this is day to day news live from the u.k. sounds the alarm of the new coronavirus variant prime minister boris johnson says there's now evidence to suggest as well as more contagious the new mutation may also be deadly. also on the program supporters of jailed kremlin critic alexina valmy take to the streets at rallies across russia that's despite police warning tell break up any protests as a 1st of instructions to developing return to russia last weekend. and it was goals galore as gladbach put a dent in dortmund's bundesliga time to hopes in a thrilling battle of the us yes. i'm a backer it is welcome to the program it's the news we were hoping not to hear british prime minister barak johnson says there's now evidence to suggest the new coronavirus variant 1st detected in the u.k. is not only more contagious but more deadly as well i mean tension has now spread to more than 60 countries and britain itself is struggling to bring infections under control. it's a relentless nightmare for health care workers across the u.k. th

the u.k. may have it's done but there's still a lot of haggling ahead the fisheries agreement seen by many in the industry as a sell out come to proper fruition for 5 years and that will be subject to negotiations decisions still have to be made in the services sector which makes up 80 percent of the economy they've included financial services and data sharing that won't be any new to. axes to pay on exports at the border but there'll be plenty of bureaucracy in delays are likely everyday freedoms will also end new rules on travel immigration mobile phone use bank accounts to name a few and there are big implications for the future of the united kingdom the scottish national party promise to restore e.u. membership to largely pro e.u. scotland if it becomes independent northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. that will continue to follow many of the e.u.'s rules that's to avoid the return of a contentious hard border with e.u. member the republic of ireland but that means new checks on go

so how are people reacting to the u.k. visa scheme in hong kong are many one congress likely to go ahead and take advantage of it. well neal than also since it's definitely the that you see a path for hong kong as we want to leave the country a little equatorial because healthy current political climate which it was and they say by say you know the ground and like according to the bankers. 5 minutes citizens as simple for applying for the new scheme to move to the u.k. which accounts for over 70 percent of the population in hong kong so those not every of them will the u.k. and take action to tech to offer. u.k. asked to make the sign here over 250000 people will actually. emigrate to the united kingdom so what's happening about a significant number go bang bang in this because in fact to hong kong is not only the people leaving but also their capital talents and the possessions that they would bring with them to the u.k. and leave home calls not only the post has this politicians that are leaving these people they may see

over $100000.00 people have died in the u.k. within $28.00 days of a positive test that's more than the entire capacity of london's wembley football stadium. the emergence of a new more transmissible variant of the virus has further deepen the crisis it spread like wildfire across the country and left hospital struggling to cope numbers now harder than any other time we've got a journalist i'm demick so the system is under massive stress we have can stop rationing is cancer treatment we're running she crosses might look after it was proud of our mission is associated with such is this desperate race between new variant and the vaccine shaping the u.k.'s rollout strategy it's opting to leave up to 12 weeks between doses deviating from this 3 week camp trial by pfizer by giving some immunity to the maximum number of people authorities hope to cut fatalities and reduce pressure on the health service. phone. professor rob it reads a member of the independent committee which approved the strategy under normal circumstances you must a

the u.k. has vaccinated a term meta-people but will that translate into outperformance of its assets? the 10 year is seeing some buying with yields down about 2%. lots of talk of bubbles in bitcoin. it exemplifies that to some sense. guy: thanks very much, the u.k. story on the vaccine front -- we welcome now our bloomberg television viewers and radio listeners. joining us is the moderna ceo. you published some interesting data relating to your vaccines efficacy on the various strains that everybody is talking about. it seems as if your vaccine is effective against the u.k. stream but we are seeing a significant degradation of efficacy against the south african strain. how quickly can you reformulate this deal with the south african strain? >> good morning and good afternoon. the u.k. strain has a high neutralizing antibody, the same as the strain we have seen so far so we feel good about it. the south africa strain has a very high level of antibodies, higher than the antibodies of people who

