can the united kingdom but outside the united kingdom.— the united kingdom.an you nuanti the united kingdom. can you quantify that _ the united kingdom. can you quantify that in _ the united kingdom. can you quantify that in terms - the united kingdom. can you quantify that in terms of - the united kingdom. can you i quantify that in terms of money and jobs in terms of how much this investment will mean. it is too early for us to say, simon, because today we decided to localise it. for sure if you are localising and bringing in the investments it will be good. but it is very important, as they have been saying, brexit is so positive for us that it has given us business community but it has also protected more than 75,000 direct and indirectjobs for nissan around europe. direct and indirect jobs for nissan around europe. what does the government _ nissan around europe. what does the government need _ nissan around europe. what does the government need to - nissan around europe. what does the government need to do - nissan around europe. what does the governmen

huge difference between trying to explain the complexities of the trade agreement between the united kingdom in the european union and accepting the results of a free fair and open democratic election which is what we've seen in the united states american i think i speak for just by. everybody in the conservative party and the government when i say we are looking forward to this wednesday and seeing joe biden assume the presidency of united states because it's bad this era. of lies deceit of democratic process mean i state fact is mr barry there's a lot of people who trusted mr johnson have been badly let down haven't i the democratic unionist party in northern ireland said they were promised they'd be treated just like anywhere else in the u.k. and they weren't a year away only no i mean how we regarded the the time i had just finished a question can i just finish the question or year ago mr johnson's hold out the unionist that no british conservative prime minister could or should sign up to any bracks deal that damaged the fabric of the union with regulatory checks and even customs contro

the united kingdom as well. and these guys are just are in prison just for doing their job so as a representative. of the european tradition of journalists in europe we demand that release of all journalists in prison in europe just for doing their job and just lastly on in the terms of the coverage that julian assange case has received in the media are you surprised by what's happened because i was talking to other commentators today we said look 10 years ago most publications were in favor of reporting on the revelations that the scientists making and saying that he was doing a service to the public but changed pretty rapidly. well i don't think if you look at the wall coverage no most in any case most of journalist organizations i would say all of them are fully supporting julian assange are for the fact that he had as a journalist and you know there are some organizations like in france asking the government to provide full protection to do an essential i don't think that maybe some media outlets are conside

huge difference between trying to explain the complexities of the trade agreement between the united kingdom in the european union and accepting the results of a free fair and open democratic election which is what we've seen in the united states american i think i speak respect and. everybody in the conservative party and the government when i say we are looking forward to this one and then seeing joe biden assume the presidency of the ice base because it's bad this era. of lies to speak of democratic process united states senate is mr barry there's a lot of people who trusted mr johnson have been badly let down haven't i the democratic unionist party in northern ireland said they were promised they'd be treated just like anywhere else in the u.k. and they weren't a year away only no i mean the leader of the the time i had just finished a question can i just finish the question or year ago mr johnson told us to unionists that no british conservative prime minister could or should sign up to any bracks deal that damaged the fabric of the union with regulatory checks and even customs controls

northern ireland and what we none of us want to see every again and shell from markets in the united kingdom so we are very sure and certain that the steps we have taken since the early weeks trying to make sure that they start get not nolen means that we will not be seeing those scenes nobody wants to happen in the least about it was staggering to read mr johnson's christmas eve speech that his back to tail means certainty for business from financial services to our world leading manufacturers in fact there's no certainty it over britain's financial services is that because. there's almost nothing in the deal about them and the johnson itself regretted that hadley's didn't he said that the odd sale to meet exam visions in that sector certainly no certainty that in fact the earlier certainty was came in the losses that hit the city of london the 1st full day of trading this year i think the prime minister was saying on the 24th was that what this deal does is guarantee 7 secret where we are heading of united kingdom where relationship will be with european union so the business can go on pla

