also the u.k. home office is being accused of a shopping failure over migration after it says it lost track of what and 37000 migrants in the past 3 decades. thanks so much for joining us mid day here in moscow this is r.t. . the list of countries closing their borders to the united kingdom is growing over fears of a new coronavirus strain u.k. prime minister. and emergency response meeting on monday and you coronavirus variant is believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than current strains on reports from power. well there is now a more tonsil miscible variant of covert 19 and this is resulted in countries backing down and trying to close the borders to prevented from reaching them here in france or taunts bookings for the u.k. has been suspended for 48 hours including freight vehicles which are not been given permission to travel across the you are tunnel so as you can well imagine this is causing a major panic amongst businesses germany has suspended all travel until the end of the year un

her son michael and daughter in law emily looked at care homes in the u.k. we did take a 2 a cab home and sorry to have a look at a stream a nice high end facility but it was a facility. it was like a hospital ward the rooms of a very nice but they were small and there was a whole hospital beds and. you know how could a hospital signs up the exit signs you know you have that feeling the smell of of detergent. and a couple of guests asked us if we could help them leave. they feared mary wouldn't survive in such a sterile environment then they heard about a kid resort in thailand. what was mary's reaction when you brought up the fact that perhaps going to thailand of course since we mentioned. face and we showed her the pictures and the resorts and she is interesting features excited. mary might now be far away but michael makes sure she's not forgotten so this is the picture of the day that granny arrived in england. from the middle east on the boat born in palestine the daughter of a british soldier mary later met and married an army officer herself she lived

on the u.k. home office is being accused of a shocking failure of a migration after it says it lost track of more than 37000 migrants over the past 3 decades. hi there and a very good morning to you watching r.t. international. the list of countries closing their borders to the u.k. is growing over fears of a new coronavirus strain u.k. prime minister boris johnson will chair an emergency response meeting on monday the new coronavirus variant is believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than current straits let's get more on this story now from our correspondent paula she's in paris good morning to you paula it appears that e.u. countries are closing their doors to the u.k. tell us more. well certainly as you mentioned we're seeing now a new more transmissible variant of covert 19 which seems countries batten down and trying to close the borders so that it doesn't which they shore was now here in france all transport links with the u.k. have been suspended for 48 hours and this includes slate

u.k. home office is admitted it's lost track of 37000 migrants over the last 30 years thank you to saddam city because people who overstayed their visas and those who crossed the border illegally the chairman of migration what she has called the situation and failure of the system. this is a shocking failure it is ridiculous to intercept those crossing the channel illegally or after they emerge from the back of lorries only to turn them loose to disappear into the undergrowth of the shadow economy the home office spokesperson has said that it's likely many of the absconders and actually left the country for those still in the u.k. there's a national tracing team dedicated to finding migrants who dropped off the radar for briggs it party in ukip member for scotland david coburn believes that u.k. should take a further approach to migration normal individuals are stopped at customs or stopped immigration and their checks work. and there was a lot of terrorists or whatever but these people are rig

banks this morning u.k. home builders also coming under a great deal of pressure barclay group down more than 6%. 5% worth of losses for persimmon, bell way, also coming under pressure as i promised, we've got coverage around the continent for you. we've got steve joining us with more from westminster. sylvia is covering the brussels perspective. and we've got charlotte reporting on french president emanuel macron >>> to set the scene, let's start with steve who joins us from westminster the u.k. government has been striking a more optimistic tone this morning with foreign office minister james cleverly telling sky news there is still a possibility of getting a deal. steve, there have been conflicting reports, a lot of noise at fisheries the last 24 hours or so. how important is fisheries at this point given the other two main sticking points remain unresolved set the scene for us >> i think it's fisheries plus the other two. it's extraordinary if all our viewers take a step back and think fisheries, what stocks

