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>> seth: please welcome back to the show, hugh grant how are you, hugh? >> very bad.e most fun thing in the world do you appreciate -- do you enjoy that you just get to do it from home? >> not at all. my -- i'm trying to get away from home permanently. [ laughter ] i have a lot of young children i love them, but i would love to be on an airplane coming to see you and staying in a lovely hotel. >> seth: that's very -- that's very nice to hear, i will take that as not a criticism of your children, but more how much you enjoy our time together. >> you specifically, yes, yes. >> seth: what -- this is such a wonderful show it's the show that not only are my wife and i are watching, but i feel like we talk to with all our other friends. and this is a show i was very happy to hear that your wife actually enjoys as well. >> it's weird. first of all, it's lovely that you're watching it i almost believe you my wife, yes she -- my wife is the man in our house, really. she likes violent films, gangster films while i'm sitting there watching "roman holiday" or "sound of music" or

hugh pym, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre.ces of making the final of rugby union's autumn nations cup are now very slim after they lost their second round match to france. this year, scotland have been a team on the rise. no longerjust good to watch, but also had to beat. here, their new—found resilience would be tested to the limit. france have staged their own renaissance, widely considered to be the form team in world rugby, they gained an early foothold at murrayfield. but scotla nd foothold at murrayfield. but scotland would match them stride for stride. the ever reliable duncan we re stride. the ever reliable duncan were kicking for the horizon in a first half dominated by the boot. 12-12 at the first half dominated by the boot. 12—12 at the break but immediately after it, france would show take their —— showcase their attacking flair. the chair is given. another penalty would leave scotland needing a bit of magic to draw level, but when they needed it most, their attacking powers deserted them. the gamble has not paid o

hugh pym, bbc news.t of diego maradona. he was seen making the thumbs—up gesture next to maradona. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports from buenos aires. in death as in life, maradona was feted by millions of argentinians. they've marked his passing these past few days, and the country is still officially in mourning. so this news that funeral workers posed for pictures next to his body has angered many here. in the poor neighbourhood where diego maradona was born, people are still paying homage to the football player at his old childhood home. people here feel particularly protective over him. this man has lived next door for most of his life. hugely proud of his former neighbour, but he pitied him too. translation: he said to me one day, "i'll swap a week of my life with a week of yours. let's see how long you last being diego maradona. i have lots of money, i can buy what i want. but i'm not in charge. i can't even control buying t—shirts. i go in, and outside is a sea of people." down

dominic hughes, bbc news.lor rushi sunak has said he's in no rush to raise taxes in this week's spending review to help pay for extra borrowing during the pandemic. but he has suggested he's considering a pay freeze for public sector workers. our business correspondent katy austin is here. katy, the cost to the economy from coronavirus are pretty staggering. yeah, borrowing has soared, the deficit this year could reach a level not seen during peacetime, evenif level not seen during peacetime, even if you think about the global financial crisis. rishi sunak said the picture in the economy and public finances was very difficult, with more pain to come including job losses. this wiki is expected to announce tens of billions of pounds in investment in long—term infrastructure project —— this week he is expected. and money for the nhs and mental health services. although there is a big question here about how and when to try to return the public finances to a more sta ble return the public finances to a more stable

hugh, thank you very much.lth care to what it's doing to the economy. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said there are reasons for cautious optimism after new figures show record growth between july and september. the uk's economy grew by 15.5% as it came out of the first lockdown. but the economy still remains smaller than it was before the pandemic and, of course, we're in a second lockdown. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. in caerphilly, south wales, one example of how the pandemic shutdown has rebounded. a manufacturer of biodegradable stores saw demand collapse during the lockdown of restau ra nts a nd bars then adapted to manufacturing personal protective equipment and has recovered somewhat from the reopening of the economy. it was a proper interruption, like the business paused for this period of time, and then restarted to the same trajectory it had before. the economy grew over the three summer months like never before. it has now made up about three—quarters of its record loss during the fir

hugh pym, bbc news.three—tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the lockdown ends in ten days' time, but there'll be a relaxation over christmas. pubs and restaurants in england could be allowed to stay open longer, with an easing of the 10pm curfew. the nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but the chancellor warns of tough times ahead for the economy, as the country deals with the consequences of the pandemic. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good afternoon. it big day in the premier league — the champions liverpool welcome leicester to anfield later, they will be without their talisman mo salah who tested positive for coronavirus to add to a growing list of injury concerns. earlier, everton beat fulham 3—2 at craven cottage to climb up to sixth. nick parrot was watching. after a run of four game without a win, everton would have relished the prospect of visiting craven cottage. it's little surprise their poor run of

