john simpson, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. as unemployment benefits lapsed overnight as millions of americans struggle to make ends meet across the country. the package was approved by congress after months of negotiations and had to be signed into law by the president. he refused, arguing larger payments should be made. democrats agreed with him but his own party expressed concern over the stalemate. stick with us on bbc news. i'll have more on that in the coming hours. you can find out more on the bbc news website, of course, and on our social media. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello. the weather is taking on a decidedly wintry complexion as we head through the final days of 2020. the satellite picture shows this big stripe of cloud that brought very wet and windy weather through the early parts of sunday courtesy of storm bella, but now we've got these speckled clouds working in from the north, some shower clouds, those showers turning wintry as well with some really cold air digging its way down. and we

john simpson, bbc news.the launch of vaccination campaigns across the european union. flight tracking data showed the small plane flew the outline of a syringe above friedrichshafen, a town in southern germany. pilot samy kramer says he thought it was a fun way to raise awareness on such an historic day. finally, a dog became man of the match at at professional football game in bolivia. the hound stole the show as it decided to run around the pitch with a football boot in its mouth. this went on for about three minutes before the exhuated pooch was escorted off the pitch. but it must have been a good luck charm, as the home side went on to win the game 3—0. look how bothered he is, and he did not get a red card for that. you're watching bbc news, to forget you can get in touch with me on social media. hello. the weather is taking on a decidedly wintry complexion as we head through the final days of 2020. the satellite picture shows this big stripe of cloud that brought very wet and windy weather through the

john simpson, bbc news.any parts of the uk, along with heavy rain. the met office has also issued yellow warnings for snow and ice, meaning disruption is likely in parts of wales, north—west england, scotland and the whole of northern ireland. here's chi chi izundu. storm bella making her presence known on british shores. winds of up to 106 miles an hour have been recorded on the isle of wight overnight. bringing down trees, causing damage to cars and homes, and huts alongside brighton beachfront. train operators have issued warnings about delays and cancellations because of debris and flooding on the railway lines. but parts of the uk are still reeling from heavy rains over christmas, like cirencester in gloucestershire. residents trying to adapt. more than 70 homes were without power and the environment agency has warned that some river levels around the country are still rising. this is ducklington farm in oxfordshire, where farmer helen's priority has been the safety of her animals. the amount of rain we

john simpson, bbc news. a reminder of our top story.nges are on the way for the uk, following his brexit trade deal with the european union. in a newspaper article, he says he wants to focus on "leveling up the country" —— and "spreading opportunity" across the uk. mps will vote on the deal in parliament on the 30th of december. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @lukwesaburak hello. the weather is taking on a decidedly wintry complexion as we head through the final days of 2020. the satellite picture shows this big stripe of cloud that brought very wet and windy weather through the early parts of sunday courtesy of storm bella, but now we've got the speckled clouds working in from the north, some shower clouds, those showers turning wintry as well with some really cold air digging its way down. and we stick with this northerly air flow right through the coming week. so, yes, it will be cold by day and by night. there will be a mixture of rain, sleet and snow at times in all of that, some spel

john simpson, bbc news. huge inauguration coming up. with so many of us stuck at home, 2020 was the year that saw our relationship with the great outdoors change. lockdowns led many of us to appreciate our natural surroundings like never before. now a national trust report says that climate change remains the biggest threat to our environment as breakfast‘s john maguire reports. at least 2020 has been good for some. the grey seal population here at blakeney point on the north norfolk coast, is thriving. it's just a handful of pups that were born at the end of the late 90s, early 2000s. we're now on roughly 3,500 to 4,000 pups born every year. so they've basically been increasing since then. so it's been a pretty phenomenal rise. and they don't really show any signs of slowing down at the moment. it's been a year of large scale trends driven by climate change, but also lockdowns and restrictions have meant that some of the conflicts between the human and the natural world have been diminished. it's been a kin

would also like to thank perry applebom with the judiciary committee, jamie simpson and matt robinson of my subcommittee. john pharaoh, with congressman collins' -- farrow, with congressman collins' office, and i'd like to give a special thanks to keith for all ofs i effort -- all of his efforts to help us be on the floor today with this bill. without everyone's persistence, dedication and countless hours of hard work, -- hard work behind the scenes, we would not be here today. mr. speaker, wealth should not act as a barrier to access our courts. whether it's a journalist reporting on the court's activities or a citizen petitioning the court for redress, access to the courts should be free to all, not just to those who can afford it. forcing the public to pay for access to court records imposes an unnecessary and uncon szenable burden on people -- unconscionable burden on people who are simply engaging in a constitutionally protected activity. transparency and accessibility should be our goal, not profits and limited access. court records should be as easy access as legislation is on congress.gov. all you hav

simpson, bbc news. the chairman of tesco says the retailer has been stockpiling some non—fresh food items as it prepares for potential shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. john people eat. will people eat quite as much brie if it costs 40% more and will more domestically produced cheddar? we calculate the overall impact in the low single digits, between three and 5% on food products, but more on some particular items. the chairman of tesco speaking to bbc a little earlier. the international criminal court in the hague has decided not to take further action against the uk government, despite finding evidence that british forces did commit abuses in iraq between 2003 and 2011. while the icc has decided not to pursue a case against the uk government it found that "several levels of institutional civilian supervisory and military command failures contributed to the commission of crimes against detainees by uk soldiers in iraq". the court‘s statement said that it was closing the investigation because it could not be shown that the british government had acted to shield soldiers from prosecution. four people have been charged in connection with the toppling of the