this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us says it hopes to start distributing a coronavirus vaccine in less than 3 weeks from now. within 2a hours from the approval, the vaccine will be moving and located in the areas where each state would have told us where they wa nt to state would have told us where they want to vaccine doses. in the uk, the government signals that families could be allowed to celebrate christmas together — in what it calls a limited and cautious way. ethiopia's prime minister gives regional tigryian forces 72 hours to surrender — before launching an assault on the region's capital. and the perfect present for a russian patriot.

what a board game on sale in moscow, says about the increasing importance of patriotism in the country. 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 head of the us covid—19 vaccine programme says the first americans to receive the vaccine could get it as soon as december 11th — less than 3 weeks from now. dr monsef slaoui says he hopes to be able to ship vaccines to immunisation sites, within 2a hours of regulatory approval — by the us food

and drug administration. the secondary emergency authorisation is approved, they will issue their recommendation for who will get the vaccines on a priority basis. that very likely to be, may be health care workers, may be first—line workers, may be individuals who are at very high risk, elderly people, we will already have identified with each state and department of health where they want the vaccines to be located. we cannot move to vaccine doses prior to the emergency use authorisation. within 2a hours from the approval, vaccine will be moving and located in the areas where each state will have told us where they wa nt to state will have told us where they

want to vaccine doses, and then it is each state that will decide a specifically based on the guidance who they will vaccinate. joining me now is professor laurence gostin, director of the who center on public health & human rights. thank you forjoining us, i'm sure you heard that clip. it's the question of who to vaccinate first. just to go back to what the doctor said, the question is who to vaccinate first. how is this decided? it's deciding to buy the us centres for deghrees control and prevention, based on a academy of sciences. it's very likely the

authorisation by the usdfa will be based on the most vulnerable. this is turning what would normally be a conventional vaccination programme on its head, in that we normally target children first. it's very easy to get access to them, because we go through schools. what with the challenges be, having to target adults? what a shame, it looks like we have lost the professor. we will try to get him back, so stay with us for that. hopefully coming back to the director... in the meantime, there's been a lot that's taken place in the us today,. our washington correspondent, lebo disekojoins me now.

a lot going on in terms of the politics of this distribution programme. take us through what is being discussed your end. it's really interesting. the biden team's reaction to this was to point out that they will be most likely responsible for the bulk of the distribution of this vaccine if it gets the go—ahead, and until they can gets the go—ahead, and until they ca n start gets the go—ahead, and until they can start talking to the administration, they are not going to be able to make plans. at the moment, they are blocked from having any kind of handover a proper discussion with the current administration about the plans that may be in place or might be, you know, roll—up initiatives, because the trump administration will not allow the administration to sign off on the transition. they are refusing to give permission, and simone sanders, who is these books first and four, harris centre is the senior adviser tojoe biden says

that every is single puts effective distribution of that delay danger, and incredibly, the doctor who announced this saying that he has been told not to speak to the incoming administration, not to speak to anyone other than giving public information, because the administration has not yet signed this. it is a very odd situation we find ourselves in. final question on the coronavirus, of course it's the big weekend coming up, it's thanksgiving. what sort of advice is being given in the country? the cdc, which is a top health authority in the country are saying to people don't travel, and really try to limit your gatherings, try and keep it to your bubble, those people that might be already in your homes, but on friday we saw more than i million people passing through american airports. on saturday it was passed

900,000 people going through the country's airports, so there are still people travelling today looking at some of the pictures from the airports that we saw. it is less busy, but i am not sure that people are staying home in quite the way the cdc would have wanted. and finally, the argument over the election rumble on, this time it is pennsylvania. what is going on? a very scathing decision from a judge in the pennsylvania case dismissed donald trump's team's action there. he said the case was basically like a frankenstein monster in terms of the type of logic that it tried to stitch together. rudy giuliani, who is donald trump's lawyer into setting up the overturning attempts in various places says it is bringing them closer to what they want, which is to take it to the

supreme court. a lot of people had feared that that is basically what the trump team had wanted to see this play out in the elite country's top court. there are various other pieces of litigation going on across the country, but we will have to see how this plays out, really. there is a deadline, the meeting of the electoral college in the second weekend of december, so that is when the cut—off is. weekend of december, so that is when the cut-off is. in the meantime, president trump enjoying himself on the golf course. thank you for that. we can go back to the professor now, the director of the who centre for human rights. the question i was hoping to get an a nswer question i was hoping to get an answer for question i was hoping to get an answerfor is question i was hoping to get an answer for is that normally vaccination programmes target children, and it is very easy to access children, because you go through schools. what are the challenges going to be as the first

