This is bbc world news. The headlines joe biden has been formally certified as the next president of the United States, with results from electoral colleges in all but one us state giving him 302 votes. President trump announces that his attorney general, william barr, will be leaving office before christmas. Barr said the department ofjustice would continue to pursue allegations of voter fraud. The United States has begun its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign, with an intensive care nurse in new york the first to receive the injection. Their biggest Inoculation Campaign comes as the number killed by the virus passes 300,000. The World Health Organization says its investigating an apparently new strain of coronavirus thats been identified in london. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the broadcaster John Stapleton and the Political Editor of politics home, kate proctor. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. We have a bit longer to look through the papers that are already in. The news that an additional 11 Million People across london and south east england are to be plunged into the highest level of covid restrictions is the lead for the telegraph. The paper says up to 150,000 jobs in the capital are at risk. That story also the lead for the guardian, which also dedicates some of its front page to the renewed optimism surrounding a possible post brexit trade deal with the eu. The Yorkshire Post claims leeds could move down from tier 3 to tier 2 covid restrictions this week, but the paper claims the rest of West Yorkshire is likely to remain under the tightest restrictions. We will know on thursday. News of a new coronavirus variant is the top story for the metro. The Health Secretary says its possible the variant is driving the rise in cases in south east england, but he did say theres no evidence to suggest the variant makes vaccines ineffective or the disease worse. The times leads on that same story, but also carries a picture of meghan markle, whos made her first public appearance since revealing shed suffered a miscarriage. And the i says the surge in covid infections in the south means the Prime Minister is being urged to rethink the easing of measures over christmas. So welcome back, chaps. Lets kick off with the times and the covid variant. And talk us through what the times is saying and indeed then we will go tojohn on the guardian and just how different papers are treating this. So the times has gone really for these reliving announcements that we had the day from the Health Secretary matt hancock, first of all that london will go into tier 3. That is significant obviously because of the population and that is another 11 Million People and also parts of essex and hartford sure as well. This is because cases are rising pretty rapidly but the second really big announcement today was about this variant strain of coronavirus thats been identified and its some
tests a nd thats been identified and its some tests and studies theyve done although the art to be completed but the government believes this particular strain of coronavirus spreads even more quickly than the one the country has been dealing with already. So they have said this is identified all over the country. 1000 cases of this other strain of coronavirus in nearly 60 different local Authority Areas and although its in every region, most of that is in the south and southeast. So the times has a pretty comprehensive run through of these two enormous stories today and i was in the big thing london is as in other parts of the country huge amounts of this is all to do with football for shopping and the west in theatres onlyjust reopening and pubs, bars, restau ra nts, reopening and pubs, bars, restaurants, they will now have to close and the losses they are expected to make because of this
restriction is basically enormous. Soa restriction is basically enormous. So a pretty gloomy picture for People Living in the capital people have been living with these restrictions all of the country for quite some time. Blessed to the guardian and the same story as millions more face tier 3 is new strain of virus emerges. This news of the new variant was news. Nothing had been leaked about this before. It was news to you and me and i guess most of the nation certainly. But i first heard about it when matt hancock mentioned in the house of commons today. But it appears this variant has been around since october and what we have not heard about it before i am not quite sure maybe wanted to see what it did in a way i know what it is doing as kate has rightly said, its been about 1000 cases in 60 different locations and is thought to be particularly in the south and southeast and hence the south and southeast and hence the elevation to tier 3 people here in london, essex and hartford sure. Yes we should add by the way that as you indicated in your introduction that most experts ive heard so far today are saying there is no hard evidence suggesting it will make things noticeably worse. I think the variant did not have a major impact oii variant did not have a major impact on events in spain three or four months ago and im a whos who impact on events here so it is being tested and its important as of many things we will have to wait and see i suppose. That does lead to quite scary headlines. In the tabloids, so we have got the mirror with new strain, more pain from spreading mutation found. I guess it is the word mutant a mutation which just reminds us of films and things like that. But dont you agree the language is quite a motive and the way its been presented . Yes, if the language of horror films and the government was very keen today to
