verity had that cloud moving in. verity had that cloud moving across northern and scotland as well.nges of britain by the early hours of friday. for the east under the clear skies that where temperatures will fall robust. a frost likely towards the southeast, could be the odd icy stretch for each of scotland as well and through the day it will turn milder as that cloud and rain move west to east across all parts. what was there for all of us at times for the course of friday, seven or 8 degrees returning milderfor friday, seven or 8 degrees returning milder for the friday, seven or 8 degrees returning milderfor the rest of friday, seven or 8 degrees returning milder for the rest of about 12 or 13. changeable conditions for the weekend, shari and quite windy on saturday, cooler and brighter by sunday. bye—bye. —— shower e. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. americans are told not to travel for thanksgiving as the virus spreads. with hospitalisations surging, the centres for disease control urged americans not to meet relatives outside their households. more unfounded

still had verities requiem is being performed in moscow to mark the anniversary of the nuremberg trials after world war 2. explain its importance after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race and of his on offense. very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk. welcome back to london: metropolitan police have set a target for 40 percent of recruits to be from ethnic minorities. within 2 years, the move has sparked widespread criticism including on social media, but the mayor of the british capital and sis that quotas are needed. one of the reasons why over the course of the last few weeks and months me but our team as police have been speaking to are listening. but to learn this to see what we need to do, to increase the trust or confidence of bloodletters have more than they currently do with the police service. the shield description, archies one that affects not just stops and searches, but

andy verity, bbc news.er national security adviser michael flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. general flynn resigned three months into the trump administration, after being investigated in relation to russian interference in the 2016 us presidential election. donald trump said the act of clemency was a "great honour", but senior democrats have accused the president of an abuse of power. mps have accused amazon and apple of dodging their environmental responsibilities by failing to help collect, recycle and repair old tech products. the environmental audit committee wants companies to be banned from intentionally shortening the lifespan of electronic devices. apple says it's surprised and disappointed by the report, while amazon said it's helped recycle 10,000 tonnes of electrical products in the uk over the past decade. the danish actor mads mikkelsen is to replacejohnny depp in the third film of the harry potter fantastic beasts series. mr depp stepped down from the role as the dark wizard afte

andy verity, bbc news. 0ur economics editior faisal islam is here.it's hard to find a balance between optimism and nervousness. clearly welcome the technical recession is over, clearly welcome we have had a record quarter of growth over the summer, but history happens very quickly in this crisis, and that is in the kind of rear—view mirror now. now most people accept the economy is contracting by a small amount compared with the previous lockdown and there are clouds on the economy in terms of the uncertainty over a trading relationship with europe, but there is also a big ray of sunshine which is the prospect of a functioning vaccine. that should help people, you know, big businesses, try to invest for next year, thinking, 0k, there is a prospect of the economy recovering. so far what we have is a catch up recovery from lights going back on in the economy, but not a full— blown recovery. thank you very much for now, faisal islam. just to tell you, at five o'clock this evening there will be a downing street briefing, headed by the business secretary

andy verity, bbc news, the bank of england. and our business editor simon jack is here.ill give more certainty to many workers — did he have any choice? he was in a really difficult position. earlier this year he decided it was better use of money to spend tens of billions of pounds subsidising wages, keeping them close to their employers, preventing mass unemployment and the huge damage that were due to the economic and social fabric of the country, than the mass unemployment you would have had otherwise but that was predicated on the fact he thought virus by now would be in retreat. the game has changed. the question was did he felt that bet, in which case he would spend and get mass unemployment or do you double down, buy more time and go into next year? going as far as much was an attempt to get slightly ahead of a situation that the labour party say and others say he managed to get himself behind so say he managed to get himself behind so if he kept putting in more money each month that looked as if he was being dragged to the wicket, so lots more money. 0ne being d

andy verity reports. pandemic to the end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts were to suppliers of the contracts were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency remained essential to public trust that the government to document why it chose a particular supply and how it chose a particular supply and how it managed any conflicts of interests. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failure to do so. clearly people had to move at great speed, everyone agrees with that, but we don't accept it is not possible simultaneously to be clearly documenting the reasons for each contract award and then put that in the public domain in line with government's own rules. those two things didn't happen consistently. taking virtually from isolation, the prime minister was challenged on the report's findings. can the prime

