speaking this morning, dominic raab failed to rule out a return to lockdown if mps vote down borisjohnsonew tier system in parliament this week. the daily express features a plea from the prime minister for "unity and resolve", insisting that the worst phase of the coronavirus pandemic was "very nearly behind us". pubs and restaurants hit by new covid restrictions will be given additional cash to help get them through christmas — that's according to the telegraph. the paper reports additional grants are likely to be funded by extra borrowing. the guardian writes the nhs is planning to enlist celebrities and influencers in a drive to persuade people to have a covid vaccine, amid fears of low take—up. the paper also features an image of the bahrain grand prix crash — the formula 1 driver romain grosjean miraculously walked away with minor injuries. "go shop for britain" — that's the lead on the mirror, with christmas shoppers being urged to spend their money on the high streets to prevent traders from going bust. this is papers light, just a little before the main serving at 11:30pm, so we

dominic raab this morning on the tv suggesting that we are close to a deal.re, as you say, but he said it really is time and there was a real mutual interest in getting a deal done. of course, we've known for weeks, for months the sticking points on all of this have been fisheries on this issue of the level playing field, the state aid issue, if you like, with the eu. it sounded from his interview that actually, fisheries is really the sticking man. is really the sticking one. i think that's quite an interesting one because on its own economically, the impact fisheries have on the uk economy and elsewhere, particularly uk economy is relatively low, but it's a huge political point, it's a huge issue of sovereignty for many people who voted for brexit. so it is one of those things and i think the government is going to be very, very keen to sort of get right and that seems to be the sticking point. the uk government has secured another two million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the us which proved 95% effective after trials. the uk now has seven million

dominic raab on these tv this morning suggesting we are close to a deal. that before, as you say, but he said it really is time and there is a mutual interest in getting a deal done. of course we have known for weeks and months that the sticking point on all this have been fisheries and the level playing field of the state aid issue with the eu. it's standard from his interview that fisheries is really be sticking one and i think thatis really be sticking one and i think that is right because economically the impact fisheries have on the uk economy and elsewhere, particularly... the uk economy is relatively low, but clearly there's a huge political point and issue of sovereignty for many people who voted for brexit, so it is one of those things i think the government is going to be very, very keen to get right and suddenly there seems to be the sticking point, fought the foreign secretary was saying this morning. and time running out. thank you very much indeed, ellie price there, our political risk corresponded. —— like our political correspondent. the uk

dominic raab called the e.u. to recognize that regaining control over british waters is a question of serenity for the u.k. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i'm ritikauntries, gupta. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: thank you so much. the focus is firmly on oil, also on what's going on with the pound given brexit negotiations. one day we are doing fine in brexit, the other, fishing, we cannot agree on who needs to fish what. today, a bit of optimism creeping in, usc sterling. it is the last day of the month with this record-breaking rally of global equity markets, oil extending on signs of discord on opec plus minister, and still in portuguese, 10 year yields watch. nearing zero. they still haven't touched zero. lisa: talking about the fisheries, it seems like everything is back-and-forth when it comes to brexit. with the s&p 500, it is not back-and-forth. you cannot keep a good market down. it is down just .4% after be

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who're unhappyonavirus restrictions for england. the revised tier system comes into force next week, replacing the current lockdown. most of england will be in the highest two levels of restrictions. our political correspondent, ellie price, reports. "tis the season to be jolly careful," said boris johnson last week and he needs to be, with a potential rebellion of his own mps unhappy about the proper tier system in england set system in england, set to start on wednesday. yesterday michael gove warned it wasn'tjust ministers who had to take difficult decisions, but mps also. this morning the foreign secretary opted for more domestic diplomacy. we are listening, we do understand, people say to me we just want to understand that the measures you are taking take into account not just the cost and benefit of tackling the virus but also the non—covid health and social implications and we will publish more analysis on that and we take seriously the principle of parliamentary accountability. the prime min

foreign secretary dominic raab said the judges had wilted going. but he said he felt for harry's parents —— had ruled in his favour. there will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear that we are on their site. we have called and continue to call for anne sacoolas to return to face justice. harry's parents appealed again for anne sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. they say they will appeal today's court ruling and they will not give up the fight for their son. aston villa captain jack grealish has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving, including one offence in connection with a crash during march's coronavirus lockdown. the england international admitted an offence in connection with a collision involving his range rover on march 29th, six days after restrictions were imposed nationwide. grealish also admitted a second charge of careless driving relating to allegations he drove without due care and attention on the m112 in october. 20 years after they disappeared, cambridge univ