try and explain that there is no reason to believe that the vaccine wont work for the vaccine will work the same whether you have this different strain of coronavirus or not. And they were trying to play it down although they referenced it located into the countries and they did not actually come up with that evidence later on when they were asked about it at the press conference. So its a little bit hazy which i think is probably why its sort of given the tablet papers a little bit of free reign to really dress this up because right now we dont have a huge amount of Science Behind it. So this might be why we are seeing some slightly more alarming front pages but of course this year has been horrific on so many this year has been horrific on so ma ny levels this year has been horrific on so many levels and then to hear that there is a fast spreading variant of there is a fast spreading variant of the disease is really scary and i imagine after today some people will rethink their christmas plans. Just
because the spread is supposed to be so because the spread is supposed to be so bad at the moment. We will come onto christmas and a moment but lets look at the metro with mutant covid and just as some of the paragraph in the front there talking about the Financial Impact of this. 14,000 about the Financial Impact of this. 111,000 pubs and food menu shutting except for takeaways and deliveries and theatres as well. Saying a0 minutes ago that for theatres this isa minutes ago that for theatres this is a disaster. Absolute disaster and a people involved in the theatre and it is the worst possible news. But the restaurant tour is from people who own bars and pubs, its not knowing whats happening from one minute to the next. At a business than back in business and out of business again and trying to improve the premises and putting in lighting and coverings outside and having dinner outside and the less time or the evening and moving tables are intimate tables separate and comply
with the regulations. Its been an absolute nightmare and i talked to a guy near me inside a restaurant where i live and he says tier 3 will kill me. Having difficulty paying his rent and asked his landlord candice suspend rick because he is not earning enough money to survive and the profit of tier 3 for him will be horrendous. But we must not forget the fact that 23 medium people up in a country and many in the northwest where i come from a many in the northeast to some of the midlands have put up with this kind of thing for a long time now and still have businesses there. So we cannot afford to let too much bleeding for metropolises because we iiow bleeding for metropolises because we now been hit. What is the situation with the money . So businesses can get a with the money . So businesses can geta grant with the money . So businesses can get a grant if they are in tier 3 is a understand of what to £3000. Thats a month for the time they closed down. This was a real gradual sort of increase after a lot of lobbying on behalf of businesses over the autumn to eventually get to
this space. But businesses still dont think that this is enough and will help them. Staff of course can be on the furlough schema we know thats been extended until march of next year. But if you just think of businesses and especially restau ra nts a nd bars businesses and especially restaurants and bars were places that have got food orders that they put in or this week and all that food is now going to go to waste and the stop start nature asjohn said that makes it difficult for businesses to plan. So there is financial help but know that we will hear more about itjust not been enough to help hospitality sector. In the telegraph i was reading that is it pubs and entertainment losing £2. 6 billion over the next two weeks . Thatsjust in london. As i understand it. One pretty thousand jobs going. I discovered today that
this government has been generous in many regards to many but not to everyone by any means. But france and germany have to listen to people in the circumstances restaurateurs and bar owners to the tuna between 28 in one case in 50 and the other of their losses. So a lot more than we are offering ours but the applications are absolutely horrendous. Throughout the country notjust here in london. Lets go to the i with a premonition are urged to rethink christmas bubbles. I have a sense this is going to build and build and this will be the story of the next week. The Health Secretary was really clear today to not give families or the public to much direct advice on what they should do over christmas and he was suggesting they could be careful and of course
if you will see an elderly relative then you need to try and limit other people that you see in the run up to christmas. But it still did not really feel like quite enough i think we will hear more of this argument, is it worth it having these three households possibly coming together over a five day period . Is it worth it we can see the case number is at the moment . Im sure lois will think that it is worth it and they need to do this but this is the pressure the government is going to come under. Do they stick with this relaxation of rules over christmas or do they try and get some fresh guidance and i think we started to see a turn on that today and after the government will be under pressure really over this coming week. Go on. The sound is picking up, sorry. I was saying you are right and this is a store that will run for the next few days because obviously building up some momentum but step forward the government minister who wants to
tell the nation that you cannot have christmas we told you only week or so christmas we told you only week or so ago that you could have. Step forward the administer or pry minister who tells able to book a train journeys minister who tells able to book a trainjourneys or minister who tells able to book a train journeys or coaster needs or perhaps rented a cottage somewhere and who of already got presents or food ordered for the big day, step forward that person until those families you cannot have the Christmas Day with your family we promised you. Sorry and rub it as a point worth making. The times headline is ice like now if you want to see elderly relatives at christmas and this is quoting matt hancock saying give it some thought if you want to have christmas, make sure you isolate before you go and see them. I think it was giles brand riff who said his family was to ascension day which is in three months time by by which time spring might have started. Lets go on to the other big story which we thought we re the other big story which we thought were the big story of the weekend but was not. The guardian and
