this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. pfizer asked america regulators for emergency authorisation for its covid—19 vaccine as the uk government says he hopes to roll that out to the public and the new year. borisjohnson that out to the public and the new year. boris johnson gets that out to the public and the new year. borisjohnson gets his full support to the home secretary despite an inquiry uploading claims of bullying against her. millions of public sector workers could face a pay freeze next year. after georgia officially certifies joe pay freeze next year. after georgia officially certifiesjoe biden as the winner of the us presidential election donald trump invites michigan states legislators to the white house and another attempts to

overturn the results. an interview with the bbc saudi arabia's foreign minister rejects calls from human rights groups for the release of detained activists in the run—up to this weekend's 20 summit. and i am in regard where the summit gets under way this weekend but they will meet online. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the uk government has asked the medicines regulator to formally assess the pfizer—biontech vaccine. if approved, it will begin to be rolled out from next month across the uk. pfizer and its partner biontech has also said it will apply for emergency authorisation

of the vaccine in the us. it comes just days after the companies reported final trial results that showed it was 95% effective in preventing covid—i9. here in the uk, officialfigures suggest that coronavirus infection rates are levelling off in england and scotland, and decreasing in wales and northern ireland. our health editor hugh pym reports. a flu jab today at this gp practice. they are now preparing to start free vaccinations for all patients aged 50 and over. so a very busy few weeks ahead. then there is the covid vaccine as well, assuming it's approved. this doctor told me they are ready when given the word to start contacting the first patients. there will be huge logistics involved, in terms of texting patients, writing to them, phoning them, and obviously the personnel to do the vaccinations, but we have done that already. we have done it with vaccination programmes for flu.

today's downing street briefing, the health secretary set out more plans for the covid vaccine roll—out in england. we will be ready to start the vaccination next month, with the bulk of the roll—out in the new year. we are heading in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go. coronavirus remains a grave danger right now. so what is happening with the virus? the r numberfor the uk is down a little, but still just above one, showing it is spreading. the office for national statistics survey for the week ending november 14 says in england won in 80 people were estimated to have coronavirus, which was similar to last week. in scotland it was won in 155 ad rates had levelled off. in wales, it was one in 165 with rates decreasing in the last fortnight. in northern ireland, one in 135 had the virus, with rates decreasing over the most

recent four weeks, some of this might reflect different lockdown plans and timings. 0ne expert says in england there are big regional variations. it seems to be very much that the north—west and yorkshire are going down and almost everywhere else is going up. some places it's going up quite quickly. until we understand that and reverse that everywhere, i don't think we can say the lockdown is working. listers must decide soon what happens after full lockdown ends. —— ministers must decide how strict will restrictions be in england after december the 2nd and how many days might there be some relaxation at christmas? we have not made those decisions yet. 0ver christmas, i know how important it is that we have a system in place, a set of rules that both keeps people safe but also allows people to see their loved ones. drive through centres like this in greater manchester are

delivering the flu vaccine but still will come the much bigger task, with the hope of getting all adults vaccinated against covid—i9 by the spring. hugh pym, bbc news. it can take years to get a potential vaccine to this point, so why has it only been a matter of months this time? dr mark toshner who has been helping to recruit volunteers for the team working on the vaccine being produced by the university of oxford, and drug company astrazeneca, says that the normal ten years has nothing to do with safety and it is because the process of running trials is slow. that normal ten years has nothing to do with safety. a normal ten years is because the process of running trials is slow, it's bureaucratic and it has all the sort of usual hurdles and administrative problems that most people would recognise. but this year essentially what happened was we have been given

unlimited budget can we think of in the whole infrastructure of the world for clinical trials, and most importantly we been given an unlimited resource of some of the best people in the world who volunteered for experimental medicine trials. as a little bit like if you're going to rush hour traffic in london and so which is clearly all the traffic, turned all the lights from red to green and then gave me the fastest car and a police escort. it's not that any of the normal safety processes that we do in critical trails have been changed, that all the normal of everyday life have been removed. and we been given this huge incentive thatis we been given this huge incentive that is the pandemic is all around us, so that is the pandemic is all around us, so our that is the pandemic is all around us, so our minds have been very sharpened and had to do as safely as we could. just want to reassure people that ten years is not a safety thing. the speed from which the trials of an undertaking is not

