the uk's international trade secretary, liz truss, has said she's confident there will be no hold up ch vaccine, coming to the uk from its factory in belgium. last week the uk became embroiled in a row about the supply of vaccines to europe. the eu was accused of an act of hostility when it announced, then withdrew, a threat to use border checks on the island of ireland to protect its supplies. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is with me. this has been an absolutely extraordinary few days in the history of relations between the uk and the eu. where are we now with it? to what extent is conciliation and peace broken out between the uk and peace broken out between the uk and the eu? {lit and peace broken out between the uk and the eu? .., , and peace broken out between the uk and the eu? _, , .,, and the eu? of course, it was the first minister _ and the eu? of course, it was the first minister of _ and the eu? of course, it was the first minister of northern - and the eu? of course, it was the j first minister of northern ireland, arlene foster, who talked about an act of hos

uk international trade secretary liz truss tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — sayinghe wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. we think that vaccine protectionism is fundamentally problematic. this is a global problem that needs global solutions and what we want to do is help other countries, including the developing world, get the vaccines they need. and manchester united player marcus rashford says he's been subjected to online racist abuse following his club's draw at arsenal — he called it "humanity and social media at its worst". hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. supporters in russia of the opposition leader alexei navalny have been demonstrating across the country, in defiance of warnings by police not to join protests demanding his release. there are a large number of arrests in moscow where demonstrators have come out in large numbers despite a heavy police presence in the capital. monitors say at least 1,000 people have been detained across the country. this is the scene in central moscow, where police have bee

uk international trade secretarey liz truss tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism, saying she wants to help other countries get the vaccine. a new visa scheme that gives millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to live and work in the uk comes into force. now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death tolls from covid—19 in the world. clive myrie�*s film follows staff at the royal london hospital as they try to cope with a second wave. a warning this programme contains content which some viewers may find distressing. she's young. she's someone�*s relative. this is something precious that we're holding and we're trying to do. my wife lost her fight for life. nobody wants to go through this. i wouldn't wish this on anybody. the coronavirus pandemic has hit the united kingdom hard. i think the public want to do the right thing, but i don't feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. this is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. so we're now going to run into a problem because we haven't got any beds. we've got patients. on 1

uk international trade secretary, liz truss, tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — saying wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. we think that vaccine protectionism is fundamentally problematic. this is a global problem that needs global solutions and what we want to do is help other countries, including the developing world, get the vaccines they need. a new visa scheme giving millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to live and work in the uk comes into force. now on bbc news dateline london. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uk's leading commentators, bbc specialists, and those journalists who've worked as foreign correspondents, filing stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: will there be enough vaccine doses? the uk closes its doors to some but infuriates china by opening them to kong hongers. — hong kongers. and what a disputed prime ministerial visit tells us about the future of the union. on dateline�*s panel this week: janet daley, whose columns appear weekly

uk international trade secretary liz truss tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — sayingts to help other countries get the jabs they need. a new visa scheme giving millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to live and work in the uk comes into force. and manchester united player marcus rashford says he's been subjected to online racist abuse following his club's draw at arsenal — he called it "humanity and social media at its worst". hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. supporters in russia of the opposition leader alexei navalny are demonstrating across the country, in defiance of warnings by police not to join protests demanding his release. in the last hour the team for the detained kremlin critric says that his wife yulia navalnaya, seen here accompanying her husband earlier this month before his most recent detention, has herself been arrested in moscow. there are a large number of arrests in moscow where demonstrators have come out in large numbers despite a heavy police presence in the capital. monitors say at least 1,0

uk. that was the international trade secretary. r of the uk trade policy project at the european centre for international political economy — a policy research think tank. he explained the difference between the cptpp and the eu trading bloc. it is not really a direct replacement. we have left the eu, the cptpp, as it's slightly easier known than its full title, is 11 countries. it is less of an organisation and an institution than the eu. it is a trade agreement that reduces tariff, similar to the trade agreement that we have with the eu, and so it is different. it is not an exact replacement, but these are countries that we work together with closely such as canada, australia, mexico, so these are countries we expect to be our allies in the future. i have been looking at your comments on this announcement and you actually say that the politics is far more interesting. what do you mean by that? what i mean is that in trade terms there are three big powers, the eu, the us and china. outside of that, there are a number of countries t

