this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. talks between the eu and the uk about a post—brexit trade deal continue overnight in brussels, but a british government source warns the offerfrom brussels remains unacceptable. hundreds of students are feared missing in north—western nigeria after a raid by gunmen on a secondary school. the head of the un urges countries to declare climate emergencies as part of efforts to tackle global warming. and anthonyjoshua retains his world heavyweight titles after beating kubrat pulev in london.

hello, and welcome. talks in brussels about a post—brexit trade deal are continuing overnight, after a british government source said the eu's offer remained unacceptable. a decision is due sometime on sunday about whether enough progress has been made to carry on negotiaions. both sides have warned that no—deal is now the most likely outcome. our political correspondent iain watson reports. in brussels, the briefest of glimpses of the uk's chief negotiator. he is locked in talks behind closed doors with his eu counterparts to see if a deal is possible in the next 2a hours. but indications tonight are not positive. a government source told the bbc talks are continuing overnight and, as things stand, the offer on the table from the eu remains unacceptable. the mood around the talks, like the weather, is rather gloomy. in fact, the only agreement that might be reached this weekend between downing street and the eu is to halt

the negotiations and move towards no deal. downing street says, to reach agreement, the eu must recognise that the uk is now a sovereign nation. theresa may's de facto deputy when she was prime minister is urging both sides to focus on avoiding no deal. we are coming to the last knockings now, so, obviously, it is getting very tense and quite emotional. i would advise both sides to keep talking up to and if necessary beyond the final hour because, while there is talk, there is hope. and is this what no deal with the eu would look like? the ministry of defence has confirmed that four armed vessels will be ready to patrol uk waters if there is no agreement with brussels on fishing rights. but the scottish government does not want to see the ships off its shores. this uk government gunboat diplomacy is not welcome in scottish waters. we will protect our fisheries where necessary. police scotland and marine scotland have primacy to do that.

but we won't do that by threatening our allies, our nato allies, in fact, they are our friends and neighbours. brexit deadlines have come and gone before but this weekend's talks in brussels could finally answer the question: deal or no deal. iain watson, bbc news. our europe correspondent, gavin lee, has been gauging the mood in brussels. from conversations we've had in brussels today, i think the sense of optimism leading to a deal is in short supply, as one official told us, "they should call this no deal eve," given the sense this may not lead to anything tomorrow. but that said, these are people that aren't in the room, with talks still going on this evening into the night. the chief negotiators have left a short while ago, and those technical teams are still there and we have another 2a hours to go. we know both borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, have said it is very likely that there'll be no deal.

but it's trying to read the rooms of that and work out, is this just part of that last minute where we will see suddenly a deal tomorrow? on the issue today that we heard from iain‘s piece, about those royal navy patrol boats, four of them suddenly being available if there is no deal next year to patrol the channel. it's been met with a fair amount of european reaction. the press, particularly the french press, suggesting this is "british sabre—rattling", that this brexit war rhetoric doesn't help. but the french government are shrugging it off, really, saying, "we'lljust keep calm and carry on" — using a well—used british quote. the other thing to bear in mind — we also heard from the dutch today, a dutch official suggesting this is very much aimed, the rhetoric on the patrol boats, at a british domestic audience, that they are ignoring this and hoping still that something will happen tomorrow. hundreds of students are feared missing after gunmen raided a school in north—western nigeria. the attack happened on friday night at the government science secondary school in the kankara area of katsina state. a military—led offensive to rescue the children is reportedly still underway. our news reporter and former west africa correspondent, mark lobel, has more details on the attack.

around 11:00pm friday night, gunmen on motorbikes stormed this all boys state secondary school and according to police sources fired assault rifles in the air which undoubtedly would have been terrifying, took on security guards at the school and later the police that arrived. some boys escaped and jumped over fences and ran into town and then police said they brought in armed defence vehicles to drive the attackers out, and 200 of the 800 students were accounted for, so there could be up to 600 abducted or missing and it's very worrying. a mother who had a son and a younger brother at the school said that when she turned up on saturday there was a scarcity of information and terrifying conditions for everyone involved. the military said they located the attackers in a forest on saturday and a joint operation is under way with the military, airforce and police, but so far security guards were injured but no reports of any student casualties.