relevant, and said we would normally do them very rigorous safety checks in place. i don't know if you saw some of the comments on social media but there were a lot of questions regarding the safety of this vaccine and potential side effects in the future. what can you say to viewers that have those concerns when this vaccine could come their way perhaps in the next few months? sure. the first thing is that those concerns are first thing is that those concerns a re totally first thing is that those concerns are totally valid and absolutely reasonable, and shared by many people i know. but the second thing to say is that actually in reality vaccines are these safest therapies we have. so time and time again vaccines outstrip any other drug or therapeutic modality from the perspective of safety partly because of the regulatory processes around them probably because of their tactic. the majority of vaccine side effects are in the first days to

weeks, relatively rare for a vaccine to demonstrate any long—term safety effects but if you think about it we've had hundreds of thousands of patients enrolled in vaccine trials, and in the last few months we've been discussing individual episodes where patients have had to side effect. so that really tells you something, if you can imagine, i don't know looking at maybe the whole population of sunderland and in the whole world's media reporting every time someone was admitted to hospital or had a neurological event that the faculty happened with the vaccine trials. the astonishing thing is we been reduced to talking about literally one or two events. i think people should take a lot of heart and confidence from that. she also take confidence from the fact that the regulators know the importance of this and they will pour over the data. as will every scientist on the planet whenever it comes out. you will not get a vaccine unless the regulators and

scientific community are happy that it's safe and that safety standard has not been compromised, it has been changed. —— not been changed. in the last hour, the state of georgia has certified joe biden as the winner of the election in the state and a recount. its another blow to donald trump's attempts to overturn the results of the election, which he claims — without evidence — was rigged against him. today he's expected to welcome republican leaders of michigan's state legislature to the white house. let's just see how they were greeted upon their arrival at the washington airport. shame on you! shame on you! its thought donald trump will urge them to take the highly controversial step of refusing to certinyoe biden's clear lead there. a move criticised by the president—elect‘s team. and abuse of office, it's an open

attempts to intimidate election officials, it's absolutely appalling. it's also... having settled that will be unsuccessful, this is very bad for the democratic process in trouble people a great deal. 0n the other hand it's doomed to failure. there's nothing that i can imagine that is more beneath the president of the united states than to be haranguing officials to try to give people the impression at least that there's a possibility that he will still win the election. our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher explained the latest on the election count. there had been a recount of votes by hand in georgia because the election was very tight, and mr trump called for a recount which he could do because it was less than .5% of a margin. that recount found that mr biden's lead narrowed but he was still significantly ahead by more

than 12,000 votes. as of the secretary of state has now announced that he is certifying the election results making it formal that mr biden has won georgia. that now goes to the republican governor who has until the end of saturday to accept that and make it official. this is important because mr, no democratic candidate has one georgia in nearly three decades so this shows the strength of mr biden's support during this election. it was the feeling of a likely confirmation coming on saturday, barbara, to do with the state? lived on for the process of recounting everything by hand. sol process of recounting everything by hand. so i think it would be quite a difficult move to go against that at this point. what i can say is that the secretary of state himself is a republican did mention at one point that some tough republicans had urged him to take whatever steps he could to turn around those that were not, or tojust qualify could to turn around those that were not, or to just qualify votes that

we re not, or to just qualify votes that were not helpful for mr trump. there is that spirit amongst the republican party but i can't say that that effects was going to happen on saturday. when it's against the backdrop that donald trump has invited legislators from michigan to the white house. just talk us through exactly what that strategy might entail. michigan is a real mess. mr biden one thereby more than 150,000 votes but that has to be certified which isjust happened in georgia. still has to be certified in michigan and has to be done at the county level so what happened earlier in the week is that the biggest county level two of the republican ca nvassers said the biggest county level two of the republican canvassers said they would not certify because of alleged irregularity and their broader bombarded with angry comments and playbacks and said they would certify, did they change their minds again and said no we will not certify and possibly might have been because of angry tweets from president trump. things are in limbo in michigan and the best of that mr

trump has invited to republican lawmakers to the white house, a senator and the speaker of the house. he has not given an agenda for the meeting, his secretary, press secretary said today he meets lawmakers all the time, this is not about advocacy but i think there's nobody who doesn't believe that mr trump is going to try and squeeze theirarms to trump is going to try and squeeze their arms to try to get them to overturn the results of the election. well, she used the word to describe things as messy in michigan. want to bring up to do with something from the reuters news agency. it's a creative state has issued a correction, a news release saying that the certification in georgia is in fact still going on, contrary to what we just told you there and that it would be finished later in the day. secretary brad ratzenberger said the state had certified its results declaring joe but in the winter but now i've been told that is ongoing. as soon as we know what the situation is in georgia we will bring that to you here on bbc news.

