u.k. parliament. i think the u.k.overnment will need to show that understands the deal and is sticking to it. remember back in the autumn, we had that big a row when the u.k. government said we are going to legislate to ignore elements of the northern ireland agreement in january because we do not like the way it is working out. the u.k. government needs to show it is taking this seriously because it needs to show to other countries it wants to do deals with that it is a country worth negotiating with. see what else they conclude. to with those signed up the european union -- we do not know that yet. we do not know how much it will be constrained in what it can agree with other countries. certainlybe something president trump was saying, if you do a deal with the e.u., then you cannot do a good deal with the u.s. we will see whether that is true. it looks like it has gone back a bit with the biden administration. caroline: talk to us how worried if the innerworkings of the u.k. bidenment are with the administration. h

u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. we can cross over to brussels correspondent max sand hi there max good to see you both sides are sitting this as a success but other any real winners here yeah kristie let me let me start by by by saying that this is most likely the 1st trade deal in history that hasn't made the trade relations better but effectively worse now what you got was access to the e.u.'s internal market with 0 quotas 0 terrorist but under strict rules this is going to avoid chaos at the end of the year and cushion the fallout of brics and so this could be seen as a win for both sides in a way of course in the 1st place this wouldn't have been strictly necessary now this is a very this is a very complex deal this is what we're looking at 2000 pages of legal text and so we really haven't started understanding all of the details yet of this deal what it entails but there is going to be what the one thing is for sure we just heard the example with officials with the e.u. fisheries with the u.k

u.k. parliament.signed the agreement after it was washed through both chambers in a single day. editor,t to our brexit ed evans. good to have you with me. what does this mean? is brexit over? what about from a political point of view? ed: the question of whether to leave the eu is over. the legislation went through in 24 hours yesterday. majority.son has a getting brexit done. you saw this bill go through the house of commons and the house of laws and hours yesterday. does that end brexit as a political question? unlikely. you will see the question of how close britain should be to its nearest trading partner go on. certainly that's one of the things left open by the bill. there are still those in the conservative party who are really concerned about this question. they want to keep on top of it over the years to come. will the u.k. be ready for brexit? the team has written a number of papers on preparedness and its potential impairment on the economy in q1. elias: -- ed: very big questions here for b

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u.k. parliament has voted to approve a trade deal with the european union as it heads for an orderly break from brussels the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatic p.t.t. use single market. millions more people in the u.k. can join the toughest chair of covert 900 traditions from thursday u.k. health regulators approve the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine for emergency use the government has already preordered 100000000 doses. united states has reported its 1st case of a more contagious variant of corona virus which was originally discovered in the u.k. a man in colorado was confirmed to have the strain he has no recent travel history and adds further urgency to efforts to vaccinate americans and stamp out uncontrolled outbreaks across the country. the u.s. president and joe biden criticized the trump administration for its handling of the vaccine rollout was operating behind schedule joe biden says of the 20000000 people meant to receive injections by the end of the year and $80000000.00 had got them so chump administration's plan is to be vaccines is falling behind far behind w

u.k. johnson has signed the breadths the deal that he has reached with the e.u. and parliament had its roots in the however many critics of this process in parliament are saying that practically it's not enough so the m.p.'s only had a few hours to debate this really complex agreement with the european union and given the fact that the great city isn't always ringback promised bragg's it was all about taking back control and giving control to the u.k. parliament many parliamentarians were very frustrated that they only had a few hours to look into this agreement however the deal is done and boris johnson obviously is celebrating the fact that he accomplished taking the u.k. out of the european union that there is more 70 free or for example the european court of justice critics are saying that he is not clear about the trade offs that he's not explaining to the country that yes there is more certainty but economically there are trade offs and even though there is a deal a trade deal with the e.u. that there will be extra trade barriers for example for manufacturers there will b