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u.k. home office has admitted it's lost track of 37000 migrants of the last 30 years think that asylum seekers people overstaying their visas and those who cross the border illegally chairman of migration watch u.k. has called the situation a failure of the system. this is a shocking failure it is ridiculous to intercept those crossing the channel illegally or after they emerge from the back of lorries only to turn them loose to disappear into the undergrowth of the shadow economy. a home office spokesperson has said it's likely that many of the people have left the country for those still in the u.k. there is a national tracing team dedicated to finding migrants that have dropped off the radar for blacks at party and ukip member for scotland they have coburn believes the u.k. should take a firmer approach to migration normal individuals are stopped at customs or stopped immigration and their checks work out and there were little terrorists or whatever but these people are right they're not che

u.k. their home. so now they can stay in the u.k. they can register with the government's new settlement scheme but it's just not that easy they can't just come here and work as easy as they used to be able to but for the over opinion it was for but you can move from one city to another but we're going from country to country like you moving in just you know your country internally and out of the doubles there you are if you want to came to really make a move doesn't mean i'm in stubbornly dreamlifter different situation to say also you can only be in the city you have to go part you have to do something i was an issue for the haven't been prepared when you've been moving to distant to do to this country and. many other people who tried to make a life in the u.k. decided to go home and basically take their expertise with the. bros and that number are as a friend of mine she had been working as a consultant emergency doctor in london and i put up with as she and her children packed to move back to dublin. for me the uncertainty iran a

u.k. their home. so now they can stay in the u.k. they can register with the government's settlement scheme but it's just not that easy they can't just come here and work as easily as they used to be able to be. part of your program in you know also but you can move from one city to another go if you're going from country to country like you move in in just you know your country in term you. don't always there you are if you want to came to me maybe you don't reveal in stubbornly dreamlifter different situation do you sit. also you can only be lucky to you have to go dark you can go do something that was next you could have been prepared when you get a movie just to keep the country. many other people who tried to make a life in the u.k. decided to go home and basically take their expertise with the. bros and mcnamara is a friend of mine she had been working as a consultant emergency doctor in london and i put up with she and for the children packed to move back to dublin. for me the uncertainty around and trying to plan for their fu

signed an agreement this was in november and in theory it will see more patrols and surveillance u.k. home office also says it's invested millions of pounds in border security greg west again says tougher borders is one of the reasons people voted for briggs it is fairly evident that there are more inclined to want to be. in the u.k. than in the rest of europe if they were genuine political asylum seekers they would probably claim asylum once they come in to anywhere within the but they don't tend to back up and over load the immigration system and services within the u.k. so they then struggle to keep up i mean there are many reasons but the reason we voted to remove ourselves from europe was because we wanted but the country wanted greater control over immigration is one of the many factors. palestinian shop own is in all jerusalem alleged the israeli authorities are using the pandemic as an excuse to drive their businesses under hundreds of stores have been closed for violating health ministry rules. picks up the story. the pandemic has left businesses around the world reeling but here

are signed an agreement was in november and it ensures more patrols in theory and surveillance the u.k. home office also says it's investing millions of pounds in border security is greg west again who says tougher borders is just one reason that people voted for briggs it. it's fairly evident. more inclined to want. in the case in the rest of you. genuine political asylum seekers they would probably claim asylum once i come in to anywhere within the they don't tend to back up and overload the immigration system and services within the u.k. so as i then struggle to keep up i mean there were many raised part of the reason we voted to remove ourselves from europe was because we wanted the country wanted to control every crisis is one of the many factors. you have today you're watching at international thanks so much the company this morning if you can stick around our return with updates in just over 30 minutes. human history has always seen continuous war over thought but in recent years it seems to have become more intense the platforming is no common practice and public scrutiny of a perman

and france sign an agreement in november as you'll see more patrols and surveillance the u.k. home office also says it's invested millions in border security greg west again says tougher borders is one reason people voted for it. it's fairly evident that. more inclined to want to be. in the u.k. if you have a genuine political asylum seekers they would probably try to assault them once they come into any of the but they don't tend to back up. over the immigration system services within the u.k. so they struggle to keep up i mean there were many reasons but the reason we voted to remove ourselves from europe was because we wanted to leave the country wanted to try to control of reprisals one of the many factors. as 2020 draws to a close media outlets are rushing to give their predictions about the year to come politico is no exception has just published a list of who things will be the most powerful people in europe but also place them in on categories as artist with more votes politico has done put together released of $28.00 people who they predict will shape you're up in 2020 wha

introduce the panel in london more hussein a political commentator and former special advisor of the u.k. home office in brussels carol lin to see you at the center for european policy studies and in london jonathan list policy analyst and deputy director of the british influence what come to your know the general sentiment in scotland which seems to be now moving to worse splitting away from the union is it a momentary rejection of bragg's it or a day nomic shift. i think the polls would suggest there has been this sentiment growing over the last year or so i mean breaks it you know we've been talking about this for me 4 and a half years now in the u.k. so i think any impact of rates that we would have seen factored in already over the last year you've seen this huge pandemic or for governments that u.k. have been grappling with i think it's given nicholas stoughton much more of a platform it's gotten control his own health service should be a briefing so i think how she seemed to be responding to code it has maybe in some people's minds may have made it seem to come across as more of a leade

