In boxing, anthonyjoshua defends his ibf, wba, and wbo world heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev at wembley arena tonight. And coming up in half an hour, the media show speaks to ofcom ceo melanie dawes, on her plan to protect the uk media industry. Good evening. A former conservative defence minister says the governments decision to put the royal navy on standby, to protect british fishing waters in the event of a no deal brexit, is undignified and irresponsible. Tobias ellwood whos now chair of the commons defence committee, was speaking ahead of tomorrows deadline set by the uk and the european union, to reach an agreement. Both sides have warned a deal seems unlikely. Our political correspondent, iain watson has more. Is this what no deal with the eu would look like . The ministry of defence has confirmed that four armed vessels will be ready to patrol uk waters if theres no agreement with brussels on fishing rights. The Scottish Government has denounced this as gunboat diploma
And im proud to say this vaccine will be free for all americans. Travellers returning to the uk from Spains Canary islands must self isolate some fear they wont get back in time to avoid christmas in quarantine. World leaders will hold a virtual Climate Summit later to lay out their plans for cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk Prime Minister borisjohnson has chaired a meeting to look at the uks contingency plans, in the event that a deal cant be reached in post brexit trade talks. Trade negotiations with the eu which are currently stuck in stalemate are expected to end tomorrow. The sunday deadline was set by mrjohnson and European Commission president ursula von der leyen after the pair met in brussels on wednesday, after months of talks failed to achieve an agreement. Mrjohnson said the eu needed to make a big change over the main
In half an hour, on click. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Trade talks between the uk and European Union are continuing in brussels with one day to go until a deadline imposed by the two sides. The leaders of both parties have warned they are unlikely to reach a post brexit trade deal by sunday. The deadline was set by mrjohnson and European Commission president ursula von der leyen after the pair met in brussels during the week, after months of talks failed to achieve an agreement. Mrjohnson said the eu needed to make a big change over the main sticking points on fishing rights and business competition rules, while mrs von der leyen said no deal was the most probable end to difficult talks. The ministry of defence has confirmed that four Royal Navy Ships are on standby to protect british fishing waters if no agreement is in place when the transition period ends on the 3
Last christmas i gave you my heart and the very next day, you gave it away. And, after a wait of 36 christmasses whams festive classic finally tops the uk singles charts. This is bbc news. The headlines the us senate has over ridden Donald Trumps president ial veto for the first time, just weeks before he leaves office. The Republican Controlled Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a defence bill mr trump had blocked. The legislation restricts his welcome to our viewers on pbs powers as commander in chief in america and around and is seen as a rebuke the globe. First, the republican controlled us senate to the president. Has overturned President Trumps veto of a 740 billion defence bill, handing the republican the United States has now president the first veto defeat recorded more than 20 million of his presidency weeks cases of covid 19, before he leaves office. Doubling the number in less than two months. Johns Hopkins University says nearly 350,000 americans have died with the vir
Gave you my heart. But the very next day you gave it away. And, after a wait of 36 christmases, whams festive classic finally tops the uk singles charts. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start in the us, where congress has overturned President Trumps veto of a defence spending bill the first time this has happened in his presidency. The bill included funding for a 3 pay rise for us troops. Paul hawkins reports. The famous pentagon, home to the Us Department of defence. Its budget for the year, once passed by both houses of congress, is usually signed off by the president. At least thats what has happened for the past 59 years. But this year he vetoed it. So instead we had the rare sight of a new years day session in congress, specifically the senate, controlled by President Trumps republican party, voting to overturn his veto. The bill on reconsideration is past. The objection to the president of the United States to the contrary. This was the First Time Congress had overturned a