this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. talks resume in brussels with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. four royal navy patrol ships are being readied to help protect britain's fishing waters, in the event of a no—deal brexit. the us regulator authorises the pfizer biontech coronavirus vaccine. donald trump says it'll be rolled out immediately. i am proud to say that we have made sure that this vaccine will be free for all americans. world leaders will hold a virtual climate summit later — to lay out their plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. cabbies and covid — the sector is on the verge of collapse, after business shrank to about a fifth of normal levels. and are some riders of rental e—scooters still breaking the law? we'll be finding out

in half an hour, on click. 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. trade talks between the uk and european union are continuing in brussels with one day to go until a deadline imposed by the two sides. the leaders of both parties have warned they are unlikely to reach a post—brexit trade deal by sunday. the deadline was set by mrjohnson and european commission president ursula von der leyen after the pair met in brussels during the week, after months of talks failed to achieve an agreement. mrjohnson said the eu needed to make a "big change" over the main sticking points on fishing rights and business competition rules, while mrs von der leyen said no deal was the most probable end

to "difficult" talks. the ministry of defence has confirmed that four royal navy ships are on standby to protect british fishing waters if no agreement is in place when the transition period ends on the 31st of december. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. in downing street yesterday, the prime minister chaired what has been described as a stock—take on the uk's readiness to end its relationship with the eu without a trade deal. visiting a manufacturing plant in northumberland, he said while it's not the outcome he had wanted, britain would be prepared. four royal navy patrol boats will be ready to protect uk fishing waters, it was confirmed last night, as part of what the ministry of defence said was "extensive preparation for a range of scenarios "at the end of the transition period". in brussels, the eu rejected borisjohnson‘s attempt to meet key leaders individually to try to make progress. while some member states sound more worried than others about a no—deal

outcome, they are united in their approach. plans to manage traffic queues are being tested this weekend — one of many possible consequences whether or not a free trade agreement is reached. but still, so much is uncertain with less than three weeks to go. jonathan blake, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt said in the last 48 hours there seems to have been a hardening position on both sides of the negotiations. i spoke to her earlier. think about the so—called scallop wars, clashes between fishermen in devon in england and in normandy in france over the fishing of scallops in the channel. so there are instances of this in the past. but it certainly seems that in the last 48 hours, a sense of a hardening of position of both sides. in the uk, this idea that borisjohnson has chaired that

committee to take stock of no deal readiness and this news about the naval boats on standby does suggest that it's trying to send this message of, "look, the uk is ready, "it is prepared to go it alone." in the same way, that on the eu side, emmanuel macron and angela merkel saying, "no, we're not going to have "individual conversations with borisjohnson" hardens up the position of, "no, we are a solid block and we are not "going to be picked off, if you like, one by one. "we are standing united." so it does seem to be that in public certainly, a bit of a hardening of position on both sides. eleonor duhs is a director and barristerfrom the international law firm fieldfisher. eleonor duhs is a director and barristerfrom the international she's a former uk government lawyer and was a senior adviser in the department for exiting the eu. do you think we are out of time on this and we are looking at a no—deal brexit? i think it is pretty likely, yes. there are talks ongoing, but really, we need a break throughout the political level, and i am not hearing anything that indicates that is going to happen. what you think

has broken down here critically? was a completely different starting positions, political ideology, political calculation?” positions, political ideology, political calculation? i think there are always difficult issues in negotiations, and those are bound to come to a head at the end when you have agreed everything else, and the question is, are you able to find a solution that you can sell to both sides? can both sides make this look like it has been advantageous to them? and i think the difficulty here is, we have got quite far apart positions. the eu is really emphasising the importance of protecting the single market, on the one hand, and standards being adhered to by the uk after the end of the transition period, and the emphasis on the uk side of sovereignty and importance of that, oui’ sovereignty and importance of that, our post brexit ability to make trade deals with others and to set oui’ trade deals with others and to set our own standards. those two positions don't seem to be coming together at the moment, so it is

technical, political, and it has got to be the right deal to sell to your own side, and i think at the moment, thatis own side, and i think at the moment, that is not happening. so what are frost and barnier and their teams doing this weekend? as i say, i think this needs a solution ata say, i think this needs a solution at a political level. obviously, they will be working through the technicalities of how this will work if we were to do this or that. but i think ultimately this has got to be resolved at a political level. it has got to be resolved by boris johnson and ursula von der leyen and the member states on the other side. and what have you heard about the relationships between the two groups who have been carrying out these very detailed negotiations until now? how important, for example, is the frost — barnier relationship? these relationships are very important. they are forged over months and years. these two teams have spent a lot of time together, and trust is really important, and i

