worse than staying in. from the uk site, this is politics. the private nestor is keen to show he is doing every thing he can to get a deal, and that means making himself available, offering to go over there, offering to go to paris, offering to go to berlin, to the kingmakers offering to go to berlin, to the kingmake rs of offering to go to berlin, to the kingmakers of any potential deal. macron in particular is interesting, following on from the fishing conversation we just had, because i think frans's key stumbling block in this, but i think the eu are savvy enough to see this as dividing and conquering and to come as things stand, they are not falling for it. and the ft also looking at that, urging the eu to stay together, to be united, and harriet i appreciate you have not seen the paper, but in terms of what you would expect, you would kind of expect that? that is the whole point of being within a union. they will ask to gather as opposed to break off, or do you reckon there is a chance the countries that are perhaps having that motion was relationship with brussels about poland and hungary, perhaps they would be tested to slip away —— tumultuous relationship. perhaps they would be tested to slip away —— tumultuous relationshiplj have away —— tumultuous relationship.” have got it in front of me now, but this is eu dip amants on similar —— diplomat. this is for post brexit, post january the 1st, if we have a no deal, they are urging to make sure different countries are doing side deals —— are not doing it wants to act as one then as it does at the moment. to make sure that the uk gets back around and negotiating table as soon as possible, in the event of a no—deal brexit, and they have got it quote in the paper here that the incentive must be maintained for the uk to return to the go shooting table as soon return to the go shooting table as soon as return to the go shooting table as soon as possible if the negotiations do not lead to success this year, so this is the ft, the harriet line dip that's trying to really create unity, whatever happens —— the eu diplomats. certain countries, some perhaps less tied to brussels, if they want to mitigate some element ofa they want to mitigate some element of a no—deal brexit, to help themselves, but the eu believes it is stronger acting as 27 and it should do so for the interests of all of them. good, thank you for talking us through it. let's stay with the ft, seeing as you have got it. the scotch egg story, this idea that the scotch egg is a substantial requisite for public, but it has led to something quite interesting. —— pub meals. it has led to record sales for scotch eggs, 25%, people whojust want sales for scotch eggs, 25%, people who just want to meet for a drink and cannot given the restrictions, depending on which tier they live m, depending on which tier they live in, and this is considered a substantial meal, so the sales of this have rocketed, and whether elastic or not is one of the questions, but i think for the moment, it will produce this contrast to the wider economy and the hospitality industry and sector, the hospitality industry and sector, the fact that pubs are facing serious problems, even though scotch eggs are seeing a boost —— whether or not this lasts. it is being described... a lot of unusual national attention, but in terms of the worst serious side of this is going back to the rules when it comes to clarity, is there clarity as to what we should be doing, and again, it varies amongst all the different tiers and we have got this window scientist are urging us not to use during christmas. clarity is so important in this, both are individuals but also for businesses who, if they don't follow the rules, could face fines of £10,000, so if there's a real need for clarity, and about the scotch egg, whether it is about the scotch egg, whether it is a substantial meal, it is a funny aside but it really does matter for businesses because they do not want to be caught out unawares accidentally and end up being fine. ido accidentally and end up being fine. i do not think there is enormous clarity for businesses, given my only spirits of eating out in london last week, some places are almost draconian in the number of tricks you can have, others more laws a fair with it you can have, others more laws a fairwith it —— you can have, others more laws a fair with it —— more lax. you can have, others more laws a fair with it -- more lax. but you both have brought clarity tonight's papers. mo and harriet, you will be backin papers. mo and harriet, you will be back in half an hour's time to stop do not go away, because that is louis back for the next edition the papers. —— do not go away, because thatis papers. —— do not go away, because that is when. just ahead of our sports bulletin, some breaking news. we're hearing that a motorist has struck several pedestrians taking part in a black lives matter protest in new york city. abc news has reported that between a0 and 50 protesters were in the area at the time and that some of them had surrounded a car. abc news in new york says that the car then drove into the protesters, injuring at least six of them. we are hearing the injuries appear not to be life—threatening, but we will give you more details when we have it. for now, let's cross over and get all the sports news. hello, i'mjohn hello, i'm john watson with the latest from the bbc sport centre. west ham bounced back from defeat to manchester united last weekend with victory over leeds in the premier league. they went behind early on when mateusz klich retook his penalty, which was initially saved by lucasz fabianski, after he was adjudged to be off his line. it was tomas soucek who equalised with a header at the far post for west ham, before angelo 0gbonna's powerful effort late on won it. west ham climb up to fifth in the table. istanbul basaksehir assistant coach pierre webo says 8 december 2020 will forever be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against racism. he's been speaking to bbc sport after the