this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. our top stories: 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 economy is experiencing particular stress. we have seen that in the labour market and in peoples jobs. 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. here in the uk a new plan to lift england's lockdown from december the second will be finalised by government ministers today. the national lockdown will be lifted but a new tougher version of the "three—tiered" system of restrictions — will replace it. even the lowest level will be much stricter than before as experts warn

that it just wasn't working to control infection rates. 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 with it a risk that we will see a rise in infections afterwards. the levels of community transmissions we are having at the moment are very serious and we do not know what they will be like in december but almost certainly they will not be to mix a little bit more. and remember 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. leila nathoo, bbc news and the uk chancellor rishi sunak has been speaking to the bbc this morning — we'll be hearing from our political correspondent shortly about what he's been saying. coronavirus cases in the united states continue to soar. there are now more than 12 million confirmed infections: california has introduced a state wide overnight curfew to try to curb the surge there. officials in los angeles warn they are close to reaching the number of daily cases that means residents have to stay at home all the time. the us is the worst affected country in the world and setting new 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. (ani)the daily death toll linked to covid—19 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 overnight curfew. this is not really surprising. 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 g20 summit in riyadh into a sort of webinar,

one in which president trump briefly into a sort of vip 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 what has become a weekend routine since the election of golfing and tweeting, making this claim about how joe biden would deal with developing a vaccine. joe biden was a total disaster in handling the h1n1 swine flu, swine flu and would never have produced a vaccine

in record time years ahead of schedule and would do a terrible job of vaccine delivery. but doesn't everybody already 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 results of the election which would allow the transition from the trump administration to the biden administration to proceed, we're handcuffed. 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 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 — a conservative republican — 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. he leads by more than 80,000 votes.

the uk government is being urged to change the rules over who is eligible for financial support if they have 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 a bit 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 people genereally want to do the right thing and that's why they come to us to try 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. 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.

similarto similar to what england had before but it sounds it will be beefed up. the indications are stronger restrictions. that certainly seems to be the direction of travel. these national lockdown restrictions in england expired in december the 2nd so england expired in december the 2nd so there is some debate about what will come after those in boris johnson has always said he wants to return to the regional system but earlier this week we had the direction of public health england suggest the lower tiers had not worked to try and stem the spread of transmission so would look like they would need to beef them up and make the restriction stronger and that is the restriction stronger and that is the message we're getting this morning. at the moment we do not know the specific members live mic restrictions will be and boris johnson will set them out in public tomorrow and the cabinet is meeting this afternoon to sign them off. the indication as it will be tougher particularly if you are perhaps living in an area of england that was in the lower tier restrictions

before the lockdown, chances are it will be more restrictive when we come out. there is one particular measure what it seems there might be a bit ofa measure what it seems there might be a bit of a loosening on the cards and that is the very controversial 10pm curfew for pubs, bars and restau ra nts. 10pm curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants. businesses do not like tory mps do not like it, the understatement of the year. we understand boris johnson is understatement of the year. we understand borisjohnson is likely to amend it so 10pm would become our last orders call and then people would have an hour to finish eating and drinking up. the chancellor rishi sunak appear to add confirmation to that. it is definitely something we are looking at and as i said one of the things that we have been able to do as we have learned is get data and see what works and see where we can improve things. i think it is probably fair to say finally introduced the curfew it was in common with many other countries and cities around the world but as we have learnt more the opportunities for us to look and refined things is one of the things on our list. that

was the chancellor. what about christmas? there has been a lot of speculation. borisjohnson christmas? there has been a lot of speculation. boris johnson wants christmas? there has been a lot of speculation. borisjohnson wants to give people a christmas present and relax the rules for a few days. he does and that is the question i'm getting asked the most. boris johnson said he will spell it out tomorrow. so far downing street has been pretty tight—lipped about what is going to be allowed. there is a suggestion that will be special arrangements. the conservative mp jake berry explained this morning that the thinking this morning as if they don't people will ignore the rules a nyway they don't people will ignore the rules anyway and was to get to that habit it isn't harder to enforce rules later. there is the sense that will be some sort of special arrangements of the ministers have been clear it will not be a free for all normal christmas, there will be some restrictions in place and they have said they do want to try to coordinate with northern ireland, scotla nd coordinate with northern ireland, scotland and wales and england so there are similar sets of rules in place although we do not know if that has actually been achieved yet.

what about the politics of this? quite a lot of tory mps have said they are really not happy with a return to tough tiered restrictions. if you have rows over your christmas dinner doing that is nothing what we might see in the commons. a decent sized group of conservative mps have been very resistant to more lockdown oi’ been very resistant to more lockdown or tighter restrictions. a group of 70 have written to the prime minister and said that they cannot support more restrictions in two yea rs support more restrictions in two years unless he can show it will —— ina years unless he can show it will —— in a tiered system unless he can sure it will stop the spread of the virus and the impact on the health of people for reasons that are not covid. we have seen conservative mps kick off in the comments about this before some of these restrictions are going to get through, if they will not vote for them which is not a given but a possibility, the prime minister would have to rely on

labour. would labour back then whatever? that is a question that was put to the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds. will you vote for government proposals whatever happens? know, because we need to see the detail of the proposal. we really expect government needs to have learned from what has happened previously, all the problems we have had previously. we did not have a clear system of restrictions, there was a huge amount of ambiguity and economic support trailed the announcement of those restrictions. that is meant a situation where we have seen record redundancies across oui’ have seen record redundancies across our country have seen record redundancies across oui’ country over have seen record redundancies across our country over the last quarter. businesses have gone bust that did not need to because of those problems so we expect the prime minister should provide something far more robust on wednesday. so there will be a lot riding on the specifics of these restrictions. we will find these out tomorrow when the prime minister addresses parliament and i think there will be quite a lot of debate over them in

the coming days. 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 that 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.