think for all negotiators, you end up think for all negotiators, you end up spending so much time together, having a really important and profound relationship, actually. both sides are under a huge amount of pressure, so i'm sure in the room, there is a very good relationship, but of course, you can only negotiate insofar as your mandate allows you, and at political level, the mandate is not there for the technical side to be done so a deal can be agreed at the moment.“ it possible in your view that if we have a new deal exit at the end of this year, there could be further talks to have minor agreements in the new year? —— eleonor absolutely. this is a pinch point, but i'm sure both sides will continue to talk. the commission put out a report two days ago which talked about them going into 2021, so i think both sides are preparing for that to happen. so this is a pinch point,

but those talks will continue into next year, absolutely. if we go into a no—deal brexit, how big a change is that? it is difficult for both sides, obviously, and commentators have talked perhaps about this not being the best position to have those talks. i talked about an atmosphere of trust and that sort of thing. but both sides have very closely intertwined economies, reciprocal rights and obligations are important to both sides, and i suspect both will come back to the negotiating table next year and do their best to forge deals in areas which really need it most. ourjob is at stake here on both sides? absolutely. as i say, our economies are so absolutely. as i say, our economies are so intertwined, anything that makes it more difficult to trade will have an impact on the economy and onjobs. will have an impact on the economy and on jobs. any idea of the scale of that? difficult to say at the moment, but i think there are some worrying predictions. the governor of the bank of england has said this will be worse for the economy than

covid—19, so i think we are looking at quite a serious situation, but one where i think both sides will still want to have a dialogue and to try and get things moving in the right direction. finally, in the next three weeks till the end of this year, are there preparations for no—deal if they decide that on sunday or the start of next week that have to be done at the sort of technical level too? absolutely. i think both sides had been preparing for a long time for this, actually, so for a long time for this, actually, so this contingency plans will have to be put in place. we have seen a communication from the commission in the last few days about road haulage, about aviation. those things will be able to continue, hopefully, for some time to come, but on fisheries, i'm not sure what will happen, because that is such a difficult issue in itself. but i think that will ease things somewhat. so, some contingency measures being put in place which will hopefully mean lorries can continue to bring goods back and

forth, and really important things which mean people's lives aren't unnecessarily disrupted. yes, so maybe a tin of baked beans in the cupboard just in case! but let's hope, obviously, the lorries and contingency plans we know michael gove and his department have been looking at our successful all round. thanks very much indeed, eleonor duhs. thank you. the uk, france and the un will be hosting a virtual climate meeting later. around 75 world leaders will attend to lay out their plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the summit marks five years since the adoption of the paris climate agreement, as our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, explains. applause there were celebrations when a global deal on climate was finally done in paris five years ago today. for the first time, the whole world agreed that all nations need to play their part in keeping climate change to 1.5 celsius. the only problem was the commitments made in paris weren't

enough to do the job. in fact, until this year, co2 emissions have been steadily rising. the woman who helped secure the paris deal said action is urgent. science has been telling us for decades, "we're running out of time, we're running out of time." but now it's really, really, really dangerous. in paris, world leaders agreed to get together every five years to try to up their game, raising the targets for cutting emissions. that was to have happened at a conference hosted by the uk in glasgow in november this year. thanks to the covid pandemic, that has been put off until next year. so instead, world leaders will be gathering virtually today. boris johnson, the uk prime minister, will be chairing the meeting from a room here. the future of our planet is at stake

and mrjohnson will be hoping that countries will bring bold targets to the table. that will make getting a really ambitious global deal on cutting emissions in glasgow next year much more likely. with me now is co—leader of the green party, jonathan bartley. what are you hoping comes out of this meeting today? i'm hoping that the prime minister shows leadership. we need far more urgency and ambition from boris johnson. we need far more urgency and ambition from borisjohnson. as you have said already, next year, we will be hosting that vital conference, cop26, will be hosting that vital conference, co p26, where will be hosting that vital conference, cop26, where we have got to recognise that we are losing control of the situation. we were so optimistic in paris five years ago, and it's achieved too much and getting mines focused on hitting that 1.5 degrees target, but we are not even on course for hitting 2