trial has to be enough to clear all the way along is the time to get a deal that works for the united kingdom i hear you got that the it's a deal it's good for business and provides a very good as starting point for a referral for the relationship between european and and really independent sovereign united kingdom to flourish in the tire fires how to stop all are in place are not insurmountable that is what the prime minister was trying to say when he said there is no power state. power to me they are surmountable we're working with business over qantas all hurdles that teething problems and some of them might be happening at the minute and so that we can move on this new year a french cooperation between the e.u. in the well i hate to nit pick but he said there will be no palisade of terrorist and no known carriage barriers and we now have what retailers are calling the biggest imposition of red tape in 50 years on the. u.k. tax authorities have estimated that the cost of that for british companies will be around $7000000000.00 pounds annually so to say that there will be no non-tariff barr

point for a referral for the relationship between european and and really independent sovereign united kingdom to flourish under terrifies how to stop all are in place are not insurmountable that is what the prime minister is trying to say when he said there is no power state. power to me they are surmountable working with business overcome the small hurdles the teething problems and some of them might be happening at the minute and so that we can move on into this new year a french cooperation between the e.u. in the u.k. well i hate to nit pick but he said there will be no palisade of tyrus and no known carriage barriers and we now have what retailers are calling the biggest imposition of red tape in 50 years on the. u.k. tax authorities estimated that the cost of that the british companies would be around $7000000000.00 pounds annually so to say that there will be no non-tariff barriers i'm sorry to keep going on about this but i think the truth matters in politics what it what does it say about a government believes a false statement on its website especially when it's known to everyone th

trial has to be enough to clear all the way along is the time to get a deal that works for the united kingdom as you're you know we got that the opposite view it's good for business to provide a very good as starting point for a referral for the relationship between european and and really independent sovereign united kingdom to flourish under tara fires how to stop all are in place are not insurmountable that is what the prime minister is trying to say when he said there is no power state of affairs to me they are surmountable we're working with business over come this all part of the teething problems and some of them might be happening at the minute and so that we can move on this new year of friends in cooperation between the e.u. in the u.k. well i hate to nit pick but he said there will be no palisade of terrorist and no known terrorist barriers and we now have what retailers are calling the biggest imposition of red tape in 50 years on the. u.k. tax authorities have estimated that the cost of that for british companies will be around $7000000000.00 pounds annually so to say that there

really a united kingdom.people in scotland voted for that law and it was going to be a referendum on being in or out of europe so we voted a meaning united kingdom i we thought it as the you know to keep a lot of scotland but as a united kingdom whether or not we would remain european union i thought it would be scotland wanted to remain in it really wanted to be separate the european union and percent want to rent the thing is that we don't really wanted to vote as the united kingdom so it's nonsense to try and separate that. but part of that thread david during that 1st independence referendum was being told that all with you go independent from the u.k. you won't be in the a year and that obviously put off enough scottish people that think we don't want to be outside the e.u. therefore will stay in the u.k. and then that flipped on its head. not because it's a percent of our business is done with the rest of the united kingdom and mostly with england so it is a nonsense to suggest we we split up with the e

the contract including those in the united kingdom.— united kingdom.e eu and astrazeneca say _ united kingdom. the eu and astrazeneca say they - united kingdom. the eu and astrazeneca say they are - united kingdom. the eu and - astrazeneca say they are working more closely together to try to sort this out but there are still many specific unanswered questions swirling around. there are plenty of legal and moral arguments being made. what health experts say is the last thing we need is so called vaccine nationalism, that this is the time for countries to cooperate to get out of the pandemic as quickly as possible. vaccine specialists point out increasing production of new products is not an easy business. we production of new products is not an easy busines— production of new products is not an easy business. we are used to seeing dela s in easy business. we are used to seeing delays in complex _ easy business. we are used to seeing delays in complex construction - delays in complex construction projects similar to this, vaccine production is much more

huge difference between trying to explain the complexities of the trade agreement between the united kingdom in the european union and accepting the results of a free fair and open democratic election which is what we've seen in the united states american i think i speak respect and. everybody in the conservative party and the government when i say we are looking forward to this well then seeing joe biden in the presidency of united states that this era. of lies deceit of the democratic process mean i say. france is mr barry there's a lot of people who trusted mr johnson have been badly let down haven't i the democratic unionist party in northern ireland said they were promised they'd be treated just like anywhere else in the u.k. and they want a year where we know i mean america the just finish the question can i just finish the question or year ago mr johnson told alfie unionists that no british conservative prime minister could or should sign up to any bracks deal that damaged the fabric of the union with regulatory checks and even customs controls between great britain and northern irela