andy verity, bbc news.in wales has confirmed there will be no gcse, as or a—level exams there next summer. pupils will now be awarded grades based on teacher—managed assessments. hywel griffith is in cardiff. yeah, the welsh government says this is mostly about fairness, given how much disruption there has been in learning over the last few months, not just learning over the last few months, notjust in the spring and summer but also in the autumn term as well, when one pupil needing to self—isolate often leads to an entire class losing face time in front of their teacher. next summer in the spring there will be no exams at gcse, as are a—level and we got to break the news to some of the pupils at this school earlier. fair to say they were pretty relieved, especially those who say they don't thrive under the intense intensity of three are examples of they are also asking what the newer assessments would be, teacher led assessments, and some, we are told, the welsh government wants to be externally set and ma

and said perhaps in the future germans have to come to belgium for the question of european for the veritie it's good neighborhoods and it's really close cooperation. in just over an hour freddy and the crew will have arrived on the other side of the border providing some relief for the hospital here in the yash which is now able to take in another call with 900 patients as tending to football now an anticipation was high ahead of sunday's light to slake again a clash between the informed tames leave because an and matching blood both sides have been scoring friendly in recent games and this one was no different. with 2 on 4 heavyweights going toe to toe this does lead to a boat was always likely to pack a punch. drew 1st blood on 18 minutes after a look is for a day trip on real mbalula 5 i blushed in the top the way the resulting penalty. because a large equalized reliever chrisman 27 minutes. before she put his sight back in front on the half hour after he was played in inadvertently by laver cousens flew via verts. then a lhari who got his 2nd of the evening heading his side level just

andy verity, bbc news. carl emmerson is deputy director of the institute for fiscal studies.have you with us, i spending review normally sense out plans for three yea rs, normally sense out plans for three years, possibly more, we are getting a one—year plan because of the level of uncertainty, so how difficult you think it is for the chancellor to plan, given the pandemic, given that we don't know whether or not there will be a deal for the end we don't know whether or not there will be a dealfor the end of we don't know whether or not there will be a deal for the end of the brexit transition period? there is certainly huge amounts of uncertainty, and even in normal times our forecasts are wrong, undoubtedly they will be more wrong than usual this time, so the chancellor is right not to try and set further spending plans for three yea rs — set further spending plans for three years — just setting them for next years — just setting them for next year will be hard enough, he doesn't know what path the virus will take over coming months, whether lockdown will be needed, whether

schedule, but the publi schedule has been very sparse, today he had lunch with the vic president verities got that meeting with the secretary of state and treasury. other than that, no public events on the president schedule . i'm told that what he's mostly doing is working the phones in terms of talking to members of congress, people out there in the field try to get these votes . he's also got a briefing on the runoffs in georgia today. it's just, it's so strange to not see him out every day. >> absolutely. absolutely. john roberts at the white house. now as for the count going on i pennsylvania the 20 electoral votes varied the battle isn't just between republicans and democrats, but sometimes betwee republicans and republicans varied. >> that it is. the top election official. the president's claim about voter fraud are wrong are any illegal votes being counted or democrats dealing the election here? >> know. the only balance being counted by the board of elections at th pennsylvania convention center. >> the president says there is mountain of corruption and dishonesty here. is that t

andy verity, bbc news.siness correspondent nina warhurst has been speaking to staff at a printing firm in merseyside. hot off the press, these are admissions forms for edge hill university. at this firm, they print signs for restaurants, pamphlets to charities, serving all sectors. what happens to the wider economy matters here. yesterday, we learned about the shape that it's in. so far this year almost 400 billion pounds have been borrowed to cover covid, and that translates to about £7,000 for every person. the contracting economy means that by next year it's predicted that more than 2.5 million people will be unemployed, and this is really striking — a prediction that by 2025 the economy will still be 3% smaller than was expected in the march budget. a small glimmer of hope, though — the chancellor found the funding for four billion pounds to help level up the economy. and that message means investing in an economy that creates more opportunity outside of london and the south—east. something that, too ma

andy verity, bbc news.ness owner about the impact of running a business. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam said the government's top priority would now be to ensure the economic recovery continues despite the threat posed by the pandemic. it's clearly welcome, the technical recession is over, clearly welcome we have had a record quarter of growth over the summer, but history happens very quickly in this crisis, and that is in the kind of rear—view mirror now. now most people expect the economy is contracting by a smaller amount than the previous lockdown and there are clouds on the economy in terms of the continued uncertainty over our trading relationship with europe, but there is also a big ray of sunshine which is the prospect of a functioning vaccine. that should help people, you know, big businesses, trying to invest for next year, think, 0k, there is a prospect of the economy recovering. so far what we have is a catch up recovery from lights going back on in the economy, but not a full—blown recovery

