this is bbc news with the latest headlines. talks are underway again in brussels with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. the former bank of england governor outlined his concerns about the situation. there will be challenges if an agreement is not reached. four royal navy patrol ships are being put on standby to help protect britain's fishing waters in the event of a no—deal brexit. world leaders are holding a virtual climate summit. addressing the summit, borisjohnson laid out his priorities in renewable energy. we are putting our foot to the accelerator, in a carbon friendly way of course, with a ten—point plan for a green industrial revolution. the us regulator

authorises the pfizer biontech coronavirus vaccine. donald trump says it'll be rolled out immediately. in boxing, anthonyjoshua defends his ibf, wba, and wbo world heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev at wembley arena tonight. and are some riders of rental e—scooters still breaking the law? we'll be finding out in half an hour, on click. good afternoon. with one day to go until the brexit talks deadline set by the uk and the european union, both sides are warning a deal is unlikely. it comes as the ministry of defence said that, as part of no—deal contingency planning, four royal navy boats

are on standby to protect british fishing waters. our political correspondent helen catt reports. in brussels, negotiators are now back round the table once again, but not for much longer. tomorrow night remains the deadline for deciding if a trade deal can be agreed or not. overnight in kent, a test run. this concrete barrier was being laid along the motorway to deal with this, the potential for lorries to be delayed at the ports. there will be some checks at the border injanuary whether there is a trade deal or not, but other plans specifically for no—deal are more controversial. four royal navy ships are on standby to protect british fishing waters. the ministry of defence say it's part of extensive preparation for a range of scenarios, but it sends a not—so—subtle message that the uk is ready to go it alone. the scottish government has called the move gunboat diplomacy which will not be welcome in scottish waters, and others have also raised concerns.

we need to be building alliances, not breaking them apart. the advent us administration is wanting to rekindle western resolve, reenergise an international alliance and take on our adversaries, like russia and china, and here we are actually arguing with a close military european ally. the eu has sent its own message in the final hours of the talks, with leaders rejecting boris johnson's attempts to meet them individually, a public show that they are sticking together as one. the uk has already left the eu. the next few hours will decide exactly what happens next. helen catt, bbc news. speaking to the bbc earlier, the former governor of the bank of england mark carney, outlined his concerns about the situation the uk finds itself in. i think it recognised that there are two types of issues around, if there is a rupture in the relationship. the first is very important logistical challenges that come through more checks at ports

and the knock—on effects and we are starting to see some of those already. but then there's the more fundamental question of the changing economics of the relationship with europe if there are tariffs in place, if there are other product standards and companies have begun to adjust to those, they have been anticipating some of those. i'll say one thing that is important, is that the financial sector, my colleagues at the bank of england have helped ensure that the financial sector is ready if there is a difficult outcome, it's ready for that outcome and so the financial sector will not make this worse, it will be part of the solution. but undoubtedly, there will be challenges if an agreement is not reached. i'm joined now byjill rutter, senior research fellow at uk in a changing europe, which carries out independent research on uk—eu relations.

i'm tempted to say, what you think of them at the moment, but says we don't entries know what is going on behind—the—scenes, if anything, don't entries know what is going on behind—the—scenes, ifanything, or the michel barnier and david frost are sitting there across a table with christmas cards writing them out, or while they do something while they are waiting for the deadline to officially pass, what about these contingency plans? the eu set out some plans and presumably had the advantage is that a lot of those were ready for the ist of january if we had no deal at all on brexit itself. does the uk have well developed contingency planning for an incident of this kind? the interesting thing is that a lot of the players the government has published, they were published back in october, michael gove and as reasonable worst case scenario plans, they where deal or no deal, because they are going to be a lot of changes anyway, there are bigger

changes if there is no deal, but leaving the single market in the customs union is pretty disruptive anyway, but a lot of those plans that the uk has focused very much on what mark carney was talking about there, really, the immediate logistical challenges of managing the port. some of that has been made easier by the agreement that the eu and the uk came to earlier this week about how to manage the northern ireland protocols, so some of the things people were worried would stop gb and i northern ireland plate —— ireland trade... they seem to have been dealt with entirely. on the gb to eu and eu to gb, that is why we see things like all these traffic management plans going in place, the famous kent access permit so place, the famous kent access permit so you place, the famous kent access permit so you are place, the famous kent access permit so you are not supposed to go into kent, you will be fined if you are a

lorry going into kent without having checked you've got the right paperwork. unfortunately, that doesn't ensure you do have the right paperwork, so there still could be tailbacks of people turn up with the wrong stuff, so there is contingency planning going on but one of the real difficulties is deal or no deal, a lot of the uk critical systems don't go live until next week of the week before christmas which is cutting it quite fine. to put it mildly. do you, then, have a sense that having already reached kind of a temporary arrangement insofar as relations between getting goods across the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and indeed, the arguably more important border between northern ireland and great britain, in terms of the different arrangements, that it is just possible that they could make a case for not trying to reach any agreement, that they could say, actually, we think there is more

