rest of your day. in by by. transmits, this is bbc news, i'm ben brown — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the lockdown ends in ten days‘ time — but there'll be a relaxation over christmas. the nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but there are warnings of tough economic times ahead, as the country deals with pandemic. the uk government is being urged to change the rules over who is eligible for financial support if they have to self—isolate. a covid curfew kicks in in california as the us passes more than 12 million confirmed cases. french police use tear gas on anti—government protestors over a bill that

could make it an offence to photograph police officers. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis. a plan to lift england's lockdown on december the second will be finalised by government ministers today. the prime minister, borisjohnson is planning to replace the national lockdown with a stricter version of the "three—tiered" system of restrictions — with more areas facing tougher rules — although pubs maybe allowed to stay open beyond 10pm. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. what will christmas look like this year? we'll soon find out. tomorrow, borisjohnson will confirm to parliament that england is coming out of national lockdown

on the second of december and going back into regional tiers of coronavirus restrictions. the system will be stricter this time round, with more areas under tighter rules. leicester's had tough restrictions for months and infection rates are still high. it's what it is, we've got to keep on with it and it'll be all right in the end, as they say. i'm just finding it very frustrating, and, maybe i'm wrong, but ijust think if everybody kept to the rules, it might be better. laughs. ministers will decide on thursday which areas will go into which tier, but across all tiers, there will be special arrangements to allow families to meet over christmas, and a four—nation approach is still being discussed. we all want to see our loved ones again but some are concerned about the consequences. any mixing that we see over the festive period unfortunately is going to carry a risk that we will see a rise in affections afterwards. the levels of committee transmissions we are having at the

moment a very serious and we do not know what they will be like in december but almost certainly there will not be like they were in the summer will not be like they were in the summer when people were able to mix a bit more. at the moment we are seeing a huge amount of hospitalisations and dozens if not hundreds of deaths every day and i think the price we might pay for this could be quite considerable. the cabinet will meet today to discuss the plans and mps will vote on whether to bring in the new system. labour said it would look closely at the proposals but said the new framework must bring certainty for businesses. ministers are stressing this festive period won't be normal but hope that vaccines and mass testing will offer a route towards relaxing restrictions further. the uk chancellor is expected to pledge more than £3 billion pounds to help the nhs in england recover from the pandemic. rishi sunak will announce the package in his spending review on wednesday — but writing in today's sunday times he says high

levels of borrowing can't go on indefinitely — and he warns that the uk is experiencing "economic shock". the trump campaign has lost one of its last remaining legal avenues in its slew of challenges to the election result, this time in the crucial battleground state of pennsylvania. judge matthew brann has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate seven million mail—in votes. judge brann said, "one might expect that when seeking such a startling outcome, a plaintiff would come formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption." "that has not happened," he said. "instead, this court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations unsupported by evidence". in one court case after another, mr trump's lawyers have failed to show they have legal grounds to overturn his loss

in the presidential election. the latest result paves the way for pennsylvania to certify joe biden‘s win this week. a curfew has just started in california to try to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. los angeles alone has nearly 360 thousand cases: more than any other county in the united states. the us has now confirmed more than 12 million confirmed infections. it's the worst affected country in the world and the recent surge is setting records each day for the number of new infections. about 187,000 new cases were recorded in the latest figures — released on friday for the previous day.the daily death toll linked to covid—i9 has passed two thousand people for the first time since may.

over the past week, there has been an average of almost 170,000 cases per day. that's an increase of 67%. and according to covid tracking project, more than 80,000 people are currently hospitalized across the country. here's our north america correspondent, david willis. california, america's most populous state, is reeling from a resurgence of the coronavirus and its health workers are struggling to cope. the number of new infections here has more than doubled in the last two weeks, prompting an i think this was sort of expected. i think there's this kind of restriction fatigue or lockdown fatigue, a pandemic fatigue that is taking place so many of the people are not adhering to what the public health people are really recommending. a total of around 37 million people are subject to california's new stay at home order which prohibits nonessential activity outside the home during the hours of darkness. lawmakers hope the move

will curb the sudden surge in positive test results. the coronavirus turned the 620 summit in riyadh into a sort of webinar, one in which president trump briefly participated but he missed a sideline event at the conference devoted to pandemic preparedness in favour of heading for the golf course, pursuing what has become a habit of weekend golfing and tweeting. jill biden made a terriblejob golfing and tweeting. jill biden made a terrible job of swaying few virus and would do a terrible job of handling the coronavirus. doesn't eve ryo ne handling the coronavirus. doesn't everyone know that?

