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A solution to that trade war at londons National Gallery. In business, mind the gap. Campaigners mark equal pay day as Research Shows women earn 13 less than men here in the uk and almost a third less around the world. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme when it comes to the Festive Season how do you navigate family expectations . This as harry and meghan head to the us for christmas with meghans mum doria. Is there an etiquette . Tell us what you think just use bbcthebriefing. Donald tusk has told british voters not to give up on stopping brexit as the country gears up for a general election dominated by the issue. The outgoing president of the european council, said that while the process of leaving the eu was in extra time it could go to penalties. Gareth barlow reports. With the end of his tenure inside, donald tusk seems happy to say what he really feels about written and brexit. One of my english friends is probably right when he says with melancholy that brexit is the real end of the british empire. A central figure ina end of the british empire. A central figure in a unit negotiations with westminster, he had a message for those who dont want the uk to leave the european union. The only words that come to my mind today are simply do not develop. In this match we have had added time and now we are in extra time. Perhaps it will go to penalties. As the uk prepares to go to the enrol election next month and Politicians Campaign for vote, brexit is a key issue. And mr tusks comments will open him up to accusations of interference. With the Prime Minister promising the uk will leave the eu by the end of january, the labour proposing another referendum and the liberal democrats preparing to pledging to scrap brexit altogether, there is little to guess about who will or will not like his comments. Because todayis will not like his comments. Because today is too late to impeach donald. At least the european one. President trump says he cant remember a phone call at the centre of new revelations from the first public hearings of his impeachment inquiry. In testimony on wednesday, the us envoy in ukraine, bill taylor, said it was clear the white house was refusing to release military aid to ukraine unless it started an investigation intojoe biden. The president has called the hearings a sham. Chris buckler is in washington. Iam too i am too busy to watch anything. It isa i am too busy to watch anything. It is a witch hunt, a hoax. I am too busy to watch anything. It is a witchhunt, a hoax. President trump may have made an point of ignoring the impeachment enquiries but across america people were watching. In washington some bars even opened early to screen the hearings as networks cleared the schedules to show the showdown. Breaking news tonight. Bombshell revelation as historic public hearings begin in the impeachment enquiry. For the first time in public, two use as limits spoke of their concerns that the president was prepared to sue bend military aid to the ukraine unless his government launched an investigation intojoe biden government launched an investigation into joe biden and government launched an investigation intojoe biden and his son hunter. And there was a new allegation, that ina and there was a new allegation, that in a phone call, donald trump himself had pressed Us Ambassador to the eu to push for the probe. Following the call with President Trumpa following the call with President Trump a member of my trump asked what President Trump thought about the ukraine. He responded that he ca res more the ukraine. He responded that he cares more about the investigations of biden. At a news confident that my conference with president erdogan, he was dismissive of proceedings. Are you talking about the witch hunt . I hear it is a joke. I have not watched. I have not watched for one minute. But this hearing was only the start. Many other witnesses are lined up to give evidence in the full glare of publicity putting the residents actions under scrutiny. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the News Health Officials in gaza say an israeli airstrike has killed six members of the same family in their home. 32 people are now known to have died in the palestinian territory since israel began its offensive on tuesday. Militants in gaza have fired hundreds of rockets over the border in response. All schools across hong kong are closed as the latest pro democracy protests continue. Foreign students and some from the mainland are evacuating after several universities became battlegrounds in the latest violence. Police say a man died, falling from a building, but it isnt clear whether the death was linked to the protests. Around 50,000 people in the democratic republic of congo are being offered an experimental vaccine against ebola from today as part of a major clinical trial. Another ebola vaccine already being used in the country has now been approved by the world health organization. Bolivias new interim president , jeanine anez, has appointed a new cabinet on her first full day in office. Supporters of the ousted former leader, evo morales, are continuing to protest against her. Another person has died in clashes between his backers and security forces. 