyed. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of life and. reigning in the armed groups and they're out the prime minister is under pressure to deal with pro it on militias recent attacks are put

tommy sheppard represents the scottish national party in the u.k. parliament and we saw him in his constituency office in edinburgh we have had a lot of extremely generous friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs then scotland would be welcome in the european union. so the scottish nationalists are a clear winner here all recent opinion polls say that the scottish people the majority of them want to go their own way and that they want to be independent now . what is in the caribbean are not how fast chile has its problems but when we traveled thousands of kilometers to the island of. what we found is that people there were just as annoyed about as people. should have had a chance to participate in the brits and that no other people should decide and we don't speak it puts us in a precarious. it's done because. economical we might be his advantage but. it does not make us feel as though we are part of. the british territories

this bill, because it's good for scotland, but i know they won't because, frankly, the scottish national partyhat this bill protects jobs, doesn't care that it's good for business, good for the country, because it binds the united kingdom closer together. that's why they don't like this bill, because it binds the united kingdom closer together. and that is the truth of it. they do not want the internal market to succeed. they do not want it protected, they do not want the united kingdom to succeed. if we — as a nation — break treaties, act in bad faith and undermine our international relationships, we should expect that there will be a price to pay. it's a recklessly foolish action at a time when we urgently need to build and strengthen our links with other countries, notjust because we need new trade deals, but because we urgently need coordinated global action to defeat coronavirus and fight against climate change. i've also been around enough very torturous protracted negotiations in northern ireland to know that when a u—turn is being executed, it's polite to let them do so. so i do welcom

future of the united kingdom breaks it's reignited scotland's independence debate the scottish national party's called breck's it an unforgivable act of economic vandalism promising to restore e.u. membership to largely pro e.u. scotland if it becomes independent. northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. that will continue to follow many of the e.u.'s rules to avoid the return of a contentious hard border with a u. member the republic of ireland but that means new checks all goods entering northern ireland from the rest of the u.k. unionists see want to retain seamless ties with britain now feared being cut off. i think that they made an ordinarily part we wanted to come out of the european union the same terms of the rest the united kingdom sadly that. before the half years come poles to british politics polarizing the country dividing families. even the father of british prime minister boris johnson has announced he's in the process of applying for a french passport to retain ties with the e.u. all of this does mean of course that we might actually start to hear the word just a little le

but i think that's what some people are thinking and we've seen some of the national parties campaigning across the country particularly move forward which is the progressive party that did incredibly well in the general election last year was then dissolved its charismatic leader talent on and some of the other party leaders have been banned from politics for 10 years we assume that it's because they were so successful i think it took the military and their political allies by surprise but they have reemerged move forward under a new banner of move forward and they're taking contesting 42 of the 76 seats being voted for today whether they'll be successful or not is another question they're facing some very well established political dynasties in some cases and these are often local politicians who have been handed on power from father to son with very strong name recognition moved forward have been out around the country were here and some of the current yes they're watching talent on out on the back of a truck despite the fact that he's been banned from national politics he is still ab

this project is tremendous and national parties just have no choice but to groups and interesting stuff. from germany's left party thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today thank you again. in 2020 most of us went through locked als governments often struggled to stay on top of the virus with more on the situation in france which has had its fair share of issues is shot at the open ski . when 2020 or roy was hailed as a double digit c.s. something that was pretty special that only happens every 100 years or so well special it certainly wools. by the end of the month we had an inkling that things were about to get worse or worse 19 can be kind of. a pandemic. the fashion industry soon was doing was it does best for dictating what we would all soon be wearing mosques soon they were hot property arrests for selling contraband mosques became headline news as the government requisition the role for health authorities. during the 1st wave nurses had to deal with not only the coronavirus epidemic but with the shortage of mosques gloves and overcoats we ended up wearing trash

