and great britain? john: that is part of the background -- the americans were very upset at -- and we will have a similar approach after world war ii proposed by the secretary of the treasury. he wants to take germany back to being an agrarian economy. the assistant secretary is a soviet agent. we did not know that at the time. idea that the british are going to completely defang germany militarily and economically. here is a canal you can use to transfer warships from the baltic to the north sea. it did not give the germans much of an advantage. waramericans were going to as an attack on commerce and on germany's future economic viability. the u.s. is convinced that without an economically healthy and viable germany, there cannot be peace in europe. let that sink in. that is the plan that will be adopted after world war ii. americansit made the only more antagonistic to the british and favorable for the germans. the british blockade is ongoing against germany. the u.s. is very unhappy with that. in my

this act was not aimed at just germany, but also aimed at great britain so great britain would take the united states seriously. the act aimed at making the united states navy a navy second to none. that was how it was pitched. united states would have a navy second to none. it was a bumper sticker phrase, and it went over really well with the american public. wilson brought this act to the u.s. congress and it passed. the act intended to build 33 battleships and battle cruisers. the most modern type. 350 smaller warships, cruisers and destroyers, submarines. included in that bill was $21 million for naval aviation. not so well-known that the aviation component was huge. you can look at how 20 goes into $300 million. the $300 million in this budget was six times as large as the previous largest naval arms budget from the spanish-american war. it was the biggest arms bill in peacetime in american history. it was really aimed at the british, and the british knew it. they felt like the americans did not understand their position. it antagonized the british leadership, particularly the firs

relying on great britain for coal. so, these transatlantic energy exchanges, because of the war, created these mutually dependent networks that the war then directed or reinforced or at time, balanced. >> the last place i will take you today is cuba. cuba was part of the war effort. it was a heavy importer of food stock. even though it was a fertile island, it grew cash crops instead. mostly sugar and tobacco. those were the mainstays of the cuban economy. and as part of the war effort, the cuban government sought to list the support of the owners of those great sugar plantations. they were called sugar centrals. who then could use some of their land to allow their tenant farmers to plant food crops. but, the thing of it is is that the following european sugarbeet production during the war raised sugar prices, which drove plantation expansion, often at the expense of food crops. the cuban government is issuing all of these proclamations to people. try to eat beans and bananas instead. not so much wheat. but sugarcane p

relying on great britain for coal. so, these transatlantic energies exchanges, because of the, work rate is mutually dependent networks, that the war than directed or reinforced or, at times, balanced. the last place i will take you today, is cuba. cuba was part of the war effort a heavy importer of food stop, even though it was a fertile island, it grew crops instead, mostly sugar and tobacco, the main stays of the cuban economy. and as part of the war effort, the cuban government start [inaudible] owners of those great sugar plantations, called sugar central's, who then could use some of their land to allow their tenant farmers to plant food crops. the thing of it is, that the following european sugar beet in the war raised prices, which drove plantation expansion, often at the expense of food crops. the cuban government issuing all these proclamations the people, try to eat beans and bananas instead, not so much wheat. but sugar cane plantations meant well. for many cubans, though, they also signified foreign contro

instead of great britain. from an energy perspective. , great britainh was as dependent on argentina as argentina was reliant on great britain for coal, so these exchanges created mutually dependent networks the war directed, enforced, or at times balanced. the last place i will take you is cuba. cuba was part of the war effort. it was an importer of food stocks. even though it was fertile, it grew cash crops, mostly sugar and tobacco, the mainstays of the cuban economy. as part of the war effort, the government sought to enlist the help of the sugar plantations, who then could use some of their land to allow tenant farmers to plant food crops. the european sugar beat production raised sugar prices, which drove plantation expansion, often at the expense of food crops. the cuban government is issuing all these proclamations to people, try to eat beans and bananas, not so much wheat, but sugarcane plantations meant wealth. for many cubans, they also signified foreign control over sugar production. so we see here

