Hundreds of semi-trailer trucks line up on the tarmac of Manston Airport in Kent, southeastern England. The closed airport has been used as a “lorry park” since Sunday, when France announced a travel ban from the United Kingdom in response to the identification of a new COVID-19 strain in England. The border was reopened yesterday morning to essential travelers who test negative for COVID-19, slowly alleviating a backup of several thousand cargo trucks. This morning, after four and a half years of Brexit negotiations, the European Union and the UK finalized terms on a free trade deal, narrowly avoiding a no-deal scenario that would have begun January 1st.51.342222°, 1.346111°
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Hundreds of semi-trailer trucks line up on the tarmac of Manston Airport in Kent, southeastern England. The closed airport has been used as a “lorry park” since Sunday, when France announced a travel ban from the United Kingdom in response to the identification of a new COVID-19 strain in England. The border was reopened yesterday morning to essential travelers who test negative for COVID-19, slowly alleviating a backup of several thousand cargo trucks. This morning, after four and a half years of Brexit negotiations, the European Union and the UK finalized terms on a free trade deal, narrowly avoiding a no-deal scenario that would have begun January 1st.51.342222°, 1.346111°