bringing the total to 15. scientists say they are still unsure what s causing the outbreak but they believe it can be transmitted between humans, as well as from animals to humans. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a week either of sequels or of re runs. in the uk, we re waiting for sue gray again and her report on partying in government whilst the country was in covid lockdown. borisjohnson and the european commission are wrestling over northern ireland post brexit again. covid surges and an authoritarian government in asia locks down again and polling made australia s politicians nervous about the outcome of this weekend s election yes, you guessed it again. in the studio are janet daley american by birth, british by choice whose weekly colu
to sexual health services. at least 90 infections have been confirmed in a dozen countries. now on bbc news dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together leading uk columnists, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a week either of sequels or of re runs. in the uk, we?re waiting for sue gray again and her reporting on partying in government whilst the country was in covid lockdown. borisjohnson and the european commission are wrestling over northern ireland post brexit again. covid surges and an authoritarian government in asia locks down again and polling made australia?s politicians nervous about the outcome of this weekend?s election yes, you guessed it again. in the studio are janet daley american by birth, british by choice whose weekly column appears in the sunday telegraph, the irish journalist suzanne lynch, who writes fo
i think that is - an ongoing issue. it s really we re i going to have to see how this unfolds. as the uk starts to talk- to more countries and starts to try to hash deals. with more countries, of course it s going to be a big issue. i i think the long term, it is a conundrum, this border issue for the people have been telling me this week why they are particularly annoyed is because it s not like there s a new government in britain, it s who signed the deal. their view is that the prime minister was cynical, he wanted to deal, wanted brexit done and knew that these problems are there and he just put his head in the sand. crosstalk. it wasn t so much a head in the sand. the alternative was a no deal leaving without a deal. that was the impossible choice that this kind of remainer eu alliance presented him with. so he took what he did regard as an unsatisfactory deal, hoping that it could be renegotiated afterwards and that may yet come to pass. theresa may had another proposal. which
absolutely. i think that is an ongoing issue~ it s really we re i going to have to see how this unfolds. as the uk starts to talk- to more countries and starts to try to hash deals. with more countries, of course it s going to be a big issue. i i think the long term, it is a conundrum of this border issue for the people have been telling me this week why they are particularly annoyed is because it s not like there s a new government in britain, it s who signed the deal. their view is that the prime minister was cynical, he wanted to deal, wanted brexit done and knew that these problems are there and he just put his head in the sand. crosstalk. it wasn t so much a head in the sand. the alternative was a no deal leaving without a deal. that was the impossible choice that this kind of remainder eu alliance presented him with. so he took what he did regard as an unsatisfactory deal, hoping that it could be renegotiated afterwards and that may yet come to pass.