reliant on great britain for coal. so they created mutually done balances. the last place that i will take you today cuba. cuba was part of the war effort. it was a importer of food stuff. it was fertile, but it grew cash crops instead. and as part of the war effort, the cuban government sought to enlist the support of the owners of those great sugar plantations, called sugar centrals who could use some of their land to use their farmers to plant food crops. but the thing of it is is that european sugar beat production in the war raised sugar prices that drove plantation expanse at the expense of food crops. the cuban government is issuing all of these proclamations to people, eat beans and bananas instead, not so much wheat, but sug sugar cane plantations meant wealth and foreign control over wealth. over the 130 sugar plantations on the island, americans owned well over half of those. so impoverished peasants in 1917 stoo started to express their resentments. in response the united states deployed the marines to calm

how food gets from great britain and northern ireland is changing. to northern ireland is changing. it is the compromise with the eu that was agreed, for northern ireland to continue following a lot of eu rules while for the rest of the uk, that's about to end. food products, particularly of animal origin like meat, fish and cheese, are going to need eu documentation when they come into northern ireland to make sure they are ok to enter the eu. items like pizza could need multiple certificates just for the toppings. and other goods, too, will need additional declarations to make sure eu tariffs have been paid. whether there is a trade deal or not, new checks that never existed before will be carried out at northern ireland's ports. but many retailers are warning that added paperwork means some products could become more expensive in northern ireland than in the rest of the uk. you are talking about cost rises on everyday items, quite simply, 70% of the value of everything that crosses the irish sea is for retailers‘ shelves. but even those things that are produced in northern irel

great britain is one of the most important markets for dutch fruit and vegetable traders last year fruit worth 2000000000 euros went to the island and of course other industries across the e.u. are also facing a last minute panic. well we're not seeing wide small get as the negotiations continue let's take a look at what's being discussed with yacc chief economist germany's clematis bank as always good to see you are from all indications that you have is this going to be a good deal. yes i think it's a good deed insofar as a game of easy get the free trade that means that companies on both sides will be the allowed to continue to make business with each other and this is by definition going to of course it would be better if the u.k. was in the european union the lesser traders are putting in only one of you this is . now one of the final sticking points has been how much access the fisherman will have to u.k. waters starting next year why is that such a major issue well at least this is comping justified from the can only point of view because the fishing industry in the case for exampl

that should mean 98% of goods going between great britain and northern ireland will be exempt from any import duty that would otherwise be due. it's complicated stuff. here's chris page in belfast with more of what's been agreed. one of the major issues had been concerns that new checks on food products arriving to the likes of here, belfast port, from the rest of the uk would mean there would be disruption to supermarket supply. so michael gove in the commons has announced that there will be a grace period for supermarkets, in effect no change for at least three months and six months for chilled meat products, so that should ensure that goods going to supermarkets keep moving smoothly across the irish sea. another big issue has been around tariffs if there is no trade deal between the uk in the eu. wel, then the position was that goods that came here from england, scotland, wales were deemed at risk of moving across the land border into the republic of ireland, therefore the eu, would have tariffs due. but it's understood there will be a trusted trader scheme, so companies can decide

and great britain to strike a pose brecht's a trade deal going to bring you the latest and later u.s. lawmakers have come to terms on another coven 1000 relief package will go over the details and see how markets are reacting in the pack show today let's dive right in . and we lead the program with the latest restrictions on travel in europe as countries across the cabinet have banned travel from the u.k. in an attempt to stop a highly infectious new strain of the corona virus which is quickly spreading into london and the southeast portion of the nation the move comes after british prime minister boris johnson on saturday laid out a new set of lock downs in the areas most affected by the new variant of the virus given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus the potential risk it poses with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas as planned we will introduce new restrictions in the most affected areas specifically those parts of london the south east and the east of england which are currently in 3 these areas will into a new t. a for w