room for exploratory work, and that therefore, we kind of push the transition out, effectively, by another few months? it is quite difficult, on the uk side, to find a sort of basis for extending transition now because while the northern ireland protocol set out the rules, if you like, that northern ireland had to observe in the future relationship, that is still not settled, and if you wanted to extend the transition, the eu would insist that it looked pretty much like the transition we are in now, that means the uk would have to stay obeying all eu rules, adopting new ones under the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. the uk had that option, remember, back injune. we uk had that option, remember, back in june. we could uk had that option, remember, back injune. we could have asked for a year or a couple of years extension then, the government decided, notwithstanding a pandemic, and i think are the surprise of a number of business organisations, and some services, not to exercise that option. and instead they still went

for the end of december deadline. that has lost the obvious legal mechanisms to do that, so they would have to do some fancy footwork, not to say anything is impossible, it could be possible but one of the things you really, really notice, if you ever watch borisjohnson or borisjohnson, or michael gove making a statement in parliament, is the number of tory backbenchers who regard any postponement of that 31st december to december deadline is evidence that the government is weakening and that could mean brexit is never going to happen. so, i think it is quite a difficult problem. and as you say, that is something... i was talking to a couple of tory mps on the well tonight on radio four on friday night and one of them, tobias ellwood, he is today again angry about the royal navy boats, but in a sense, the government had no choice, did it? because if the common fisheries policy ceases to apply the ist of january and there is nothing

else in its place, it has to have some kind of mechanism to ensure that european boats don't, even by accident, drift into uk territorial waters. yes, but this is undoubtedly a bit ofa waters. yes, but this is undoubtedly a bit of a show of strength. he will talk about the eu contingency plans. they have said, well, we will allow a few trucks over the border because otherwise they are very few truck permits so we'll loosen up on trucks, will allow airlines to fly but you will lose some of the rights of sort of, you know, flying between european cities that currently do points from the uk into uk and back again. they have also announced that one of their contingency plans for the next year, basically, fishing rights continue as now, and that is the eu's contingency plan for fishing. so, ithink the eu's contingency plan for fishing. so, i think what we are seeing is the uk government laying down a marker, that might be the eu

contingency plan for fishing but it is setting up the uk contingency plan forfishing. is setting up the uk contingency plan for fishing. 0h, is setting up the uk contingency plan for fishing. oh, dear, accidents have a habit of happening, don't they? thank you very much for being with us this afternoon. i have a feeling we will beat talking again and too distant future. always around, though i have got to do my christmas cards. we could have tossed a few to david frost his way on his behalf, if he is not doing something else this afternoon. thank you. let's take a look at some of the latest news on coronavirus. community testing programmes are to be rolled out in 67 councils under tier 3 restrictions in england, more than 1.6 million rapid turnaround tests will be provided, in an effort to reduce cases. pu bs, restau ra nts and cafes across much of central western scotland are reopening after three weeks. venues in ii council areas must still close by 6pm and cannot sell alcohol under the country's level three restrictions.

wales's health minister vaughan gething has warned the country faces an incredibly serious situation as infections continue to rise. he said the government could break the agreement to allow families to mix over christmas, but said such a measure would raise huge issues about trust in government. 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. president trump made a statement about how the vaccine would be delivered. the first vaccine will be administered in less than 2a 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. 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. during the virtual climate summit, prime minister borisjohnson laid out priorities in renewable energy, including powering all homes with wind—power by 2030.

today, we are putting ourfoot to the accelerator in a carbon friendly way, of course, with a ten point plan for a green industrial revolution. we want to turn the uk into the saudi arabia of wind power generation, enough wind power by 2030 to supply every single one of our homes with electricity. we are going ahead with a massive solar programme, even though we can't hope to emulate incredible things being done by india, australia or morocco for instance. hydro, we are going ahead with liberating the awesome potential of hydrogen, whetherfor homes or all sorts of other uses. on electric vehicles, we are going to ban ices, internal combustion engines, new internal combustion engines by 2030 with a very ambitious programme. we will continue to develop new nuclear power, we want

to lengthen the lead of london and the uk as the natural home of green finance. we want our homes to be progressively emitting less and less co2 with more and more retrofitting of our homes and whatever the uk may be accused of lagging in, we won't be lagging, my friends, in lagging. let's speak to our environment analyst roger harrabin. roger, is this a bit of a kind of a show event, a demonstration of the british government, in particular, in its commitment to this? where the real work will have to come next yearin real work will have to come next year in glasgow? i think to an extent it is a show event but that is not in any bad terms, really, because the world does need to show how it is going to cut carbon emissions, so the last big summit in paris which people referred to,