target group for the covid birx scene is adults? let me begin by saying it is a huge gap in our covid vaccine vaccination plan, because children have not been part of the clinical trials, so they are not likely to be vaccinated. they will be put at risk, even wider human to be put at risk, even wider human to be much herd immunity... in addition, you are right, it is hard to get it adults to get vaccinated, unlike children. right now, the public polls show that there are low confidence, low trust in the vaccine, i hope that will change, but we have enormous, both logistical problems are getting it to adults and also we have a lot of suspicion and conspiracy theories around the vaccine, so we are going to have a huge challenge getting to herd immunity. there's already been a lot of questions taking place

about vaccine nationalism, and the fa ct about vaccine nationalism, and the fact that a lot of these vaccines have already been bought by the us, by the uk, and the question is, what about those countries who are on lower incomes? i know the who, in conjunction with covax or looking to provide low—income countries. what is in place and how many vaccines have been allocated? they are already been advanced purchases from billions upon billions of doses from the united states, the uk, canada, even india, and this has meant that covax hasn't been able to secure even close to the number of vaccine dosesit even close to the number of vaccine doses it needs to distribute around the world. remember, we are going to have the most monumental vaccine campaign that we've ever had in our

history, and the poor countries won't get it. this is what i foresee, i foresee the won't get it. this is what i foresee, iforesee the uk, europe, us and some other rich asian countries getting immunised by the summer, whereas other lower and middle income countries may not be fully immunised for two or three yea rs, fully immunised for two or three years, and that is going to cause a great deal of anger and distrust. u nfortu nately, we great deal of anger and distrust. unfortunately, we have run out of time, but the various treatment... thanks for speaking to us. here in the uk it's been confirmed that families will be allowed to celebrate christmas together in what the government is calling a ‘limited and cautious' way. the prime minister and the leaders of scotland, wales and northern ireland are finalising the details of a joint approach, allowing different households to travel and meet — but how many, and for how long

is still being discussed. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. christmas cheer, but not too much. the prime minister has warned us that the festive season won't be normal. but across the four nations of the uk, they've been trying to come up with a joint set of rules allowing families and friends to meet up. it's not quite finalised, but in a statement, the cabinet office said there was a shared objective to allow some limited additional household bubbling for a small number of days. but the public will be advised to remain cautious and wherever possible, people should avoid travelling and minimise social contact. but it's notjust christmas that ministers in england have to think about. before that on december 2nd, national restrictions will end. but with coronavirus still spreading, many measures will have to stay in place. we will be going back into a more localised approach, a tiered system, which i think is enormously welcome. a tougher tiered system?

yes, and we learn more as we go through this crisis. and as we get more data, more information, we can see what works well, what doesn't and essentially evolve our response to make sure it's as effective as it can be. after complaints from many scientists, the new tiers will be tougher than before and more areas will be at the higher levels to keep the virus under control. but 70 of borisjohnson‘s own mps have written to tell him they won't vote for the system unless they see evidence that it will save more lives than it costs. labour want clarity as soon as possible. you can'tjust open a restaurant, open a bar, start brewing beer, getting ready for after a national lockdown overnight. you need some notice of that. and all of us, from andy burnham and everybody else, members of the public, we need a clearer understanding about what the criteria are going to be. across the uk, the rules on households mixing will be

relaxed for christmas. shoppers in london are giving that a cautious welcome. ifeel ecstatic, because i miss my friends, i miss my family. so any opportunity will be so welcome. covid doesn't know that it's christmas, so even if we couldn't, i would be ok with not celebrating it if it meant saving more people's lives. it will be important to see what the levels are like before christmas, but the idea of being able to celebrate with family is obviously really nice. but the risks from covid haven't gone away. celebrations at christmas could be followed by many more weeks of hardship. the ethiopian prime minister has issued an ultimatum demanding the surrender of tigryian forces within 72 hours, as the government prepares to attack

the northern regions capital. it's the third week of open conflict between the central government and regional leaders that has forced thousands from their homes. our africa editor, will ross reports. some of the weapons ethiopia's military is using in its fight against regional troops in tigray. both sides have been talking of success, but with all communication to the region switched off, we just don't know the true picture on the ground. the military says it's seized several towns in northern tigray, and is now turning its attention to the regional capital, mek‘ele. it talks of surrounding the city with tanks and using artillery. there was a chilling message for the more than half a million people living there. we want to send a message to the public in mek‘ele to save themselves from any artillery attacks and free themselves from the junta. after that, there will be no mercy. the tigrayan leadership has downplayed reports of gains by the ethiopian army. it says its troops will fight hard to stop these government

