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it is the biggest fight ina done. it is the biggest fight in a british boxing history.sonalities, it is an absolutely fantastic fight and nothing in the sport equals that. when i grew up mike tyson was a household name. 0ur anthonyjoshua was a household name. 0ur anthony joshua and fury was a household name. 0ur anthonyjoshua and fury well enough known? i think so. they are the faces of boxing. the heavyweight decision brings something very special for the spot. it is top of the tree so the fight cannot get at the minute. — — any bigger at the minute. — — any bigger at the minute. it is time to get on, i think. both promoters — frank borden — they have as much rivalry as the fighters. it has been tricky up till now but eve ryo ne been tricky up till now but everyone wants it. the world wa nted everyone wants it. the world wanted to see it. they can put the promoters on the undercard. yes stop virgin galactic attempted a milestone test flight of its rocket—powered tourist plane on saturday, marking the first crewed flight of its reusable unity vehicle. it took off from t

i saw you ina they belong and keep going.w and saying, "try to stop me." like i said, try to stop me. not even the snow can stop me. it's very simple. next up: these were the images from tuesday night, a date which will forever be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against racism. that's according to pieerre webo, the assistant coach at istanbul bashakshehair, who it's alleged was subjected to a racist slur by a match official during their champions league tie with paris saint germain.

it's not like ina game just on your own.ality you just have one chance. that was geoff talking to danny vincent in hong kong. right, before our next story, lara, i would likely to have a guest at what these three things have in common. are you ready? far away. cyberspace, flying cars, and dreaming sheep. it sounds like research for the show. i'm guessing it's not going to be. so unlike me. they are all mainstays of all inspirations for the sci—fi genre known as cyberpunk. love a bit of cyberpunk! 0ne genre known as cyberpunk. love a bit of cyberpunk! one of the biggest videogames of this year is cyberpunk 2077. mark has been chatting to the games —— brains behind the game was up let's find out if any of those things turn up in the film. a giant megalopolis to explore. cybernetic enhancements, futuristic hacking skills, and, to top it all, keanu reeves as a rock star who lives inside your head. maybe we'll fit together after all. welcome to one of the most anticipated videogames of the year, cyberpunk 27. cyberpunk is or has

showers overnight into first thing in the morning with a sharp frosted out there may be modest night inae modest night in a few spots in scotland and icy conditions around and still some of these showers falling snow may be not just of these showers falling snow may be notjust on hills into the north and northwest of scotland and northern ireland and the shower running down towards north wales and northwest england and the midlands and we see an area of rain but turning to sleet and snow potentially for south wales and snow potentially for south wales and more especially running eastwards a cross and more especially running eastwards across parts of southern england during wednesday and some uncertainty about how far north it will get and how muchly and snow there will be within this. it will bea there will be within this. it will be a cold day but much of the eastern side of the uk will stay dry and see a bit of sunshine. what rain, sleet and so there is will pull across parts of southern england overnight and into thursday morning before clearing and asked her to begin as we get some o

i accept that in putting together a support package ina hurry putting together a support package in ach, they may have been reasons why certain groups we re have been reasons why certain groups were overlooked. but this is eight months on and as we have pointed out over and over again, we go into a tiered system and there is still the gap in the system and it is being very strongly felt out there. the third point about the economic package is this. the government must remove the uncertainty about furlough and rule out changing the scheme again in january. furlough and rule out changing the scheme again injanuary. this is crucial because businesses are starting to make decisions about what they do in january. starting to make decisions about what they do injanuary. the chancellor made the statement before that by the time furlough was extended, many businesses had laid people off as it came to late. we note happens in these circumstances. the uncertainty has already caused severe economic damage and we cannot afford the same mistake again. taking together the economic support just does

ina similarway everyone knows is not actually true.a similar way we are heading for a national lockdown, tier 4 is national lockdown in name only or whatever. the opposite of that. and that's the direction we are going in. given what we know about the new strain and transmissibility of it, the way that the rates, the impact that it has in the er rate, and the way that they that it's not containing it. the next natural leap isa containing it. the next natural leap is a national lockdown. i think that's what we can expect the next ten and the fact that we have the vaccination, being a minister already a really need to wrap it up because it seems as if that's the only way out of this terrible situation we find ourselves in. but ido situation we find ourselves in. but i do expect there to be full national lockdown coming in january until they have vaccinated the most vulnerable. the big question is how can they do that as quickly as possible? i don't need to debate about lockdown is a moot point and gone, about lockdown is a moot point and