at the moment there are hardly any checks on goods travelling between great britain and northern ireland. but from january 1st, deal or no deal, there will be new rules governing trade across the irish sea, that companies big and small are trying to get to grips with. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. becoming cut off from great britain through new brexit red tape was one of the biggest fears for businesses in northern ireland, because food exported over the irish sea will be subject to new checks once northern ireland becomes a gateway to the eu. now, supermarkets will have an extra few months to get their paperwork in order, but smaller companies are still awaiting answers. retailers like myself, we do probably a third of our business in december, for christmas, and we just have not had a chance to look at what's happening in brexit. you know, we've just been trying to get over the year with covid. the new rules on bringing products into northern ireland will apply whether there's a trade deal or not. today's announcements make the picture a little clearer for companies o

that means their new checks on products, particularly on the food arriving here from great britain, they are taking place at four ports — the biggest of which is here in belfast. new infrastructure known as border inspection posts are being built. they won't be ready until the middle of this year, so initially the checks are happening at temporary facilities. officials are expecting that at least 1a lorries a day will be selected for inspection. some rules have been relaxed for the first 3—6 months to ensure food supplies to supermarkets aren't disrupted. but the different trading regime and all the extra paperwork that goes with it are big changes. northern ireland is run by a power—sharing regional government. it's made up mainly of unionists and nationalists, and is based here at stormont, on the outskirts of belfast. more than 20 years after the conflict largely ended, political relationships are still often strained. economically, there are some who argue that trade barriers with the rest of the uk will hit businesses very badly. others point to the fact that under the brexit

at the moment, there are hardly any checks on goods travelling between great britain and northern ireland. but, from january ist, deal or no deal, there will be new rules governing trade across the irish sea, that companies big and small are trying to get to grips with. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. becoming cut off from great britain through new brexit red tape was one of the biggest fears for businesses in northern ireland, because food exported over the irish sea will be subject to new checks once northern ireland becomes a gateway to the eu. now, supermarkets will have an extra few months to get their paperwork in order, but smaller companies are still awaiting answers. we do probably a third of our business in december, for christmas, and we just have not had a chance to look at what's happened in brexit. you know, we've just been trying to get over the year with covid. the new rules on bringing products into northern ireland will apply whether there's a trade deal or not, but today's announcement could make the picture a little clearer for companies and what they'r

britain. is it a foregone conclusion? i think it is. it britain. is it a foregone conclusion? ithink it is. it seems like every single mp from northern ireland is going to vote against it including the dup because they fear those little bits of bureaucracy, it's probably not right to call at an irish sea border, but there is a huge amount of new bureaucracy between great britain and northern ireland. they really don't like that. it would appear we don't yet know that if the hard—core brexiteers appear to be moving towards saying yes will sign off on this detail. they've had their lawyers going through it line by line. the biggest difficulty is for labour. we know that snp and liberal democrats will vote against it. labour mps democrats will vote against it. labourmps are unhappy democrats will vote against it. labour mps are unhappy about saying we will approve this deal. in the future, if they think it has all gone wrong, the government can turn around and say, you voted for it as well. aju

at the moment there are hardly any checks on goods travelling between great britain and northern ireland. but from january first, deal or no deal, there will be new rules governing trade across the irish sea, that companies big and small are trying to get to grips with. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. becoming cut off from great britain through new brexit red tape was one of the biggest fears for businesses in northern ireland, because food exported over the irish sea will be subject to new checks once northern ireland becomes a gateway to the eu. now, supermarkets will have an extra few months to get their paperwork in order, but smaller companies are still awaiting answers. retailers like myself, we do probably a third of our business in december, for christmas, and we just have not had a chance to look at what's happening in brexit. you know, we've just been trying to get over the year with covid. the new rules on bringing products into northern ireland will apply whether there's a trade deal or not. today's announcements make the picture a little clearer for companies o