to the u.k. there's some clear difference this year the u.k. opted for an emergency approval so this case the u.k. to head to head start taking a bit more of a risk and that also applies for instance to this 1st vaccination doses and 2nd most vaccines do require a 2nd vaccination within 3 weeks and the u.k. has offered by the way like denmark for instance as well that is why they are within the e.u. also ahead to only administer the 2nd dose of 2 or 3 months or even more so we'll have to see how in the end this vaccine race will end up with some countries being ahead now and other others following clearly a key issues of course that you have vaccines that you can use and if astra zeneca were indeed to reduce their vaccines that radically from 80000000 to just 31000000 that would make a huge difference for the e.u. you mentioned the approval process and i want to ask you about that because there was some controversy after here in germany the country decided not to recommend the astra zeneca vaccine for people over the age of 65 because there's n

correspondent: china accuses the u.k. of meddling in its internal affairs and in response, it is announced that it will no loer recognize the passports. up to 5.5 million hong kongers have the right to move to the u.k. and they had to make an agonizing choice to stay or to go. laura: from this sunday, people in hong kong can start to make that choice, and they could start to apply for visas that could potentially lead to citizenship in the u.k.. there has been a second night of street protests in poland against a near total ban on abortion. reporter: snow and freezing temperatures could not stop them. 700 protesters chanted freedom, equality, abortion on demand. this is the second consecutive night a protests taking place across poland. on wednesday, the government decided to enforce a constitutional court ruling, meaning that women cannot abort babies. >> all of the weight falls on the doctors which make a very difficult choice. they can lie with the government. they can refuse to abort a patient, and in this case, they

the u.k. clearing the the moderna vaccine for use. this as the mayor of london declared a major incident, warning that hospitals risk being overwhelmed. all passengers arriving in the u.k. will be required to prove they do not have the covid virus. travelers will have to show a negative test within 72 hours journey.start of their and a e.u. has secured an additional 100 million doses of the pfizer vaccine, as research shows it will probably work against the new variants from the u.k. and south africa. equities continue to push on. we are seeing the end of an incredible week. limited you some numbers. the ftse 100 this week is up. the cac is down 2.5%. the dax is up 2.5%. the norwegian currency continues to be one of the big performers. italianing as well, the 10 year trading at 52 basis points up. signs that the government coalition and italy is starting to fray over the issue of how exactly some of these next-generation funds are spent. btp continuing to catch a bid. but the virus remains the

the u.k.. the budget deficit, excluding banking groups, 34 billion pounds in the month of december. this means the u.k. december budget deficit. the estimate was a little lower. it wasn't that far away from that number. just putting the public finances very much in focus. the chancellor wants to restore, start to restore the public finances from march when he announces the details of his budget. a big political dividing line around when you should start to do that. when are we going to remove these lockdown measures in the u.k. economy? very topical and the talk of summer. let's get onto the gmm briefly and have a look at where we are. you talked about how the hang seng, monitoring that story about how that is moving to the downside. concern around lockdowns. if it starts to be the case that we see further lockdown measures in asia, not just in europe, that could change the conversation a little bit. let's get into a markets chat now with our bluebird cross asset reporter. good to speak to you

this is dated when the news live from the man in the u.k. sounds the alarm over the new coronavirus ferry and prime minister boris johnson says there's now evidence to suggest as well as more contagious than any taishan may also be deadly also on the program supporters of jail kremlin critic election about only take to the streets of tehran as rallies across russia that's despite police warning that don't break up any protests the 1st demonstrations says to rally return to russia last weekend. and it was goals galore as bloodbath put a dent in goldman's going does make a title hopes in a thrilling battle of the brosius. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program and it's the news we were hoping not to hear british prime minister barak johnson says there's now evidence to suggest the new coronavirus variant 1st detected in the u.k. is not only more contagious but more deadly as well i mean attention has now spread to more than 60 countries and britain itself is struggling to bring infections under control. it's a relentless nightmare for healt

