Joe Biden plays down chances of UK-US trade deal

Joe Biden plays down chances of UK-US trade deal

The 22nd of september and boris johnson hopes for securing a comprehensive free trade deal with the u.s appear to be fading after president biden downplayed the issue after their face-to-face meeting at the white house downing street said there was a very positive atmosphere between the two leaders the president also issued a fresh warning to mr johnson that peace in northern ireland must not be jeopardized as a result of the complications caused by brexit our political editor laura koonsberg reports from washington d.c.

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Side by side boris johnson's visit to the most famous political office in the world finally took place the president regaling him first with stories of the american railroad.

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It was far from just a friendly chat though the two men hailing working together on security on travel on climate but on trade the us isn't ready to speed towards a deal with the uk and the u.s president was clear on his concerns about northern ireland on the deal with the uk that's continued to be discussed but on the protocols i feel very strongly about those.

I would not at all like to see nor i might add would many of my republican colleagues like to see a change in the irish accords at the end result having a closed border again for number 10 though the white house visit was third day lucky on this trip describing the atmosphere of the talks is very positive saying the relationship between the new neighbours at the white house in the uk is making great strides forward.

Finally after two years boris johnson has had his moment in the white house as the uk prime minister on this muggy washington evening the atmosphere inside the oval office was warm

the two men agree on many things particularly their commitment to tackling climate change but there is a sense still this is a relationship in its early days not yet an established friendship the prime minister still has one day on this side of the atlantic the situation.

He'll face at home could give him more cause for concern laura kingsberg bbc news at the white house the commercial production of carbon carbon dioxide for use in the food and drink industry is set to resume after the government reached a deal to cover a manufacturer's operating costs for a limited time it comes after a warning that rising gas prices could lead to a shortage of goods on the shelves our chief political correspondent adam fleming joins us now adam good morning to you lovely to speak to you as ever.

Where are with this crisis has it been averted morning dan certainly this bit of the gas crisis looks like it's been averted at least for a bit and that's happening because the government has decided to cover the operating costs of one of the fertilizer plants for three weeks a cost of several million pounds and the reason that's important is this plant makes fertilizer but a byproduct of that is carbon dioxide which is then used in all sorts of different industries especially food production and so if you've got no carbon dioxide it affects the food that's on the shelves or at least it would have done in a few weeks time and so this will now bide the plant over for the next few weeks so there is no immediate crisis however what happens at the end of the three weeks if gas prices are still super high as they are now well this company might still find itself in trouble.

The government says it will do whatever it takes to ensure the co2 supplies for the country but but they say it has to be within a market based way in other words i don't think they want to do any more handouts to any more companies as a result of this now separately to all of this as we've been talking about all week gas prices are still very high which means there's still a lot of pressure on the energy companies particularly the ones that did not book and buy their gas supplies in advance when it was cheaper and so the industry is still expecting more companies to go bust which means more people having to switch to other suppliers where their bills could be higher than they were expecting so that bit of the crisis is definitely not been averted yet.

The environment secretary george eustis about that and a number of other issues about 7 30 this morning now years of repeated human errors and outdated technology led to an estimated 1 billion pounds worth of state pensions being underpaid to more than 100 000 people a report by the national audit office into failures at the department for work and pensions found problems dating right the way back to the 1980s here's more from our business reporter sarah corker for nearly a decade irene from worcestershire was underpaid her state she is one of thousands of women in their 70s and 80s who missed out on large sums of money because of government errors.

I think it's scandalous and i think that the fact that you have to battle for something that's rightfully yours it is awful because i was lucky i've got richard to help me but anybody who's a wido and perhaps not financially up with it and they're perhaps struggling on the bread line it could make a tremendous difference irene has now been paid the 7 000 pounds.

She was owed but it was a battle and she's far from alone these errors relate to married women who had small state pensions they were eligible to claim 60 percent of their husbands contributions but complex rules and errors by the dwp meant that for decades they were underpaid the areas date back to 1985 affecting an estimated 134 000 pensioners including some married women widows and the over 80s they are collectively owed more than 1 billion pounds the national audit office found there were repeated human errors over many years at the department for work and pensions blamed on complex pension rules and unautomated outdated i.t systems most of the people affected against women not of those that take this type of state pension uplifts are women and unfortunately i'm afraid that many of them will have died before they received the money that they're owed so actually um in a significant minority of cases this money that will actually go to their next pin the department for work and pensions said it is fully committed to ensuring the historical errors made by successive governments are corrected and it's improved training to make sure it doesn't happen again a team of 500 civil servants.

Now working to trace women like irene who are shortchanged but it will take years to complete sarah corker bbc news now lava flowing from the volcano that erupted on the spanish island of la palma on sunday has now destroyed more than 200 houses nearly 6 000 people who live near the volcano have been evacuated the lava is flowing at an estimated speed of 300 meters an hour wow look at those pictures down towards the sea and it is continuing i can tell you because this is the scene live in the palmer this morning you can see that eruption still ongoing we're hoping to bring you a little bit more information later in the programme about what is actually happening to the people who live nearby because there's been some confusion.

I know about where they're going how long they need to be away for we will hopefully clear all of that up for you uh here on the program this  morning pictures are incredible aren't they i know look at that yeah we'll keep an eye on that throughout the morning for you now uh the footballerand the food campaign and marcus rashford is set to find a new type of stardom he's had quote isn't.

He on this time the school syllabus well some students starting gcse media studies this autumn will learn about how the striker used his high profile to help provide healthy meals to disadvantaged young people during the pandemic last year marcus rashford was awarded an mbe for services to vulnerable children over the last 18 months so now you can go to school to learn about it yeah and that was him with his mum at food bank wasn't  it was named after her yeah yeah it was named after her yeah and she was telling him a bit like.

There we go attitude attitude's very important okay what is it well this advice for this week is you have to pretend like you own the dance floor in this case you own the studio i do and everyone else has to get out of it.