this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson promises big changes following his brexit trade deal, as his chancellor rishi sunak says the deal brings reassurance to those worried about the impact on businesses. for those who were anxious about the economic implications of leaving, they should be enormously reassured by the comprehensive nature of this free—trade agreement. the roll—out of the pfizer biontech covid vaccine begins for millions of people across the eu, starting with italy and the czech republic. millions of americans lose their unemployment benefits, after president trump refuses to sign the covid economic relief bill into law. bangladeshi authorities are planning to move a second group of rohingya refugees to a remote,

flood—prone island in the south of the country. storm bella brings gusts of more than a hundred miles an hour, with roads in parts of wales, and devon and cornwall blocked by falling trees. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. prime minister boris johnson promises "big" changes are on the way for the uk following his brexit trade deal with the european union. in an interview with the sunday telegraph, he says he wants to focus on "leveling up the country" and "spreading opportunity" across the uk. mrjohnson said the brexit trade deal would provide new regulatory freedoms to "deliver for people who felt left behind". but some fishing leaders have accused him of "caving in" to the eu and sacrificing their interests.

mps will vote on the deal in parliament on the 30th of december. our business correspondent vivienne nunis has more. it's now 2a hours since the government published its 1,200—page trade deal with brussels. this morning, the chancellor was quick to dispel fears the uk might be economically worse off under this new trading relationship with the eu. for those who were anxious about the economic implications of leaving, they should be enormously reassured. the free—trade agreement will cover nearly £670 billion worth of trade every year, making it the largest in history. there will be no added taxes on imports, known as tariffs, and no limits on how much can be bought and sold. but there will be checks, red tape and form—filling when goods but there will be more checks, red tape and form—filling when goods move across the border. that could mean delays and added costs for businesses. labour says the deal is better

than no deal, but it's not happy with what's been agreed. this is a thin deal, it's not the deal the government promised. and there are large areas of our economy, for example financial services, that employs one in 14 people in our country, where there aren't clear elements within this deal and where much more work will need to be done. the chancellor says the uk will remain in close dialogue with the eu about how things will work moving forward, for instance with financial services. indeed, many are asking for more clarity on how services will be dealt with under this deal since the service sector makes up 80% of the uk economy. now that we've left the european union we can do things a bit differently and we are embarking on that journey. for example, examining how we make the city of london the most attractive place to list new companies anywhere in the world. mps will vote on the trade deal in parliament on wednesday. despite labour's criticisms, opposition leader keir starmer has confirmed labour mps will support the deal.

but as scrutiny of the document continues over the coming days, more questions will inevitably arise about what exactly this new trading relationship will mean. the deal itself comes into force in just five days' time. marley morris is the associate director for migration, trade and brexit relations at the think tank, institute for public policy research. thanks so much for coming in the programme. thank you, good evening. i will not ask if you have read every single word, that a little unfair, but first impressions, what did you from it? first impressions are that this is clearly better than no deal, there are significant gains for the uk compared to a no deal scenario. for instance maintaining zero tariffs and quotas on trading goods. on the other hand, it's a very thin deal compared to what we are used to as members of the single market and customs union. there are going to be lots of new nontariff

barriers that will emerge in weeks' time, custom checks, regulartree checks and all such challenges for people working to trade into the eu, by selling goods or selling services. the framing of this is important, isn't it? you have got to go back to the voted south, a democratic exercise and thus at the time of the vote, the thought of not even having a trade deal with the eu was not campaigned on,, was not on the cards. so it's difficult and perhaps unfair to compute no deal, those barriers you just mentioned, how big and significantly you think they will be? i think they will be significant and it's it will lead to some immediate destruction at the borders, i suspect, some immediate destruction at the borders, isuspect, in some immediate destruction at the borders, i suspect, in the short run. just because there's going to be lots of new changes, businesses are not used to the changes yet. there have been some flexibility on

