this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the cabinet meets this afternoon to agree a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions to come into force in england, when the lockdown ends early next month. they'll also finalise a relaxation over christmas. pubs and restaurants could be allowed to stay open longer, with an easing of the 10pm curfew. the nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but the chancellor warns of tough times ahead for the economy, as the country deals with the consequences of the pandemic. the economy is experiencing significant stress. we've seen that particularly in the labour market and with people's jobs. we know that 750,000 people have tragically already lost their jobs with forecasts of more to come.

a usjudge has dismissed president trump's latest challenge to his election defeat as a "frankenstein's monster" of a case. and worth the wait. the 12—hour operation to rescue a baby elephant, after she fell down a well in india. good afternoon. the government is finalising plans for a new tougher tiered system of coronavirus restrictions when england emerges from lockdown on december the 2nd. the prime minister and the cabinet are meeting this afternoon and it is thought there could be tighter rules around household mixing, which is seen as a major cause of transmission. but the government is still hoping to be able to ease restrictions in time for christmas. here's our political correspondent helen catt.

it's confirmed. england's nationwide lockdown will end on the 2nd of december. the regulations expire on that date, and the prime minister will be making a statement tomorrow and setting out further plans, but we will be going back into a more localised approach, a tiered system, which i think is enormously welcome. the new tiers will be tougher than before and more areas will be in higher levels. the government says it's to keep the gains made in lockdown. but 70 of borisjohnson‘s own mps have already written to tell him they won't vote for the system unless he can show it will save more lives from covid than it costs in other ways. maybe they want to re—evaluate the effects of some of the tiers, but they also need to look at the balance of the whole approach and see what the tiered approach means actually banning. and labour says it needs to see the detail. 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. 0ne measure that caused particular controversy was the 10pm kick—out time for pubs and restaurants. that looks set to be reviewed, where they are allowed to reopen. when we introduced the curfew, that was something that was in common with many other countries and cities around the world. but, as we've learned more, there are opportunities for us to look and refine things, and that is one of the things on our list. also on the list, christmas. the government has promised special arrangements to allow us to see loved ones and is trying to agree then with scotland, wales and northern ireland. the government may have its covid winter plan, but it could take more than seasonal goodwill to get it through. helen catt, bbc news. so, what's the likely impact of a return to the tiered system when lockdown ends in england in ten days time and which areas of the country are likely to see themselves returning to the tightest levels of restrictions? here's our health

correspondent dominic hughes. it's a busy sunday in hebden bridge in west yorkshire. those who can are making the most of the chance to get out and about. but even as the christmas decorations are given a final touch, for some businesses, the days to come are filled with uncertainty. we can't plan anything, we can't think ahead about, all right, maybe in two weeks‘ time lockdown could be lifted, but there is also the chance it might not be. before this latest lockdown, the local council, calderdale, was poised to enter tier 3. but despite the recent restrictions, covid infection rates have stayed stubbornly high. i mean, look around you. you know, this is a market that, in a time of lockdown, people are desperate for connection, people want to be out meeting each other. and we have to find a balance, i guess. ultimately, we have got to look at the bigger picture. it's very easy to focus on christmas as the big family thing, and it is, but one christmas might not have as big a deal for less christmases in the future for some members of our families.

this map shows the areas with the highest rates of covid—19 infections. in england, parts of the northwest and northeast, east and west yorkshire, north lincolnshire and the east midlands could well find themselves back in tier 3. meanwhile, parts of west and central scotland are already in the country's highest level of restrictions until december the 11th. and northern ireland is facing another two weeks of lockdown from friday, having just reopened some services. the uk government is in talks with the administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland to try to agree a unified approach to covid restrictions over christmas. but scientists warn any easing will have consequences. the virus doesn't care that it's christmas. it will keep spreading, regardless. it's happened in canada, with canadian thanksgiving. we are going to see the same in the states with american thanksgiving. i think it's just telling people we know how the virus transmits, and how much risk are you willing to take at this point in time with your family and your loved ones? it seems certain the tier restrictions in england will be toughened up.

cabinet ministers will discuss the changes this afternoon, with an announcement due later this week. but many families will be determined to get together over christmas, whatever the government says. dominic hughes, bbc news. chancellor rishi sunak is set to announce an extra £3 billion of funding for the nhs next week, but has warned of tough times ahead for the economy. despite the boost to the health service, due to be pledged in the spending review on wednesday, today the chancellor said the impact of coronavirus on the economy must eventually be paid for. as you can see from this graph, public sector debt currently stands at over £2 trillion. you can see a sharp rise in that debt in 2020, as the government borrowed money to deal with the current crisis. 0n the andrew marr show this morning, the director of the institute for fiscal studies, pauljohnson, said that the level of borrowing this year was, as a fraction of national income, the highest ever outside