u.k. parliament as expected.would clear the house of lords after it already cleared the house of commons. the trade agreement with e.u. on course to become law within hours. kathleen hays joins us with more on this. we are finally marking britain's definitive departure from the european single market. kathleen: we often leave things to the last minute. u.k. and the e.u. push to this one to the limit since june of 2016 when the brexit vote first past. nine months of intensive negotiations, finally the deal is done. this will go onto the queen. she has to sign off on as well. a 521 to 73 vote in the house of commons. boris johnson said earlier today that the brexit deal shows how the u.s. can have its cake and eat it. i think boris has gone to bed. he is already asleep. paul: he may have done. it has been a long half decade. the deal as you mentioned did attract bipartisan support. labor opposition to a degree really held its nose and jumped in. this is better than the alternative effect from their point of view. k

u.k. both johnson has signed the breadths the deal that he has reached with the e.u. and parliament had its roots in the however many critics of this process in parliament are saying that practically it's not enough so the m.p.'s only had a few hours to debate this really complex agreement with the european union and given the fact that the great city isn't always ringback promised bragg's it was all about taking back control and giving control to the u.k. parliament many parliamentarians were very frustrated that they only had a few hours to look into this agreement however the deal is done and boris johnson obviously is celebrating the fact that he accomplished taking the u.k. out of the european union that there is more sovereignty free or for example the european court of justice critics are saying that he is not clear about the trade offs that he's not explaining to the country that yes there is more serving tea but economically there are trade offs and even though there is a deal a trade deal with the e.u. that there will be extra trade barriers for example for manufacturers t

u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. all right so for more on the steel we can cross over talk our spondon in london and in brussels big of moss and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big as so prime minister boris johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling this agreement well you told the british people in the video that you put out on social media that this is the deal is the ideal reading material for your post christmas lunch he said it's happy christmas tidings and he basically said that he was able to keep his promise that he is the one who delivers on the spreads the deal which he has promised all along was going to be doable and that britain will offer or take back control about the money the laws at the border and still be able to come to this agreement with the european union it's not quite the nearly a promise that wasn't quite as easy as he had said in the beginning when he was elected as prime minister it would b

u.k. economy but without the deal that would have been even worse to britain leaves in less than a week parliament in the u.k. i mean europe will have to sign off on this deal will the house of commons go for it well yes it's expected to be fairly breezy this time not the torturous scenes that we have seen when when bragg's it was debated in the house of commons and voted on in the past yes the labor opposition party says even though it's been it's the alternative would be no deals who they are voting for it's a yes it's expected to go through parliament without any major difficulties thank you for that in london. a 2nd look at some of the other stories making headlines now. pope francis is uses obey at. christmas address to call on the international community to be aware of market forces and nationalism and to focus on that sharing and making covert 19 vaccines available to the 84 year old pontiff called the brotherhood during a time of ecological crisis and social in palin's. longtime leader of molly's opposition say has died aged 71 coronavirus complications a form of finance minister was consi

u.k. parliament to only have a day or half a day for the house of commons for scrutiny a lot of m.p.'s in this debate have remarked that it's just fooling for short of what they really want terry over to you in brussels the european commission and council of signed off on the deal e.u. leaders gave their approval a few days ago but it's still being called a provisional application of the agreement why is that. that's right william and that's because as beer good explained had happened in london the european parliament said we're not doing that when it became clear that the agreement was going to be concluded only in the final days of the year the european parliament said that's simply not enough time to give due process due scrutiny to the more than $1200.00 page agreement and they said we're only going to look at it in january and it may only come up for a vote in march no one's really threatening to to nix the deal no one wants to go through all these months and months of negotiations again but the parliament is saying hey we have the right to look this over before we say it's ok i

u.k. parliament many parliamentarian's actually not happy that they only get a few hours to get through something that's really a momentous bill in the u.k. as history however this is decided we don't expect too much opposition we know if you're position m.p.'s are not going to side are not going to vote for it however the leader of the opposition star the leader of the labor party has said that the alternative would be no deal so most labor opposition politicians are expected to sign it and then later on this afternoon boris johnson is expected to sign it and that will definitely be a big moment for boris johnson because he has the base is he gotten his will or he will have got his will in that moment he has led the way out of the european union and he has also avoided a complete catastrophe for business because without this deal the the damage for business would have been very very great in the u.k. and the formalising there do bourse. in london and teri schultz in brussels thank you very much sheba. so you look at some of the other stories making headlines today threaten has become the 1st cou

