the united kingdom. so for instance, firms that are setup in belfast can export into the rest the united kingdom, but can also have unfettered access into the rest the, the, your opinions. so already potentially, as long as most people don't lose their weights on this nor model the sitting with a huge strategic advantage just by being northern ireland and not pre it's, i mean, what's strange about this is the union. us are the ones who kicked up most of the very thing that might in the long term ensure that the union but the rest, the united kingdom and jurors because it gives northern. i was a strategic above that you wouldn't have if it's simply unified with the rest of the rest of the country. night august 20 percent. my my sha position minutes, only position i can't point to cleared yet missed. most of them would have voted against praxis. they're not particularly nationalist or not british national stories and irish national senate, what they're looking for are politicians who for them on bread and

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what we see again, united kingdom in red. united in yellow.- from cases to deaths. but here, in the united kingdom, look at that. we really haven't seen the rise in deaths. we really haven't seen the rise in hospitalizations, either. now, the question is why is that? who is most vulnerable to coronavirus? we know it's older folks. take a look here. this is a proportion of age 65 plus who are fully vaccinated. in eveninngland, it's 94%. it's huge. it's even bigger than here in the united states. even here in the united states, it's 78%. i'm not sure we will necessarily see the same trend line cases translating into deaths the same way early on in the pandemic. >> what is the number one thing you can do if you want to protect yourself from the delta variant? >> get a vaccine, my goodness, gracious. they are out there, folks. moderna, pfizer, we know they work. we know it protects you against the delta variant. it's just the smart thing to do. oh, my goodness. just do it, folks. >> it's going up among unvaccinated people. don't want to go up? get

these people want to remain heart of the united kingdom. the protest march runs along the outskirts of spells false and was forbidden by the police. but they are demonstrating nonetheless, because they feel the british government has given up on northern ireland. we have not got a partition, eric shade something the people in ulster have for, for, for hundreds of years is the re, me in part of the united kingdom. and now we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood flows for your patients, but as our possession of the united kingdom, no, we're no longer part of united kingdom for the part of it, because our constitutional law laws are brussels. mur, before briggs and people in northern ireland, had a choice of identity. they could feel british or irish or both. but drexel has created a new customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. and as a result, sectarian tensions have been rising. take care in symbols like this are everywhere . northern ireland,

no, we're no longer part of united kingdom for the part of it. because our constitutional law laws are in brussels, nor the british symbols are common in northern islands. protestant dominated areas, the red hand represents one of the many para military organizations. it can be found in traditional working class neighborhoods like this one near the port. it's now one of the poorest areas in northern ireland. jo keys grew up in a similar area. he knows the paramilitary group and he won't feel proud of this protestant heritage, but he's afraid it could be taken away by catholics. some people are loyalty to the queen. sometimes it's their british identity and people fly their flags just out of pure love. they're down to me, it's an expression of her. they are his case like neighbors live, just next door behind a high wall. most of them want a united ireland. that would be a night master. joe, you've got one group of people who believe that northern ireland should be part of the united ireland. then you've got one group of people who believe northern

is remy in part of the united kingdom. and we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood, the flows for your patients, but as our possession of the united kingdom. no, we're no longer a part of united kingdom for the part of it. because our constitutional law laws are in brussels, nor british symbols are common in northern islands. protestant dominated areas, the red hand represents one of the many para military organizations. it can be found in traditional working class neighborhoods like this one near the port. it's now one of the poorest areas in northern ireland. jo keys grew up in a similar area. he knows the paramilitary group and he won't feel proud of this protestant heritage, but he's afraid it could be taken away by catholics. some people are loyalty as to the queen, sometimes it's their british down so they people fly their flags just out of pure love. so right down to me, it's an expression of who they are. his catholic neighbors live just next door behi

