Hello, and welcome if youre watching on pbs in the us or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The European Union is introducing Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines produced in europe. The move will force Pharmaceutical Companies to get permission before supplying doses outside the bloc. It comes amid a Supply Dispute between the eu and two major vaccine suppliers, astrazeneca and pfizer. The European Commission says Export Controls are necessary to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. Nick beake reports from brussels. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do i
Brexit. The british people have spoken, and the answer is we are out. It might feel as though this story has been going on forever, but it is finally reaching a conclusion. And the irish sea border is coming. Brexit means brexit. Were going to make a success of it. If brexit means anything it means borders. Once the government decided that the uk would leave the Eus Customs Union and its Single Market it was inevitable that a harder border would have to be created somewhere. But where . One thing seemed certain it couldnt be an irish sea border. But where . It is something i will never agree to. Indeed in my judgement, it is something no british Prime Minister would ever agree to. The man who replaced theresa may was equally adamant that there could be no new border between ni and gb. No british conservative government could or should sign up to any such arrangement. But ultimately, the deal borisjohnson came up with, the ni protocol, keeps ni in the eus Single Market for goods. That d
Blame has been put directly to the Northern Ireland Protocol for narrowing down the options of captains, as vessels get hit by storms in the Irish Sea.
The Orange Order’s official newspaper has said the recent council election results “must be a wake-up call” for unionism after an “unacceptably low turnout”.
Pre-tax profits at Mid-Ulster manufacturer Bloc Blinds plummeted from £27.4m to £225,300 after soaring consumer demand and a pandemic boost both wore off, accounts have shown.