this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the first consignments of pfizer's covid vaccine are being shipped around the us, ahead of a mass immunisation programme starting on monday. britain and the european union have decided to extend the brexit this is bbc news. negotiations once more, after a phone call i'm james reynolds with the latest headlines between the two leaders. for viewers in the uk and around the world. well, let's stay with that story now. the first pfizer covid vaccine 0ur europe editor, katya adler, is being shipped around the us — mass immunisation looks at what is likely begins on monday. to happen next. could it be possible talks about a post—brexit trade deal are extended. that they are only still the uk and eu promise talking because neither to go the extra mile side wants to be the first to walk away? to reach an agreement. "absolutely not," is what i'm hearing from eu contacts close to the talks. one of the best selling authors in popularfiction, the spy novelist, john le they're saying that both sides are trying to be very constructive in the negotiating room — although big political decisions still need to be taken. carre, dies aged 89. so where do we go from here? what will both sides decide? what we know is neither side will sign up to this deal unless they can sell it at home as a victory. and more than the gunmen for the uk, of course, that would say it's protected its national sovereignty after brexit. for the eu, it would mean protecting the single market. and until then, there abducted them

and more than 300 nigerian just won't be any deal. schoolchildren are missing let's get more on this the united states is from the us with david smith — about to begin its most he's the guardian's ambitious vaccination campaign ever as millions of doses of the pfizer biontech vaccine arrive all over the country. washington bureau chief. the aim is to vaccinate 100—million people against the coronavirus has brexit, like the beatles in by the end of march. 1964, cracked america or did it us media are reporting fade away a long time ago?m that president trump and vice president pence faded a while ago. in 2016 it will be among the first people to receive the jab this week, was a massive story in america along with other key coinciding with the election of white house staff. lebo diseko has more from washington. it's been a long and painful donald trump who called himself journey, but finally, help is on its way. mr brexit and then we had the first of nearly three million doses of the pfizer vaccine leave affinity between tromp and the firm's plant in michigan. borisjohnson. but affinity between tromp and boris johnson. but then affinity between tromp and borisjohnson. but then we had four years of chaotic packed on dry ice, they'll administration and this year go out to distribution centers in all 50 states. the first immunisation could take the coronavirus pandemic and place as early as monday. the coronavirus pandemic and the black lives matter protests applause. in america, it has pushed brexit far down the agenda to the government says it's aiming do so certainly if you are a to vaccinate 20 million people reader of the new york times by the end of the year, 100 and the washington post, every

million by the end of february. 110w and the washington post, every now and then you get a brexit i never imagined that we would see a virus show up story including recently but otherwise it is a fairly marginal issue and as an and have a vaccine example of that, joe biden versus donald trump in the available to fight it presidential debate earlier in less than a year. this year, there was no mention it truly is an extraordinary accomplishment for all the vaccine developers at all of brexit but a lot of out there who have been working globally to tackle this problem with unprecedented speed and vigour. mention of china and global but now, the challenge is distribution, because those issues. looking at the incoming vaccines don't do anyone any good until they're in the arms administration, how will it of the people who need them. deal with britain and europe? and that's our big job ahead. for the biden administration, asia is the top priority with but tweets like this from donald trump just hours china second to that and then before the fda's approval have heightened further down the list comes concerns about political pressure in this process. europe. the european union mainly and britain marginal to in it, mr trump tagged that. so britain is down the the head of the regulator, list, really. ithink, saying, "get those vaccines out now." add to that reports that the white house told probably, the british dr stephen hahn to approve this government thought donald trump by the end of friday or resign would win again and were — reports he told cnn's state of the union show content with that, hoping to were inaccurate. secure a quick us uk trade deal and what i can say is we've heard from a number of sources, but that has obviously been

upended byjoe biden's victory. including the white house, biden is no fan of brexit. he has never met borisjohnson in that there was a desire for us to move as quickly as possible. person and he is proud of his and jake, we have, but our absolute obligation to the american people irish ancestry and is concerned was to make sure that we did about the effect of break that on northern ireland and perhaps the good friday agreement. all a thorough scientific review. in all i think it will push we needed to make britain to the periphery sure that our gold standard of assessing the safety and efficacy of the vaccine was somewhat, possibly what we saw done, and was done properly. recently in the british we have to get this right, government announcing major and i believe we did. expenditure on both defence and that is something he is going climate crisis is a way to to need americans to believe, too, as the vaccines start to arrive on the next leg ingratiate itself and build new of their journey. recent surveys show that willingness bridges with the biden to take the vaccine has gone up, but it's still under the levels needed to achieve administration as top that all—importa nt herd immunity. lebo diseko, bbc priorities that the uk will news, washington. dr chris ohl is professor lose its influence as a gateway of infectious diseases at wake forest baptist health to europe as the first port thatis to europe as the first port that is made by the secretary of state when they want to in north carolina. understand what is happening on the continent. and, briefly, remember henry kissinger, if thank you so much for the you want to call biden, who to

