this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk prime minister borisjohnson and the president of the european commission will speak later today , to try and break the brexit trade talks deadlock. we keep calm, as always, and if there is still a way, we will see, huh? the two sides remain divided on fishing rights, the rules governing state subsidies for business and how the deal is policed — uk businesses say they need clarity now. the government have sent out a letter to every business in the country saying "check, change, go". well, check what? change what? go where?

we need to know now. this has now got to be done, there has got to be compromise on both sides. the uk vaccine regulator says , the covid—19 vaccine the uk medicine regulator says, the covid—19 vaccine will "definitely" be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. a large—scale vaccine roll—out begins today in russia, using the country's sputnikjab. the makers say it's up to 95% effective, but it's still undergoing trials. and coming up — in a week that's seen the collapse of uk household names including topshop and debenhams, what's next

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. britain's prime minister boris johnson and european commission president ursula von der leyen will seek to break the deadlock over a post—brexit trade deal. negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying "significa nt divergences" remained following a week of intensive talks. most of the deal has been completed but key sticking points remain. these include fishing rights, the rules governing state subsidies to business and how the agreement is policed. time is running out to get a deal through before the uk leaves eu trading rules at midnight on december 31st. here's the eu chief negotiator michel barnier who was speaking this morning on his way back to brussels. good morning, monsieur barnier. hello, how are you? what will you be saying to president von der leyen? good morning. we keep calm, as always, and if there is still a way, we will see, huh?

thank you. au revoir. is all hope of a deal lost, mr barnier? if there is still a way we will see, huh? au revoir. thank you. safe trip. as talks pause there and monsieur barnier and the british negotiator head home, is still a desire for a dealfrom both side. earlier i spoke to our politcal correspondent jonathan blake who explained that european leaders have been commenting on the talks — with french president emmanuel macron keen to ensure the fishing industry in his country will not lose too much access to british waters. tough talk from the french, absolutely. yesterday we had the irish prime minister urging both sides to do a deal really highlighting the benefits of a deal as he sees it so absolutely there are political factors it's play and there are all the members

of the european unions with a vested interest in getting a deal that is not only in the eu's interest but that country individual interest. borisjohnson on the uk side with his staunch brexiteer credentials and the promises he made at the last election and everything we've heard from him about taking back control, as he and the government put it, and maintaining the eu's independence as a sovereign nation in the future after the transition period ends on december 31st, so that's are worth bearing in mind when we hear these noises coming from different quarters at different points in the process. what is your reading of the mood at westminster? there is a sense, i think, that this process is not in its last moments, necessarily. hope is not lost. i think it is important to bear in mind that while both sides are talking and neither is either threatening to or in the process of walking away then

there is, of course, still the chance that there is still a deal that can be done even if things go to the wire and the answer we have to see what happened but this morning is really stressing that importance that the government puts on upholding the uk's independence and sovereignty after brexit and that issue of competition rules, the so—called level playing field, and how both sides will agree or not to undercut each other or to avoid undercutting each other in terms of how governments can support businesses in the future and that seems to be, of course, those three areas of the sticking points are crucial, but that seems to be the one that the government is stressing at the moment. jonathan blake our political correspondent, thanks very much. with a deal so far not in place there is uncertainty for businesses on both sides of the negotiations.

lord bilimoria is the president of the confederation of british industry — which represents nearly 200 thousand businesses across the uk. he said businesses need answers. it is 4.5 years since the referendum and we still haven't been able to agree this. the uncertainty is just so, so scary, so worrying. and what a time for this to be happening! the 31st of december, right between christmas and new year, when right around the world many countries sort of shut down, and at a time like that you've got to cope with all this uncertainty and all this disruption. if we have a deal, at least there is some certainty. even if we have a deal, we have to adjust to it. i mean, the government have sent out a letter to every business in the country saying "check, change, go". well, check what? change what? go where? we need to know now! this has now got to be done and there's got to be compromise on both sides. a lord from the cbi there.

ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a same in the scottish vitamins organisation hasissued the scottish vitamins organisation has issued today saturday. —— statement scottish fishermen is association. series of undertakings to the industry that the uk will stroll sovereignty over uk waters and control who gets to fish for what, where, and well. that simple principle, which is the legal number coastal states, is under threat from the you's intransigence. acce pta nce threat from the you's intransigence. acceptance of any deal which only delivers pretend sovereignty will be a wholesale betrayal of the industry that the financial pretense and support. that you also need to recognise that the trade in fresh between them in the uk is a balance in their consumers want to eat the fish between our seas but fishing opportunities in each other‘s waters are farfrom fairand opportunities in each other‘s waters are farfrom fair and that is opportunities in each other‘s waters are far from fair and that is the one which has to be put right. that is the scottish fishing federation statement issued saturday morning. —— the be all wrong which has to be

put right. let's hear now from professor alan winters — professor of economics and former director of the uk trade policy observatory at the university of sussex. professor winters, thanks very much for being with us. this was in the scottish fishery industry a reminder that in a sense borisjohnson is working a bit of a political type whatever he signed up to, if he signs up to anything. yes, it certainly is a tight vote. you have to say it is mother of his own making but yes, they have made a lot of promises, they have even sold a couple of years ago the eu that fishing was critical so they have got a problem but it is important to remember that fishing is a very small part of the british economy and while of course we feel for them, what we're talking about here is an expansion of the fishing industry, not that any of them will lose theirjobs. just one point to realise, as well as it being tiny, it's very dangerous. the fishing

industry has an industrial death of 818 times that of the uk average. that is very point because as you say people put their lives at risk every day that they set to see. -- i industrial death rate 18 times that of the uk average. it is notjust the fishing industry itself. the french government has been indicating the its tough talk over the last couple of days it is an equally passionate industry of the other side of the channel. 0h equally passionate industry of the other side of the channel. oh yes, fishing communities are very tight and as you say they do a very dangerous and difficult job and as you say they do a very dangerous and difficultjob and that is exactly what brings a community together, but, again, it is worth remembering that even for the european union, the fish that they get in british waters is a tiny amount of their income. they are facing job losses if they don't keep

access to british waters, and you might think, well that should avow something of a transition period, but nonetheless economist you have to move on and i rather hope that the european union has worked out that it the european union has worked out thatitis the european union has worked out that it is going to have to surrender some ground on this issue. let us talk about the other, there are three issues, aren't they, when it is about placing the deal, but let us talk about the level playing field issue because that is really important to businesses and also for the eu's point of view, to the kind of credibility than single market. yes, that's right. the european union essentially said, here is britain, fifth or sixth largest economy in the world, very closely integrated with our european economy. if the brits steal a competitive advantage in a way which the europeans feel is unfair, implication for europe are quite

serious. a lot of suffering, loss of jobs will be there and so they are essentially saying if you want to have a free access to the european market we need to feel that you are playing by pretty much the same set of rules as our firms are and that is really the trade—off. it is not really a matter of sovereignty, actually, because britain can say we would like access to your market and we are prepared to make some commitments, to do this as a sovereign power, so that is the trade—off. it is notjust absolutely black—and—white, quite. trade—off. it is notjust absolutely black-and-white, quite. partly about the source of language use we present this to your audience at home is going to be a very important. we have heard about this between the president of the european union and the british prime minister. presumably there will be other arguably more important vocals taking place around europe over this weekend. the players that matter, would you say, most? well, i think

the phone call with the president of the phone call with the president of the european commission is fundamental because, essentially, i think that is the points that at which the europeans could say i am sorry, we're just which the europeans could say i am sorry, we'rejust going which the europeans could say i am sorry, we're just going to give up, we are clearly going to not getting anywhere i think that if ayrshire doesn't say that then there are a most serious things around essentially i think with the limb aged players in the eu, so clearly thatis aged players in the eu, so clearly that is president —— i think ursula doesn't say that, i essentially think the major players in the eu, i think the major players in the eu, i think at least angela merkel will be involved not least because she has expressed a very strong interest in trying to bring this to a satisfactory confused collusion. the belgians and the netherlands are also very closely integrated with the uk economy and the spanish fishing it's fake so i would guess they are also going to be on the list for the weekend. it is going to

