this is bbc news with the latest headlines. downing street says large gaps remain between the uk and the eu after a face—to—face meeting between borisjohnson and the european commission president failed to achieve a breakthrough. negotiations will continue in brussels with sunday being set as the deadline for a firm decision on whether a deal can be reached. we know with the eu these negotiations go to the wire, but i think it is significant both sides jointly have agreed we need to take stock and have some finality. and following those latest talks, are you concerned about a no deal? get in touch. i'm @annita—mcveigh on twitter, or

use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. official figures show the uk economy grew byjust 0.4% in october, as the recovery from a record slump continues to slow. the united states records more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day — the highest total anywhere in the world. an experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company crashes and burns on landing. the billionaire calls it a rapid unscheduled disassembly. and coming up this hour, the teenager using tiktok to help students stay motivated during a time of social isolation and remote working.

that morning and welcome to bbc news. —— good morning. talks between borisjohnson and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, have ended without agreement. the two leaders have been trying to break the deadlock in long—running brexit negotiations between the uk and eu. a spokesperson for number 10 said very large gaps remain between the two sides. but talks will continue in brussels later today, between the uk's chief negotiator lord frost and the eu's michel barnier. a decision on whether a deal can be reached is expected to be announced by sunday. without a deal, tariffs will be imposed on british exports and trade will be disrupted by increased border checks. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has sought to play down the impact of a potential no—deal brexit on food prices but acknowledged there will be bumps along the road. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. they met, a quick photo, masks off, and on again. then down to business.

three hours of talks over a three—course meal. but in the end, big gaps remained. there is still clearly some scope to keep talking, but there are significant points of difference that remain. so, i think the prime minister's view is we will leave no stone unturned. if there is a deal to be done, and we think there is, if the eu is pragmatic and respects the basic points of democratic principle, we won't be wanting for trying to find that way through. she described the conversation as lively, downing street as frank. but negotiations that had stalled are now back on. david frost for the uk and michel barnierfor the eu are getting around the table again in brussels. we must remember that a trade deal is for keeps, notjust for christmas, and i think the prime minister deserves praise for standing firm

and not allowing fudge and compromise we may later regret just to get a deal over the line. fishing rights, business competition rules, and how a deal would be policed, the now familiar stumbling blocks. number 10 said that borisjohnson was determined not to leave any route to what they described as a fair deal untested. let's be clear, there was never any doubt that the promise to the british people was that there would be a trade deal. quite frankly, there should be one already. this is not an ambitious deal that the government is seeking. it is now exactly three weeks until the brexit transition period ends. the uk and the eu have named this sunday as the new deadline, when a decision must be made on the future of these talks. jessica parker, bbc news. with me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, saying the talks are approaching the point where some finality is needed,

but he added, never say never, is there scope for a breakthrough or are both sides not wanting to be the party calling time on the process? it is significant although we had the downbeat assessment from both sides about how the dinner had gone, the third attempt by borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen to make some process, two phone calls already, before the face—to—face meeting in brussels. they said, the two sides are far apart, still have gaps and we are going to see whether we can still bridge them. i think it is significant they didn't say, call ita is significant they didn't say, call it a day, last night, and they are giving the negotiators a few more days to see if they can come up with something. what is unclear is whether they can give to come up with anything new or going over old ground and the message we're getting from number 10 this morning as they see sunday is the crucial decision

point, whether they will decide on whether there is a deal or not. dominic raab, foreign secretary, talking about needing a point of finality in order to call time on the negotiations if is not going to bea the negotiations if is not going to be a deal to give businesses time to prepare. we know with the eu that these negotiations go to the wire, but i think it's significant both sides jointly have agreed that we need actually to take stock and had some finality and that sunday is the point at which future negotiations will have that stock—take. so, i can't rule it out, but i think we are rapidly approaching the point now where we need some finality. but, you know, charlie, been here before. never quite say never when you are negotiating with the eu. what is interesting is, never say never, it leaves the door open for the fact sunday might not be the country point now being built at

tibi but if in the next couple of days with negotiators in brussels still around the table, they can see some sort of chink of light and see there might be some progress made, i think it is impossible they would stop the negotiations at the heart deadline on sunday, you have heard the message from the eu before, saying we don't want the timetable to get in the way of a good deal. but there is obviously the deadline of the end of the year creeping up when the transition period ends. both sides want that to be a good deal. and something they see in their own noise is a good deal. still stuck on the point of principle, the fundamental principles, the uk not wanting to surrender sovereignty and the eu not wanting to compromise the integrity of the single market. huge issues, but not beyond the realms of possibility we could see progress in the next few days and negotiations