between great britain and northern ireland injanuary and indeed provide necessary flex villages. protect northern ireland supermarket supplies, we heard throughout the year that traders needed time to adapt their systems. that is why we have a grace period for supermarkets to appear the procedures and our agreement also prevents any disruption at the end of the transition period and the movement of chilled meats. british sausages will continue to make their way to belfast and in the year. we have also got time for a reciprocal agreement between the uk and eu on agri— foods which can be discussed in the months ahead. this deal also protects the flow of medicines and that medicines into northern ireland, meaning we will grant a period of up to 12 months to adapt to new wheels of the protocol so this will avoid any disruption to critical medical supplies. three commitments entered into, three commitments entered into, three commitments that we have upheld. labour's shadow cabinet office minister, rachel reeves welcomed the agreement between the uk and the eu, but said it had come

one of the things they've say they've great is how goods arriving from great britain will be checked at northern ireland ports. that is one of things the northern ireland protocol says, particular there is emphasis on food of animal origin, so essentially meat and dairy produce, and huge amounts goes across dairy produce, and huge amounts goes a cross every dairy produce, and huge amounts goes across every day in supermarket lorries. would have to be checked at a border control posts in northern ireland, at belfast and the port of lana. today statement say they have a great and how that will happen, and the important thing about that pa rt and the important thing about that part of the processes that are supposed to take place whether or not a free trade has agreed to. so for a that operate on that route, this will, very belatedly, give them more detail about how that's supposed to work. they say it is too late for them to implement a new system late for them to implement a new syste m o n late for them to implement a new system on the 1st of january already, but at least, hopefully

that's widely expected to be approved by authorities in great britain this week. but some of raise concern that the astrazeneca vaccine which is being developed with oxford university may not be as good as the one made by pfizer partial results suggest the astrazeneca shot is only about 70% effective compared to 95% reported by pfizer however over the weekend the company's ceo said he thinks the company's vaccine could reach 95% and likely also protect against the new strain of covid-19 that is now spreading throughout the united kingdom. >>the company novavax has announced the beginning of phase 3 trials for its covid-19 vaccine. in the u.s. also mexico, it's phase one and 2 trials did appear to be safe and efficient. now as many as 20,000 trial participants, 18 and older they will get either the actual vaccine or placebo. the novavax trials are being paid for by operation warp speed. and now to our 4 zone forecast more drama head our looking towards the end of the year and into next was a florence or yeah hard to believe guys. but yeah we've got a series of stor

and the government hates to admit it but we have seen in great britain people found starved to death in great britain in 29 at least 2 families well reported were found dead to starvation and how many of the families are going through but we are not told about or are not in the collated statistics at the moment so it's a huge issue it's a global issue and i government is playing politics it's a government that's fighting to address the issue and all of our political class in britain is actually facing the people it should be people like me are not political i'm just a good neighbor helping my community because my council and my government is fading those most in need in the end of the day every government has to care. jussi to protect the welfare of its people that's why they're elected to defend the welfare of the people and yet your reality is the only people doing well or of this pandemic all the friends of the mates of the tory ministers yeah i re will fight the author. on the founder of the largest independent food bank in the u.k. thank you very much for your time thank you i t

europe is taking longer print because the other countries great britain and canada and the u.s. have authorized this spy is so-called emergency authorization that is a totally different cattle because it what that means is that the the liability for the vaccine and for effects or damages it could bring rests with the state and not was the was the firm that produces it is so that is a completely different thing and now the european union has tried to stay together here from the beginning on and has said we really value the safety of our citizens above the speed of this authorization process and the a the the agency in amsterdam does a reality does a more thorough job than probably some other countries they look at more data they look more intensely into possible side effects for instance in great britain some cases of problems was elegy sufferers came up and how safe is it for people under 18 how safe is it for people over 80 are there enough persons in the tests were there enough persons in the to screw up so all these really needs to be researched into and that is what they're