there she is ina garten will share a few of her holiday baking tips.ta county is contemplating raising its fines for businesses that ignore pandemic health orders. it's not clear how much the fines will increase but last week one supervisor said she wants the penalty to have a bigger bite to it so businesses think twice about skirting the rules. currently businesses face a $250 fine for the first violation, $400 for a second and $1,000 for a third. supervisors will debate the issue tomorrow. and we've seen some rain earlier this week. what can we see for the remainder? >> well, we are going to take a break from those showers, and we get sunshine today. highs reach into the upper 50s. tomorrow is also dry but our next round of rain gets here on wednesday. starts in the afternoon. continues through early thursday. and then we see the dry weather coming back for the weekend. really not too much of a change temperaturewise as we'll stay seasonable. our near normal temperatures for this time of december will continue into the weekend while san francisco wil

they will want to bring ina public health.h it through, or whether all of this scrutiny, i think they have done probably a more carefuljob think they have done probably a more careful job they think they have done probably a more carefuljob they might have done routinely. the world is looking at them. but i don't think this was a race as dr fauci said. it is not a race. we are not trying to beat the european medicine agency. we do it as quickly as we can we are in a public health emergency. those in australia can afford to do it more slowly. they don't have the same level of public emergency as we do. with the regulators around the world talk to each other and they are aware of these things. but it is important that the key things are that the efficacy is sufficiently good, it is much better than we anticipated. we have studied enough people to rule out serious effects that occur commonly. and by commonly, i mean more frequently than one in 5000. that is common for effective vaccines. we won't know about the really rare in eff

they are ina much longer hours as well. they are in a much better position than say, we are.hat point of view my heart goes out to hospitality, i worked in hospitality for many years and i understand that sector. we have worked very hard since march to make retail as safe as we believe it is, every retail at large and small has invested lots of money to make your business a safe from perspex screens, business a safe from perspex screens, lots of notices, face coverings, and those are now mandatory. yes, we are more fortu nate mandatory. yes, we are more fortunate than others but it is still very difficult. just to say, are you concerned, there is lots of discussion at the moment about empty shops on the high street because the top shop, top man, whatever, will not be filled, someone will wa nt to not be filled, someone will want to move in, the impact that will have on the independent retailers. yes, we've seen independent retailers. yes, we've seen vacancy independent retailers. yes, we've seen vacancy rates increasing, i think they are up to about 13 or 14% across the count

ina teams would carry on talking.ter the call, borisjohnson said: for those wanting a deal, the eu's comments contained a splash of optimism. ursula von der leyen said: and yes, both sides acknowledge how much fish can be caught on each other‘s waters isn't yet sorted out. and the issue of state aid is a problem too. supports either side can give toa supports either side can give to a domestic industry without breaching the terms of any agreement. the uk doesn't like agreement. the uk doesn't like a suggestion from the eu that support that comes from brussels rather than a member state should be exempt from any limits on state aid. both sides do want to do a deal if they can find one that is mutually acceptable, but that is no guarantee one will happen. chris mason, bbc news. hundreds of schoolboys, kidnapped in northern nigeria last friday, have been released. the governor of katsina state says 344 children are on their way back from the forest where they were being held. the bbc‘s nigeria correspondent, mayenijones,

the key moment comes ina monday morning.he prime minister monday night on whether a deal can be reached. you are watching bbc news. england's new coronavirus rules have presented many families with dilemmas, but they're proving particularly tricky for one retired couple in yorkshire. a county boundary running through their property means it straddles tiers 2 and 3, and the rules change as they go from the house to the garden. from the north and west yorkshire boundary, corinne wheatley reports. be careful cos it's slippery. you're walking in part of the garden that's harrogate. it's all harrogate all the way up to this square flowerbed here, and then it suddenly becomes leeds because of the culvert that runs right through the garden, all the way down to wolf meadows park. so, when you're inside the house, you are in... harrogate. in harrogate, so you're in tier 2. in the conservatory, i think we're in tier 3. sheila knew the border between north and west yorkshire ran through her garden in otley, but it's never been particul

all based ina belting catchphrases. all based in a traditional fairy setting. every ingredient needed for a one family night out. except in 2020, many of oui’ out. except in 2020, many of our much loved pantomimes don't have a stage to perform on. with only a limited number of shows still running across the country this year, panto, like the majority of the arts, has been dealt a heavy blow by covid. data from play association uk theatre revealed ticket income from its members productions grossed £60 million last year, the highest amount ever. this winter, however, things couldn't be more different and the many much loved regional theatres, it's had a devastating impact. lincoln, for instance, is normally rooming with christmas magic in december. not this year, though. it's hugely devastating, and when we took on the debtor in 2016, it was com pletely on the debtor in 2016, it was completely on its knees. it was in desperate need of some tlc, its reputation was dreadful, so we had a real hard slog and a battle to win the hearts and minds of the community, never