in the past hour the u.k. has started using the oxford astra zeneca corona virus vaccine and its public immunization campaign here we have 82 year old brian pink who became the 1st person in the world to receive the shot outside of a clinical trial british health officials say around $530000.00 doses of the new vaccine are being made available from monday that's after the country's health regular have made it the 2nd treatments to be approved after that of 5 andrew symonds reporting for us today on this one. the type of news which we need to see the fact that there is another vaccine out there and that things can ramp up. arguably the most critical time in this pandemic certainly here in europe this vaccine is what's being one suit all along it is the only approved vaccine which is actually able to be administered anywhere effectively it can be stored. for each temperature which is the crucial aspect which means it is basically it's easy to administer as well so it is hoped that will be a much more rapid pick

the u.k.'s health system is facing one of its most difficult periods since the pandemic began national health service bosses say the next few weeks will be critical a more infectious strain of the coronavirus is pushing transmission and death rates to record levels emergency hospitals are on standby and more people are now in hospital than during the peak of the outbreak in april and some parts of england booked us on child rape as a front line urgent care doctor for the u.k.'s national health service the n.h.s. he says the new strain of coronaviruses hit hospitals harder than expected. obviously it's having a knock on effect on everything because if the wards are being used for other treatments that ward 'd has to be closed and obviously whatever that what is whether it's a surgical ward 'd will separate kinds of all those things are going to be delayed i mean a consequence of still going ahead and we often find people too but at the end of the day if they're on an intensive care beds then the

the u.k. imposing a 10 day quarantine on arrivals from covid hotspots, aiming to reopen schools on march 8. boris johnson, another press conference at 5:00 p.m. london time tonight. some of europe's most shorted stocks continue to surge, appearing to move in similar ways to in the united states, but this is europe, so less extreme. let's talk about those markets. the stoxx 600 down by around 1%. off of our earlier lows. the dax was down over 2% at one point. there is fascination with what is happening over the most shorted stocks. aramco up 17%, a pretty big move, obviously not compared to what we are seeing in the u.s. with stocks like amc. and what is happening with euro-dollar, down by around .5%. there is this growing story coming out of the ecb that may be there is greater concern amongst the governing council on the strength of the euro than anticipated. maybe the market is underestimating the ecb's potential to cut rates. what is happening your side? alix: you do not do subtlety. we do

day, the u.k. has had th highest number of deaths in one day since the pandemic began. 1325 people died within 28 daysa ositive covid test,e ghest since records began. this is difficult for the u.k., because we are now inching up to one of the ghost milestones, 80,000 deaths. if you ''t imagine what it' like, one of our programs showed the london olympics tadium back fr 2012 olympics, during the opening ceremony, the capacity is 80,000. which shows how many people have passed away, a really difficult we will be talking about the vaccines -- in the u.k.. we will be talking about the vaccines cominghrgh and we will be talking about climate here on bbc news. >> record wildfires and storms. 2020 jns 2016 is the joint hottest years ever recorded -- as the joint hottest years ever recorded♪ >> the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. ma converged at the palace to pay respect when it was announced he was dead. >> good grief, after half a century of delighting fans aro

u.k. citizens lose the same rights and europe. you will not need a visa for short-term travel like holidays. you cannot stay in european countries for more than 90 days in every 180 day. period. . if you have a health insurance card it will remain valid until it expires. new u.k. scheme but it does not exist yet, so you might need to t travelers insurance. you will need to get a green card to prove that you have the right vehicle insurance. if you want to take your pet to europe, you will need an animal health certificate from a services -- health significant from a vet. there will be a change in services for the u.k. economy. the deal about financial services. the exact conbotions which u.k. companies can operate in europe, they are not yet clear. in terms of access, there is better news for u.k. lawyers who want to work in europe compared to u.k. accountants right there is no longer any automatic recognition of professional qualifications as a make a hardefor some to sell services across the border. northern ireland will have a