all exports from great britain into the eu are going to face full checks from the 1st of january. that means customs declarations, checks on product standards, food safety, new vat regime, you name it, all sorts of things. and if people come to the border in dover and don't have the right documents, they'll get turned away. now, one of the responses from our government has been to say, "well, ok, for then trade going in the other direction, in other words for stuff coming into the uk, or coming into great britain rather, from the eu, we'll delightful checks until the 1st ofjuly by another six months," and then in theory, i mean, businesses are saying that might be enough, but that might even need to be extended a little further to avoid the kind of disruption that all these businesses who are criticising some of the government policies so desperately want to avoid. now, you mentioned dover — kent is going to be at the sharp end of all of this. what exactly does this mean for kent? yeah, i mean the thing about kent is you have dover, calais and you have the channel tunnel. take t

in terms of it coming out of great britain, it probably has spread beyond the borders of great britain already, so i would submit that rather than cutting off travel it might be better to do more testing. we got the rapid testing now, i'm all for doing a testing strategy. in other words, testing people who are coming here from the u.k. >> harris: and testing them more than once. as you've taught me, that's only a moment in time. while they're here, maybe they can do it more than once. dr. siegel, thanks for writing all these questions. happy holidays to you, my friend pay good to see it. >> thank you, harris. merry christmas to you. >> harris: thank you, merry christmas. with the top house republican is calling for now amid controversy about congressman eric swalwell's ties with the suspected chinese spy. and this. >> i think the degree of radical crazy we are apt to see if they get full control of the entire shop will be something we have never seen before. >> harris: "washington times" columnist charlie hurt warns democrats will push through a far left agenda if they take control of

>> europe is taking longer because the other countries, great britain, canada, the u.s., have authorized this by a so-called emergency authorization. that is a totally different cattle. what that means is the liability for the vaccine and effects, or damages it could bring, rests with the state, not with the firm that produces it. so it is a completely different thing. the european union has tried to stay together from the beginning on this, and said they value the safety of their citizens above the speed of the authorization process. and the agency in amsterdam, it does a more thorough job than probably some other countries. they look at more data, more intensely into possible side effects. for instance, in great britain, the problems with allergy sufferers came up, and how safe it is for people over 18, under 18, are there enough persons in the test group? all of these need to be researched into. . that is what they are doing. normally, that takes a bit longer. a normal process like this would take a year or more. >> but still, it leaves a lot of doubt that the difference of a few week

great britain cut off, because of the mutation that seems to be more infectious. tonight, what's being done to keep the strain out of america. and the reminder tonight from the w.h.o.: the coronavirus is changing "at a much slower rate" than the flu. the president-elect gets his first shot of the pfizer vaccine, as the first six million doses of the moderna vaccine are rolled ot. tonight, who the c.d.c. says should get vaccinated after healthcare workers. holiday travel warnings-- airports see the busiest weekend of the pandemic, as health officials warn of a christmas surge. money before the new year? the treasury promises those $600 checks could be in your pocket as early as next week. plus, what else is in the second-largest relief bill in american history? no investigations-- attorney general bill barr breaks with the president, saying there's no need for a special counsel to investigate joe biden's son, hunter, or president trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. only on cbs news-- disturbing video of a deadly accident. why the victim's family blam

how food gets from great britain to northern ireland is changing. it's the compromise with the eu that was agreed, for northern ireland to continue following a lot of eu rules while for the rest of the uk, that's about to end. food products, particularly of animal origin, like meat, fish and cheese, are going to need new documentation when they come into northern ireland to make sure they're 0k to enter the eu. items like pizza could need multiple certificates just for the toppings. and other goods, too, will need additional declarations to make sure eu tariffs have been paid. whether there's a trade deal or not, new checks that never existed before will be carried out at northern ireland's ports. but many retailers are warning that added paperwork means some products could become more expensive in northern ireland than in the rest of the uk. you're talking about cost rises on everyday items, quite simply, 70% of the value of everything that crosses the irish sea is for retailers‘ shelves. but even those things that are produced in northern irelan