here, boris johnson has expressed full confidence in the home secretary, priti patel — despite a report into claims of bullying — which found that she broke the rules on ministerial behaviour. the inquiry looked into allegations about her conduct as a minister in three different government departments. the man who investigated the bullying claims today resigned, after borisjohnson contradicted his advice. this afternoon, priti patel told the bbc she was sorry if her behaviour had upset people. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. he is standing by her. boris johnson has taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as bullying. priti patel shouted and swore at staff. the prime minister has judged she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticism in the report. are you a bully? i am here to give an unreserved apology today, and i'm sorry if i have upset

people in any way whatsoever. it was completely unintentional. i will be very candid, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging so, if i have upset people, that has been completely unintentional for top was not my intention. it all started nine months ago, when sir philip rutnam, the most senior civil servant at the home office, walked out, complaining about miss patel‘s actions, but his former department has been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive. the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary had not consistently met high standards required by the ministerial code. her approach on occasions had amounted to behaviour that could be sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge

political decision. demonstrate points to what they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and the fact she has apologised. miss patel‘s friends think she has been the victim of snobbery and sexism. the home secretary insists the culture in the home office has changed. at the time, it says this in the report, shoes were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you are making excuses and actually there is no excuse for somebody in a senior position treating others badly. there are no excuses. i am giving an unreserved, fulsome apology today. i cannot be any clearer about that whatsoever. labour say priti patel should resign or be sacked. the prime minister has said

he loathes bullying and yet today he has comprehensively failed a test of his leadership, where he has had a report on his desk precisely on that issue. sir alex allan could not have been clearer that the home secretary has not consistently met the high standards of the ministerial code. hanging on to priti patel will be a popular decision conservative party members but it will bring this tojohnson or political pain. 0ur political correspondentjessica parker is at westminster. and jessica, breaking of the ministerial code you expected resignation or dismissal but boris johnson very much sticking by her side to this hour. that's right, as you say normally if it was found that mr had broken the code they would be expected to go but crucially the prime minister does not agree with that finding of his

independent adviser, he believes patel did not break the ministerial code and so she will remain in place. the man who compiled the report, we have not seen the report itself is a summary of the findings, he has decided to quit. clearly their conclusions from the prime minister and alex's somewhat at odds. you heard vicki refer to sir philip route number, the most senior home—office official who resigned backin home—office official who resigned back in late february. he has issued a statement this evening saying that the advice that has been produced today states that no feedback was given to the home secretary command that she was therefore unaware of theissues that she was therefore unaware of the issues she might have a dress, he said that's not correct. as early as august 2019 he said she was advised she must not shout and swear at staff and advised her on a number of further occasions he says between

pre—i9 and 2020. the report itself says no feedback was given to the home secretary on the impact of her behaviour and that she was unaware of issues she could have otherwise had, you heard her remarks on the issue herself there. certainly some pushback and disagreement therefore exactly what has happened. so i think that if it was hoped that today public apology and decision might drawa today public apology and decision might draw a line under this issue, for now it does not look like it's going away. if anyone thought is going away. if anyone thought is going to draw a line on it that we have to think again. what's really about? people are saying this is like borisjohnson putting his brexiteers in leavers to one side and a cultural divide within the party suck it up for the most part conservative mps have come out in public as supportive of priti patel. borisjohnson public as supportive of priti patel.

boris johnson knows public as supportive of priti patel. borisjohnson knows she's pretty popular amongst the grassroots of the party. i spoke to mps before with this issue came up saying that when she would visit local associations and give speeches she was enormously popular. of course borisjohnson was enormously popular. of course boris johnson and was enormously popular. of course borisjohnson and patel have history that they campaigned for brexit together back in 2016 but clearly what boris johnson together back in 2016 but clearly what borisjohnson is saying is that they have concluded and at odds with they have concluded and at odds with the findings that in their view she has not broken the code and that is why she can stay in post. . the g20 summit of the world's biggest economies takes place this weekend, in the saudi capital riyadh. it's the first time that the event will be hosted by an arab state. but, in this global pandemic, leaders will only meet online. the kingdom is keen to showcase its wide—ranging reforms. but the summit is being overshadowed by calls from international human rights groups to boycott it, and for saudi leaders to release activists and political prisoners from jail.

