i'm not sure what his motivations are. there was apparently a bit of a tussle between the pm, the treasury, and the defence department for the last few weeks over this. but i do agree with him, actually international aid organisations have been saying our internet servers and a commitment is not a zero—sum game. —— international aid commitment. it is not like we have to give up something. people always invoke things the uk would have to lose in order to find aid and eight express a lwa ys order to find aid and eight express always said that is ridiculous comparison. and this is proved it. the government can rustle up this extra funding for defence when it needs to egg you do have to question that kind of spending commitment at this time, when the government doesn't commit to free school meals for children and it doesn't commit toa for children and it doesn't commit to a proper sick pay for everybody so to a proper sick pay for everybody so that we can also isolate when we need to which is one of the biggest obstacles and the test trace isolate scheme although there are many other obstacles. you have to question that kind of funding decision. it seems to be playing to the crowd, who will be pleased that the idea of defence spending rather than it being actually useful or important for this country at this time. if i may briefly say that one of the things the guardian talks about is the defence spending to ensure that satellites can't be knocked out of action in the future. that may seem like a star wars type store but actually that is certainly the possibility of a possible future warfare where strategic foes like china russia could be knocking at oui’ china russia could be knocking at our satellites in future so we have to act now in order to protect ourselves against threats like this from the future. so actually in many ways it is far from grandstanding. it isa ways it is far from grandstanding. it is a very prudent act by the government. a good point. people will feel have differing views but one story that i think we can all agree on is in the metro. the headline is my covid—i9 miracles and it isa headline is my covid—i9 miracles and it is a doctor, she came around from a coronavirus coma , it is a doctor, she came around from a coronavirus coma, she was pregnant a coronavirus coma, she was pregnant and gave birth to be a c—section prematurely and quite frankly perpetual in her gorgeous too little twin babies, this is i think we can all agree a covid—i9 miracle. twin babies, this is i think we can all agree a covid—19 miracle.l wonderful and heart—warming story. goodness knows we need those this time. as she said, perpetual uke, a rheumatology consultant, take into birmingham queen elizabeth hospital with covid—i9, when she came out of her coronavirus coma, she worried because she couldn't see her baby bump, but as it turned out, the doctors had performed this incredible emergency c—section boss he was in a coma and safely delivered her twins, a baby boy and girl. it is a lovely story and obviously we wish that family all the best. and i hope that the mother has made herfull the best. and i hope that the mother has made her full recovery. she was speaking to her college and bbc birmingham earlier and they are doing really well and we are thrilled for her and best wishes from the bbc papers. finally, financial times, pointless e—mail. frankly all the e—mails are pointless but this is quite a serious point actually because these e—mails that are unnecessary e—mails that really are just a waste of waste, they add to our carbon output. i'm quite torn on this list of don't know whether my mum is watching the paper review now but i was always told to say thank you for things and you get some piece of information from someone in the lateral reaction is to say thanks but this a warning on the ft says that every time we spend that extra few seconds on our ipad or computer sending that thank you or whatever message, it then is stored on various forms of cloud or whatever and the person receiving it obviously, it is an extra light and extra power in their terminal when they receive it and all adds up to actually use of carbon footprints. so that is a big challenge and i'm not sure what the answer is, do we trade courtesy for a little bit of extra reduction of our carbon footprint? i'm not quite sure what to do on this one. what do you reckon, rachel? i think to do on this one. what do you reckon, rachel? ithink we to do on this one. what do you reckon, rachel? i think we should save reckon, rachel? i think we should save courtesy because i also like to e—mails but maybe we can save that and get rid of spam and junk e—mails instead. goodness knows what the carbon footprint of spam is if were going to go down this road.|j carbon footprint of spam is if were going to go down this road. i think in that case, i'm in agreement with you guys, less brown, thank youse can stay and let's keep tim's mum happy. can stay and let's keep tim's mum happy--- can stay and let's keep tim's mum happy. —— less spam e—mail. rachel and tim, we'll see you again in half and tim, we'll see you again in half an hourfor the and tim, we'll see you again in half an hour for the next and tim, we'll see you again in half an hourfor the next edition. thank you so much. we'll be back here very shortly. goodbye for now. good evening, i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. we start with the nations league, where phil foden scored twice as england ended their campaign with a 4—0 win over iceland at wembley. it's been a good night for wales, too, but there was disappointment for scotland who missed the chance to win their group, whilst northern ireland had to settle for a draw. rounding up the fourtunes of the home nations, here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. a big night for a wales biggest star. gareth bale and his team were facing finland and they were soon in control. finland sent off and well taken advantage. gareth bale setting up taken advantage. gareth bale setting up gary wilson to put the host ahead at half—time. after it, danieljames extended their lead in some style. finland pulled one back can't keep her more sealed wales a 3— win—win. it means they finished top of the nation the group and it could mean a playoff spot for the next world cup, not a bad nights work. for scotland, there was disappointment though. they also had a chance to top the group but a superb finish from sullivan gave