guy: where does that leave the u.k.? the u.k. reporting 1500 new virus deaths, the most since the pandemic began. the u.k. is vaccinating aggressively. when it comes to equity investments, if growth bounces back, does the high level of oil stocks outweigh the rise in the pound we will see and all of the other factors that will come into play. i wonder how you think about u.k. assets more broadly? sharon: i get a lot of inquiries on the u.k. at the moment, which is surprising. you would think when the brexit deal has been done the news flow on the u.k. would die down, but that has not been the case. i agree the virus case has already picked up a lot in the u.k. the lockdown is quite severe. we expect 1.5% contraction in u.k. gdp. that will hit more domestic companies. as you say, there are of global companies in the ftse 100 index. commodity companies, minors, oil companies. more international financial pharmaceutical companies, consumer companies, which have little exposure to the u.k. relative to the rest of the world. generally

keep an eye on u.k. retail because of the new lock-downs, and the extended lock-downs in germany and italy. anna: thank you. that is your stock to watch. just five minutes until the star of the european trading session. weasel bring you that market open next. european futures point down, and u.s. futures also point downwards. we had seen a diverge enls there, that europe was going to play catch up with one negative day, but it looks like we may be set for more negativity in the u.s. session? matt: absolutely. we will watch out for that. right now we are searching for direction to some enextent. we see very little movement in terms of futures on the continent. it looks like that has accelerated. now urena futures are down .75% on the dax. the market seems to have decided. the open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: one minutes ago until the start of cash equity trading for this tuesday morning. winter of discontent. england goes back into lockdown in an attempt to stop hospitals from being overwhelmed.

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 across the border to france sunda new customs rules since midnight it means facing more bureaucracy and potential delays prime minister barak's johnson delivered a message of national unity though at the end of this lengthy divorce which is exposed rifts between the u.k.'s 4 nations. this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he is up to us to make the most of it and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one united kingdom england scotland wales and northern ireland working toget

they have a u.k. 1st policy so the 1st doses are supposed to go to the u.k. they also have in that contract apparently a clause that says whatever is produced in the u.k. should be delivered to the u.k. and now the e.u. commission has said and that is why they pushed for this contract to be published today is there is no order of deliveries and there is no hierarchy of factory clause in that contract in other words the e.u. has 3 pate has prefunding and has built up capacities and what the company has now told them within a week suddenly that instead of 18000000 they will only get 31000000 doses so what the e.u. has been saying is and young spawn the german health minister put it really nicely in a nutshell is what they are pushing for is not a europe 1st strategy but a europe fair share strategy that if that global company faces delivery problems wherever they may be and apparently they are invalid they're taking place in belgium the burden has to be shared with all countries that receive those vaccines including the u.k. it's a contractual questions was a p

court either in the netherlands or in the u.k. where hundreds of people at cuba. well for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late edition's against all producing company production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful several communities up and successful to try quote a shell in nigerian courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again i give is that saying that this could lead to more litigation against shell and other international oil companies here in nigeria meanwhile the cleanup process in the niger delta is. progressing but slowly in that area communities are worried that this could take a long time to accomplish. what is as you take anything but to flush out truck or inboard agree. as it all comes to the surface a broom trus

tony: as far as imports to the u.k. are concerned, there is some confusion with the european transport companies not knowing the customs and procedures to enter goods into the u.k.. exports from the u.k. and the e.u., government infrastructure problems and i.t. problems. they are still being constructed, there are several people not qualified to make customs declaration so you cannot move the freight unless you have made a declaration. there's desperate for my business to make and we are already at capacity. there are the ability -- there is the ability to make declarations. alix: what will fix that in the short-term? it's not like this was a surprise, -- tony: there could be 80 million pounds in place for companies to custom. but it's not enough. with what the e.u. has done with the 27 member states, they do not have a customs agencies either. my english customers are saying my french customer cannot find a customs agent, can you help me? we needed another six months, basically to get everything sorted. i was saying it

the vaccine the u.k. is on track to vaccinate some 15000000 people by the middle of february that's every one of the 70 care home residents and the clinically vulnerable as well as health and social care stuff. was quite happy to get it actually it was very nice the people were so friendly so polite. when i was happy it was dead easy to book on line lots of appointments very efficient it's a great program the government has undertaken and it's extremely rarely organized the u.k. started its funk scene rollout in early december it was the 1st who approved both finds a biotech and offered astra zeneca vaccines it since set up over 1400 sites with everything from cathedrals mosques and cinemas converted to rollout the scheme there's no doubt that the u.k.'s vaccination program is impressive just a cool feat but this is just one side of the u.k.'s 19 story well it might be leading the rest of europe in terms of the number of people being vaccinated it also has one of the highest death tolls in the world and t