the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucetjoins us from the saudi capital riyadh. you join usjust on you join us just on the outskirts of the saudi capital, this is a unesco world heritage site. you will see behind me that g20 leaders had there not been a global pandemic it would have all gathered here in the midst of what is the 300—year—old architecture. this is where the saudi state was found in the town of the founding fathers. when saudi arabia was given the honour last year of being the host of this yea r‘s year of being the host of this year's g20 year of being the host of this yea r‘s g20 summit, year of being the host of this year's g20 summit, it was planning a showcase of its wide—ranging, economic and social reforms. but it's an overcast of course but is global pandemic which means world leaders are meeting online this weekend but also overshadowed by calls from human rights groups as

well as the european parliament to boycott the summit saying saudi arabia is no place to hold a summit of the world's biggest economies will stop because of its human rights record. so when we sat down a short time ago with saudi arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs i asked him if the kingdom was disappointed by all these calls for a boycott. we are not disappointed, not many countries called for it. all the 620 countries are going to show up, we have a great statement that will come out. we have achieved great things during the year of our presidency as head of the 620. what will you say to g20 leaders when they raise the issue of the jailed activists? we will tell them we have a legal system, we have laws. we implement our laws and ourjudiciary is independent, and we do not allow people to lecture us or dictate to us what we should or shouldn't do. just like we don't tell people in the uk, or in america, or in other places what they should or should not do. we will never sit injudgement of the decision of a

german court. that's were germane to the side. and as a consequence we will not allow people to sit in judgement of saudi courts. that's for the saudi people to decide. the jamal khashoggi murder, the jailing of the dissidents still cast a shadow of the kingdom, whatever changes you make here? i think that people have not been fair when it comes to dealing with the kingdom of saudi arabia, and i think they always look for the negative part of it rather than the positive part of it. the murder of jamal khashoggi was a terrible tragedy that hit saudi arabia very, very hard. nobody in saudi arabia wants a citizen to be murdered. and so what happened is, like i said, we investigated, we held people accountable, and people will be punished for this, and we will try to ensure that something like this never happens again. we have never come in the history of saudi arabia, had a citizen of saudi arabia murdered. we just don't do this is a government, that's not our policy. i must ask you about loujain alhathloul. today her photograph is being,

is on the louvre museum in paris. she's become a symbol of the call to release some of the activists. an interview in 2018, mohammed bin salman said that she was a spy. why hasn't the evidence been presented? in our legal system the evidence is presented after the verdict is rendered so that you don't embarrass somebody who turns out to be innocent. so that's how the system works. loujain alhathloul was detained because of issues relating to national security, dealing with foreign entities, supporting entities hostile to saudi arabia. it has nothing to do with advocating for women's right to drive. if every woman who advocated for the right to drive in saudi arabia was to be jailed, half the women in saudi arabia would be jailed. so this has nothing to do with advocacy or women's rights, this has to do with national security. there is robust replied by the saudi minister for state there is robust replied by the saudi ministerfor state for there is robust replied by the saudi

minister for state for foreign affairs and while the summit takes place here virtually over the weekend, there will also be a counter summit organised by human rights groups which want to continue to draw attention to the human rights situation here in saudi arabia. with he be brought up ig 20 leaders? global pandemic of course how to respond to it, including and to ensure everyone around the world, rich and poor has access to those crucial vaccines. results the question of the worst recession in the world since the second world war. climate crisis, many other crisis. a lot to discuss when world leaders get behind their computer to join this riyadh summit. and of course we will have coverage of the g20 summit here on bbc news for our viewers in the uk at around the world.

good evening. friday brought us a fairly cloudy and grey sort of day across the uk with topics of rain that would be making their way from west to east. as we head into weekend we are going to be keeping the rain for some areas but it will bea the rain for some areas but it will be a bit more sunshine come through for some of us as well particularly in the north. the day tomorrow as a by the front steps out this could be and it's going to be some rain around. the rain overnight across cullinan of the ireland as well. turning wendy across the north of scotla nd turning wendy across the north of scotland and the aisles seeing 60 mph. in the south breezing cloudy a few breaks in the cloud but it's going to be a mild night. a few spots of drizzle around the temperatures are most of us holding up temperatures are most of us holding up between ten to 12 degrees which isa up between ten to 12 degrees which is a little bit cooler in that clear air in the north of scotland. so