12 people have been killed, at least 20 injured when a truck carrying gravel collided with a bus in slovakia. It happened in Rainy Weather on a winding road 50 miles outside the capital bratislava. At least four of the dead are schoolchildren. Extensive damage has been reported in areas of venice after severe flooding hit the city. More than 80 was under water when tides hit their highest, leading the mayor to declare a state of emergency. Ben ando reports. As the waters fell a little, dennis had a moment to reflect on the devastating impact of a tide and civic failure. The 6 foot floodwaters were the highest for 50 yea rs, floodwaters were the highest for 50 years, surging through the 12th century crypt beneath the basilica as tourists outside waded through streets that had come canals and shop owners counted the cost. Venice should be protected. A giant ring of 78 gates and dams was started in 2003 has become mired in corruption and delay. Last night the italian pro minister said that my stand. Translation we have spent a lot. There has been a lot of controversy and so many scandals in the past. What should we do . If we consider Public Interest and everything that is at stake, the only decision is that we must complete this and the fastest a nd that we must complete this and the fastest and most effective way to but italy is not famed for efficiency in civic projects. Translation they have done nothing. In italy that is how it is. Our politicians are all thieves. They should be injail. 80 of the politicians are all thieves. They should be in jail. 80 of the city is submerged. Venice has 50,000 inhabitants but takes in 36 million visitors a year, a city drowning in its own popularity and the inexorable impact of a changing climate. Another high tide is expected later this morning. Todayis today is known as equal pay day because they calculate that women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year in comparison to men. In the uk common women earn 13 to men. In the uk common women earn i3 less than men and that gap averages 32 around the world. With me is Rebecca Harding whos ceo and founder of coriolis tech. Good to see you. That is the societies estimate on what the gap is between men and women. What is your take on this . I think the gender pay gap is something that is not going to go away anytime soon. It is 50 years since the equal pay act in the uk and similar at around the world and we are still seeing a huge differential between what men and women are paid. So the office of National Statistics says the gap is around about 9 for anybody in full time employment. It is actually much bigger gap than that across the whole of the workforce. It is over i7. 5 . What you have to do is look at the structural reasons why that is happening. Women are in different sorts ofjobs, is happening. Women are in different sorts of jobs, they is happening. Women are in different sorts ofjobs, they take time out of the labour force but sorts ofjobs, they take time out of the labourforce but one sorts ofjobs, they take time out of the labour force but one of the interesting things coming clear is that younger workforce members, the gap isa that younger workforce members, the gap is a lot lower. It is bigger as you get older. Labour is turning this into an election issue and they pledged to close it by 2030. The difference between men and womens average pay has taken over 60 years to close under a conservative party. The conservative say that labour is over promising. And as you say, there are many reasons why the gap exists and it is not an easy thing to resolve. For many reasons. Exactly. And if you look at the rate at which this is closing, it has been closing relatively slowly for last five or six years. It has only changed by half of i . There is a mountain to climb. And that is because of the way in which we have engaged with the labour market. And those coming in a much more aware and empowered to call out this kind of thing. Lets leave it now rebecca but we will continue the conversation in business briefing. Send us your thoughts and comments on that as well. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come a stunning comeback for rafael nadal at the atp finals, keeping alive his hopes of remaining world number one. The bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. I feel great about the election result. I voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. Its keeping the candidates name always in the public eye that counts. Success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local Campaign Headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. Berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. And with nobody to stop them, it wasnt long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. Yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. Palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. After 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. Women ministers whod long felt only grudgingly accepted in the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. Message will youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines just weeks ahead of the uk election the outgoing president of the european council, donald tusk, has told british voters not to give up on stopping brexit. President trump has said he cant remember a phone call at the centre of new revelations from the first public hearings of his impeachment inquiry. The first tv pictures have been broadcast showing the extent of the damage inside notre dame cathedral, caused by the fire in april. The images broadcast by france3 make it very clear just how big the task of rebuilding it will be. This from our paris correspondent lucy williamson. Behind its familiar towers, the shape of notre dame has changed, its soaring spire now a gaping hole, lead melting into new sculptures on its grizzled face. Walking into notre dame was always humbling. Philippe villeneuve is one of very few to have seen how the cathedral looks today. Its silence floodlit by sunlight. The charred remains of the collapsing spire still piled on the floor. Translation the wood continued to burn on the ground and burnt the bases of these two columns. If they werent reinforced like this to stop them shattering, they could have collapsed and taken the walls and vault with them. It would have been a catastrophe. Firefighters say they came close to losing notre dame that night, but the reconstruction could risk its survival again. Architects here say there is still a major risk of the vaults collapsing because of the effect of intense heat and water on the stones. Teams are working to stabilise the structure over the next few months so reconstruction can begin. It took an evening to burn through this building. Itll take much more than a single night to really save it. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im Chetan Pathak with thursdays sport briefing. Rafael nadal produced a sensational comeback against Daniil Medvedev to boost his hopes of reaching the semis of the atp finals in london. The world number one fought back from 5 1 down in the deciding set and saved a match point to eventually beat the fourth seed 67, 63, 76. So nadals still in the hunt for a semi final place but Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the last four. The number 6 seed from greece beat the defending champion Alexander Zverev in straight sets to make certain of his place in the semis. Tsitsipas whos making his debut in the season ending tournament won 6 3, 6 2, to qualify with a match to spare. Staying with football, and one of the best players in the womens game australias sam kerr is moving to england where shes signed for the Womens Super League leaders chelsea. For the past couple of years, kerrs been dividing her time between australia and the usa playing for perth glory in the w league, and Chicago Red Stars in the nwsl. Shes the all time leading goalscorer in both leagues but now shes hoping to conquer europe. The Australian International whos been nominated for the ballon d0r and fifas womens player of the year has signed a 2. 5 year deal with chelsea. Shell join them in january. Thursday sees a showdown between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic with whoever wins reaching the semi finals. Federer kept his hopes alive with victory over Matteo Berettini in his last match. Whilst djokovic was beaten by Dominic Thiem despite taking the first set, he lost in three. And so it sets up an all or nothing match against federer as you said, its a round robin system so i am still in the tournament and we go head to head with roger, the winner goes to sammy, the loser doesnt qualify, its as simple as that. Several teams could qualify for footballs euro 2020 finals on thursday including the defending champions portugal if results go their way. And england, as long as they avoid defeat at home to montenegro in what will be their one thousandth senior mens international. Not only the opportunity to qualify for the European Championship but of course, the occasion of englands ioooth course, the occasion of englands 1000th international which is a very special one for everybody associated with the team now and in the past and asi with the team now and in the past and as i said earlier in the week, its great that so many of our former players are coming to be a pa rt former players are coming to be a part of that night, that is very important to all of us are open them it will be something very special. And before we go theres time to bring you Zlatan Ibrahimovics goodbye message to fans of major league soccer. The swedish strikers leaving la galaxy after 2 years in which he scored 52 goals in 56 games, modest as ever. He took to twitter to say classic zlatan. You can get all the latest sports news at our website thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, Chetan Pathak, and the rest of the sport team, that is your thursday sport briefing. Londons National Gallery is running a digital show of leonardo da vincis masterpiece, the virgin of the rocks. More and more people are buying electric cars as a way to cut carbon emissions. The key ingredient for car batteries is cobalt and that could mean new mines on the ocean floor to extract it. But there is concern that mining the deep ocean will cause lasting damage. Research is under way off the coast of spain into its impact, and our science editor David Shukman has had exclusive access. In the waters off malaga, an experiment with a strange looking machine, lowered underwater to test a new and controversial kind of mining on the ocean floor. A camera on the machine monitors its advance over the sea bed. A soft coral stands in its path. Mining would involve excavating rocks down here and no one knows the implications. The project is run from this Spanish Research ship, funded by the eu to find new sources of important metals. Its a challenging operation, but theres momentum behind an emerging industry. God fact what this project shows is how the technology is advancing in a way that makes deep sea mining seem much more plausible, which confronts us with a very difficult question. Is it the right thing to do, given how little we know about the potential impact it could have on life on the ocean floor . 