hugh pym, bbc news.tigray region that tanks might open fire as it attempts to overthrow the regional leaders in charge there. it's the third week of open conflict between the central government and regional leaders that has forced thousands from their homes. prime minister abiy ahmed has also said that he won't even allow african union envoys to travel to the region to hold talks with local leaders there. in a tweet, mr ahmed warned that he would do "all that is necessary to ensure stability" in tigray. ethiopia's military plans to use tanks to encircle the capital of the area. over the last two weeks, it has bulldozed roads and destroyed bridges in its advance on the city, which is home to around half a million people. hundreds of people have been killed and more than 30,000 refugees have fled to sudan since fighting began. the prime minister's senior advisor, mamo mihretu, spoke to our correspondent catherine byaruhanga and said that negotiations with tigray were not an option. we don't negotiate with

our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest on the christmas debate.

hugh pym, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news...r ice cream parlour in the somali capital, mogadishu, killing at least seven people. rescue workers said ten others were wounded in the explosion near the international airport. the islamist group al shabaab stages regular attacks in the city. donald trump has suffered yet another setback in his attempt to overturn the election result. his legal challenge has been rejected by a federal court in pennsylvania. judges deemed the case was without merit, as the trump team did not make a specific allegation or provide proof. the ethiopian prime minister has met african union envoys who are visiting the country to try to bring an end to the conflict in tigray. abiy ahmed thanked the au for its concern, but he rejected international offers of mediation. the un has flown aid into neighbouring sudan for those displaced by the fighting. the long—time leader of belarus, alexander lu kashenko, has said he will not be president once a new constitution is in place. mr lukashenko gave no timescale for

a podium place for britian's hugh carthy — a career high as he finishes in third place at the vuelta and a moment to remember for this man too, as scotland's robert macintyre wins his first title on golf‘s european tour. all that plus goals from the fa cup and scottish premiership to come. but we start in the premier league, where liverpool missed the chance to return to the top spot. they drew 1—1 at manchester city — who missed a penalty to win it themselves as their poor start to the season continues. austin halewood was watching this one for us. there may still be... but the season has been far from there may still be... but the season has been farfrom ideal of there may still be... but the season has been far from ideal of a manchester city. they are languishing in mid—table with a point to prove, so who better to make it against then reigning champions liverpool? the first thing city needed was a strong start but they didn't get it. kyle walker with a sloppy challenge on sadio mane, penalty. but mo salah didn't need asking twice. liverpool the lead and city already with a mount

is there anything else >> seth: please welcome to the show, hugh laurie! how are you, hugh?, ha, ha. >> seth: i'm so happy to see you. this is your first time on this show >> it is >> seth: we have crossed paths before but, you know, it's a delight to lay eyes on you again. >> crossed paths i think it was a little more than that in my memory i feel -- it was a momentous event in my life >> seth: well, you hosted -- you hosted "snl. >> i did >> seth: you were hosting it because of "house. i knew you as -- from "blackadder. i knew you from "a bit of fry & laurie." i knew you from my favorite episode of "the young ones." i knew you as a comedy person. i was surprised to hear you were nervous about hosting "snl." >> i was that was the single most terrifying thing i have ever done and i have jumped out of an airplane and this was considerably worse. considerably worse although when i jumped out of an airplane, i had an instructor tied to my back. in the case of "snl," you were that instructor tied to my back and you guided me. [ laughter ] >> seth: that's so - >> with gentle and

and governor hughes, charles evans hughes is the governor at the time -- and he actually comes out against the 16th amendment because he's worried it's gonna give the federal government too much power vis-a-vis the states. and he's worried that it's gonna tax the state interests on bonds, for example, things like that. so he's really worried. and charles evans hughes was a classmate of his, they go to columbia, they were friends. and he has a terrific presentation that says governor hughes doesn't understand the economics of taxation. if he was a student of mine, i flunked him dead, is what he says. because that's not what's gonna happen. actually, the capital market will sort out this long implicit tax. the markets will sort out. if there's an exemption for certain countries and others. so governor hughes is going down the wrong path. and i'm not saying that his testimony was the linchpin, but new york, that's where 80% of income tax comes from new york, pennsylvania, and massachusetts when it's implemented. so new york is one of the states you would expect to resist, but, in fact, goes a