low to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the city to school we we get that dealt with england and wheels what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots footed the united kingdom if you union but in 201662 percent of course would you just be in the european union if european union more popular with spots of referendums than the united kingdom and that discussion just goes on and on too doesn't it well that's what we're talking about so far if you were to find out more check out r.t. dot com great site downloader up if you have got that are ready to get any breaking news as straight to mobile device or check out any of us socials for now though that's exactly when the 9 minutes past one of the afternoon moscow time kevin 0 in signing off by the name. of. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confront let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by a d

scotland was lied to effectively but also told don't just steve the united kingdom would lead the united kingdom but we wanted to show a lead by steve in the european union we were too low to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the city to school we we can thank dealt with it a little wheels what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots floated to the united kingdom if you knew him but in 201662 percent of stores would you just be in the european union if european union more popular with sports and referendums than the united kingdom. that's all for this hour news wise but if you're looking for more head on over to our website our team dot com for countless articles and all our shows exciting at. best frankly kind of one of the architects of america and it's all this out there was going to and when you can both are free money the republic is done and this is what just happened in $20.00 election people voted for free money and now it's officially her band frank what it's done it's done it's done. i can't show you my face but i'm going to teach yo

well in 2014 scotland was told that by a voting just in the united kingdom was going to gather in t. a place within the european union whether less than 2 years later it was the blacks at referendum we saw that motion told that scotland was lied to effectively but also told don't just deed the united kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy a league by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the status quo we we could that dealt with england and wales what is significant is in 201455 percent of scots $48.00 for the united kingdom if you've been union but in 201662 percent of scarves would you just be in the european union if european union more popular with scots and referendums than the united kingdom. that's been our wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and instagram for up to the manner of parts. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontatio

well in 2014 scotland was told by a voting just in the united kingdom was going to guarantee a place within the european union whether less than 2 years later for the blacks it left in the blues all that motion to the told that scotland was lied to affectively would also told don't just deed the united kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by steam in the european union we were too low to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the city to school we we can thank dealt with the wheels what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots voted for the united kingdom if you've been union but in 201662 percent of scarves would you just be in the european union if european union more popular with sports and referendums than the united kingdom. just checking r.t. dot coms are great stories there including all the ones we've been talking about and so much more of course if you download or up you'll get any breaking news straight to your mobile device as it happened so why not check it out if you get a minute for now though kevin are

we're also told if we stayed in the united kingdom, we could leave the united kingdom. on the day after the referendum, that has all changed. scott them was turned -- told to get back in its box. scotland's voice has been ignored by westminster. compromise, at rebuffed at every opportunity. scott them was locked out of the key decisions affecting our future, ignoring our desire to retain our european citizenship. he knowsister johnson: i adore and love his country. does he not believe that scotland has the character to succeed? scotland is a great country. seems so -- why does he so gloomy. i think the honorable gentlemen, i love england, i love its people. what i want this for us to maximize our opportunity. what this deal does is it limits our opportunity. i want to unleash scotland's potential. that would be unleashed with an independent scotland's. the prime minister's broken promise has been such an issue in the last few days. that betrayal denies our young people the opportunity european citizenship has given us. it denies them what they cherish, living, working a

corona virus is a rampant particularly in the south of england but across the ford nations of the united kingdom today we talked to our panel of key express to us them about this race between the vaccine and divisiveness dr chris smith of cambridge university those are all just who told us over a year ago in this program that we faced the greatest public health challenge of our lifetime we ask him can we win that race and they don't a lot of comedy often acts to you the best tells us from has to be done know the temps of public health measures to stop that and that chest being overwhelmed the full of the vaccine arrives the 1st the subpoena which your comments on last week show and it's fun so actually last week teaching 7th keep on going to africa quickly tell platt says vince and i at the same sunny summer i think i met him in the big 1960 s. before he became famous we were near neighbors i've always find a. hard to disagree with a few of his views i have disagreed with they are still reasonably expressed such talents are a tremendous asset to a politician is not so up to mystic about the libe