foreign secretary, dominic raab, says there's a brexit deal to be done, potentially within days.ys both sides must continue working in good faith on all important fishing rights. good morning and welcome to "bloomberg surveillance." lisa abramowicz is stepping in for tom keene in new york. great to have you on surveillance this morning. we look at the markets. tomorrow is december 1, so we look at an increase -- a pretty incredible rally that we have seen so far. look at brexit and opec-plus back at the forefront. lisa: it is an agonizing time for people. i do hear that tom keene

britain's foreign secretary dominic raab said the new rules allowing hong kong's chief executive to sack were a clear breach of the sino british joint declaration. however, beijing has warned other countries not to interfere in china's affairs. translation: we urge the relevant individuals to abide by the international law and international relations and stop in any way interfering in china's internal affairs, including hong kong affairs. any of the attempts to pressure china or undermine china's sovereignty, security and development of interests will not succeed. from tomorrow, for the first time since hong kong was returned to china, its legislative council will be without any effective opposition. it's unclear whether it will ever have one again. the most crucial thing here hasn't really been the dismissal of the four legislators accused of showing insufficient loyalty to the motherland, or even the mass walk—out by the entire pro—democracy block, but rather a permanent change to the rules which from now on means that the communist party's surrogates can remove any undesirable opposit

the foreign secretary dominic raab said their expulsion for legitimately observing the recent protestse collecting information about the internal political situation from human rights organisations following august's disputed presidential election. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster has heard that a manager at arconic — the company which made the cladding panels partly blamed for the disaster — said in an internal e—mail that a poor fire test result should be kept "very confidential". he also warned in emails that the type of plastic used in cladding panels was very dangerous on the outside of buildings. arconic maintains it was for the architects to ensure their designs were safe. the bbc has promised to launch an independent investigation into claims made by earl spencer, brother of the late diana, princess of wales, that he was deceived by the reporter martin bashir, ahead of the princess's explosive television interview in 1995. earl spencer says the former panorama reporter had used false bank statements as part of his attempts to encourage the princess to grant h

thought or rebellion if it goes to a vote in the house of commons was up it doesn't look from dominic raab'schange but only time will tell. itjust seems pretty mad that the conservative party's ended up having another internal fight which i think people very much hoped had stopped with the departure of dominic cummings. interesting you say that because you know borisjohnson very well, you parted your ways on brexit, you are very much on different sides of the argument, or at least the argument he came down on in the end. you are being quite diplomatic but you are also sounding really quite frustrated, say they haven't got a plan on levelling up, they haven't got a proper plan on climate, they have a disappointing aid budget... when you put it like that, laura! what lots of people would say it trademark is your common sense, it sounds to me that you are quite disappointed by what yourformer you are quite disappointed by what your former colleagues up to. they have to get cracking, they have this golden opportunity, they won a mandate, they got a majority, they now have the control to be able

britain's foreign secretary dominic raab said the new rules allowing the chief executive to sachar opponent it was a breach. beijing has warned other countries not to interview and —— intervene in china's affairs of. in any way interfering in china's affairs, any attempt to pressure china orundermine their any attempt to pressure china or undermine their sovereignty will not succeed. from tomorrow, for the first time since hong kong was returned to china, it's legislate of counsel will be without any effective opposition. it's unclear whether they will ever have one again. for most crucial thing hasn't been the dismissal of the legislators accused of sowing insufficient loyalty to the motherland or even the mass walk—out by the entire pro—democracy block. but rather a permanent change to the rules which from now on means the party —— the communist pa rty‘s surrogates can remove any politician even though they, unlike the city's leader, have been directly elected by the people. steven mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. emily is a former chair of the democratic party and former member of the hong