u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st. for more let's bring in our correspondents in london and brussels big mouth and alexander from naaman welcome to the both of you big prime minister of bars johnson has achieved what he promised when he took office finally getting bracks it done how has he been selling this agreement he sold it as the big christmas tree he pulled it out under the christmas tree for a video on social media and was and courage in britain's to read it after a long christmas lunch in case anybody had time for the 2000 page document on the day like that but no seriously it's really all about him keeping his promise he was elected on the brick sedation he said i will have this deal with the european union and he is able to keep his promise not as easily as he has said this would be bought britain does have control of its money borders laws and still has a de deal with the european union and business reactions a sign of a sigh of relief however people also know that this is the 1st trade in history that actua

u.k. parliament as well as the e.u. parliament are on what they call christmas standby which means that if they have to have an emergency talk they will have it so i don't think that will be that will be the problem but i think the issue is that whatever we get is not going to be the last what i hope it is the 1st word but i think we don't even have that yet ok varia demand is that deputy director to burgle thank you so much thank you. well germany is going into a hot lockdown to curb the number of coronavirus infections nonessential shops will close for the remaining christmas season and well into january the german government has pledged aid for effective businesses but retailers warn that many of them may never open shop again. this berlin toy shop is a hot tip for anyone looking for creative games the store has it all from books to chemistry sets to haue made soft toys but from this wednesday the shop has to close and the owners are annoyed. and then not once yes indeed i of course it makes me angry they're cutting

u.k. parliament. if he appears for that as serbia birds has deployed military forces to a western region were gunmen killed 100 people local media reports saying that government forces killed 42 armed men and ben ben the moves visited the area a day before the attacks to urge peace and unity between ethnic groups u.s. president donald trump has granted clemency to more of his allies the list of 26 pardons and commutations in good says former campaign chairman paul manna for it's jared kirshner's father and trump's advisor and friend roger stone. a pakistan court has ordered the release of the man convict seeds in the killing of u.s. journalist daniel pearl in 2002 other dorm our sage will be freed pending an appeal earlier this year the high court overturns as murder charge proles family appealed against the decision daniel pearl was a reporter for the wall street journal large parts of england have been put under even tougher a covert $1000.00 restrictions from saturday as a more contagious variants

u.k. parliament as well has signed off by the eu heads of state. isknow the u.k. rliament already thinking about pushing recess.ir christmas we know that european parliament is thinking about quitting right at the end of september -- the end of december. the deadline is not fixed and 11 onallete :00 or 10 to the 31st of december is a little late. i think it's entirely possible that we do get things dragging on the on this week even though both sides have indicated they want to get a deal done this week. david: are the two sides prepare for not getting a deal done? if they go to a wto will they be in a position to do that on january 1? if there isn't a deal by this thursday at the summit, that will be part of the summit discussions is putting in place no deal preparations. for the u.k., i would argue that the u.k. is not even organized for a deal because we still have a big question over what happens at the border. we don't really have the border infrastructure to deal with the regulatory checks that will need to be done even assuming a deal is done. if, on top of t

u.k. parliament taking it out of the hands of brussels and giving it back to democracy in the u.k. this is all happening quite quickly all within one day a breadth of bill will go through the house of commons through the house of lords and then later in the day or even the night will be presented to the queen so it's really extraordinarily quickly but once boris johnson will have signed this international treaty he will have achieved in a way what he had promised he would have taken back and so over in 3 from the e.u. we're also having avoided a really bad economic crisis we know that brags that is going to hit the u.k. economy even with this is but without the deal it would have been a disaster for many british exporters for many many factories so is sigh of relief in the business world that there is this deal taking effect 1st of january. big at mass in london and teri schultz in brussels thanks to you both britain has become the 1st country in the world to authorize the coronavirus back saying developed by astra zeneca and oxford university it's the 2nd vaccine to receive emerge

u.k. parliament was called back from its christmas recess to ratify the deal for britain reports. it was nearly 50 years ago that the u.k. joined the european economic community but a new relationship has now been signed into reality european commission president live on the land smiled broadly european council president sharma shelf appeared a little more rueful signed sealed and delivered from brussels via a british air force jet to london for prime minister boris johnson to put pen to paper ink was julie applied in downing street the prime minister flanked by his chief bracks it negotiated and the u.k.'s e.u. ambassador and parliament was recalled from christmas recess to ratify the deal in a rapid one day session boris johnson extolling the virtues of the new agreement. in less than 48 hours we will leave the e.u. single market and the customs union as we've 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. britain officially left the european union back in ja

