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the uk has struck a deal to join a trans pacific trade pact consisting of 11 countries. together australia, brunei, canada, chile, japan, malaysia, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore and vietnam account for 13% of global gdp. the pact called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership aims to cut or reduce 95% of import charges or tariffs. but some will be retained to protect sensitive domestic areas. the initial gains for britain will only be marginal, as it already has free trade deals with 9 of the 11 countries involved, and the government s own estimates show being in the bloc will only add 0.08% to the size of the uk s economy. joining me now is marco forgione, dg of the institute of export and international trade. how big a win is this for britain? victoria, this is a huge achievement to the uk. there are three areas we need to look at whenjudging are three areas we need to look at when judging what s been approved. the first is the e
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by huge increases in borrowing. cubans give their verdict on legalising same sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt in a landmark referendum that s divided the nation. as hundreds of russians flee the country to avoid president putin s partial military mobilisation, we go live to moscow to speak to nikita khrushchev s granddaughter about the conflict in ukraine. and nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how difficult it would be to stop a space rock from hitting earth. hello and welcome. giorgia meloni, who s set to become italy s first female prime minister, has called for unity and promised to govern for all italians. projected results in the general election show victory for a coalition led by ms meloni s far right party, brothers of italy. the democratic party have already conceded, and in herfirst speech after her triumph, she said the voters had indicated their desire for a centre right government. leigh milner reports. it s a historic moment,
there s always talk about it being so unpolitical but ijust don t see how it is. tonight with the context, lord bilimoria president of the confederation of british industry and founder of cobra beer and ron christie former senior advisor to president george w bush. welcome to the programme. after weeks of dicussions, eu leaders have agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. the plan is expected to affect up to 90% of russian oil imports by the end of the year. it will only affect oil that arrives by sea that s around two thirds of imports. but not pipeline oil, following strong opposition from hungary. first, this is the eu s foreign policy chief. we were in versaille bursae a few weeks ago, not many observers would ve thought it would ve been possible for us only in a few weeks to take such a concrete and historic decision. we have decided to sanction russia by banning russian oil, this is extremely important and we will succeed in the following months to i