uk international trade secretary, liz truss, tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — saying wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. a new visa scheme giving millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to live and work in the uk comes into force. and manchester united player marcus rashford says he's been subjected to online racist abuse following his club's draw at arsenal — he called it �*humanity and social media at its worst�* now on bbc news... the travel show explores how alpine ski resorts are dealing with a winter season of closures and lockdowns and visits the italian hilltop village that's fighting for its future. coming up on this week's show: an uphill struggle for europe's ski resorts. the lift closures changed a lot things so people came here for cross—country skiing. gorgeous view. the italian village trying to stay on its hilltop. and the show that must go on in dubai. i have no safety, i have no harness. i cannot have mistakes. hello and welcome to the show, where it's pretty safe to say, 11 months on from the start of the pandemic,

uk international trade secretary, liz truss, tries to dampen the row over vaccine nationalism — saying wants to help other countries get the jabs they need. a new visa scheme giving millions of people from hong kong greater opportunities to live and work in the uk comes into force. and... manchester united player, marcus rashford, says he's been subjected to online racist abuse following his club's draw at arsenal — he called it �*humanity and social media at its worst�*. now on bbc news... click. as remote medicine becomes more commonplace, click looks at easy to use, medical grade, diagnostic devices that are becoming more widely available. this week — new ways to measure your vital signs in intensive care, orjust to save you a trip to the doctor. hey, welcome to click! hope you're well. hope you're coping ok with the not going out, the not seeing people, the home—schooling and that long wait for the vaccine. there's a heck of a lot going on at the moment, isn't there? lara, it looks like you've been keeping busy. you've been decorating — look! i have! i hope you like them! i've got

uk. david henig is director of the uk trade policy project at the european centre for international politicalink tank. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. many people saying that the uk has left one trade bloc to drawing another, what are your thoughts on that? ., , another, what are your thoughts on that? . , , ., that? that is right. it is true to an extent _ that? that is right. it is true to an extent. it _ that? that is right. it is true to an extent. it is _ that? that is right. it is true to an extent. it is not _ that? that is right. it is true to an extent. it is not really - that? that is right. it is true to an extent. it is not really a - that? that is right. it is true to i an extent. it is not really a direct replacement. we have left the eu, the set, slightly easier than its full title, is 11 countries. it is less of an organisation than the eu. —— the less of an organisation than the eu. -- the cptpp. it is a less of an organisation than the eu. —— the cptpp. it is a trade agreement that reduces tariff, similar to that that we have with the eu, and so it is different. it

well, earlier today, the uk's international trade secretary explained her motive for applying to theof gdp. the point is, they're fast—growing countries. so countries like mexico and malaysia are shooting up the global league tables with more demand for fantastic british goods like scotch whisky or cars. what this deal will do is it will reduce tariffs on those key industries. it will mean that they are able to sell more goods into those countries and, ultimately, deliverjobs and growth here in the uk. 0ur global trade correspondent, dharshini david, is here. we are talking about applying to a far less catchy block than the eu which we will help months to come there, big ambition proposed brexit britain, about time more closely with markets which are fasted growing will be further away and also into delving deeper with things like robotic in banking, so services and digital trade. we do them pretty well. the ultimate hope is we will see the us changed its mind and join and if that happens we get a trade deal with america by the back door and a trading block but back to the present be