heading through the day tomorrow then we got this cold front which is going to be slowly sinking its way south, low pressure to the north and quite a lot of isobars on the map as you can see especially through the northern half of scotland. another windy day to come, could be a gale force gust up towards the end isles, western isles and northern ireland as well. when you have showers rattling through and would get this band of crowded rain singing across from the england into wales and further south mostly dry, fairly cloudy but a few breaks in that cloud. it is going to be mild if the sunshine does break through 13 or 11! the grace down towards the south. —— degrees. 20 to 30 mph and started than that, a0 or 50 or even 60 across the northern half of scotland once again. saturday evening remains breezy in the north with scattered showers, cloudy and mild still in the south this system here pushes his way south overnight into sunday and then it just his way south overnight into sunday and then itjust sparks itself across southern england and south

wales. still the mild air in the first south, quite cloudy and a few spots of shari rain here but away from that anyone north of the ma probably sunday will be a largely dry day, lots of sunshine around of there will be showers packing and across the west of scotland. single figures with the mild air about 11 or 12 degrees. these remaining u nsettled or 12 degrees. these remaining unsettled on the weekend. rain especially in the north and west little bit brighter in the south by tuesday. goodbye.

this is bbc world news, the headlines pfizer asks american regulators for emergency authorisation for its vaccine — as the uk government says it hopes to roll it out to the public in the new year borisjohnson gives his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. as we still wait for georgia to officially certinyoe biden as the state's winner — donald trump invites michigan state legislators to the white house in another attempt to overturn the result of the us election the g20 summit of the world's biggest economies is being hosted online this weekend, from the saudi capital riyadh. but the event is in danger of being overshadowed by calls for the release

of political prisoners. you are watching bbc news. there are just 6 weeks left before the end of the brexit transition period, which is where the uk has been following eu rules on a temporary basis, to allow for a new trade deal to be thrashed out. it's been a fraught process — and talks have stopped for a short time, because one of the eu team tested positive for covid—i9. over the months, deadlines have come and gone. but now that it's crunch time, how ready are we? here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. sunday night, six minutes past six, heading into dover for the boat to france. this is a familiarjourney for lorry driver vic. he's been moving goods to and from europe for years.

he kept us a video log of a recent trip. it is relatively easy. all you do is show your passport, and i'm presuming that'll go out the window. it is all about to change. new trade rules come into play injanuary. goods moving between the uk and eu will be subject to new customs controls and checks, some phased in, but still, for drivers and traders, a whole new system to grapple with. now leaving in calais. straight off the dock and away we go. i doubt that'll happen injanuary. the driver is almost going to have to have a briefcase full of new paperwork. in lincoln, permits and papers are piling up as the boss of vic's firm prepares. his transport company specialises in international haulage. he fears, after some brexit false starts, not all businesses have realised this time change is coming. there's a sort of feeling of, we've all been here before, and it's been put back a couple of times, and i think that hasn't helped,

and add covid to that, that hasn't helped, either. but i certainly foresee severe disruption in the first few weeks as far as goods moving to and from the uk are concerned. in kent, work is under way on this new lorry park to help both process vehicles and manage traffic. the fear is lorries backed up, supply chains disrupted. to try and avoid that, hgvs will need permits to enter kent, to show they are prepared. all part of government efforts to keep things flowing. but some local residents aren't convinced. it will be very interesting to walk up here onjanuary the first and see what's happening. it will no doubt be completely inaccessible by vehicles, because they'll be queueing right round the motorway exits in both directions. preparations by government have ramped up. there are checklists, guidebooks, help centres for hauliers, millions spent on technology and infrastructure.

but it is late in the day. the diggers are still in the ground, with six weeks to go. whether we reach a trade deal with the eu or not, these changes will happen come january, because we've left the customs union and the single market. the government says its systems should be in place in time, but there is a real worry that businesses don't have long enough to be ready. at this manufacturer's in kent, there is uncertainty. they export engineering parts to the eu. they are ready for new systems but don't know about tariffs, which are still the subject of trade talks. there is a large amount of nervousness. we understand the process, we understand that we've got to change our paperwork. we also believe there is going to be tariffs, but if you go on the website, it doesn't really tell you what it's going to be. it always says, to be confirmed. wacky races, here we go. for those like vic, on the front line of trade, the changes brexit will bring really

are now just a few weeks away, with much still to be done to keep things moving. alex forsyth, bbc news. more than two million people in scotland have just moved into the toughest coronavirus restrictions — with the rules again varying widely within the four nations of the uk. in england — the situation remains the same, with lockdown continuing until december the second. wales had its lockdown lifted ten days ago, but some restrictions on meeting others remain — and travel to and from england without a reasonable excuse is still banned. northern ireland was due to come out of its five—week ‘circuit breaker‘ lockdown — but now, there'll be new restrictions from next friday, lasting until december 11th. but tonight, the focus is on the ii council areas in scotland which have gone into the strictest level four lockdown — meaning that everything but schools and essential shops are closed. we'll be hearing from wales and northern ireland in a moment, but this first this report from alexandra mackenzie in glasgow.

