fish between france and britain could muddy the waters the eu and britain over brexit. lord frost, he finished his meeting today in paris, and as we heard there, not really much of a breakthrough yet, but he is going to come here to brussels, tomorrow, on friday, or he s going into duck into these negotiations of revising the arrangements in the northern ireland brexit protocol, so in some sense, that is actually a bigger issue for stub some people here believe, let them sort out the fishing problem, but it is not that it impinge on the other more serious negotiations going on about changes to the northern ireland protocol, and a lot of the eu officials are worried that perhaps britain will try and make some concessions from europe on that and link that into the fish issue, whereas most want to keep that separate. figs the fish issue, whereas most want to keep that separate. keep that separate. as you re talkin: , keep that separate. as you re talking. i m keep that separate. as
difficult winter. the government this week warning about a potentially severe flu epidemic, forget potentially severe flu epidemic, forget even about covid, that might kill as forget even about covid, that might kill as many as 60,000 people. god forbid kill as many as 60,000 people. god forbid that kill as many as 60,000 people. god forbid that happens but even so, the hospitals forbid that happens but even so, the hospitals that were overstretched will be hospitals that were overstretched will be under more pressure and will need nurses will be under more pressure and will need nurses all the more. it plays into the need nurses all the more. it plays into the idea of the planning over brexit into the idea of the planning over brexit has into the idea of the planning over brexit has been woeful. i saw a heartbreaking footage on bbc news of female heartbreaking footage on bbc news of female farmers in tears because they had to female farmers in tears because they ha
prime minister over brexit. this is particularly about the lack of visas from artist who want to tour. brute from artist who want to tour. we left the from artist who want to tour. - left the single market, and there was no real deal done for artists touring. this has caused a huge amount of disruption and red tape, and eltonjohn has put himself at the forefront of this campaign to ease things. the uk say they put forward a scheme to the eu, and the eu says that would not be acceptable to them. their alternative would have kept commitments, and that wasn t acceptable either. it s an example of how the eu and uk are talking past each other, all the meanwhile, artist and you just send are stuck in the middle. touring has
about goods no longer exportable from britain to northern ireland. our correspondent emma vardy reports. all is not rosy with northern ireland, still at the heart of the deadlock between the uk and the eu over brexit. added costs and suppliers either refusing to ship to northern ireland, or only agreeing to send large orders, have been some of the issues for garden centres, just one of many sectors affected. i think the reality for brexit to us was such a shock. we thought we had got ahead of brexit. we had been on every single zoom call we could with the local council, local governments. we took all the advice we could. even after all that, we still cannot get the paperwork to work. what difference would it make if the eu were to simplify things, for you? oh, it would be a dream. if we could get it simple, that it would just mean we could go back to our old ways of ordering as and when we need. it has had a dramatic effect on our cash flow. effect on our workload. order. today, the uk
shingai nyoka, bbc news, at the border of eswatini. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has held talks with borisjohnson on what s likely to be her last official trip to the uk, before standing down in the autumn. mrs merkel also met the queen at windsor castle. more from our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley. angela, how are you? despite their disagreements over brexit, today was about celebrating and strengthening the german british relationship in a new era. high on the agenda for borisjohnson, germany s insistence that british travellers quarantine for 14 days, even if they are fully vaccinated. but after a working lunch of english asparagus tart and 0xfordshire beef, angela merkel hinted at good news to come for british holiday makers. translation: we are seeing a rise of the delta variant - in germany, a significant rise, and, of course, we are regularly reviewing these travel restrictions