astonishing numbers. what has been the reaction and who is behind it? the president, who is coincidentally 200 kilometres away from the school, on holiday in his home state, has condemned and asked for an audit of who was at the school. he's issued a statement and said: who is responsible? no—one has claimed responsibility but there are two theories and the more likely is that in this state violent bandits kidnap people for ransom and that happened earlier in the week, and a nigerian businessman i spoke to said usually a poor area of the country you may have individual negotiations with some of the parents and maybe asking for as much as $10,000 per student down to $100 per student, and the other theory is islamist militants but they don't normally operate in that area. there is a history of school

kidnappings in nigeria? yes, security is a major concern and the president is under increasing pressure to sort it out and two weeks ago, 43 farmers were suddenly and brutally killed. in that area over the last ten years, 36,000 people have been killed, 2 million displaced and 6.5 years ago in the small town of chibok, 276 girls were taken from the dormitories and there was a worldwide campaign to release them, including the likes of michelle 0bama and malala yousafzai to get them back and about 100 are still missing 6.5 years on. and the reason they were taken by boko haram, the militant islamist group was because they wanted to see the end of western education. they want to see islamic education in its place.

an islamic state. but this incident is different. the west of the country is different from the north—east of the country. world leaders have been urged to declare a climate emergency, after dire predictions of catastrophic global warming. the secretary general of the united nations has told a climate change virtual summit that more ambitious targets are necessary to cut emissions. china announced further measures by 2030, including a boost in capacity of wind and solar power. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. it is my great pleasure to be able to introduce one of the co—hosts of today's climate... there was none of the pomp and circumstance you'd expect of a meeting of dozens of world leaders. this was an entirely virtual summit. to set their own targets... mrjohnson opened in characteristic style. we are doing this. not because we are hairshirt—wearing tree—hugging mung bean—munching eco freaks, and i have got nothing

against any of those categories, the mung beans are probably delicious... he described climate change is a greater threat than covid—19, and said that going green made economic as well as ecological sense. climate change is the biggest threat to humanity right now. only those countries promising substantial commitment to cut carbon got to speak. there were more than 70 of them, including china, the eu, india and japan. join the dots. it's happening... short films highlighted the risks our planet faces. let's be very clear about this. it is going to get much worse. even the pope made an appearance. so why is nothing happening? it was an impressive show,

but environmental campaigners said there were precious few genuinely new pledges to be seen, and there were some notable absentees. australia, brazil, russia and saudi arabia were among the nations which were not invited to address the conference. some of the world's most vulnerable nations said fighting climate change was a moral imperative. i would like to believe that the major emitters are not capable of what would in essence be close to climate genocide. i would like to believe that we are visible and indispensable for them. today's conference marks the start of a crucial year for global climate action.

the uk will be hosting a climate conference in glasgow in november 2021. the hope is the entire world will raise its carbon—cutting game by then. justin rowlatt, bbc news. earlier i spoke to james shaw, new zealand's minister for climate change and i asked him why his country's emissions are still rising and is one of the worst in the world for wealthy nations. over the course of the last three decades we simply have not put in place sufficient policies to bend the curve of our emissions downwards as our population and economy has grown. that is what we were spending much of the first term of our government on, mirroring some legislation that the uk put in place about ten years ago, and so we have a climate commission who next year will provide us with advice on how to stay within that 1.5 degrees threshold. you say that but there is an organisation that rates your contributions as insufficient. and if every country did that, the world would be warming up to three degrees. that's right.