there will be checks on goods moving from great britain to the european union, meaning trade declarations, certificates, vat procedures, the list goes on. what the government is doing to try to make things easier is that trade going on the other direction, stuff coming into great britain from the eu, it is delaying most of the cheques until the 1st of july by six months. there will still be customs declarations on controlled su bsta nces be customs declarations on controlled substances like alcohol and tobacco but lots of the other things will be waved through and the government hopes that will give businesses enough time to prepare for what businesses are saying is the biggest imposition of new red tape on their businesses for 50 yea rs. tape on their businesses for 50 years. inevitably a lot of focus on kent, the south—east and the channel? the focus on kent is obvious, you have to tell the calais route and the channel tunnel, between them for many intricacies those two routes every year —— you have the dozer to calais route. it will be bottlenecks? it is a circular route, the sam

they've spent the past 48 hours on the royal train, meeting key workers in different parts of great britain. a simple enough idea, you might think, except that england, scotland and wales all have slightly different covid—related restrictions. and as the royal train made its way to edinburgh and later to cardiff, it became clear that some scottish and welsh leaders hadn't entirely bought into the idea of a visit by william and kate. shortly before they arrived at cardiff castle this morning, the welsh health minister said he'd prefer if there weren't, as he put it, "unnecessary visits." he thought people might find it confusing. the prime minister later said that the cambridges' tour had been a welcome boost to morale. and that, the raising of morale, is what this is all about. 0n the day when hope seemed a little more tangible with the start of mass vaccinations, the royal family came together to say thank you. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a group of former professional rugby players are planning legal action against the sport's governing bodies, claiming that rugby has left them with pe

europe is taking longer print because the other countries great britain and canada and the u.s. have authorized so-called emergency authorization that is a totally different cattle because it what that means is that the the liability for the vaccine and for effects or damages it could bring rests with the state and not was the was the firm that produces it is so that is a completely different thing and now the european union has tried to stay together here from the beginning on and has said we really value the safety of our citizens above the speed of this also raise asian process and the made the the agency in amsterdam does does a more thorough job than probably some other countries they look at more data they look more intensely into possible side effects for instance in great britain some cases of problems was elegy sufferers came up and how safe is it for people under 18 how safe is it for people over 80 are there enough persons in the tests were there enough persons in the to screw up so all these really needs to be researched into and that is what they're doing and that t

great britain's membership within the european union it is up to it to get. a new really and truly independent nation. to. the immensity of this moment and to make the most. of the program a plane carrying sputnik the supplies from. argentina after that country officially. clemency for killers but none for whistleblowers pardon mercenaries imprisoned for the deaths of civilians in iraq. those who spilled the beans on american. they've been released and the personal rule this president it's like the u.s. doesn't care if spilled blood it seems political considerations prevailed over a legal and judicial decision. broadcasting live from moscow this is r.t. international my names you know no name on 30 minutes of news and views start. a historic moment the u.k. the european union. breaks a trade deal just days before the new year deadline. it's not all done and dusted yet though it still needs to be ratified by both sides but that's expected to go a lot smoother than the negotiations in the subsequent press conference the british prime minister said it's an inten

great britain is one of the most important markets for dutch fruit and vegetable traders last year fruit worth 2000000000 euros went to the island and of course other industries across the e.u. are also facing a last minute panic. as of now officials still wrangling over a post bragg's it trade deal band is a member of the social democrat party democrat party here in germany and a member of the e.u. parliament and the head of the committee on international trade let's get more from him welcome to d w not disagreements on fishery rights continue to be the hold up issue here is this economically small issue worth the wait for this very important agreement. no it's not really an economically apart but politically it's important look here to tool to france a bit to him we have crossed by being populist parties. on our no. wait . we're not little really like to see yellow vests protesting against the agreement and spirit of the populace and on the british side of course this i did not approve progression on top of 3 which is really 1st in. the on the good waters so critically there. now a lev