governor hughes, charles evans hughes is the governor and comes out against the 16th amendment because he's worried it's going to give the federal government too much power vis-À-vis the states. he's worried that means they are going to tax state interest on bonds and things like that, for example. he's worried. seligmann comes out and says, and charles evans hughes is a classmate of his. they go to law school together. so they are france. he has this terrific presentation before the new york assembly where he says governor hughes does not understand the economics of taxation. if he was a student of mine, i would have flunked him dead. that's not what's going to happen. the capital markets will sort out. the markets will sort out if there is an exemption for certain kinds of rights and others. so governor hughes is going down the wrong path. i'm not saying that seligmann's testimony was the linchpin, but new york, that's where 80% of the income tax comes from. pennsylvania, massachusetts -- does that help? it was sort of a roundabout response to your question. >> more questions? well,

hughes a winner and so was the players? to the changing room, he expected standards and he would let you know if you didn't think you're putting it in and does a great learning curve for me and for me, coming from newcastle where we didn't really have a lot of promotions, all of a sudden, that gave us telling you, he wanted you to win succeeding what the team to succeed. and later on, for some of that calibre, who has been to the top, he was great for me. to the nations league now, scotland have lost their first game since qualifying for the european championship. slovakia, who made it through to next year's tournament themselves after beating northern ireland on thursday night, scored the only goal of the game throuthan gregus in the first half. scotland lose their nine—match unbeaten run but still top the group. wales are now ten games unbeaten after a 1—0 win over the republic of ireland. david brooks' header kept them top of group b4, just ahead of finland, who they face on wednesday. and england are away at group leade

and hugh is here. is it going to be to balance there is desired to give people a bit of freedom around christmas, you know, with concerns about health and the economy? well, huw, it's going to be a very delicatejudgment by huw, it's going to be a very delicate judgment by officials at westminster and the devolved administrations. how do you get transmission down and the crucial r number down below one through december, november into december? in england, the challenge is going to be what follows the current lockdown from december the 2nd, how do you reintroduce the restrictions? will some of them be tighter than before? and we have learned to date this calculation that for every one day of relaxation, experts in the sage committee so you need five to tighten up, so does that mean you might have some tightening before christmas, then relaxation, and then a tougher regime after? or will it all follow christmas? that is going to bea all follow christmas? that is going to be a very difficult call to make.

dominic hughes, bbc news, hebden bridge.umber of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 20,390. just over 1,700 people have been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. 398 deaths were reported, that‘s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week, a42 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 55,024. this week, the chancellor will address mps to set out the government‘s spending priorities. today, rishi sunak steered clear of suggesting imminent tax rises to counter the staggering costs of coronavirus. but he warned of more economic pain to come. our business correspondent katy austin reports. right now, the pubs this north london wholesaler supplies are closed, and its retail customers are ordering less. the boss welcomes the coming end of the england lockdown but is anxiously awaiting further information. what are the tiers going to be, the next tiers, and where the tiers are goi

hugh pym, bbc news.ron has said the images of a black music producer being beaten up by police are a "shame" for france. four french police officers have been detained for questioning after a video showed the incident. it's sparked outrage in the country. i'm joined now by lisa louis who is a journalist based in paris. lisa give us a sense of the reaction to this then. there is really a lot of outrage here in france especially after another incident on monday when police officers effectuated a camp of migrants in the middle of paris beating up people and showing forests a nd paris beating up people and showing forests and taking people out of their tents and there is a lot of outrage about this here. people are increasing the pressure on the government. this comes as the government. this comes as the government is trying to push through a new security law which would make ita criminal a new security law which would make it a criminal offence if you put pictures of police officers online with the intentio

hugh pym, bbc news.er peter sutcliffe, known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospital at the age of 7a. he had coronavirus. sutcliffe murdered 13 women across yorkshire and the north west of england between 1975 and 1980. he was also convicted of the attempted murder of seven other women. today west yorkshire police apologised for the way senior officers spoke about some of the victims at the time. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. this report contains flashing images. 0ver six years, all these women were murdered by the same man. 13 families' lives, torn apart by peter sutcliffe. wilma mccann was the first to be killed in leeds in 1975. her son richard wasjust first to be killed in leeds in 1975. her son richard was just five years old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closure. old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closurelj old when she died. he believes today brings some sort of closure. i know there will be many people that work on this day, and maybe