and now we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood, the flow sure begins, but as our possession of the united kingdom though, we're no longer part of united kingdom for the part of it, because our constitutional law laws are brussels, mur, before briggs and people in northern ireland, had a choice of identity. they could feel british or irish or both. but drexel has created a new customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. and as a result, sectarian tensions have been rising. take karen symbols like this are everywhere. northern ireland, the red hand stands for one of many paramilitary organizations. and a british flag means that this area is dominated by protestants. joe keys grew up in a neighborhood like this and is familiar with the paramilitary groups. well, he's proud of protestant traditions and he's afraid of losing them. some people are loyalty to the queen. sometimes it's their british identity and people fly their flags just pure love. they're right down to me. it's an expressio

these people want to remain heart of the united kingdom. the protest march runs along the outskirts of spells false and was forbidden by the police. but they are demonstrating, nonetheless, because they feel the british government has given up on northern ireland. we have not got a partition direction something the people in there have for, for, for hundreds of years is remy and part of the united kingdom. and we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom, with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood, the flow sure begins, but as our possession of unshared, the united kingdom. no, we're no longer part of united kingdom, fully part of it. because our constitutional law laws are brussels mer before greg said, people in northern ireland had a choice of identity. they could feel british or irish or both. but drexel has created a new customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. and as a result, sectarian tensions have been rising. take darian symbols like this are everywhere. northern ireland, the red

these people want to remain heart of the united kingdom. the protest march runs along the outskirts of spells false and was forbidden by the police. but they are demonstrating nonetheless, because they feel the british government has given up on northern ireland. we have not got a partition, eric show something the people in there have for, for, for hundreds of years is the roomy in part of the united kingdom. and now we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom, with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood, the flow sure begins, but as our possession of the united kingdom. no, we're no longer part of united kingdom for the part of it, because our constitutional law laws are brussels mer. before briggs, the people that know the norland had a choice of identity, they could feel british or irish or both. but drexel has created a new customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. and as a result, sectarian tensions have been rising sectarian symbols like this are everywhere. northern ireland, the red

but as our possession of the united kingdom, no, we're no longer part of united kingdom for the part of it because our constitutional law law, the taken off the table to asked me to categorically read it. especially when our political opponents have made very clear that they are not going to take it off the table. it's an unreasonable request. right now. protestant use of preparing enormous bonfires all across north and all of these annual fires memorialize the historic victory over the catholics in the 17th century. this year, many of the caea, the bonfires might get out of control. brackson has presented the biggest danger yet to northern ireland. fragile peace, that's one thing that a protestant and catholic agree on. if he says it will allow humanitarian aid flights to enter the northern te gray region, which is on the brink of famine. since november, ethiopian soldiers alongside troops from neighboring eritrea have been fighting rebel forces known as the t great people's liberation for just last week, the rebels retook the regional capital house, tried all the people, tried to b

but as our possession of unshared united kingdom. no, we're no longer part of the united kingdom for the part of it. because our constitutional law laws are in brussels, nor the british symbols are common in northern islands, protestant dominated areas. the red hand represents one of the many paramilitary organizations. it can be found in traditional working class neighborhoods like this one near the port. it's now one of the poorest areas in northern ireland. jo keys grew up in a similar area. he knows the paramilitary group and he won't feel proud of this protestant heritage. but he's afraid it could be taken away by catholics. some people are loyalty as to the queen, sometimes it's their british identity. people fly their flags just out of pure love . so right down to me, it's an expression of how they are. his catholic neighbors lived just next door behind a high wall. most of them want a united ireland. that would be a night master. joe. you've got one group of people who believe that northern ireland should be part of the unite

scottish government has but at the moment it is largely dependent on subsidies from the rest of the united kingdomnd it would have to explain to its people but so far they haven't done that. >> you mentioned you wanted to address the attitudes in the united states. do you have a perception of canada or australia or did you get the sense that they were against it or for it in one way or another or did it matter? >> i don't think it mattered in the sense that the 2016 vote and may be that's right if you have a major political decision to make concerning your country you do what you think is right but of course barack obama came over and said we should vote to remain and people didn't. but i think my impression is profession isaustralia is a muce sympathetic than americans and probably more sympathetic than canadians and leading the politicians have said what are you waiting for. the problem here is the protectionist lobbies in britain which are afraid of signing the treaties with australia and in the united states that makes the agricultural groups but we tend to think they are exaggerating the prob