that wouldn't happen ina any treatment. that wouldn't happen in a physical health sphere. was cabinet secretary, used to visit a number of prisons. the number of people i see there, lots of people there were there, lots of people there were there because of mental health issues which led to crimes and a cost on society. if we change the angle we could change things. that would mean improving mental health programmes in schools, for example. improving them in prisons. and throughout our health service, to think about treating the individual and finding ways to actually avoid them going to hospitals. i want to get at the prevention side of things, let's think about behaviour change so we can get people healthier and happier and not in need of the repairs that they have to do in hospitals. when you talk about building back happier, are you saying the uk is not a very happy nation? obviously coronavirus has made us deeply unhappy, there is no doubt about that, but apart from that are you saying that compared to other nations we are not as happy as we should be, perhaps? i'm af

pigs in a pen when producing bacon and britain decides he could have 20 pigs ina and britain decides that might make british bacon cheaper, might make british bacon cheaper, might make british bacon cheaper, might make it more attractive on the european market. the eu is not going to have that and frankly it thinks all the cards are in its hands, because single market access is so important to the british economy. it is partly about that and partly i think about the fact that all along, the europeans have not really got brexit. they regard the european union and single market as two of the primary achievements of 20th—century diplomacy. they do not understand the british instinct to turn its back on what they considered to be those great achievements. kevin, thank you. i‘m joined by our political correspondent helen catt. what are you hearing from the uk side? it is not sounding particularly positive. last night, talks went into the night, but as you heard in the report, the uk government is saying the eu position is not accessible and government sources suggesting the eu is being un

we've been ina we left on 31st of january. we've been in a transition period.the satisfaction of returning sovereignty and allowing britain to bea sovereignty and allowing britain to be a normal independent country and being good friends and neighbours with our eu friends and partners. being good friends and neighbours with our eu friends and partnersm doesn't really matter if your group of mps doesn't back it in the house of mps doesn't back it in the house of commons because of the labour party bucket, it will go through anyway? element that may be the reality of the politics of this, of course. if they support a document that they haven't seen yet, that's fine. it's better than no dealfrom a labour point of view. if that's good for them, that's good. i'm more interested in what is good for the nation. we need to know what the deal is on fishing, and if there is involvement of a foreign court under the ecj. the ecj will probably not be involved very much at all. the initial indications we are getting is that many of those facets of sovereignty are being retur

and parcel of the inevitable choreography you get before a deal is sealed, that's to say you throw ina throw in a dose of drama here, a dollop of intrigue there and it all comes together very nicely indeed. but i got to tell you more people here in brussels tonight do not share that confidence. very few people say with certainty that yes, there will be a deal and that is because this isn't just haggling over the price of fish although clearly this is an important topic in the talks, this goes to the heart of those competition rules that underpin the eu single market. and the eu are adamant they will not be giving the uk unfair advantage adamant they will not be giving the uk unfairadvantage in adamant they will not be giving the uk unfair advantage in trade in the future. as chris was saying, boris johnson says the problem is the eu is not willing to wake up and smell the coffee and recognise that the uk is now a sovereign independent country. i think the problem, the challenge is that if there is to be a deal, both sides need to sell it to their respective domestic audiences, they nee

rather than stay ina and get back home. verbier looking out at the snow but not being able to ski on it. what has been the reaction of the authorities, is there anger? the people seem to have fled under the cover of darkness? there is irritation and some anger and maybe across switzerland. switzerland did decide to keep its ski slopes open over the winter. if you live here, there is a sense that is mainly for local people. i mean, skiing here is like kind of walking to the shops in other countries, people expect to bible to do it. of course, tourists from britain have come as well. but this is also a country which is struggling with really a difficult, difficult second wave of the covid pandemic. so this action from the government irritating though it was if you planned a great winter holiday, was designed to stop the spread of this new strain, which appears to originate in the uk and appears to originate in the uk and appears to originate in the uk and appears to be more infectious. there isa appears to be more infectious.

we were ina cart, could not work —— walk. we were in a cart, we are trying to cross the border.y the bandits at any time. if they catch you, that is the end of your life. also, today, if you are caught by the soldiers from canyon, that will be the end of your life also. so the means of survival was 50—50. everybody was trying to come to kenya to look for means of survival, well, we never expected that we would be going to a refugee camp. at the beginning, when the camp was established, it was just, the camp was established, it wasjust, like, the camp was established, it was just, like, you the camp was established, it wasjust, like, you collect branches from the tree and then you build a small heart and thenit you build a small heart and then it is covered by plastic. —— hut. the environment is so harsh. it was dusty, the soil was not fertile, you couldn't grow anything. rainfall was so low. in three years, they might not be any rain. it was so hot. sometimes it could reach up to 40 sometimes it could reach up to a0 or 50 degrees. when we arrived at the refugee camp, they were m

ina with the government about that.stered in the middle of september in london or kent and, since then, it may have spread to other countries according to the chief medical advisor. it is not dangerous than the former dominant strain and the chief medical officer said there is a working assumption the vaccines are going to be able to cope although suggesting more data is needed. he is confident there will not be a higher mortality rate. another review under the 30th of december that the prime minister stressed that plans will not change before the new year so new year and christmas celebration planned cancelled for now. in europe, italy has imposed new national restrictions to curb rising coronavirus infection rates over the christmas and new year period. the measures taken by rome come into effect on monday. people will only be allowed to leave their homes only once and are banned from leaving their region. to switzerland. on tuesday it'll start a "light" lockdown — bars a nd restau ra nts will shut for a month. people