u.k. my children who were born here. and i feel at home here but for me the e.u. is also important and it's important as a peace project these are the roots of the e.u. but that doesn't really resonate in the u.k. and i remember when i was talking to a friend about this before the referendum i explained this to her and it was a completely new idea for her and she voted for granted. i'm quite confident that over the years we'll manage to form a new relationship like becoming friends after divorce but what we will not have is this institutional pressure which we have in the e.u. to solve problems to tackle problems together. in today's world you need to team up to tackle global issues like the environmental crisis like regulating tech giants like migration and without the u.k. a team europe lacks a key player can take back control as the phrase goes of our money our borders our laws so the brits to tears now need to define what actually is global britain what do they mean by it and how will it work and they need to prove that this acrimonious divorce process that is

this a big u.k. home improvement company. en you get into the 250, you are seeing the likes of london and portland, and gains of 2% to 3%. tesco, the big supermarket chain in the u.k. also putting in again today, along with the likes of morrison's. affected by the trade deal given how much food crosses the border. of the biggest customers is the u.k. small pop today, but a much bigger when yesterday trading for the first time since christmas eve on the trade deal yesterday. let's look at some of the biggest losers on the ftse 100. talking about the u.k. banks, significant losses today kept it down 3%, 4%. the trade deal good for them, but not good in the sense that it did not address financial services. there were nervous remaining about what kind of a court will come between the u.k. and europe eventually on financial services. finally, a quick look at the car industry. the car industry in the u.k. really owned by foreign companies. looking at a few of those there, there is concern that the brexit deal is too late for those a

u.k. . before film one brought him back to his home country don't. well in television in the u.k. in nigeria he now wants to realize paris vision discounts for promising scripts writes them to fit commercially successful formulas and in some productions he also sits in the director's chair the market will continue to grow and that's what we're gong to be known as the tyrants you know is on steven spielberg's and all those guys of nigeria. but i gotta tell you i'm going to guys right on the outside now jim where do you have a camera lens plus i want to do what i did. dream where you were going to do waiting outside. yes the gun thank you i watch. this is not doing this is the way we do it. i qualify good stuff guys that do this like did it. so we did it it's a problem with the about maybe's enough it's a struggle to get and there's a joke in nigeria that you know if you can find someone to give money to your family do you offer somebody. got thank you. since the success of the wedding party in new nollywood has been producing one romantic comedy after another featuring a huge weddi

u.k. . before film one brought him back to his home country donna. well in television in the u.k. in nigeria he now wants to realize can own power insufficient discounts for promising script rewrites them to fit commercially successful formulas and in some productions he also sets in the director is check the market will continue to grow and that's what we're gong to be known. starting to know is on steven spielberg's and all those guys of nigeria. ok guys thank you guys right i need you outside now jim when i think of the camera last last i want to do when you. dream where you were going to do waiting outside. yes thank you i watch. this nollywood this is the way we do it and. i call it the good guys that did it didn't. we if it's a problem with the about me it is enough to just focus again and there's a joke in nigeria that if you know if you can find someone to get married to your family are you off to somebody. thank you thank god since the success of the wedding party in new nollywood has been producing one romantic comedy after another featuring a huge wedding ceremony the f

u.k. love all the time too like your. film one brought him back to his home country don't know what's in television in the u.k. in nigeria he now wants to realize can paris vision discounts for promising scripts writes them to fit commercially successful formulas and in some productions he also said it's an interactive chat the market will continue to grow and that's what we're gong to be known as the tyrants you know it's on steven spielberg's and all those guys of nigeria. ok guys thank you donna guys lights i need you outside now jim where did you become alice plus i'm going to do what you. dream where you were going to do waiting outside. yes thank you i watch. this nollywood this is the way we do it and. i qualify good stuff guys that do this like this. so if it's. new nollywood has been producing. the film so wildly successful in nigeria. but the movies are not made specifically for the local market they're meant to showcase the nigerian lifestyle and sense of spirit while at the same time telling stories that touch the hearts of people all around the w