because the two countries that really matter most when it comes to pakistan is, quite frankly, the united kingdomery different reasons. neither the united states nor the united kingdom has had any stomach for this, and the reasons are different. in the united kingdom, pakistani britons are an important vote bank. both the united states and the united kingdom press on fatf to not give pakistan, which is basically this terrorism financial watchdog which is kind of obscure, both have pressed that pakistan not be given the blacklisting it so much deserves, because a blacklisting would mean that it would be cut off from imf funding. so we are in this really strange place where the united states, particularly the united states, has been waging this war in afghanistan, we have been treating pakistan like an ally, even though, while it was taking our money with one hand, it was shifting it to the other hand to give the taliban, and everyone has known this. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more on those extraordinary pictures. these are the aerial footage shots of a herd of sheep. china marked its

is remy in part of the united kingdom and we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood, the flow, sure your opinions, but as our possession of the united kingdom. no, we're no longer part of united kingdom for the part of it, because our constitutional laws are yet in brussels, nor the british symbols are common in northern islands. protestant dominated areas, the red hand represents one of the many para military organizations. it can be found in traditional working class neighborhoods like this one near the port. it's now one of the poorest areas in northern ireland. jo keys grew up in a similar area. he knows the paramilitary group and he won't feel proud of this protestant heritage, but he's afraid it could be taken away by catholics. some people are loyalty as to the queen, sometimes it's their british identity and people fly their flags just out of pure love. the write down to me, it's an expression of who they are. his catholic neighbors live just next door behind a high wall. most of them want a united ireland. that would be

part of the united kingdom for the part of it. because our constitutional law laws are yet in brussels, nor the british symbols are common in northern islands. protestant dominated areas, the red hand represents one of the many para military organizations. it can be found in traditional working class neighborhoods like this one near the port. it's now one of the poorest areas in northern ireland. joel keys grew up in a similar area. he knows the paramilitary group and he won't feel proud of this protestant heritage, but he's afraid it could be taken away by catholics. some people are loyalty to the queen. sometimes it's their british identity and people fly their flags just out of pure love. so write down to me, it's an expression of who they are. his catholic neighbours live just next door behind a high wall. most of them want a united ireland. that would be a night message. joe. you got one group of people who believe that northern ireland should be part of the united ireland. then you've got one group of people who believe nort

. >> we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom. >> we are no longer part of the united kingdomcause our constitutional laws -- >> people in northern ireland had a choice of identity. they could be british, irish or both. brexit has created a new customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. as a result, tensions have been rising. the red handstands for many -- one of many paramilitary organizations and the british flag means this area is dominated by protestants. this man is proud of his protestant traditions and is afraid of losing them. >> some peoples's loyalty is to the queen. sometimes there british identity. people fly their flags out of pure identity, it is an expression of who they are. >> the catholics live right next door, behind a big wall. willie thinks the protestants just have to accept this. >> they can still have their british identity because we still have our irish identity even though we are still occupied by the british. we have lived with it for 100 years. let them see how they can live with it. >> this would be a nightmare for

the united kingdom's foreign secretary said the chinese government must and what he called systematic cyber sabotage. you can expect it to be held to account if it does not. china has rejected the accusations, calling them politically motivated. here's what the foreign ministry spokesperson had to say. >> the u.s. ganged up with its allies and launched an unwarranted accusation on china. this is made out of thin air and confused right and wrong. it is purely smear out of political motives. china will never accept this. china will always stand firmly against and come any form of cyber attacks. still, we will encourage support and condone any cyberattack. anchor: american security agencies have published more than 50 tactics they say were used to target networks, and the u.s. has indicted for chinese nationals late for a large-scale campaign to have computers between 2011 and 2018. we will get to our guests shortly. but first, beijing. reporter: this collective condemnation of chinese cyber attacks by at least 30 countries including the u.s. has been deeply embarrassing for beijing. chi