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u.k. parliament in the next few days which actually could also impacts these talks because on monday parliament due to revisit something called the internal market bill which includes clauses which break international law they actually go back on what was agreed previously with the european union or northern ireland so if in fights that gets voted on and passed of that could be a severe annoyance. the 1st approved corona virus vaccine doses have arrived in the u.k. before the 1st people are inoculated on tuesday the jabs made by pfizer and bio on tech are being stored in special freezers where they need to be kept at around minus 70 degree celsius elderly people and care workers are said to be of being among the 1st batch of people to receive the jab meanwhile the us health secretary is head back at joe biden after the president elect said that he had not seen a plan for a vaccine rollout alex as are called it nonsense saying that there is a comprehensive plan to inoculate millions of americans he said the country's drug regulator is reviewing 2 candidates with the potential of approval by next

u.k. parliament has voted to approve a trade deal with the european union has for an orderly break from brussels the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the single market. for let's get more on our top story now that attack in yemen mohammed joins us from the yemeni capital of sana'a so this attack on the airports was then followed by another attack near the presidential palace in aden where members of the newly formed yemeni cabinet were taken after the airport attack what more do we know about both theater. yes i have received news from media outlets that another was heard near the presidential palace of our mashi which is a fortified area where only one brode leads to the presidential palace is situated in a to lie and also another explosion has been also reported in the way which is as a residential area near the presidential palace. we couldn't confirm such a news but we but according to the media outlets that sure that this incident has taken place also writers have reported as reportedly taken about so one residence who spoke about hearing a loud explosion in the ne

u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st. for more let's bring in our correspondents in london and brussels big alexandra from naaman welcome to the both of you big prime minister of bars johnson has achieved what he promised when he took office finally getting breaks it done how has he been selling this agreement. he sold it as the big christmas tree he pulled it out under the christmas tree for a video on social media and was that encouraging britons to read it after a long christmas lunch and case anybody had time for that 2000 page document on a day like that but no seriously it's really all about him keeping his promise he was elected on the brick sedation he said i will have this deal with the european union and he is able to keep his promise not as easily as he has said this would be bought britain does have control of its money borders laws and still hasn't the deal with the european union and business reactions of the sign over is a sigh of relief however people also know that this is the 1st radio in history that ac

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u.k. parliament in the next few days which actually could also impact these talks because on monday parliament due to revisit something called the internal market bill which includes clauses which break international law they actually go back on what was agreed previously with the european union on northern ireland so if in fact that gets voted on and passed that could be a severe annoyance there's another thing called the trade bill which also does similar things going back on the divorce agreement that's already been signed. the 1st approved coronavirus vaccine doses have arrived in the u.k. before the 1st people are inoculated on tuesday the jabs made by pfizer and by on take are being stored in special freezer is where they need to be kept at around minus 70 degree celsius elderly people and care workers are said to be ending and among the 1st batch of people to receive the jab well meanwhile the u.s. health secretary has his back and joe biden after the president elect said he had not seen a plan for a vaccine rollout alex as are called it nonsense saying there is a comprehensive plan to

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u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st. for more let's bring in our correspondents in london and brussels big mouth and alexandra from naaman welcome to the both of you big prime minister of boris johnson has achieved what he promised when he took office finally getting breaks it done how has he been selling this agreement. he sold it as the big christmas tree he pulled it out under the christmas tree for a video on social media and was and courage and britons to read it after a long christmas lunch in case anybody had time for that 2000 page document on a day like that but no seriously it's really all about him keeping his promise he was elected on the brick city should he said i will have this deal with the european union and he is able to keep his promise not as easily as he has said this would be bought britain does have control of its money borders laws and still has a de deal with the european union and business reactions of sign of who is a sigh of relief however people also know that this is the 1st trade in history

