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Added on the 01/01/2021 09:46:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Lorries disembark a train at the Eurotunnel in Folkestone as Brexit nears completion. The UK's tortuous departure from the European Union takes full effect when Big Ben strikes 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) in central London, just as most of the European mainland ushers in 2021 at midnight. IMAGES
Images show the port of Dover on the first day after the Brexit transition period ends and the UK officially leaves the EU single market. Scores of heavy goods vehicles have passed through the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France "without any problem", its operator has said, dispelling fears of immediate snarl-ups as Brexit took effect. Almost 200 lorries crossed into France and left the country for the UK after Britain formally left the EU customs union and single market at midnight in the final act of its exit from the European Union. IMAGES
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warns that there are "disagreements" on concluding a post-divorce transition deal after Britain leaves the bloc and that a deal is not guaranteed. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of Chileans gather outside the Moneda Palace in the capital of Santiago, to mark International Women's Day. IMAGES
The flag above Buckingham Palace flutters in the wind the morning after the palace announced that King Charles III was diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. The 75-year-old British monarch, who became king upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, had been advised by doctors to postpone public duties, although he would continue to "undertake state business and official paperwork as usual", the palace added. IMAGES