and so we're ina substantial regularities.e trump administration is ending, with donald trump's top lawyers and seemingly at war with donald trump's top law officer. extraordinary. jon sopel top law officer. extraordinary. jon sopel, our north america editor, many thanks. the high court has ruled that children under 16 who say they want to change gender are unlikely to be able to give their informed consent to treatment with drugs that block puberty. the case was brought by a young woman who regretted her decision to have treatment and argued that a court order should be needed for children to take the medication. transgender rights campaigners have criticised the decision and the only nhs clinic to offer the treatment to children says it will appeal against the ruling. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt has more details. for keira bell, emerging from the high court, this judgment was about decisions made as a teenager that started her on the road from transitioning from female to male. she argued she was too young t

fishing i think ina lot that is right.hink in a lot of countries, notjust in britain and france, has a totemic powerfar in britain and france, has a totemic power far beyond its economic value. that is always been true. it is about control of the seas and sovereignty, about how you see yourself as a controlling your land in the seas beyond it. it is a very powerful emotional issue, it is economically important in some communities like in scotland and devin, in normandy, and brittany and francis welcomes other is economic importance there, but in an all in negotiations like this, it has tremendous symbolic power. —— scotla nd tremendous symbolic power. —— scotland and dublin. those last—minute negotiations may even be about what amount of individual species of fish european boats will be able to ta ke european boats will be able to take in british waters in the future. so we could even say this is a deal that is been done over nine months of immensely complex negotiations but ultimately it was done macro by macro hearing by

the negotiators were ina 2.2%. ——i%.e in a position where on both sides, we have seen the chaos recently, there is a very febrile atmosphere and damage on both sides economic reason we couldn't actually see a deal com pletely we couldn't actually see a deal completely collapsing until they could really push the boat out on that one, pardon the pun. companies trading across borders may not face tariffs, that seems pretty clear, but they will surely have to deal with a lot more bureaucracy. yes, and that is the big thing. i'm here, this is really a thin deal, assuming what we know already, but it won't be a full deal or anything like that and we know that already because we have to preserve that independence. what we are going to see is an increase in paperwork, vat rules changing, rules of origin changing, a lot of things are going to change and it is still going to be a lot of work that businesses need to do between now and the first of january. need to do between now and the first ofjanuary. doctor rebecca harding of co

the same page immediately, so why would encourage everybody to really think about what you would do inauld do in a situation like that. not just that but really anything, even a car accident or someone next to you having a heart attack and they would just encourage everyone to do something positive, even if you don't know how to disarm a terrorist or take care of someone terrorist or take care of someone medically who was having an issue, call police, call ems, do whatever you can, just do something that helps change the situation in a positive manner. if chris norman hadn't been there to help us tie the terrorist up and free us up to do other things or even help translate, there is no telling how the situation may have devolved otherwise, and just get involved and do whatever you can to help change the outcome ina can to help change the outcome in a positive manner. that is certainly an absolutely remarkable story, thank you again for coming on and sharing it, thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. a panel of experts in the united states has voted in favour of granting emer

ina way in a way what mitch mcconnell is saying is a statement of the obvious but it is significant.ant. this is a very senior republican basically urging members of his own party to draw a line under this very contentious election cycle a nd this very contentious election cycle and sign off on the fact thatjoe biden is in fact the vector. the electoral college has spoken, mitch mcconnell said today and he also went on to congratulate joe biden said today and he also went on to congratulatejoe biden and kamala harris on their victory. it does seem as though those remarks have made the dam burst ina remarks have made the dam burst in a sense anyway. we have had senior republicans, senate republicans coming out since than to offer their congratulations to joe than to offer their congratulations tojoe biden. as far as donald trump though is concerned, the white house press secretary said today that they were continuing to pursue litigation, although what that litigation, although what that litigation might actually entail following the fact that so entail following the fact that so many

the current prime minister is likely to face gantz ina minister is likely to face gantz in a few months us president—electjoe biden has outlined plans to transform america's coronavirus response as soon as he takes office. he said his administration would reorganise vaccine distribution and ask congress to pass another relief bill. despite plans for more testing and higher production of protective equipment, the president—elect says americans need to step up and do their part to control the spread of the virus. 0ur darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us, not behind us. so we need to prepare ourselves, to steel our spines. as frustrating as it is to hear, it's going to take patience, persistence and determination to beat this virus. there'll be no time to waste in taking the steps we need to turn this crisis around. it comes as america's top infectious disease expert, dr anthony fauci, received a vaccine jab during a live—streamed event at the national institutes of health. he received the moderna vaccine which was the second vaccine to be authorised for emergency use i

