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

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

kingdom but it's or precious thing that we have got this deal across the line. we are still able to trade help british pressure in the european union would otherwise be well i understand what a transfer by the way what the e.u. were initially asking for a troll in 5 years' time given we have been a member of this conflict we always say which our own people say ruined the british fishing industry of last year's i think all right you overpriced and we will return benefits in a few years all right under about it's been great having you all come for example you very much indeed thank you very much. oh and thanks to our thanks to a koan thanks to our. thanks. to our to. the axis. to. you oh thank you thank you. chad. money the food industry earn staggering sums of money from junk food and who is becoming a global health problem enough say activists in the us and latin america they're using a variety of different campaigns that big corporations find completely unpalatable and. grampians 15 minutes on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all this

alongside the rest of united kingdom of great britain and of course i know i'm not alone and what we have achieved is something that most people thought was apology we managed to do it with very little obstruction on trade we managed to do it as one with a hard order on on the island of ireland and i was moving forward with that with a deal that allows us to to create a new relationship of friendship and cooperation something we can build on as we move forward this time a year ago this time 2 years ago people were questioning whether bracks it would even happen that we got the cross-wind fact that we have now left now left a transition period with as good a deal as we have written and yes this is in northern ireland who actually i think we have the best of both worlds is something i think we should be cheered and not and i think we should be and i predict. do you think that the hans is the reputation of the government and the prime minister when you just break a promise which you made to with do you pee in northern ireland and just brush over it you think other countries don't notice

kingdom but it's a or better thing that we have got this deal across the line. we are still able to trade and sell british pressure in the european union would otherwise be 85 percent or transfer by the way what the e.u. were initially asking for a troll in 5 years' time given we have been a member of the congress we always say which our own people say ruined the british racing industry of last year's i think all right you overpriced and we will return benefits in a few years all right anger about it's been great having your own comfort zone thank you very much indeed thank you very much as the and thank you and. was a hero and to a. to a. few. to. to. to. to. to to. to to to. to. to. to. thank. you. thank you. was tragic. we rarely bury old people here these are young adults just kids quantum allas violent used to run chill and terrorize with no fear of consequences lives during the bush years boys to death kids are good why don't they seem another way the modernists. next 15 minutes on d w. 2 only. real or not too well knowing. what about assuring economy inst

which is what we've seen in the united states american i think i speak respect and. everybody in the conservative party and the government when i say we are looking forward to this wednesday and seeing joe biden and a few presidents here tonight face because that this era. of lies deceit and false open democratic process mean i say. fact is mr barry there's a lot of people who trusted mr johnson have been badly let down haven't the democratic unionist party in northern ireland said they were promised they'd be treated just like anywhere else in the u.k. and they weren't a year away only no i mean the miracle of the atomic i just finished a question can i just finish the question or year ago mr johnson told us the unionists that no british conservative prime minister could or should sign up to any bracks deal that damaged the fabric of the union with regulatory checks and even customs controls between great britain and northern ireland and yet that's exactly what the northern ireland protocol did isn't it fact as part of the single market northern ireland has to follo

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

ireland alongside the rest of united kingdom of great britain and of course i know i'm not alone and what we have achieved is something that most people thought was apology is nice to do it with very little struction on trade we've managed to do it as one with a hard order on on the island of ireland and that we're moving forward with that with a deal that allows us to to create a new relationship a friendship and cooperation something we can build on as we move forward this time a year ago this time 2 years ago people were questioning whether bracks it would even happen that we got the cross-wind high that we're now left with no less a transition here with as good a deal as we have for britain is on yes this is in northern ireland who acidly i think we have the best of both worlds is something i'm going to be cheered and also that i think we should be critical about do you think that the hans is the reputation of the government and the prime minister when you just break a promise which you made to with do you pay in northern ireland and just brush over it you think other countries d

i came to him leaving the european union as one united kingdom with the best of both worlds for northern ireland and the alternative was to leave northern ireland in a position with our border on the island of ireland or. we were almost in a situation preserve all about having to control almost every aspect of creation on the island of violence and no you telling me your be telling me yes you're telling me what he actually signed up to but that wasn't what he said he was going to sign up to that's my point so when mr johnson declared on december 24th we've taken back control of every jot and tittle whatever that means very jot and tittle of our regulations in a way that's complete and unfettered that once again wasn't true is that northern ireland is very much fatted by its obligation to abide by the rules of the e.u. single market at least for the next 4 years again that's fact. what we have managed to do we have managed to reach the european union as one you know i came to northern ireland alongside the rest of united kingdom of great britain and of course i know now and what we have a

figures the 4 countries of the united kingdom of a much worse international examples or isn't it the case that just about everyone is struggling to contain this virus well unfortunately if we compare like for like with our european counterparts similar countries similar populations similar age structures then unfortunately the u.k. numbers are very high and there are very high because leading up to christmas period december onwards we had all that traditional thing that we do which is go around buying presents go around interacting on buses trains shops shopping centers etc so the seeding took place that and here in january we are paying the price for it. so are you saying that the heavy death toll was seeing no over 80000 deaths in the the countries of the united kingdom is a direct result of the easing of the lot of those before christmas unfortunately it has a bearing on it of course unfortunately it's source silent because on the one hand we've got a variant from which it is easy to get infected by so it generates more cases more cases equals more people will end up in hospital e