the toughest of restrictions are now in place to help suppress the virus before christmas. who is it you are buying for today? this candle company is determined to get through these challenging times. it's heartbreaking, but normally, from october to december, we are full—on, and this year, it is stop, start, stop, start, so you just have to adapt. it's not only nonessential retail that will be closed for the next three weeks. gyms, hospitality and hairdressers will also be shut. and if you live in level three or level four, travel outside your council area will be illegal, though there are some exceptions. today, shoppers of all ages braved the glasgow drizzle. i think we do have to do it. i think we possibly should have done it a bit sooner. the government is treating the economy like a light bulb, switching it on and off as it once,

so it's not going to work. but scotland's first minister said the decision was not taken lightly. it stands to reason, we would not be taking these difficult and potentially unpopular decisions if we did not think it was absolutely essential to do so. so, at this usually sociable time of year, the message is to stay at home as much as possible. while others live in lockdown, across wales, people have been shopping, dining, doing the things forbidden in other parts of the uk, since the firebreak finished on november the 9th. customers have come back to this toy shop in pontypridd. they want to get their christmas done now because they don't know if we will go into a further lockdown, so they are out and around and wanting to buy everything now. the fear of another lockdown hangs over emma's business as well. we can't keep having lockdowns which force people to stay in, which brings numbers down,

but then everybody goes out in droves and the numbers go up again. would make is very likely indeed that will see coronavirus come flooding back into our communities will be faced with another series of difficult decisions. inevitably, people want to know where that leaves them for christmas. will the firebrick have been enough to earn more freedom for the next few weeks? will families be allowed to gather? rachel and ebbw vale is a ready brought the presents. she feels they have sacrificed enough to deserve a get—together. we have cancelled holidays, things that were planned, birthdays, and mental health has definitely suffered among people. we have done a lot. so you need this.

we do. the firebrick worked but few here feel like basking in its success. just as restrictions were lifting... ..businesses in northern ireland reopened their doors today only to have to close them again in a week's time. we were all very excited to be back to the shop again, and that we work hard and pay the bills. and then it was really spoiling when i heard yesterday that we have only one week. last night, the stormont executive made the decision which took a lot of businesses by surprise, to return to an even stricter two—week circuit breaker. the scale of closures we saw back in march, except schools will stay open. i don't think we could put any more safeguards than what we have. and i don't think that has been seen. that's what it feels like. there's a lot of anger today in the business community. in fact, so much so that the business community have lost trust in this executive. hospitality and retail are

symbiotic, they rely on each other. and they are now closed in what's known as the golden quarter, one of the most important times for both of those industries going forward. the northern ireland executive said the scientific modelling they were presented with showed hospitals could become overwhelmed in weeks, and said they took the decision to revert to stricter measures now to avoid them just before christmas. but only last week the dup had blocked longer restrictions and argued strongly for the economy opening up. today, the party denied a u—turn. i've always said that we will only take whatever restrictions are necessary. we try to do it in a proportionate and balanced way, but sometimes the virus behaves in a way even our medical advisers don't for see. hospitality organisations have warned of further redundancies. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. donald trump is holding a press

statement, not much percent sure exactly what he's going to be speaking about but let's have a lease and in. -- listen. these are the people that needed. these will save patients up to 30%, could be a0%, could be 50%, could be much higher than that. these are numbers no one is ever contemplated. and that doesn't include life—saving drugs like insulin, which would be even higher. insulin was destroying lives and destroying families because the prices so high and now it's at a level that nobody can even believe. is that correct. $35 a month from many times that number. the second row we are finalizing today will transformed with the us government pays for drugs end global freeloading on the backs of american citizens and american patients. until now, americans have often been charged more than twice as much for the exact same drug as other medically advanced countries. we

would be having a drug, identical drug, same company, and who would pay many times the price of what the drug would sell for in certain countries. in case after case, our citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations that pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory. donald trump speaking live there at the white house. talking about the cost of prescription drugs. he may well go on to discuss the application for the vaccine of covid—i9 and if he does, we will watch that for you and bring you any developments on that. and he may speak about the ongoing disputes and the fact that he has invited michigan state legislators to the white house regarding the him refuting the results there in the us