if you are ina that's kind of christmases.or relatives even though you are allowed to have three households inside your house. now it is being cut down to one day from five and what that means is that the only people we can have around our local people, you cannot have relatives coming from long distances. to all intents and purposes, christmas as we know has been cancelled. do you agree with that, jo, or me? itend been cancelled. do you agree with that, jo, or me? i tend to agree with you. i'm also a bit of a old cynic i'm afraid. the christmas as we know it is the christmas that we have been sold. the christmas that is real too many people is this christian celebration. we had easter in the middle of lockdown. we have had ramadan, we had edie we had the wally, what people are making a fuss about it being upset about, understandably is not the christmas of celebrating the birth of christ. it is actually about the shopping in the food in the presence and everything else. in normal times can we probably will be sitting here rig

two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of all 39 migrants found ina manslaughter of all 39south—east england. they suffocated in a container. 0n the phone to the 999 operator, one of the people smugglers revealing the enormity of the tragedy. but mo robinson was lying about the true scale of the horror. the arriving police officers found the bodies of 39 vietnamese people. they had boarded what they had been promised was a vip service, among them a young couple, found holding hands as they died. and two cousins, including an 18—year—old. in vietnam, the teenagers's father still prays for him daily. his mother told us they thought they we re mother told us they thought they were paying £10,000 for a safe route to england. translation: nobody knew that the journey to the uk was going to be like that. they all said they would travel in cars. if they had known, nobody would have let their children risk their lives on such a dangerous journey. the older cousin's father thinks he was tricked. translation: cousin's father thinks he was tricked. translationzlj cousin's father think

, because we think that nature, wild nature, is the best and most effective way of retaining carbon inae things because they are right for the world, they are right for our country, but also because we know that these green industrial revolutions will generate, as i say, hundreds of thousands of high skilled, high—paid, good quality jobs for generations to come. we are going to help our friends around the world by moving away from supporting drilling and mining for hydrocarbons but putting £11.6 billion of our overseas aid to support green technology and decarbonisation across the planet. we want to work with all of you on this, let's do it together, let's make it our collective commitment, as antonio has just collective commitment, as antonio hasjust said, to collective commitment, as antonio has just said, to get to net zero by 2015, and we in the uk, we are going to do our bit, we will reduce our emissions over the next decade, and iam emissions over the next decade, and i am awed and humbled by the efforts of other countries around the world to set their own targets. i just wa nt to

i want to bring ina what has been negotiated.s going on inside of downing street, because the podium all set up, so at some stage, i will not tempt fate, but at some stage, borisjohnson will arrive there at the microphones and that is the scene in brussels as well. that is then used conference already under way, so i willjust bring the microphones up and dip in. you can see michelle barnier there, ursula von der leyen. but here what they are saying about this deal. technical briefing with our experts who held negotiations over those many months, where you can ask many many months, where you can ask many many questions. but before that, allow me to give the floor to president of underlying. —— ursula von der leyen. it was a long and winding road, but we have got a good deal to show for it. it is fair, balanced, and it is the right and responsible thing to do for both sides. she speaks french. studio: iam pausing studio: i am pausing only because just to see if ursula von der leyen goes back into english, saying right at the beginn

bill us ina it's good to talk to you again. bill us in a bit on william barr.en one of the most loyal of the loyal, this coming from him is really something? yeah, it is. look, barr misinterpreted the mueller report, he was a very close trump ally, there is even a line that bill barr won't cross, it's later than it should have been but late is better than never. and yet mr trump was made legal team are plainly not accepting what the country's attorney general is saying and intend to press on despite losing something like 38 core challenges so far? yeah, well, that's typicalfor trump and his legal team. they are not just trump and his legal team. they are notjust at trump and his legal team. they are not just at war with the justice department, they are at war with reality and they have been at war with reality for weeks and actually years now. this is not a surprise, by the way, this is exactly what you would expect. trump is going out, just as you expected he would, just as he came in, on — it's built on lies. i must say, though, the conspiracy theories themse

it did put ina in talks with frasers group.ng another go. mike ashley has been here before, he tried to buy debenhams last year and ended up losing his entire £150 million stake in doing so, as the chain ended up in the hands of its lender. so could this be the final throw of the dice for him? in a statement this morning, frasers group said it hoped a rescue package could be put in place and jobs saved. but things had also been complicated by the colla pse also been complicated by the collapse of arcadia, which is debenhams‘ biggest concession holder, so there is no certainty any transaction or deal would take place. there is a bit of hope for the workers, but nothing definite yet for sure. emma, thank you very much. after a difficult year for communities across the uk, the duke and duchess of cambridge are travelling across the country to thank people for their efforts during the pandemic. over the next three days, william and kate will travel more than 1,200 miles on the royal train to try and bring some festive cheer. our ro