ethiopia's prime minister, who won the nobel peace prize, is facing a civil war. the country's northern tigray region has been engulfed in a conflict for the last three weeks between the government and tigray‘s leaders who are defying prime minister abiy ahmed. just yesterday, mr ahmed refused efforts by the african union to mediate, choosing instead to send in troops. in a tweet, mr ahmed warned that the he would do "all that is necessary to ensure stability" in tigray. ethiopia's military plans to use tanks to encircle mekelle, the capital of tigray. over the last two weeks, it has bulldozed roads and destroyed bridges in its advance to mekelle, which is home to around half a million people. the prime minsiter‘s senior advisor, mamo mihretu spoke to our correspondent catherine byaruhanga and said negotions with tigray was not an option. we don't negotiate with criminals.

when it comes to criminals we bring them to justice and this has been them to justice and this has been the declared conscience of the government. i think our african brothers and sisters would play the most significant role if the boot pressure on them to surrender.m the envoys are not able to travel tigray to to meet with the tplf, how can they be persuaded to negotiate? we believe that a military operation will come soon. if tplf the once to accompany through the conflict of the need to do a surrender and

nobody to go through —— nobody needs to go through tigray. our reporter will ross has been looking at the human cost of this conflict. the exodus from ethiopia into sudan goes on with thousands fleeing the fighting every day. it's been two and a half weeks since the first shots in this conflict were fired. no—one here knows how long they will be forced to live like this. the conditions are tough. translation: we came here because there is no peace back home. so far, we have not received any aid. we were living in hunger and fear. we also struggled to get water. we were living in hunger and fear. we also struggled to get water. their new home is hardly ideal, sudan is itself facing its own immense challenges, so, lots of help is required from outside in order to ensure the refugees are looked after. our serious concern is that if we do not act quickly with the resources needed,

sudan already facing dramatic economic crisis and political challenges, this could unravel not only ethiopia but also sudan. the ethiopian government says it has seized key towns from the authorities in charge of the tigray region. the tplf party is also talking tough and speaks of success on the battlefield. but it is impossible to know the true picture as all communication in the region has been cut off. the african union is worried. the prime minister sounds determined to fight on. to overthrow and arrest the tplf leaders, the politicians in tigray who for years dominated politics in ethiopia until mr abiy came to power two years ago. the un is preparing for more refugees in sudan. for now, it seems unlikely that the mediation efforts will bring about peace between the two sides. and if this shifts into guerrilla—style warfare in the mountains of tigray, the conflict could be long and the impact on civilians devastating.

will ross, 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. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet is in riyadh. i asked her how the us president managed to slip away 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 they said 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 zoom of all zoom calls with all the other 19 members of the g20 family but people were watching on his favourite means of communication and no sooner did he join the zoom call than 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 angela merkel and macron spoke about —— but president trump had gone silent.

now, what lengths would you go to to buy a burger? would you queue for 12 hours at a drive—in restaurant to get your hands on one? (00v)these were the scenes in aurora, colorado with cars blocking roads for miles around the "in—n—out" restaurant. it's the first one in the state and eventually police had to step in to manage the trafficjams. you're watching bbc news. 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 north—east wales, it reached 1a celsius yesterday. today 10 celsius.

still, it is clearing up for most of us with some spells of sunshine. particularly for northern ireland and scotland, showers around, and those showers are able to push through the central belt, so one or two may arrive in edinburgh for example. eight to 10 celsius for most of us. looking at the weather charts overnight, the wind changed direction and the showers mainly become isolated in the highlands. sky is to stay largely clear with some light winds and first patch is developing in the countryside, particularly for east england, maybe parts of eastern wales and county down as well. temperatures for monday, this area of low pressure is ultimately going to bring rain back into the north—west in the uk, but it should be a bright start for many of us with some morning sunshine, but quite cold with some morning frost around. as the milder air tends then, it will be cloudier. more general rain setting and for scotland and northern ireland.

still quite chilly in the east, but milder air pushing into the south—west with the highs of 12 celsius. that milder air will continue to push in as we had to tuesday. at the same time, we are going to have this slow—moving weather front with us. that will bring quite a lot of rain for most of the day on tuesday, in northern ireland and parts of scotland and cumbria too. some areas with slightly prolonged areas of rain. the rain is enough to cause some localised surface water flooding. away from that, bright and sunny spells, highs of 13, so milder kind of day.

some morning mist and fog patches but dry weather, too.

this is bbc news. the headlines... 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 the uk is to get an extra three billion pounds, but there are warnings of tough economic times ahead, as the country deals with pandemic. the economy is experiencing significant stress. we have seen that particularly in the labour market and with people's jobs. we know that three quarters of a million people have tragically already lost theirjobs, with forecasts of more to come. the uk government is being urged to change the rules over who is eligible for financial support if they have to self—isolate.