soldiers advancing. more than 30,000 people have already fled the fighting and have crossed here into sudan. a country which has been going through its own political and economic troubles. in an effort to stop the crisis deepening, the african union has agreed to send three former presidents to mediate in ethiopia. but the government has made it clear it wants to fight on. it says the envoys will not be able to visit tigray and has ruled out talks with the tplf politicians who are in charge there. we don't negotiate with criminals. you know, when it comes to criminals, we are bringing them to justice, not to the negotiation table. this has been declared, stated policy of the government. i think our african brothers and sisters would play the most significant role if they put pressure on the tplf to surrender. the government has some military advantages. they can fly armed drones out

of a base in neighbouring eritrea that is run by the united arab emirates. the prime minister has not the first time given the tigrayan forces and their political leaders 72 hours to surrender. so far, they have shown no sign of giving up the fight. we don't know the full extent of the civilian suffering caused by this conflict, but if the threats are carried out, it might be about to get far worse. the headlines on bbc news. the us says it hopes to start distributing a coronavirus vaccine in less than three weeks from now. in the uk, the government signals that families could be allowed to celebrate christmas together — in what it calls a limited and cautious way. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie greenwood hughes.

liverpool have just beaten leicester to go up to second place in the premier league. they arejust behind tottenham on goal difference. diogo jota got his eighth goal in all competitions for the club he joined in september as he got their second in a three nil win at anfield. that was followed by a goal from the man whojota is putting under pressure for a place in the starting line—up, roberto firmino. an own goal from leicester defenderjonny evans was the first of the night. arsenal drew 0—0 at leeds. nicolas pepe was sent off for a headbutt on the leeds player — alioski early in the second half. but both sides squandered any chances. i'm never happy with the draw, but considering the circumstances, it's a point that we have to take and move on. any complaints about the red card? it's unacceptable. that's

it. have you had a chance to speak to nicholas in the dressing room? what kind of reaction did you get? it's unacceptable, at this level you cannot do it. it's unacceptable. everton are up to sixth after a 3—2 win at fulham. two of everton‘s goals coming from the league's top scorer dominic calvert lewin. the most important thing today was that we got the three points. it sounds cliched, but i thought the second half, we didn't play very well, we didn't really have much of the ball, and the first half we started well to get the lead, but on another day we would get punished for not playing well enough in the second half, but most important was to get back to winning ways today, and we build from here. elsewhere, west ham beat sheffield united one nil. onto serie a and ac milan will go back to the top of the league if they beat napoli. it's into the second half in naples, milan currently leading 2—i, both their goals came from swedish star zlatan ibrahimovic. sassuolo took top spot earlier

when they beat verona one nil. roma are in third place after a 3—0 win at home to parma. inter are up to fifth after a 4—2 win over torino. real sociedad are top in spain after their one this nil win over cadiz. deportivo are in action right now against valencia and lead 2—nil. daniil medvedev has just won the biggest tournament of his career so far. atp finals in london. he lost the first set to the us open champion but came back to win the second a tie—break. and he carried on that momentum into the decider, winning it 6—4. he lostjust two sets all week, one today and one to nadal in the semi—final yesterday. it's the last time the tournament will take place in london as it moves to turin for the start of a five—year stint next year. france look likely to make the final of rugby union's autumn nations cup

after they beat scotland 22 — 15 in their group b game. it's france's first win in edinburgh since 2014. virimi vakatawa scored the game's only try at the start of the second half. the team who finish top of the group will go to onto the final. france are currently top and will go through if they avoid losing at home to italy next week. that's all the sport for now. the funeral has taken place in belgrade of the leader of the serbian orthodox church, patriarch irinej. president aleksandar vucic, was among the mourners. the patriarch died on friday, aged 90, after contracting covid—i9 — apparently at the funeral earlier this month of montenegro's senior religious leader. our correspondent, guy delauney has more. choir sings.

