hello there. today, eu trade ministers meet with a renewed focus on securing new trade deals. russia s invasion of ukraine make partnerships crucial. the war has exposed supply chains, leading to calls for the eu to look elsewhere for its goods. it wants to spread the risk to diversify into everything from gas to sunflower oil. joining me now is anahita thoms, head of international trade at the law firm baker mckenzie. thank you so much forjoining me. what s the jackpot for the eu in terms of trade? i think there will be a big focus on the backlog, there will be a lot of discussions around the wto reform, but also, low hanging fruit, i think the focus will be on july, new zealand and mexico to try to seal deals there. let s take july, try to seal deals there. let s takejuly, for example. there take july, for example. there are takejuly, for example. there are big hopes we can seal the deal chile. they have lithium in the car industry in germany as well and the european uni
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Who ve made an album together, will be back on stage in glasgow tonight. 0livia richwald, bbc news, gateshead. the thing you need to know now over the course of the weekend is what the course of the weekend is what the weather is going to do, particularly if you have outdoor plans over the next couple of days. here s matt with a look at the weather. yesterday was glorious and london looked spectacular but slightly different picture depending where you are in the country this weekend. london should fare quite well today around buckingham palace. this weekend, saturday and sunday get more complicated. in the southeast quys more complicated. in the southeast guys like this captured by one of our weather watchers in kent. a lot more cloud generally across the uk. a grey scene in worcestershire. the
Till the end of my time. it s another busy day ofjubilee celebrations in the capital. this was trafalgar square yesterday, as people watched the trooping the colour parade, as well as a fly past over buckingham palace. this morning, a service of thanksgiving will be held at st paul s cathedral. now, meet george vulkan. he s 92 years old, and back in 1953, he was involved in the queen s coronation as an auxilliary policeman. before that, he had arrived in britain as a refugee and joined the army. he says that his involvement in that day made him proud to be british. 0urjob was to keep control of the crowds, so we were told to keep an eye open in case there were any troublesome people, or too much pressure. but we still had an opportunity,
Family moment, seeing them on the balcony, had chatting to her great grandson, explaining what was going on in the flypast by telling him to look at. some great little intimate family moments, very much what this jubilee is about as well as pomp and ceremony. it also adds a little bit to the disappointment she is not going to be here today. we were hoping she would be at the heart of the service of thanksgiving for her reign. clearly an assessment was done as to how she was feeling. buckingham palace talked about the discomfort she was feeling. a lot have been done to make this as easy as possible for her today. it was felt like it was too much of a physical challenge, a test of endurance for her today. there was a rhoto, i endurance for her today. there was a photo. i am endurance for her today. there was a photo. i am sure endurance for her today. there was a photo, i am sure you endurance for her today. there was a photo, i am sure you have endurance for her today. there was