andy verity reports.as the heroes on the front line of the pandemic, but now the chancellor, rishi sunak, is floating the idea of freezing public sector pay to address a ballooning budget deficit caused by the huge cost of the government's antivirus measures. nhs workers may be left out, but other public sector workers would see real—terms pay cuts in years to come. it's a measure now being floated but not yet confirmed. i'm not going to go into internal discussions. you know how much i value nhs workers. and colleagues right across the nhs. but i'm afraid i am going to respect cabinet confidentiality as i always do and instead allow the chancellor of the exchequer to set out the details. public sector workers currently get 7% more, on average, in pay and pensions than private sector workers. if rishi sunak takes up a suggestion by the right—leaning think tank, the centre for policy studies, the government could save £23 billion a year by freezing public sector pay for three years — or 15 billion if nhs w

andy verity reports. government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. clearly people had to move at great speed, everyone agrees with that but we don't accept it is not possible to be simultaneously clearly documenting the reasons for each contract award and then to be putting that in the public domain in line with the government's own rules and those two things did not happen consistently. taking questions virtually from isolation in downing street, the prime minister was challenged on the report's findings. can the prime is to give a cast—iron assura

more from him ina correspondent andy verity.e a deep sense of unfairness. you are referring to the pay freeze, but it‘s not for everyone, not for all public sector workers, and the chancellor did say anyone earning less than 24,000 a year will still get a pay rise. will still get £250, which won‘t go very far, when food and rent and all the other bills are taken into account, andi other bills are taken into account, and i think what‘s worrying and deeply disappointing is that the treasury appears to be basing this on the false premise that public sector pay is higher than private sector pay is higher than private sector pay, whereas the institute for fiscal studies, afs, has made very clear they are comparing apples and pears. if you take into account qualifications and age, there is no difference between public and private sector pay, so this kind of divide and rule approach doesn‘t wash, and! divide and rule approach doesn‘t wash, and i think most people who came out on their doorsteps to clap ca re came out on their doorsteps

thank you very much, andy verity, there.rnwall willjoin members of the government and armed forces at a special, socially—distanced service in westminster abbey to commemorate the burial of the unknown warrior 100 years ago. the service will be led by the dean of westminster and will also include an address from the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. let's get more now from our correspondent sarah campbell, who is outside westminster abbey. a very special day. good morning, yes, the abbey has had special dispensation to put the servers, a recognition of how important it was felt to be to recognise the centenary and it is a fascinating story. in the aftermath of the first world war, millions of people were grieving the loss of so many people. and there was a sense and a feeling this had to be mourned properly, there had to be a place where people could go and pay their respects. what happened was, a chaplain came up what happened was, a chaplain came up with the idea of linking up with westminster abbey, the bodies of se

said perhaps in the future germans have to come to belgium both all the question of european for the verity is good neighborhoods and it's really close cooperation. in just over that should continue for generations johnson was speaking on television for the 1st time since joe biden's election victory the united states of america and germany as part of the european union must stand together to tackle the make sure challenges facing us in this day and age we must stand side by side to cope with the test that is the pandemic we must fight against global warming. we must fight against terrorism stuff and stand side by side for an open global economy and for free trade with this is the foundation of our prosperity on both sides of the atlantic. and america's president-elect a signal that he wants to get to work on forming his administration immediately is expected to start with naming a 12 member coronavirus task force later today tackling the pandemic will be joe biden's 1st major task his team says the new administration plans to more nationwide testing and that americans will be asked to wear

andy verity reports.end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. in one example highlighted by the nao, a contract was awarded to the focus group organiser public first, whose owners previously worked for the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove and alongside borisjohnson's then top adviser dominic cummings. yet the cabinet office failed to document any consideration of any potential conflicts of interest. by not keeping proper records, by not being transparent about when these contracts were awarded and what they were doing, it lays th

germans have to come to belgium for the all the question of european for the veritie. it's good neighborhoods and it's really a close call and insist over now or friday. and the crew will have arrived on the other side of the bullet are providing some relief for the hospital here, yash, which is now able to take in another covert 900 patient. the death toll is still rising in belgium, but there are fewer bad talk applied by covert patients than during the peak over, a week ago. you wouldn't. factions are rising in the u.k., but they stay constant in italy and spain and even fallen slightly in germany. and by a lot in france, let's bring in get moxon anesthesiologist and head of the pop out of intensive care medicine and intermediate carrot and university hospital. based on those trends, would you say europe's 2nd lockdown is starting to work? yes, i think this is fair to say because we had to do rise this in the, at the end of the week, but it's not an exponential rise anymore. so we have sort of a plateau and we have to see the next days. but obviously these are the 1