continuing to the end of the year. what may happen after the 31st december and with the boss of tesco talking about the company stockpiling some supplies, dominic raab again in interviews this morning talking about that and about whether there would be significant bumps in the road when it comes to access to certain goods and services. yeah, ministers are trying to prepare the ground for no deal by saying, look, we will be able to prosper whatever the outcome, boris johnson has been clearfor a long time he thinks no deal, britain would be able to succeed if there was no agreed trade deal with the eu and we had to trade on world trade organization terms. but there have been warnings about the implications of no deal, practical consequences if we are having this major upheaval in trade between the uk and the eu, the warning from tesco talking about

the warning from tesco talking about the potential for price increases, dominic raab saying he did not recognise the figure of a 5% increase but admitting there would be bumps in the road. it brings us back to the point both sides ultimately say they want a deal, thatis ultimately say they want a deal, that is still the message from both the eu and the uk. borisjohnson before he went to brussels yesterday talking about the fact there is a deal still to be done in the very fa ct deal still to be done in the very fact they are still around the negotiating table up until sunday a p pa re ntly negotiating table up until sunday apparently shows there is still the intention to try to get a deal because it is in the interests of both sides. but there is now the looming possibility that could be major disruption for some at the border if there is no deal and i think the outcome is now looking more likely, although definitely one both sides want to avoid. thank you very much. with me now is our brussels correspondent, nick beake. good morning. let's pick up on the

thought about sunday with the two sides saying a firm decision will be made on whether a deal can be reached. from the brussels perspective, what does it mean in practice? interesting that even though it did not go very well last night, the dinner, the two sides have agreed sunday will be the cut—off point. ursula von der leyen, commission president, tweeting we need a decision by sunday. insofar as that is clear, we now deadlines have come and gone for brexit, but this seems to give clarity to what we are talking about. that means they have talks today, potentially friday, saturday and sunday, chief negotiator is getting around the table once again trying to get a breakthrough, break the deadlock, but they have been unable to do that for months. what will change? what is actually going to... some people say, keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome, what is

the point of continuing? european leaders are in town, it is not a meeting about brussels, it is supposed to be about climate change and security in europe in the future and security in europe in the future and the covid crisis but they will getan and the covid crisis but they will get an update about the private meeting last night. you wonder whether the likes of emmanuel macron and angela merkel, the sort of conversation may lead to maybe a pathway. i am not saying that is going to happen but certainly if there is to be a deal something needs to happen which has not previously happen. will there be more momentum in these talks in the next four days or as it is looking increasingly likely no deal is just around the corner? it is conceivable on sunday they say they will talk a little bit more. in the meanwhile, contingency plans being published imminently by the european commission for a no deal scenario. what can you tell us about the areas those plans will cover? this is

interesting because it is something the member states have been calling forfor the member states have been calling for for quite the member states have been calling forfor quite a while, the member states have been calling for for quite a while, led the member states have been calling forfor quite a while, led by the member states have been calling for for quite a while, led by the likes of france, saying, we need to give businesses not just likes of france, saying, we need to give businesses notjust on the side of the channel but in the uk some certainty. as it stands, three weeks' time, they don't know on what terms they will be trading, they don't know the levels of disruption nape should be preparing for. we will see what is published. —— they should be. we know in the past with other possible exits, they had contingency planning which was published, people could look at it. in terms of what you are getting at, specific sectors, different areas, levels of preparedness and emergency contingency, we don't know what that will be. the fact this is coming also points towards a no deal because so far michel barnier, eu chief negotiator, has said privately i'm told, this is not the time, give us i'm told, this is not the time, give usa i'm told, this is not the time, give us a bit more time, we don't want to do this. clearly a decision has been

made they need to be realistic. both sides trust they do want a deal. publicly giving information about what would go wrong or certainly how they would stop things going wrong is an indication both sides are very mindful they might not get the deal, despite the promise on both sides they think it would be the best thing. thank you very much, nick speak in brussels. —— beake. we can speak now to billy kellher. he's an irish mep who has been a member of the european parliament for the south constituency for his party fianna fail. good to have you with us today. ursula von der leyen said last night each side has a clear understanding of each other‘s position, is that a sign there is scope for progress or is at political speak for, we hear you, this is not going to work?m indicates there is goodwill in terms of trying to secure some form of a

deal and no doubt the same issues causing difficulties a number of yea rs causing difficulties a number of years ago in the brexit debate itself are the issues causing difficulties now. governance, fishing, level playing field. i like to think the next couple of days, last chance saloon, sunday is the cut—off point, no point pretending we can have these discussions are ongoing, businesses have to have a certain element of certainty, commerce has to function, so for everybody‘s site, sunday has to be the final day in terms of making a decision —— for everybody‘s sake. the final day in terms of making a decision -- for everybody's sake. to pick you up on that, you think sunday should be the absolute cut off, done by than or not at all? certainly, the bones of a deal thrashed out. all of the technical work has been done, no difficulty in drawing up plans around a deal. all