that she will fold up the business of the national women's party, and importantly, move on by 1923 to call for an equal rights amendment to the constitution, a cause that is still live and the subject of much struggle and activism, even in our own time. but this turn of events leaves african-american women to, in essence, build a new movement for women's voting rights, one that they will partner in with african-american men. it is a movement that will continue to, on one hand, work the ground game of women's politics, perhaps best exemplified by the work of african-american women in the city of chicago, who will not only become important republican opportunists, but will use their power at the ballots to see to it that for the first time since 1901. in 1928, the african american candidate would be elected to congress and head to washington. black women learned how to use the voting power that they have to change the outcome, particularly on the local and state level. they will be part of the legal campaign waged by the naacp, that campaign that will bring an end to poll taxes, to righ

expected to pass comfortably with the main opposition labor party supporting the agreement scottish national party m.p.'s are opposing the deal calling it a disaster the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. single market. in the heart of this bill is one of the biggest free trade agreements in the world as we've discussed in this chamber many times mr speaker a comprehensive canada style deal worth over 660000000000 pounds which if anything should allow companies to do even more business with our european friends safeguarding millions of jobs and livelihoods in our u.k. and across the continent in less than 48 hours we will leave the e.u. single market and the customs union as we promised and yet british exporters will not face a sudden thicket of trade barriers but rather for the 1st time in the history of e.u. agreements 0 tariffs and 0 quotas of paul brown is live for us in london he's been following this paul obviously boris johnson being very bullish about this deal the e.u. signing it and letting it go through the process but basically as far as i can understan

national liberal party expected to win and that's despite facing criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic the poll is taking place amid a spike in infections across the country. european commission president was in a funder lyon says u.k. and bricks of the go shaders will continue their trade talks in brussels on sunday as follows a phone call with british prime minister boris johnson in a bid to break the deadlock over a potential deal there are just a few weeks left until the brig's the transition period ends on december 31st south korean media say the government will impose stricter social distancing rules for the capital seoul and surrounding areas the country is seeing its biggest wave of infections in 9 months already has already imposed new coronavirus measures on saturday including shutting shops from 9 pm and reducing public transport they also declared curfews who are the 1st time south korea's disease control agency reported $631.00 new cases on sunday by global standards the figure remains low but it is the largest daily tally there since early march. for the latest i

look at scotland, the scottish national party saying this is tearing them apart, tearing them out ofu. surely again they will be talking about, leaving that u.k., that conversation has been going on for a long time now, paul. a lot remains to be said and done. bottom line, many would be surprised at the u.k. does not say yes to this deal. and already be saying, we have to talk more and start talking now. global economics and policy editor kathleen hays. city struggles to contain its coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases continues to climb. -- sidney. details ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: the number of covid-19 infections linked to sydney's northern beaches increased to 122. a decision later as to whether the traditional new year's eve fireworks fly can go ahead. ed, how large is the cluster getting now? our authorities closer to finding the source? >> good morning, paul. we are waiting for the latest figures out in an hour. figures show the cluster has grown to 122 people. it has been rising gradually by six or seven a day. thankfully, a fair proportion of those are positiv

not have consequences across these islands, so it is important that the voice of the scottish national partyline with our long—standing practice, as regards matters that are devolved, we will not take part in any division this evening. i'm sure that is of some assistance to the government. perhaps the first thing the government needs to consider is why it has got to that stage. scotla nd why it has got to that stage. scotland has passed similar, but not identical, regulations with a far greater degree of cross—party and intra party greater degree of cross—party and intraparty consensus greater degree of cross—party and intra party consensus than greater degree of cross—party and intraparty consensus than seems to have been managed here in westminster. perhaps that is because the first minister and her cabinet secretaries and the senior public health officials have always taken a commendably frank and honest approach with the people of scotland about the challenges of the virus and the difficulty of the decisions that have to be made. in the summertime, the first minister initiated a national

