Talks to thrash out a post brexit trade deal resume in brussels, with both sides calling for compromise. And diplomacy in the deep end the british diplomat who jumped into a river in china to save a drowning student. Theres more good news in the search for a covid vaccine. That evening, welcome to bbc news. Theres more good news in the search for a covid vaccine. Another one has emerged which appears to be even more effective than the first following Clinical Trials on 30,000 people in the United States. The American Firm behind it moderna says it is almost 95 effective. It has been tested on a wide range of people including the over 65s, people with underlying medical conditions and those from different ethnic backgrounds. And crucially it can be stored at normal refridgerated temperatures making it much easier to distribute. Tonight, the government said it had secured five million doses of the vaccine. Its one of around 50 vaccines now being tested on people in Clinical Trials worldw
To 15 at murrayfield as Katie Gornall reports. This year, scotland have been a team on the rise, no longerjust good to watch, but also hard to beat. Here, their new found resilience would be tested to the limit. France have staged their own renaissance. Widely considered to be the form team in world rugby, they gained an early foothold at murrayfield. But scotland would match them stride for stride, the ever reliable duncan weir kicking for the horizon in a first half dominated by the boot. 12 12 at the break but immediately after it, france would showcase their attacking flair, scything through the Scottish Defence and setting up vakatawa, who crashed over. The try is given. Another ramos penalty would leave scotland needing a bit of magicjust to draw level, but when they needed them most, their attacking powers deserted them. The gamble has not paid off. It was an unfortunate end to scotlands five game winning streak and with france now in pole position to make the final, their hopes
To a fine point at the end. Good morning. Paying for the pandemic well look at who could be the winners and losers when the chancellor sets out his Spending Review later this week. 64 league games unbeaten at anfield a new record for liverpool. Victory over leicester puts them back towards the top of the premier league, sitting just behind tottenham on goal difference. And from racism, to star wars, and his new role as a pioneering policeman in the met we hearfrom the actorjohn boyega. Good morning. It is a cold start to the date. For some, a frosty one as well. Try it with sunshine. Cloud building in from the west but rain in the north west. Details in ten minutes. Good morning. Its monday november the 23rd. Our top story. Gyms and non essential shops are expected to be allowed to re open in all parts of england when the lockdown ends next week even those facing the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. Pub closing times will also be relaxed, and there are indications that limited
Things will be able to start to get back to normal. Close contacts of people who test positive for covid 19 in england are to be offered the chance to take daily tests, instead of going into isolation. Its expected all shops in england will be allowed to open in the lead up to christmas, but pubs and restaurants could face tougher restrictions as part of new government measures to fight coronavirus. And lockdown, superspreader, furlough words associated with coronavirus dominate this years word of the year list. Oxford university and the pharmaceutical firm astrazeneca have published the preliminary results from large scale trials of their Coronavirus Vaccine, showing that it is 70 effective at preventing the disease. The vaccine proved less potent than those produced by two other companies, pfizer and moderna, which were 95 effective. Some data shows that protection rose to 90 when people were given a low dose followed by a high one. However, the oxford vaccine is far cheaper and is e
Process is well under way, whether the Trump Administration acknowledges his projected election victory or not. Mr biden told reporters that Donald Trumps refusal to concede was an embarrassment. Mr biden was speaking as the Us Supreme Court began hearing a case which could overturn obamacare. The president elect promised to dramatically ramp up healthcare protection once he assumes Power Building on presideint obamas Affordable Care act. A vatican report has found that two popes ignored allegations of serial sex abuse by a now disgraced former us Cardinal Theodore mccarrick. The report found that popes benedict and john paul ii chose to believe the cardinals denials. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the brexit editor of the telegraph, dia chakravarty and the chief executive of the left leaning cross party think tank, demos, polly mackenzie. Welcome back both of you. A few more front pages have come in, lets have a look th