hello and welcome. eu chief negotiator michel barnier will brief ambassadors in brussels who represent the 27 eu member states this morning on the state of play in the post brexit trade negotiations. this after the european commission chief ursula von der leyen said the eu would go the extra mile to reach an agreement. our political correspondent iain watson reports. uk chief negotiator is still in brussels, and brexit talks are still on. the eu s chief negotiator or brief ambassadors on the progress but is this really no deal delayed or denied? there is still a wide gap between the two sides. squabbling over access for eu fishing fleets to uk waters and over how any wider trade you will be enforced and they may have been some progress on this front but the prime minister told cabinet colleagues that no deal was still the most likely outcome. if boris johnson deal was still the most likely outcome. if borisjohnson says look, the uk can prosper without the deal but his critics
the implications of the situation in europe for the uk. also tonight. manchester united sacks its manager ole gunnar solskjaer, after a string of poor results. i have given everything for this club. the club means everything to me, and together, we are a good match, but, unfortunately, i couldn t get the results that we needed, and it s time for me to step aside. mps are set to vote tomorrow on the government s plans for social care, amid concerns about their fairness. the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai tells olympic officials in a video call that she s safe and well. good evening. the belgian capital brussels was today the latest european city to see unrest over tightened coronavirus restrictions. tens of thousands of people marched in protest some threw fireworks at police officers, who intervened with tear gas and water cannon. belgium hasjust brought in new measures, in the face of a sharp rise in infections. the protesters are mainly opposed to the use of cov
has still not been able to contact, and now the united nations says it wants proof of the player s whereabouts. # baby, you will never be lost on me. ed sheeranjoins a host of stars and performers in this year s children in need. nearly £40 million was raised on the night. good morning. a mild start to the day today and most places should see quite a bit of dry weather but things are turning much colder through the weekend. we will see a chilly northerly wind developing tomorrow. i will have all of the details here on bbc breakfast. good morning. it s saturday the 20th of november. police in the dutch city of rotterdam have fired warning shots and used water cannon during clashes with anti lockdown protestors. the netherlands and austria have imposed strict lockdowns following a steep rise in coronavirus infections across the continent. tim muffett has the latest. protesters in rotterdam responding to the partial lockdown imposed in the netherlands. police used water cannon
and her coach in a restaurant. good evening. the world health organisation has called for an urgent tightening of measures across europe to halt spiralling transmission rates of the coronavirus. it has warned that 500,000 more deaths could be recorded by march, unless urgent action is taken. let s have a look at how the uk is performing in comparison to other european countries. based on figures from two days ago, this graph shows a rolling sevenday average of daily cases per million people in italy, germany, and here in the uk. but when the netherlands and austria are included, the numbers rise sharply to more than double those rates for the uk and germany. with cases surging in parts of europe, my colleague martine croxall, spoke to dr hans kluge the world health organisation s regional director for europe. he pointed out that, while cases are high, authorities know how to handle the situation and what measures to implement. we are definitely worried. but the good news is