Reality Check

It is "epically likely" that the UK will secure a comprehensive trade deal with the EU by the end of the year, the PM told BBC Breakfast.

If the UK fails to secure an EU trade agreement at the end of the transition period, many UK goods could become subject to tariffs (taxes) and other trade barriers could go up.

The UK will also need to roll over the existing trade deals that the EU has with other countries (which the UK benefits from).

So how much progress has the government already made? Reality Check has been keeping track.

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Reality Check

The new version of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill removes a clause, introduced by Lord Dubs, requiring the government to agree a deal that if an unaccompanied child claims international protection in the EU after Brexit, they may come to the UK if they have relatives living in the country.

The new bill only requires a government minister to make a statement setting out policy on the subject within two months.

As a member of the EU, the UK is bound by article eight of a regulation known as Dublin III to accept unaccompanied children in this way.

In 2016, 175 unaccompanied children came to the UK, external to join family members, in 2017 it was 92 and in 2018 it was 159.

The Ethiopian government set a target of planting four billion trees in three months this year. Did they succeed?

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