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the government is listening to conservative mps who are unhappyrce next week, replacing the current lockdown. most of england will be in the highest two levels of restrictions. 0ur political correspondent ellie price reports. tis the season to be jolly careful said borisjohnson tis the season to be jolly careful said boris johnson last tis the season to be jolly careful said borisjohnson last week and he needs to be, with a potential rebellion of his own mps unhappy about

tonight the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said their expulsion for legitimately observing the recent collecting information about the internal political situation from human rights organisations following august‘s disputed presidential election. the bbc has promised to launch an independent investigation into claims made by earl spencer — brother of the late diana, princess of wales, that he was deceived by the reporter martin bashir ahead of the princess‘s explosive television interview in 1995. earl spencer says the former panorama reporter had used false bank statements as part of his attempts to encourage the princess to grant him an interview. the bbc‘s director—general says the corporation is taking the matter very seriously. 0ur correspondent jonny dymond reports. it was one of the biggest tv interviews of all time. princess diana laying bare her loveless marriage, her love for another man, her suffering. you always think you‘re prepared for anything, and you think you have the knowledge of what‘s coming ahead... butjust how did martin bashir get the interview? diana‘s brother

britain's foreign secretary dominic raab said the new rules allowing hong kong's chief executive to sackpponents were a clear breach of the sino british joint declaration. however, beijing has warned other countries not to interfere in china's affairs. we urge the relevant individuals to abide by the international law and international relations and stop in any way interfering in china's internal affairs, including hong kong affairs. any of the attempts to pressure china or undermine china's sovereignty, security and development of interests will not succeed. from tomorrow, for the first time since hong kong was returned to china, its legislative council will be without any effective opposition. it's unclear whether it will ever have one again. the most crucial thing here hasn't really been the dismissal of the four legislators accused of showing insufficient loyalty to the motherland, or even a mass walk—out by the entire pro—democracy block, but rather a permanent change to the rules which from now on means that the communist party's surrogates can remove any undesirable opposition pol

the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the government is "listening" to conservative mps unhappyd new covid restrictions in england, but he's warned a third spike in cases is possible unless the propsals are approved. many conservatives feel the new restrictions are too tough and don't take account of the situation in local communities. our political correspondent iain watson reports. it's been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. in glazebury in greater manchester, they've been living under some form of restrictions since the summer, and what's even more cutting is they'll be placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. if you look at some of the figures, and things like that, if you study it, they seem to have cracked down a bit hard on greater manchester in my opinion. just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. we've got to be careful. if we're all sensible, it'll all end soon enough. not this year. the season of goodwill hasn't extended to westminster. boris johnson's facing a gr

the foreign secretary dominic raab says the government is "listening" to conservative mps unhappy withed new covid restrictions in england — but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. the system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week — and would place most of england in the two highest levels. a vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. our political correspondent iain watson reports. it's been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. in greater manchester they have been living under some restriction since the summer, and what's even more cutting is being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. if you look at the figures, they seem to have cracked down harder on greater manchester. just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. they're correct what they're saying, we've just got to be careful. if we're all sensible it will end soon enough — not this year. this goodwill hasn't extended to westminster with borisjohnson facing rebellion from his own mp

the foreign secretary dominic raab is self—isolating after coming into contact with someonewho lateren informed today that an individual with whom he has been in recent close contact has tested positive for coronavirus. he will continue his work remotely. travellers arriving in the uk from germany and sweden will have to self—isolate for two weeks from saturday — after both countries were removed from safe travel list. restrictions in england and wales prohibit people from going abroad on holiday. 0verseas travel is only allowed for limited reasons including work and education. sainsbury‘s says it will to cut around 3—and—a—half thousand jobs — mostly at retailer argos — as part of cost cutting measures. sainsbury‘s, which bought argos in 2016, will close 420 argos standalone stores over next three years — although it plans to open 150 outlets in its supermarkets. it's boss simon roberts said sainsbury‘s was responding to changing consumer habits and the growth of online shopping. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes hello there. on thursday, we had some really h

the british foreign secretary dominic raab says the government is "listening" to conservative mps unhappyw covid restrictions in england. but he's warned a third spike in cases is possible unless the propsals are approved. many conservatives feel the new restrictions are too tough and don't take account of the situation in local communities. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. it's been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. in greater manchester they have been living under some been living under some form of restriction since the summer, and what's even more cutting is they're being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. if you look at some of the figures and stuff like that, the news stories about it, they seem to have cracked down a bit harder on greater manchester in my opinion. just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. they're correct what they're saying, we've got to be careful. if we're all sensible it'll end soon enough — not this year. the season of goodwill hasn't

the foreign secretary dominic raab has accused china of breaking its legal promises about hong kong,s announced their resignation yesterday, in solidarity with their colleagues, who beijing have deemed a threat to national security. the chinese government said that if the resignations were aimed at encouraging radical resistance, the attempt would fail. an investigation into equal pay at the bbc has found no unlawful acts of pay discrimination against women. the equality and human rights commission opened an inquiry last year after complaints about large differences between the salaries of male and female presenters. but the watchdog has made a number of recommendations, including a call for the bbc to improve transparency. david sillito reports. when the bbc was forced to publish the salaries of its highest paid stars, there was fury at the gap between many male and female presenters and correspondents. there were protests demanding equal pay. the bbc admitted there was a problem and a number of women were given a pay increase. but an independent investigation says it has found no u