u.k. parliament, and to only have a day or half a day for the house of commons, is falling short of what theylly want. william: over to you and brussels. the european commission and council have signed off on the deal and e.u. leaders gave their approval a few days ago. but it is still being called a provisional application of the agreement. why is that? reporter: that's right, and that's because european parliament said we are not doing that, when it became clear that the agreement was going to be concluded only in the final days of the year, the european parliament said that is not enough time to give due process and do scrutiny to the more than 1200 page agreement. they said it may only come up for a vote in march. no one is really threatening to makes the deal. -- two nix the deal. no one wants to go through all these months of negotiations again, but the parliament is saying they have the right to look it over before saying it is ok. what lawmakers in london were complaining about is fair. this is months and months in the making, and why would you only have a couple of days to say it is

u.k. parliament next week. it also has to be endorsed by members of themeuropean parl.cotland's first mister nicola sturgeon said brexit was happening against scotland's will, and no deal would ever make up for what brexit had taken away. our political editor laura kuenssberg has a report. laura: time is finally up. a deal at last agreed. number 10 believes it will po l power backis building from brussels. a vast trade and security agreement that the prime minister and breomteer's e. until hours ago, it wasn't guaranteed, but look, the optimists really did have something to cheer for the thumbs--ubiquitous thumbs up, relief written all over his face. prime min. johnson: i'm pleased to tell you that we have completed the biggest radio y can work 650 billion pounds a year, a comprehensive, canada-style free trade deal between the u.k. and the eu. we have also today resolved the question that has bedeviled our politics for decades. it is up to us all together as a newly andly t independent nation, to realize the immensity of this moment and to make the most of it. laura: c

u.k. parliament with labor votes, but he indicated today in the speech you showed that he has no intentionf doing that. he is coming here to tell her that he wants the eu to drop its insistence that the u.k. adhere to level playing field guarantees with exchange for the eu markets and that it drop its insistence that the eu have some fishing rights in the u.k. waters. ursula cannot grant that. best thing she can do is take his concerns on board, hear from him what he needs to get a deal, then tell the eu prime ministers and presidents when they meet here tomorrow for an in person summit. if the message that he is going to give to her to give to them is simply that the eu has to drop all of its insistence on level playing field, that is a nonstarter for the eu leaders. things are pretty glum here. i think the expectation now is that we are heading for no deal unless something really unexpected happens tonight, haps boris johnson makes a big concession. a beat the speech today was setting up strawmen. we will see. we could be in for a surprise tonight, but those are the expectations. >> i ha

u.k. parliament has voted to approve a trade deal with the european union has for an orderly break from brussels but it comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. 6 single market. that speak to journalists about that he's a deputy director of british influence joins us live by skype from london jonathan so is this it is can the british people face forget about the endless debate of the past 4 years this is settled down the your question for britain is put away forever . i think the only thing we know about british history is the your question is the only real constant we've been arguing about year or a 1000 years and i fully expect us to be arguing about it the next 1001 that's a lot of very cold wouldn't. going on in the conservative party today and the question in europe is settled that's what people said in 1973 when we enter the european union in 1075 when i was a referendum to stay in the european union and i have no doubt that the questions will evolve particularly but here is this negotiation. will have to continue the 2 sides will consider the arrangement in 5 years t

u.k. parliaments will have to do this before britain they use the transition period on december.

u.k. parliament has voted to approve a trade deal with the european union as it prepares to for an orderly break from brussels the vote comes just a day before the u.k. automatically leaves the e.u. so single. more now on our top story in that huge blast at aiden's international airport and its aftermath let's join mohammed al a top who is in the capital of sana what more authorities say mohammed about the circumstances around this explosion both these explosions. yes the authorities according to the tweet of it has been a sense of by the prime minister of the of the shared power sharing government that has been stricken in saudi arabia and according to the riyadh's agreements the mind of the medics says that these this attack will not to fly in the only form the government under the will carry out of their responsibility and also uphold. the maybe this monstrosity to us that it is toward peace and stability to the coastal city of aden and also to restore the government legitimate government's control of all the yemen as according to his speech during a press following b. attack that has r