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well, earlier today, the uk's international trade secretary explained her motive for applying to the trillion of gdp. the point is, they are fast—growing countries. so, countries like mexico and malaysia are shooting up the global league tables with more demand for fantastic british goods like scotch whisky or cars. what this deal will do is it will reduce tariffs on those key industries. it will mean that they are able to sell more goods into those countries and, ultimately, deliverjobs and growth here in the uk. the uk's largest umbrella organisation for muslim groups has elected a woman as its head for the first time. zara mohammed, who has a background in human rights law, said she hoped her election as secretary—general of the muslim council of britain would inspire more women and young people to come forward to leadership roles. and we will be speaking live up to miss mohammed about her new appointment. mps will debate the cladding crisis in parliament tomorrow as campaigners say, three and a half years on from the grenfell fire, people still living in flats with flammable clad

is a senior fellow working on global trade policy at the peterson institute for international economics and is a former trade official for the us government. if the ukoin this if the uk doesjoin this group, will let the enormous economic benefits? i will let the enormous economic benefits? ~ ,., ~' benefits? ithink so. ithink it is not— benefits? ithink so. ithink it is not only _ benefits? ithink so. ithink it is not only the _ benefits? ithink so. ithink it is not only the access - benefits? ithink so. ithink it is not only the access to l it is not only the access to better access to foreign markets, for uk goods and services, in all 11 of the markets, plus any other country that willjoin in the future. but i think also being part of the group means being part of a very important rulemaking body that will set precedents that will probably guide the world trading system in the future. sorry... . trading system in the future. sorry- -- -_ sorry... . and british firms are integrated _ sorry... . and british firms are integrated in _ sorry... . and british firms are integrated in the - sorry... . and british firms| are integrated in the supply chain

let's speak to david henig, director of the uk trade policy project, at the european centre for internationalfocused on international trade. good to have us has. what do you make of how things are going? well, we expected a quiet start to the new year. not too much traffic normally on the year plus monday, so good that the traffic is still moving. we have heard of a few lorries that did not have the right paperwork going between holyhead and ireland, so already a few glitches. but there will be times when there will be delays because there art now checks and there were no checks before. i think the aim of both parties in signing the deal is to minimise the number of times that there are such delays and problems. but we won't be surprised if there are some in the future. and what you think the most important thing is to focus on in terms of trade both in goods and services from this point on? well, there are now a number of barriers to trade between the uk and the eu that were not there before and that is likely to have some sort of impact on the uk economy and what we make and what we sell to

the uk government has confirmed that it's formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries, including malaysia and vietnam. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces�* surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. borisjohnson has published an open letter to parents, saying he is "in awe" of how they are coping. the prime minister also promises "hundreds of millions of pounds" will be spent on a national education catch—up programme after the pandemic. it's been confirmed that schools in england won't start re opening until 8 march at the earliest. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. it's tough for millions of parents right now, trying to help children learn at home. schools in england are mainly closed until march. today, borisjohnson said he couldn't thank p

the uk government has confirmed that it's formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all internationalrade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries including malaysia and vietnam. a russian businessman has claimed ownership of a billion dollar palace which had been linked to president putin. arkady rotenberg, who is mr putin's formerjudo partner, said he'd bought the mansion in southern russia two years ago. he did not say how he'd funded the deal. borisjohnson has published an open letter to parents, saying he is "in awe" of how they are coping. the prime minister also promises "hundreds of millions of pounds" will be spent on a national education catch—up programme after the pandemic. it's been confirmed that schools in england won't start re—opening until march the 8th at the earliest. the bbc�*s education editor branwenjeffreys reports. it's tough for millions of parents right now, trying to help children learn at home. schools in england are mainly closed until march. today, borisjohnson said he couldn't than

the uk's confirmed that it's formally applying to join a free trade club which represents around 15% of all internationaltesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces' surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. demonstrations took place in several other cities. now on bbc news — the week in parliament.

