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
hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the netherlands has embarked on a month long lockdown in response to an expected surge in cases of omicron the first european country to introduce such stringent measures in response to the new variant. non essentialshops, bars, gyms, hairdressers and other public venues will be closed until at least mid january. our correspondent, anna holligan, reports from the hague. silent high streets. a wholly locked down society. last christmas, the dutch thought covid would be under control by now. instead, the netherlands has become the first country in europe to lockdown in response to the highly contagious omicron variant. now, it feels like it s starting all over again, to be isolated and, yeah. it feels really bad. we re used to going to the cafe, to a bar and with this lockdown, it s impacted me a bit. so, yeah, it s going to be difficult. so, tomorrow i m working just to throw away a lot i of fresh food, lot
when global leaders meet for climate summits, as they re preparing to do in glasgow in ten days time, a special effort is always made to create the appearance of unity. but whether everyone really is singing from the same hymn sheet remains an open question. a leaked trove of documents seen by the bbc reveals that a number of countries have been privately lobbying the intergovernmental panel on climate change in an attempt to influence the conclusions they have drawn. saudi arabia, japan and australia are among those countries that have asking the un to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. brazil and argentina, two of the biggest producers of beef products, argue strongly against the evidence that moving to a plant based diet is necessary to cut greenhouse gas emissions. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. the clock is ticking on tackling climate change. the science says unless we start making dramatic cuts to emissions now, we risk very serious
of pounds when it goes under the hammer within the next half hour. bulgaria, hungary, slovakia and the czech republic, have all called for exemptions. the proposal was announced by the european finished commission this morning as part of the latest round of sanctions on moscow in retaliation for the war in ukraine. the british government is also introducing fresh sanctions against russia as part of the international pressure on president putin as he intensifies his military offensive in ukraine. new measures will include. new measures will include a ban on russia accessing uk accountancy, management consultancy, and pr services. lets head to kyiv and ben brown. hello from the capital of kyiv and the latest reports we are getting from the southern city of mary apple is that russian forces are trying to storm the steelworks where ukrainian fighters making a pretty desperate last stand. there have been bombarded in that steelworks for weeks and weeks but according to the mayo
real disposable income keeps falling. we are on the front end of a recession. first pick in the 2022 draft the jacksonville jaguars select trayvon walker, linebacker, georgia. brian: all right. we got a fox news alert. not good news, u.s. marine veteran is found killed on the battle field in ukraine. ainsley: russian attack continues overnight with missile strikes in and around the capital city. here we go again, of kyiv. steve: matt finn is on the ground in the western portion of the country in lviv. good afternoon, matt. good morning to you guys. here in this country ukraine, russia launched a widespread wave of missile attacks last night in kyiv. to the west of kyiv. also towards the north in belarus and in the city of odesa in the south. here in lviv, we are under an air raid alert for about an hour last night as well. it s worth noting that earlier this week on monday, ukraine s national railway reported five missile strikes near train tracks shortly after