Afew west. If you milder days on the way. A few milder days. Hello this is bbc news with geeta guru murthy. The headlines talks resume in brussels with both sides warning theyre unlikely to reach a post Brexit Agreement by tomorrows deadline. Four Royal Navy Patrol ships are being put on standby, to help protect britains fishing waters, in the event of a no deal brexit. The us regulator authorises the Pfizer BiontechCoronavirus Vaccine donald trump says itll be rolled out immediately. I am proud to say that we have made sure that this vaccine will be free for all americans. World leaders will hold a virtual Climate Summit later to lay out their plans for cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions. Now on bbc news, in the 1990s, vienna placed female architects at the heart of a big revamp of their city. Now barcelona is trying to replicate this, via their mayor, architects and organisations. Cities are supposed to be built for all of us, but they arent built by all of us because most cities, if not all of them, are designed and built by men. But what would a city look like if it was built by women . In 2019, we came to barcelona to meet a group of influential feminist leaders to hear their plans to redesign the city. But a year ago, we never could have imagined just how much the world would change. So weve come back to barcelona to find out how a city that was trying to work better for women has weathered the biggest crisis of our lifetime. Barcelona is a city that has a long history of reinventing itself with brave and adventurous urban design. Over 6,000 years, generation after generation of men have put their mark on this city. But when we came here in 2019, it was in the midst of a feminist takeover. In 2015, the city had elected its first female mayor, ada colau. And it wasntjust the mayor. Barcelonas feminist revolution involves everyone from writers to urban planners, architects and economists, and all those who make up the fabric of this evolving city. Playgrounds were being reimagined, streets were being named for women, public transport was changing so women didnt have to walk alone at night. And the city was saying no to sleaze. But then the pandemic hit. And just like so many other places, barcelona is reeling. So how are these feminist ideals withstanding a pandemic . And did it teach us anything about how the legacy of this virus will impact women . Someone who could explain this better than most is judit vall castello. As a Health Economist and a mum, shes had a very busy few months. My husband is an essential worker, so i was alone at home. And working full time . And working full time, so, yeah, we had difficult situations where i posted some posters in the door in the dining room its forbidden to enter now brilliant. Did it work . No major incidents. Judits been studying the Economic Impact of the pandemic, particularly on women, and shes found something interesting. So, basically, the previous crisis that we had in 2008, it affected very much certain sectors that we know have a higher incidence of men working there. The situation is completely different now because the biggest sectors that have been affected are the service sectors. And we know that in those sectors, theres a higher proportion of women working there. So this is a pretty short term effect. So in the short term, its very clear and we can already see the stats for several countries. The situation might be different in the long term. Why is that . Well, there are mainly two reasons. The first one is that some of the firms have been forced to flexibilise the employment situation, to make employment more flexible, to allow working from home, and in the long term, this is going to beneficialfor women. Then the second thing is that women working in the health care service, women working in the cleaning service, these women had to keep working during the lockdown situation, and so their partners, the fathers, had to stay at home, and so this has been proven to change the gender roles for the children at home. Do you have an idea of how many families this is affecting, how many families are changing their gender roles as a result of this pandemic . In 10 of the families, the fathers were in charge of the children during the lockdown situation. 0k. And some fathers who werent before, so this is a new pattern emerging . Exactly. For lots of people, its been a difficult year. For some, its been life changing. We met conchi braojos in 2019 because she had been working with the feminist collective to find a solution to the problem of getting to work. Shes a cleaner in a hospital and she had to walk alone in the middle of the night because of the lack of bus connections. None of us could have imagined the year that was in store for her, as the hospital she worked in became one of those at the centre of the pandemic. And after all of this, conchi still has to walk to work in the middle of the night. During the peak of the lockdown, she also found she was ferrying things like phone chargers to and from the hospital, because spain had one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. People were only allowed to leave their homes if they absolutely had to. Children had to stay inside for months. That rule came from central government, and its something that mayor ada colau said she disagreed with from the start. When we met the first time, colau spoke about her vision of feminist politics, that it was built around consensus. And that was important, because her Left Wing Party didnt win a clear majority in the last election and shes in power with a party on the right. Before she became a politician, ada colau was an activist, fighting against evictions, but she has been criticised for failing to stop a rise in evictions in the last few months. Theres a project that mayor ada colau was keen for us to visit, aimed directly in women. This Pilot Project aims to help 1,200 children, and that will help women, because, despite all the progress made in recent years, the pandemic showed us that women still do the overwhelming bulk of childcare. In families where the two partners were staying at home, were teleworking from home, and had childrens responsibilities, women were interrupted 50 more of the time than men. And also they were dedicating. In these two parent families, they were dedicating four more hours per day to the caring of the children than their husbands. And theres a simple reason why women here could be affected more than most. Barcelona is a city that relies on tourism, and tourism is a part of the economy that, more than a lot of others, employs a majority of women. A year ago, this was a very different city. This square would have been full of people. And now. From a city that used to be overwhelmed with tourists. The streets in some parts of town are now eerily quiet. This is a place that entertained up to 8. 