germans have to come to belgium for the question of europeans for the veritie. it's good neighborhoods and it's really close cooperation. in just over an hour, freddy and the crew will have arrived on the other side of the bullet or providing some relief for the hospital here in the yash, which is now able to take in another covert 900 patients. the death toll is still rising in belgium, but there are fewer beds, all cute hired by covert patients than during the peak over a week ago. you would,, factions are rising in the u.k., but they stay constant in italy and spain and even fallen slightly in germany. and by a lot in france, let's bring in get moxon anesthesiologist and head of the pop out of intensive care medicine and intermediate carrot and university hospital. based on those trends, would you say europe's 2nd lockdown is starting to work? yes, i think this is fair to say because we had to do rise this in the, at the end of the week, but it's not an exponential rise anymore. so we have sort of a plateau and we have to see the next days. but obviously thes

. >> reporter: and verity, they are extending black friday promotions over several days. they're doing extensive cleaning between customers, and offering private shopping appointments. they say it is the right thing to do. >> we take this very seriously. we want to ensure they understand that. we will do what it takes to ensure that they feel safe in our space. >> reporter: the extra code enforcement will go through sunday. it can be extended if necessary. ann rubin, ktvu fox2 news. >>> a main focus for stopping the spread of the coronavirus in santa clara county is the latin community. latinos make up 50% of all covid-19 cases, despite accounting for only 25% of the population. the reasons could be socioeconomic. many latinos have essential jobs in restaurants and public transportation. if they test positive, some cannot afford not to work. there is the stigma of getting tested, afraid of their immigrations data is. many families like this live in multigenerational households. >> we have not done enough. we want to educate our community. we asked the community to do thei

after phase 3, trial results are published verities under ordinary circumstances, not in the midst of a public health emergency. the scientific evaluation carried out after phase 3 trials by the e. m. a. the european medicines agency, it takes time developers 1st, have to submit testing data, and what's called a marketing authorization application that governs general approvals for medicinal products. throughout the e.u. . a board at the agency called the committee for medicinal products for human use is required to submit a scientific verdict on the application within $210.00 days. it then passes that opinion on to the european commission, which makes a decision on whether or not to grant an approval within $67.00 more days. so all in all the process can take between 9 and 10 months. but that's under ordinary circumstances. in the midst of this pandemic, the e m a has set up a special task force to help fast track covert 19 treatments and therapies. it allows for accelerated action in a number of ways for vaccines. a key change is that developers don't have to wait until all of their

yes, we see for verity of countries next year to see the debt service burden to build up sharply such as force of vatican amid, if you know, and kenya, kenya as government as refusal to access relief under the g 20 debts of a suspension initiative heightens fiscal risks beyond their receiving of the emergency code 19 funding for the majority of african countries. however, debt initiatives by the g 20 and the i.m.f. occur and we have around 34 countries, african countries that have received emergency funding by the i.m.f. . these packages have east external liquidity pressure somewhat. and the extension of these initiatives lorson on payment risk somewhat currently until mid next year . are other concerns that be a could be heading the what the same way as in bob wait. yes, yes, because we do not see any near term improvement in this regard. some enough, the artist will have to prove to private lenders as well as the i am math, that government debt will be placed on a more sustainable half and a show of policy credibility in order to unlock emergency funding. that is so necessary. howe

still i have verities requiem is being performed in moscow to mark the anniversary of the nurnberg trials after world war 2. explain its importance and the 2nd half of the program join me every thursday on the alec simon show. and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics, sport, this list. i'm showbusiness. i'll see you then. i've been talking about kaiser apart many, many times they call in game theory or jump to the sovereign level and you have global has forced countries will need to strategically geo politically get into big oil. and this is what's happening in the united states right now. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those great dares thinks we dare to ask welcome back. concerns are being raised over the technical challenges in distributing a major new corona, virus vaccine, pfizer, and apply for emergency use of their job in the u.s. and say they're ready for world wide distribution, but it will have to be stored and transported at minus 70 degrees celsius we have already produced more than 20000000 doses in our cars and to continue as we speak,