brexit. Kate. The guardian has some interesting details and possibly why talks started again quite rapidly on sunday as we were all aiming for this big deadline and we find out at this big deadline and we find out at this point if its a deal or no deal and then suddenly the uk in the eu begin talking again and this is a p pa re ntly begin talking again and this is apparently because the uk has made a concession and its to do with the idea of a level Playing Field so that regulations and standards are the same Going Forward into the future between the uk in the eu. So according to this article, the guardian is hearing that for the first time britain accepted that they might have to have tariffs implemented by the eu should the uk decide to diverge to a point where it will impact on their standards and they might feel that they are being undercut. So basically britain except that the eu can put tariffs and if it looks to be the uk is
hurtling off in one direction which would mean it will be a very bad business move for the eu. But in all of this the other issue thats outstanding is fishing and we are by no means at the end of the tunnel on this. Talks are ongoing and down the street spokesperson said today the government is still trying to bridge the gaps that still exist and as we understand those gaps are insignificant but this is interesting and it shows the concession from the uk side and i dont think we have heard too much about that so far. Do you get this on this fishing . Because fishing is 0. 1 of gdp but it is so totemic and the telegraph at saint fishing is key to the deal. Absolutely. Its a sovereign issue and dont forget that although its only 0. 1 or Something Like that. Even less,
its tiny but there are people of another country in the northeast of mainland of scotland and areas where a livelihood depends on this and they voted for breakfast. They are they voted for breakfast. They are the ones who voted many for Boris Johnson into power and im sure he is very mindful of that. We want to protect and the government wants to protect and the government wants to protect anyway its sovereign rights to its own waters. We explore a lot of our fish for the french came into out of our fish for the french came into our waters and take away £600 million of fish from our waters every single year and moreover if reports are correct they are now wanting to continue doing that for at least another ten years if a deal is to be struck. Our government is saying sorry, that is notjust too long. Not for ten years. And you can understand why. But on the other hand you can understand the french are in as many of whom are dependent on this for the livelihoods and im sure the president there is keen to
please those voters and supporters who are from the fishing industry. They think anything kills this deal, this is what it will be and ive always thought that because it is the one thing the government really cannot afford to give too much ground all but somebody will have to give ground to some extent and with apparently give it a little bit away already on the level Playing Field and we get more well fishing . Who knows what as we sat here and said time is running out and etc but these deadlines get extended. So what do i know any more . these deadlines get extended. So what do i know any more . I think what do i know any more . I think what do i know any more . I think what do many of us know in terms of predictions on this . What are you hearing, is there more optimism with the telegraph saying Michel Barnier seemed less gloomy . Well, i think that there has been movement but its so subtle sometimes the language that is used. But i think there has been progress clearly since sunday, and so some of it in the discussion is about basically
david frost our negotiator saying to the eu can you drop some of your demands linked to fishing but brussels turned that down. And a p pa re ntly brussels turned that down. And apparently so its david frost who isa apparently so its david frost who is a lot less gloomy than sources we re is a lot less gloomy than sources were expecting. So basically saying britain was given a real push back on fishing but apparently were not so upset about that but this is from an eu source. So its quite hard to really work out where things are at today. And a final thought from john. Everyone is putting like mad right up until the moment a deal is signed. Absolutely. And once after we should bear in mind are in a landlords and bar owners and then not knowing whether theyre coming going and likewise many sectors of british industry, they dont have the details about how they will carry on doing business after the end of the year. They are delighted
listening to the cbi and delighted that negotiators are continuing but they wanted to end and they want a deal and they are desperate for one to be struck and they want the details of what that deal involves for them because until they get that detail, they dont know which way to turn. Many say preparing for this early but you cannot repenting of the final detail and that is still some way off. So give them a thought. Out of time. Thank you for having on. Good evening there, im tulsen tollett, and this is your sports news. And as youve been hearing on bbc news, london has been put into tier 3 after a rise in covid cases, and that means fans wont be allowed to attend any sporting events