there was a collective decision that we would try very hard to stick to a temperature rise of not much more thani.5 temperature rise of not much more than 1.5 celsius. what people didn't have on the table were clear plans, this is how we are going to achieve this, we are cutting emissions from here, here and here. this time, it isa here, here and here. this time, it is a demonstration summit, and action summit, if you like, and all the people who have been invited have got a good story to tell in terms of the extra emissions they have cut and the stricter policies that they have put in place. and as a result of this limit on people, countries like australia, south africa, russia, saudi arabia, have been left out because their contributions have been deemed insufficient so they are left fuming on the sidelines, certainly the australians tried to get us —— get a speaking spot and they were roundly rebuffed. and i suppose in a sense, it is almost a naming and shaming

operation, internationally. what about, then, there is the commitment is that the prime minister outlined today and the others that have emerged in recent months? do they add up in terms of the commitment to reduce our share of, the uk share of the climate changing emissions? well, we have only had half a dozen speakers so far and there is an awful lot more to go so we don't know yet much about many of the new commitments. the uk, borisjohnson reiterated, basically, his ten point plan for cutting carbon emissions which he announced a few weeks ago. he made thejoke, we which he announced a few weeks ago. he made the joke, we won't be lagging on lagging. he made that a couple of weeks ago on a un forum. he went today into an extraordinary explanation of how he didn't want to hug trees or eat mung beans, although mung beans were probably very delicious, that was a bit baffling. but, you know, international leaders are giving him credit for organising this summit, although i dare say when he did

organise it, he probably didn't have in mind that he would still be negotiating a deal with the european union at the same time. negotiating a deal with the european union at the same timelj negotiating a deal with the european union at the same time. i suppose it does at least raise the question of how challenging listening to his speech was for the translators working around the world. roger, how big a task does the world still face it, in terms of meeting that obligation that the countries who signed up to paris to set themselves and that was reinforced again last year, as you said, with this commitment, in terms of actually implementing it? it is absolutely massive. secretary—general antonio guterres, the un secretary general, made it very clear that the targets agreed in paris are not strict enough, according to scientists. and even so, nations are not meeting up to those targets, which are inadequate. he made one particular slab at the rich nations, the g20 nations. he said during the covid

crisis, they are 50% more in their stimulus and rescue packages on sectors linked to fossil fuel than on carbon energy, low carbon energy, and he said it is completely unacceptable. his phrase was the trillions of dollars needed for covid recovery is money that we are borrowing from future generations, this is a moral test to make sure it goes into low carbon energy. and it isn't. i have to say, this is a money mental task but when something happens like covid, national crisis, some countries are just sinking back into what they know, like shall we build a few more power stations tuesday night the economy and create jobs? and that is the very last thing the planet needs. thank you very much. 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.

world leaders are holding a virtual climate summit — addressing the summit, borisjohnson laid out his priorities in renewable energy. the us regulator authorises the pfizer biontech coronavirus vaccine — donald trump says it'll be rolled out immediately. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. good afternoon. lots of football to be rolling through this afternoon. let's begin with the fast start for newcastle in the premier league — as miguel almiron scored afterjust 21 seconds to put them ahead against west brom in the 3 o clock kickoff. there was late drama in the early game as aston villa snatched a stoppage time winner from the spot against wolves

in the midlands derby. anwar el ghazi scoring after nelson semedo had brought down john mcginn in injury—time. a very good when, and it is always the best to leave it late because they can always come back. i think we started the better team. our goalkeepers made some really good saves for us as well. but to go down to ten men and keep playing as we did in the penalty was excellent so to get a clean sheet and a win is excellent. in the championship, swansea came out on top in the south wales derby — as they beat rivals cardiff 2—0. jamal lowe scored both the goals for the away side — with victory moving swansea into the automatic promotion spots. cardiff stay ninth. max verstappen has upset the odds to claim pole position for the formula one season ending abu dhabi grand prix. the red bull driver wasjust two thousandths of a second quicker around the yas marina circuit than valtteri bottas. it's the first time this year that a mercedes powered car hasn't been on pole and the first time in abu dhabi since 2013.