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

kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy a league by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the status quo we we could that dealt with england and wales what is significant is in 201455 percent of scots $48.00 for the united kingdom if you've been union but in 201662 percent of scarves would you just be in the european union if european union more popular with scots and referendums than the united kingdom. that's been our wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and instagram for up to the manner of parts. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic develop is the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will. the successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by a dream shaped by fun person of those. who dares thinks. we dare to ask. h

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

kingdom but it's all the banks are saying that we have got this deal across the line. we are still able to trade and sell british parish in the european union would otherwise be 85 percent or transfer by the way what the e.u. were initially asking for a troll in 5 years' time given we have been member of this conflict we always say which our own people say ruined the british fishing industry of last year's i think all right you overpriced and we will return benefits in a few years all right anger about it's been great having you all come for example you very much indeed thank you very much thank you and thanks to our . exit. to. the to the to our to. the to. the axis to the to. the to. to. the to the to. the only goal. oh out it's a 1000000000. it's about power. it's about the foundation of a new move order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network also in europe conflicts are inevitable consequences unpredictable but in beneforti ever since a chinese investor got involved here our situation has changed before the floor was privatiz

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

kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by steam in the european union we were too low to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom and that we're going to the city to school we we can thank dealt with the wheels what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots voted for the united kingdom if you've been union but in 201662 percent of scarves would you just be in the european union if european union more popular with sports and referendums than the united kingdom. just checking r.t. dot coms are great stories there including all the ones we've been talking about and so much more of course if you download or up you'll get any breaking news straight to your mobile device as it happened so why not check it out if you get a minute for now though kevin are inside the awful behalf of the team thank you for watching r.t. international. but the damage no certainly no borders just by nationalities. you. know so much we thought it would be we took a back seat. please stick. to. judging. commentary crisis with this system things. we can do better we should. everyo

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

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

scotland was lied to effectively but also told don't just the united kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have any sort of veto within the united kingdom there that were going to the status quo we we could that dealt with it all of the wheels what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots voted for you if you union but in 201662 percent of scores. in the european union if european union more popular with spots of referendums than the united kingdom. the u.s. is imposing new additional tariffs on high alcohol wines and with a long running trade dispute between washington and brussels wine producers want this could lose them almost a 1000000000 euro in exports this year alone. of course these new tariffs pose a real threat for us moreover previously it's affected only under 14 percent strength winds but now it covers all types of wine it effects the whole french wine industry and no doubt we will feel the consequences of this standoff especially amid those countries that don't have such tariffs and this

kingdom what we're seeing is hotels being. placed on standby in order to take non emergency covert patients as well the health care system creaks under the weight of just how many people are coming to it for help because there's a bit of concern in everyone. listening to. something we didn't expect if we could. reduce support and promote it. all across europe it seems to be a major restrictions being beefed up or extended portugal has said that they will be having a new lockdown italy is going to extend the state of emergency that exists in that country in switzerland the nation it was criticized for keeping ski slopes open over christmas and new year they're going to have to bring in new tougher their regulations in order to tackle the influx or the potential influx of these mutant strains from abroad and the dutch saying that they will be extending their current lockdown measures through to the middle of february the vaccine is shining hope however getting it into people's arms isn't happening fast enough for many the united

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

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

kingdom can actually survive as a united kingdom we have elections in scotland in a few months time we have what is beginning to like a pretty solid substantial substantial majority in favor of independence in scotland now the. british government boris johnson's got. it says that they will not get a referendum so we may be headed toward some sort of political crisis between london edinburgh that and that but then of course we have the issue of northern ireland as well but i think the one thing we can say that is that the stability of the united kingdom as a political unit is a lot less safe than it did in the past where i gave a hint that there is talk about the question can the u.k. really successfully go it alone just very briefly could scotland successfully go it alone could scotland prosper on its own because it's a big it's a relevant question yeah i think one of the ironies about breaks it in the way is it on the one hand it gave the independence movement a wonderful new argument within togs out of the e.u. against our will the circumstances a change we deserve another referen

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

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

kingdom that it is the united kingdom, but actually the impression is exactly the other way around, that they think those doses or at least the doses that they ordered from astrazeneca, they belong to the eu and now they're trying to make sure they actually get that.- sure they actually get that. thank ou ve sure they actually get that. thank you very much — sure they actually get that. thank you very much for _ sure they actually get that. thank you very much for talking - sure they actually get that. thank you very much for talking to - sure they actually get that. thank you very much for talking to us. l now —— yet another new vaccine has been shown to be effective in major trials. the single shot janssen vaccine was found to be 66% effective overall and offered 85% protection against severe disease. on thursday, novavax announced its uk trials had shown its vaccine to be 89 per cent effective. and crucially that vaccine protects against the new more contagious uk variant. when those vaccines are approved they'lljoin a number of other vaccines that have been authorized for