the eu side to manage those changes but lots of it actually is going to ta ke but lots of it actually is going to take place quite suddenly on the ist of january, but then over take place quite suddenly on the ist ofjanuary, but then over time i think business will adapt. the problem as it is likely to adapt by there being less trade than that otherwise would have been so we will end up having a relationship with the eu which involves less trade and the eu which involves less trade and the risk is that involves lower growth and a longer recovery from the current economic crisis. what about the other side of this? what opportunities can you sense? it's clear the uk has focused on wanting to maximise its ability to make its own laws and do things its own way. and so it has a lot more freedom to develop things in its own way in future. take an area such as state aid, there's more flexibility for the uk to develop its own policy. one area is regional policy, developing how you give funds to different regions. that could help with the government levelling up agenda, for instance helping to

rebalance the economy originally by helping provide funds to areas of the country. great stuff, we will let you back to your reading. of people to your reading. across europe from today, as countries including france, spain and italy begin the roll—out of their vaccination programmes. more than 14 million people have been infected and strict lockdown measures are currently in place in nearly all the eu member states. damien mcguinness reports now from berlin. the european vaccine roll—out has begun. in berlin, mobile teams are taking the first vaccines from this distribution centre to those who need it most — the elderly in nursing homes. this airport once provided a lifeline for west berlin at the height of the cold war. it was closed down in november to make way for a larger airport and now it has been turned into a mass vaccination centre, providing, yet again, a lifeline for berliners, but this time in the fight

against the pandemic. one of the first people in berlin to get the vaccine this morning was gertrude haase, 101 years old. in italy, where fatalities among health care workers have been particularly high, doctors and nurses are also among the first to get the jab. translation: it's not the end of the pandemic because there's still a long way to go, but it is the beginning of the end. today is a beautiful day. to boost support, some european leaders have also gone first. the czech prime minister said he wants to set an example and said the vaccine provides hope that we will return to a normal life. across europe, elderly people have been isolated, afraid and vulnerable. now they are the first to be protected.

damien mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. health officials in south wales have thanked medical students who've responded to an appeal for volunteers to help in intensive care departments. earlier, the cardiff and vale university health board had tweeted that it was urgently looking for medical students for its critical care department. the health board said while staffing was still challenging, the situation had improved and it had now withdrawn its appeal. olwen williams, vice president of royal college of physicians in wales, says it's only the tip of the iceberg. i think the situation across wales is quite sobering. the number of people that are presenting symptoms of covid—i9 that not only require hospital admission but are so seriously ill they require intensive ca re seriously ill they require intensive care and more than 50% of our bed occupancy in intensive care is now due to covid—i9 patients, it's very worrying.

meanwhile, hospital admissions for coronavirus have continued to rise across england. saffron cordery is the deputy chief executive of nhs providers, she explained the pressures hospitals were under. we are seeing a real rise in the pressure for hospital services, but also other types of nhs services as well, notjust hospitals, ambulance trusts in particular are coming under extreme pressure, our community and mental health services. everybody affected by the impact of covid—19 and talking to trust leaders overnight, they are under no illusions about how challenging this is at the moment and part of the issue is many more people coming through the door with covid—19, but also people coming through the door with other conditions as well and we can see that to an extent as a success of the campaigns that have been run over the the campaigns that have been run overthe summerto make the campaigns that have been run over the summer to make sure people do keep coming forward if they have suspected heart attack or stroke so it's important people do use services, but it's also adding to

the demand so we're seeing real pressure, particularly in london and the south and that comes from this added demand but also staff absence. it's localised at the moment but we could see that growing and i think it's really important to remember that what's going on in the community will also be going on in health care settings. some if someone health care settings. some if someone is unwell with covid—19, they cannot go to work or effort memberof theirfamily or they cannot go to work or effort member of their family or if they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive they need to self—isolate. this hugely impacts on staffing levels across the nhs, so i think that's worth remembering. the final thing is we have got this new strain of covid—19 and it's much more transmissible, so we're seeing this spread much more quickly than before. we have those three things coming together really adding to the demand. the london ambulance service has said it's experienced a huge surge in calls over the christmas period.