they have been critical for a long time and that is why as soon as we established our climate change commission at the end of last year, i asked for them to provide us with advice on what our nationally determined contribution would need to be in order to be consistent with 1.5 degrees. we expect that draft advice to come through at the beginning of february and final advice in may, and we will review our nationally determined contribution off the back of that once we receive that advice. that sounds like a long time frame for an emergency. we want to make sure it is grounded in science and because it has taken new zealand a bit of time to get rolling and because we have only had the commission up and running since the end of last year, it unfortunately just takes that amount of time. we will be working very hard to ensure that we have it completed well in advance of the meeting in glasgow next year.

no country is doing this in isolation. the chinese used to say that you the west had your industrial revolution and got rich and they have the right to be rich as well. china has made promises but they do not want to be told to stop developing. how do you speak to them? this is true of all countries, notjust china, it is as true of new zealand as it is of china. the point that the uk have managed to demonstrate over the course of recent years is that it is entirely possible to decouple your economic activity from emissions growth. for a long time the united kingdom was one of the fastest growing economies in the g7 and at the same time managed to reduce its emissions quite substantially. i think that that shows it can be done and that all countries can do that. looking at something practical, can new zealand follow the eu's lead of cutting emissions by a further a2—a8% in the next decade? i don't want to get

ahead of our scientists on the climate change commission but what we know is that what is true of new zealand is as true of much of the rest of the world, which is that if we are to have any hope at all of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels then we must cut global c02 emissions in half in the next ten years by 2030. i would anticipate that you know, i will wait to see the advice, but i anticipate our numbers would mirror that in some way. how would — how will climate change affect new zealand in particular? we are already experiencing more frequent and more severe drought in our hotter seasons, and we are also experiencing more frequent and severe storms throughout the year, and the nature of those storms is changing as well. we're starting to see sea level rise increasing coastal erosion and so the country is waking up to the fact that we will have to adapt to the effects of climate change that are already locked in.

i think that will increase the sense of urgency with which people say we need to get on with cutting our emissions in the atmosphere. james shaw, the new zealand minister for climate change. this is bbc news. 0ur headlines: talks about a post—brexit trade deal between the uk and the eu are continuing through the night in brussels. virgin galactic attempted a milestone test flight of its rocket—powered tourist plane on saturday, marking the first crewed flight of its reusable unity vehicle. it took off from the purpose—built commercial spaceport in new mexico but the flight did not reach space as planned after the onboa rd computer that monitors the rocket motor, lost connection. the pilots were however able to fly back to base and land safely. now this does of course come off the back of elon musk‘s spacex starship test flightjust days ago — which despite spectacularly exploding on landing was still a huge success.

earlier i spoke to science and health journalist, christopher wanjek who authored: ‘spacefarers: how humans will settle the moon, mars, and beyond.‘ i asked him how close we are to the idea of space tourists. we're just about there, close, virgin galactic will bounce right back within a year, they are just playing it safe right now, remember, they unfortunately lost a test pilot back in 2014, they don't want to take any risks and hurt anyone else, but in one year they will be back and ready for business, i am pretty sure, and elon musk is having spectacular su ccess after su ccess . how has it happened that space exploration has moved to these private companies when we all grew up with stories of national space programmes, russian and american? itjust made sense. i know people had expectations but i think they were unrealistic expectations back in the late 60s, we landed on the moon in 1969 and figured we would be on mars next,

but it was really expensive, really dangerous, and it takes a lot of technological buildup to make these things possible, and commercial interest has really accelerated that, so we are at a point now where instead of governments giving money to military contractors to get us into space, business to business is now making money, seeing that it is profitable and that is what is driving innovation. what is the most impressive innovation you have seen from these companies? elon musk has done an amazing job at lowering the access to space, the cost of the access to space. it was traditionally around $20,000 each kilogram, he has brought it down to $2000 a kilogram, a factor of ten, that's amazing right there, strictly by innovation and using capitalistic ideas to make more efficient launches, that's very impressive.