9 million tourists a year. And it was an invisible army of women who kept the Hospitality Industry going cleaners. Vania rana came to barcelona from peru 28 years ago. Now, shes at the centre of a collective of women who advocate on behalf of cleaners. And when we first met her, she was campaigning to have cleaners treated more fairly. But now their industry has been decimated. The collective of women just try to support each other where they can. It might be years before tourists can come back to enjoy barcelona like they did before the coronavirus stopped us in our tracks, but the city still vibrates with the rhythms of ordinary life. And some people see the pandemic as an opportunity for change. How are you, fine . Good. Very strange, this situation. So strange yes. What a year. Thats ba rcelonas councillor of urbanism, janet sanz, when we first met janet, we watched one of barcelonas oldest traditions the castellers something that seems almost impossible now. This year, the atmosphere is a little less festive. But the pandemics not stopping janet sanz and her plans to transform this city, to reclaim the streets from cars. The project is called the superille, or superblock. In almost every city, cars take up more space than any other road user. The idea of the superblocks is to reclaim the streets for pedestrians, for cyclists or even just for hanging out. The plan takes nine blocks and forms one big superblock, which are closed off from through traffic. Only cars that need access are allowed in, and the speed limit is reduced to 10 km h. Parked cars go underground. So instead of busyjunctions, you have parks, picnic benches and play areas. Do you think there will be a resistance . Scaling up means creating 21 more of these squares and turning the streets between them into green hubs, filled with plants and trees. Like most of europe, the citys dealing with a second wave of the virus, and bars and restaurants are closed. The superille is busier than ever, but not everyone is thrilled about that. Building a consensus to change a city is hard work, so barcelona has brought people on board who are studying the city from a deeply feminist perspective. The last time we came here, we met blanca at her studio in the city. Then, her collective, punt 6, were doing deep research into how men and women use the city differently. Now, theyre working with the town hall on a very specific project making the Bicycle Network work betterfor women. Theres a huge increase in the number of people using bicycles since the pandemic, especially women, but theres also been a few issues. This is a city that was hit hard by the pandemic, and its long term legacy is onlyjust beginning. Like no other recession, it seems women are bearing the brunt of this one. But a city thats trying to work better for women could teach us how we can all weather this crisis. To build up cities that work better for everyone. Hello, there. Its turning more unsettled this weekend. Tomorrow, weve got wet and windy weather spreading in off the atlantic but today its looking pretty quiet. Weve got quite a bit of sunshine across the western half of the country, still a bit of cloud and showery bursts of rain across the east courtesy of that area of low pressure. This is the ridge of High Pressure which will bring the sunnier weather to the west. And this low behind me is sundays wet and windy weather. It has been bright through the morning across parts of northern ireland, wales, the south west. That sunshine encroaching east but it stays quite cloudy and damp across northern and eastern scotland and much of eastern england. Temperature wise, still on the cool side across eastern areas, 7 or 8 degrees. Closer to 9 or 10 further west. Now, this evening and overnight, the clearer skies encroaching east. It will turn a bit drier for the eastern half of the country with the wet and windy weather sweeping into the west and the south west by the end of the night. Here, temperatures will be rising, 7 to 9 or 10 degrees, turning chilly under the clearer skies across central and eastern areas. This area of low pressure will bring a lot of wet and windy weather throughout the course of sunday. It may start dry and bright, quite chilly across the far north and east through the morning but then the wet and windy weather will sweep to all areas. Could see a bit of transient snow over the scottish mountains when that rain bumps into the cold air. Some of that rain will be quite heavy in places, particularly across western hills. And its going to be windy for all areas, particularly across southern and western coasts, gusts of 40, maybe 50 miles an hour. But with those strong winds and the rain, particularly across the southern half of the country, itll be much milder, 11, 12, maybe 13 degrees. Still on the cool side across the far north east. Low pressure sticks around into the start of the new working week, just anchored to the west of the uk. Itll push the milder air north right across scotland and the northern isles. A very mild day to come on monday. It will be another blustery one, lots of isobars on the pressure charts. Windy, once again. Showery bursts of rain, mainly southern and western areas, particularly over the hills. Some of them could be quite heavy. But some sunshine, as well. Its not going to be a complete wash out. And it will be mild for the time of year, temperatures in double figures for most. We could see 12 or 13 again across the south. It stays unsettled throughout this upcoming week. We could see another round of rain and gales on wednesday and then its sunshine and showers. But youll notice it stays mild throughout. This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Talks resume in brussels with both sides warning theyre unlikely to reach a post Brexit Agreement by tomorrows deadline. Four Royal Navy Patrol ships are being put on standby to help protect britains fishing waters in the event of a no deal brexit. World leaders are holding a virtual Climate Summit to lay out their plans for cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions. The us regulator authorises the Pfizer BiontechCoronavirus Vaccine. Donald trump says itll be rolled out immediately. And how are trips to see santa changing, as we prepare to celebrate christmas in a pandemic . Well be finding out at 2. 30pm, in the travel show