u.k. parliament bods to only have a day or half a day for the house of commons for scrutiny a lot of m.p.'s in this debate have remarked that it's just fooling for sure what they want terry over to you in brussels the european commissioner council of signed off on the deal e.u. leaders gave their approval a few days ago but it's still being called a provisional application of the agreement why is that. that's right william and that's because as bear good explained had happened in london the european parliament said we're not doing that when it became clear that the agreement was going to be concluded only in the final days of the year the european parliament said that simply not enough time to give due process due scrutiny to the more than $1200.00 page agreement and they said we're only going to look at it in january and it may only come up for a vote in march no one's really threatening to to nix the deal no one wants to go through all these months and months of negotiations again but the parliament is saying hey we have the right to look this over before we say it's ok i think what. law

u.k. johnson has signed the brakes a deal that he has reached with the e.u. and parliament had its roots in the however many critics of this process in parliament are saying that practically it's not enough so the m.p.'s only had a few hours to debate this really complex agreement with the european union and given the fact that the great city isn't always ringback promised that breaks it was all about taking back control and giving control to the u.k. parliament many parliamentarians were very frustrated that they only had a few hours to look into this agreement however the deal is done and boris johnson obviously is celebrating the fact that he accomplished taking the u.k. out of the european union that there is more sovereignty free or for example the european court of justice critics are saying that he is not clear about the trade offs that he's not explaining to the country that yes there is more certainty but economically there are trade offs and even though there is a deal a trade deal with the e.u. that there will be extra trade barriers for example for manufacturers

u.k. parliament expects to ok the deal by the end of the year. so that means the new u.k. trade relationship begins in just a few days our correspondents have been travelling the e.u. to hear what that might mean for ordinary people brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena joins us now from amsterdam welcome alexandra what have you found there in the dutch capital. well we are announcing down because this city is becoming increasingly popular as a destination for brics is impacted companies companies who move here open a new office here to be able to all for their services to european customers in the future and this city is also becoming increasingly popular for young professionals from the u.k. who want to work in the european union and one of them is with me here. thank you for being with us so you decided to move to amsterdam 2016 after the breakfast referendum was dat the reason for you to move to the european union it wasn't the solve removing but it definitely contributed to boy i wanted to leave and i didn't know when i would get another opportunity to experience

u.k. parliament in the next few days which actually could also impact these talks because on monday parliament due to revisit something called the internal market bill which includes clauses which break international law they actually go back on what was agreed previously with the european union or northern ireland so if in fights that gets voted on and passed that could be a severe annoyance. the 1st approved corona virus vaccine doses have arrived in the u.k. before the 1st people are inoculated on tuesday the jabs made by pfizer and biotech are being stored in special freezers where they need to be kept at around minus 70 degree celsius elderly people in care workers are said to be among the 1st batch of people to receive the job meanwhile the us health secretary has hit back at joe biden after the president elect said he had no plan he had not seen a plan for a vaccine rollout alex as are called that nonsense saying that there is a comprehensive plan to inoculate millions of americans venezuelans a still of a couple of hours left to vote for a new congress it's the only body currently held

u.k. parliament to only have a day or half a day for the house of commons for scrutiny a lot of m.p.'s in this debate have been mocked that it's just fooling short of what they really want terry over to you in brussels the european commission and council of signed off on the deal e.u. leaders gave their approval a few days ago but it's still being called a provisional application of the agreement why is that that's right william and that's because as very good explained had happened in london the european parliament said we're not doing that when it became clear that the agreement was going to be concluded only in the final days of the year the european parliament said that's simply not enough time to give due process due scrutiny to the more than $1200.00 page agreement and they said we're only going to look at it in january and it may only come up for a vote in march no one's really threatening to to nix the deal no one wants to go through all these months and months of negotiations again but the parliament is saying hey we have the right to look this over before we say it's ok i th

u.k. parliament does but they refused to be pushed into this very tight timeline and said we're not even going to look at it until january so we may not see an approval or a vote at all by the european parliament until march that said the deal can go into effect provisionally starting january 1st because all the e.u. governments signed off on it and to the u.k. site as well but there is one more step to come out of the brics that the negotiations are not completely finished yet as much as people would like to see the end of them yeah not long road continuing big bars johnson said break that is not the in but a beginning but the road that we're talking about that isn't quite over is going to be quite bumpy for the u k. the u.k. doesn't have exactly the same benefits that it had when it was part of the european union now of course for the brits of tears for boys johnston this is worth it because he says that this gives. back to the u.k. the u.k. is for example free to do other trade deals with other nations in the world however the u.k. is at least in the medium term losing out for example when