yet last week's coronavirus press briefing was the first in months and the head of the task force, vice president mike pence, left without taking questions. president—elect biden, seen here attending church near his home, says tackling the coronavirus will be his number one priority but the longer the transition process is delayed the longer it will take him and his team to obtain the briefings they need. until the general services administration ascertains the result of the election which would allow the transition from the trump administration to the biden administration to the biden administration our hands are tied, we are handcuffed. with discussions over another economic stimulus plan stalled and congress in recess, the forthcoming holiday season with discussions over another economic stimulus plan stalled and congress in recess, the forthcoming holiday season promises to be a bleak one for many. long lines have formed at food banks here and around the country and the coronavirus is promising to make this year's thanksgiving

celebration unlike any other. the uk government is being urged to change the rules over to self—isolate. people on low incomes in england can apply for a grant of £500 if they are contacted directly by track—and—trace staff — but those who only receive a message from the nhs app don't qualify. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. this is 0liver who lives with his family of seven in dorset. and this is the message he got earlier this month telling him to self—isolate. but because it was through the nhs app 0liver didn't qualify for support. after a lot of chasing around it turns out that i'm not entitled to the financial support and i want to follow their guidelines. but then they sort of leave me in the lurch about without the financial support. we're a young family and this time of year, let alone just christmas, it's a rough time of year for everybody and it's been a rough year for everybody.

to have that financial burden put on top of us as well i feel a massive injustice with it. the government does offer a grant of £500 for many people on low incomes who can't work because they've been told to stay at home by test & trace. but many people are falling through the gaps, like parents who are forced to stay at home while their children self—isolate and those using the app. we know that generally people want to do the right thing and that's why they come to us to see what they are eligible for. but ultimately people are facing an impossible choice, often. they are taking a big hit in their incomes because they can't work from home and if they do need to self—isolate but they still have the bills to pay, they still have the shopping to do, they still have children they need to care for and that's putting them in an incredibly difficult position. we would like the government to look again and see what else they can do to make sure people can do the right thing. ijust want to reach out to everybody...

the prime minister is self—isolating just now himself. i know how frustrating it can be... here he is in a message released by number ten yesterday. labour are calling for him to fix what they call a broken system and offer more support. 0ther charities have raised concerns, too, saying loopholes are making it harderfor people to do the right thing. good afternoon and welcome to today's downing street coronavirus briefing. on friday the health secretary was asked about support for parents who had to stay at home to look after the children. after their children. and we have put in place a system of support so that if you have to isolate and you are eligible for benefits and universal credit then you can access a £500 support payment for the period that you have to isolate for. the government has now told us it is looking at ways to expand the scheme to cover the app but others want to support to go further. let's return to the restrictions

in england — and government ministers are finalising plans to lift lockdown measures on december 2nd and return to a tiered system of restrictions. we can talk to our political correpsondent helen catt. a return to a tier system but stronger tears? the messages they will be tougher than they were going into the all england national lockdown. we have had this week from the director of public health england susan hopkins suggesting that the lowest tier was not effective so they would have to look at tightening restrictions further so at tightening restrictions further soi at tightening restrictions further so i think it is a fear that if you in one of those lower tiers in particular you are likely to see more restrictions coming out of lockdown than there were going into it. one exception is the 10pm curfew on hospitality businesses and pubs and bars and restaurants has been differently unpopular among