degrees, and i think the uk needs to step up and show that investment in green energy and a green no deal can create new jobs green energy and a green no deal can create newjobs and make us all better off, and tackle our climate goals, securing ourfuture. it is a win—win for everyone, we need the prime minister to step up and say, we are going to do it for everyone here. given the potential costs of a no—deal brexit, though, can the country no—deal brexit, though, can the cou ntry afford no—deal brexit, though, can the country afford this kind of investment? we know since the stealing review years to get it will cost us far more in the long run than not doing it. —— the sterling review. the green no deal will create jobs right now, review. the green no deal will createjobs right now, when review. the green no deal will create jobs right now, when we review. the green no deal will createjobs right now, when we need them, in the face of a note deal brexit. and it can pay for itself. it can make us better off. why would you not want to do this right now? in terms of individuals making changes, we have seen people trying to make changes to their lifestyle,

but ultimately, does that really make a sizeable difference? is it about governments and private industry? it is absolutely about government setting that framework even more than private industry, because private industry will not respond unless it sees that certainty and security from government, and it can see that far ahead, that the government is committed to it. we simply can't beat people over the head or rely on personal behaviour change. the scale is so large. people need to see that it works, that they have decent public transport, that is low cost, that they can get their homes insulated and it will cut their bills and provide the finance to do it, that we can offer people better choices that will work for them. it is only then we will see the massive transformation we need to see, and to underpay at all, we need universal basic income, and reform of our welfare state to provide absolute security. there is huge change to come that must still happen, and people need that cast—iron guarantee that they will be supported and they will flourish

to those changes. if countries like china and the other big emitters, some other countries, were not even be part of this summit today, if they don't come on board, the change is never going to be enough, is it? we have already seen some really unexpected news from china very recently, that they will commit to net zero, and that is fantastic news. but is it fast enough? well, the us is going to get on board as well after the initial and the donald trump. joe biden will get back into the paris agreement. at the point is, we have to get together on this. only if we can lead by example and show it works where we bring everyone with this. this is why our role is crucial at this point when we are chairing this conference next year. many thanks. the headlines on bbc news: one day left to secure a trade deal — talks resume in brussels with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. the us regulator authorises the pfizer biontech

coronavirus vaccine — donald trump says it'll be rolled out immediately. world leaders will hold a virtual climate summit later — to lay out their plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the us supreme court has rejected an attempt to overturn the election results which was backed by president trump and more than 100 republican members of congress. the state of texas had filed a lawsuit arguing that voting results in the battleground states of georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, all won by president—electjoe biden, were invalid. but the court said texas didn't have a good reason to bring the case. in a tweet, mr trump accused the court of letting down his republican supporters, and showing neither wisdom or courage. the pfizer biontech coronavirus vaccine has been authorised for emergency use in the united states by the us food and drug administration. the agency had come under intense pressure from the trump administration to approve the vaccine.

our washington correspondent nomia iqbal has more. this emergency authorisation has taken a bit of time. the fda has approved the vaccine, after being advised to do so by an outside advisory group of independent medical experts. they had analysed the effectiveness of the vaccine. it also looked at the potential side effects, including those reports of two british patients who had allergic reactions after receiving the pfizer jab. and after the recommendation came this intense political pressure by president trump. he had called the fda a "big, old slow turtle". he was demanding that they approve the vaccine. he had this to say, once that green light came. the first vaccine will be administered in less than 24 hours. the governors decide where the vaccines will go in their state and who will get them first. we want our senior citizens, health care workers, and first responders to be first in line. i promised that we would produce

a vaccine in record time, before the end of the year. they said it couldn't be done. but with today's announcement, we have now achieved that goal. there is pressure for protection because the pandemic is surging here. on wednesday, one day alone, there were more than 3,000 deaths and mr trump is keen to turn those headlines away from americans dying to americans being vaccinated as he leaves the white house. and we will now see what will be the largest vaccination campaign in us history. people who are over 16 will receive the jab. health workers and the elderly living in nursing homes will be the first to receive the vaccination. those with severe allergic reactions are recommended not to take the vaccine. but the us is also waiting for approval on another vaccine made by the company moderna, and that's expected to go through the same robust approval processes next week.