dominic hughes, bbc news. our health editor hugh pym is here. officials want us to have christmas?t time we have heard from senior government advisers, from the health and scientific community at a briefing at downing street this morning. you would expect them to be very cautious about making predictions. susan hopkins of public health england, when asked, said yes, we are very keen to have christmas as close to normal as possible and in a nswer to close to normal as possible and in answer to my follow up question, is some sort of christmas possible? i think it is. of course, there were caveats which were it would depend toa caveats which were it would depend to a very large extent on people following guidelines throughout this lockdown and whatever is introduced after december the 2nd in england, further tiers, people would have to limit their contacts. so a lot will depend on that and anything that is relaxed over christmas would be followed by tightening and she said if you tend to relax the rules over one day, you will need two days of tougher restrictions, which points tougher

our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.ight at the end of the tunnel has just got brighter. the news that the long—awaited oxford vaccine is safe and effective brings the end of the pandemic one step closer. what we've found is that, overall in the trials across the uk and brazil, we managed to prevent about 70% of infections, but, importantly, in people who were vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine, no—one people who were vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine, no—one was hospitalised or had severe disease. 70% is a highly effective vaccine, it's better than the flu vaccine is in most years. so how effective is the oxford vaccine? in a trial of more than 20,000 volunteers in the uk and in brazil, it found the vaccine was about 70% effective in stopping people from developing covid—i9. but if the amount of vaccine is tweaked so that volu nteers vaccine is tweaked so that volunteers were given a low dose followed by a higher one, that figure rose to 90%. the results of this trial will be seen as a triumph, even t

hugh pym, bbc news. about the coronavirus vaccine being developed by pfizer and biontech. final trials show it is 95% effective in people over the age of 65. what's more, it has passed safety checks, making it ready for approval by authorities around the world. it is due to arrive in the uk by the end of the year. our medical editor fergus walsh has more. yet fergus walsh has more. more good news on vaccir week yet more good news on vaccines. last week pfizer where the first to show that there vaccine is effective against covid. the vaccine is more than 94% effective among the over 65s and showed the same consistent protection among volunteers from different ethnicities. there were 170 cases of covid—19 across more than 40,000 volunteers. 162 of those were among the volunteers who got dummy or placebo jabs and only eight in the vaccinated group. there were no serious safety concerns but a small minority of volunteers suffered significant headaches orfatigue. i think this is good news and also very encour

here is correspondent hugh schofield. skull and what we know what we see in the video,- hugh: what we know is what we see in the video that was taken at a cramped music studio owned by this man. and what we see on video is being beaten over about five minutes by three officers cramme there is a bit of a struggle, but it is quite clear police are winning. imthey hitith their fists and their batons and they kicked him. what happened before, we don't know. after, reinforcements came and then t man was tonen and held suspicion of causing, of resisting arrest. he was to be charged, but the prosecutor looked at the evidence, looked at the video when it became public a couple days ago, decided the police were lying. and now it is t police who are facing the possibility of charges. they have been suspended and may well face criminal charges for what they did to th, and for lying about what happened. schofield in paris. other news, a suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a nice parlor, killing at least seven people. wereers

governor hughes is going down the wrong path. i'm not saying that his testimony was the linchpin, but new york, that's where -- 2080%f the income tax from new york. new york is one of the states you would expect to resist but it in fact goes along with the 16th amendment as well. does that help? it was a round about response to your question, richard. but it gives you some flavor. >> more questions? well, if a.j. has not given us a really example of why we should purchase his book, i don't know -- it was a great discussion of clarity on a frightful topic. thank you so much for a wonderful presentation. >> thank you. thank you all for coming. [ applause ] >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, a look back at a union prisoner of war camp during the u.s. civil war in new york where almost 3,000 confederate p.o.w.s died. derek maxfield is the author of the most famous prison camp in the civil war. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy america