businesses and conservative mps —— my businesses and conservative mps —— w businesses and conservative mps —— lar. businesses and conservative mps —— my deeply unpopular. the thought is 10pm will become last orders and people will have an hour to drink up for the lead. 0therwise people will have an hour to drink up for the lead. otherwise the direction of travel seems to be much more of a tighter set of restrictions in each tier and more areas will go into high tiers. what about christmas? we have heard a lot about christmas? we have heard a lot about a possible christmas armistice from the distractions. what do you hear on that? there is some sense there will be some sort of special arrangements made for christmas. we do not know how long that will last 01’ do not know how long that will last or what they will be but ministers have been very clear we're not talking about a free for all normal christmas tour and there will still be some sort of restrictions. a conservative mp, jake barry explained the thinking behind us. —— mike berry. he said if they do not enforce restrictions people will break the rules and if they do break the rules it will be harder to

reinforce them afterwards. we also told there is an attempt to try and agree it across the four nations so england, northern ireland, scotland and wales will have the same rules. borisjohnson has and wales will have the same rules. boris johnson has promised and wales will have the same rules. borisjohnson has promised he will set out those christmas plans tomorrow. the government is talking about a winter plan they will unveil to the nation. politically, how much opposition is there to tougher restrictions from his own backbenchers? it's quite significant. when the national lockdown for england was brought in there were more than 30 of his own mps there were more than 30 of his own m ps voted there were more than 30 of his own mps voted against it. a further 17 including the farmer by minister theresa may abstained —— former prime minister. there has been a letter gone from 70 conservative mps to the prime ministers saying they cannot support a further tiered restriction support unless the government has shown it has done a cost benefit analysis to compare and

show it will work in stopping the spread of transmission and compare what the impact will be another health outcomes for people which are not by coronavirus so they have a point of comparison. there is certainly a lot of pushback. if labour back at it more pass parliament but that is certainly a significant amount of pushback on the conservative benches. —— if labour back it. dr richard vautrey is chair of the british medical association's gp committee in england. it seems that the lockdown is going to be replaced after the 2nd of december with tiered restriction is once again but beefed up to years. would you support that? we clearly need to see the details. the bma

produced last week an exit plan from the national restrictions in england and we need to learn from the fact that the previous restrictions were not working in most parts of the country where we saw the more stringent tier 3 areas we were seeing some reduction in virus transmission but we need to learn from that. we cannot afford to let down our guard because this virus is still very prevalent in our community. what makes you think tier 1 was too weak and a waste of time? we saw rises in the prevalence of infection in those areas and certainly in some tier 2 areas as well so we can't afford that, particularly as we are going the winter months and into january and march. we need to really drill down on what the good work of the nation in the last few months. we need to see people recognise the problems of social distancing and washing your hands well, keeping their faces covered whenever they are not able to social distance. we need to keep oui’ to social distance. we need to keep our guard to social distance. we need to keep

ourguard up to social distance. we need to keep our guard up because this virus isn't going to go away. what about christmas? we hear the government will allow a kind of relaxation for a certain amount of days of the christmas period. does that make sense? does the nation to serve christmas break from all this restrictions? the virus is not going to go away over christmas so we need to go away over christmas so we need to work really hard over these next few weeks to push down the prevalence of infection and try and minimise the risk of infection transmitted from one person to another but when we do potentially mix together in our family groupings over the christmas period we need to be very mindful that we have done a lot of hard work over the last few months particularly trying to protect our loved ones and those most vulnerable and we can't let our guard down during those christmas days when potentially we introduce infection to peoples houses, people who have maybe been trying to limit that infection of the last few months. we are getting into quite an important time now. we have the hope ofa important time now. we have the hope of a vaccine coming in the next two 01’ of a vaccine coming in the next two

or three months for most people so that will provide some degree of protection but we do need to keep up oui’ protection but we do need to keep up our guard over the rest of the winter. you mention the vaccine. we have had some really good news on that in the last few days and hopefully more good news to come. how ready are gps who you represent to help administer those vaccines, do you think? gps are working really hard, very quickly, to put in place arrangements to vaccinate as many people impossible, particularly of the most vulnerable first. 0ur people impossible, particularly of the most vulnerable first. our most elderly patients and those in care homes. we will work together in practice is a group of six or seven within the local communities identifying on and as soon as we get are regulated and safe and effective vaccine will will want to ensure our patients get it as quickly as possible. we are reading we might be able to get too much everybody vaccinated are the vast majority vaccinated are the vast majority vaccinated by easter. is that the sort of timespan you are looking at?

