from making the protest and rapinoe says she felt frozen out from playing for the national team. i'm proud of speaking my mind and doing the right thing. i think we can all agree that four years later everybody‘s kneeling now, you know, everybody‘s kind of down with it. us aoccer put out a statement rescinding the rule that you have to kneel and, you know, effectively an apology that the stance they took was wrong then and it's wrong now. five of rapinoe's us world cup winning team mates have come to play their football in england this season. so, what would it take for her to make the move to the women's super league? i like the idea of it. but it's just such a life change at this point. you know, being 35, i mean, just being really honest it would take a lot of money. money that frankly i'm not worth as a soccer player.

under donald trump, rapinoe once refused to visit the white house. but with a shift in power she is now happy at home in she is now happier at home in america but says she and other athletes have a responsibility to keep fighting to give others a voice. jo currie, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. this morning it was a misty and murky start on monday morning but in most murky start on monday morning but in m ost pla ces murky start on monday morning but in most places the cloud has been thinning, the fog has been lifting as well, so there is a bit of blue sky out there, this is the picture in east sussex early on. but for the majority of us we will keep quite a lot of cloud through the rest of today. it is mild for the time of year and there are a few showers in the forecast as well. we are not all going to be seeing them but the showers are courtesy of this area of low pressure, a fairly weak area of low pressure, a fairly weak area of low pressure, a fairly weak area of low pressure but it is bringing a few splashes of rain across parts of england and wales through the remainder of the day. the showers are fairly hit and miss but there could be the odd rumble of thunder, especially across parts of wales, the midlands and central and southern england as well. further north and east most places avoiding

the showers through the day and it is certainly mild, with temperatures between 13—17 , warmer spots down towards the south—east. the best sunshine in northern parts of scotla nd sunshine in northern parts of scotland through the rest of today. this evening and overnight, fairly cloudy once again, further showers to come across england and wales working their way northwards and eastwards. scotland and northern ireland looking largely dry tonight and across the north of scotland with clear skies is where temperatures will fall lowest. for most of us, though, and mild start on tuesday morning at like we had today, there will be a bit of mist and fog around but we don't expect the fog to be as extensive as it was earlier today. tomorrow's weather is dominated by high pressure in the east but we have a fairly weak weather front ambling its way eastwards bringing one or two showers around through the day tomorrow but they will be fewer and further between by the end of the day, if you parts of western england and wales and one or two for western scotla nd and wales and one or two for western scotland too but most places avoiding bow showers and there will bea avoiding bow showers and there will be a bit more sunshine tomorrow

compared to today. still mild, about 12-15 , but compared to today. still mild, about 12—15 , but those temperatures just down a degree or so on what we have seen over the last few days. looking to the middle part of the week it will be all change because we have quite an active weather front, a developing area of low pressure moving in from the west on into wednesday. so that means heavy rain initially for western scotland and northern ireland too. late in the day some rain arriving across western parts of england and wales. the winds will also be a feature on wednesday, from the south picking up through the day, 40—50 mph gusts of wind in the west. late in the day, further east, it should stay dry, bright and less blustery. still some wet and windy weather likely on thursday in the south. that clears away and then more rain moving into the north—west as we head through into friday. simon. sarah, thank you very much. a reminder of our top story. a major breakthrough in the fight against corononavirus — preliminary tests show a vaccine in development is 90% effective at preventing the disease. that's all from the bbc news at one,

so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. a lot of talk around the hectic premier league schedule withjurgen klopp and pep guardiola adding their voices to the condemnation. the liverpool boss has warned next summer's euros could be decimated by injuries if the issue isnn't addressed. it comes after trent alexander—arnold was injured during the two side's meeting yesterday, meaning he'll miss england's upcoming internationals. klopp says, if it continues in this way, injuries will be mounting up. no team who plays on wednesday night, away or in the champions league, should have a 1230 kick—off on saturday. it's on aloud. totte n ha m on saturday. it's on aloud. tottenham played on thursday and then had a 12 o'clock kick—off today. honestly, play sunday,

wednesday saturday, but not at 1230. it's a killer. in a complete recovery phase, the premier league has to change that. it's not possible. tottenham managerjose mourinho has praised harry kane's work ethic after the england captain scored his 150th premier league goal yesterday. kane headed in the late winner to earn spurs a 1—0 win at west brom. and its been quite the week for kane, having scored goal number 200 for tottenham in the europa league on thursday night. some other players, they can have an incredible goal record but then after that, what they did. and this guy does much more than scoring goals. as an example, the last five minutes, he was playing as number six and winning goals in front of our defensive line, he is special. premier league players from sweden won't bejoining up with the national team for theirfriendly in denmark on wednesday due to quarantine rules.