the service said boxing day had been one of their busiest days ever with nearly 8,000 emergency calls and urged people only to phone 999 in an emergency. the government has released the latest coronavirus figures for the uk, citing partial data. 30,501 confirmed cases were recorded in the past 2a hours and a further 316 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for covid—i9. millions of americans have lost unemployment benefits as a consequence of president trump failing to sign a massive covid relief bill into law by a deadline of midnight. president—elect, joe biden, has warned of devastating consequences for the people who would have been helped by the bill, which passed overwhelmingly in congress. the relief package aimed to provide a $1.1; trillion federal budget, agreed by both sides of the house. it also proposed one—off payments of $600 to most americans, but despite his administration negotiating the deal, president trump changed his mind,

saying he wants to give $2,000 instead. he also wants to cut foreign aid. legislators could pass a stopgap bill by monday, to prevent a partial government shutdown looming a day later, but it would not include coronavirus aid and mr trump would still have to sign the bill. ashwin vasan is the president of fountain house, a community—based mental health charity. he told us how many americans are struggling in the wake of the pandemic. too many americans already live paycheque to paycheque, 44% of 44% of americans said that they were living paycheque to paycheque before the pandemic and that has increased to 63% during the pandemic. faced with a $500 emergency, eight out of people reported they could not cover those costs and we are seeing this show up in a host of ways and we are seeing

unprecedented lines at food banks, for example. you are seeing the threat of eviction. and economic insecurity really starting to rear its head at the family and community level and we are seeing the show up in people's well—being and mental health. we are at the beginning of what i think will be a second pandemic of mental health issues as a result not only of the kind of mass casualty event and trauma we have been under during covid, but the long tail of the epidemic, which is the social and economic insecurity thrust upon so many people due to the pandemic is going to rear its ugly head for years to come. we are already seeing that show up in the data, more than half of americans reported having a negative impact on their mental health and those are faced disproportionately by those who lost their jobs. 40% of adults according to the cdc are reporting

symptoms of depression, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. suicide levels are three times higher than pre—covid. the scottish government has pledged an extra £41 million to support businesses which were forced to close as they entered the country's top tier of coronavirus measures yesterday. the holyrood government says it's now allocated more than 5.5 billion to support businesses and help the economy recover from the pandemic. now time for a full sport's round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pathak. we're going to start in the english premier league where there are four matches on sunday. leeds united have beaten burnley in the early kick off by a goal to nil at elland road. a good win for marcelo bielsa but burnley boss sean dyche aggreived his side were denied an equaliser when ashley barnes‘ goal was disallowed despite ben mee's challenge on the goal keeper looking fair. in the end, patrick bamford's fifth minute penalty was enough to give the home side all three points, leeds up to 11th, burnley are just outside the relegation places,

two points from safety ben mee clearly only has eyes for the ball, he has not looked at the keeper or try to put him off, anything. the keeper comes through, puts his knee into his back, if you do that in the middle of the patch you would get booked and nowadays it could be violent conduct. and we did not get given one second for it to operate. therefore i am aggrieved with that. brighton were twice pegged back as graham potter's side drew 2—2 at west ham. they're two points clear of the relegation zone, denied all three points because of tomas soucek‘s equaliser eight minutes from time. lewis dunk had put brighton 2—1 up on 70 minutes, ten minutes earlier benjohnson scored his first goal for west ham. france's neil maupay with the opener for the visitors. the hammers stay tenth. meanwhile, the champions liverpool are looking to open up a five point lead at the top of the premier league,

they need to beat west brom to do that and at half time things are going to plan. sadio mane with the opener after 12 minutes. later this evening, spurs can go third if they win at wolves. andy murray will make a playing return to the australian open in february, two years on from his emotional announcement there that he may have to finish his career due to injury. murray's been handed a wild card for the tournament in melbourne where in 2019, he held a tearful press conference outlining his plans to end his career after wimbledon that year. he subsequently underwent hip resurfacing surgery and won the antwerp open seven months later. next to one of the great test innings. a magnificent unbeaten century from india's stand in captain ajinkya rahane has put them in a strong position after two days of the second test against australia in melbourne. the hosts looked to have the upper hand after pat cummins removed opener shubman gill and cheteshwar pujara, leaving india on 64 for three.