at least nine coronavirus patients have been killed by a fire ina patients have been killed by a firehospital has been triggered by the explosion of an oxygen tank. turkey has recorded almost 18,000 deaths since the pandemic began. before we go some pictures of a confrontation that took place ina zoo confrontation that took place in a zoo in russia. on one side was a panda on a mac and the other was a snowman. zookeepers in moscow used it as a test for the animal, placing carrots and treats in the body, and the panda used its its extensive martial arts to destroy the snowman and eat it then a. —— eat it's dinner. a reminder of our top story. new covid restrictions have come into effect in london and surrounding areas — nearly 18 million people are affected. you can find plenty more online andi you can find plenty more online and i will be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes time. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ lvaughanjones. hello. there's some more rain in the forecast over the next few days. that rain coming on top of what we already had over the last week or so. we'

they were waiting to fill up, fill out paperwork, do tariffs and quotas, regulations, and of course inaquotas, regulations, and of course in a deal that will still be some of that and britain will no longer be a member of the eu, trade between the uk in the eu, there will be friction, but it is a fascinating question. i guess my long—winded way of saying is i think the uk government is known for some time that a no deal could be tricky. past the fact of saying a bit of a dress rehearsal for the fact of saying a bit of a dress rehearsalfor him practice the fact of saying a bit of a dress rehearsal for him practice these last days had an effect? we simply don't know. we are waiting to see what happens. we here in the next three hours something might happen. rob watson thank you so much. donald trump has less then a month left in office — but he's not going quietly. the outgoing president has just vetoed a sweeping defence bill worth 740 billion dollars, which came as a surprise to the members of congress. house speaker nancy pelosi says they will return on december 28th to see if they can

the couple have taken part ina movement...ions alongside issues of race, and socialjustice. this one with young leaders from the queens commonwealth trust where harry and meghan retain roles as president and vice president. in a us election year labourcampaign to vice president. in a us election year labour campaign to get people to vote, something meghan discussed with the feminist activist gloria steinem. people forget how hard women like you have fortress to be where we are right now. if you don't vote, you don't exist. we will see and hear more of harry and meghan going forward. in the next few months we will learn if they are moved away from royal duty is made permanent, a decision, ultimately, for the queen, and, permanent, a decision, ultimately, forthe queen, and, like permanent, a decision, ultimately, for the queen, and, like all of us, the royal family hopes for a better 2021. carefully managed and socially distanced is what this was. a rare sight this year. the royal family, altogether, at windsor castle, the queen

ireland, they are going to have a relationship inside the single market with the uk so they will be inaifferent position from the rest of the uk and that is just a fact. so again, you have to work hard to overcome these things. and there will be nationalism boosted in scotland and northern ireland. now again, iwant and northern ireland. now again, i want the uk to stick together but again, you have got to understand, i think the point i'm trying to make to you is, the political arguments when we do brexit is over but it doesn't absolve you of the need to take account of the consequences, need to take account of the consequences, both economically and politically. you have got that amazing artwork behind you in your office which is about northern ireland. can you draw a line from brexit to a theoretical united ireland ? island of ireland ? theoretical united ireland ? island of ireland? what brings itjust gives island of ireland? what brings it just gives another argument into the hands of the nationalist, obviously, especially as northern ireland, it is rather strange situation where it

in short, he is found ina england one day. in short, he is found in a piece.use to do that today. alistair magowan, bbc news. and it's the final weekend of rugby union's autumn nations cup. three fixtures today, including ireland against scotland, you can follow all the action via the bbc sport website and app. for now, that's all the sport. thank you very much. and before we go, how about this for a nail—biting emergency landing? the pilot of this light aircraft in minnesota was forced to use a busy road as a landing strip after engine failure. we will show it to you again, a bit more slow mode. extraordinary, isn't it? - more slow mode. extraordinary, isn't it? — max don't try that at home whatever you do. luckily, no—one on board or on the road was injured. the next news on bbc one is at 5:25. bye for now. have a good afternoon. hello. welcome back. you're watching the bbc news channel. it is now 1:12pm. let's return now to brexit — and borisjohnson will speak to the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, later as they try to break the deadloc

it's a great day for science and humanity, and i think the first step ina very humanity, and i thinkout of this pandemic. to have a highly effective vaccine in less than a year is astonishing. it was by no means certain bag in the spring. there are lots of viruses we don't have vaccines for. over the past 20 yea rs, have vaccines for. over the past 20 years, more than £10 billion has been spent on research trying to find a vaccine against hiv, without success. we don't just find a vaccine against hiv, without success. we don'tjust have one vaccine, we got several. we got the third night vaccine that looks effective. and then we have the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine that the uk has ordered 100 million doses of. today, that team were the first to publish their trial results data in a peer—reviewed medicaljournal, really important for transparency. and if, as we hope, that vaccine is approved before the end of the year, that will really speed up the roll—out in spring 2021, because it doesn't need to be kept at ultralow temperatures, just in a fridge, and that will really help getting thi