vaccine delivered to your tell call? who would biden call? france or germany is my guess. we remember biden's old boss was close to angela merkel and us vaccine delivered to your tell us within less hopefully it is there is an early christmas biden may restart that relationship will stop paris is also crucial and london may well not be the first call present early we and then the anymore. let's get some of the day's other news. one person is reported to have been shot after a gunman opened fire outside the st john the divine cathedral in harlem on the upper west side of manhattan in new york. law enforcement sources said the gunman, who was apprehended at the scene, had died. priorities or frontline care anti—government protesters have marched through the polish capital, warsaw, on the 39th anniversary of the communist authorities declaring martial law. facilities, a bit of work to do around a thousand demonstrators avoided several police cordons but were eventually blocked from reaching the home of the country's most powerful politician, the right—wing nationalist, jaroslaw kazcynski. the afghan defence ministry says more than 60 taliban fighters have been in talk them have developed the killed in fierce fighting with security forces in kandahar province.

it's also reported from kandahar that at least seven members of one family, seeing either and then we including four children, were killed in airstrikes. an official in katsina state in nigeria says that 321 school children are still missing followed either that or a after gunmen abducted them in the north of the country on friday night. security agencies are searching a vast forest area outside the town of kankara to try to locate them. declaration form, and into the at least ten children are reported to be held hostage by bandits. end give them a little piece the school is talking to parents to establish how many students have returned home, and how many others could still be in hiding. let's hear from some and then we release to get the of the parents. second dose, which is really the one that is more permanent i had ihada i had a call from somebody intimidating me that there is a oi’ the one that is more permanent or long lasting. should it be problem at the school and he was there with my son. i have mandatory? i don't think, early on, when the vaccine was put two, and the senior one he now out under an emergency use. a transferred the phone to the smallest and said this is the

specific authorisation here in the us. for emergency use. and situation so i could take off. i have been here since then we need some experience yesterday. translation: only with the vaccine. as time goes the government can help us. they have the authority to rescue oui’ they have the authority to on, and we find the vaccine to rescue our children. may allah give the strength to reunite us. our correspondent mayeni jones is in kano in nigeria. well, it's still a very murky situation on the ground. we're getting be safe, when well could be. conflicting figures from the authorities. but i don't think it will thank the presidential spokesperson spoke to the bbc earlier today and said there could be as little as ten boys still missing. but the state governor is saying there's over 300. regardless of the exact figure, what this illustrates you so the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, will brief eu ambassadors is that insecurity in this on monday after britain part of the country and the european union is still a huge issue. agreed to extend talks on a post—brexit trade deal. you have bandits who often sunday was meant to have kidnap people for ransom, been the final deadline then target these soft targets for the talks. but as before, both sides have like schools in order to get some sort of money. the president was elected agreed to an extension. on the fact that he would be able to tackle that insecurity in nigeria. but increasingly, there's been dissatisfaction here amongst many nigerians who feel he's not living the british prime minister up to that promise. and the head of the european commission spoke on the phone on sunday. they said they would "go more now on the news

the extra mile" to try that the british spy thriller to find a solution. our political correspondent writerjohn le carre has died. iain watson has this report. he was 89. are there still i've been speaking to barriers in the way of a trade deal with brussels? today the latest deadline was discarded. but the prime minister says some distance still remains author edward lucas. between the two sides. as things stand, i'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things. but where there's one feature was the psychological depth of the life, there's hope. we are going to keep talking characters, that he really got to see what we can do. the uk certainly won't be walking inside the dilemmas of the secret world where you had to think and do one thing for your job in order to stay secret and think and do another set of things in order not to appear to be doing anything secret. and the eu commission president said both sides will make and that fundamental tension is a last gasp effort to reach agreement. at the heart of intelligence despite the exhaustion after almost one year of negotiations work, clandestinely intelligence work. he got that and despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over, we both think that and he also painted brilliant it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile. so, why does a tangible gap remain pictures of the tradecraft, the between the two sides? well, there is still ins and outs of espionage, how squabbling over what access eu fishing fleets you pass a ins and outs of espionage, how you pass a message on, how would have to uk waters. ins and outs of espionage, how and over how any wider trade you pass a message on, how you deal would be policed, talk to someone to try and get if the two sides them betray a secret all their adopt different