it clearly depends on the regulatory process. at the moment we do not have any of the vaccine through the regulatory process and that is a vitally important first step. we need to ensure companies produce efficient vaccine and we can get it spread around the country so every area can get access. if we get a vaccine in sufficient quantities, gps have shown in their practice teams that we can mass vaccinate large numbers of people. we are doing that at the moment and we will be able to do it with the covid vaccination campaign and if we have the nhs support we will be able to ensure our patients get detection. we read about the first vaccine that needs to be stored at —70 or —80 degrees. what other logistical difficulties of that? 0bviously, degrees. what other logistical difficulties of that? obviously, i think vaccine such as the oxford one are easier to handle but it is not going to be easy, is it? it is not

going to be easy, is it? it is not going to be easy, is it? it is not going to be easy, it is going to be more difficult and complex than the flue campaign. we have logistics and in storage and once we have defrosted the vaccine it has to be used very quickly so we hope once patients have been invited for the vaccination they will need to attend twice to be effective but as we get more options and more flexibility with different factions coming through it provides greater opportunity to cover more of the population more quickly. we will do everything we can to try to ensure particularly the most vulnerable get vaccinated as quickly as we possibly can. six people are being treated in hospital — one for a serious head injury and three for what's believed to be stab wounds — after a large fight in the centre of cardiff in wales. police were called to queen street just before ten o'clock last night. they arrested two people

on suspicion of violent disorder. in the middle of a coronavirus lockdown french police have clashed with anti—government demonstrators protesting against a bill that could make it an offence to film or photograph police officers. 0fficers used water cannons in paris and tear gas in the south—eastern city of lyon. paul hawkins reports. saturday night in the french capital, and some protesters were still on the streets. rights activists, trade unionists and journalists, just some of the several thousand demonstrators who had spent the day voicing their opposition to a new law. the piece of legislation would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer's face with the intention they should be harmed. translation: what this government is trying to do is for us to stop carrying out this vigilance. for citizens, whistle—blowers, forjournalists in possession or not of a press card.

to be more and more hindered in revealing the failings of the state. and if that happens, it is the end of democracy. translation: we know police officers are victims of violence, yes. but when police are out on theirjob they represent the french republic, they are not there as individuals. they represent the state and so there is a kind of wide impunity and it is very serious so we can'tjust shut up and allow this. the new law comes after a summer of mass public protests against police brutality and accusations of systemic racism sparked by the death of george floyd in the us. activists have alleged police brutality was responsible for the killing of adama traore, a frenchman of malian origin who died after his arrest in the paris suburbs in 2016. a private autopsy said he died of asphyxiation. injune, the official health report said he died of heart failure, clearing three police officers of responsibility. they also point to cedric chouviat,

a delivery driver in paris. he suffered a heart attack and died in january after police put him in a chokehold. but supporters of the new law say police officers and their families need protection from harassment. both online and in—person when off duty. those caught would get a maximum penalty of one year injail and a $53,000 fine. in light of the protests the government have amended the law to add the phrase, "without prejudice to the right to inform". prime ministerjean castex said this would remove any ambiguity on the intention to guarantee respect for public freedoms while better protecting those police and gendarmes who ensure the protection of the population. freedom to report versus freedom from harassment. the government says both are possible. paul hawkins, bbc news.