anyone arriving in the uk from the canary islands must now go into quarantine. the new rules came in to force at four o'clock this morning — after the islands were removed from the travel corridor list because of a rise in covid cases. however, the isolation period is being cut from 1a to ten days, as john mcmanus reports. with december temperatures in the low 20s, life is still a beach on the canary islands. but for holiday—makers returning from there to the uk from 4am this morning, the welcome home is going to be a bit chillier. they'll have to go into quarantine after the canaries were removed from the uk's travel corridors list because of rising infections there. tour operator tui says it has around 5,000 uk customers on the islands. many will have been unable to change their plans to beat the deadline. there is some good news, though — the time spent in isolation

for those returning from high—risk areas will be cut from 1a days to ten. the relaxation also applies to those who have been in contact with virus carriers. the change has already started in wales. the rest of the uk follows on monday. wales is facing a serious challenge, though. with more than 1,900 people in hospital with the virus, there has been a warning that another lockdown may be imposed after christmas if current restrictions, which include school lessons moving online from monday, fail to work. if those measures do not succeed in turning the tide of the virus, then it is inevitable that we will have to consider a move to alert level four immediately after christmas. in parts of london and the south east, cases are also rising, particularly among secondary school—aged children. past experience shows this can precede a jump in infections for older age groups. elsewhere in england, 67 local authorities which are under

the highest tier 3 rules have been given the green light from the government to offer rapid result testing programmes to help them cut transmission rates. ministers say the move follows a successful trial in liverpool, but there are concerns over the tests after preliminary data from the city showed they had missed 51% of covid cases. the government, though, insists the tests are reliable and can help quickly detect the virus in those who don't have symptoms. john mcmanus, bbc news. a total of almost 50 residents and staff at a glenrrothes care home have tested positive for coronavirus. the confirmed cases are made up of 26 residents and 22 staff at the home. nhs fife said lomond court care home is closed to visitors and new admissions. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has assured protesting farmers that new reforms in the agricultural sector are aimed at helping them. tens of thousands of farmers have

been gathering on the outskirts of the capital, new delhi, blocking roads and other key infrastructure. they fear the reforms will erode gauranteed prices they receive for wheat and rice crops, threatening their livelihoods. well, i'm joined now by dr ashok kumar, a lecturer on international political economy at birkbeck university in london. thanks at birkbeck university in london. forjoining us. thi are thanks forjoining us. the farmers are worried about basically being undercut by the private sector, but the government is saying they will guarantee their minimum price. why is that not enough of them? welcome the reforms are pretty clear, that they basically deregulate the agriculture sector. they eliminate the minimum pricing that we know, despite the assurances of the government, and they open up agriculture to large capital, private interests. but the government do say they are giving a minimal base pay going forward, don't they? know, nobody made a

speech, and that encouraged prime minister modi to read the bill about technological investment. —— modi made a speech. they were still maintain the billesley part in september that they will abolish the minimum prices, and harmonise indian agriculture to be in line with, say, western farmers. if you look at what has happened, in the illustrative example, imagine you are selling a tomato. the prices up to the vicissitudes of the market. there is increased pressure on farmers as a result and farmland, which then contributes to potentially optimising the environment for india's burgeoning agribusiness environment. so the continued position of the government has been to maintain. they are still in negotiations. to maintain these three bills, primarily, basically trying to open up the markets in terms of agriculture. i'm sure i have seen the indian government say

they are going to maintain a minimum price to support these farmers, but it is very small farmers that are perhaps most vulnerable here, and these protests a re perhaps most vulnerable here, and these protests are quite extraordinary, arent they? we haven't seen this level of process of some time. yes, it is day 16, the protest are hysterical. we saw 250 million workers go on strike, more than half the workers in india, the largest number in human history. protests have been going across the country, and thousands of people we re country, and thousands of people were still on the outskirts of delhi, blockading motorways and camping out, and the protests have spread from the north—west to the north—east, and to the south, and this is a worrying sign for the government, but there have been negotiations between farmers' organisations and the government. but these organisations have been united in their demands, saying they won't settle for anything short of a com plete won't settle for anything short of a complete repeal of the laws, and so it is really quite unprecedented.