and the government — united kingdom as a whole. and the government has _ united kingdom as a whole. has made their - united kingdom as a whole. and the government has made their stand i government has made their stand today, the common enough, can they go further? i think i lit back to see them he was more because what they suggest is that they will not intervene unilaterally until they've had a chance to see if they are prepared to negotiate with them. they stated less foot in the door for the eu and so far as certain you would still apply in northern ireland. i would like to see that removed. but, ithink ireland. i would like to see that removed. but, i think it will start with identifying the problems. they have suggested solutions to those problems and now it really will be a case to see whether the eu and the eu negotiators are serious and genuine in the comments that they do not waste to see disruption in northern ireland and they simply want to see a single market protected because they proposal rich lloyd frost has been forward would actually enjoy the protection of the eu s

because the two countries that really matter most when it comes to pakistan is quite frankly the united kingdomdifferent reasons. neither the united states or the united kingdom has had any stomach for this, and the reasons are different in the united kingdom, pakistani britons are an important vote bank. both the united states and the united kingdom press to not give pakistan which is basically this terrorism financial watchdog which is kind of obscure, both have pressed that pakistan not be given the blacklisting, it so much deserves, because they blacklisting would mean that it would be cut off from funding, so we are in this really strange place where the united states, particularly the united states, particularly the united states has been waging this war in afghanistan, we have been treating pakistan like an ally even though while it was taking our money with one hand, it was shifting it to the other hand to give the taliban, and everyone has known this. there is no delusion. if they don't want to confront it and draft according policies that will make pakistan's behaviour change and with

these people want to remain part of the united kingdom. the protest march runs along the outskirts of spells false and was forbidden by the police. but they are demonstrating nonetheless, because they feel the british government has given up on northern ireland. we have no, i got a partition day, mary. she something the people and also have for, for, for hundreds of years is remy and part of the united kingdom. and now we find ourselves divided from the united kingdom with no consent were produced by blood. but the blood flow sure begins. but as our possession of n shady and a kingdom, no, we're no longer partly united kingdom for the part of it, because our constitutional laws are in brussels mer before brags and people know the norland had the choice of identity. they could feel british or irish or both. but drexel has created a new customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. and as a result, sectarian tensions have been rising. take darren symbols like this are everywhere. northern ireland, the red hand s

the european student exchange program is no longer valid in the united kingdom. that means that richer students are longer able to study easily at european universities and vice versa. and bars, johnson also emphasized how important that was for britain, obviously for britain not being a member of the european union, any more bilateral relationships with all sorts of countries all across the world. not only on the european continent becoming more and more important as a result. yeah, i think you can also say that the international corporation we've referred to earlier is going to be very important because britain remains very important on the international stage. thank you very much. bond here and a berlin, big mouth in london for this, and that's all we have time for at the moment. you're watching the w news live from berlin. thank you very much. ah, the news? the news, the news, the news, the the the ah you ready to get all the places in europe are smashing all the record into a venture? don't lose your grip. the treasure map for modern globe trotter's done for

the problem is that northern ireland is part of the united kingdom, but economically remains aligned to the european union. and that for some people who live in northern ireland, that is, it's a big bone of contention and was johnson is continuing to try to solve this problem also individually with, with leaders like uncle america. but i thought it was very telling that she said, well, let's be pragmatic. here she said, i am optimistic that solutions can be found, but she said also let's not overstretch ourselves. so i read this as a hint to say, well, you have to really maintain sensible relations also with brussels and you know, not just clustering and big words, but really sort of work on the pragmatic solution. so you so that, you know, this can say potentially a big concern can be solved. and now i'm glad macro is having tea with the queen. is that just a courtesy visit, or is it something more substantial? angela america, we know is really a fan of the korean, so she's been twice being a guest in buckingham palace. and also the queen has visited the chancery in berlin and we kn