voted very clearly well over 60 percent to remain in the european union and now the scottish national party which voted absolutely clearly yesterday against this deal they're going to win i'm pretty certain the next elections in scotland and demand another referendum boris johnson is going to try and resist it so that's one pressure on the union but the other one is in northern ireland because as you said in your introduction there's going to be a new effective border between northern ireland and the rest of britain nor the ballot is in future going to be in many ways closer to the republic of ireland than it is to the rest of the united kingdom and that's why i think he's going to raise a lot of new tensions there as well right that's clinton pale state of chatham house in london thank you. let's take a look at some of the international stories hong kong media tycoon and democracy advocate jimmy life has been ordered back to jail after the city's highest court sided with a request to deny him bail lie was granted bail by a lower court last week he is one of the highest profile figures char

nation. no one asked, no one knew what party you were from.till can't tell you what party any of my board members were from. the idea was to give the country the best advice period. all of of a sudden when i saw this change, i asked some friends in washington, what's the best way to kind of approach this. and the advice i got in general was, you know, just stick it out and it will be over in 40 some odd days. i thought about that overnight, and then i realized two things. one is i couldn't look myself in the mirror in the morning. and two, i couldn't look my kids in the eye for the next 43 days, because we've preached and i have taught my students this in all my schools, is that you have an opportunity in life to serve, to serve your god, your country, your community, your family, in whatever order you want. but you ought to serve. and i here was choosing to serve my country and didn't think i was going to be able to do it well under these circumstances. so i stepped out and, you know, i think we'll have a change in six weeks and, god bless th

tommy shepherd dropped presents the scottish national party in the u.k. parliament and we saw him in his constituency office in edinburgh we have had a lot of extremely generous friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things pile britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs that it's got we would be welcome in the european union. so the scottish nationalists are a clear winner here all recent opinion poll say that the scottish people the majority of them want to go their own way and that they want to be independent now . what is in the caribbean are not half as chilly as it's scotland but when we travel thousands of kilometers to the island of. what we found is that people there were just as annoyed about bracks as people. should have had a chance to participate in the brits and that no other people should decide and get on straight it puts us in a precarious. it's done because. economically might be said is that vantage but. it does not make us feel as though we are part of. it br

tony shepherd represents the scottish national party in the u.k.parliament and we saw him in his constituency office in edinburgh we have had a lot of extremely generous friend overtures from other european governments saying that if things britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of its own affairs then scotland would be welcome in the european union. so the scottish nationalists are a clear winner here all recent opinion polls say that the scottish people the majority of them want to go their own way and that they want to be independent now . the what is in the car being are not half as chilly as in scotland but one we traveled thousands of kilometers to the island of. what we found is that people there were just as annoyed about as people at a bar and grill and should have had a chance to participate in the brits and that no other people should decide and get on straight it puts us in a precarious position because. economically we might be just advantage but. it does not make us feel to be a part of. british territo

days, it was silent about slavery and often it was explicitly for slavery even though it was a national party appealed for votes, working farmers and immigrants, by the way in northern states. it was essentially a proslavery party and senator benton was part of that. susan: probably the most important character was the united states itself. give us a snapshot of what the country was like. steve: if we can imagine what one historian has called the logo shape of the united states, the map was not all drawn yet. it did not belong to the united states. the westernmost city in the united states of any consequence was st. louis, missouri. there were a few towns west of that, but nothing very important. other than st. louis and bits of louisiana, at the very beginning, all the states were east of the mississippi river. susan: what was the population? steve: the population was gaining rapidly. it was only two or three million at the time of the revolution. by the time of my story, it is getting over 20 million. by the time of the civil war just after my story, it is 31 million people. it is seen as a

party. we have a terrible brand. you can't sugarcoat it anymore. i was losing state senators and county commissioners in ohio down ballot that got destroyed. the national democratic party brand is terrible. joe biden, fortunately, has his own brand. he has had a relationship with the american people for a long time. he ran as a democrat but kept saying i'm going to wreck -- i'm going to represent all americans. he has his own working-class brand. people trust him, he knows they understand what he is going through. he ran independent of other democrats. if you ask 10 people walking down the street what does the democratic already stand for, you will get 10 different answers. several maybe "i have no idea." partyd to get back to a of representing working-class people. democratsit was like are for the working class and republicans are for the rich people. that was it. we have got to have a bigger moral vision for the economy. it is a moral duty of the government to kate an environment where people can thrive -- of the government to create an environment where people can thrive. we have to have a robust agenda about building things again, around manufactur