that has been done. we need political initiative to push this over the line. if that is not forthcoming over the next number of days, we have to look at the fact we are facing a no deal scenario. that clearly is something i don't want to countenance, i don't think the eu does, andi countenance, i don't think the eu does, and i don't believe the vast majority of people in the uk... they wa nt majority of people in the uk... they want a deal so commerce and business can function normally. at some stage you have to call an end to discussions if they are achieving nothing. uncertainty over a prolonged period will undermine the eu and the uk in terms of outlining its plans into the future. interesting to hear former vp of the european parliament and now commissionerfor european parliament and now commissioner for financial stability say this morning in an interview, there is a lot of uncertainty, clearly, but she still thinks a deal can be done and that the process should not get bogged down in the choreography, what do you think she

meant by that? does it hold out the possibility that if the bones of a deal, as you put it, can be sorted out over the next few days, that things in terms of timescales can be managed even if it goes beyond 31st december? yes, if there is a chance ofa december? yes, if there is a chance of a deal being done and if we have the bones of a deal, then you could obviously be creative in timelines and synchronisation of the passage of it through parliament and european union and the ratification process in the uk parliament, but you have to be created around the fa ct we you have to be created around the fact we need something tangible by sunday at the latest. barrett in mind, trade deals are one aspect, the commissionerfor mind, trade deals are one aspect, the commissioner for financial services, over the next number of months, huge challenge as well if we don't have a trade deal around the equivalence in financial services and that is when the pressure will come in the uk because of the size

of the financial services in london. it is not just of the financial services in london. it is notjust about of the financial services in london. it is not just about the of the financial services in london. it is notjust about the trade deal itself, tomorrow, next week, it is about the relationship over the weeks and months in terms of addressing the other big issue, financial services. all in all, huge pressure. you would like to think prime minister boris johnson understands the impact on the uk economy. in ireland, the issue has been resolved because the uk has come back to the table in terms of the northern ireland protocol, withdrawn the internal market articles... that is welcome. but we do need to see something that will allow commerce. we don't want lorries and trucks in dover and calais on the 1st of january and chaos across the uk, ireland and the european union. it is in the gift of the uk prime minister and ursula von der leyen to bring sense and reason to this eternal discussion. uncompromised perhaps the word needed there. picking up on what you mentioned about the northern ireland

protocol, that accord between the uk government and the eu earlier this week which avoids the hard border on the island of ireland in terms of goods moving between the two. but as the eu has been discussing eminently plans to launch its contingency planning for a no deal scenario, what challenges do you see lynagh had on the island of ireland between the north and south? -- lying ahead. the day challenges will be movement of goods and there will be goods and products coming from the uk into northern ireland that would be offending to the single market concept so we have to ensure checks and balances, but they would primarily be on the irish sea. once products come into northern ireland, you have certain goodwill, that is accepted. i don't believe there would be huge difficulties around free movement of goods. but there is

the political issue as well around citizens‘ rights. and all of those entitlements. brexit has undermined the concept of an irish citizen also being a european union citizen. that is an area i think is going to be discussed broadly over the next number of months and years in northern ireland, the concept of irishness and being european as well. that is a debate for another day. overall, we welcome the fact the uk has come back and sanctioned its word, in terms of the northern ireland protocol and ensuring they live up to that side of the agreement in terms of making sure there is no hardboard and fulfilling there is no hardboard and fulfilling the obligations of the good friday agreement. the uk as a guarantor of the good friday agreement, it must insist on vindicating it. very interesting to talk to you this morning, from fianna fail, mep for ireland south. if you would like to

send me your thoughts about this and what you think the prospects might be over the next few days, talks until sunday, what you want to happen after that, get in touch on twitter. of course, you can comment on any other stories we are talking about today as well. official figures released this morning show that uk economic growth slowed sharply in october as restrictions were tightened to control the spread of covid—19. let‘s speak to our business presenter sima kotecha. tell us more about how the economy is doing. gdp, here we are again, another monthly figure released by the ons this morning. remember, gross domestic product is the value of goods and services produced by the uk economy and we use it as an

indicator of how healthy the economy actually is. the figure out today is 0.4% growth in october. a couple of graphs to show you how that trend has been going. the sixth consecutive month of growth. if you look at the graph closely, you can see that the three monthly gdp is at 10.2%, meaning in that period the economy grew by 10%. the second graph shows you the monthly growth in october. in september, we saw a 1.196 in october. in september, we saw a 1.1% growth. october, 0.4% growth. a lot less. but economists had predicted it to be even less than that. some of them quite surprised this morning at 0.4% growth. but the six months running down the economy has grown but the reason it has grown by such a small amount, if you rewind back to october, you may

remember some parts of the country we re remember some parts of the country were facing tougher restrictions and there was at curfew on the hospital sector, restaurants and bars had to be closed by champion —— hospitality sector. that has led to that figure. the cbi says it does not expect the economy to hit pre—pandemic levels until the end of 2022. we know as we speak, the economy is still 8% smaller than it was before the pandemic. it is a very fragile economy, we are expecting an employment to go up. november, we expect the figure to be a lot worse because november is when the second knock—down came into force and many businesses were. close. house of fraser results out today and what it might mean for the fate of debenhams. absolutely, we know the high street has been going through