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.s are dealing with the trauma. the persons are trying to get back to society. they are working on it. it is very difficult for them to come back to be in a capacity of working and being a citizen as any other citizen. sometimes, it's positive. 0ther other citizen. sometimes, it's positive. other times, other citizen. sometimes, it's positive. 0thertimes, it's more difficult. and that is even for the person who haven't been wounded but having psychologically wondered or for the relatives of the person that up for the relatives of the person that up and killed. so it is a long process and five years is a very short time under rehabilitation process and coming back. but it goes forward still some not everyone in the same path, some are going slower than the others. that's humanity. and today, all of them were sad not to be able to be together. because of the covid—19 but we are together online at least. how much is justice important to the rehabilitation process that you have just describ

nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, hugh hewitt, o. dyson of vanderbilt university, author of "long time coming: reckoning with race in america." folks, president trump is still insisting he won the election, which he did not, and joe biden didn't win 80 million votes -- he has -- and that somehow, the election was marred by massive fraud. it was not. but last week he seemed to put to rest the idea that he would refuse to leave the white house january 20th. listen. >> if the electoral college does elect president-elect joe biden, are you not going to leave this building? >> certainly i will. certainly i will, and you know that. but i think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january. >> kay henderson, you're the one not stuck with the rest of us coastal elites, and i guess michael eric dyson gets to be -- no longer is a coastal elite when he heads over to vanderbilt from georgetown. so, as our middle, literally, in the geographic middle of this country, what do americans hear when they've been heari

hugh pym, bbc news.uestioning after a video showed them beating up a black music producer in paris. the footage has sparked outrage — president macron says france has been shamed by the incident. the three officers identified in the video have been suspended. mark lobel reports. pursued by the police for not wearing a face mask, then, set upon in the reception room of his music studio he thought were meant to protect him. caught on the cctv footage that has struck a nerve in france, the black french music producer michel zeckler is brutally punched, kicked, hit and allegedly racially abused. the three officers seen here, two in uniform and one plainclothed, have been suspended and questioned in police custody. the violent scenes continued for around five minutes until michel's colleagues emerged and pushed the police out. france's president emmanuel macron said "the images a shame on us, france must never allow racism to prosper. those who applied the law must respect the law. i have asked the government

dominic hughes, bbc news, liverpool. now on bbc news, the travel show. larwood is in london looking back at some of the most memorable arts and culture moments featured on the programme over the years. this week on the show, things are getting cultural. but soft! what light through yonder window breaks? it is the east, and juliet is the sun. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the barbican centre in london. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the barbican centre in london. well, that was ade back in 2016 at the birthplace of shakespeare, and, as he so dramatically demonstrated, soaking up local culture is by far the most rewarding way to travel. but, as we know, cultural entertainment has been hit hard by coronavirus. this venue has been opened to the public again sincejuly, but, as of this week, it's had to temporarily close under the latest restrictions. so this week we're going to reminisce, looking back at some of our favourite arts and culture moments on the show and keeping ourfingers

hugh pym, bbc news.of lights. it's normally marked by visiting relatives and friends and hosting big parties. but this year coronavirus has affected the celebrations let's speak to our global religion reporter, sodaba haidare. how will people across the world managed to celebrate diwali this year? like most religious festivals, diwali has been compelled during the pandemic set celebrations will not be the same. it is one of the most important events for people and it is all about group worship, but some are encouraging people to stay at home. some people are tuning into online present rather than going to the temples. others are avoiding seeing friends and relatives. lots of people around the world celebrating diwali at this week are taking all the precautions and adapting their homes to keep their loved ones safe. there must be fierce particularly in india and delhi that cases might rise because people are getting together? although most people will stick to the rules, there are fears in india. celebrat

hugh pym, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.rican union envoys who are visiting the country to try to bring an end to the conflict in tigray. abiy ahmed thanked the au for its concern, but he rejected international offers of mediation. the un has flown aid into neighbouring sudan for those displaced by the fighting. the long—time leader of belarus, alexander lu kashenko, has said he will not be president once a new constitution is in place. mr lukashenko gave no timescale for his proposed constitutional process. belarus‘s opposition wants mr lukashenko to step down immediately. president trump has suffered yet another setback in his attempt to overturn the election result. his legal challenge has been rejected by a federal court in pennsylvania. judges deemed the case was without merit as the trump team did not make a specific allegation or provide proof. "we are not far from the take it or leave it moment." that's the view of europe's chief negotiator, as face to face brexit talks resume this weekend. michel barnier has now arr