let's look at space tourism, it began a few years back with billionaires, potentially millionaires next, and my most important question is when are you and i going to get to go 7 i think it is close. it's billionaires to millionaires and now the rest of us may be. virgin galactic might give us a taste of space, and i think something else very exciting coming down the line, in this decade, probably within a couple of years, are these expandable habitats being built now by bigalow airspace, another billionaire, and he is offering an expandable habitats floating around in space by itself that you can rent for 60 days for $60 million. twenty—one migrant workers who were being exploited at a second hand clothing business in southern spain, have been freed.

police found the vulnerable workers hidden behind bundles of clothes in a warehouse in fuente alamo, a0 kilometres south of murcia. sophia tran—thomson has this report. this is the moment that eight workers were discovered, hidden in a secret underground room which had been barricaded with heavy trolleys filled with clothes. police say when they raided the warehouse, which packs and sells second—hand clothes to african countries, one of the men running the business shouted at the workers to flee and hide. four workersjumped an outerfence, while the rest hid inside. altogether police found 21 foreign workers hidden throughout the sweat shop premises. they say the labourers, who are thought to be vulnerable migrants, were forced to work long hours, without any health or safety regulations, and paid well below spain's minimum wage. a father and his two sons, who have not been named, have been arrested and are due to appear in court. police said in a statement that the three accused

exploited the vulnerability of the migrants, to submit them to tough labour conditions and a total absence of security or hygiene. sophia tran—thomson, bbc news. dozens of people have been arrested as tensions boiled over on the streets of paris, demonstrators rallying against a proposed security law for a third weekend. 0pponents argue the bill — part of which aims to regulate people's ability to share film or photographs of police — undermines press freedom to document police brutality. it comes despite the government agreeing to re—write the provision as a result of the widespread backlash. boxing — and britain's anthony joshua has retained his three world heavyweight titles — with victory over the bulgarian kubrat pulev in a fight at wembley arena in london. joshua knocked pulev out in the ninth round — the twenty—second k0 in his career. the bbc‘s tim allman watched the action.

welcome to boxing in the age of coronavirus. a small crowd of 1000 people were allowed into london's windley arena, with the now standard safety measures in place. even floyd mayweather, a surprise guest for the evening, obliged to wear a face mask. but this is a sport that knows how to put on a show no matter what. flames and firework greeted the contenders. the bout that followed was not quite as spectacular. it was not exactly a walkover that it was rather one—sided joshua's speed and power almost too much for his bulgarian opponent. several times he brought him to the ca nvas times he brought him to the canvas and in the ninth round kubrat pulev could not get up. another comprehensive display from the world champion. it was a composed and brutal performance, exactly what he needed going into 2021. he has not boxed for a year but got

eight rate rounds in and a brutal knockout victory. price inferior! britain has two world heavyweight champion is, of course. tyson fury winning the wbc title earlier this year. and moments after the knockout three in london, the gypsy king issued this challenge on social media. i want the fight. i want the fight next and i will knock him out within three rounds. negotiations need to take place first but if it happens it could be the biggest bout in the history of british boxing. carol sutton has died from coronavirus complications in her home city of new orleans. she was 76 years old. she appeared in hollywood films and television series including steel magnolia ends, the help and true detective. 0h director

has tweeted makes you rest and rise in peace and power. the pioneering black country music star, charley pride, has died from coronavirus complications. he was eighty six. in the 1970's charley pride became the best selling performer for rca records after elvis presley. he was inducted to the country music hall of fame in 2000. singer dolly parton said she was heartbroken at the news, and called him one of her oldest and dearest friends. elamin abdelmahmoud, a culture writer for buzzfeed news, told us about the huge number of hits charley pride had over his career. i mean, there is no way to talk about charlie pride without talking about him in the same breath as you would a willie nelson. this man was a legend on all scales. just between 1969—1971, he had eight number ones — not eight top 10 singles, which would be formidable on its own but eight number ones. i mean, that is something staggering. he went on to have more than 30 of them over his whole career. more than 50 of top 20 hits. so what a career,