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has called the developments a further assault on freedom which underminesbility‘. long—term stability. stephen mcdonell reports. the pro—democracy camp is leaving hong kong's legislature en masse. from tomorrow, there will only be a couple of potentially dissenting voices left in its mini parliament. my mission as a legislator to fight for democracy, freedom in the chamber cannot be continued. but i would certainly promise that i would go along before the people in hong kong, continue to fight for the core values of hong kong, freedom, democracy. and we should never give up. the mass resignation was triggered by the hong kong government's dismissal of four legislators judged to have been disloyal to the motherland. they were removed using new powers granted by beijing. only half the members of the legislative council were ever directly elected. the other half selected by a stacked pro—beijing committee. this has led to tensions with pro—democracy politicians struggling to find ways to oppose ever more draconian laws. hong kong's leader says the new powers g

more on our top story this evening — and the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has defended the tieredestrictions which is due to replace the lockdown in england from wednesday. some conservative mps have criticised the measures, but mr raab said there was a risk of a third spike in infections, if ministers didn't get the balance of restrictions right. earlier i spoke to tobias ellwood, conservative mp for bournemouth east, which is going into tier 2. i asked him who in the cabinet we are meant to believe on the new tier system. we have remained locked into a peacetime cabinet construct and we have not moved to a war footing. we've got people with no experience in emergency planning or operational decision—making running this enduring emergency and i would have liked to have seen earlier a division between the strategic decision mistaking and the operational delivery. —— strategic decision—making. we still have mps, friends of mine, running around, chasing ppe, all those sorts of things, things they've never had any experience in doing, and consequently you are right to ask who is in c

we were hearing from the foreign secretary, dominic raab, saying the u.k.ional partners to hold china to its treaty obligations. who will fight this fight with the u.k.? robert: that's a great question and yet to be seen. the reason is that a lot of other countries -- they have very little influence over what china does mean hong kong these see, and second, they also china from an economic point of anw is vitally important in economy that is undergoing great difficulty. they don't want to disrupt economic ties with beijing or political ties with beijing. very fine balancing act that they have to walk and it is yet to be seen whether a lot of companies who may want to take tougher positions verbally are willing to do that disruptsy relations with the authorities in beijing, and the authorities in beijing have made a very clear that they do not want other countries to be intervening in this. it's an internal affair for them. >> that was robert hormats speaking with tom keene and francine lacqua. coming up next, china's antitrust guidelines raise questions abo

the foreign secretary dominic raab hit out at beijing as pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong quit theirsmissal of four of their colleagues for backing independence. china says the resignations are a blatant challenge to the authorities and support for the pro—democracy lawmakers would fail. the chairman of hong kong's democratic party, wu chi—wai, said the so—called "one country, two systems" form of government, under which hong kong was allowed a degree of freedom after it was returned to china, is now effectively over. the separation of power is a very constitutional power that common people can enjoy to check and balance the government acts of today and the days after. we lost our check and balance power and all the constitutional powers in hong kong all rests in the chief executive's hands. and we all know that. the chief executive of hong kong, because of the constitutional arrangements, is basically a puppet for the central government. so today and the days after, it is the end of one country, two systems. steve mcdonell has more from beijing. well, there are one or two independen

boris johnson, dominic raab saying they did not want a national lockdown but the scientific and medical community, the so-called sage group of advisers basically put it very bluntly to the prime minister that if we carried on the current trajectory, there was a chance the worst case scenario would be extended which encompassed 85,000 deaths in a second wave over the winter that would peak at about 4,000 deaths per day. there's a lot of contention about those numbers. certainly those in more hawkish front in terms of those that want to keep the economy going say there are big clouds over the veracity of those figures. boris johnson, when presented this by the likes of chris witty, thought he was boxed into a corner and had a cabinet ministers meeting on saturday. the results were leaked left, right and the center there were all accusations going around a delayed speech by the prime minister on saturday and today finally, finally, members of parliament, our elected representatives will get a chance to quiz the prime minister today about the plans for the national lockdown, which as you sa