of the two world wars. we have a huge reduction in economic output in the first this year, that will have gone down now. the economy is at least smaller now than it was a year ago, so is at least smaller now than it was a year ago, so one of the biggest recessions in history. we have borrowed an eye watering amount of money to deal with the pandemic, haven't we? ali to 350 billion this year, probably, depending on what the government does over the next few months. that would make a fraction of the national income, the most we have ever borrowed outside of the first and second world wars. this is much bigger than the financial crisis. does that mean we have to stop borrowing and we cannot borrow any further? quickly have to reduce borrowing at some point, but

at the moment, i think the government is right, we need to support the economy, particularly whilst we have locked down, and that may well mean more borrowing. it is clearly going to mean more borrowing in the next few years, far more than what we were expecting a year ago. but if we continue with the sort of levels and spending we have at the moment, with a small economy into the medium run, then not only borrowing will climb but the debt will be rising and that will become unsustainable at some point. the chancellor told the andrew marr show that the high level of spending was justified. now is the right time to focus on responding to the crisis, and that means, yes, we will be borrowing quite frankly an enormous sum this year to help us do that, but that is the right thing to do for the long—term health of the economy and public finances, and we are doing that to protect people's jobs, their livelihoods, support businesses, as we've talked about, but also provide the funds necessary

to fight coronavirus, and that will be at the centre of the spending review next week. we'll be providing those funds, whether it's for testing, for vaccines, for the nhs, and that's the right thing to do now, and that is an approach that's been endorsed by the imf, the 0br, the bank of england and others. mr sunak is facing criticism following reports he might announce a pay freeze for millions of public sector workers at next week's spending review. shadow chancellor anneliese dodds explained her opposition to the idea to andrew marr. what this measure would do is it would say to our firefighters, hospital porters, teaching assistants that they will have less spending power in the future. that means they won't be spending in our high streets, they won't be spending in our small businesses, and that's a very good way of knocking confidence out of our economy at a time when, as i said, the uk is an outlier. 0ur economic downturn has been deeper than that in the rest of the g7.

what needs to be done now by government is to build economic confidence up, not shoot it down. our business correspondent katy austin is here. no austerity yet, this has got to be paid for though, what has the chancellor —— was the chancellor more open about that in the longer term? we have two competing realities, in the immediate term, you have the chance saying look, we still need to put the money up to not just fight coronavirus still need to put the money up to notjust fight coronavirus but still need to put the money up to not just fight coronavirus but to support the businesses, protectjobs through it and also we need to be investing in the future, we need to be thinking about the money we are going to put towards these big infrastructure projects that will benefit the economy in the long term, enable a bigger recovery if you like, that the government likes to say build back better. that is one of their slogans around this. there is that aim that we need to be spending on important things, but there is this reality that borrowing

has got so high and the chancellor has got so high and the chancellor has talked about the need to make it more sustainable and make the public finances are more sustainable. how might he do that? that is exactly the big question. he seems to be in interviews today are saying that we are not going to go to austerity this week, that is not how we will approach this, certainly in the immediate temple is that there has also been speculative about tax rises. again, the chancellor has been signalling it is not the time for that, at least not now, that is the big debate. there is going to haveit the big debate. there is going to have it to be some sort of action to raise money, the question is how soon you can raise money, the question is how soon you can do that without it actually being counter—productive and preventing recovery. interest rates are incredibly low, as we know, but is a great relief that the solution for this without tax rises? the issue... it is not an issue at all actually, the situation around borrowing is that right now, it is basically quite cheap to buy, because there is interest rates are very low. the assumption is that we can carry on doing that for now. ——

quite cheap tomorrow. interest rates will go up if it becomes more responsive to borrow, so this is a really difficultjudgment responsive to borrow, so this is a really difficult judgment about responsive to borrow, so this is a really difficultjudgment about how long do you keep doing that and exactly how and how fast or how severe the option of reason revenue to make up for the deficit and to improve the debt situation, how you do that. all right, thank you much indeed. six people are being treated in hospital in cardiff after a violent disturbance in the city centre last night. one person is in a serious condition with head injuries and three of the injured are thought to have stab wounds. two people have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder. 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.