joan inas salk had the tena to create vaccine oust sum of biology and immunology. the national foundation for infant pral aralysis sported th doctor's vaccine carried through the experiment's stage and tested on a large scale last year and launched this year as major nationwide immunization program under foundation leadership 3 now i want to explain how a vaccine works, and how it is made. to acquire immunity against contagious disease, our bodies must create defenses against the bacteria or viruses which cause these diseases. these defenses are called antibodies. antibodies of various kinds are always present in the system. whenever the organisms of disease invade the body the system become as battleground between the forces of health and disease. vaccines are the product of infectious agents. the vaccine stimulates the body to produce its own antibodies. these antibodies then can help prevent disease. that is how a vaccine against polio my oh light is works. now let me tell you how it is made. first -- polio virus is grown on tissue from monkey kidneys. since the

time for this except to say it's perhaps just as well that the council not going to organise a party inail not going to organise a party in a brewery before the end of the year. caroline and tony, thank you both very much. keep safe and keep well and we will talk again soon. thank you very much for being with us. goodbye for now. the film review comes up next. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases, whether you're at home or able to go out to the cinema again. directorjulien temple has worked with many a rock star — from keith richards to the sex pistols — and his latest subject is the equally colourful shane macgowan. crock of gold: a few rounds with shane macgowan is a riveting documentary about the lead singer and songwriter of the pogues, who shot to fame in the ‘805 with their anarchic spin on irish folk music. using unseen footage from the macgowan family and narration from shane himself, this shows him growing up in ireland with a pint in his hand and a song in his heart. then it's on to english pub

last friday for the first time over 200,000 new cases of government were reported in ina single day. the united states is averaging over 1 million new cases a week. some 20% of of all patients now hospitalized in the united states have covid-19. the worst andpa most unalterable part of this pandemic of course of the deaths. since november 10, america has been losing more than 1000 precious lives a day. on one date november 24 we lost more than 2000. the national death toll stands at a very sad 270,000 american souls. families all across the country are experiencing the unthinkable, unbearable losses of their loved ones. as a compassionate nation we cannot and must not ignore this terrible reality. we must not avert our gaze. we must acknowledge the lives we are losing. we must not -- parents, children, siblings and friends of the increasing number of americans who are dying from covid-19 every single s day. and we must redouble our efforts to flatten the curve and protect each other by wearing masks come practicing social distancing and complying with the guidance of health officials

i learned a new phrase today, i read ina paper. i learned a new phrase today, i read in a paper.cus and negotiate. is that about right? we hear sometimes of the tunnel, we gather in the summer income of the go underground. there's lots of metaphors and unfortunately nothing changes the hard mask that michel barnierjust changes the hard mask that michel barnier just referred to changes the hard mask that michel barnierjust referred to commit december 31 the transition period ends, which of the chaos of the borders and no with the situation that's out of everyone's control with the coronavirus pandemic, just imagine this chaos unfolding in a situation is utterly preventable if they could just get their heads together and reach a deal. one newspaper, the ft i think it was said the final haggling about fishing comes down to about £30 million which they stay with the price of a single relatively normal premiership footballer. price of a single relatively normal premiershipfootballer. in price of a single relatively normal premiership footballer. in the grand scheme of things it's not

fulham fans were allowed inside craven cottage, they we re allowed inside craven cottage, they were inaowed inside craven cottage, they were in a different division, so fitting they could be there to pay their respects to a former player who died last month aged a2. in terms of opponents, it doesn't get much tougher than the champions, but fulham started brightly. they had a shout for a penalty as well, but after a lengthy var check, it was decided the player had won the ball. whenever liverpool put attacks together, not even the captain could find a way through. but they were then handed a golden opportunity. the referee said penalty, mo salad at the rest. just. and that is how it finished as liverpool missed the chance to go top. frustration for him, delight for them. it is just it isjust a it is just a tough end to the season for all teams, tough time in the season. for all teams, tough time in the season. we played today, but then you saw yesterday all the teams who play champions league, it was crazy results. today it hit us as well. so from now on, all the teams have the same sche

doors for a range of scenarios that are unexpected and you end up solving for one but applying to many inaeally positive way andi many in a really positive way and i think that's really catching on in the industry. like the ps five, the x box's —— accessibility menu has a screen reader and custom bottom assignments. there is also captions, voice recognition and even transcription facilities. accessibility in technology often focuses on educational tools or disabled people's ability to adapt to their surroundings on a day—to—day basis but it rarely tackles entertainment and downtime. it's like we're surviving but not thriving. special effect is a charity that recognises this and understands how important accessible gaming is to disabled people. what we do is if someone wants an assessment and there is a game games they wa nt to and there is a game games they want to play, we are able to send the equipment out to them and then we would go out and do assessments for the majority of people we help because actually being there is so important. the most important thing is this, the gaming indust