foreign secretary dominic raab saying a trade deal could be reached in days if both sides continue workingn good faith. joining us on the phone is bloomberg's edward evans. i feel like i literally have said that sentence 75 times. why is this time different? edward: it may not be different, is the short answer. i think both the u.k. side and the eu side say they can get to a deal here. the key point is the second part of that sentence, which is about how the other side behaves. really, what you're seeing now is the deadline is focusing minds. britain leaves the eu single market on december 31. a deal needs to be ratified and signed off. we are getting to that point now. ist you're seeing really decisions are having to be taken on things like a level competitive playing field, how any treaty will be enforced, and access to u.k. fishing waters. these are issues that have dug the talks since back in march, and only now are we beginning to see some signs of actual progress. whether that is enough to get us to a deal in time is something altogether different. guy: this time next week we may be

dominic raab has issued a statement on that legal action, let's listen to what he said.ontinuing to offer support with their gs claim in relation to this case. the family say you say they are on their side, but they don't know that you are. we have behaved properly and a good faith and as the court found today we have been supportive of the police investigation, so any implication other ways has been rejected. we have continued to raise this with the secretary of state, the prime minister has raised with the prime minister has raised with the president. they are initiating a claim in the us courts and we have said we will support them with that, i have offered a submission in support of them. we are negotiating with the us to change the arrangements at the crime base to make sure this kind of injustice can happen again. cambridge university library has announced that two notebooks written by charles darwin worth many millions of pounds have been missing for 20 years. one of them contains the 19th century scientist's famous tree of life sketch, exploring the evolutionary

as recently as september, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the aid budget was written in lawis counter argument from former civil servent will tanner, who points out... well, we were always likely to hear from the former prime minister david cameron on this. he introdcued the spending commitment and said this today. that 0.7% commitment, it really said something about britain, saying that we were going to spend that money helping the poorest people, the poorest countries. it said something great about britain, notjust that we care about tackling global poverty or tackling climate change or helping those that don't have what we have in this country, it was that we were actually going to do something about it. we were going to lead. we were going to show the rest of the world. there was one huge issue that is very relevant to the uk economy that didn't get referenced today. here's the bbc‘s lewis goodall pointing out the chancellor didn't mention brexit, but as we absorb the consequences of an 11% fall in gdp, a reminder that virtually every independent body assesses that even

here's foreign secretary dominic raab speaking to the bbc at the weekend.period, it's a fact of leaving the eu that we take back sovereignty and control over our own coastal, as a coastal state, control over our own waters and our own fisheries. sovereignty is a crucial word to people who support brexit, and fishing has become a test case for many brexiteers. they believe the uk should be able to catch the fish within its waters. but it's complicated. this is why. the quota system used by the eu rests on a deal that was done in the 1970s and which the uk signed up to. it gave each country a certain volume of quotas. then in the 1990s, some british fishermen sold their quotas as they were entitled to do. but the sale of some quotas means more than half the value of england's quotas is foreign—owned. the same is true for wales, though in scotland and northern ireland, the figure is much lower. the uk says it wants much more access to the fish in its waters. it says a trade deal shouldn't be scuppered by that demand. the eu counters that many communities rest

we arejust we are just hearing from the uk foreign secretary dominic raab, who says the uk is declaringmakers "a breach of the sino british joint declaration", the treaty signed between britain and hong kong in 1984, before china took over rule of hong kong. dominic raab says, the uk foreign minister, he says, the uk foreign minister, he says he will hold china to the obligations of that treaty, a treaty thatis obligations of that treaty, a treaty that is registered with the united nations. so that is the reaction from the uk government to what has been happening in hong kong. time to recap the headlines on bbc news. economic activity in the uk jumped by more than 15% over the summer months — after the end of the first lockdown — but it won't be enough to reverse the reduction in growth caused by the pandemic. turmoil at number ten — one of the prime minister's closest advisers, lee cain, quits as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes in—fighting in downing street. a 30—year—old nurse will appear in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies at a hospit

foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had ruled in his favour over immunity, but he said he feltolace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear that we are on their side. we have called and continue to call for anne sacoolas to return to face justice. harry's parents appealed again for anne sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. they say they will appeal today's court ruling and they will not give up the fight for their son. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in oxfordshire. more now on a covid christmas, and religious services with congregations attending church will go ahead — rather than having to watch online — following the government's announcement yesterday that restrictions on places of worship are to be eased once the national lockdown ends next week. the prime minister confirmed that collective worship can resume in all three tiers, subject to social distancing, after church leaders had appealed to the government to let churches re—open for the christmas period. let's speak now to the reverend professor gina radford, vicar of south brent a