relatively 1765 is recent addition to the british empire, having been conquered by great britain in 1763 with the victory over the french in the seven years war. the overwhelming majority of people in montreal are french. they are kind of like, well, we have spent our lives hating the british. we are not real keen about being there's now. -- theirs now. the fire in montreal was a perfect opportunity for the british empire, specifically the king, to do pr about how great it is to be in the british empire. sowill take care of you and forth. the fire killed 10 people, property loss was comparable to boston's. the governor of quebec decides he will do a fundraising effort similar to the governor of massachusetts. his was less successful, mostly because of the stamp act crisis. people in the lower 13 are like we are kind of pissed that you guys. a fundraising committee of mostly merchants raised about 9000 pounds for montreal, and can george iii -- and king succeeded, who's his grandfather by this time, contributes and sent a statue of his very benevolent self. i am telling you pr. of the sta

and great britain are still stuck on fishing rights in british waters in the so-called level playing field rules to provide fair competition on both sides now negotiations were expected to resume monday despite a sunday deadline set by the european parliament the chairman of the european parliament u.k. coordination group said monday an extension in the transition period or provisional application of a framework deal are possibilities. under a normal procedure this is no longer possible we showed our most flexibility but the sunday evening most of the last possible date but still there are other options which have to be looked at including on the one hand the possibility of extending the transition period but this would require a political will on both sides or the other option is provisional application but all these questions will only be discussed once we know if there is actually a deal or not. for more on this let's go ahead and bring in hillary ford which board member with the british american business association hillary always a pleasure to have you on about now we know you'r

france and spain had made their peace with great britain. so i think there has always been a history since the very founding of, you know, diplomacy and also negotiations of, you know, how involved the united states is going to be with foreign countries. how involved aren't they going to be? and in that one instance, benjamin franklin, john adams, and john jay said we will deal with great britain without france at that time. stephen: one of benjamin rush's biggest problems was that one of the newspaper editors in philadelphia still thought that britain should win. so he covered things that way. rush actually sued him and won. what is amazing is of course -- you have to remind yourself how insignificant america was at the time. we can't imagine a time america did not matter in that landscape. of course there was foreign influence in our country. there was not that much here here. our relationship with france, our relationship with britain were much more important in a lot of ways. and it definitely shows through the media in lots of ways. rus

britain but it is the trade between great britain and northern ireland in that direction into northern ireland, and the biggest problem really is on food supplies, because a lot of it goes across in that direction, and at the moment michael gove says it is nothing new to have checks on animals, for example, but look at the numbers. in 2020, 1837 consignments of livestock going into northern ireland which have to be checked, about five per day, but when you talk about food because then you are talking in any food of animal origin in the new regime, 460 containers per day and each of those containers can have multiple consignments within it. a lot is going to depend on how much goodwill there is which i think therefore means whether or not an overall trade deal because if the eu decides it wants to stick to the letter of the law and do every single cheque it has to do on every single cheque it has to do on every single consignment coming and it would become almost impossible, and there will be some dispensation, some leeway for the northern ireland executive to be involved in how those c

and finally, anthonyjoshua and then joejoyce have won heavyweight medals for great britain at the last two olympic games and both times frazer clarke was the man to miss out on a place. but the 29—year—old believes his time will finally come in tokyo next year. that said, he's been telling our 0lympics reporter nick hope that at one stage during lockdown, when the games were postponed, he did think about abandoning his dream. i don't know what i did in my past life, but, you know, someone has had it in for me! i knew if it was going to happen any year, it was going to be the year i was going to go to the olympic games. how have you coped? not well. it's been difficult. notjust physically, not being able to train as much and compete. the mental side of things. in the world at the minute, especially mental health, it's a massive subject. during lockdown my mum was all over the place. i was close to throwing the towel in. excuse the pun. i was almost thinking that, you know, the olympics isn't meant to be for me. i want to turn professional. but thank god for gb boxing. i come to this