hugh, we'll step away. you still feel this is going to i'm going to with i feel myself.i feel people theater in my team. and if you are of the do the research, it's real that this time the real it stop. 9 people have been released unharmed. after a gunmen took them hostage in the georgian capital, tbilisi, the interior ministry said police arrested the gunman after several hours of negotiations. he reportedly didn't ask for a ransom, but had a list of demands for the government. the football world cup kicks off and cats are exactly in 2 years' time. football's biggest tournament will make its middle eastern debut in 2022. but the current virus pandemic has affected preparations for both teams and organizers. joining us or us to reports from this giant tent structure is al bate stadium. in arabic, it translates to the house and will be home to 60000 fans for the opening game of the 2022 world cup. if the current virus pandemic lifts in time, the global health crisis hit, just as cattle was finalizing, its preparations overnight in the pandemic has affected the entire worl

ok, thank you, hugh pym, our health editor. two political aides have all been told to self—isolate after a meeting in downing street last thursday. one of the mps has since tested positive for coronavirus. downing street said that social distancing rules were observed. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports, and there are flashing images coming up. the moment you might dread from your phone or inbox — a message from the coronavirus trackers to stay at home and stay away. the prime minister stuck in number ten too. they pinged me, and i've got to self—isolate, because somebody i was in contact with a few days ago has developed covid. it doesn't matter that i'm fit as a butcher's dog, feel great — so many people do in my circumstances. and actually, it doesn't matter that i've had the disease and i'm bursting with antibodies. we've got to interrupt the spread of the disease. on thursday, boris johnson met with half a dozen mps, at least meant to be keeping their distance. but on saturday, lee anderson from ashfield teste

hugh pym there.nd adviser is resigning. lee cain, who is on the left, had been tipped for promotion to borisjohnson's chief of staff. 0ur uk political editor laura keunssberg says his departure is a sign of turmoil behind the scenes in downing street. this was notjust some random resignation. multiple sources have told me today that he had been offered the job to be the prime minister's chief of staff. but through the day, it became obvious that wouldn't work out. there was stiff resistance from some quarters, including, iunderstand, from the prime minister's partner who objected to that appointment being made. so, huge questions of rival factions inside downing street vying for influence through the day. and tonight, it's also been suggested to me that other departures may follow mr cain out the door in some kind of protest. potentially dominic cummings, the prime minister's most senior adviser who has been very, very close to mr cain, working very much as a duo in terms of offering their advice to

from paris, here's hugh schofield.hat it can to keep business going but it doesn't amount to much. customers can order books then drop by to collect but they certainly can't come in or browse. turnover is down 80%. the rule is that only shops that provide an essential commodity can stay open but there is the rug. in a country with such a rich intellectual tradition, there are many voices saying that of course books are essential, particularly during lockdown. booksellers have joint protests by other high—street traders like here in the bath country, calling on the government to let them reopen. if not, they say, it's only emma's on that will be smiling as everyone moves to shopping online. the perimeter says that people should think about delaying purchases rather than using online sites and the socialist mayor of paris saying: i am telling people, don't buy on emma's on. by from your booksellers you can order and collect your book. stung by criticism that it is exploiting a difficult situation, emma's on france has go

hugh pym, bbc news. some call it the newspaper with the smallest circulation in the world. will be receiving his first presidential daily brief today, a highly classified, detailed look at national security issues, carefully selected across the us intelligence community. the outgoing president donald trump approved the briefings for mr biden last week as part of the formal transition process. the president's daily brief is a tradition that goes back decades. let's speak now to javed ali. he's a former senior director for counter—terrorism at the us national security council, including two years under the trump administration. he has produced presidential daily briefs and knows well how they work. hejoins us now from michigan. thanks very much forjoining us here. this is the start of the journey, the path of the white house. what sort of access will he get? will it be exactly what the president himself gets? thanks for having me on the show tonight. good question. in theory, the intelligence briefings that president—elect biden and his team will be receiving should be the sa

hugh, we'll step away. you still feel this is going i'm going to with i feel myself, i feel people in my team. and if you are of the real it this time, the bill it stop. forest officials in southern india have pulled off a mammoth task almost by successfully rescuing an elephant from a well. it fell in after straying into a village in tamil nadu state. rescuers spent 12 hours filling the elephant out. using a crane veterinarians had to sedated to calm it down, but officials say it was later found to be healthy and act and the reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, there are warnings. the escalating conflict in t. gray will lead to a humanitarian crisis. that will devastate ethiopia and sudan. the united nations warns more than $2000000.00 children are at risk. 30000 people have already fled into sudan, and the aid agencies are planning for as many as 200000 ethiopian government forces . meanwhile say they've taken 2 major towns in t. gray, ugandan opposition politician bobby wine has been.