trump has raised roughly $250 million since election day along with the national party., trump has been telling supporters that the money is funding recounts and legal bills and campaign debt at the georgia senate races. that is not entirely true. e-mail and text solicitations have pitched supporters to give to a election fund in georgia, even though no fund goes to either senator is on the ballot, the fine print shows 75% of the donations to the georgia's fund goeses to mr. trump's new pac called save america. and trump's save america pac is not like other campaign finance vehicles. washington post said the money in the save america pac, unlike money contributed to a standard committee, can be used to benefit trump in ways, like golf club memberships, travel and other ways as long as he declares it income. that is right, he can keep it all for himself if he wants to. i'm not pulling the idea out of thin air, back in 2000, when he was toying for a run for president, he told fortune magazine, he said i could be the first presidential candidate that runs and makes money on

ends, this week, and it's becoming very clear that this is, indeed, a proxy war between the national parties. on monday, president trump will be here, in the state of georgia, as will president-elect joe biden. the democrats are counting on biden to juice the coalition that helped him flip the state of georgia. what they are counting on is the asian-american vote, the latino vote, and then the very critical, black vote, here in the state. delivering the closing message for jon ossoff, in a powerful commercial, president barack obama. >> now, america's counting on you again. you can send jon ossoff to the senate to beat this virus and rebuild our economy. to make sure everybody can afford healthcare. and to carry the torch john lewis passed to us with the new voting rights act that secures equal justice, for all. georgia, you have the power, and now it's time to vote. >> reporter: healthcare, the economy, and justice. that is essentially the message of the democrats in order to get their voters out. the question, though, is with $500 million in campaign ads blanketing the state, will anybody

ministers, it has given a lot of power and influence to one part of the conservative party after a very narrow and divisive nationalfter a very narrow and divisive nationalvote. 4.5 party after a very narrow and divisive national vote. 4.5 years ago, june divisive national vote. 4.5 years ago,june 23, divisive national vote. 4.5 years ago, june 23, 2016, when that vote took place, it was by no means certain that the brexit deadlock would be broken under theresa may, all those so—called meaningful vote is where would not back the kind of deal she was envisaging with the eu which would have kept us in some kind of customs arrangement, and as gavin has been pointing out, it does mean that there will be some friction in trade with the eu, rather than frictionless trade that theresa may would have wanted, but from david cameron losing narrowly that referendum, his career ended over brexit, the brexit curse continued with theresa may who was effectively removed at the hands of her own party, boris johnson effectively removed at the hands of her own party, borisjohnson won that thumping 80 seat majority and that thumping

whereas on the democratic side, biden, raising money, biden visiting, he has staff there, the national party's doing all they can to help their candidates, and that could be the difference. >> congresswoman-elect carolyn bordeaux and jennifer palmieri, thank you both for starting off our discussions tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> and coming up, after spending his professional life trying to elect republicans, especially republican presidents, steve schmidt said last week that the republican party is, quote, an organized conspiracy for the purposes of maintaining power. and today steve schmidt made his own piece of american political history. steve schmidt joins us next. ♪ protect it today, enjoy it for years. with walmart protection plans by allstate. protect it today, enjoy it for years. life doesn't stop for a cold. [man] honey... [woman] honey that's why there's new dayquil severe honey. it's maximum strength cold and flu medicine with soothing honey-licious taste. dayquil honey. the daytime coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, power through your day medicin

whereas on the democratic side, biden, raising money, biden visiting, he has staff there, the national party's doing all they can to help their candidates, and that could be the difference. >> congresswoman-elect carolyn bourdeaux and jennifer palmieri, thank you both for starting off our discussions tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> and coming up, after spending his professional life trying to elect republicans, especially republican presidents, steve schmidt said last week that the republican party is, quote, an organized conspiracy for the purposes of maintaining power. and today steve schmidt made his own piece of american political history. steve schmidt joins us next. 'tis the season to save a bundle. bundle auto and home, and save up to 25% with allstate. bundling just feels good this time of year. saving is easy when you're in good hands. call a local agent, or 1-800-allstate for a quote today. ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentar

, but the utter moral bankruptcy and willingness to go along with it by one of the two major national parties. >> that is stark and very well put. marc elias, founder of the democracy docket, veteran democratic voting rights attorney, has played just a pivotal role in the democratic and biden campaign efforts to fight these election challenges. a huge night tonight with this supreme court rejection of what the president called the big one. marc, i hope you can get some rest. i doubt you can anytime soon, but thank you for helping us understand the meaning of this. >> thank you very much, rachel. thanks. >> thanks. >>> all right. so this is one of those fridays when we've been waiting all day and into the night for a bunch of news we were pretty sure was going to be happening. we were not necessarily counting on but we were expecting tonight's supreme court ruling, which as we've been talking about, absolutely shut down this effort by the president and a huge chunk of the republican party to throw out the presidential election results and keep trump in power even though he lost the election. a

future of the united kingdom breaks it's reignited scotland's independence debate the scottish national party's called breck's it an unforgiving ball act of economic vandalism promising to restore membership to largely pro e.u. scotland if it becomes independent northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. that will continue to follow many of the e.u.'s rules to avoid the return of a contentious hard border with a u. member the republic of ireland but that means new checks all goods entering northern ireland from the rest of the u.k. unionists see want to retain seamless ties with britain now feared being cut off. i think the deal is made in ordinarily peer support we want to come out of the european union the same terms arrestee dedicated sadly that. before the half years breaks it could boast british politics polarizing the country dividing families. even the father of british prime minister boris johnson has announced he's in the process of applying for a french passport to retain ties with the e.u. all of this does of course mean that we might start to hear the word brag just a little less

the scottish national party is also abstaining for a different reason.ngland. in fact, the real focus is on the prime minister's conservative mps — some are certain to rebel. one is mark harper, who chairs the covid research group. i wrote to the prime minister, with 70 colleagues, asking for as much information as we can have about the effectiveness of the measures being imposed. —— being proposed. and that's notjust, by the way, madame deputy speaker, whether they're too tough. it's also whether they'll be effective enough. they definitely come with big economic costs, and i want to know if we're going to pay those economic costs, those costs on people's lives and livelihoods — i want to know that they'll have the effect on suppressing the virus. and we simply don't have that information. helen catt is in westminster. is itfairto is it fair to say they don't have the information? has the government not provided the detailed reasoning behind the system was yellow with the government did yesterday was publish some analysis on the impact. but a lot of it

results are in for venezuela's parliamentary elections president nicolas maduro socialist party wins control of the national assembly the opposition boycott of the vote as a sham but just more power for mother little mean for the nation also coming up the threat of a no deal divorce mounts with talks stalled and the brakes a deadline just days away british and european negotiators meet again today with an outcome still highly uncertain. i'm sumi so much kinder it's good to have you with us all the results are in and as expected president nicolas models party has won parliamentary elections in venezuela consolidating his grip on power opposition leaders called on supporters to boycott the vote they and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the country's long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about their future. a humble tarr night few venezuelans came out to cast their vote on election day perhaps because there was so little to choose from with many opposition figures. and from participatin

i've been actual in the national state party.ut this party has to stand up for democracy first, for our constitutional first and not political considerations. it's not about a candidate. it's not simply for raw political power and what i feel is going to go on and i've had enough. >> you've been with trump 95% of the time and you voted for him in 2016 and 2020 and you're a republican in the republican study vote in the house and you whipped votes for republicans in congress and you raised money for republican candidates and now you're going to be an independent because your letter, as i noticed, it ccs the clerk of the house. >> yes. >> tell us what it feels like in this moment and how are you going to respond to critics who attack you as -- i mean, you know they are going to call you a rhino even though you're a conservative republican. >> the definition of rhino has changed the last couple of years. rhino is now if you don't follow the president decides is the theme of the week, the day, or the month. i'm a physical conservativ