rules in the future. country. you knew him. what was as well as talking to the eu that like? we met a few times commission president today, borisjohnson spoke to his cabinet colleagues. despite agreeing to more talks and he was always very in brussels, he told them stimulating company. he had a that no—deal was still reputation for being grumpy and not suffering falls gladly and there were many falls around the more likely outcome. him. but he was very focused on interesting things. he loved the detail of what was going on we have to get ready for wto terms. and took rate interest in what there is a clarity and a simplicity his children were doing and in that approach what their friends were doing that, you know, has its own advantages. so, what are wto — or world trade — terms? well, it means tariffs or taxes would be imposed from january the first on goods and at the back of his mind he going from our shores to the eu, and vice—versa, was always hunting for a pushing up some detailed he could pop into a prices in the process. book. was he a writer at heart 01’ book. was he a writer at heart or essentially someone who preferred to live in the shadows and join those who wrote about those spies? he had we have to get ready a tortured relationship with for wto terms. there is a clarity his own time in the services and a simplicity in that approach that, you know, has its own advantages.

so, what are wto — and he was pedantic and strict or world trade — terms? well, it means tariffs about not giving any clues or taxes would be imposed about not giving any clues from january the first on goods about what he had actually done going from our shores to the eu, and vice—versa, pushing up some for m15 or mi6. he said it made prices in the process. in fact, the irish government him feel physically ill to give believes a deal is within reach if both sides show willing. 97% of this deal has anything more than the sketchy been negotiated acrossjudicial, security, research, assist acknowledgement that he a whole range of areas. had been in that world. so and it seems to me that there was no office gossip, to the remaining 3% should not be beyond the capacity speak, from that. and he felt of both sides to bridge. and labour argues that there that his books were uncovering the way the world really works, is no logic to no deal. what the government seems to be saying is we are willing sorry, the way that it worked to accept no deal, ina way sorry, the way that it worked in a way that was valuable. which would mean tariffs across the board, because some future, theoretical threat, that there is this secret world maybe some time in the future, that you do not see as an outsider but it does things for to have tariffs in relation good and for evil and as a to some products. that makes no sense at all. that's like saying i'm worried citizen of the world you should my roof is going to leak in five years' time so let's have an idea of what is going on behind—the—scenes. and that bulldoze the house now. today, the negotiating is what his book did in terms teams have been given the green light to continue. but the direction of

of mechanisms but also travel remains uncertain. understanding the people involved in this strange world of shadows and secrets. ian watson, bbc news, edward lucas there reflect on westminster. the british writerjohn le carre has died. le carre, the pen name the life and work ofjohn le for david cornwell, was the author of many spy novels including carre who is novels defined the tinker tailor soldier spy and the spy who came cold war. in from the cold. tributes have been pouring in for le carre from other he sold over 60 million books. writers. the prolific author stephen king took to social in a statement announcing his media to write: john le carre death mr le carre's agent paid has passed at the age of 89. tribute to his complex plots and beautiful prose this terrible year has saying "his like will never be claimed a literary giant and a humanitarian spirit. seen again and his loss will be the scottish writer iain rankin said "this is terribly sad — felt by everyone interested in the human condition." lizo mzimba looks an extraordinary writer who brought literary lustre and lived insight back at his life. to the spy yarn". so are you polyakov‘s agent? if polyakov‘s cover for meeting and paulo coelho, author of the international bestseller you people is that he is spying the alchemist said: on the circus, then "john le carre, you were not he must have a man only a great writer, on the inside, mustn't he? but a visionary. enjoy your new home #rip". alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley. the spy master as sharp the life there ofjohn le as he was shy, wasjohn le carre, the writer who defined carre's most enduring and celebrated creation. please, i don't deserve this. the cold war. our top story, the cold war. our top story, the united states is about to begin its most ambitious faxing who gave the message