now doctors in the u.k. are warning of a difficult few weeks after a new more infectious strain of corona virus is leading to a record number of cases and deaths emergency hospitals are on standby more people are now in hospital than juror in the peak of the pandemic in april in some parts of england whereas the number of new infections more than doubles the government's vaccination strategy is coming under scrutiny the u.k.'s doctors' union has criticized a change in policy which would see the delay in the 2nd jab of the fines or biotech vaccine the vaccine is most effective when 2 full doses are administered within $21.00 days but the chief medical officers of england scotland wales and northern ireland are standing by the government's decision dr oz and a large child there really is a front line doctor for the u.k.'s national health service the n.h.s. he says the new strain of coronaviruses hit hospitals harder than expected. obviously it's having a knock on effect on everything because if the wards are b

u.k. partnership council so it's not decided by the british government secondly britain will continue to pay into the us budget so might british money taxpayers' money still will go to brussels because less than before yes true but still it does and britain has no control over how how high that these contributions will be so i think i mean we can talk about what sovereignty means that if it means independent decision making i think britain will be very much constrained about what the e.u. will decide in the future so what do you make of all. i have to agree. i mean well i think the place to start perhaps because partly because it animated so many of the people who back breaks in the 1st place is actually on immigration one of the elements that the government always boasted that it was going to take back control of britain's borders now it is true that they will of course they will no longer be free movement of the usage and britain and advice. it's not entirely clear what immigration regim

the u.k. the u.k. signed the first contract end of last may. eu was end of 2020. ros: the u.k. is becoming part of the argument. the european union says astrazeneca should take vaccines it is supplying to the u.k. to make up a shortfall and supplies to the eu. to understand why it is taking that position, here is gavin lee in brussels. >> this is why the eu are so frtrated and unhappy right now. back in december, there were troubles in the u.k., problems with the vaccine at the manufauring sites for astrazeneca, so they went to the netherlands and belgium, used those sites to continue the vaccine, keep it going. the eu is saying, why can't we have access to u.k. sites if the problem is with our supply sites in belgium? the u.k. has stipulated in the contract is we have access solely to these sites are that is the problem. the eu saying, did you give away our vaccines in december, and that -- is that why there is a problem now? ros: yesterday we were talking about how the eu's threatening expor

leigh-ann: u.k. canceler rishi sunak is rolling out 4.6 billion pounds of new support to help businesses through the lockdown. retail, hospitality, and service companies will be having access to 9000 pounds. it is part of 18 billion that the government has pledged so far to workers and businesses. >> the end is in sight. we are vaccinating more and more people every day, so that is why we are redoubling our efforts to protect his nurses, jobs, and incomes. -- to protect businesses, jobs, and incomes. sayh-ann: bloomberg sources --argeholcim is in talks to to affect within $2.5 billion. a deal may be reached as soon as this week for some j.p.morgan is taking to establish another chinese joint venture in wealth management amid a global rush that caps a piece of the market that is expected to grow as much as $30 trillion in 2023. sources tell bloomberg j.p.morgan is preliminarily involved with chinese merchant bank, expanding on a strategic partnership. britain is on pace to be one of the biggest hits n

says so the u.k. factories are not just turn into places to turn to and that means from their perspective the supply problem in the supply chain in europe should affect all customers around the world including the u.k. . in brussels much thanks as always. the yes or seneca vaccine is one of the 3 being used as part of britain's vaccination drive the country has one of the highest death tolls in the world but as we have heard it is also making more progress than any other country especially here in europe when it comes to inoculating its citizens. takes a closer look. this is the most advanced front seen program in europe just like that this lady joins at the 7000000 people in the u.k. we've received the 1st dose of the vaccine the u.k. is on track to vaccinate some 15000000 people by the middle of february that's every one of the 70 care home residents and the clinically vulnerable as well as health and social can stuff that. was quite happy to get it actually it was very nice the people were so frien