by the time solomon was gone, it all fell apart. >> the united kingdom was split. ingdom which is called juda. they each have their own monarch kings. when this united kingdom comes apart. it becomes israel and juda. that would later become sama ri ah and judah. when you study the history of jerusalem and you appreciate the symbolism and you think about what went wrong? what created this big fisfissur between the communities. >> it is largely tied to the way history gets exploited, politicians who would like to go back to the story of king david claimed that what happens in jewish history is a kind of deed that gives judaism and jews for that matter. so essentially what you see is biblical history not as history but as political pop began da. propaganda. jerusalem was not supposed to be all about politics. we see it over and over again over the history of jerusalem, we see the rise oaf the king which under the country founded succumbed to the temptation to preserve their own power. power corrupts and we heard this expression. nowhere does it apply more than to jerus

while summer isn't dave here in the united kingdom threats hoping to travel across to europe to have a holiday may have to now think again, it comes as millions of people may have been given the wrong job of the vaccination . in fact, they may have been given the india and version of astrazeneca job. now the reason why that's an issue is because it hasn't been approved by the e u vaccine. possible scheme. meaning that anybody traveling to europe would have to then enter into that quarantine at period and not able to skip it. now, department for health in the united kingdom here, doesn't really give a number of how many people could actually be affected by this. but it could be as many as 5000000 people because that's the number of doses that were imported throughout the year and 2020 want. meanwhile, the u. k. it's vaccination program. leaders have said the job is just as effective . the most important part of this is that people who have received these, but she should be reassured that they have received exactly the same stuff as people who have received other batches made elsewhere

there was a mix up like this one on. indeed, the rise of the delta veteran here in the united kingdom. we only have to look at the last week alone to see a 46 percent rise in the delta variant. it seems that many countries across europe, a very worried about brits coming into the country regardless of which job they've had. and regardless of how many yes, exactly what we're going to talk about now while the u. k. them battling, as we heard with the delta varied, there are, is the strain is going to plug the rest of europe into a 3rd wave of the virus according to the will health organizations, european regional director, dr. hans cook the city conditions for a new wave of excess hospitalizations and that's before the autumn or dead for in place. new variance deficit in vaccine uptake increased social mixing and there will be a new wave in the w to pin region unless we remain disciplined according to the you and the number of new cases across europe rose by 10 percent last week. most vaccines are effective, they say against the delta vary, but only 2 shots can guarantee a high level of

i never thought in the united kingdom in a host of war, you pay, we be off to show papers, to go to the cinema, to go to the states and to go to the football. go to the rock base. i mean, i think it's absolutely outrageous. now only that we haven't fascinated enough people all we have will. of course the people who are protesting, they don't like to wear the man they don't wish to be vaccinated, and therefore they don't like the passports either. so they would just like to ignore the coding and what it is doing to people around the world, making them sick and causing many people to die. now i have a major problem with that because i don't think that's about liberty. i don't think it's about personal choice and it's not about freedom. so i'm totally against the passive, but i'm all in favor of people being fascinated. the u. s. justice department will not investigate new york state handling of the co crisis in nursing home. and allison came in, a letter to republican lawmakers, is outraged the families of victims. cowards, you coward, you believe in the money you follow the money trail,

so department for health in the united kingdom here doesn't really give a number of how many people could actually be affected by this. but it could be as many as 5000000 people because that's the number of doses that were imported throughout the year. and 2020 want. meanwhile the u. k. the vaccination program leaders have said the job is just as effective. the most important part of this is that people who have received these but she should be reassured that they have received exactly the same stuff as people who have received other badges made elsewhere. this is an administrative hurdle that needs to be straightened out over a you vac saint paul for which was just launched on thursday, only recognizes jobs approved by the european regulator now on cobra shield. the european union simply says it's free to request authorization anytime at once for the this point, it hasn't yet done so essentially saying the pool is in cobra shields court. however, on a governmental level, e u. member states are somewhat able to flex and bend the rules all most by allowing travelers with vaccines approved