israel the lead. despite some chances, scotland were beaten one mill. at the qualifying for the euros last week, no celebrations this time. in belfast, around 1000 fans watched northern ireland against romania, the host we re ireland against romania, the host were already relegated from the group, but they took the lead through leo dubois, they couldn't hang on. a late goalfrom romania eric profoundly secured a $1 draw. as for england, they also had early pride at stake against iceland. they found plenty of it soon. declan putting them ahead before mason doubled their leave before the interval loss very straightforward. two second—half goals from phil foden sealed 84— 01. england their autumn campaign on a high. —— 4—0 win. it looks like liverpool are going to be without mo salah for their next two games, following a second positive coronavirus test result whilst on international duty with egypt. due to self—isolation rules, salah will likely be unavailable for liverpool's premier league match at home to leicester on sunday, and next wednesday's champions league group game against atalanta at anfield. clubs in the english football league will be able to use five substitutes a match for the rest of the season. the new rule comes into place from friday, following discussions with all 72 clubs. there are fears of player burn—out this season. the new ruling doesn't apply in the efl cup though, and it's still only three substitutes allowed in the premier league. glasgow city have reached the last 32 of the women's champions league after beating icelandic side valur. the game went to penalties afterfinishing1—1 in reykjavik. it took 12 spot—kicks in the shoot out to separate the sides, with glasgow ultimately going through 4—3. the government's expected to confirm a rescue package tomorrow of emergency funding consisting of grants and loans for sports impacted by the absence of spectators at venues due to the pandemic. both rugby codes and horse racing will be among the main beneficiaries. premier league and efl football won't be among the recipients, though, with the government saying the sport is wealthy enough to support itself. world number one novak djokovic has a fight on his hands to reach the semi finals of the atp finals in london, after losing to daniil medvedev tonight. this win for medvedev — which he sealed in straight sets — guarantees his spot in the last four, whilst djokovic, who's aiming to win this event for a record—equalling sixth time, faces a straight fight against alexander zverev for the second qualifying spot. they meet on friday, with zverev having beaten diego schwartzmann earlier. england's cricketers will visit pakistan for the first time in 16 years next october, following the announcement of two t20 internationals. the tour‘s going to serve as a build—up to the twenty20 world cup in india that's scheduled to start in the same month, and comes as international cricket gradually returns to pakistan following that attack on the sri lanka team bus in 2009. england all—rounder moeen ali has welcomed the decision, and says it's a big step for international cricket. the teams that came over last year were amazing to have gone through the whole bubble, and obviously after the coronavirus pandemic, cricket was obviously on the edge and they helped massively with that. so i think it was probably going to happen anyway, but i think it's right that we go back after such a long time to, one, for the game itself, but also for pakistan, cricket and the country. the welsh rugby union's named the ex—usa women's assistant sevens coach warren abrahams as wales women head coach. she becomes the wru's first black national coach and takes charge with immediate effect, whilst former wales captain rachel taylor has been appointed as the full—time women's national skills coach. ireland have made four changes for this weekend's autumn nations cup game against england. ross byrne returns to the team — he'll earn his ninth cap as he takes the place of injured captain johnny sexton, who pulled his hamstring in last week's win over wales. he gets the nod over billy burns, who's on the bench alongside jacob stockdale, who's recovered from a calf strain. and defending championjudd trump has hit a maximum 147 break at the northern ireland open. the world number one made the clearance during his comfortable 4—0 victory in the second round over 16—year—old gao yang. it's the fifth maximum of trump's career. ronnie 0'sullivan was also among today's other winners. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. it's looking much colder today than what we've had recently, thanks to an arctic blast which has spread down across all areas overnight from the north. it'll be windy as well to begin with, with winds tending to ease down. we should see some sign and also a few showers. the reason for the strong winds, you can see the tightly packed isobars across the eastern side of the country. those will tend to ease down though as this ridge of high pressure moves in from the west. so we will start with gales in northern and eastern areas first thing, becoming a bit lighter through the day. wintry showers through scotland, and rain showers across england and wales will tend to ease down with increasing amounts of sunshine in the afternoon. it'll be a cold day, with temperatures ranging between 4—10 celsius — colder than that when you factor in the wind. it's a short—lived arctic blast, though, we start to see it return to milder air off the atlantic through friday and into the weekend. but it'll be quite windy, particularly late on friday and into saturday. so it turns milder and wetter on friday. it stays quite mild into the weekend — very windy, particularly across scotland. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the race for a coronavirus vaccine clears another hurdle. pfizer says its new vaccine is almost 95% effective. more than a quarter of a million americans have died from the virus. we'll hear from the man whose job it is to tackle the pandemic. we're working very hard to get those vaccines deployed so people can start benefiting from them. officials in the us state of georgia say they'll complete their presidential vote recountjust hours from now. we'll look at what effect that might have on the outcome. arrests at a hospital in kenya after the bbc uncovers a child trafficking network involving babies stolen from homeless mothers in 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