because the u.k. faces the reality of brags that it's also dealing with an escalating coronavirus pandemic surging infection rates of forcing authorities to reactivate emergency hospitals so-called nightingale hospitals that have been largely unused of being prepared for covert patients a new variant of the disease is putting even more pressure on the n.h.s. life out of london to sue us rory chalons can tell us more hospital admission rates for an eye exceeding april's peak in some parts of the country. they are and we've had several days running perhaps not wednesday thursday in the days earlier in the week we have had record numbers of new cases of coronavirus pretty much every day i think one was in excess of 55000 we are having in excess of 980 deaths at the moment so clearly the situation is worsening hospitals are saying that they're operating their i.c.u. use intensive care units more than 100 percent capacity in in london and the in the southeast and there is. an emerging argument i think that

so how are people reacting to the u.k. visa scheme in hong kong are many hung congress likely to go ahead and take advantage of it. well neal down the system should. definitely that you see a house for hong kong as we want to leave the country a little equatorial because self the current political climate which is was standing say by say you know the ground and light according to the specter is. 55 minutes hope that this is as simple for applying for the new scheme to move the u.k. which accounts for over 70 percent of the population in hong kong so those not every of them will. take action to tech to offer. u.k. i asked him asia in the next 5 years over 250000 people will actually text of. emigrating to the united kingdom so what talking about a significant number. bring this because in fact to hong kong is not only the people leaving but also the capital has and the possessions that they would bring with them to the u.k. as leave home called so it's not only the post has activists politicians that are leaving these peopl

the u.k.. >> we are not protecting ourselves against any specific country or in competition against any country. the only race we are in is against this virus. reporter: at pfizer's hq and northern belgian, security is tight. few commodities are more precious than covid jabs. that is why they are carefully escorted on their way. it's not clear how supplies to the u.k. will be affected by these restrictions. the eu is taking a tough line in this covid row, but it is facing heavy iticism for the slowness of its vaccination rollout, much slower than the u.k.'s. brussels insists all 27 countries need to work together getting a hold of jabs. so far, it's not working. this is a rare sight in places like madrid. vaccinations have had to be postponed. some hope with the medicine regulator finally approving the astrazeneca vaccine at the heart of the dispute, it will improve. downing street is desperate to stay out of the row, but insist u.k. vaccine supplies will not be affected. >> i will not comment

in the in the medium or long term the u.k. could be hit the u.k. has been widely applauded for their relatively swift vaccine rollout why isn't the u.k. as affected by manufacturing delays as the e.u. a lot effected for now so like i said until mid february they think they are on target the u.k. has has commissioned a large number of what vaccines quite beyond but of course it's also relying for the future. on the production that's being done in the e.u. and for example the fact that the vaccine that there are production problems that that could affect the u.k. as well just altogether the u.k. vaccination program has been quite successful over $4000000.00 people have already been vaccinated in the u.k. and the u.k. hopes that until the end of the summer onto the autumn that the u.k. population will be vaccinated and despite the progress in the united nations the 1st month of 2021 has been a grim one for the u.k. why can't the country get the situation under control but it. yeah it's really a question of really 2 tales when it comes to the u.k. on t

but also in the u.k. also in india and that supply chain problems must then affect all those countries that are buying vaccines and europe is the biggest customer and it can't be that it's just europe that is carrying the burden just because the supply chain problem appears to be in a belgian factory but both are strong and the e.u. have said it's states in the contract that they respectively were right and now the redacted version of the contract that you have in front of you still doesn't shed any light on the core issues here why do you think this has all been redacted. i think the key problem you get is that you it appears we have a company has been making promises to 2 sites and now it can't keep those promises on one side if it were to be the case that actually it's there's a 1st come 1st serve policy that the u.k. scattered 1st then that should have been marked in that contract if it were to be that vaccines that are produced in u.k. factories should be going to the u.k. 1st and that should be mark

