Human Rights Groups are pressuring macron to take a hard line on human rights abuses. Hello and thank you for joining us. It is crunch time for a post brexit trade deal. At this point the prospects are looking tenuous at best. A transition period ends december 31. Boris johnson says he will travel to brussels this week after a phe call tonight with the European Commission chief ursula v der leyen failed to produce a breakthrough. Main Sticking Points on fishing rights and business rules remain. Meantime the British Parliament is voting on a market built tonight that could allow britain to allow certain requirements on Northern Ireland and other issues. For more we are joined by our correspondent in london. As we mentioned, johnson is headed to brussels this week. What does this indicate . Yes. Interestingly we have learned after this 90 minute phone call, the second in 48 hours between the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Eu Commission president ursula von der leyen, that t
And im going to be letting you know about it. President u. S. Unexpectedly leaves possibl hospital to greet supporters. Risk on returns. The president could leave walter reed as early as today. On stimulus, he tweets, get it done. France plans fresh restrictions amid rising cases. Boris once the u. K. Of a tough winter and the chancellor speaks today. London, 9 00 a. M. In dubai. Hey good morning to you. Well done on friday. The world looks this morning at where complete chaos is, for the moment, taken off the table. That is reflected in dollaryen, the dollar. We dont know the full status of Trumps Health, but for now, the complete chaos. Seems to have been tempered. Annmarie yeah, we are getting conflicting reports and confusion out of d. C. Regarding the president s health. There was a wild 72 hours from when he tested positive to what medical experts are saying. And pretty much set the bar this expectation the president could be released as early as today. What happens to the market
The uk vaccine regulator says the covid 19 vaccine will definitely be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. A large scale vaccine roll out begins today in russia, using the countrys sputnik jab. The makers say it is up to 95 effective, but its still undergoing trials. Coming up in a week thats seen the collapse of uk household names including topshop and debenhams, whats next for the high street as we know it . Hello and welcome. If you are watching in the uk or around the world, stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Britains Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and European Commission president , ursula von der leyen, will seek to break the deadlock over a post brexit trade deal. Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying significa nt divergences remained following a week of intensive talks. Most of the deal has been completed but key sticking points remain. These include fishing rights, the rules governing state
Neither side is prepared to walk away from the negotiating table yet but has anything changed and is a deal now in reach . A warning to the Prime Minister relaxing coronavirus restrictions this christmas will lead to a third wave of infections. Germanys Angela Merkel announces tighter coronavirus restrictions to run through christmas until january the 10th. And anthonyjoshua knocks out kubrat pulev to defend his heavyweight world titles, setting up a potential super fight with tyson fury. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson and the European Commission president , ursula von der leyen have agreed to continue talks to try to break the deadlock over a post brexit trade deal. After speaking on the phone this morning, they issued a joint statement saying they had agreed to go the extra mile to try to find a solution. The Prime Minister said the two sides remained far apart on key areas but they wouldnt be walking away while there was still hope of a deal. Today had been given as a deadline to deci
On the basis that the eu understands that the uk is a sovereign nation and an independent nation. The cold war spy novelist, John Le Carre, has died at the age of 89. And coming up this hour, the nine year old running two kilometres every day to raise money for the hospital treating his best friend for leukaemia. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Covid vaccinations will start being given to patients from gp surgeries in england as part of the next stage of the roll out of the programme. Gp practices in more than 100 locations will receive their first deliveries of the vaccine later today, with another 100 to 200 over the course of this week. Some will start giving the vaccinations to patients from today, with people over 80, along with health and care staff, top on the list for the vaccine. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has this report. Dr Ammara Hughes is getting her surgery ready for the next phase of the nhs vaccination campaign. In the heart of london, bloomsbury sur