barnier, urged brussels "to step back" from its row with the uk over a shortage of vaccines in europe. dr liam fox is former international trade eu's backtracking. i think the first thing is the great contrast between the very measured and proportionate way the british government dealt with this yesterday compared to the confusion in the commission, and i think that the rather statesman—like way that the prime minister dealt with it in his conversations with the european commission president was in stark contract with some of the behaviour from people like president macron in recent days. i think the real issue here is about both the eu's decision making process and what the eu see as their wider role. for example, who thought it was a good idea to invoke article 16? the buck has to stop somewhere, where does it stop? why did they not think it was a good idea to tell the irish government, who are a member of the eu, after all? obviously, this had a major impact on them. and what does this tell us about the bar that is set by the european union about any future application of article 16? remember, all the time and detail that w

the uk government has confirmed that it's formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries — including malaysia and vietnam. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces�* surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. demonstrations took place in several other cities. borisjohnson has published an open letter to parents, saying he is in awe of how they are coping. the prime minister also promises hundreds of millions of pounds will be spent on a national education catch—up programme after the pandemic. it's been confirmed that schools in england won't start re opening until march the eighth at the earliest. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. it's tough for millions of parents right now, trying to help children learn at home. schools in england are mainly closed

the uk's confirmed that it's formally applying to join a free trade club which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries, including malaysia and vietnam. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. demonstrations took place in several other cities. now on bbc news — click. this week — new ways to measure your vital signs in intensive care, orjust to save you a trip to the doctor. hey, welcome to click! hope you're well. hope you're coping ok with the not going out, the not seeing people, the home—schooling and that long wait for the vaccine. there's a heck of a lot going on at the moment, isn't there? lara, it looks like you've been keeping busy. you've been decorating — look! i have! i hope you like them! i've got to keep myself busy in lockdown. absolutel

the uk government has confirmed that it's formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries, including malaysia and vietnam. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces�* surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers. now on bbc news, it's dateline, london. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uk's leading commentators, bbc specialists, and those journalists who've worked as foreign correspondents, filing stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: will there be enough vaccine doses? the uk closes its doors to some but infuriates china by opening them to kong hongers. and what a disputed prime ministerial visit tells us about the future of the union. on dateline�*s panel this week: janet daley, whose columns appear week

the uk's confirmed that it's formally applying to join a free trade club which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries — including malaysia and vietnam. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces�* surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. demonstrations took place in several other cities. now on bbc news — the week in parliament. hello there, welcome to the week in parliament — our look at the highlights from all four of the uk's parliaments and assemblies. coming up: borisjohnson tells mps schools in england won't return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be — will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of k

the uk government has confirmed that it�*s formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all internationalsia and vietnam. a russian businessman has claimed ownership of a billion dollar palace which had been linked to president putin. arkady rotenberg, who is mr putin�*s formerjudo partner, said he�*d bought the mansion in southern russia two years ago. he did not say how he�*d funded the deal. borisjohnson has published an open letter to parents, saying he is "in awe" of how they are coping.

uk and brazil. the trade group airlines said it backs a proposal to require international travelers to show a negativetest result before entering the united states. >>> the cia is making a broader push to recruit more diverse spies. the intelligence agency just launched a new website aimed to find job seeks with a broader range of life experiences. according to a government report, the intelligence community has fewer minority workers than the civilian labor force. >> and if those resolutions fail this year i am hearing that geography could be to blame. >> yeah. you still have plenty of time. a recent survey ranked cities nationwide based on selfself care factors. they range from obesity to how many parks and gyms are near you. the city's most committed to their resolutions scottsdale, arizona, salt lake city, and seattle. san francisco came in pretty high up there, number 7 on the list. you guys have no excuse to not meet your resolutions this year. get started. >> all right. top ten. not to bad. i don't know about you but i have a long list of resolutions this year. let's hope we will stick to them.

