russell trott reports. combating covid—19, spanish—style.athering in the plaza has been severely curtailed. across europe, it seems, curfews are in place, both mandatory and voluntary, to persuade the public to stay away from public places. in paris, one such curfew will be strictly enforced by french police to crack down on parties and any large groups meeting unlawfully. 100,000 gendarmes are being mobilised, half the metro lines will be closed in the evening. families are being advised to stay at home and enjoy new year's celebrations around the dinner table. seafood being a seasonable culinary favourite. in germany, they traditionally spend millions of euros on new year's eve fireworks every year, but in berlin, they brought in a firework ban in an attempt to prevent crowds forming. federal and regional leaders are due to discuss whether to extend lockdown measures imposed before christmas. in moscow, they are resisting imposing a strict lockdown like they did earlier this year, relying on targeted measures instead. despite a rise in cor

russell trott reports.deo conference call with key advisors who play a core role in any government administration. the president—elect, joe biden‘s national security advisor and policy experts reiterated his belief that his predecessor is obstructing a smooth transition of power. in delaware he singled out two departments for special criticism. we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership of the department of defence and the office of management of budget. right now we're just not getting all the information we need on the ongoing and outgoing administration in key national security areas. it's nothing short in my view, of irresponsibility. mr biden has repeatedly claimed he was blocked from receiving key intelligence briefings and essential and normally routine pa rt essential and normally routine part of the presidential transition. these are hard issues, but the current administration has made it much harder by trying to erode our capacity. following biden's remarks, acting defence secret

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russell trott, bbc news.g traffic coming or concern for their own safety, author of entering into gardens, flying into rooms and resting entries! they are fast becoming unofficial city mascots! you are now up—to—date on all the latest news. hello. winter is finally turning white for some of us. not all of us going to see the snow over the next few days. the potential is still there for a bit more to come our way, though. it's certainly staying cold enough, but that frosty sharp frost at times overnight, icy conditions where we're seeing some showers of rain, sleet, hail, yes, some snow, notjust on hills but at times to lower levels, with that risk of disruption. there are coming our way some fairly weak weather disturbances, but they're within a flow ofaircoming down from the north, which means the moisture out of these disturbances will be falling as rain but also sleet and snow in places. and we'll have had a few wintry showers overnight, into first thing in the morning. there's a sharp frost out there, may

russell trott, bbc news. let's get more in the post—brexit trade deal between the uk on the eu.ingle market and customs union at 11pm, bringing to an end a partnership that lasted for almost 50 yea rs. partnership that lasted for almost 50 years. legislation to ratify the uk post—brexit relationship with the eu has been signed into law. over the next few days will be hearing from all sorts of different people whose businesses and lives have been affected by brexit. i am joined now from germany by a social worker who left the uk in 2018 with her british husband because of brexit. and i'm alsojoined by owner husband because of brexit. and i'm also joined by owner and husband because of brexit. and i'm alsojoined by owner and creative director of peelo accessories, based in dublin. you are both very welcome. let me begin with you, take you back to that decision to leave the uk with your husband, who is british, as we mentioned. why did you decide to do that, and have you had any regrets? well, after the referendum in 2016, the country has changed so much. i came to england at the b