between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. this means commercial goods require a customs declaration and many british food products will need health certificates and some physical checks as well passengers on the 1st eurostar train from london have now arrived in paris many of those travelling will face new restrictions including travel documents insurance to cover health care and limits on how long they can stay in e.u. countries well paul brennan brings us more now from the port of dover the main sea trade link between the u.k. and the european continent. the countdown to the new post relationship was projected across the departure gates at the french side of the euro tunnel rail link moments later the 1st lorry was having its documents checked. the trade deal agreed on christmas eve means no tariffs and no quotas but there is significantly more paperwork and most of it needing to be done in advance the euro tunnel operator is get a link the change is already about. for many teams ok now it's time there is a truck coming her

the u.k. government is quite careful of the sea they're treading quite carefully as the vaccination minister said that he is confident that the u.k. will reach its target in the short time the u.k. target is to have the most vulnerable adults vaccinated by mid february and it is believed that the u.k. is on track and that enough doses are already in the u.k. he also said there needs to be some cooperation between countries and that countries need to work together he's careful to avoid a spat with the european union however if the e.u. did go ahead and greedy put some bad on that supports then the u.k. might be hit in the medium tough and again let's talk about this a little bit the e.u. is threatening to tighten restrictions on exports to stem vaccines leaving the block in your opinion is this all just saber rattling or will they actually go through with it but at the moment it's just a suggestion from the commission but member states have already signaled that they like the idea of the transp

the u.k. rolls out the first shots of astrazeneca's vaccine today as much of europe prepares to start 2021 under tougher coronavirus restrictions. global stocks push higher after equities ended 2020 after a fresh record high. e dollar slips amid-optimism on the recovery and a nations trade. the u.s. prepares for the high stakes senate run-offs in georgia. this as president trump urges the state's officials to find votes and flip it to him ahead f joe biden's certification. just under an hour away from equity trading in erne. futures all pointing higher right now. well, that is interesting. he dax future is higher by about .2, and this board shows something different. we will have to double check that. ftsa futures higher. letzig more this board. get rid of that. suffice it to say we have some pretty strong green air owes across european futures, almost one percent higher and u.s. futures up about .1%. >> happy new year to you as well, matt. i neglected to say it at the top the program. i see d

it remains in the u.k. it is a once in a generation decision that is highly unlikely that the people will cast away their newfound freedom and their newfound opportunities, not least over the marine wealth of scotland. we will be able -- we will be able to design our own standards and regulations. and, mr. speaker, the laws that this house of commons passes will be interpreted, and i know this is a keen interest to the right honorable members, solely by british judges sitting in british courts. we will have the opportunity to devise new ways to spur and encourage flourishing sectors in which this country leads the world from green energy and life sciences to synthetic -- yes, i give way to my right honorable friend. >> i'm thankful to the prime minister. others of us have different views on brexit. but those debates are now for the history books, and anyone in this house of the country should recognize the benefits of the agreements that beyond a free-trade agreement. from science, to energy, to security. b

the virus becoming more dangerous over time it's thought that the u.k. virus is the u.k. variant as well as being more transmissible may be more deadly. could the vaccine become more deadly as time goes on. well there's a concern now that the u.k. when might be a bit more deadly were waiting for the full data that work in progress as well but again the word you would be variants arise that make you sicker at the moment the variance are more transmissible for sure the big question is will they make people actually securing it right sadly it's more deaths and also little again that's an unknown and something so what's extremely close professor really good to talk to a good many thanks indeed luke for being with us really appreciate it thanks very much germany's government is increasingly concerned by the spread of corona virus variants an entire hospital in berlin was put on the coroutine on saturday after an outbreak of the u.k. variant was found the health but a says that it's adding to the urgency to approve more vaccines he says that irregular basis are likely to approv