presidential election. so, we will check back to what he is saying and let you know. the bbc has learned that millions of public sector workers in england, including teachers and police, could face a pay freeze next year. there are 5.5 million public sector workers, but it's thought that nhs staff may be exempt from the measures. figures out today show that government borrowing hit £22.3bn last month, that's the highest 0ctober figure since monthly records began in 1993. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the details. 2020 has been a year of public servants keeping the country going going in tough times and the nation showing its appreciation. our government trying to cope with huge borrowing is now planning pay freezes to help save billions, surprising teachers such as allen in walsall. we've kept the country going to allow the rest of the economy to get back

on its feet a bit, gone out of our way to do ourjob but at the same time were not being recognised, so i think it would be grossly unfair. nathan also helps kids to school. the coach driver in buckinghamshire, he says wages should reflect the lockdown economic turmoil. nathan also helps kids to school. the coach driver in buckinghamshire, he says wages should reflect the lockdown economic turmoil. now was not the time for a pay rise. now is not the time for a pay rise. whilst everyone in the private sector is worrying whether they will have a job by christmas, this is unfair. us drivers have had to take a 20% pay cut. this is a result of me being on a small desk like this has resulted in needing on a smaller hourly rate than i was 18. during the middle of the pandemic, we have told people they will have a pay freeze for three years. we have clapped them on a thursday night, and yet, at the end of it, what are we doing? might make nhs workers are expected to be exempt from any freeze, but there is a sea of red in the public finances. it is not how the private sector workers should

be exempt from paying. there is a point about this. with a new lockdown extended support, and will borrowing is heading closer to £a00 billion, a peacetime record. the unions are furious but they have the public on their side and in this year of all years, against the governments fundamental arguments that there are billions to be saved from the public sector wage bill. for a chancellor of more used to signing multi—billion rescue checks, this is tricky politics. but, the detail of this pay freeze, whether it is chilly or arctic, depends on for example, the length that will get that detail in the spending review. as the economy continues to

suffer, the bulk of the toughest decisions are to be put off but not for public sector workers. 75 years ago today, the surviving leaders of nazi germany went on trial at nuremberg, in the world's first international war crimes trial. they were accused of causing the deaths of millions of people. fergal keane reports on the legacy of nuremberg. newsreel: attention. tribunal. judges from britain, america... it was a trial of crimes that defied the imagination. nazi leaders faced a court that established the principle of internationaljustice. 75 years later, we have been hearing from some of those who have lived in the long shadow of nuremberg. newsreel: vengeance is not our goal, nor do we seek merely a just retribution.

my name is ben ferencz. i am the sole surviving prosecutor from the nuremberg war crimes trials. ben ferencz was a soldier and lawyer and he wasjewish. but for him, seeing justice done meant leaving all personal feelings aside. i was able to turn myself into a robot. newsreel: frank was a willing and knowing participant in the use of terrorism in poland. among the notorious defendants was hans frank,

governor of occupied poland, seen here in sunglasses. a million died under his rule. his son, nicholas, pictured with his father as a child of the nazi elite, long ago denounced hans frank. really, i think my father had deserved the death penalty — for one reason — that he should himself experience the same death fear, which he distributed about hundreds of thousands of innocent people. so many deaths to account for. ida bach was ten years old when she was murdered. she'd left her sister while in hiding in order to return to her mother. they perished in auschwitz. she would have been alive, my sister, if she had come with me but she left my hand. that, i felt guilty all the time.

when they put those german leaders on trial at nuremberg, did you feel any sense of satisfaction? no, it was notjustice for me, not at all. how many were hanged? for me, it was too good to be hanged after what they've done, you know? nuremberg was a beginning, but the story at its heart, of massacred minorities, of intolerance, stains humanity still. eva schloss is an austrian—english holocaust survivor, a memoirist and stepsister of the diarist anne frank. she shared some of her memories of the time. i was just i wasjust i6 i was just 16 and after spending the prorated from the camp and so, it was wonderful that there's going to

be justice for the criminals. but as it happens, only 2a or 28 people there actually, and only a few got really death sentenced and most of them, which were come a lot of them, i must say i was outraged at the time. but it was the first time actually that there was punishment for war crimes and costs of the united nations, the genocide, convention and the reported that the hague and now, war crimes are being punished, which have not been before. so, this was a very new important development. but, i always was upset, i don't know why about