lewis hamilton, who missed last weekend's race because of coronavirus, was third. after 12 years away, bristol's return to european cup rugby has ended in defeat. they were beaten 51—38 by clermont auvergne in their opening pool match. kotaro matsushima with a hat—trick for the french side. bristol did run in five tries of their own though — so do pick up a bonus point. to dubai, where patrick reed remains on course to become the first american to win the european tour's race to dubai title. he's alongside england's matthew fitzpatrick who birdied the 18th to move to 11 under along with reed and laurie canter at the top of the leaderboard. reed scrambled well with some lovely touches around the greens in dubai to stay in touch and he looks determined to end the season as the european tour's number one player. at the us women's open, england's charlie hull is seven shots off the lead at the halfway

point but she did manage one of the shots of the day in houston. japan's hinako shibuno is in front on seven under par. and we're just a few hours away from a huge fight at wembley arena as anthonyjoshua puts his world heavyweight titles on the line against kubrat pulev. there's a lot riding on this bout. a win forjoshua could pave the way for an all—british fight with tyson fury, where all four world heavyweight titles would be up for grabs for the first time in history. there's also a big incentive tonight for pulev, who could become the first bulgarian heavyweight champion. butjoshua says he trusts in his own ability. it's important to be respectful, that's where that stay humble mindset comes from. but staying humble doesn't mean not having a level of confidence. so when i look at kubrat pulev i'm saying, "that boy can't beat me. "that boy can't beat me." i'm too good, i'm too strong, i'm too quick and i've developed too much skill.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, where you can follow the latest from this afternoon's football in england and scotland as well as the champions cup rugby. let's return now to the coronavirus pandemic and its economic effects. it should be a bumper time of year for taxi cabs in the uk but industry bodies say the sector is on the verge of collapse after business shrank to about a fifth of normal levels. the gmb union is calling on the chancellor to provide more help for self—employed drivers. our business correspondent katy austin has more. this is selfridge's on the right. i've started to do christmas light tours. this london cab driver is trying to salvage something from what she sees as her worst fear. pubs, restaurants, nightclubs all closed. festivals.

even people going to work, we don't even have that as people working from home so that was bad as well. we only had supermarkets and hospitals to hang around to try to get work. she has had a self employment grant but still had to take a job at a supermarket. we have the brand—new electric taxi which is costing me a lot of money. we got it during lockdown time having to work several days a week, in the supermarket and my taxi were, just to make ends meet. is notjust cabbies in london suffering from a huge block in business, it is a national problem. here in reading, they've also had a tough time. normally at this time, it would be very busy with commuters in this year we won't have that. we will not have christmas eve, new year's eve. it's not only around one fifth will have taken deliveryjobs in debt.

taxi drivers in reading, we are going to have to change our cabs at some point. the national private hire and taxi association says last year more than half a million people we re year more than half a million people were working in the industry across england, scotland and wales. of those, 90% were self—employed. it estimates the sector lost 85 mini pounds a week during the first national lockdown. one industry group worries many drivers will be forced out for good, leaving vulnerable customers with fewer options. it really is such an important and integral part of infrastructure. if —— without it, you will have ghost towns around the uk is. taxi businesses as well as individual drivers are also

suffering. as is this private hire firm a few miles from reading station. right now should be the busiest time of year, you know, evenings, really booked out with the parties, they are not going anywhere, to be honest. he says he couldn't get a cash grant for the business. to keep up the rent and the licensing fee, we did have to sell quite a few cars to make up the difference. a government spokesperson said a generous and wide—ranging package of support had been provided, including for the taxi sector. as it said as well as gra nts taxi sector. as it said as well as grants for the self—employed, there we re grants for the self—employed, there were loans, tax deferrals, and mortgage holidays. drivers like dale are trying to stay optimistic, hoping theirfortunes are trying to stay optimistic, hoping their fortunes will turn around. katie aston, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, it's looking drier, clearer for a time overnight, with a touch of frost and a few fog patches around but there is another

weather system coming in that is going to give us some rain for part two of the weekend tomorrow. and still through this evening and into tonight, north—east scotland holding on to some showery rain, whereas elsewhere, you can see the clearer weather for a time, allowing temperatures to fall close to freezing, but temperatures heading up in the west as the night goes on, some rain arriving in northern ireland, wales, and south—west england, and with that, there will be a freshening wind as well. all of that pushes its way north and east across the uk tomorrow so we'll all see some rain at some stage of the day. there will be a few heavier bursts around as well. northern ireland brightening up a bit in the afternoon but there will be further heavy showers to come here, and it will be a windy day across the uk. these are average speeds, gusts of up to around a0 mph, nearer 50 on some exposed coasts. still feeling quite chilly in parts of scotland and north—east england, whereas elsewhere it will be turning milder. that's it, bye—bye.

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with me, shaun ley. the headlines: talks are under way again in brussels with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. the former bank of england governor outlined his concerns about the situation. undoubtedly, there will be challenges even if an agreement is not reached. four royal navy patrol ships are being put on standby, to help protect britain's fishing waters, in the event of a no—deal brexit. world leaders are holding a virtual climate summit — addressing the summit, borisjohnson laid out his priorities in renewable energy. we're putting our foot to the accelerator — in a carbon friendly way, of course, with a ten point plan for a green industrial revolution. the us regulator authorises the pfizer biontech coronavirus vaccine — donald trump says it'll be rolled out immediately.