the players include manchester united defender victor lindelof. under the new guidelines, people returning from denmark have to isolate for 1h days, with no exemption for elite sportspeople. it could also impact england's nations league game with iceland. they are due to play in copenhagen three days before facing england at wembley next week. the usa world cup winner megan rapinoe says her country needs to embrace change as it welcomes in its new president. speaking at the start of the bbc‘s women in football week, rapinoe says more people from diverse backgrounds now need to be seen in positions of power. we need to put more people of colour in power, more women of colour in power. we need more womenjust in general in power. we need to diversify the way that our government looks. you have a responsibility in the world to make the world a better place.

i really, truly believe that and that's not to say that you have to live a life of volunteering... you don't have to be mother teresa. but, you do have to do something. i really do believe that. and england'sjonny bairstow has signed for big bash side melbourne stars. bairstow has been recently playing in the indian premier league and will be available to play for the stars after christmas. american chris nikic has become the first person with down's syndrome to finish an ironman triathlon event. the 21—year—old who's from florida, crossed the line in 16 hours, 46 minutes, nine seconds, less than 1a minutes under the official cut—off time. guinness world records called nikic‘s achievement "awe inspiring". nikic now has his eyes set on being part of the 2022 special olympics. thats all the sport for now.

more now on the covid vaccine, which the pharmaceutical company pfizer says is 90% effective. in her daily government briefing, the first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon said the development was good news. it might not be visible at the moment, or not all that visible, but there is light at the end of this tunnel and don't forget that. the news we've heard this morning about vaccine development, one of the vaccines being developed by the company, pharmaceutical company pfizer, which has been trialled in other countries across the world. the early indications is that it is 90% effective. that is good news, perhaps amongst the best news we have had in recent weeks. it is not going to provide us with a way out of this today or tomorrow or next week or perhaps not even in this

calendar year. but that development, with all of the other work that is going into the development of other vaccines, does give us right now real hope that in the not too distant future, science is going to find us the way out of this terrible time that we have been living through. so, hold on to that hope today but also use it as a motivation. what we are living through right now and all the restrictions that are so difficult for all of us will not last forever. but it is really important that we stick with them now, so that we get out of the other side of this with as few people as possible becoming ill, with as few people as possible losing their lives and that means all of us sticking with these tough restrictions that we are all fed up with, but that we know have an impact on reducing the impact of this virus. please stick with it for 110w this virus. please stick with it for now and keep a hold of that hope that we have today that there is an end and hopefully we will see it in the not—too—distant future.

0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. similar optimism coming from the uk government in response to that announcement in the past hour or so. a spokesman for the prime minister has told reporters this lunchtime that the results are promising and while we are optimistic at the breakthrough, we must remember that there are no guarantees. he went on to say, we will know whether the vaccine is both safe and effective once the safety data has been published and only then can licensing authorities consider making it available to the public. in terms of when and if the uk is able to procure doses of this vaccine, if it is given the go—ahead to be administered, the spokesman said that the nhs stands ready to begina said that the nhs stands ready to begin a vaccination programme for those most at risk once a vaccine is available, before being rolled out more widely and relating to that

specific vaccine, the government has procured a0 million doses of it with 10 million of those being manufactured and available to the uk by the end of the year, if the vaccine has been approved by regulators. so, welcoming this news this afternoon, the prime minister is holding a news conference later on at number 10 downing street where i'm sure he will be asked about this and give his reaction to it in person and as i say, perhaps the most important part of that statement, the uk has procured a0 million doses of this vaccine, if it is approved by regulators, 10 million of those doses will be available by the end of the year. we arejust available by the end of the year. we are just hearing from joe biden who says, i congratulate the brilliant men and women who worked on his breakthrough. he says he received advance notice of this last night. but he says it's important to understand that the end of the battle against is still months away. that is what we are expecting to

hear from boris that is what we are expecting to hearfrom borisjohnson, that is what we are expecting to hear from boris johnson, but that is what we are expecting to hearfrom borisjohnson, but this is the first light at the end of a very long tunnel. it is. while i expect the prime minister and government will be keen to not get carried away with this news and present it as others have described, as not necessarily a silver bullet, there will undoubtedly be positivity in response to this news and while the government of course can't claim the credit for it, it's keen to show at this point that it has procured several million doses of this vaccine and has a programme in place to administer it to those most at risk and beyond that, the general public as soon as possible. we had a bit of guidance earlier in the year about who would be getting a vaccine first under the government's plans. broadly speaking, its people working in the nhs and those living in care homes and working in care homes who would be first in line and beyond