bea list for the weekend. it is going to be a busy weekend for some! alan winters, former director of uk trade policy observatory at the university of sussex and professor of economics. thank you very much within bbc news. thanks for having me. gps in england will start offering the coronavirus vaccine from the 14th of december. patients aged 80 or over will be the first to get it. care homes in england are expected to get the vaccine within two weeks, with the first vaccinations in hospitals taking place next week. andy moore reports. any allergies that you may have? nurses in a coventry hospital practising how they will administer the new pfizer vaccine, beginning next week. because the jab comes in large batches at low temperatures, the initial roll—out will be at 50 hospitals across the uk. but we now know that will be swiftly followed with the vaccinations by groups of gps in england, beginning on monday 1a december. the priority for getting the jab will be the over—80s who can make their own way to

the vaccination centre. special freezers will be provided to store the vaccine at —70. gp practices will come together to manage the programme. they have been told that is their priority, with only urgent care for all other patients. after that, within two weeks, doses of the vaccine will start going out to care homes. plans are in place to reduce the boxes containing the vaccine doses to more manageable consignments. all of this will place a huge burden on the nhs, and so the chief medical officers of the four home nations have written to staff, praising them for their hard work, while warning that this winter will be especially hard because of the pressures from covid. they warn of a possible surge in cases because of extra socialising over christmas, and they say for the next three months, vaccines will only have a marginal effect on the burden for the nhs. every action counts when it comes to protecting ourselves and our loved ones from coronavirus. that's why the nhs has launched

a new public information film comparing the wrong and the right ways we can go about our lives every day to stop the spread of covid. it reminds us that up to a third of people show no symptoms, so they can spread the virus unknowingly. andy moore, bbc news. merseyside police say the mayor of liverpool, joe anderson, has been released on bail, following his arrest as part of a fraud inquiry. he and four other men were detained as part of a year—long investigation into bribery allegations, linked to the awarding of building contracts in the city. the headlines on bbc news... uk prime minister borisjohnson and the president of the european commission will speak later today to try and break the brexit trade talks deadlock. the two sides remain divided on fishing rights, the rules governing state subsidies for business and how the deal is policed — uk businesses

say they need clarity now. the uk vaccine medicine regulator says the covid—19 vaccine will ‘definitely‘ be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. now, russia's coronavirus vaccination programme began today, despite the sputnik vaccine still going through safety and efficacy trials. the firstjabs have been administered in clinics in moscow. the news comes as russia is reporting record high numbers of infection. mark lobel reports. russia's rollout begins here in moscow, with a cautiously optimistic public looking on. translation: i don't know whether the vaccine works or not, but i'm sure there's nothing wrong with it. i'm not an anti—vaxxer, but it's yet to be proved how effective the vaccine will be. with thousands signed up already, those currently eligible to apply online are medics, teachers, social workers, and those in contact with lots of people during their day—to—day duties.

we expect to vaccinate around two million people in december. sputnik has good safety, good efficacy, it can be stored at plus two, plus eight. one jab costs less than ten dollars so definitely is a very good contender to be part of the solution, but of course it cannot be the only solution to the world vaccine, you know, issues. president putin has now ordered the large—scale roll out of this vaccine across russia, which is yet to finish its stage three safety checks, having registered it back in august, as the country with the world's fourth worst case load for coronavirus and the recent grim domestic record of 589 covid deaths in a day. so far, the sputnik vaccine's trial results have not been peer reviewed or approved by any international drug control agency, but the vaccine has been preordered by india, south korea, china, brazil and hungary.

one challenge will be to convince some of the somewhat sceptical russians of the reliability of sputnik v. translation: i am not going to get the vaccine jab. let everybody else get vaccinated, and if they will i will survive. but the vaccine producers say this offers real hope for russian medical workers and hospitals alike, who, despite the constraints put in their path by coronavirus, are still finding ways to smile and keep safe this christmas season. mark lobel, bbc news. not everyone is convinced by the sputnik rollout, earlier i spoke to natasha loder, health policy editor for the economist, who questioned the ethics of the speed with which the vaccine programme is being advanced.

