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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 new variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly, and across the United Kingdom theres compelling evidence of the pressure its putting on hospitals and health staff. A Record Number of more than 40,000 new covid infections have been reported in the past 2a hours. Nhs england have said there are now more Covid Patients in hospitals in england that at previous peak in april. The Royal College of emergency medicine has warned its now difficult to find beds for patients in some parts of the uk. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has this report. There was a stark message today from this east london hospital. Nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very sick patients. No one should underestimate the impact the infection can have. At other hospitals in the capital too, covid patient numbers continue to rise, with the variant of the v
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The post brexit trade deal, between britain and the European Union, has taken another big step to being implemented. All 27 eu ambassadors have approved the agreement that was announced 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 sign off on the deal. But it will also have to be ratified by the european parliament, 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 provisionally be allowed, after britain leaves the eu Single Market in the new year. The uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has described the trade deal as a new starting point for our relationship with the eu. Our europe correspondent, kevin connolly, says theres a lot of detail which still needs to be fleshed out. Well, it is a 1200 page agreement, so an enormous number