that, at this point, the government is expected to roll out a vaccine by age group, starting with the oldest groups of the population and working its way downwards. but that may well be revised in light of the specific vaccine and how effective it is proven to be and how many doses of it to the government is able to procure. jonathan blake, thank you. dr david nabarro focuses on the global impact of the coronavirus for the world health 0rganization. he gave us his assessment of the news. so, everybody who is hearing and watching this will be saying, "wow, does this mean that life will go back to normal in the near future?" the answer is that life will go back to a new normal, we are not there yet, and that we do need to be following through on all the basic rules that we now know are important for dealing with this virus. our own personal behaviour, the way in which governments run their health systems and also

unity between nations and ijust want to stress that these principles that we've been working for over the past ten months are still absolutely essential. even if a vaccine arrives the near future, we've got many months of still dealing with the virus as a constant threat that we have to make certain that we continue to do all that is necessary to stop the virus causing major problems. the vaccine will help but it won't be a game changer. can you explain a bit more about why that would be, why would there be many more months? is it because of the speed of roll—out? absolutely. the first thing is that we haven't yet gone through the process where this vaccine that has just been talked about has been subject to regulatory authority studies.

this is a statement, as far as i can tell, that has come from the manufacturer. great news but i have been involved in vaccine quality assessments before and there is always many steps before regulatory authorities can say to the public, "we are confident that this is both effective and safe." i am going on about this because it's really important. secondly, the vaccine has to be manufactured, thirdly, the vaccine has to be offered to people everywhere. these are major tasks and they take time and that's why i'm saying we should still be moving ahead with what we have been trying to do over the past few months which is just work out what we have to do in life to coexist with this virus. this is the key and the vaccine will help us, but it's

not going to obviate us from the necessity to do that. so when you say you have been involved in vaccine quality assessments before, presumably there has never been anything like this, where the world has come together, companies and countries, to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible. what are those last stage assessments? how much might this process be impacted by the absolute overwhelming desire from everyone for this to be a success? well, everybody wants to find vaccines that work, to get it out of the bind that we find ourselves in right now. at the same time, there are rules about how you assess vaccine, particularly with regard to how well it works and secondly, how safe it is. these rules are very important.

they must not be circumvented in any way. what i'm saying is that it will take just a bit of time to organise that that work is done. it's usually a few months. it's not a lot of months, but it has to be done properly, otherwise, there will be some anxiety for people that they are being asked to take a vaccine that has not been through all the safety checks that are necessary. when you say a few months, that would rule out a timeframe of this vaccine potentially being rolled out before the end of the year, which is what is being talked about at the moment. yes, i am not somebody who wants to second—guess the decisions made by the people responsible for making decisions, in particular those that have regulatory roles.

it's super important that they are able to do theirjob properly, to go for all the data that they need. it's not up to a manufacturer to determine what is needed, it is up to the national regulator. i want to be clear that they have to be allowed to do theirjob properly and that absolutely has to be allowed to take its time. and the fact that pfizer are saying this vaccine is over 90% effective seems to really exceed the expectations. just explain how important that figure is and what it means. well, what one is looking for all the time is how effective is a vaccine at stopping people from being infected by the virus? how effective is it

at protecting them ? this does sound very, very good. what one has to do if one is doing a regulatory assessment is just look at exactly what the criteria are being used in the studies to determine efficacy. that is something that i am not able to talk about because i don't look at the fine print, but the fine print will matter when the regulators look at this. that's important because the regulators are acting on behalf of everybody to check that the vaccine really is notjust as effective as the company says it is, but also as safe as the company says it is. these are the two critical things and the regulators must do that independently. doctor david nabarro of the world

health organization. the welsh first minister, mark drakeford, has said he's optimistic that the 17 day lockdown in wales, which ended this morning, will start to "turn back the tide of coronavirus". from today, people in wales are allowed to travel anywhere within the country and businesses can reopen. mr drakeford warned that people should still think about their behaviour in the coming weeks. we are starting to see some signs that cases of coronavirus are beginning to fall. from the very high levels we have seen over the last few weeks. the all wales level has fallen back from 250 cases per 100,000 people tojust has fallen back from 250 cases per 100,000 people to just under 220 cases. in areas where we saw rates as high as 700 cases per 100,000, we are now seeing rates down to around 520. still far too high, are now seeing rates down to around 520. still fartoo high, of are now seeing rates down to around 520. still far too high, of course, but an important and encouraging

fall. the number of people being admitted to hospital continues to rise as we would have expected. there are more than 1a00 coronavirus —related cases in hospital in wales today. that's higher than back in april of this year. as i said at the start, we are still seeing higher numbers of deaths being reported to public health wales every day. that's why it is so important that we get coronavirus under control to make sure that we do not see that continuing. from today, a new set of national measures replace the firebreak restrictions and the previous combination of local and national restrictions. 0ur exit from the firebreak needs to be careful and cautious. so that we can