an incredibly difficult time. we have seen that in various companies going into administration and liquidation. some positive news for a change. the group, fraser group, which owns sports direct, house of fraser, it has seen profits go up in the six months to the end of october. in comparison to last year. last year, in that time, it made a profit of 90 million. this year, 106 million. it says online sales along with a strong revenue after the first lockdown has led to the boost. we know online sales have done very well through the pandemic as people have been sitting at home ordering things on their tablet device or on their phones. a lot of us have been doing that. the fraser group has been a beneficiary of that. you may recall the fraser group is owned by the billionaire mike ashley and he

is in talks with debenhams at the moment, which is facing liquidation, 12,000 jobs at risk. they are in talks to perhaps provide evidence. we know from listening to interviews from staff at debenhams that talks are ongoing —— they are in talks to perhaps by debenhams. perhaps these figures make it more likely they could buy the struggling debenhams. thank you very much, business presenter. the united states has recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in the past 2a hours — the highest total so far in a single day anywhere in the world. the number of new cases is continuing to surge and hospitals in parts of america are filling up. in california, admissions have risen by more than 70% in the past two weeks. advisers to the us vaccines regulator are due to meet today

to assess the pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency approval. that vaccine is already being rolled out here in the uk. the country‘s top infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci has encouraged americans to get the vaccine when it‘s available. let‘s say we get 75%, 80% of the population vaccinated. if we do that, i believe, if we do it efficiently enough over the second quarter of 2021, by the time we get to the end of the summer, the third quarter, we may actually have enough herd immunity protecting our society that, as we get to the end of 2021, we can approach very much some degree of normality that is close to where we were before. and later this morning on bbc news, we‘ll answer your questions on the coronavirus vaccine. dr bharat pankhania from the university of exeter medical school and professor stephen evans

from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine will be here to answer your questions. that‘s coming up just after 11.30am right here on bbc news. greater manchester police has been accused of letting down vulerable victims of crime by failing to record 80,000 offences ina year. the police inspectorate said some cases were being closed without a proper investigation and no record was kept of a quarter of violent crimes, including domestic abuse and stalking. greater manchester police said it had a long—term plan to address the concerns. authorities in the united states have launched a major lawsuit against facebook. officials have accused the social media giant of stifling competition when it bought whatsapp and instagram, which it could now be forced to sell. the social media giant insists the companies were far smaller when it bought them and that the deals were fully approved. new york‘s attorney general, who is leading a coalition of 48 states suing facebook,

explained why they decided to take action. for nearly a decade, facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals, snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users. by using its vast troves of data and money, facebook has squashed or hindered what the company perceived as potential threats. they have reduced choices for consumers. they stifled innovation. and they degraded privacy protections for millions of americans. an experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company has the 16—storey high starship rocket was being tested as part of the company‘s plans to eventually carry people and cargo to the moon and mars. no—one was on board. tanya dendrinos reports.

it looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster. but this fiery spectacle was not planned. it‘s a crash landing of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. mission control: two, one, zero. codenamed sn8, it was the craft‘s first attempt of a high—altitude flight test. early on, it was smooth sailing for the uncrewed mission. it lifted off from the facility in texas on a brief flight to just over 40,000 ft, achieving much of what it set out to do, including a horizontal descent. but after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. in might not have looked like it, but according to spacex‘s ceo,

elon musk, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying we got all the data we needed. his sights are firmly set, tweeting. .. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. it started off pretty cloudy across much of the uk, not much change into the afternoon, staying overcast for most of us and we are expecting more like rain and drizzle. this is the picture this afternoon, a change on the way, band of rain heading towards northern ireland, should reach belfast early leaving. the rain overnight, the winds will strengthen, most of us getting some rain, notan strengthen, most of us getting some rain, not an awful lot. tomorrow, going to start of milder, these are the starting temperatures, double

figures in the south—west, frost free across the board. tomorrow will be changeable. some sunny spells but also a few showers, some could be heavy, particularly in the west, but even the possibility of thunder and feeling a little bit milder. hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... downing street says ‘large gaps‘ remain between the uk and the eu — after a face—to—face meeting between borisjohnson and the european commission president failed to achieve a breakthrough. negotiations will continue in brussels — with sunday being set as the deadline for a ‘firm decision‘ on whether a deal can be reached. we know with the eu that these negotiations go to the wire. but i think it‘s significant both sides, so jointly have agree that we need to take stock and have some finality. official figures show the uk economy

grew byjust 0.4% in october, as the recovery from a record slump continues to slow. the united states records more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day — the highest total anywhere in the world. an experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company crashes and burns on landing. the billionaire calls it a "rapid unscheduled disassembly". sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s mike bushell. you have some champions league news, i believe? good morning. with the manchester derbyjust days away, manchester city, gave themselves a shot in the arm, as they completed their champions league group, with a comfortable 3—0 win over marseille.