u.k. parliament which is set to meet next week possibly wednesday to ratify that deal before the end of the year but the key takeaway here is that the prime minister 1st johnson the u.k. government have managed to achieve a deal with different opinion because at that from 2016 to when that vote 1 happened you know they say the move campaign one to today a lot of time has passed a lot of things that happened just remind us of those final stumbling blocks the past few weeks things have been very tense. absolutely think there's been to and fro you have a new prime minister had said that people should prepare for a no deal that was definitely not the appetite inside politics and put the majority of members of parliament here in the u.k. wanted a deal 17000000 people over 70000000 people voted to leave the e.u. and that's been going on for years that u.k. left a bloc. earlier this year are generally the 1st but they've been abiding out by e.u. rules so on the 31st of december they will leave the customs union and the internal market not the different internal debates between the e.u. and the u.k

u.k. parliament i don't so as a member of the northern ireland assembly today we look at the contribution of john hume by contrasting the position of disaster reached in the province and the early 1970 s. at the height of the troubles with the peace which still holds to be despite the intense strains caused by bricks it 1st we speak toward winning journalist david blake knox about his new book on the killing of thomas needham our manager of northern ireland factory and then we examine with alice to mcdonnell one of john hume successors as leader of the s.-t. o.-p. about how the northern island was pulled from tragedy to peace just after christmas in 1973 thomas needham i was bundled into his car i'd say to school in west belfast . he was never seen alive again by his friends or family it was an idea of murder and tragedy in the province with 500 people a year dying as nationalist and loyalist paramilitaries mobilized against the power sheeting stunning deal agreement alex takes up the tragic story with journalist and author david blake knox who has published a new book on the killing. dav

u.k. parliament conservative politicians have been repeating their willingness to walk away. we are working to get a deal but the only deal that is possible is one that is compatible with all saw from t.v. and takes back control of our laws trade and forces. one in agreement is preferable we are prepared to leave on so-called australian start terms if we can't find compromises australian terms is the u.k. government's euphemism for no deal and it's the lack of agreement on issues like e.u. member states fishing rights in u.k. waters that have made it increasingly likely other sticking points of what's being called a level playing field the e.u. wants u.k. companies to play by the same rules as its own to avoid unfair competition the u.k. wants to make its own rules also any future trade deal will need to be governed in times of dispute and there's no agreement yet on how with little tangible progress by monday afternoon it was time for u.k. prime minister boris johnson and the european commission president us live on the line to take stock after a 90 minute phone call they re

u.k. parliament some both sides need to ratify the agreement which will uncoupled britain from decades of membership of course from london. i have a small present for anyone who may be looking for something to read in that sleepy post christmas lunch moment and here it is 2000 pages of dense detail the british government's christmas gift to the nation because this is a deal a deal to give certainty to business travelers and investors in our country from the 1st of january a deal with our friends and partners in the in brussels e.u. ambassadors met for a christmas day briefing with the blocks bricks at negotiator michel barnier the $27.00 european union states are expected to formally back the trade deal within days the european parliament which normally votes on a tax before it becomes law will vote on the deal retrospective early in january the choreography is different for british m.p.'s who will cast their vote on the deal in parliament on the 30th of december where it's expected to pass with the the government controls a sizable majority of the opposition labor party says it will relu

u.k. parliament as well the baba thanks so much for the update from london. war criminals perjurers fraudsters and murderers they're among the 15 people who've been pardoned by u.s. president donald trump as he reaches the end of his term there are 4 military contractors from a security company convicted of a 2007 shooting in baghdad 14 iraqi civilians were killed including 2 children political allies have also been pardoned 2 people who lived in a congressional probe over russian election metalink have been granted clemency the president has done to solve an urgent leave needed coronavirus relief bill despite having bipartisan support he says he'll reject it unless it's amended harder to castro the reaction in washington d.c. or both trumps pardons stance on covert 19 relief these are individuals who had direct personal interests linked to that of president trump if you break them down we have those 2 aides to trump's campaign who were caught up in the russian investigation by the special counsel robert muller they were among the 1st 2 convictions secured in