three days of national mourning for one of serbia's most influential figures culminated here. patriarch irinej had been a driving force behind the completion of belgrade's massive church of saint sava, now he will be laid to rest in its crypt. bishops and politicians praised the patriarch as a unifying force in serbia. but doctors were worried about the impact of holding the funeral during a global pandemic. maskless mourners paid their respects the day before the service. a government epidemiologist called such scenes unacceptable, but at least some of the faithful believe in precautions. if we take care of ourselves the lord will help us, as well. the lord can do what we cannot. the manner of the patriarch‘s death may have concentrated minds. it's just weak since he presided

the funeral of montenegro's senior religious leader, who died of covid—i9. days later, the patriarch tested positive for coronavirus. his death on friday leaves serbia morning one of its most prominent personalities, a social conservative who called homosexuality a deviation and a fierce opponent of kosovo's independence. this is usually painful and sad for all of us. the patriarch truly fought this terrible disease, but he failed to defeat it. now, doctors have to hope there will be no medical impact from this funeral. christmas is just round the corner. if you celebrate it — you might well be thinking about what presents to buy for your friends and family. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has an idea for you.

christmas is coming, and the big question, of course, is what to get the kids. well, i was in my local moscow supermarket yesterday, and in the toy section i spotted this. which says a lot, i think, about today's rusher. it's a board game for children aged between five and ten, and it's called we are proud of our motherland. it's a very patriotic present. let me just read you a bit of the blurb. pride in and love for the motherland is the foundation of self—esteem and personal identity, and patriotism is the highest form of social consciousness, channelling the people into creativeness and development. anyway, let's play. basically, you have to find the patriotic pictures that match patriotic poems on these cards. for example, if our enemy comes at us with war, our army and navy will guard the door. planes, tanks, cannons, nuclear missile silos. enemies don't make us mad,

we are the strongest in the world. nice. if you are lucky to have been dealt some of these images, you put them down. next poem. russia is invincible. we will defend russia from any aggressor. the japanese have full bows against us, so have the greeks, the turks, the swedes, the lithuanians, the germans. we sent them all packing. our enemies will never beat us, they never could and never will. you get the general idea. i think games like this reflect the growing emphasis the authorities here and placing on patriotic education in russia. ok, time for one more card. russian sport. our athletes defend the country's honour. are cross—country skiers and bobsleigh team is, they're all brilliant. they have won lots of

trophies and medals. no mention of russia's four—year ban from international sport for doping. oh, well, it's only a game. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. most of us got to see at least some brightness today. with clear spells overnight, allowing it to get quite chilly, a touch of frost in a few places. still some cloud across the far south of england and the channel islands. still the odd spot of rain here, and we will see cloud thickening across northern ireland and western scotland later in the night. a stronger breeze here, so it's not going to get quite as chilly. the lowest temperature to be found across the eastern areas, where we will get quite close to freezing. after that cold start,

it is across eastern areas, particularly eastern parts of england, where we will see the best of the sunny spells through the day. cloud will thicken across western england and wales with the odd spot of rain, and certainly we will see some outbreaks of rain drifting across northern ireland and especially the western side of scotland. quite windy, too. those are the average speeds. could see gusts of up to 50, 60 mph across the western isles. and temperatures highest in the west, with some milder air pushing in. a bit more of a struggle further east after that rather cold start. as we head into tuesday, the mildest day of the week, some rain to the north—west, starts to turn colder for all of us from mid week onwards. rain continuing to feeding across scotla nd rain continuing to feeding across scotland at times. some dry weather, some spells of sunshine, always the chance of some cold and drizzle. tuesday the mildest day of the week for most, with highs of 12 or 13 degrees. as you move out of tuesday

into wednesday things start to change. that frontal system that's been moving around in the north—west will start to push eastwards, weakening as it goes, patchy rain drifting eastwards, and behind a frontal system we start to get into some rather chilly air, so on wednesday the remnants of that weather front bringing cloud and patchy rain towards the south and south—east of the uk. showers across the north west of scotland, but elsewhere spells of sunshine. temperatures back in single digits in most of us by this stage, and as we head towards the end of the week it is looking rather chilly by day and quite cold by night with some frost and fog at times, but it will be largely dry.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the government signals that families could be allowed

to celebrate christmas together in what it calls a limited and cautious way. but how many can meet and for how long is still being decided, as the options are considered. we have to find a balance between covid restrictions and the well—being and mental health of our nation. the head of the us coronavirus programme says he hopes the first americans will be vaccinated in december, as the country passes 12 million confirmed cases. at the end of the virtual g20 summit, leaders of the world's richest nations call for the vaccine to be made affordable, so poorer countries don't get left behind. tough times ahead, warns the chancellor, ahead of his spending review this week. mystery on the streets of nottingham as the broken bike accompanying the artist banky‘s mural disappears.