, it is the united kingdom, it is the united kingdom, that is the one they want to take. eu is the other way around and they think that the doses that the eu has ordered from astrazeneca, they belong to the eu. now, they're trying to make should actually get them. now, yet another new vaccine has been shown to be effective in major trials. the single shot janssen vaccine was found to be 66% effective overall and offered 85% protection against severe disease. on thursday, novavax announced its uk trials had shown its vaccine to be 89 per cent effective. and crucially that vaccine protects against the new more contagious uk variant. when those vaccines are approved they'lljoin a number of other vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use —— or given full backing in different parts of the world. so let's take a look at some of the vaccines already in use. the pfizer—biontech vaccine has been cleared for use in thirty two nations, more than any other, with a reported efficacy of 95 percent. the moderna vaccine is reported to have an overall efficacy of ninety—four—po

and he would never do anything that undermined the united kingdom but he also in the same breath said ultimately it was for the scottish people or the irish people for the welsh people to turn in their own future and much as he would be sad if we were to leave the united kingdom he would respect that decision and i only wish we had a prime minister now that took the same attitude because clearly in scotland there is a pressure and in northern ireland there will be and in wales if things carry on. as they are and we too will be looking for our own place in the sun depending on our own efforts to build our own future and we certainly want the right to do. so you forward a bit of a say tony blair becomes prime minister on the label landslide of 1970 a national assembly arrives in wales elections in 1009 that's when glee leads spike timely and takes something of a fan of of questar of beating the labor party in wales to every time you reflect and say ah just a percentage to more than i could have been the fast fast minister of wales alex let you just see fit some people in wales already k

well in 2014 scotland was told that by voting just in the united kingdom was going to gather in t. a place within the european union where for less than 2 years later for the blacks at referendum we saw that it wasn't true at all scotland was lied to effectively but also told don't just seen the united kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have a any sort of veto within the united kingdom there that would go into the status quo we we could that dealt with england and wales what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots footed. in the european union but in 201662 percent of scores wanted to stay in the european union if european union more popular with spots of referendums than the united kingdom. that's our global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our web site r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. l. look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where

but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the status quo we we got that dealt with england and wales what is significant is and 201455 percent of scots voted for in the european union but in 201662 percent of scores. in the european union if european union more popular with scots of referendums than the united kingdom. now elsewhere the us is imposing new additional tariffs on high alcohol a new winds a bit a long running trade dispute between washington and brussels one produces one this could lose that was the 1000000000 euro in exports this year alone. of course these new tariffs pose a real threat for us moreover previously it's affected only under 14 percent strength winds but now it covers all types of wine it effects the whole french wine industry and no doubt we will feel the consequences of this standoff especially amid those countries that don't have such tariffs and this is such a bad time as the state of trade ties with the us is al

try and stop the spread of new strains of the covert 1000 virus that we've seen pop up in the united kingdom in brazil and in south africa what we have seen though is the vaccine tate it touted as the well the solution to a lot of problems the health minister yen spahn said that he was happy with the european union's one for all and all for one vaccine plan in its entirety some of raise the question in recent days if it was right to take the european path in terms of vaccine procurement let me see these clearly yes it is right there we're back to european to take european partners in the best interest of germany and of its citizens to dogs but there is criticism among politicians of the way the vaccines have being doled out christian littler of the free democrats saying it just hasn't been done quick enough and that needs to change the item or not you could and should have prepared to start a vaccination campaign months ago in reality the logistics and the base of the program are shameful when the chancellor said yesterday enough vaccines will be available in the 2nd half of the year which s

but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have a any sort of veto within the united kingdom there that we're going to the status quo we we've got that dealt with england and wales what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots footed. if you union but in 201662 percent of scores wanted to stay in the european union if european union more popular with spots of referendums than the united kingdom. that's all for this hour news wires but if all those stories have been quite sure thirst for news head on over to our website r.t. dot com for countless articles and interviews exciting it. was a pandemic no certainly no borders and i'm just glad to nationalities. as a margarita with the we don't look like seem. to be. judged as common every crisis with this system to the moment. we can do better we should be. everyone is contributing it's your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges created the response has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very prou