cancer research uk says some patients with rare cancers are struggling to get access to experimental drugs, even if their doctors want to try them — a situation not helped by coronavirus. the drugs are not formally licensed by regulators but can be offered to patients on the advice of cancer consultants. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been speaking to one 20—year—old patient. we have been trapped in this absolute horror film. when it all started i was just 19 years old. i'm now 20, and my whole life has been completely turned upside down. masha has a rare form of cancer. at the start of the year she went into hospital for extensive treatment, but then lockdown intervened. the hospital began shifting patients. she wasn't sure what would happen to her. literally a life and death situation... she spoke to me in march from her hospital bed. i'm unsure if there will be enough nurses that will be

able to look after me, if i'll even be able to get my treatment. it is all very scary. shall i try sitting down in a chair? the treatment did go ahead, funded by private health insurance. she had eight rounds of chemotherapy and major surgery to remove a tumour. she's having ongoing care, but she needs a vital drug, pembrolizumab, to give the best hope, and the health insurer won't pay because it hasn't been licensed or specifically cleared by the regulator nice for her cancer. to me this is purely about money, which essentially places my daughter's life on a scale with over £60,000. how can we possibly let people die when there is treatment available? specialists at imperial college healthcare trust who have been treating masha said they recommended the drug would be the most appropriate next line of treatment, but the health insurer axa ppp healthcare said...

amidst all this uncertainty, how does masha find the courage to keep going? if i'm not strong then... what other choice do i have? you know? you know, if you're not strong then do ijust... do i give up? do ijust curl up, and just let all of this happened to me? i can't. i still have so much to live for. # happy birthday to you...# masha and her staff have praised the staff who cared for her. she is now having the drug she needs. a charity has helped finance it, and the family has run afundraising campaign. they want to draw attention to the plight of those cancer patients who, for whatever reason, miss out on life—changing treatment. # hip, hip, hooray!#

thank you so much! hugh pym, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: 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. pubs and restaurants in england could be allowed to stay open longer, with an easing of the 10pm curfew. the nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but the chancellor warns of tough times ahead for the economy, as the country deals with the consequences of the pandemic. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good afternoon. it big day in the premier league — the champions liverpool welcome leicester to anfield later, they will be without their talisman mo salah who tested positive for coronavirus to add to a growing list of injury concerns.

earlier, everton beat fulham 3—2 at craven cottage to climb up to sixth. nick parrot was watching. after a run of four game without a win, everton would have relished the prospect of visiting craven cottage. it's little surprise their poor run of form coincided with the three match ban. the brazilian quickly made up his absence, setting up calvert—lewin to put everton in front against fulham afterjust calvert—lewin to put everton in front against fulham after just 42 seconds. the hosts recovered from that early setback when they found a way through. calvert—lewin went top of the premier league scoring charts as he put everton back in front and they should have reached victory, after a first goal was scored since joining from watford. but the second half tactical change almost turned things around. his heart might have sank when cavallaro became the

latest to miss a penalty. 83 seconds later though, they were back in contention. this time, fortune favouring rubin as his shot was deflected in, but that failed to add momentum for fulham and everton held on to get their season back on track. west ham have just taken the lead at sheffield united, sebastian haller with the goal. arsenal, following some dressing room unrest this week, will be desperate for a win over leeds, before leicester take on the champions. a win would take them to the top of the table. rangers have opened up an ii—point lead over second—placed celtic at the top of the scottish premiership, as they beat aberdeen 4—0. joe lynskey reports. rangers that celebrate each win with just a fist bump and renewed focus. for nine years in a row, they have watched their rivals win the league. they know to be champions it has to

be perfect. but this is their best start to a top—flight season in a 53 yea rs. start to a top—flight season in a 53 years. they have players full of confidence taking a shot from 30 yards. ryan at kent's brilliant strike was helped by a deflection, but rangers were dominant against the team said in the league. aberdeen had been depleted by injuries and covid—i9. already this match looked settles with roofe's strike for 2—0. rangers completed thejob strike for 2—0. rangers completed the job with two more second—half goals, after seeing a celtic draw yesterday, this site has set a course to win a big. a penalty would set up rangers 41st game of the season, they have only let in three. and while they are still a long way to go, this site have set their standard and their lead at the top is 11 points. celtic with work to do. scotland and france are just getting under way in their autumn nations cup game at murrayfield. scotland know a win would guarantee

their progress from the group stage. it's the french side's first action of the tournament after their game with fiji was cancelled. they have put in some brilliant performances of late. in the premiership, it looked like bristol were going to end their 20—year wait for a league win at wasps and avenge last season's semifinal defeat. but jack willis' try in the final minutes gave wasps a 23 points to 20 win. we will be keeping across all of those big stories today. that's all the sport for now. the annual g20 summit of nations, being hosted virtually by saudi arabia this year, is drawing to a close. discussions amongst leaders of the world's biggest economies have focused mainly on the need to ensure poorer countries get affordable access to coronavirus vaccines and the economic fallout of the pandemic. david wearing is a teaching fellow in international relations at royal holloway, university of london. hejoins us now. they

he joins us now. they held a pre—summit back in march talking about how much money would be needed for coronavirus, 2i about how much money would be needed for coronavirus, 21 billion pledged for coronavirus, 21 billion pledged for that. i do not know if that money has come forward yet. has the whole two—day event now really been dominated by coronavirus, rather than all the other thing is that perhaps would be addressed normally ina perhaps would be addressed normally in a g20? perhaps would be addressed normally in a 620? if we look at the press coverage, what we find is most of the focus has been on problems saudi had had. the saudis wanted this g20 summit, just as they want their presence at the g20 this year, to be an opportunity to present themselves, to help with their public image in the world and that continues to be... also the war in