but ra hane rebuilt the tourists response, by taking them past australia's first innings total and then bringing up his century, as india's lead grew and grew. and with the dangerous ravindra jadeja at the crease, the tourists, who trail the four test series 1—0, will aim to turn their overnight total of 277 forfive into something even more substatntial on day three, they currently lead by 82 runs. he was so patient. this was all about patience. more importantly, when you are playing a high quality ball on the bat, sometimes you pull, and when you are not able to, must ball well and rahane, it was such a magnificent knock to watch from outside. the loose balls he was getting, he was making sure he could hit all of them.

meanwhile at centurion, south africa took advantage of a depleted sri lanka attack, dean elgar with 95, aiden markram with a half century and faf du plessis combining with temba bavuma for a 97—run stand late in the day, to leave the hosts 317 for 4 on day two of the first test. sri lanka made 396 in theirfirst innings. that's all the sport for now. bangladeshi authorities are planning to move a second group of rohingya refugees to a remote, flood—prone island in the south of the country. officials say up to 1,000 of the refugees, orignally from myanmar, will be moved from camps in to a specially built housing complex. earlier, i spoke to farah kabir, the bangladesh country director of action aid about the relocation of the refugees. you know, the rohingyas would like to go back to their state, to myanmar, and relocation was not necessarily

the preferred choice. so this has had a mixed response from them. initially, all of us were concerned, because this is an island off the mainland from the bay of bengal, but where the camps are it is already over congested. that is part of the problem because of the numbers of people in that camp is staggering, the conditions are very difficult. there have been other charities that have actually criticised the conditions in this new camp on this island where they are going. what do you make of the conditions in comparing the two? oh, the new camp, it is excellent compared to the original, brick walls and brick houses, it is customised but the problem was it is off the mainland

and it is an island. bangladeshi is a delta, many parts of the country are vulnerable and prone to cyclones and flooding. this was an issue because we all wanted the refugees to make an informed choice and the first choice is to go back to myanmar but that is not happening with the authorities not making it happen. therefore, this relocation seems to be one of the options. it is one of the options, the numbers are pretty small, in the low thousands when the overall number of refugees is absolutely huge. what do you make of the overall chances of any significant numbers of those people being able to go back to their home country? so far, what we have seen is that there is no intention by myanmar government to take them back, so the repatriation does not get rolled out.

the state has been flattened, there is no reassurance that they will be welcome back and they will probably have to live in the displaced camps and that is not what the rohingya want. lastly, can i ask you about the pressures on bangladesh as a country? it is of course not a rich country, it has plenty of problems that it is trying to deal with at the same time and it is devoting money and resources to do what it can to help the refugees. it is, you have expressed that very well. our national resources are also being called on. and the international donors have supported this but there is always a deficiency, there is a gap with what is needed on the ground, you have to service more than1 million refugees every day, whether it is food, water, childbirth, health care, everything needs to be provided, even education. and this is quite a challenge

for a country like bangladesh. gusts of more than 100mph have been recorded as storm bella continues to bring heavy rain to large parts of the uk. the needles, on the isle of wight, saw winds that reached 106mph with a number of train operators reporting delays across the south of england. the met office has also issued yellow warnings for snow and ice, meaning disruption is likely, for parts of wales, north—west england, scotland and the whole of northern ireland. chi chi izundu reports. storm bella making her presence known on british shores. winds of up to 106 miles an hour have been recorded on the isle of wight, bringing down trees, including on this car, and huts alongside brighton beachfront. train operators have issued warnings about delays and cancellations because of debris and flooding on the railway lines.