and what would be you're wanting to keep us to the united kingdom of the present? why i think that has to be fully vaccinated. because otherwise the high shots going to get the situation. will new zealand bad. you came visitors under cover circumstances and you'd have been, well we have a system that tries to be quite even handed. we do obviously allow people to come and buy quantity. and we have free travel from astray and cook islands. occasionally that is limited from different parts. this is going to outbreaks, but it's been going for 2 months is working well in general. but for other countries, we look at the proportion of people, the risks they will be infected when they arrive here. and at the moment we've had, we basically turned down the 10 was, would use a numbers of allows travel from countries that have out of control. and that has been india, pakistan and happy new guinea and part of south america. the u. k. was an position before christmas, but since in it appeared to bring the pendant began to control. but now i think it's going obviously in the oppo

but with a mixed up like this one on. indeed the rise of the delta veteran here in the united kingdom. we only have to look at the last week alone to see a 46 percent rise in the delta variant. it seems that many countries across europe, a very worried about brits coming into the country regardless of which job they've had. and regardless of how many says be heard there, then as britain bustles, the new delta k with very there are fees the strain will plunge the rest of europe into a 3rd wave of the virus. the city conditions for a new wave of excess hospitalizations. and that's before the autumn or dead for in place. new variance deficit in vaccine uptake increased social mixing and there will be a new wave in the w to pin region unless we remain disciplined. while the un warned the number of new cases across europe jumped by 10 percent last week, most vaccines are effective against the delta vary, but only 2 shots guarantee. a higher level of protection. at the new very time worsening statistics. he has launched a digital cobit certificate to allow people to travel freely across the

where we are here in the united states that we can follow that example if it's really in the united kingdomning us now is the uk ambassador to the united states. ambassador, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> how are you viewing this phenomenon and how is the british government viewing it? >> well, we're cautiously optimistic. we're conscious we don't have all the data yet. we believe it has something to do with good messaging, people following sensible rules on behavior, like hand washing and of course a high vaccination rate. but we need much more information before we can properly analyze this and work out what the future trend will be. >> you know, one of the things we're trying to figure out here is are you doing something different than we are? what's different about the uk than the united states? one of the things you mentioned to us is, you're a brit living in the united states right now, so you have a unique perspective. in the united kingdom there's not the anti-vax sentiment that there is here. explain. >> that's exactly right. there are some

and he restrictions in the anti vaccine protest is march across the street from the united kingdom and a strategy. yeah. i search for bodies and survivors of floods and land slides heal more than 100 people in west, in india, the afghan government imposes curfews across most of the country of taliban fighters gain more territory. i want to fire the girls out there watching right now the changing face of the lympics, the highest number of female athletes in history, and taking puff info. here. i'm going to go with this for as host japan grabbed their 1st gold medal of the tokyo olympics in judo. we'll have all the news from the japanese capital like this. our in we begin this news out with the pandemic in protest around the world against corona virus restrictions in europe rallies around away in france and soon in easley against kind of 9 tame health passes. the measures limit access to public venues for the i'm vaccinated. for testers have also gathered in london a week after the so called freedom day, which ended restrictions in england. they're angry about track and tries to stem bas

and then you have countries like the united kingdom, the united states, australia and india, coming together idea that these waters should be free and accessible to all. america's indo—pacific strategy aims to reassert its influence in asia by working with its allies to promote rules—based international order. when nations try to game the system or tip the rules in their favour, it throws everything off balance. that's why we are so adamant that these areas of the world remain peaceful, whether that's the south china sea, the arabian gulf and, increasingly, the arctic. it's of vital interest to america's foreign policy to secure unimpeded flow of global commerce. the united kingdom plans to test that freedom later this year when its new flagship aircraft carrier, the hms queen elizabeth, will sail through the south china sea. china sees international moves to keep these seas open as a plot to contain its rise and sabotage its stability. but the country signed a 1982 united nations convention on the law of the sea — the international legal framework to settle maritime disputes. when the phili