u.k. my children were born here and i feel at home here but for me. the e.u. is also important and it's important as a peace project these are the roots of the e.u. but that doesn't really resonate in the u.k. and i remember when i was talking to a friend about this before the referendum i explained this to her and it was a completely new idea for her and she voted for granted. i'm quite confident that over the years we'll manage to form a new relationship like becoming friends after divorce but what we will not have is this institutional pressure which we have in the e.u. to solve problems to tackle problems together. in today's world you need to team up to tackle global issues like the environmental crisis like regulating tech giants like migration and without the u.k. a team europe lacks a key player can take back control as the phrase goes of our money our borders our laws so the bridge to tears no need to define what actually is global britain what do they mean by it and how will it work and they need to prove that this acrimonious divorce process that is

u.k. germany france greece and italy among countries telling people to stay at home. or brown is covering developments in the u.k. he'll join us from london but 1st let's start with dominic kane in berlin dominic no letup to the spike in corona cases right. no letup in the spike of corona cases no letup in the amount of deaths being announced the numbers coming through well they reflect the fact that many of those who would be reporting the numbers in their parts of germany well over the christmas holidays not all the figures are being tabulated the way that they would normally be being tabulated ziering normal weekdays when it wasn't a festive season holiday that sort of thing but it is it is consistent with the suggestion the clear suggestion that has emerged from the figures over the course of december that we are really in the teeth of this 2nd wave and that's why not just in germany but across the e.u. you see the politicians who are responsible for the decisions which allowed these consignments of the vaccine from pfizer the biotech pfizer vaccine being dispatche

steyer home orders come into force in the u.k. travel to some european countries is banned as scientists study new variant of the corona virus. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program ready to roll madonna's vaccine is shipped to hospitals across the united states while in washington of oh could happen soon on a massive economic relief package. also ahead lines the story of the kidnapped school boys from katsina state now it's exposing the wider problem of nor lessness and insecurity in more than nigeria and a test for democracy thailand holds its 1st local elections after months of protests against the government and the money. come to the program while health organization is saying europe needs to boost measures to prevent the spread of a mutated strain of the corona virus which is spreading quickly in the united kingdom several european countries of either stopped or restrict to travel from the u.k. in response and the british government will meet on monday to discuss the imp

u.k. and returned home because that needs to be arranged and needs to be done in time so it's still an organisational nightmare for the u.k. government and there have been concerns about the effect of these border closures on food supplies so there in london are you starting to see shortages of essential goods. personally i haven't seen any shortages in the supermarkets i've visited in the last days but they're all pictures over empty shelves and one big supermarket chain has limited. selling off essential goods like for example toilet papers and that obviously reminded people of the days in the coronavirus crisis where the shelves well and he then people well panic buying votes with everything hopefully you reach handing to normal soon shortages should be about it it's fresh produce mostly that supermarkets and old whole years have been warning could be short within the next days if the situation isn't clearing in the ports because the u.k. imports most of its fresh produce from the continent from the e.u. fruit and vegetables so this is where will people will be looking at and the shortages would b

u.k. and returned home because that needs to be arranged and needs to be done in time so it's still an organisational nightmare for the u.k. government and there have been concerns about the effect of these border closures on food supplies so there in london are you starting to see shortages of essential goods. personally i haven't seen any shortages in the supermarkets i've visited in the last days but they're all pictures of empty shelves and one big supermarket chain has limited. selling off essential goods like for example toilet papers and that obviously reminded people of the days in the coronavirus crisis where the shelves well and you don't people well panic buying bugs with everything hopefully you reach handing to normal soon shortages should be about it it's fresh produce mostly that supermarkets and old school years have been warning could be short within the next days if the situation isn't clearing in the ports because the u.k. imports most of its fresh produce from the continent from the e.u. fruit and vegetables so this is where will people will be looking at and the shortages would b

refugees who fled fighting in ethiopia stuck in a refugee camp with little news of relatives back home. the u.k. government has approved a covert 19 vaccine to be rolled out for next week that's accepted the recommendation to approve the fire as a bio and tech vaccine committee is now working on final advice for which people should receive it 1st that's expected to include care home residents and health workers the u.k. health secretary says that around 50 hospitals set up and waiting to accept the vaccine lived out a london 0 steve buck is the talk us through this announcement when will people be able to get this vaccine. wagered firstly this is probably the most hopeful announcement since the start of the pandemic at least of course since the announcement that several vaccines were being worked on by different pharmaceutical companies and researches in different places around the world but it was of course the finds are by and tank vaccine made by that team of german scientists in partnership with the u.s. pharma to cause giant came back with initial results from key trials to suggest that th