what a legend. this man was...i talked to some other black country artists who i'm working with right now and they all describe him as their north star. he is a person that we look up to. how easy it was it for him to break into country music which many people — rightly or wrongly — think of as a white genre? by the time that he got to country music, he had already broke, a bunch of barriers. he played baseball professionally in the 1930s when it was not a time when you saw many black people playing baseball. he played in the negro american league at the time. and then after that he made the jump to country music and one think that his record company used to do is they used to send his new singles to radio stations without a picture. they would send it without a picture do it to make sure that the radio programmers actually heard the music and did not judged the man by his face. sure enough a lot of them, when they found out that he was black, they stopped playing the music, so it was not an easy environment at all. he did it with so much grace, so much dignity, and i have to imagine, a lot

of frustration that he just did not air at the time. how influential was he in the world of country music for others? this is a man who was inducted into the country music hall of fame way too late. this year accepted the lifetime achievement award way too late because so many country artists refer to him as the person who got them into country, and those are artists who we know know, who are massive. someone who toured with willie nelson. you would consider him up, like, right along on the rushmore of country music. he would be up there. and so constantly referenced as this kind of guiding point, this reference point for so many artists but he just did not get his dues, i don't think. what was his signature tune for you? kiss an angel good morning. it is one of those songs when you begin to play it, the whole room just lights up. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @jamesbbcnews there is also more on our website. stay with us. hello there. it's quite chilly for a while overnight. temperatures could be close to freezing for a while before the weather then starts to change. we've got all this cloud coming in from the atlantic, replacing the clearer skies. and the main driver is an area of low pressure and these weather fronts. and they will bring some rain into western areas and then that rain will move northwards and eastwards through the day and the winds pick up too. as we get the wetter weather arriving in northern ireland, wales and the south—west, temperatures here will be much higher by morning, but with some clear skies ahead of that, away from the north—east of scotland, it will be quite a bit chillier. as we head through the morning though, this cloud will quickly move northwards and eastwards and it will bring with it some outbreaks of rain. some heavier rain moving northwards through the midlands into northern england, into scotland, during the afternoon. some more rain coming into the south—west and wales, and then we see sunshine and showers arriving into northern ireland. stronger winds actually on sunday,

particularly strong around coastal areas, drawing in mild air. double—figure temperatures for most. it could make 1a in the south—west but cooler again, i think, for scotland and the north—east of england, where we will have some rain during the evening and that could be quite heavy for a while. this band of rain then sweeps eastwards through the midlands, into eastern england and then the showers follow on behind. it should be pretty mild, actually, overnight as that when the system moves away, we still got low pressure to the north—west of the uk and that will continue to fit in some blustery winds and some further showers as well. so a sort of day of sunshine and showers, i think, for many places on monday. could be some longer spells of rain coming northwards across scotland. most of the showers down the western side of england and wales, some moving through the english channel. somewhat drier weather though, i think, for the midlands and eastern areas of england. temperatures though still on the mild side. we've got those blustery south to south—west winds so 10—13 really sums it up on monday. moving quickly into tuesday, the winds will not be as strong on tuesday. there will be still some showers around, southern and western areas in particular. they probably will become fewer during the afternoon

and many places will be turning dry. those temperatures still good for the time of year, around 9—11 degrees. it is a very unsettled week ahead and wednesday could see a return of wet and windy weatherfor a while, and then things calm down a bit on thursday. we get some sunshine and just one or two showers. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: talks about a post—brexit trade deal between the uk and the eu are continuing through the night in brussels. a decision is due sometime on sunday about whether enough progress has been made to carry on negotiaions or abandon them, leaving the uk on course to leave the eu without a deal. nigeria's military says it has located the hideout used by gunmen who are reported to have carried out a raid on a school in the north—west of the country. hundreds of students are feared missing in katsina state after attackers arrived on motorbikes and started shooting, causing the students to flee. 0n the fifth anniversary of the paris climate agreement, the un secretary general has urged a group of 70 world leaders — attending a virtual summit to declare what he called a "climate emergency," after predictions of "catastrophic" global warming.