Been sentenced to four years injail. And coming up, its the most watched scripted limited series of all time on netflix, well be speaking to the screen writer and producer of the Queens Gambit. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. All 27 eu ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the eu uk post brexit trade deal that was agreed last week. On wednesday the president of the eu council, Charles Michel, and president of the Eu Commission ursula von der leyen are expected to officially sign off on the trade agreement. But this has to be ratified in a European Parliament vote early next year. Also on 30th december, uk mps at will vote on the deal on the 20th of december. In a special sitting of parliament. It all means that tariff free trade will be provisionally allowed after britain leaves the eu Single Market at the new year. Borisjohnson has described the trade deal as a new starting point for our relationship with the eu. Our eu
Are reported to have fled the swiss ski resort of verbier to avoid a 10 day quarantine, ordered after the discovery of the new covid variant in the uk. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. In the last hour, eu ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the eu uk post brexit trade deal that was agreed on Christmas Day. The ambassadors of all 27 eu Member States have provisionally accepted the eu uk trade and cooperation agreement. On wednesday the president of the eu council, charles michel, and president of the Eu Commission ursula von der leyen are expected to officially sign off on the trade agreement. But this has to be ratified in a European Parliament vote early next year. On thursday, mps will vote on the deal in parliament. It all means that tariff free trade will be provisionally allowed after britain leaves the eu Single Market at the new year. With me now is our brussels correspondent kevin connolly. Explain corresponden
Been sentenced to four years injail. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. All 27 eu ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the eu uk post brexit trade deal that was agreed last week. On wednesday, the president of the eu council, Charles Michel, and president of the Eu Commission ursula von der leyen are expected to officially sign off on the trade agreement. But this has to be ratified in a European Parliament vote early next year. Also on 30th december, uk mps will vote on the deal in a special sitting of parliament. It all means that tariff free trade will be provisionally allowed after britain leaves the eu Single Market at the new year. Borisjohnson has described the trade deal as a new starting point for our relationship with the eu. Our europe correspondent Kevin Connolly is in brussels. He spelled out the next steps for the deal. The ambassadors approved it today. It has to be signed formally by member state government
Getting straight to work the new president signs a blizzard of executive orders and says he received a personal note from his predecessor. The president wrote a very generous letter. Because it was private i wont talk about it until i talk to him but it was generous. The democrats take control of the senate, swearing in new members, giving President Biden a narrow majority in both chambers of congress. Hello, im laura in washington, mike is in london. President biden has already been hard at work in the oval office. On his first day, joe biden signed i7 executive actions, 15 executive orders, some of which will reverse decisions made by his predecessor, former President Trump. The executive actions will make changes to the us response to the covid i9 pandemic and try to ease some of the financial strain placed on americans resulting from the pandemic. But other executive actions directly target and undo mr trumps actions on the environment, immigration, the us census, and regulatory ch
Today at six from saturday, two thirds of englands population will be under the toughest covid restrictions from hampshire to bedfordshire, much of the south and south east is now in tier 3. In the north of england, hopes of moving down a tier are dashed but in the south west, bristol and some surrounding areas see an easing of the rules. I know that tier 3 measures are tough, but the best way for everyone to get out of them is to pull together, not just to follow the rules, but do everything they possibly can to stop the spread of the virus. And the furlough scheme is extended by a month to the end of next april, in wales, covid is the leading cause of death again a computer upgrade means that the number of cases could be twice as high as the previous estimate. Within the next hour, a call between borisjohnson within the next hour, a call between Boris Johnson and the within the next hour, a call between borisjohnson and the president of the eu commission. The latest attempt to break