city had already won the group before this match and their confidence showed, as feran tores into space, to tap in the first. and then, look who was back, sergio aguero showing his usual instinct, after injury. and an own goal right at the end, sealed the win that means city finish the group stage with 16 points, matching the most ever by an english side in the champions league. liverpool were also guaranteed top spot, before they played, in denmark, and it took mo salah, less than a minute to get his 22nd champions league goal and so become liverpool‘s record goal—scorer in this competition, against mityaland. despite that start, they could only manage a 1—1 draw in the end. but that didn‘t matter. and salah was the talking point. exceptional player. absolute exceptional player. since we work together, a lot of things have clicked for all of us. he helps the tea m clicked for all of us. he helps the team massively and he knows and appreciates the help of the team. players from paris st germain and basaksehir took the knee before they resumed their

champions league game. it had been originally abandoned on tuesday night after 1a minutes, with the fourth official, accused of using a racist term. it was an easy win for psg in the end — neymar with a hat trick as they won 5—1. sometimes there can be such joy in defeat. after they‘d lost in the champions league, the borusssia monchengladbach players gathered around a phone to watch the other match in their group. as long as no—one scored, they were through. after all and the party could begin. goalless draws have never felt so good. in the women‘s champions league, manchester city came from behind to beat gothenburg in the first leg of their last 32 tie. not such a good night for glasgow city as they were beaten 2—1 by sparta prague women. meanwhile, fran kirby became chelsea‘s all—time record scorer, as they thrashed benfica 5—0 in lisbon. now some sad news from the world of football. the stand—out star of the 1982 world cup, paolo rossi, has died aged 64.

rossi was the player of the tournament as italy won the trophy in spain and yet he nearly missed the competition, after being banned from football for two years for his involvement in a match—fixing scandal. he started the tournament slowly, but scored six, and his hat—trick against brazil was considered to be one of the greatest in world cup history. he ended up world player of the year in 1982. the man who is representing the eight rugby union players, planning legal action against world rugby, the rugby football union and the welsh rugby union, has been speaking to the bbc. richard boa rdman says they are intending to go live with action either later this week or early next week. meanwhile, england rugby world cup winner ben kay has called for the amount of contact in training to be limited, while research into a possible link between rugby and brain injuries continues. it is like 20 controlled car crashes a week. some of these hits are just

bone rattling, they really are. it‘s not just about knocks bone rattling, they really are. it‘s notjust about knocks on heads, yes thatis notjust about knocks on heads, yes that is a massive part, it is about holding your breath going into contact, you know, seeing the stars. jockey, hollie doyle, has made history after she became the first woman woman to ride a winner at the internationaljockeys‘ championship in hong kong. it‘s been an incredible year for doyle, who has already broken her own british record for winners ridden in a year by a woman and became the first female rider to have five winners at one meeting. she‘s now added this latest record by winning the final race of the competition, aboard harmony n blessed. ronnie o‘sullivan is through to the third round of the scottish open. the world champion had no problem beating 18—year—old chang bingyu 4—1 to set up his place in the next round. and finally, the pressure is on british heavyweight world champion, anthonyjoshua, as he gets ready for this first

fight in a year on saturday night. that‘s according tojoshua‘s promoter eddie hearn, who has said the boxer is almost certain to fight tyson fury next year, if he can first overcome the bulgarian, kubrat pulev, at wembley arena. joshua‘s is defending his three world heavyweight belts and it‘s the prize at stake that hearn thinks is making joshua a bit edgy. he feels the pressure because he wa nts he feels the pressure because he wants the fury fight so badly and he knows that all he‘s got to do is beat this man in front of him. i think he would prefer a bleak prefer an easy fight, we all would. it is the mandatory challenger, top ten in the mandatory challenger, top ten in the well, bouncing around here, as happy as larry. looking very lean and they are up for it. they always raise their game when they fight anthonyjoshua. they raise their game when they fight anthony joshua. they need raise their game when they fight anthonyjoshua. they need to and they know the rewards through victory are life changing. eddie hearn beating to mike costello. that‘s all the sport for now.