the government of course is also arguing these reforms will eliminate the middleman and, of course, some big business also saying you need more technology to make agriculture in india more efficient. it is about half the economy, isn't it, in terms of workforce ? half the economy, isn't it, in terms of workforce? it is a huge part in india's potential growth ahead. well, 70% of indian society relies directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihood. there is nothing in these bills about technological investment. they are talking about the price established by the government in the 19605. established by the government in the 1960s. as the example i gave you, if you had the price fluctuating, that means basically the land in which those products are produced becomes open to exploitation by these large conglomerates, and that was the entire purpose of the bill themselves. and it is quite disingenuous, i think, themselves. and it is quite disingenuous, ithink, now themselves. and it is quite disingenuous, i think, now modi themselves. and it is quite disingenuous, ithink, now modi has come out and said, we will be more

accommodating, because until this point, the various functionaries of the government have branded the protesters as terrorists and internationals, or at the other end, trying to present them as country bumpkins. very quickly, we have about 20 seconds, there have been accusations that various people have infiltrated this process, and that is perhaps helpful to modi? accusations by human? every single opposition group, whether it is stu d e nts opposition group, whether it is students or kashmiris, or environmental activist, have been branded as anti—nationals and terrorists since this governance came into power, so i don't think there's any of the substance to those claims. thank you for your time today. you are watching bbc news. archaeologists have unearthed more sections of an extraordinary aztec tower under the centre of mexico city. it's been described as one of the most impressive historical sites in the country, as gail maclellan reports.

behind this nondescript door in the centre of mexico city lies a building as historic as it is gruesome. it was built when the city was called tenochtichlan and ruled by aztecs. the tower was first discovered five years ago, and now, 119 more schools have been found. archaeologists described how they we re archaeologists described how they were laid out. translation: this is the external facade of the skull tower on the east side. the schools were mounted ona east side. the schools were mounted on a fence like structure and set in place with mortar. archaeologists were surprised to find skulls of women and children, suggesting that some of the remains we re suggesting that some of the remains were of people who were killed in ritual sacrifices aimed at appeasing their gods. the majority, though, our young men, possibly captured warriors. the skulls are placed

facing outwards on the tower in an effort to terrify enemies. but their power didn't last. the spanish conquistadors captured the city in 1521. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. turning more unsettled this weekend. wet and windy weather spreading in of the atlantic, but today looks pretty quiet. quite a bit of sunshine across the western half of the country, still a bit of clarence and some showery bursts of rain across the east courtesy of that area of low pressure. this ridge of high pressure will bring sunnier weather to the west, and this low behind me is sunday's wet and windy weather. it has been bright through the morning across parts of northern ireland, wales, the southwest. sunshine encroaching eastwards, but it stays cloudy and damp across northern and eastern scotland, much of eastern england. temperature wise, and the cool side across eastern areas, 7—8 , closer to nine or ten further west. this evening and overnight, clearer skies

encroaching eastwards, so it will turn a bit more dry here for the eastern half of the country, but thenit eastern half of the country, but then it is wet and windy weather sweeping into the west and south—west by the end of the night. here, temperatures will rise 7—10, turning chili under the skies in central and eastern areas. this low pressure will bring wet and windy weather through sunday. it may start to and bright, quite chilly across the far north and east through the morning, but then, wet and windy weather will sweep to all areas. there could be transient snow over the scottish mountains is that rain bumps into cold air. some could be heavyin bumps into cold air. some could be heavy in places, particularly across western hills, and windy for all areas, particularly southern and western coasts, gusts of 40—50 mph. with those strong winds and rain, particularly across the south, it will be much milder, 11, 12 or 13. still cool across the far north—east. low—pressure sticks around into the start of the new working week, anchored to the west of the uk. it will push the milder

air northwards, right across scotla nd air northwards, right across scotland in the northern isles as well, so a very mild data, on monday. but it will be blustery, lots of isobars and the pressure chart, so windy once again, showery bursts of rain, mainly southern and western areas, particularly over the hill. some could be quite heavy. sunshine as well. it will not be a com plete sunshine as well. it will not be a complete wash—out, but mild for the time of year. temperatures in double figures for most. we could see 12—13 across the south. it stays unsettled throughout the coming week. we could see another round of rain and gales on wednesday, then sunshine and showers. you will notice it stays male throughout. —— mild throughout. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: talks resume in brussels with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. four royal navy patrol ships are being put on standby to help protect britain's fishing waters,