usually we'd be ina huge is very different.he crowd, but tonight, there'll just be people in the crowd, but tonight, there'lljust be a audience of contenders and award winners. although there will be a virtual audience, around 700 people will be watching on video screens. as far as the main award goes, there are six contenders. they are in alphabetical order. stuart broad, holly doyle, tyson fury, lewis hamilton, jordan henderson and ronnie o'sullivan. the winner will be decided by a public vote. you can vote by phone or you can vote. you can vote by phone or you ca n vote vote. you can vote by phone or you can vote online and details of how you can vote will be given out during the show. we had a glimpse of rick astley in the background. some of the celebs. fresh from the pitch, also marcus rashford. he's getting a special award. he's played about 17 minutes for manchester united in that thrashing of leeds. he's now jetting his way over to collect a special award that the bbc are giving him and recognition in his fight against

ina yearlike in a year like no other, a familiar finish.fixture to kick of the six nations. since then, there's been something ofa since then, there's been something of a scottish rugby revival. it lasted about 30 minutes in dublin— three swings of this boot put them ahead. one swing of duncan taylor's and set them back. deliberate, said the referee. yellow card. scotland one man and soon two points down following the quick reaction to keep the's fast in mind, fleet of foot, and the air. earls extended the irish lead after half time but for those fancy on the flank scotland just went straight to the middle. the wadding that endeavour with a try but they'd have little else to shout about as ireland kicked clear for a 31—16 win. for all that is changed in 2020, scotland see it out with a feeling they know all too well. ben croucher, bbc news. wales are looking to finish a disappointing year on a high — they've lost 7 out of 8 matches during this disrupted season — italy their opponents today — wales winning 38—18. the fans were back at one of

then andros townsend with her ina zaha.a cross and zaha found the net at the near post, palace ahead. but lest or not i head. a chance for bands out of nothing, his side draws level. so it stayed i—i. bands out of nothing, his side draws level. so it stayed 1—1. a point enough. so not exactly the three points either side were looking for but after conceding 10 goals in their last two matches, roy hodgson was pretty happy that his palace side stopped the rot. liverpool knocked us back. aston villa are a very good team as well. they knocked us back a bit too. leicester today was a daunting task but we handled it very well it will stand us in good stead going forward. elsewhere, chelsea currently in action against aston villa, just kicking off in the second half with chelsea leading 1-0. second half with chelsea leading i—0. 0livier is a room with the first goal there. messi said he has yet to decide whether he will stay at barcelona beyond the end of the current season. expires, having expressed his desire earlier this year t

of ina normally a venue for concerts and exhibitions today the queues outside with the vaccine it's the 1st of 6 vaccination centers in the german capital to open its doors. to british burma the former head of germany's civil relief agency was called out of retirement to lead the project. be an order say it's a free i'm satisfied today i'm happy to vaccinations are getting on the way but i'll only be truly satisfied when 2 thirds of people in europe are vaccinated so there's a long way to go but today is the 1st step this is. at full capacity this center will deliver up to 5000 injections per day on sunday and started with only 150 to below vaccine supplies out 1st for their injections medical staff and nursing home workers on the front lawn of the pandemic priority for those providing vital care for others. in these mice and human life and said i don't want to infect anyone thank god i don't have it my colleagues and i want to stay healthy just like our elderly residents want to get out of it. just a few kilometers away buildings 1st seeing is we're getting their shots as well the fron

and for more on this i'm joined now by maria hsia ina she's a post-doc fellow at the center for eastern european studies at the university of zurich and she continues to follow nordstrom to really good morning work supposedly has already continued again on the pipeline this weekend the question now is how far will it get. good morning and thank you for having me there is no yes or no question to this it's very complicated and there's through these truly as sanctions that level for the buy that ministration on the one hand it wants to keep the pressure on the pipeline to halt on the other hand it pledges to revive the transatlantic relationship that are put in them it had to brew yes administration that means that there is a thin line between not only in 1000 in the european partners but at the same time keep in the pressure on the pipeline that the new sanctions that were issued last week gives us an indication at least. what policy shift we can expect founded by then administration and show what more calibrated sanctions on private companies at the same time exempting the european gove

yet now we are ina restrictions to continue. covid secure way. this is still very much of the choices we are making as a country. where as if we cannot do that and then the government has a responsibility to intervene. it is what we have done in my doesn't of the nhs increasing treatment options and in moving to distance learning for secondary schools this week as well. we mainly to go into the level four in the new framework, as the first minister indicated the end of last week. we do not take that decision likely and one i enjoy taking at all as a minister in this government. but we all have a part to play in keeping safe. the government has a part to play and each and everyone of us too. can i ask you more about people who are in hospital, infected but not infectious, as you described it? how many people are we talking about here and could we soon see people being sent home or sent back to the hospital or care homes even though they are still testing positive for covid? this is part of the point, isn't it? it is about how we