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How will Britain and Europe build a new relationship after Brexit?
This week on Politics: Where Next we are discussing what happens next on Brexit and what is in store for our new relationship with Europe. Today, Gary talks to Georgina Wright from The Institute for Government and Sam Lowe of the Centre for European Reform.
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Six tested for Coronavirus in UK – 18 million under lockdown in China
Three cities – home to more than 18 million people – are now on an unprecedented lockdown as China scrambles to contain the deadly new coronavirus outbreak that has already left at least 17 people dead, in and around the central city of Wuhan.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband tells Boris Johnson to be brave dealing with Iran
Richard Ratcliffe met Boris Johnson in Downing Street for talks earlier today, calling on the British government to be tougher in its dealings with Iran.
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900,000 hours of human sewage and rainwater flow into UK rivers in just one year – revealed
Untreated sewage is being released into rivers across England and Wales – perfectly legally – and campaigners are calling it a ‘dirty little secret’.
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UK warned it must take urgent action to reach net zero carbon by 2050
More trees, less meat – the UK has been warned it needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if it wants to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
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‘It’s becoming an issue of survival – people are dying because of climate change’: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous rights campaigner
Joining me now are Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Jane Burston.
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Why is Trump on trial? – A really simple guide to impeachment
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial has just begun – the third of its kind in US history. What has happened to get to this point and could he be removed from office?
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Greta Thunberg joins school strike in Davos
The Davos business conference has wrapped – the world’s global elite taking to their private jets or the ski slopes after a week of schmoozing and deal-making.
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Will Brits who migrated to Spain stay post-Brexit?
With the Brexit deal now officially signed into law – is the future any clearer for Britons living abroad?
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Johnson and EU leaders sign Brexit withdrawal deal
Signed and almost sealed… the heads of the European Council and the European Commission have put their signatures on the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Brussels – before it was whisked to London to be signed by Boris Johnson too.
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Populist Salvini poised for breakthrough in Italian regional elections
Italy’s far right leader Matteo Salvini is poised for a political breakthrough in this weekend’s local elections – triggering shock waves through the country’s establishment.
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Activist Ghanem al-Masarir given permission to sue Saudi Arabia in UK over alleged hack of his phone
A leading Saudi dissident has been granted permission by the High Court in London to sue the Saudi government – for allegedly hacking his mobile phone.
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HS2 risks under-estimated, says watchdog
A new report has blamed officials for failing to realise exactly how complex and risky the new HS2 high speed rail link would be.
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Facial recognition cameras to be used by police in London
Scotland Yard says facial recognition cameras will be deployed across London – aimed at identifying people suspected of gun and knife crime, child sexual exploitation and serious violence. Signs will be put up to show where the cameras are in use – and the Met have insisted they won’t be used ‘to search speculatively or…
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‘At end of festive season, Wuhan will run out of food’ – Prof Steve Tsang
Joining me now from Nottinghamshire is Professor Steve Tsang – who’s the Director of the China Institute at the London University School of Oriental and African Studies.
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Coronavirus: China puts millions in lockdown amid rising deaths
China is building a hospital with a thousand beds for people infected with the new coronavirus.
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‘I can’t say that I’ve been more concerned than I am about the current virus’: Dr Richard Hatchett
We spoke to Richard Hatchett, the CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations in Davos, who explained more about this virus and its characteristics.
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Leaders pay tribute to Holocaust victims in Jerusalem
Dozens of world leaders – including Russian president Vladimir Putin and Prince Charles, have gathered in Jerusalem at Yad Vashem.
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Democrats to focus on abuse of power as second day of Trump’s Senate impeachment hearing gets underway
The second day of arguments in President Trump’s impeachment case has begun in the US Senate – with the chair of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff continuing his case for the prosecution.
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Tensions rise with US over Chancellor’s plans for tax on major tech companies
In Davos the Chancellor Sajid Javid has been trying to reassure business leaders that the UK won’t diverge from EU regulations after Brexit “just for the sake of it”.
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Hundreds of airstrikes hit Syria as Assad’s forces seek to take back control
Just eight days after a ceasefire was brokered between Russia and Turkey, the Syrian regime has intensified its bombardment of rebel-held areas in southern Idlib and Aleppo.
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‘Twenty five minutes of the speech was a load of very dubious boasting’ – historian Mary Beard on Trump in Davos
“Twenty five minutes of the speech was a load of very dubious boasting about what he’d done for the American economy and American society.”