yemen, which continues to be the well‘s —— world's catastrophe. they're putting their best efforts to put their best face forwards and the reality of saudi is something that has really been highlighted. does the fact that it is a virtual conference dilutes the sort of pressure and criticism of that other nations perhaps would have done or made face—to—face? nations perhaps would have done or made face-to-face? i think it has done a couple of things in that regard. 0n the one hand, for the saudis, it has reduced their ability to make a big step to come out of it, less photo opportunities, less the showcasing of the side of the kingdom they want the public to see, the world to see, but on the other hand yes, there is less chance for people to draw attention to the

human rights as well. it is all a bit more low—key because it is effectively glorified webinar at the moment. do we know what the people in the run—up to this it g20 will have agreed in terms of where the world stands on a criticising saudi arabia further the —— for the killing. to know how much pressure has been put on them and how worried they might be about the change of government in the united states? there is a two interesting and separate questions. the first question, what the saudis really care about is their image in the us. as long as donald trump is in the white house, the british will go along with donald trump's he

doesn't care because it is aligned with him geopolitically. irrespective of coronavirus, trump protected them at the g20 with no problems from the americans and the british, but the key change that will take place onjanuary 20, 21st, when biden comes in, rhetoric from biden has been a really strong in the past few months. he said that when it comes in, he will treat saudi arabia like the state they are, which is incredibly strong rhetoric from the new american president, given that this relationship goes back long before donald trump. if biden follows through on half of his rhetoric, it will be quite dramatic, but there is clearly frustration in washington, outside the white house anyway, with the way the saudis have turned themselves into a political liability for american power, turned themselves into an embarrassment for

washington. doesn't the real politic of the situation suggest otherwise though? because when itjoe biden was speaking to world leaders, he had calls with king salman and i think the prince has well and the arms sales will presumably continue as well. the rhetoric is often very different from the reality and the real politics underlying it. yes, i think that is a fair point. as i say, the relationship has gone on for a long time and the war in yemen started under the 0bama presidency and the 0bama biden administration supported the saudi war in yemen for the first 20 months before donald trump took over. that being said, i think recent events, including the killing of khashoggi, which was a high—profile embarrassment for the saudi us alliance, high—profile embarrassment for the london saudi alliance, it the continued deterioration of the situation in yemen, was supposed to be a short

war, was not supposed to last five yea rs, war, was not supposed to last five years, so war, was not supposed to last five years, so it has got to the point where the american foreign policy establishment have run out of patience. it does not mean they will end the relationship, but i think you could expect a recalibration. when biden says he wants to end american sport for the war in yemen, i think that seems likely that the relationship will it enjoy it but you can expect a definite recalibration and more pressure on the americans on the saudis to be better than they have been up till now. “— better than they have been up till now. —— relationship will ensure. coronavirus cases in the united states continue to soar. there are more than 12 million confirmed infections, up by one million in less than a week. 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 setting new

records each day for the number of new infections. 195,500 new cases were recorded on friday. 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 more than 170,000 cases per day. that's an increase of 67 %. and the covid tracking project reports more than 83,000 people are hospitalised across the country. the legal assault on the election result continues. ajudge in pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of postal votes. judge matthew brann said the suit, which rested on allegations of voting irregularities, was "without merit". the move paves the way for pennsylvania to certinyoe biden's win —

he leads by more than 80,000 votes. finally, a baby elephant who strayed into a village in india has been rescued after falling down a well. quite a big well, a wide well. this ca lf quite a big well, a wide well. this calf went down and turned it on her feet. 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. the well had been covered with bushes and had no perimeter wall. but everything is well. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. a pleasant end to the weekend, weather—wise, with most of us getting to see some sunshine at some stage of today. still had a few showers around. western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england. they'll continue into the night and become few and far between by the end of the night. a thicker cloud we've seen towards the south coast off england, some of it will push further north

again across more of southern england into parts of wales. capable of delivering the odd spot of rain. where we've got clear spells it will be cold enough for a patch of frost going into monday morning. a day that starts with a decent amount of sunshine. we'll keep sunny spells across eastern areas whereas in the west, the cloud increases. we'll see some outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, especially western scotland. looking very wet here for the afternoon. the wind picking up as well, some gusts in the western isles getting back to around 50, 60 mph. we may see some showery rain pushing into parts of wales and western england later today. milder in the west, still quite chilly to the east. quieter weather for the second half of the week ahead as high pressure builds in again. a chance for overnight frost. morning fog. most places dry.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions will come