Thats in state of the planet in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Leaders are hoping to break the deadlock over a post brexit trade deal with time running out to get an agreement through before the uk leaves eu trading rules on december 31st. Borisjohnson and the European Commission president ursula von der leyen are due to speak on the phone, shortly, to try and end the stalemate. But negotiators said significant 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 subsidies for business and how the agreement is policed. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake has the story. Checking out for now, the eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, left his london hotel this morning after talks on a future trade deal were put on hold last night. What does that mean for the chances of a deal . Any hope for a deal . Good morning. We keep calm, as
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
Translation it is the moment of truth. We have very little time remaining, just a few hours. A quarter of a million New South Wales residents are urged to remain in their homes as the australian state sees a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. With just a week to go until christmas, couriers across the uk are dealing with an unprecedented volume of parcels thanks to the rise in online shopping. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Health leaders in the uk have urged people to follow the tougher coronavirus restrictions due to come into force across much of the country this month, as concern continues to grow about rising infection rates. Northern ireland and wales have announced post christmas lockdowns, while millions more people in england are set to move to tier 3 rules tomorrow. Ministers in scotland have refused to rule out futher measures. Doctor Katherine Henderson is pres
African variant. The number of children of key workers who are still going into Primary Schools is undermining the lockdown, teaching unions have warned. And some nurseries looking after the very youngest children question why they have to stay open and say they need more help to deal with the pandemic. A change in tone from President Trump he now condemns the violent storming of the us capitol by his supporters. Hello, good afternoon. The latest r numberfor the uk has been published and government scientists estimate it is currently between 1 and 1. 4 that means that on average every ten people infected with the virus will pass it on to between 10 and 1a people. Before christmas it was estimated to be between 1. 1 and 1. 3. Scientists advising the government said the estimates of r and growth rates are based on the latest Data Available up to january 11th and do not include any impact of the Current National lockdown. The mayor of london, sadiq khan, has declared a Major Incident in t
See the difference . Germany, france, and the netherlands all beating the forecast. The Italian Government grew the 10th of the percent. Assuming there is still an Italian Government. More on that later. I dont mean to be so cynical. Chinas Consumer Prices, meanwhile, that rose about 2. 5 and Producer Prices fell 1. 6 . 8 30 a. M. In the u. S. , import prices and 915 a. M. , Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization and finally the university of Michigan Consumer confidence. That is actually a big deal. Earnings before the bell. Campbell soup. Mm mm good. Lets get to this quickly. Lots to talk about especially on Time Warner Cable and comcast bid futures are flat. 10 year yield floats above 2. 7. The euro stronger again off of the better gdp data. Out to 1. 38. Range stronger euro. Lets go to foreign exchange. Better thanvix, good . Gold launches over 1300 a share. And, scarlet, chocolates at 10 00 a. M. After bloomberg surveillance. Coco is up today. Are you going to buy scarlet