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

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

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

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

kingdom government now has got a great challenge to ensure that every part of the united kingdom reaps the benefits of leaving the european union. david jones mp. the new relationship has meant an end to free movement of people between the uk and europe. in 2019, before covid, british travellers made more than 66 million european trips. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is in amsterdam's schiphol airport this morning. what kind of changes will travellers now face? this time last year, if you wanted to spontaneouslyjump on a flight and come and spend new year here in amsterdam, you could have done. if you are in the uk, this year you can't. and that is a combination, really, of brexit and covid—19. so, movement into the eu from all non—eu member states is currently restricted to essential travel only. those rules now apply to british citizens, too. anyone who does arrive here at schiphol must be in possession of a negative covid—19 test declaration. now, after all of this is over, british passports will still be valid, providing they are less than ten years old and have six months l

kingdom but lead the united kingdom when we want to destroy lead by staying in the european union we weren't allowed to have a any sort of veto within the united kingdom there that would go into the status quo we we could that dealt with england and wales what is significant is in 24 to 55 percent of scots footed. in the european union but in 201662 percent of scores wanted to stay in the european union if european union more popular with spots of referendums than the united kingdom. that's our global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our web site r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. l. look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders that conflict with the 1st law show your identification should be very careful about official intelligence at that point obesity is too afraid to trust our government here. only to take on various shots and with artificial intelligence will summon the demon. a robot must protect its own exis

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

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

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

kingdom it would be staying in the you know in union rights as e.u. citizens would be respected and that's been completely ignore the opportunity no as . a referendum on independence but i can see you know to realize that that is our destiny and ask the people. of the scottish parliament in order to achieve that prime minister boris johnson treats calls for another referendum on independence with this day he had a referendum on the issue in 2014 which senior members of your party perhaps what you said was a once in a generation event it was on that basis the people voted in the way that they did very substantially to keep our wonderful union together boris johnson is loathed by scottish nationalists who see him as the embodiment of for exit and intitled englishman who pays only lip service to the importance of the union so his pitch to build back better together after the pandemic rings hollow here among those who voted heavily to remain in the european union and who now would vote to leave the united kingdom but there's a catch the very thing breaks

he resolves to send buchanan off as minister of the united kingdom. buchanan is a longtime senator and congressman, does not need the appointment, is not interested in the appointment, but pierce makes every accession, makes every demand, so he sends buchanan packing. so he needs a really good aid to go with him. sickles ends up pitching -- hitching his wagon to this guy who looks like he is in the last chapter of a long career of public service, so they end up going to the united kingdom together, where teresa really shines. her ability ultimately is, her familiarity with people and culture, she is really in her element. they probably should have stayed there. because he will come back to pave the way for james buchanan's campaign for president. pierce had sent buchanan to end his career, but the only democrat with the hope of winning the presidency in 1856 is someone who is untainted in any way by the kansas nebraska act, so the very act that meant to end buchanan's career ends up being the thing that will ensure he becomes the next president of the

the united kingdom has made history by becoming the 1st and only country to fully leave the yugo european union the 2 sides did manage to come up with a last minute trade agreement to prevent a possibly harmful no deal departure now though they must learn to live together geographically but politically independent prime minister boris johnson has promised a golden age for the british people so on to the point we are breaks it in the u.k. really go it alone. thanks so much for joining us here on the show where my guests are professor 10 year old bert so from burlington free university who argues that london is left with no influence over either new regulations over size of financial contributions instead of taking back control it's taxation without representation also with this is john worth of british blogger based here in germany who argues that as the u.k. e.u. trade deal begins to be understood there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides of the channel and a very warm welcome to tom not old berlin bureau chief of the british economist who says the deal reflects the brit

kingdom can actually survive as a united kingdom we have elections in scotland in a few months time we have what is beginning to like a pretty solid substantial substantial majority in favor of independence in scotland now the. british government boris johnson's government says that they will not get a referendum so we may be headed towards some sort of political crisis between london edinburgh that and that but then of course we have that the issue in northern ireland as well but i think the one thing we can say that is that the stability of the united kingdom as a political unit is looks a lot less safe than it did in the past where our government is that there is talk about the question can the u.k. really successfully go it alone just very briefly could scotland successfully go it alone could scotland prosper on it because it's a big it's a relevant question yeah i think one of the ironies about breaks it in a way is it on the one hand it gave the independence movement a wonderful new argument within togs out of the e.u. against our will the circumstances a change we deserve ano

kingdom the. new strain which is moving. most if not all of us expected certainly faster than i expected the numbers of new infections are going up very quickly indeed as the number of hospitalizations and deaths and it is critical and i'd expect that if the hospitals to run out of capacity and it looks like in short order they're going to do that there will be nasty to treat equally you can't fault attacks strokes and perhaps involved in a road traffic accident who would come to some misfortune some of the other way never mind the routine replacement the replacement cancer treatments that you would normally expect so that's the real danger. now across the atlantic brazil's cova death toll has hit 220-0000 making it the 2nd worst affected knaves nation after the united states and there's been a sharp jump a new cases over the christmas holidays it's currently summer in brazil and large crowds enjoyed beach parties in rio de janeiro over the festive season ours and restaurants have been packed with