over $100000.00 people have died in the u.k. within $28.00 days of a positive test that's more than the entire capacity of london's wembley football stadium. the emergence of a new more transmissible variant of the virus has further deepen the crisis it spread like wildfire across the country and left hospital struggling to cope numbers now harder than any other time we've got a hand in this i'm demick so the system is under massive stress we have asked operations cancer treatments were running in blood she crosses my look after it was corona virus and also the associated press that is this desperate race between new variants and the vaccine is shaping the u.k.'s rollout strategy it's opting to leave up to 12 weeks between doses deviating from this 3 week gap trials by pfizer by giving some immunity to the maximum number of people authorities hope to cut fatalities emerges pressure on the health service. from professor rob it reads a member of the independent committee which approved the strategy under normal circumstances you m

the u.k., south africa. we have efficacy data, but are still waiting for data out of the united states. joining us on bloomberg television and radio, the novavax ceo, thank you for your time today. really appreciate the data. the market is responding very positively. your stock is up sharply. the question a lot of people are asking is when can you apply for emergency use authorization in the united states? can you go with the data you have thus far, or do you have to wait for further studies being conducted stateside? stan: great question. we have three efficacy trials and process. we have the one in south africa, 45 hundred people, that is complete. the one that we reported on today, yesterday as well, 15,000 people in the u.k. that study is an interim study. we got 96% efficacy against the covid-19 strain that circulates the globe. they have a mutant strain there called the u.k. mutant, single mutant, and we got 86% efficacy there. so even against a drifted strain we have had new data. that trial, that int

but also in the u.k. also in india and that supply chain problems must then affect all those countries that are buying vaccines and europe is the biggest customer and it can't be that it's just europe that is carrying the burden just because the supply chain problem appears to be in a belgian factory but both are strong and the e.u. have said it's states in the contract that they respectively were right and now the redacted version of the contract that you have in front of you still doesn't shed any light on the core issues here why do you think this has all been redacted i think the key problem you get is that you it appears we have a company has been making promises to 2 sites and now it can't keep those promises on one side if it were to be the case that actually it's there's a 1st come 1st serve policy that the u.k. scattered 1st then that should have been marked in that contract if it were to be that vaccines that are produced in u.k. factories should be going to the u.k. 1st then it should be marked

so we begin with breaking news out of the u.k. where more than 100000 people have died from covert 19 it's the highest number of deaths in europe britain's recorded around 3600000 infections and officials are still struggling to contain the outbreak. on this day i should just really repeat that i am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and of course as good as i was prime minister i take full responsibility for everything that the government to has done what i can tell you is that we truly did everything we could and continue to do everything that we can to minimize loss of life and to minimize suffering in what has been a very very difficult. stage very very difficult crisis for our country. lived out of bradford in the north of england i was it was after simmons is at the start of the pandemic the u.k.'s chief scientist was saying that $20000.00 deaths would be a good result and now today the u.k. passes this grim milestone entry. yes it's a shock even though many had already known that we would get to this point the l

leaving the single market and customs union at 11 pm u.k. time on new year's eve prime minister bart's johnson has welcomed a new chapter for the u.k. this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and he's up to us to make the most of it and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one united kingdom england scotland wales and northern ireland working together to express our values around the world leading both the g 7 and the cop 26 climate change summit in glasgow meanwhile emergency hospitals are being prepared in the u.k. is the more infectious strain of coronavirus puts pressure on existing health facilities for now more patients in hospital than during the peak of the outbreak in april 3 quarters of england alone is in the strictest tier of lockdown 3 states in the united states have now confirmed cases of that u.k. coronavirus strain on wednesday more than 3800 people right across the united states died from cove and 19 the highest daily figure since t

a record number of hong kong residency u.k. residency to escape tough security laws imposed by beijing. after nearly half a century the united kingdom has formally left the european union are sharing in a new era in the new year so far britain's departure from the e.u. single mocking customs union has been fairly smooth movement of trucks and ferries between the u.k. and the e.u. is continued without any major delays that's largely because of the coronavirus pandemic and a long weekend holiday meaning the traffic was lighter than usual a new trade barrier is now operating between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. this means commercial goods require a customs declaration and many british food products will need help that if it gets and some physical checks passengers on the 1st eurostar train from london have arrived in paris many of those travelling will now face new restrictions including travel documents insurance to cover health care and limits on how long they can stay in e.u. countries while paul brennan has more n