let's go straight to dominic raab, the uk foreign secretary, in westminster.dent of the united states. the president of the united states has just made it more tense by declaring himself the winner of an election that he has not yet won. is it time for you, for your government, to call him out on that? should you be distancing yourself right now from donald trump and what he said? look, it's a very close election. we are watching with great interest. it is for the american people to decide. ultimately, whatever the election night comments from either side of the campaign, i am confident and have full faith in the us institutions and the checks and balances in the us system that will produce a definitive result. we will produce a definitive result. we will watch with interest but forgive me if! will watch with interest but forgive me if i don't comment on the commentary. i'm not asking you to commentary. i'm not asking you to comment on the commentary. i'm asking you to comment on something the president of the united states has said. that is not commentary. he

jodi: dominic raab has been saying both sides are showing pragmatism and good faith and, as you notede. but the upstanding issue to be resolved in the final days of talk is fishing rights and he has called on the eu to recognize regaining control of british waters is a question of sovereignty, not something they can easily avoid. it is a big issue and has become the issue and a major obstacle. they only have a few days left to get a deal to push this becauseby that deadline it takes a while and you have to have all the eu nations buying off on it, you can't do it just before the december 31 deadline. the question is whether they would extend the deadline and they have said they are not extending the deadline again but this hugeandemic and hit that would happen to the u.k. economy, there may be some willingness to extend the deadline. haidi: jodi snyder there with what we continue to say is crunch time when it comes to brexit negotiations. other key negotiations taking on mobile. available let's get you the latest check on business headlines. told management at hvc is looking for a com

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has called the developments a ‘further assault on freedom‘ whichamp is leaving hong kong‘s legislature en masse. from tomorrow, there will only be a couple of potentially dissenting voices left in its mini parliament. my mission as a legislator to fight for democracy, freedom in the chamber cannot be continued. but i would certainly promise that i would go along before the people in hong kong, continue to fight for the core values of hong kong, freedom, democracy. and we should never give up. the mass resignation was triggered by the hong kong government‘s dismissal of four legislators judged to have been disloyal to the motherland. they were removed using new powers granted by beijing. only half the members of the legislative council were ever directly elected. the other half selected by a stacked pro—beijing committee. this has led to tensions with pro—democracy politicians struggling to find ways to oppose ever more draconian laws. hong kong‘s leader says the new powers given to her by beijing to remove opposition politicians deemed to be unsuit

foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had ruled in his favour over immunity, but he said he felthe family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear right from the outset that we are on their side. we have called and we continue to call for anne sacoolas to return home to face justice. harry's parents appealed again once again today for anne sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. they say they will appeal today's court ruling and they will not give up the fight for their son. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in 0xfordshire. the bombing at an ariana grande concert at manchester arena in 2017 claimed the lives of 23 people — and injured hundreds more. it also changed the lives of many who were caught up in it, including usman ahmed — a student who was working his last shift as a steward before sitting his a—levels — and sharon crawford, a mum—of—three who was picking up her daughter from the concert. this is their story: of a night that would connect them to each other forever. and a warning you may find some of the details described in this piece upsetting. it wa

is willing to compromise on fisheries, according to dominic raab.t is an upbeat assessment as talks continue in london. if negotiations fail, millions of businesses and consumers could face higher costs and disruption to supply chains. voters have rejected two proposals that could have altered the corporate landscape in the country. investing in defense companies. a second measure to hold multinationals responsible for human rights and environmental lapses also failed. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: thanks very much. laura wright in london here. the latest reading on china's economy shows its recovery is gaining momentum. pmi data both topped forecasts with the factory gauge facing a three-year high. the pboc injected $30 billion into the financial system to address concerns of liquidity tightness. we are joined by the cio of saxo bank. very good morning to you. i know you have been thinking a lot about inflation.