leaders of the world's biggest economies continue their virtual meeting on sunday with a focus on the environment. saturday's g20 summit was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and the worst global recession in decades. president trump missed a session on pandemic preparedness, and was pictured a short time later on his golf course. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucetjoins us live from riyadh. the president of the united states not taking this entirely seriously? we had an official release from the united states outlining what president trump said in his remarks to the opening of the g20 summit on the set he emphasised the aggressive actions of the united states to save lives as well as save jobs and trying to send a message that president trump takes this very, very seriously indeed. then we have another screen in this virtual world

in which the g20 world is operating. president trump did appear at the opening soon coal of all zoom because with all the other 19 members of the g20 family but people we re members of the g20 family but people were watching on his favourite means of communication and no sooner did hejoin the soon of communication and no sooner did he join the soon coal he was tweeting about the election that he is still bitterly disputing and then some intrepid researchers noted that the timing of his departure from the white house, his appearance on the golf course coincided with an off—camera session among the global leaders on preparation for the global pandemic in which merkel and macron spoke about president trump gone silent. how

difficult is it for world leaders to speak in this virtual way and decide anything meaningful? this is one of the tests of this summit, for saudi arabia which is assuming the presidency of the g20. a real honour for it, a showcase to shine on the world stage with all of its wide—ranging economic and social performance at least in the kingdom. now the challenge is a different one, they are talking about digital diplomacy and showing that an our epidemic world leaders meet online and they can achieve almost as much as the would do if they were meeting in the corridors of palaces, having head to head, face—to—face conversations here in riyadh. there have been thousands of preparatory meetings online with finance and foreign ministers but these are the worlds most rich countries, 85% of

the world economic output is meeting in that zoom call. if they don't match action with our words, nobody will be safe until we are all safe. they talked about vaccines in this programme. the poorest countries in this world, the most vulnerable people, will also get vaccines, if they do not the g20 will have failed in its task to take responsibility for this the biggest of all crises. the archbishop of canterbury will take a sabbatical next year, for ‘reflection, prayer, and spiritual renewal‘. justin welby will begin his break in may 2021, and isn't expected back at work before september. lambeth palace said it was ‘normal practice' for archbishops to take time off from their official duties. latex gloves have been — quite literally — a life—saver during this pandemic. but they also pose a serious environmental problem. standard latex takes around 100 years to decompose. now a team of scientists believe they have come

up with a solution, as our science correspondent richard westcott reports. the world pulls on 150 billion pairs of protective latex gloves every year. most are synthetic and end up in landfill for decades. it‘s a huge environmental problem and covid‘s making it worse, which is why scientists at cra nfield university in bedfordshire are developing a new type of natural latex that‘s better for the planet. this is synthetic latex, made from petroleum, it biodegrades in about 100 years. this is natural latex from rubber trees, still hangs around for a couple of years. this is the new kind of rubber latex they‘re developing in this lab and they say it could biodegrade in a matter of weeks. it‘s a version of natural latex but without the allergens so people won‘t be allergic to them.

they‘ll also be much quicker to make, but the biggest benefit could be to our carbon footprint. there is a fantastic opportunity, richard. if we go into natural latex which is produced by rubber trees, from carbon dioxide, water and sun energy, we will be able to have a real impact on the environment. approximately 50% of the excessive carbon, atmospheric carbon, could be turned into rubber gloves. that is staggering, that‘s a staggering figure. half of the excess carbon, potentially taken out of the atmosphere if we just swapped over to these gloves? yes, but we would have to turn it into natural rubber gloves and that means quite a lot of latex to produce and deliver from the plantations. the project is funded bya plantations. the project is funded by a big medical company about to start producing the new gloves in

malaysia. it had hoped to open a uk factory next year. a baby elephant has been rescued after it fell down a well in india. the female calf had to be sedated and lifted out by a crane — which took more than 12 hours — and is now said to be "healthy and active". officials said the well, in the tamil nadu state, in the south of the country, was covered with bushes and had no perimeter wall. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. a few showers to come across the north of the uk, but a brighter kind of day in the way of sunshine. the early morning sunrise holding promise in northamptonshire. compared with yesterday, although it is sunnier, it is going to be quite a bit cooler. in a widening north—east wales, it reached 1a celsius yesterday. today 10 celsius.

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