we‘re just hearing something more about production at honda‘s swindon plant. yesterday we told you about production being suspended there because of a shortage of parts, it is getting parts to the honda is saying production at swindon will remain suspended today and tomorrow with a view to resuming on monday if they can. they reiterate that work at the factory was halted yesterday due to a shortage of parts. the result of severe congestion they say at uk ports affecting honda‘s supply chain. the company is not commenting on the extent of lost output. on that assigned this problem at the port is related to the pandemic, although they have made reference to issues with stockpiling by other firms. that is ahead of the transition period, but at the moment the problem is related to the pandemic and the problems it is creating in the supply chain. on the

saint production at its swindon plant will remain suspended today and friday with a view to resuming on monday. let‘s return to the latest talks between the uk and the eu on a post—brexit trade and security deal — which have ended without an agreement. without a deal, tariffs will be imposed on british exports, and trade will be disrupted by increased border checks. the foreign secretary dominic raab has sought to play down the impact of a potential no—deal brexit on food prices but acknowledged there will be "bumps along the road". let‘s speak to our economics editor faisal islam. i suppose the big question everyone is asking is how bumpy the road will be? good morning to you. good morning. yes, there is that concern. we had a report from the government‘s independent forecaster, the office for budget responsibility, saying the extra trade barriers are already into what isa

trade barriers are already into what is a relatively thin deal compared to the highly integrated relationship with the european union right now. there will be a hit from that, but if there was not a deal after the end of the transition period, the impact of widespread taxes on trade, call tariffs, that haven‘t existed in our relationship with europe for decades, that would ta ke with europe for decades, that would take another 2%, about £40 billion a year of the economy as well. it is important to note those two points. there is already expected in the shorter medium term to be an impact on the economy from barriers that are not tariffs, extra regulations, customs checks are all being prepared right now, but in addition to that, if they cannot strike a deal, you have the real impact of extra taxes on trade, 10% on cars, welsh lamb farmers, much larger than

that. so those are the two para meters that. so those are the two parameters we are working with right now. we have been talking about the latest gdp figures, the uk economy growing by 0.4% in october. the recovery from that huge slump we saw earlier in the year slowing down. when you factor in all of the pandemic —related knocks to the economy and the potential impacts that you‘ve just been outlining of the uk exiting, exiting the transition phase without a deal, how difficult does it become politically for the government to try to present this as economically beneficial for the uk? the government points to some of the deals it has been signing, the trade deals it has been signing, the trade deals it has been signing around the world, the trade secretary is in singapore right now. those are basically continuity

rollover deals with the relationship we have right now. they dearly love to signa we have right now. they dearly love to sign a new deal with america, for example, and have made a gesture in that direction with stopping joining in the european efforts in the airbus boeing, so they have scrapped ta riffs airbus boeing, so they have scrapped tariffs on boeing unilaterally. they would like a us trade deal because thatis would like a us trade deal because that is the sort of thing you can do outside the european union that you couldn‘t do inside. but you are right to point to the gdp figures from this morning. the recovery, the bounce back from the covid pandemic shutdown, this is before the restrictions in november that we saw in england. i think the phrase i am hearing, we put everything together, you mentioned the honda shutdown well, the pandemic, recovery, the uncertainty over brexit and

potentially new tariffs coming in and the phrases i am hearing from business contacts is a perfect storm. they are worried about all of these things interacting together. for example, on the issue of the port chaos, yes that was definitely caused by the pandemic, it affects eve ryo ne caused by the pandemic, it affects everyone around the world, big influx of ppe clogging up the main ports. what happening in a couple of months in a less orderly fashion, we have the pandemic effect, we have additional brexit stockpiling effect, then there is the extra customs checks happening at the same time and the government acknowledges this, in internal documents about the worst case scenario, this interaction between covid and the trade realities that are coming one

way or the other in three weeks‘ time. it is a tricky situation. the benefits, as they see are from new trade deals in the medium and long term, the upfront costs will come in the next few weeks and months. yet still, we don‘t have certainty about exactly what that will look like. but do look out for the interaction between the very tough covid pandemic situation, we have seen that in the gdp figures, it will get worse in november in terms of expecting a negative figure in november and in this fourth quarter. then we have the substantial trade change coming through at the end of the month. faisal islam, thank you very much. a few of the comment you have been sending, steve says what are the negotiations achieving? the eu have made their position clear and the eu have done the same and by that are wanting to change the

fundamental points, so what is there to discuss? trevor says, it would be a disaster for the economy and the cost of living which would impact on the poorer members of society. sean says during two world wars britain protected the seven to britain protected the seven to britain from most of europe and we should not have to fight now. neil says, i am should not have to fight now. neilsays, iam not should not have to fight now. neil says, i am not scared of food shortages, there are plenty of sprouts on the shelves. please keep those coming in and we will try to read out a few more later this morning. the foreign secretary has acknowledged that britons could face new covid restrictions on travel to eu countries in the new year. afterjanuary the 1st, the uk will no longer be part of the european union‘s free movement rules, potentially leaving britons affected by measures to close the borders due to the pandemic. simon calder is the travel editor of the independent. good morning, simon. explain what

the situation is at present? at the moment, the uk is lumped in with the hangers on to the european union, members of the eea and the non—schengen members, switzerland, iceland, norway and lichtenstein. that means that whatever applies to eu companies also applies to us. and in the context of coronavirus, there is basically a european union ban on arrivals from pretty much anywhere in the world, apart from a shortlist of countries which includes australia, new zealand, japan, thailand where they have extremely low rates of coronavirus. and the presumption is, unless anything changes from the 1st of january when we choose to become a third country outside the eu, because the transition phase, as you have discussing, will end. effectively,