forjim prideaux to forget about tinker tailor? campaign ever as doses of the vaccine arrive all over the a 2011 film country to the aim is to of tinker tailor won vaccine 100 million people by multiple 0scar nominations, the end of march. us media including one for gary 0ldman's portrayal of the retired reports that president trump intelligence chief. and vice president pens will be among the first people to you're just the messenger. running between them all. receive the jab this week along with other key white house staff. we have more on that story on our website and more like smiley, le carre was something of an outsider, reflections on the life and and like smiley he'd work ofjohn le carre who is been a spy. he had been fascinated by lies short first novel is widely seen as a revolutionary novel that find the second half of and duplicity since childhood. the 20th century. let us know your firm the 20th century. let us know yourfirm —— the 20th century. let us know his mother walked out your firm —— thoughts the 20th century. let us know yourfirm —— thoughts on when he was five, his father twitter and stay with us. a conman who had affairs with a string of women. he was first recruited for intelligence work at university in switzerland, then at oxford he spied on left—wing contemporaries. when the option was presented to me, it was immensely attractive. it really was as if the whole of my life had prepared me for this moment. it was entering the priesthood. the spy who came in from the cold, hello there. it was a wet day later filmed with richard burton, across the country was le carre's on sunday, and there's more unsettled weather to come over the week ahead as well.

the more persistent rain, breakthrough novel. that has been sweeping away out into the north sea and instead, we are seeing more showery it was written sort of airstream while he was working filtering into the uk. for mi6 at the british embassy that's coming in around that in bonn, at the time area of low pressure, the berlin wall went up and that's not going to move very far over the next few days. and when the cold war was at its iciest. so lots of showers, actually, what the hell do coming in at the moment, you think spies are? particularly moral philosophers measuring everything they do against across western areas. but because we've got the word of god or karl marx? a blustry southerly wind, it's a very mild they're not. start to monday. temperatures have been rising, so many of his stories actually, in scotland explored the battles and the northeast of england. between the eastern and western those temperature probably won't change much blocs, but he wasn't deterred through the day. by the fall good start though with some wetter of the iron curtain. weather in scotland, and we will continue to feed in quite a lot of showers, maybe even longer spells his first post—cold war novel... of rain into some the night manager. ..another best—seller. western areas of the uk. those showers will get pushed in land, but there will be 20 years later, for its tv some sunny spells too. adaptation, key locations probably not too many showers were changed and a major male for northern ireland and showers becoming character became a woman. fewer in scotland. but there will be we've not been introduced. brisk and gusty my name is angela burr. south to south—westerly wind, its themes of secrecy particularly near those heavy and betrayal remained. showers, but it does mean it's it was a global hit, the author even playing a rare cameo. i must apologise for my going to be a mild day. friend's misbehaviour. you bloody well should. le carre tried other types temperatures higher in scotland of book, but spy novels and the northeast of england were what he did best. then they were yesterday, and the highest temperature he believed authors and spies this time is likely had much in common — to be in the southeast, both hiding their real 13 degrees here. selves in characters there will be some heavy showers,

of their own creation. though in the southeast and east anglia during the evening, those showers continuing further west as well. overnight, the showers do tend to ease, skies will tend to clear, and we could well start a little cooler on tuesday. still a mixture of sunshine and showers on tuesday, and stay with us on bbc mostly showers around western news as we'll have more and southern coasts. more areas will have a dry day, on john le carre's extraordinary life and there will be fewer showers, work. the winds won't be quite as strong and temperatures still above average for the time of year, so 9—11 celsius. things get interesting around the middle part of the week because this area saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, of low pressure arrives. it's going to be deepening, our women, our children. not only will be bringing some wetter weather again on wednesday, it will bring some stronger winds. and by the morning, the signatures took only a few we could be gusting 50—60 mph minutes, but they brought in the southwest approaches, a formal end to 3,500 years of conflict — and those gales will push up through the irish sea conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. and across the north before an audience channel as well. so western areas in of world leaders, particular will be windy. the presidents of bosnia, serbia, 00:13:42,665 --> 2147483051:43:36,048 and croatia put their names 2147483051:43:36,048 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to the peace agreement. we will see a spell of rain pushing its way eastwards and we keep some wetter weather going in northern ireland, perhaps into western areas of scotland. some more rain, stronger winds in the west. again, it's a southerly wind, so those temperatures are 9—11 celsius. really, through the rest of the week, it does stay mild, but it does stay unsettled. a quieter day probably on thursday before we see the cloud thickening, the wind and rain, again,

pushing in from the atlantic on friday.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the first pfizer covid vaccine is being shipped around the us — mass immunisation begins on monday. the aim is to vaccinate 100 million people by the end of march. us media is reporting that president trump and vice president pence will be among the first to receive the jab. the brexit trade talks are continuing beyond sunday's deadline — after the uk and the eu agreed their negotiators should keep talking. major issues are still unresolved but after

a telephone call — borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen they said they would ‘go the extra mile. one of britain's best—known novelists, john le carre, has died. he was 89. a former secret agent, le carre drew on his own experiences to create ha rd—edged thrillers without the glamour of james bond but which proved to be just as popular. many became films and tv series.