0perating underwater, mining the sea bed has never been tried before. It would destroy whatevers directly in front of the machines and theyd create clouds of sand and silt, which could smother marine plants and creatures even a long way away. So, its actually sands or sediments from the sea floor being whipped up by the tracks, creating big clouds. Sabine haalboom is one of the researchers studying the effects of the experiment to see what might happen when mining starts for real in the pacific. So, normally, in the deep pacific, at four or five kilometres depth, theres hardly any material in the water, so the water is crystal clear. But if you then make a massive plume of cloud of sediments, all the animals that are living there arent used to it, so, yeah, they will probably suffocate. But theres growing pressure for mining to start. Rocks like these, billions of them, are the target, because theyre amazingly rich in important metals, especially cobalt, which is needed for batteries. The future is electric. So, the boom in electric cars means theres growing demand for cobalt and Mining Companies think the deep ocean could provide it. If you want to make a fast change, you need cobalt quick, and you need a lot of it. If you want to make a lot of batteries, you need the resources to do that. And theres a lot of it in the ocean . And theres a lot of it in the ocean. This is a trial device. The machines that will actually do mining will be about ten times bigger. Dozens of ventures are planning to open mines on the sea bed. This is a glimpse of how they might look. Londons National Gallery is running a digital show of leonardo da vincis masterpiece, the virgin of the rocks. The show is an immersive exhibition that allows visitors to walk through multi sensory rooms and explore different aspects of the painting. But the show is not without controversy. 0ur arts editor Will Gompertz went to have a look. There are four themed rooms in this exhibition starting with this one which is a sort of introduction to leonardo da vinci. Many of these metal boxes containing copies of his drawings and quotes from his numerous note books all of which are in mirrored writing because you never liked to do anything that was remotely easy. The National Gallery hopes of themed experience built around its leonardo masterpiece the virgin of the rocks will encourage new visitors to come along and enjoy the painting which normally shows for free but as the star of this immersive show, is charging ticket price of between £i6 20. Is there a correlation be tween charging quite a hefty ticket price for this experience and getting the audience to come to the gallery . The cost of an exhibition partly reflect the cost of putting on a show. Increasingly the shows we put on are expensive and even a show like this which only has one work of art in it is an expensive show. |j which only has one work of art in it is an expensive show. I suppose the argument could be made that here we have one of the great pictures in the National Collection which is free to see normally and it suddenly costs to visit. I think this speaking leonardo year, people are particularly interested in what we are doing around leonardo. Picture will be available free of charge after the show. And what about the picture . Does surrounding leonardos great painting with a graphic recreation of how it would look in the church it was originally painted enhance or diminish it . Its definitely a conversation we had early on. No wants to be competing or even trying to compete with leonardo however one of the really interesting things about the painting, even in the end, is that he knew his work was going to be surrounded by other peoples work stop the most beautiful thing about that painting for me is the incredibly muted colour palette. As you can see, he transcends all other surrounding works so easily. This exhibition, the first of a series of Digital Projects the National Gallery is planning in the belief 2ist ce ntu ry gallery is planning in the belief 2ist century visitors dont only wa nt to 2ist century visitors dont only want to look at art, they want to experience it. Meghan and harry along with their son archie will spend christmas in the us with her mother doria. The couples plans are said to have the approval of the queen and it follows the duke and duchess of cambridges past decision to spend christmas with kates parents and not with other senior royals at sandringham. The trip to the us is expected to begin around thanksgiving. This one reviewer says theyjust said no to family, despite the pressure to be on them, because theyjust had a baby. I will see you soon with all the business. Hello once again. Wednesday was a much improved faith in many parts of the British Isles. The cloud filled and across the south western corner of the British Isles as this system spread quite a bit of rainfall across the Higher Ground of south wales and the moors of the south west, a significant amount of snow as well. Thursday, would start today. South wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern counties. Come the afternoon, the eastern portion will have taken rain, moderate bursts for the most part, the heavier burst, very much closer to those affected areas amidst the concern and why there are a number of weather warnings. Its a dry and finer day. Whether you have the sunshine or you dont, its on the cool side. The rain keeps on coming. Just moving a little bit further towards the north so if you dont see the rain during the course of the day, you may get it overnight on another chilly night and those rainfall totals really mounting up, not great news for those who have seen not great news for those who have seen far too much on the way of rain of late. Friday looks to be a somewhat quiet today with regards to the rain. There will be enough cloud for those moist blows coming off the north sea, bits and pieces of rain at times but nothing particularly organised about it. Scotland, Northern Ireland faring best. Across the north and north east of scotland. It certainly nothing to write home about. The weekend, a similar sort of affair, on the cool side. A lot of cloud around, but nowhere near this sort of intensity that you may well have seen during the course of thursday in some areas. The setup, much the same. Eating and moist air from the north sea. A lot of cloud across the greater part of the British Isles. New weather front coming in from the Western Isles of scotland as temperatures are struggling, five, six, seven degrees, ten at the very best. Sunday, spot the difference. We push that arent across the high ground of scotland. 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