northern ireland as well but i think the one thing we can say that is that the stability of the united kingdom as a political unit is a lot less safe than it did in the past where i gave a hint that there is talk about the question can the u.k. really successfully go it alone just very briefly could scotland successfully go it alone could scotland prosper on its own because it's a big it's a relevant question yeah i think one of the ironies about breaks it in the way is it on the one hand it gave the independence movement a wonderful new argument within togs out of the e.u. against our will the circumstances a change we deserve another referendum on the other hand the fact of brics it creates a massive new headache for the s.n.p. and the separatists in that if scotland were to secede from britain then to rejoin the e.u. then all the sudden you have another border problem to deal with just like we have to deal with the northern ireland an island what are going to be the rules governing movement of people of goods and services across that border that wasn't an issue if england and scotland were

stop so coming from the united kingdom stop soido coming from the united kingdom stop so i do see thatroblems with suppliers. 1651 days since the uk voted to leave the european union, and finally brexit has become a reality. now we shall see what that choice means for our relationship with our nearest neighbours, and for britain's standing around the globe. todayis britain's standing around the globe. today is the first day of our com plete today is the first day of our complete independence from the european union. technically, we were independent on the 31st ofjanuary last year, but of course we have just gone through the transitional period and now that is completed so we can say absolutely clearly that britain is a sovereign, independent state. taking control of our borders has meant new infrastructure, new it systems to speed up customs processing, but they remain largely u ntested. processing, but they remain largely untested. new inland border facilities. but the largest is still not ready to open. fingers are being firmly crossed. what the government is trying to do is essentia

the european union has backtracked this hour in a row with the united kingdom over the export of coronavirusaccines. earlier, brussels introduced new controls giving member states the power to block vaccines being sent abroad. then to reinforce that, it announced the invoking of a clause in the brexit deal that would reinstate border checks between the eu and northern ireland, in effect stopping vaccines entering the u—k by the back door. it all underlines how sensitive the distribution of vaccines has become —— as nick beake reports. throughout the week, this post—brexit battle between the eu and a british—based vaccine—maker has been intensifying. european countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. it all hangs on the contract the two sides signed that's now been released, although with parts blanked out. astrazeneca says it agreed to do its reasonable best. the eu insists it was a legally—binding promise. and so it's now announced if it doesn't get what it ordered, it could block covid vaccines leaving euro

a new era has begun for the united kingdom, after completing its formal separation from the europeannion. there will be changes to many aspects of life, from travel to security, migration and, perhaps of most concern to business, bureaucracy. as london's big ben chimed 11 o'clock last night, midnight in most of europe, great britain left the single market and customs union. as the sun dawned over the new arrangements, under which there will be no taxes on goods, but there will be more checks and paperwork, the first ferry left dover and arrived in calais. the government has warned there will be some disruption in the coming weeks as new rules bed in for travel, trade, immigration and security co—operation. for today though, few lorries attempted the crossing, leaving freight moving smoothly across the channel. prime minister borisjohnson said the uk had "freedom in our hands" and the ability to do things "differently and better". france's president macron however said britain would remain a friend and ally, but he described brexit as the child of "many lies and false promises". our p

ta kes the moment that the united kingdom takes back control of its destiny.er the channel now and join our correspondent bethany bell — at the french port of calais. bethany, what have you seen so far today, how is it going? there hasn't been a great deal of freight traffic today. there has been some anti—authorities here say things have gone relatively smoothly. —— and the authorities. this is a public holiday, there is a weekend coming up and as we heard in the report just now, coming up and as we heard in the reportjust now, a number of firms are waiting to see how things pan out over the next couple of weeks or so. out over the next couple of weeks or so. and what we are hearing here is that business may not be back to normal levels until the middle of january or so. and the authorities here say that they are prepared, they have had a lot of dry runs about how to carry out all these new checks and custom formalities. at the question will be whether individual companies, the exporters themselves will be prepared, whether they will have got their heads all

huge difference between trying to explain the complexities of the trade agreement between the united kingdom in the european union and accepting the results of a free fair and open democratic election which is what we've seen in the united states american i think i speak for just that and. everybody in the conservative party and the government when i say we are looking forward to this was then seeing joe biden assume the presidency of the ice base because that this era. of lies deceit of democratic process mean i say. france is mr barry there's a lot of people who trusted mr johnson have been badly let down haven't the democratic unionist party in northern ireland said they were promised they'd be treated just like anywhere else in the u.k. and they weren't a year away only no i mean i'm irritated the the time i had just finished a question can i just finish the question or year ago mr johnson told alfie unionist that no british conservative prime minister could or should sign up to any bracks deal that damaged the fabric of the union with regulatory checks and even customs controls between