polisher to get out on what the new kid on the side of the great britain is leaving us but then again do they ever really integrate into europe. i'm not sure they always have one foot in and one foot out so they had their own currency so there wasn't true freedom of movement for people since there were checks etc. it's very regrettable but i think the english are focused on their island. city crews on its own they only want to follow the house of commons and not the european commission in brussels is all appear to be video vehicle could mean. by a result of that which are. bitter feelings as a marriage ends but both sides still need to keep working together the 1st task is to avoid chaos at the border on january 1st. a quick look at some of the other business stories making news around the world britain and spain have decided the fate of gibraltar left out of last week's breaking trade deal with the european union little territory will state in the e.u. saying in zone that allows thousands of spanish commuters to continue crossing the border visa free on a daily basis. the u.s. says i

countries, in the plural, great britain, france, etc., all of which are represented by king james, whose family was at the center of centuries long convulsions over the question of what should be the form of government in great britain and resulting in the wars of cromwell followed by the all of this play in store all the pilgrims set sail for north america and a web life untroubled these turmoils. they left because they could foresee and were experiencing religious persecutions. they turned their faces away from their country without disclaiming appropriate disobedience while nevertheless setting their faces against those past incoming experiences in order to open the path to a new experiences. to reflectortant is that these pilgrims set sail not from london or southhampton, but from dell haven. they had relocated in order to launch. they were self exiled in holland, so has they left holland they left with this purpose underlined. you can see just what the mayflower compact emphasizes, they shall form a covenant and combine themselves in a civil body politic, a consensual moment, and al

great britain has become the first country to approve emergency use of pfizer's vaccine. the fda next week will start to review process in this country. earlier today health officials gave their predictions for when immunizations might begin in ernest here. >> if all goes well we can make our first shipments to state this is month and are on track to ship enough for 20 million americans before the end of the year. so between mid-december and february. and end of february. we will have potentially 100 million people immunized. >> also today the cdc reviseds it guidance for people exposed to the virus. they are now saying 14-10 days quarantine if no symptoms and just seven days when the test is negative and there are no symptoms if you can follow that, as has been the case for weeks there was little in the way of comment on any of this from our president but found time to record a 46-minute claims about having won the election, voter fraud, the bizarre remarks were recorded in the white house diplomatic room and delivered with no news media present, indicating the white hou

huge amounts of food goes across every day from great britain into northern ireland. consignments of sandwiches going to supermarkets and each one of those will have to have the right certificate and a lot of them will have to be physically checked. that is an issue as well. because of these concerns, business groups in northern ireland are united in saying cannot do this and will not be ready now and have run out of time already. they are talking about an adjustment period. you cannot say transition because we have been told there is no further extension to the transition period. but it would be a transition period. but it would be a transition in all but name. a loosening of some of those rules, possibly for up to a year is they would like to see, to allow them to have time to get used to this new system. the problem is until negotiations are... in terms of a trade deal and separate talks on the arrangements for northern ireland, they will not know if anything like that will be on offer. is a conceivable, then, if there is no deal, that they could be another not tra

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great britain is one of the most important markets for dutch fruit and vegetable traders last year fruit worth 2000000000 euros went to the island and of course other industries across the e.u. are also facing a last minute panic. as of now officials still wrangling over a post brags that trade deal band is a member of the social democrat democrat party here in germany and a member of the e.u. parliament and the head of the committee on international trade let's get more from him welcome to w. now this agreement on fishery rights continue to be the hold up issue here is this economic the small issue worth the wait for this very important agreement. no it's not really an economically in part but politically it's important to look her to school to france a bit of them we have crossed by being populist parties are on our no rising wait. we're not little really like to see yellow vests protesting against the agreement and do spirit for the populace and on the you glitter side of course. i do don't accrue progression on top of 3 which is really 1st in. the on the good it waters so it's more p