hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, is to become the chief uk negotiator in talks with the european union. it comes after the former brexit minister, lord frost, resigned over the introduction of further covid restrictions. ms truss has the task of finding a solution to the trade status of northern ireland. the current arrangement called the northern ireland protocol, avoids a hard border with the irish republic, which is the eu. but it has disrupted commerce between mainland britain and northern ireland. why does this matter? our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is here. hello. let us just first start off with why lord frost resigned. hello. let usjust first start off with why lord frost resigned. well, he said in his with why lord frost resigned. well, he said in his resignation with why lord frost resigned. -ii he said in his resignation letter that was made public yesterday, that this w
This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. britain s foreign secretary, liz truss, will become the uk s lead negotiator with the european union following the resignation of lord frost. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas amid concerns over the omicron variant. the uk health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions and says people should be cautious in their social mixing.
The pro beijing side that will be victorious. the headlines on bbc news. britain s foreign secretary, liz truss, will become the uk s lead negotiator with the european union on the northern ireland protocol following the resignation of lord frost. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas amid concerns over the omicron variant. the uk health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions before christmas in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. he says it is time to be cautious about social interactions. at least 169 people have reportedly died after a powerful storm struck the philippines on thursday. super typhoon rai sent some 300,000 people running for safety when it hit the country s south eastern islands.
Truss, because in her role, she has, first overseeing. doing trade deals, replicating eu deals, new deals, replicating eu deals, new deals that she was looking at, now as foreign secretary she has very much sung from a similar sort of hymn sheet about being. looking to what she was calling the opportunities of brexit. of what the uk s role in the world could be. that is reassuring for mps. what will be interesting, though, is how she handles the relationship with brussels. as foreign secretary, she is much more aware, i think a broader relationship with eu countries, that is part of her remit, then lord frost needed to be. will she be as combative? haw remit, then lord frost needed to be. will she be as combative? will she be as combative? how will she approach will she be as combative? how will she approach it? will she be as combative? how will she approach it? thank will she be as combative? how will she approach it? thank you - will she be as combative? how will she approach
About this direction of travel. that was what he put down as his reason. so, now we have the foreign secretary taking on responsibilities for those negotiations. tell us more about that. , , , , about that. yes, this is interesting because boris about that. yes, this is interesting because boris johnson about that. yes, this is interesting because boris johnson has - about that. yes, this is interesting because boris johnson has moved| about that. yes, this is interesting - because boris johnson has moved very because borisjohnson has moved very fast to replace lord frost i think to quell some of the disquiet that had arisen in his party. not all of the strains of the last couple of weeks about this resignation and move someone into the role. he has that liz truss, the foreign secretary, there. that is an expansion to her remit. similar to lord frost, interesting, she is very popular amongst conservative party members, amongst the top of popularity ratings, just as he was. so many