a new era has begun for the united kingdom, after completing its formal separation from the europeane changes to many aspects of life, from travel to security, migration and business. 0n the first day of the separation, there's been no reported disruption to freight across the channel between england and france. 0ur correspondent mark easton reports from the dover port. the dawn of the new year, and at the uk border in dover, the start of a new chapter for cross—channel relations. bonjour, monsieur! merci, my love. brexit is now a reality. these lorries needing to navigate a tangle of red tape, customs checks and regulatory inspections, plus, of course, covid tests, before being permitted to cross the border. 25 miles outside the port, hgvs reach a police checkpoint on the m20. they need to have a kent access permit, nicknamed a kermit, to demonstrate their paperwork is in order. european truck drivers heading to the continent seemed sanguine about all the extra hassle. i have the permission to go, yes. was that difficult or was it an extra? no, no. has it been difficult for you toda

it would be very advantageous, as you mentioned, because it is being rolled out in the united kingdomo look at the population, how the vaccine is reaching out to particular parts of the population, and make that evaluation at a later stage. a final question which people around the world will really want a clear answer to. in your view, is the south african mutation, the variant of the covid—19 vaccine, going to be more resistant to the vaccines that we currently have, or not? in basic terms, should we be deeply worried about the south african variation? i was waiting for that question. stephen, the answer is that this is intense research done in south africa and worldwide, looking at our variant, at the brazilian variant, in other words, the variance with additional mutations to the united kingdom variant. at this stage it is looking good, but i must say it is preliminary. preliminary evidence seems to point to the vaccine being effective, but it is still being intensively researched. hopefully it still will be effective. so truly, you don't know? you are being optimistic with me, but

i mean, back in march, you acquired this tag in some of the tabloid press in the united kingdom of beingrging a lockdown at a time the government didn't want one and you said, "look, "if we don't take action, up to half a million "people could die." and you then said in evidence to a parliamentary committee in the summer that because the government delayed by, in your view at least a week, in your calculation, that cost many thousands of lives. so, i'm asking you — in your view, has the government not learned that its reluctance to act on scientific advice does cost lives? i think that message has got through and if we just focus on the new variant, that came out of the blue, i think the government did act and respond really quite rapidly to that... crosstalk. hang on. with respect, professor ferguson, i've looked back at the record. on december 8th, there was a key meeting of the expert scientists and public health officials about what they were seeing in the south east of england... yes, i was part of it, yes. you know, you were there. throughout that month of december, the government

world's biggest market as 2nd class citizens this is also now likely to cause problems for the united kingdom which of course recently officially next the european union foreign breaks it it was expecting at delivery of some cool 1000000 doses of the pfizer bio on tech last seen that are being produced all suited facility in belgium and now the e.u. has been struggling to obtain enough back seat doses despite placing huge orders over the last year or so so much so that some areas of europe are either having to delay the rollout of the program or having to hold to temporarily all together it really feels as if protectionism is now being ramped up in essentially what is turning into a war over access to a drug and a vaccine that is supposed to prevent 19 we discussed the spat between the e.u. and i asked her how with our gas and well former m.e.p. bill at threads things the blocks pang proport planning professor friends us covers are says a lack of communication between brussels and the backseat maker. astra zeneca were under a number of obligations to keep the commission informed of what was g

and cutting the infections across london and the rest of the country the key messages from the united kingdom today is that the n.h.s. are on the brink they do need help they have very little else to give an essentially we are back at me i have the storm. microbiologist simon clarke believes the new fast spreading variant of covert has created a major challenge for the united kingdom the. new strain which is moving. most if not all of us expected certainly faster than i expected the numbers of new infections are going up very quickly indeed as the number of hospitalizations and deaths and it is critical and i'd expect that if the hospitals to run out of capacity and it looks like in short order they're going to do that there will be nasty to treat equally you can't fault attacks strokes and perhaps involved in a road traffic accident who would come to some misfortune some of the other way never mind the routine replacement the replacement cancer treatments that you would normally expect so that's the real danger. now across the atlantic brazil's cova death toll has hit 220-0000 making it the