said perhaps in the future germans have to come to belgium folks all across europe european for the veritie it's good neighborhoods and it's really growth corporations. in just over an hour freddy and the crew will have arrived on the other side of the border providing some relief for the hospital here in the yash which is now able to take in another covert magine patient. here is some other major developments in the pandemic a total confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has now surged past 50000000 following record numbers of new cases in several countries including russia and brazil the u.s. has the most cases with nearly 10000000 people testing positive its reporting more than 100000 new cases a day over the last week and argentina has signed a deal with drug maker astra zeneca to deliver around 22000000 doses of vaccines the aim is for vaccines to be available in the 1st half of next year. i'll take the football now and anticipation was high ahead of sunday's light bundesliga game a clash between the informed teams laverick hussan and mention glad back both sides have been scoring freel

andy verity reports. workers who have been clapped as their heroes on the front line of the pandemic but the chancellor is floating the idea of freezing public sector pay to address a ballooning budget deficit caused by the huge cost of the government's anti—virus measures. nhs workers may be left out but other public sector workers could see real terms pay cuts in years to come. it is a measure being floated but not yet confirmed. come. it is a measure being floated but not yet confirmedlj come. it is a measure being floated but not yet confirmed. i am not going to go into an —— internal discussions. you know how much i value nhs workers and all colleagues right across the nhs, but i am afraid i am going to respect cabinet confidentiality, as i always do, and instead allow the chancellor to set out the details. public sector workers currently get 7% more on average in pay and pensions than private sector workers. if rishi sunak takes private sector workers. if rishi sunaktakes up private sector workers.

germans have to come to belgium for the question of europeans for the veritie. it's good neighborhoods and it's really close cooperation. in just over an hour, freddy and the crew will have arrived on the other side of the bullet or providing some relief for the hospital here, yash, which is now able to take in another call with 900 patients. the death toll is still rising in belgium, but there are fewer beds all complied by code patients than during the peak. over a week ago, you infections are rising in the u.k. . they stay constant in italy and spain and even fallen slightly in germany. and by a lot in france, let's bring in get moxon anesthesiologist and head of the pop out of intensive care medicine and intermediate carrot and university hospital. based on those trends, would you say europe's 2nd lockdown is starting to work? yes, i think this is fair to say because we had still rises in the at the end of the week, but it's not an exponential rise anymore. so we have sort of a plateau and we have to see the next days. but obviously these are the 1st on the

our economics correspondent andy verity reports.mise to level up with new roads, railways, broadband and homes! this budget gets it done! in march, when coronavirus was coming but no lockdown had yet been announced, the new chancellor, rishi sunak, promised a comprehensive review of government spending byjuly. but long before then, he had embarked on the biggest spending spree in peacetime, almost all of it funded by borrowing. at the march budget, the official forecast was the chancellor would have to borrow £55 billion this financial year. by august, the huge cost of the government's antivirus policies meant he was expected to borrow nearly seven times that figure, £372 billion. now, in the midst of a second wave and renewed support measures, that figure's expected to jump even higher. that doesn't mean now is the time for cuts. with renewed restrictions pushing down consumer spending and few businesses investing, it's only higher government spending that's preventing the double dip we are in getting even deeper. the government's

there are questions about the age with which -- and is he verity, illness severity. can you speak to big questions you think of still unanswered? >> yes, there are many questions unanswered, but the fundamental questions about do we have a vaccine now, too, with moderna that have outstanding efficacy has been answered. i think that the questions about safety at large have also been answered, our safety milestone, and we are preparing now to submission. when it comes how durable the protection will be, this is something we don't know and this is why we're following our subjects in the study. the 44,000 for at least two years so that it will see if there is a-- in the durability or not. the good news is if there is one, with the technology, you can boost as soon as you want, and in this case, you don't need two doses, likely one will be needed, which means that if it's annual, people have one dose the next year and then one dose, the year after. but we don't know, we may find that the immunity is quite durable right now. >> albert-- i was just going to ask you, how con

andy verity, bbc news.f personal protective equipment during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic led to the government paying £10 billion more for ppe than if they'd bought it a year earlier. a report from the public spending watchdog, the national audit office, found that not enough ppe had been stockpiled before the pandemic to meet demand. that drove up prices. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. as nurses and doctors risked their lives to save others, they should have been protected. but a shortage of personal protective equipment left many feeling vulnerable. the report from the spending watchdog found in the early months of the pandemic, not enough ppe, huge increases in prices and orders that failed to meet specifications. at the start of the pandemic the government hadn't built the stockpile up enough. there were only nine days' worth of goggles, seven days' worth of protective aprons, and not enough gowns to even last a day. so they were forced to buy as prices rocketed. the co