but parts of the uk are still reeling from heavy rains over christmas, like cirencester in gloucestershire. residents trying to adapt. more than 70 homes were without power and the environment agency has warned some river levels are still rising. this is ducklington farm in oxfordshire, where farmer helen's priority has been the safety of her animals. the amount of rain we've had in the last few days has made it very difficult for us. we have over 3000 sheep and we've had to move 1200 of them in the last three days, so the whole of christmas we've been moving sheep. they‘ re all pregnant, and their welfare is our priority at the moment, but finding dry ground is almost impossible because it's just completely saturated. the met office has issued three yellow weather warnings about snow and ice in parts of scotland in particular and the north—east. officials say they're working hard to help those in need but have added there may be at least another day of harsh weather to come.

chi chi izundu, bbc news. us wrestlerjon huber, better known to fans as brodie lee or luke harper, has died aged a1. his wife amanda said "he passed surrounded by loved ones after a hard fought battle with a non—covid—related lung issue." jon huber performed as luke harper for wwe, before leaving in 2019 and joining all elite wrestling as brodie lee. he stopped competing in october. all elite wrestling said it was "heartbroken" at news of the death. well, tributes have been pouring in from the wrestling world. hulk hogan said he is "totally devastated" over the loss of "a great talent and awesome human being". and triple h said he was amazing talent, better human being, husband and father.

hello, storm bella has been battering a large swathe of the uk in the last 2a hours. we had wind gusts in excess of 80 mph across the south of england and north—west wales. 106 mph at the needles on the isle of wight, coupled with some torrential rain courtesy of this very active cold front. it's now cleared south and eastwards. we are all in this much colder air and we've got plenty of showers feeding in from the west, many of them wintry. we'll come back to those in just a moment but let's talk about the wind. the amber wind warning from the met office has now expired. the winds continue to ease through today. a number of flood warnings remain in place and we have snow and ice warnings in place as well. the best of the sunshine through the rest of sunday, in central and eastern parts of the uk. plenty of showers feeding in from the west. they will continue to be wintry, particularly across scotland and northern england but almost

anywhere could see some sleet or snow. certainly feeling very cold. still we are exposed to the brisk wind although the gusts easing down all the while. as we head through this evening and overnight, a more persistent spell of snow over parts of scotland, then sinking south. we may see some sleet and snow moving into the north of england, the midlands. mainly central and southern england by the time we get through the early hours. where we have clear skies, sharp frost and the potential for some fog or freezing fog across the southern part of the uk. temperatures for many close if not below freezing, —6 or —8 across the glens of scotland. certainly a messy picture tomorrow. we have this area of low pressure to deal with and that will continue generating rain, sleet or snow across central and southern england into parts of north wales. sudden significant snow for a time here across the chilterns. those wintry showers continuing to feed into scotland and later in the day across parts of north—east and eastern england so it's a day of sunshine and wintry showers. temperatures at best, six or seven celsius. for many they will struggle to get much above freezing. cold, frosty start on tuesday but for many, a good deal of sunshine around. showers mainly confined

to eastern and western coasts. again temperatures not much higher than five or six celsius. heading towards the end of 2020, an area of low pressure to the east of the uk. high pressure trying to build in from the south—west. frontal systems just grazing the south—west and perhaps the far north of the uk. but essentially, as we end 2020 and move into the looking cold and dry.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk's prime minister, boris johnson, is promising big changes

following his brexit trade deal. but his chancellor, rishi sunak, has sought to reassure the city of london that the post—brexit trade deal will not damage the financial services industry. a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign is under way in the european union. the new covid variant caused several countries to begin inoculations a day ahead of the planned roll—out. millions of americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits, after president trump refused to sign the covid economic relief bill into law. president—electjoe biden has warned of the devastating consequences if the bill remains unsigned. bangladeshi authorities are planning to move a second group of rohingya refugees to a remote, flood—prone island in the south of the country. up to 1,000 will be moved from camps into a specially built housing complex. next, amol rajan takes a close look at a year dominated by covid—19,