maximise its impact. national measures will be reviewed in a fortnight to see whether there is any new evidence we can use to help us any new evidence we can use to help us to plot the future. but if we are going to alter the course of this virus, it will not be the rules and regulations alone which make the difference. 0ur regulations alone which make the difference. our success orfailure lies in the hands of of us. and how we act from now on. tropical storm eta has made landfall in southern florida and is forecast to continue to bring hurricane conditions throughout the region on monday. the storm has already devastated parts of central america. 150 people are feared dead in guatemala and 17 have died in panama, while mexican officials say the storm has claimed at least 20 lives there. tanya dendrinos reports. communities cut off, homes swallowed, and shelters full of

residents with nowhere to go. translation: we have been left on the street. we lost everything. all the houses are flooded. people were asking to be taken out of the houses because they were trapped. around 1 million people have been displaced in honduras alone. us army crews proving saviours in the sky. the devastation is widespread. eta made landfill as a major hurricane on the coast of nicaragua before weakening into a tropical depression, bringing a deluge of rain to central america, triggering landslides and widespread flooding. translation: i lost my dad. i lost my mum, my brothers. 22 members of my family died. i am the only survivor. 150 people are feared dead in guatemala.

the terrain is difficult, making the rescue effort all the more challenging. the search for survivors continues in panama, too. translation: her mother and father were hopeful that i would find her, dead or alive, but i couldn't. i couldn't. but eta is yet to unleash all its fury. it strengthened once again and regained its status as a tropical storm crossing cuba, before making landfall in florida, with winds at 100 kilometres per hour, along with heavy rain, leading to flooding. it is heading for the gulf of mexico, and is forecast to approach the florida gulf coast later this week. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the first polar bear to be born in the uk has settled into his new home, after moving a00 miles from scotland

to yorkshire. three year old hamish is taking up residence at doncaster‘s yorkshire wildlife park, as he's now old enough to leave his mother. keepers at the park hope his presence there will help boost the campaign to preserve their natural habitat. he doesn't know that because he can't understand their english accents there! now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. monday started on a mild, misty and murky note. the fog has gradually been lifting and clearing and for some of us, it has been a bit of blue sky coming through. here is the scene in east sussex earlier on. for most places, we are keeping quite a lot of cloud as we head through the remainder of the day. fairly grey, still quite mild and there are a few splashes of rain around as well. those showers are courtesy of this area of low pressure that is moving its way in from the south—west, a fairly weak area of low pressure so nothing too heavy for most places, but some of the showers could be on the sharp side, perhaps even the odd rumble of thunderfor wales

and down toward central and southern england as well. temperature —wise, this afternoon, temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees, certainly mild for the time of year. into the evening, we will still see some of those showers, particularly across parts of england and wales, the odd thunderstorm mixed in. drier for scotland and northern ireland as well. through the course of the night. another fairly cloudy, murky night. there will be some fog forming, not as extensive as it was first thing monday morning, but parts of the north and east in particular will be seeing some fog patches to start tuesday morning. clearer skies for northern scotland and that where temperatures will fall the lowest. through the day tomorrow, we have this fairly weak affair, this occluded front, just shifting its weight slowly eastward across the uk, that will bring a few showers around, particularly for parts of wales, central and southern england, perhaps around the east coast. but in most places it will be predominantly a dry day. there will be a bit more sunshine breaking through that cloud, certainly compared to what we had out there today. still quite mild, temperatures just down a notch in recent days so around 13 or 1a in the north and in the south, 15 or 16 degrees. moving through tuesday night and on into wednesday, you can see this active front

approaching the atlantic, a squeeze ahead of that in the isobars, so the wind will be picking up through the day on wednesday, a southerly breeze and there will be some heavy rain pushing into northern ireland, western scotland, perhaps in parts of england and wales later in the day, but central and eastern parts, you should stay dry through the day on wednesday. temperatures a bit cooler than recent days, around 11 to 1a degrees and you will notice that breeze as well. it stays unsettled and windy especially in the south through the day on thursday, but that should clear away. then, we look to the north—west where there will be more rain heading in during the course of friday. fairly unsettled in the second half of the week. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a major breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus — a vaccine that's 90% effective in preventing the disease drug company pfizer says it's a great day for science. you feel it is such a great day for science and humanity and everyone sitting next to us, hoping for high numbers, this certainly was fulfilling our best expectations. shares soar on the news — markets around the world are up dramatically, airline shares benefit, too. the government confirm they have ordered a0 million doses of the vaccine. if all goes well, 10 million could be available to the uk by the end of the year. president—elect biden calls the news "cause for hope" but warns of a long battle ahead as he names his taskforce