andy verity reports.f the pandemic to the end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts were two suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. in one example highlighted by the nao, a contract was awarded to the focus group organiser public first, whose owners previously worked for the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove and alongside borisjohnson‘s then top adviser dominic cummings. yet the cabinet office failed to document any consideration of any potential conflicts of interest. by not keeping proper records, by not being transparent about when these contracts were awarded and what they

senator tom cotton is one of them verity said biden wanted t unify but his pick for the national securitysas for powerful political friends and a partisa hacker called susan collins the worst for ellen bay. so much for unity he concludes. it was a democratic senator for montana for three decades braid are, how are you doing and welcome to our program today. >> thank you very much. >> did unities stop on the morning of november 4th you think? >> no, certainly president-elec joe biden is going to do his utmost to try to encourage the congress to cooperate, work together including with business , with labor, and with other countries. that's his inclination he will do his best. i think that he will pursue tha quite effectively because joe i a decent guy, he's very persuadable, people like him. you just naturally like and whe you see him and talk to him, so. >> so what republicans are saying is that they're going to do a lot of talking and not a lot of doing, which is a little bit opposite about what has bee happening so far over the last four years. how would you respond to that, sir? >> will

andy verity, bbc news.e for covid—19, the global race for a vaccine has been on. it usually takes around a decade to develop a new vaccine, but in less than a year it appears we do now have one for this coronavirus. this is an absolutely unprecedented situation we find ourselves in today, with over 200 vaccine candidates, 40 of them in clinical development within ten months of a new virus being discovered. there are more than ten potential vaccines in large human trials, known as phase 3 trials, across the world. the clear frontrunner is currently the pfizer and biontech candidate, announcing this week that their vaccine is 90% effective. more data is needed and studies involving more than 40,000 people in countries including the us, brazil and south africa are still ongoing. china, russia and the uae are the only countries so far to approve vaccines for emergency use. uk and india—based pharmaceuticals are also doing large human trials, and smaller studies are under way too in cuba and kazakhstan. countrie

thank you very much, andy verity, business correspondent.people have decided to create their own. unlike the un summit, cop26, the youth—led mock cop is not based anywhere physical. workshops and talks are being hosted virtually across multiple time zones, reducing carbon emissions by 1,500 times that of previous cop events, according to organisers. let us talk to some of the organisers. joining me now is sonali, who is one of the orgainsers of mock cop 26. she is in bihar, in india. and mock cop26 organiser uchendu kelo, who is in enugu in nigeria. and mitzi jonelle tan, another organiser, who is in manila in the philippines. great to have you with us. at the very beginning of this year, i was in glasgow, i spent a day talking to lots of people involved in environmental projects and looking ahead to the cop 26 event which did not happen. but next year, really fascinated to hear about this mock cop. let's fascinated to hear about this mock cop. let‘s begin with you, how challenge has it been to put the sieve together —— to put this event tog

let's get more on this from our economics correspondent andy verity.ges? it means nothing to them essentially. interest rates are at record lows because they cannot access those record lows. they're still paying legacy interest rates from before the financial crash, which may be two or three times the rate that you can get on a competitive market and the reason for this is typically around about 200, 200 for this is typically around about 200,200 50,000 of them took out mortgages with northern rock, bradford and the like in the run—up to 2008 before the financial crash happened. does make a 250,000. at that time you could get loans for example at 110% of the value of your home, it was completely legitimate and above board and the mortgage lenders were selling it were regulated, but now a lot of these mortgage are stuck in the situation and they cannot remortgage. after the financial crash they brought a new affordability criteria which ironically mean they cannot get a cheaper mortgage. there been told they cannot afford to pay less. for example becaus

match with arsenal, leeds united allowed 13—year—old elliot metcalfe, who has cancer, and his sister verityk you. can you see how the camera is filming you? yeah. that's what they see every time they come out of the tunnel. it's brilliant. eliotjoins us from leeds now, with his mum sophie. thank you so much forjoining us today. elliott, give us an idea. you've had a few days to think about it. what was it like being a mascot? the club did everything for you, didn't they? yeah, it was great. i really enjoyed it. it couldn't have gone any better. at what point did you find that it was going to happen? that week. my mum started getting some messages from make a wish. then it all kind of seemed to occur very wish. then it all kind of seemed to occur very quickly. you are the first virtual mascot of this year. what was the best bit of that experience for you? was it when you are chatting to the players in the tunnel, or the moment when they took you out? i'd have to say walking out because i've never walked out of a professional football stadium. it felt great. white micro did you get to meet yo