we get left out in the cold. however, important to say if you have got a holiday booked, don‘t panic yet. because individual countries are sovereign and they can decide if they want to let brits in all not. i have been in contact with the big countries we will be going to at this time of year, spain, portugal, italy, malta and cyprus, trying to find out what they will do. but there is no certainty yet. so individual countries can make their own decision so ultimately people wishing to travel have to look out for what those countries are saying about the prospects of people coming from the uk?|j are saying about the prospects of people coming from the uk? i am so sorry, i missed a question. people coming from the uk? i am so sorry, i missed a questionlj people coming from the uk? i am so sorry, i missed a question. i hope you can hear me? can you hear me, simon? yes, i can. iwas you can hear me? can you hear me, simon? yes, i can. i was trying to clarify that point, if you want to travel to the uk to another country

thatis travel to the uk to another country that is a member of the eu, ultimately you have to look to the individual country for their specific regulations? yes, that will be the case. at the moment, there is no certainty about that. but they all have their own different rules so many of them will ban particular countries outright. greece hasjust introduced quarantine for people going there at christmas and new year which effectively rules those countries out in terms of worthwhile destinations. but they can, and i would imagine that regions such as the canary would imagine that regions such as the ca nary islands would imagine that regions such as the canary islands my do this, they can say it is ok, we will make an exemption for british people. but there is no obligation to at the moment. on top of all this you have the uk rules, which basically say the uk rules, which basically say the entire, almost the rest of the world is a no—go area. we warn about all but essential travel to the vast

majority of european countries so your travel insurance will be invalid and then you have to quarantine when you get back, whether it is 14 days in scotland and northern ireland, ten days in wales and five days in the uk if you ta ke wales and five days in the uk if you take a test. i am sure you can a nswer take a test. i am sure you can answer questions to get through the rules and regulations. you mentioned the canary rules and regulations. you mentioned the ca nary islands, rules and regulations. you mentioned the canary islands, a popular holiday destination over christmas and the new year. but there may be some changes to the testing rules? yes, it is tricky for a lot of people. the canaries is one of very few places british people can go to without needing to quarantine when they come back. however, the spanish government last month said, everyone who comes in needs a two test. it is the gold standard test and you need it within 72 hours of arrival but it

ta kes a it within 72 hours of arrival but it takes a couple of days to process. particularly people travelling at christmas or immediately afterwards, it isa christmas or immediately afterwards, it is a nightmare. the canary islands president said they were loosen that requirement to allow antigen testing, these are the test you can do in an hour, may be at the airport on your way to your destination. however, the negotiations with the spanish government, who clearly want their own policy to prevail right across spain, are still going on, so nothing has changed at the moment. i am in contact with the big holiday companies and airlines to ask what their view will be on it. at the moment we have to assume nothing has changed and you need a pcr test. it isa changed and you need a pcr test. it is a nightmare for people facing uncertainty and if you have got a holiday booked anywhere in europe and you are worried about the effective ban that will come into effective ban that will come into effect on the 1st of january, if it isa effect on the 1st of january, if it is a package holiday, it almost certainly will not go ahead. they

will not some planeloads of passengers to portugal if they will not be allowed in, but if you have booked your hotel and fly separately you don‘t have the same consumer protection, i am afraid. simon, i expect we will be revisiting this in the days and weeks to come. simon calder, thank you very much. monthly statistics for nhs england have just been released, including a&e attandance figures for november and elective surgery. the number of patients in england waiting more than a year for routine surgery, we have also had figures for that. those figures have risen to nearly 163,000 people in october waiting for routine operations. that is the highest figure since may 2008. just to give you a sense of comparison, in february before the covid crisis hit the nhs, the number of people waiting for routine operations was 1600. and now, in

october it was 163,000. that is quite a rise. we can speak to professor neil mortensen, president of the royal college of surgeons of england. very good to have you with us. i hope you have had the benefit of looking at these figures in a little bit more detail than i have, but picking up the routine operations figure, the number of people waiting, that figure has absolutely surged during the pandemic? is that the direction of travel for most of these sets of statistics we look at in the nhs? good morning. i have only just seen in the nhs? good morning. i have onlyjust seen them, too. if you think in october 2019, the number of people waiting was 1321. it is now over 160,000. that underlines the devastating impact of the pandemic. this is obviously something that is

really concerning. overall, the waiting times have been increasing throughout the pandemic, despite lots of heroic efforts by nhs trusts and staff to get things back to normal. but that hasn‘t really happened. i suppose most hospitals getting round to about 50, to 70% of previous capacity. it is adding to this massive problem. i think the total waiting list is now 4.45 million, up on the previous month. it is all right to think about figures, but these are people and in the lowest priority groups, these are people with hip and knee operations, ear nose and throat problems, for example. they have already been waiting many months and now they will have to wait many, many more months in pain, needing painkillers, may be off work, maybe their mobility decreasing. it is a