champions league match between his side and paris st—germain was abandoned this week, when the players walked off because of an alleged racial slur aimed at webo by the fourth official. uefa have opened an investigation into the incident, with the romanian stood down from domestic matches until disciplinary proceedings have been concluded. you show them that if you don't respect players... as i told you, it was the first time. it means that if they come to watch the football, you know that it means those kinds of things, they will stop the game. it's not the referee who will stop it, it's the guys next to you. you know how it's going in the stadium, all the stadium. i think, as i told you, you will have the day before december and you have the day after 8 december, because people want to watch football. i saw it in england, when some of the people going into the stadium. they are enjoying it — like, "wow, after this pandemic, football is football." it's a part of life for many people across the world. so for something to happen, this kind of thing, not only the referee, also the people in the stadium, they will be, "wow, i want to keep with the football." hello, i'm john watson with the latest from the bbc sport centre. west ham bounced back from defeat to manchester united last weekend with victory over leeds in the premier league. they went behind early on when mateusz klich retook his penalty, which was initially saved by lucasz fabianski, after he was adjudged to be off his line. it was tomas soucek who equalised with a header for west ham, before angelo 0gbonna sealed it for west ham with that powerful header late on. west ham climb up to fifth in the table. istanbul basaksehir assistant coach pierre webo says the 8th of december 2020 will forever be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against racism. he's been speaking to bbc sport after the champions league match between his side and paris st—germain was abandoned this week, when the players walked off because of an alleged racial slur aimed at webo by the fourth official. uefa have opened an investigation into the incident, with the romanian stood down from domestic matches until disciplinary proceedings have been concluded. you show them that if you don't respect others mutually — players... as i told you, it was the first time. it means that if they come to watch the football, you know that it means those kinds of things, they will stop the game. it's not the referee who will stop it, it's the guys next to you. you know how it's going in the stadium, all the stadium. i think, as i told you, you will have the day before 8th of december and you have the day after 8th of december, because people want to watch football. i saw it in england, when some of the people going into the stadium. they are enjoying it — like, "wow, after this pandemic, football is football." it's a part of life for many people in the world. so for something to happen, this kind of thing, not only the referee, also the people in the stadium, they will be, "wow, i want to keep the football." it is very stressful. it gives me some peace to sleep because if we are asked to play tomorrow, i need to prepare. so, it's not easy. pierre webo reflecting on those events of tuesday night. one of the biggest names in world football, zlatan ibrahimovic, says racism in football remains an ongoing problem. the 39—year—old has played in seven major leagues around the world and is now back in italy at ac milan. football is one religion, and everybody is welcome. and when those things happen, when we talk about racists, it's badly educated people that has no clue what it's all about. we live in 2020 now. england and manchester city defender lucy bronze is one of three nominees for the fifa best women's player of the year award. chelsea's emma hayes has been nominated for the best women's coach. meanwhile, jurgen klopp has made the shortlist for the coach of the year award, having guided liverpool to their first league title in 30 years, while alisson is up for the goalkeeper award. anthonyjoshua had to be kept apart from kubrat pulev as the two boxers shared a heated exchange in the build—up to tomorrow's fight. the world champion weighed in heavier than his opponent. he shared this image on social media and, despite looking confident, joshua will be hoping to avoid an upset similar to that suffered last year when he was beaten by andy ruinr, his first defeat as a professional. essex batsman dan lawrence has earned his first call—up to the england squad for the test tour to sri lanka. they set off on the 2nd of january for two matches, which will be played behind closed doors in galle. ben stokes has been rested. he'll return in february for the test series against india. the same goes forjofra archer. the selectors will be giving a block of rest to all multi—format players at various points over the winter. moeen ali and jonny bairstow have both been recalled in a 16—strong squad, with seven travelling reserves. there was unexpected drama towards the end of second practice ahead of this weekend's season—ending adu dhabi grand prix. kimi raikkonen's haas car catching fire with just under 20 minutes to go. the finnish driver did manage to find a safe spot to pull over and got out safely before helping marshals to extinguish the flames. mercedes‘ valtteri bottas topped the time sheets ahead of team—mate lewis hamilton, who's returned after recovering from coronavirus. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. borisjohnson isjoined by the eu — in saying they're unlikely to strike a post—brexit trade deal by sunday — with differing interpretations of how a new relationship might look. a wretched clause they've got in to keep the uk locked in to whatever they want in terms of legislation. they would remain free, sovereign, if you wish. to decide what they want to do. we would simply adapt the conditions for access to our market accordingly. scientists say they've identified genetic variants that make some people more likely to develop severe covid symptoms.