you are getting support from dominic raab and the sco from that direction.s, that this is not a denial of justice, it —— that this is a denial ofjustice. has to be corrected, and the easy way forward is for her to be put back on a plane to have her trial, go back home and that we can all move on. it's very destructive to this family, but in terms of the relationships between the countries as well. thank you so much for joining us with the latest there. the severity of the coronavirus crisis in the us can be seen in local snapshots — in el paso texas — the national guard is helping in morgues and mortuaries while new york is reopening an emergency covid—19 patient facility on staten island. across the country daily case numbers continue to rise. there are now more than 85,800 covid—19 patients in us hospitals — the 14th straight day this count set a pandemic record. now if we focus on north dakota — cases were low through the first two waves — but like the rest of the midwest — cases have been surging. and the state has one of the highest mortality rates in t

has dominic raab putting out a statement saying china's move is an assault on hong kong's freedom we will be speaking to people from all spectrums throughout the morning, including a pro establishment lawmaker a pro democratic lawmaker including a member of carrie lam's cabinet. haidi: we also have an expanding response from the u.s.. the national security advisor issued a statement saying this is just another fig leaf for the ccp's expansion of a one-party dictatorship. response senator rubio saying democracy in hong kong's quote gasping for air what is this potentially mean for a biden administration? >> the timing is interesting because is there enough category for the administration to respond to this adequately? we did hear they will continue to put the pressure on beijing over numerous issues including on hong kong. a lot of people thought the biden administration would allow .or a reset of tensions andalled xi jinping a thug has vowed to fully enforce laws to punish beijing for eroding hong kong's autonomy. the campaign trail is very different than when you go into the oval of

the uk foreign secretary, dominic raab, has said fishing rights remain the outstanding bone of contention to be done". nick beakejoins me now from brussels. good morning. a deal is to be done, and yet the eu has said significant divergences still remain so what's the latest in your view? good morning, yes, the eu has said that and today once again the two sides will resume talks, locked away in the basement of the business department in central london, just down from parliament and downing street, hoping at some point to emerge with some sort of agreement, but the mood music from the british government over the weekend, ministers who have been giving interviews, is that it's the eu that has to budge and finally recognise the uk's new—found independence, and when michel barnier gets in the room with his counterpart lauder frost today with negotiations. the eu says this isn't the case and rejects this, and this morning the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, said it's ridiculous the idea that the eu has been holding things up, and made the point back in the summer there was the opportuni

and dominic raab, the first secretary of state, the foreign secretary, also saying that he was sending record that has a little unfair, but they saw eye to eye on brexit, huge foreign policy issue for the uk brexit, huge foreign policy issue forthe uk and brexit, huge foreign policy issue for the uk and we have seenjoe biden be outspoken and critical of the brexit process, particularly if it's seen to damage the good friday agreement and the whole argument over the border on the island of ireland between the uk in the north and the republic and the eu in the south. where been speaking to someone south. where been speaking to someone who was involved in that whole process and he was reiterating that point about the good friday agreement and also making the point thatjoe biden's team are professional politicians and will ta ke professional politicians and will take at the us/ uk relationship seriously, they won't carry a grudge against borisjohnson because of brexit. but the biggest issue any way might be for the uk that the biden adminstration is not particularly interested in bilateral

and dominic raab said...k and us relations now that donald trump is going to be succeeded by joe biden? i think what happens next is very much up to the uk government. there is no question thatjoe brydon is pro—british, he has stood with us any time during our history under successive governments and he wants to reach out to play a leadership role in the world again. but the uk government has left us in an extraordinarily weak position and the democrats see borisjohnson very much weak position and the democrats see boris johnson very much is cast weak position and the democrats see borisjohnson very much is cast in the mould of donald trump and the sort of politics they are keen to leave behind. it was quite telling tonight, quite worrying, that senior democrats, some reacted furiously to the statement that borisjohnson put out congratulating joe biden. you have got to remember that the feelings about the way in which the five year agreement has been used in bargaining chip, the way in which borisjohnson made

government changing its mind and watering down its proposals for restrictions after the lockdown to dominic raab'clock. tanks, andrew. stay 01:30:06,702 --> 2147483052:21:48,616 with us, headlines coming up. —— 2147483052:21:48,616 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 thanks. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. good morning, it's 7:30am. borisjohnson has written to conservative mp5 in an attempt to gain more support for england's new tier system, after rebellion from his own backbenches. in the letter, the prime minister said measures in some areas might be eased in december, and promised a new vote injanuary. mp5 will vote on the system on tuesday and labour hasn't yet said if it will back the plan. the government has secured another two million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the us which proved 95% effective after trials. the uk now has 7 million jabs on order from the american company, moderna. if the vaccine is approved, doses could be delivered by next spring. the uk has called on the european union to bring "fresh thinking" to post—brexit trade talks, which downing stre