real national crisis. i suppose the couege real national crisis. i suppose the college of surgeons view at the moment is, whilst we understand the immediate effort everybody has to do to get over the pandemic, there will bea to get over the pandemic, there will be a moment where we have to reconsider this enormous problem. there needs to be a national strategy to sort out this waiting list problem, and a new dealfor surgery so we can make some impact on the selective waiting times. let‘s talk about how long you think it will take to clear this backlog without, as he put it, a national strategy? that is very difficult to say, it is going to be two or three yea rs say, it is going to be two or three years minimum, isn‘t it? even if we we re years minimum, isn‘t it? even if we were managing to, if you like, making the capacity work at its highest rate, maybe ten or 15%, it is still not going to get anywhere

near of solving the problem in the short time. there needs to be a really big look. the idea we can just get to normal in the summer and then, if you like, muddle through, it just will not then, if you like, muddle through, itjust will not be good enough. very briefly, an important message, if people have symptoms that you are concerned about the should not be put off by hearing figures like this, they should go and see their doctor or go to a hospital if necessary? i am sure you want to get that message across?” necessary? i am sure you want to get that message across? i am so glad you asked me, absolutely. it is the perfect prompt. obviously, stuff thatis perfect prompt. obviously, stuff that is urgent, anybody who has symptoms that they are worrying about, the health service is still open for business and you can be seen and sorted out. obviously cancer services, emergency services, cardiac services, those more kinds of urgent problems will be dealt with very, very quickly and efficiently. i don‘t think people need to say, the health service is

to badly press, i shouldn‘t trouble them any more. if you have got stuff going on, you must go and see your gp and get referred into the clinic. 0k, gp and get referred into the clinic. ok, professor, thank you very much for your time today. an 18—year—old student from surrey has attracted millions of tiktok views after posting her solo study sessions from her bedroom. blair fiander initially started broadcasting her studies as a way to motivate herself to revise for her a—levels. but she soon noticed fellow students would join her for the sessions, which would largely be made up of silent revision. but here she is, giving some words of advice. and blair fiander joins us now us now. lovely to have you with us this morning. we have mentioned a little bit about how this started, but why did you think this would be a good idea? originally it started as a self—motivation method for may, with the announcement of the second lockdown and it was a particularly rainy day and it decided to go live

on tiktok thinking maybe a couple of people would join and i would feel more pressurised to crack on with my own revision, because other people would be watching me and making sure i wasn‘t getting distracted. on the very first live stream, when i entered it i could see by my analytics, 8000 people had passed through, which was mind blowing, but i was like, this is something that has been beneficial for i was like, this is something that has been beneficialfor other people because they are working alongside me. it is something that gives people a sense of togetherness in a time when a lot of people are coming home from school isolating and it can bea home from school isolating and it can be a time when loneliness really is quite present among young people. so by doing my tiktok live streams, people are managing to have that feeling of not being alone and to crack on with their work, which is such an important thing. the ultimate and possibly the biggest virtual classroom. is it achieving its purpose, is it helping you focus? yes, it definitely helps me

focus, i do my own revision and own homework during the sessions. we have amassed 224,000 blair‘s brainy acts, as we like to call ourselves. being able to see the reaction of other people and i‘m getting hundreds of messages from people saying, you have helped my grades go up. is that not distracting, you know people are watching, joining in and sending you messages? they send their messages and i read them after their messages and i read them after the live session when i am going live, there is a comment session at the bottom where i can read what people are saying. but i put my camera to the side so i am not directly looking at it. you can swipe to the right on tiktok and the comment section disappears to make sure it is less distracting. but it doesn‘t affect me really. when i am

not looking at the camera means i‘m not looking at the camera means i‘m not getting distracted by the comments and i focus on not getting distracted by the comments and ifocus on my not getting distracted by the comments and i focus on my own work. what subjects you studying? psychology, sociology and biology. what is your top tip for studying and being focus? my top tip is time management and organisation. if you are planning out your time, understanding the specification i would say that was really helpful, but we have a discord server which has over 20,000 members where we share revision resources, year group channels and we have subject channels, we have of my favourite bit of the discord server is a channel where people can stop the sentence by saying, "today i am proud of... and it is the most wholesome channel to read. it is the most helpful in terms of not only does it help people with their

revision in terms of resources, but silent study rooms you can go into with your camera on and your voice recording off, so you can see 25 other people studying at the same time. it is a 24—hour community.” am sorry to interrupt, we are out of time but great motivational tips, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. downing street says large gaps remain between the uk and the eu after a face—to—face meeting between borisjohnson and the european commission president failed to achieve a breakthrough. negotiations will continue in brussels with sunday being set as the deadline for a firm decision on whether a deal can be reached. we know with the eu these negotiations go to the wire, but i think it is significant both sides jointly have agreed we need to take stock and have some finality. uk travellers could be prevented from entering eu countries