but it all depends on the rates of infection in the coming weeks. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports.e a christmas nightmare or a dream come true? a question being widely asked as people look beyond the current lockdown in england, due to end in early december. those we spoke to in manchester were hoping the rules would allow some form of celebration. it would be nice if everyone could get together and everyone was to get back to some sort of normality. i mean, it would be amazing, and i think, like many families, we've had a bereavement as well, so it would mean a huge amount to be able to spend the time together. senior officials stressed that ministers would decide, but they were open to the idea of a christmas relaxation. we are very keen that we have a christmas as close to normal as possible. that requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period and even in early december. so is some sort of christmas possible, do you think? so, i think it is. coming into christmas, we need to be very careful about the number of contacts that we have, to reduce trans

hugh pym, bbc news. new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. 598 deaths were reported, that‘s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it takes the government‘s official number of deaths so far across the uk to 52,7115. you france has become the first country you in europe to register more than million cases of coronavirus — only the us, india and brazil have recorded higher numbers. france will remain under a national lockdown until at least the 1st of december. the health minister says the spread of the virus has slowed down but it is still circulating widely. less than three weeks after he was suspended by the party, the former labour leader jeremy corbyn has been reinstated. he was suspended after he said that the scale of anti—semitism in the party had been ‘overstated‘. mr corbyn issued a statement today saying he regretted any hurt he‘d caused, and that there was no room for anti—semitism or racism of any kind in the labour party. 0ur political correspon

hugh pym, bbc news.ejoe biden was declared the winner of the election. despite a record number of new coronavirus cases, he said he would not put the united states into lockdown. donald trump avoided any comment on the recent election but came close to admitting that he's leaving the white house next year. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. after a record long period of silence — eight days — donald trump is approaching a microphone. the news conference has been called a microphone. to talk about the search for a vaccine at a time when coronavirus cases seem to be spiralling out of control across the whole of the us. the past nine months, my administration has initiated the single greatest mobilisation in us history, pioneering, developing and manufacturing therapies and vaccines in record time. donald trump insisted he would not shut down the us economy again. but...|j insisted he would not shut down the us economy again. but... i will not go. this administration will not go into lockdown. hope

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hugh pym, bbc news.w there were 20,252 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. and 511 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 54,286. more than two million people in scotland have just moved into the toughest coronavirus restrictions, with the rules again varying widely within the four nations of the uk. in england, the situation remains the same, with lockdown continuing until december 2nd. wales had its lockdown lifted ten days ago, but some restrictions on meeting others remain, and travel to and from england without a reasonable excuse is still banned. northern ireland was due to come out of its five—week lockdown, but now there'll be new restrictions from next friday, lasting until december 11th. but tonight, the focus is on the 11 council areas in scotland which have gone into the strictest level 4 lockdown, meaning that everything but essential shops are closed.

hugh pym, bbc news.ick vallance, has said that the headline results on the 0xford/astrazenica vaccine are that it works, but that the regulator would need to do more research before the vaccine could become available. it comes after reports that astrazeneca might conduct an additional global trial on the vaccine after questions emerged over the protection it could offer. our top story this evening... the prime minister spells out what happens when the lockdown in england ends next week. 55 million people will find themselves in the top two tiers. and coming up... what a difference a year makes — 0scar is now well enough to thank the community that helped save his life. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... three days of national mourning in argentina following the death of diego maradona. we'll have the latest from buenos aires. an independent inquiry into the avoidable death of a baby has concluded that there was a 20—year cover—up by the authorities after her death. elizabeth dix

dominic hughes, bbc news, liverpool.ek lockdown in england, businesses are bracing themselves for more economic hardship after the summer reprieve. our business editor, simonjack, has been speaking to business owners in tring in hertfordshire, currently a tier1 area, to gauge their mood. june feels like ancient history for business owners. which reduces capacity, presumably? considerably... we visited this pub in tring, hertfordshire, as peter showed us the time and money he'd spent to reopen his 28 pubs to be covid—safe. on thursday, he has to shut them down again, until at least early december, and it's unclear what happens after that. it's very difficult to plan. we don't know whether we can take christmas bookings, or what shape we can take them in, whether we can have tables of four and six or not, because if you're in tier 2, you can't. you know, it's all very, very difficult. we're all very suspicious, we don't trust the judgment of this government at the moment and, you know, wejust need clarity. just five minute