uk's position of global moral leadership. in her sharpest rebuke of her successor yet, mrs may said mrjohnson had failed to honour british values by threatening to break international law during brexit tradeaid target. with me is our news reporter, mark lobel. this is in the first criticism but it's a significant one. theresa may has a suppressed her disappointment at the timing is significant. she is writing in the mail on the morning of the inauguration of the 46 president switches a stinging rebuke from a fellow conservative and a blunt messages this, the world doesn't owe britain a prominent base on the global space, it's actions that mash and —— matter. borisjohnson has done by abandoning his moral leadership. she points to cutting overseas aid. the kind of crimes that she accuses borisjohnson of. no more absolutism in global politics, no more strongmen facing. she wants to see compromise between world leaders. it's a special relationship and with the two standing shoulder to shoulder, borisjohnson says he wants to work hand—in—hand with joe work hand—in—hand withjoe biden which in the current circumstances might be more appropriate to stay elbow to elbow. climate change, defence, he

uk trade agreement most accident. biden also spoke with president daniel and you can imagine that the re- engagement of the biden administration and the international front especially plans to rejoin the climate accord. and on the trickier form call happened last friday between president biden amazing and president andre manwell lopez. the mexican leader and former president trump actually got along well and style is lease and bided it is his best to accent the positive even as he intends to reverse trump's immigration policy saying that is the ministration was to get to the root causes of illegal immigration. focusing on central american countries and southern mexico. talking about greater resettlement of migrants more legal migration pathways. we'll reportedly not product, president biden's intention but a halt to the construction of the border wall between the two countries and to soften up some of the tough measures by officials along the border, encouraged by the former president. in fact of the mexican president might have other things on his mind right now as it has been revealed that he is contracted covid-19. in his country is facing skyro

relatives, and that is the can of common international standards i think the uk government should be pushing for, and trying to agree with our international trading it picks up? the system should be able to cope now when it is pretty quiet, but what happens and we'll start trying to go away again? at heathrow, we have put testing facilities in place since the summer, because facilities in place since the summer, because we facilities in place since the summer, because we could see that testing was likely to be required for travel to many of the destinations that we serve around the world. so we now have the capacity for 25,000 tests a day. and just in context, we would typically have about 100,000 passengers departing heathrow every day in a normal year, so that's about a quarter of a usual capacity, so that's far more than we currently need to course. but we can scale up those testing facilities if we need to do so. but while heathrow has takena to do so. but while heathrow has taken a lead with this, many airports around the world do not have those testing facilities, so if caught out in one of those countries and you now have these new require

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the uk is set to apply to join a major free—trade deal with 11 nations, including australia, canada and japan. internationalds including food and cars. environmental groups are calling on the government to review the hs2 rail project in the light of the pandemic. the high speed line was signed off by borisjohnson almost a year ago, before travel ground to a halt as covid hit the uk. construction is underway and the first phase between london and birmingham is due to open at the end of 2026. the animals guitarist hilton valentine, who created one of the most famous riffs in pop music in the 1960s, has died at the age of 77. house of the rising sun guitar riff. the band's version of house of the rising sun topped the charts in 1964. the group had six other top 10 hits including don't let me be misunderstood and we gotta get out of this place. their record label said that valentine, who was born in north shields, "influenced the sound of rock music for decades." iconic. hello, kat. how are you? just enjoying _ iconic. hello, kat. how are you? just enjoying about _ iconic. hello, kat. how are you? just enjoying

trading with a genocidal state. so what we're trying to do is establish a situation where we know the international courts are failing so using our ukn the uk and china of that?— uk and china of that? is not for me to decide. what _ uk and china of that? is not for me to decide. what this _ uk and china of that? is not for me to decide. what this man _ uk and china of that? is not for me to decide. what this man will- uk and china of that? is not for me to decide. what this man will do i uk and china of that? is not for me to decide. what this man will do is| to decide. what this man will do is allow the uighur people to present a case to the courts of the uk. the situation in xinjiang is horrific, only this week the body deputies have written quite a stark letter saying even though they are very rarely like to contrast the holocaust, they believe similar abuses are taking place in xinjiang, over 2 million people are incarcerated, and why it matters with traders if we are then involved in buying or purchasing or trading those products produced by people who are being terminated or are putting into slave labour, then it is an issue f