the most important thing we don't know is the most important thing, which is whether we can trust it or not, and that's because of the way it's been developed, something which has created a lot of concern and suspicion all over the world, i would say. i would point out that it really is unethical to start giving vaccines to people when you haven't put them through late stage trials and, you know, the sputnik vaccine reallyjust did skip an entire stage of testing before it was registered in russia, and that's just not normal and it's not usual at all. you know, essentially, theyjust did away with the last stage of testing and said, "ok, we're going to register it," and that's really not the way to do it. natasha loder. the united nations says fighting in many parts of ethiopia's tigray region is hampering efforts to deliver aid, while thousands of refugees continue to make their way to sudan in an effort to escape the conflict. their stories are harrowing. tanya dendrinos reports it should be a symbol of safety. but instead, this makeshift home houses the haunting memories of a family tragically broken. translation: my family

and i were in our house in humera when it all started. once we heard the explosions, my wife and i gathered our children and ran outside towards the suez, and tried to keep ourselves safe there. once we heard explosions coming closer to us, we kept running in different directions to get away from them. he hasn't seen his wife or daughters since. a father desperate to give his younger children hope to cling to, even in the depths of his despair. translation: i worry when i think about how i need to provide for my children and what has happened to my family. sometimes the thoughts that come to my mind are incomprehensible, they are very hard to think about. i'm really suffering, even in my thoughts. translation: we are miserably broken by what is happening there. we have lost everything, and it has been very difficult to sleep here.

we have lost everything, and it has been very difficult to sleep here. we are still suffering and thinking about our family. the one thing we have is that we have saved our lives, but we are suffering here, and we are not much better off than those who died. this is the devastating reality for many who have made the trek from ethiopia's war—torn tigray region over the border to sudan. jan egland has been visiting refugees, and spoke to bbc world news about what he witnessed. the conditions are very difficult. remember that sudan has received now more refugees per day than the average european country receives in a year, and that has been uninterrupted now since the beginning of november. meanwhile, the united nations says fighting is hampering efforts to deliver aid to those in need in the tigray region, despite the announcement of a deal to deliver assistance in government—held areas.

tanya dendrinos, bbc news. one of the 13 prisoners deported from the uk to jamaica on wednesday has tested positive for covid—19. the jamaican government says the man is being held in isolation at a hospital in the capital, kingston. the flight has attracted controversy, with critics warning that people might be wrongly removed as in the windrush scandal. after an initial trial in the british city of liverpool, the use of a rapid coronavirus test, which gives a result in under an hour, is now being rolled out in more places across the uk. wolverhampton will begin offering all residents the tests from this week, whether or not they have symptoms. phil mackie has been to see how it will work. these are the lateral flow tests which give people results injust half an hour. they've invited a small number of people to come to help them get ready for the launch next week and have trained up 100 council staff to carry them out.

i chose to do it because it's part of our civic duty, so therefore working for the council we work for the citizens and it's ourjob to protect our citizens. by volunteering, we can get more people tested, therefore get much more information and it's a lot better for our city. they asked me to be a guinea pig, and because i didn't have any symptoms, i was happy to take part. 0k. if you would like to put your swab into the test tube, please? sure. ok, just like this? ok, so i'vejust handed in my swab and behind they are already starting work on it, which means that within about 30 minutes i should know whether or not i've tested positive or negative. but there are concerns that, because this test is less reliable, more people will be told they're negative when they are not. and if those people then go out and they visit their grandparents, they stop socially distancing and so on, because they believe they haven't got covid, that's not going to help. it could actually make it worse. in wolverhampton, they think it's a risk worth taking and know that the message must be clear.

just because you've got a negative test doesn't mean, that's fine, i can do what i want, go where i want, hug my granny. you can't, you've still got to follow those rules. one in three people who have the virus don't have symptoms, which is why trying to find the asymptomatic cases is such a priority. it is that not knowing, isn't it? you know, you hear so many people have no symptoms and actually could be spreading it. i feel that i've done my bit for the city, to try and get us into tier 2 if we can. because i'm working from home, i don't go out anyway so no, it's not going to change anything but just for my own... peace of mind? yeah. so i've just got my notification from the nhs which tells me i've got the result, less than half an hour after i took the test. let's have a look at what it says. thankfully, it says i'm negative, but that doesn't mean i change my behaviour. i've still got to abide the same