u.k. and return home because that needs to be arranged and needs to be done in time so it's still an organisational nightmare for the u.k. government and there have been concerns about the effect of these border closures on food supplies so there in london are you starting to see shortages of essential goods. personally i haven't seen any shortages in the supermarkets i've visited in the last days but they're all pictures of empty shelves and one big supermarket chain has limited. selling off essential goods like for example toilet papers and that obviously reminded people of the days in the in the coronavirus crisis where the shelves well and you don't people well panic buying votes with everything hopefully retiring to normal soon shortages should be about if it's fresh produce mostly that supermarkets and old school years have been warning could be short within the next days if the situation isn't clearing in the ports because the u.k. imports most of its fresh produce from the continent from the e.u. fruit and vegetables say this is where we're people will be looking at and the shortages would

u.k. once home he helped found the company film house which developed 9 multiplex cinema we now want to do a good 5 thing as a 3 and a half years from home. you know so. it's aggressive it's ambitious but it's possible. the new cinema such asked one component and part of his grand scheme. so welcome to film how cinema was. ok so we got to the next floor. see that building there the green building there. that's the house of the good to the rich or the black man in the whole world clearly the rich africa so we like this office because something is when the wind blows from that side yeah blows through him and then touches us if we like. and here is film one production and distribution. ok this is not just the fastest growing but the biggest film theatrical film distribution company of nigeria in west africa really was about to appear got executive director of a film poster of one of opera. 3 years ago the stupid remote wooden boat in terms of box of the size with a one man to match to be valued and be more than this years ago 64 and that's where we will see a complete flip between hollywood a

u.k. my children born here and i feel at home here but for me the e.u. is also important and it's important as a piece project these are the roots of the e.u. but that doesn't really resonate in the u.k. and i remember when i was talking to a friend about this before the referendum i explained this to her and it was a completely new idea for her and she voted for granted. i'm quite confident that over the years we'll manage to form a new relationship like becoming friends after divorce but what we will not have is this institutional pressure which we have in the e.u. to solve problems to tackle problems together. in today's world you need to team up to tackle global issues like the environmental crisis like regulating tech giants like migration and without the u.k. team europe a key player can take back control as the phrase goes of our money our borders our laws so the bridge to tears no need to define what actually is global britain what do they mean by it and how will it work and they need to prove that this acrimonious divorce process that is really w

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u.k. transportable at room temperature, it means every care home in the u.k. shouldin now be each. medicinesegulator said no rners have been cut in deliring a vaccine in record time. >> with this approval, we are another step closer in helping to defeat this virus have every confidence in thecan safety, the effectiveness, and in the quality of covid-19 vaccines, extra zeneca. -- astrazeneca. >> the vaccine uses a gene from the spike shaped protein on the su pace of coronavirus an inside a modified harmless virus. the vaccine instructs human cells to make the spike protein, which prompts the immunem sys to create antibodies, which can recognize and destroy coronavirus. and ittimulates t cells, which should destroy cells that have become infected. how effective is the vaccine? the latest estimate is it gives 70% protection against covid three weeks after the t dose. the nhs will now hold back giving t second dose of all covid vaccines until 12 weekso more people can get protected. >> theost pragmatic thing to do is to give as many at-risk people as possible the dose of the vaccine, b

u.k. government has announced a stay at home border after a new strain of coronaviruses found belgium italy and the netherlands bound passenger flights and rail connections from the u.k. the debugger has more. we know that in the netherlands this variant of of saws cove to the the virus which causes the illness has actually been detected while the netherlands which is in its own locked out now has imposed a ban on all air travel to and from the u.k. we're hearing that belgium is doing the same and that france and.

u.k. and returned home because that needs to be arranged and needs to be done in time so it's still an organisational nightmare for the u.k. government and there have been concerns about the effect of these border closures on food supplies so there in london are you starting to see shortages of essential goods. personally i haven't seen any shortages in the supermarkets i've visited in the last days but they're all pictures over empty shelves and one big supermarket chain has limited. selling off essential goods like for example toilet papers and that obviously reminded people of the days in the coronavirus crisis where the shelves well and you don't people well panic buying votes with everything hopefully you responding to normal soon shortages should be about it it's fresh produce mostly that supermarkets and old whole years have been warning could be short within the next days if the situation isn't clearing in the ports because the u.k. imports most of its fresh produce from the continent from the e.u. fruit and vegetables say this is where we're people will be looking at and the shortages would