northern ireland as well but i think the one thing we can say that is that the stability of the united kingdom as a political unit is looks a lot less safe than it did in the past where i have a theory that there is talk about the question can the u.k. really successfully go it alone just very briefly could scotland successfully go it alone could scotland prosper on its own because it's a big it's a relevant question yeah i think one of the ironies about breaks it in a way is it on the one hand it gave the independence movement a wonderful new argument we've been togs out of the e.u. against our will the circumstances the change we deserve another referendum on the other hand the fact of brics it creates a massive new headache for the s.n.p. and the separatists in that if scotland were to secede from britain then to rejoin the e.u. then all the sudden you have another border problem to deal with just like we had to deal with with northern ireland an island what are going to be the rules governing movement of people of goods and services across that border that wasn't an issue if england and sc

that is right, this pressure is not across the united kingdom by any stretch. much located in the south—east of england, in london, south wales, bits of northern ireland now also under pressure on beds. this morning, doctor alison pittard, who is from the faculty of intensive care medicine, warning that it appears we are seeing this pressure starting to spread out across other parts of the country and that is a real concern for doctors, for hospitals at the moment. we have seen some hospitals already starting to transfer patients. in southend they were transferring some intensive care patients to cambridge. we have seen that as well in parts of london, and kent, transferring to plymouth and bristol overnight. so you can see the real pressure that there are on services. nhs providers which represents all the trusts say this morning the problem is notjust what is happening now, but what will happen in the coming weeks, saying it is going to be nail—bitingly difficult, in their words, for parts of the nhs when we see this current spike in cases perhaps reflect in

. >> since the pandemic began last year the whole united kingdom has been engaged in a great national effort to fight covid and there is no doubt that inviting the old variant of the virus our collected efforts are working and would have continued to work but we now have a new variant of the virus being both frustrating and alarming to see the speed with which the new variant is spreading. our scientists have confirmed this new variances between 50 and 70% more transmissible and that means much, much more likely to catch the virus than to pass it on. as i speak to tonight our hospitals are on the more pressure from covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic and in england alone the number of covid patients in hospitals has increased by nearly a third in the last week to almost 27000 and that number is 40% higher than the first peak in april. on the 29th of december more than 80000 people tested positive for covid across the uk, a new record. the number of deaths is up by 20% over the last week and was sadly rise further. my thoughts are with all those who have lost loved o

were morning as early as the summer that the winter was going to be extremely difficult for the united kingdomrise, is it? —— were warning. i would go back even further. we always anticipated even back in february and march of the initial analysis of how this virus spread and how transmissible it was that whilst lockdown measures and social distancing measures could be effective as we've seen in italy and china, they only work for as long as they're in force. and so if you relax those measures and relax them, there comes a critical point where transmissions start resurging and that's exactly what we saw really across europe in the autumn. very fair point, not limited to the uk by any means. one looks at the per capita figures for deaths by covid in countries like italy and belgium, we are not alone, but in absolute number terms we are the worst or perhaps by some measures the second worst in all of europe. and i come back to this point — and you've already raised it. would you say the politicians, the managers of the response policy on covid—19, have got it wrong? i think a lot of what we see

it's a new year it is a new era in the united kingdom as it formally separates from the european union. this is an amazing moment for this country we have of freedom you know. hello again i'm come on santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera africa is embarking on a new economic path as a landmark free trade agreement between countries on the continent comes into effect. no place you say you feel safe anymore a record number of people in hong kong seek u.k. residency to escape tough security laws imposed by beijing. and yes the record of ours restrictions but people around the world are still found ways to celebrate the new. so it is 2021 and the u.k. has entered a new era outside of the european union britain's 11 month transition period is now over the 2 sides relationship is going forward defined by the recently negotiated trade deal the u.k. officially departed from the blocks rules of 11 pm local time on new year's eve that's london time coronavirus distractions meant brags that supporters couldn't celebrate in public since then trucks have been hauling goods