rules as if i hadn't had the test. wolverhampton's desperate to drop from tier 3 to tier 2. infection rates are already falling and they're banking on these tests to help wipe out the virus. phil mackie, bbc news, wolverhampton. an indian state health minister, who volunteered to be part of a coronavirus vaccine trial, has tested positive for the virus. anil vij, from northern haryana state, took the vaccine being developed by an indian company five days ago. he's been admitted to hospital. india is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer and local companies are also working to develop immunisations for covid—19. it's the second most—affected country in the world with 9.6 million coronavirus cases. now, how about this fora hairy landing... the pilot of this light aircraft in minnesota

was forced to use a busy road as a landing strip after experiencing engine failure. two people were on board but luckily no one was injured. can you believe that? no one was injured! extraordinary! quite some pilot schools there. you are watching bbc news. —— pilot skills. with christmas just three weeks away, it's usually the busiest time of the year for our retailers. non—essential shops have now re—opened in england — but in a week that's seen the collapse of big names including topshop and debenhams, is this the end of the high street as we know it? our business correspondent katie prescott reports. lifting the shutters at bishop auckland. shelves here are stacked and shoppers are out and about once again. it's not as busy as i thought it was going to be, to be honest. we came down and didn't think we'd be able to get into any shops, but it's quite nice. it's a pleasure to see people in the street and hopefully, hopefully, we'll hang on to some

of the businesses in the street. it isn't the same, online shopping, because you can't see what you are buying, can you? sometimes it is ok but sometimes it is what you get, not what you wanted. so it is nice to be able to come out and look again. it is more like the small businesses, i'm pleased to see them up and running, because i think, like, obviously the big high street chains, they've kind of helped themselves. it's just all these people that have been going for generations and have had to shut down. it's just quite scary. it's also scary when you look at the drop in the number of people shopping around the uk. yesterday, uk high streets saw a drop of 39% compared to last year. uk shopping centres, a drop of 29%. retail parks are faring better, down just 4%. overall, there has been a drop of almost a third. this pandemic—induced plunge in footfall has been a catastrophe for small shops. trends that have been brewing for years accelerated in the course ofjust a few short months. there's the cost of paying for premises like these, business rates, higher tax on property, and then of course the often cheaper and more convenient alternative of online shopping.

it's a really tough time to be in retail. to help sweeten the deal for independent retailers like this chocolate—maker, there are calls for the government to redistribute the business rates relief cash that several large supermarkets have given back to the treasury this week. as for so many, christmas is the most important time of year for her business. but this season, she's afraid there'll be fewer parcels to wrap. lockdown has been a roller—coaster, really. a huge amount of self—doubt, a huge amount of loneliness, a huge amount of, what are we going to do with ourselves? this is now, we have smaller shoulders. you know, we have smaller shoulders, how are we going to weather the storm? i have to say, you know,

without the masses of support from my customers, it would have been different. much local supporters come from lockdowns, meaning that people are shopping more in their local areas, to the detriment of cities. people have discovered stores which perhaps they never even shopped in when they were working away or long distance or they were commuting into big cities. so it's a real opportunity for independents. although they're having a massively hard time at the moment, if they can continue to capture that spirit of local, going forwards, then hopefully it will help them to recover quicker. the limited time shops have had to open means december is even more vital than ever, as they face pressure to make up for lost ground in the run—up to christmas. now, and one of these last few weekends when you can go shopping before christmas, let us see what the prospects of getting outside. hello there. the weather's going to stay cold through the rest of the day today. there will be some patches of rain around as well, but earlier on we had some snowfall for a time. this was the early morning weather picture from the gloucestershire area near the wye valley. into the afternoon, most of us will see rain but there could be

a little bit of snow across the high ground of wales and also across the high ground in scotland, particularly above 200 metres elevation. generally the weather improves a little bit through the rest of the day. the weather turns a bit brighter, patches of rain become less widespread but it's cold — five to 7 degrees for many of us. overnight tonight, a bit more rain coming in off the north sea for eastern scotland, parts of eastern england and perhaps the south—east of england. clear skies elsewhere will give a touch of frost but there could be some icy patches and some fog to start the day on sunday. sunday sees this rain move inland, become light and patchy but leaving a legacy of rather cloudy weather for many. across north—west england, northern ireland and west scotland, that's where the best of the sunshine is going to be but if anything, it's going to be even a little colder tomorrow. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: borisjohnson and the president of the european commission will speak later today to try and break the brexit trade talks deadlock. we keep calm, as always, and if there is still