rudolf hess, who was actually not considered a war criminal like many others and he got life imprisonment andi others and he got life imprisonment and i could never understand why he got the lighter punishment. how important do you think it is to talk about what happened in your nuremberg? it was the first time that were crimes were officially punished and others were interned, but there was no punishment really or injapan, i don't know, i don't think they were punished for their war crimes and think they were punished for their warcrimes and so, think they were punished for their war crimes and so, it was something, this is to be a lesson for the future. end of your own wartime experiences, can you describe for

viewers that are watching at the moment, i know that it is incredibly long and detailed with you and your family went through, but if you can, some of those memories of what life was like at the time. first of all, we had to lose our country, i loved living in austria, it was wonderful. i became a refugee and something that we know now, we were again not welcomed first in belgium, than in holland and then the nazis captured the western european countries as well and started to deport the jewish population in all of those countries. after two years of being an outsider, living as an outsider, an outsider, living as an outsider, a lot of restrictions, that the

cu rfew, a lot of restrictions, that the curfew, and all sorts of restrictions. the welsh historian, travel writer and journalist jan morris has died at the age of 9a. the author wrote more than a0 books including a trilogy about britain's empire and was also known for undergoing gender reassignment surgery. 0ur arts correspondent rebecca jones takes a look back at her life. award—winning travel writer and historian and one of the earliest to undergo six real assignments surgeries. beginning life is james, a dashing young army officer that turned into a newspaper reporter. but the conquest of everest. less interested in mountain climbing than his own career. to fall rivals, he sent messages and code, publishing

it on coronation day for the day he was one of the most famous journalists in the world. when i got onto this thing, thinking always of getting as they say, beating the opposition in getting the news was that that is what interested me. 1956, he revealed that the british had colluded in seizing the canal and they denied it. one of the biggest and busiest and most unusual of the worlds capital system it million people live in it, but it is busy because it is the capital of japan, a great industrial power for the make everything. in 1958, he was supporting for the bbc and travel books. most memorably on venice, which he first visited immediately after world war ii. the sadness of it, the beauty of it, the fascination and the fun of it all,

it went into my mind and i never got rid of it from that day. that book success meant that they can become a full—time writer. he turned to history with the trilogy on the british empire. but midway he took a momentous decision. he had never felt right as a man, something his wife that always known and he became one of the first britons to undergo a sex reassignment operation. she wrote a book about it, shocking to some. she defended herself publicly. and egotistical book about myself and i'm afraid that you take it or leave it. he lived in wales, agreeing with the softer side more than england. she wrote more than a0 books, but always feared she will be remembered less for her writing and for private life. now it's time for

a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas good evening. friday brought us a fairly cloudy and grey sort of day across the uk with topics of rain that would be making their way from west to east. as we head into weekend we are going to be keeping the rain for some areas but it will be a bit more sunshine come through for some of us as well particularly in the north. the day tomorrow as the front steps out this could be and it's going to be some rain around. the rain overnight across cullinan of the ireland as well. turning windy across the north of scotland and the northern aisles seeing gusts of 60 mph. in the south breezing cloudy a few breaks in the cloud but it's going to be a mild night. a few spots of drizzle around the temperatures are most of us holding up between ten to 12 degrees which is a little bit cooler in that clear

air in the north of scotland. as you can see especially through the northern half of scotland. another windy day to come, could be a gale force gust up towards the end isles, western isles and northern ireland as well. when you have showers rattling through and would get this band of crowded rain singing across from the england into wales and further south mostly dry, fairly cloudy but a few breaks in that cloud. it is going to be mild if the sunshine does break through 13 or 1a degrees down towards the south. 20 to 30 mph and started than that, a0 or 50 or even 60 across the northern half of scotland once again. saturday evening remains breezy in the north with scattered showers, cloudy and mild still in the south and this system here pushes his way south overnight into sunday and then itjust sparks itself across southern england and south wales. still the mild air in the far south,

quite cloudy and a few spots of showery rain here but away from that anyone north of the ma probably sunday will be a largely dry day, lots of sunshine around and there will be showers packing in across the west of scotland. single figures with the mild air about 11 or 12 degrees. these remaining unsettled on the weekend. rain especially in the north and west little bit brighter in the south by tuesday. goodbye.

this is bbc world news. i'm babita sharma. our top stories. a step closer to rolling out a coronavirus vaccine. —— miriam mcsherry. pfizer formally applies to health regulators for emergency authorisation for its new covid vaccine. governments around the world are hoping it can be approved next month. the british prime minister boris johnson gives his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. as we still wait for georgia to officially certify joe biden as the state's winner — donald trump invites michigan state legislators to the white house in another attempt to overturn the result of the presidential election