in the capital as of wednesday. That includes the world darts championship. 1000 fans will be allowed into Alexandra Palace tomorrow, though, as the event gets under way, but will then be locked out due to the new rules. All of sports, of course, impacted, including football, but chelsea manager Frank Lampard wants supporters to be allowed into stadiums in tier 3 areas. 2000 fans were at their last two matches at stamford bridge. Lets get it right, we are making it up as we go along. And thats not to sound critical, thats just the fact that weve never been in this position before, and i think when youre talking about, can you control the situation . , if clubs can control it, i think theyve shown it so far that they can, i would like to have thought there could be something done to make it exempt, where we can get that 2000 number in. But, again, that goes above my station. Im just saying what i think. Well, Frank Lampards chelsea face arguably the hardest task of all the english sides in the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League. Theyll take on atletico madrid. Liverpool, meanwhile, will face last seasons semi finalists rb leipzig in the last 16 thats the side that knocked out Manchester United last week. Heres the full draw, then. Manchester city take on german Club Borussia moenchengladbach. Elsewhere, 13 time winners real madrid play atalanta, barcelona have been drawn against last years runners up, paris saint germain, and holders Bayern Munich will face lazio. All three english clubs will be away for the first legs in mid to late february. Manchester united have dropped into the europa league, of course, and theyve got a really tough draw in the last 32, against the Spanish League leaders real sociedad. Theres all the ties for the british sides and you can find more details on the bbc sport website. Tributes have been paid to the former liverpool manager gerard houllier, whos died at the age of 73. Houllier took over at anfield in 1998 and was in charge for six years, leading liverpool to five majortrophies, including
a cup treble in 2001. Later that year, he underwent emergency heart surgery but returned to the dugout. In a statement, liverpool said they were deeply saddened, while many of his former players have paid tribute. I was blown away by his willingness to make me better and jumped on board with it. I listened to his every word, i did what he said and reaped the benefits. And i have to be really frank about it. If it wasnt for gerard houllier, i wouldnt have. I think id have a decent level of being a footballer, but to succeed at liverpool and england was because of him. To be an england player and a liverpool player and win trophies at the club i love was because of him. Whenever he said anything, you never doubted it, because he said it in such a way and he backed up his opinions that you knew that it was going to be the best for the team. And it certainly worked out that way. You know. Obviously won the five trophies in 2001. The 2005 Champions League was his team, more or less. I know rafa was there, but it was gerards team. He was there after the game, in the changing room, celebrating it like he should have been because it really should have been him. But he just had this way about him. You know, he helped make players better. Tributes there to gerrard houllier, whos died at the age of 73. Ireland and scotland have been drawn in the same Rugby World Cup pool for the second time in a row. Ireland qualified for the quarterfinals of the world cup last year while scotland missed out, and they also won the sides six nations match in february. Champions south africa join them in pool b for the 2023 tournament. Eddie jones england, who were beaten by south africa in that final last year, face japan and argentina in pool d. We cant worry too much about the other teams. We acknowledge that theyre good teams and theyre respected teams, but our aim is to be at our best and 2023 world cup thats when we want to be our absolute best, not before, after, not one minute before, not one minute after the world cup. Its deja vu for 2019 semi finalists wales once again in with australia and fiji in pool c. As for hosts france, theyll come up against three time winners new zealand and six nations rivals italy in pool a. Leigh centurions have been named as the 12th team to take part in next years super league. The competition had a vacant space after toronto wolfpack withdrew from the top division of rugby league in july because of financial problems. Leigh were last in super league in 2017 and their high quality stadium and fanbase is thought to have swung the decision. And heres the moment the players found out they were returning to the super league. Cheering. Great scenes indeed the season starts in march. To the final womens golf major of the year, and world number8aa lim kim of south korea has won the us womens open. Its her first major title after a final round of 67 saw her finish on three under overall, a shot clear of the field. Englands bronte law and charley hull were the best placed british players on eight over par. And before we go, 19 months after his last competitve appearance, goalkeeper petr cech has made a return from retirement. But things didnt go quite to plan. The 38 year old made an early mistake while playing for chelseas youth side in the premier league 2 against tottenham it led to a corner, from which then spurs scored. He conceded again in the first half. Lucky for him, chelsea came
from 2 0 down to win 3 2. And more on that and Everything Else on our website, but that is all your sport for now. Hello. Tuesday will be one of the quieter weather days of the week. There will still be some showers around, but fewer than we had on monday. More places staying dry and getting to see some occasional sunshine. Still windy, though not as windy as it was on monday. Low pressure still close by, this brisk south westerly flow with sunshine and showers. Here comes the next area of low pressure for wednesday, which will not be one of the quieter weather days of the week, as well see. But this is how tuesdays starting, a little bit cooler than monday morning, many of us dry with some early sunshine. Showers, though, mostly in the west initially and still some heavy ones. The sun will push further east during the day on the breeze but be very hit and miss across eastern areas. And whilst for many of us, the showers will fade as the afternoon goes on,
still this area here that has to push north across scotland as we go through the evening. Temperatures little bit down compared with monday, not so much as youll notice because the wind is lighter. Well get to see some sunshine. But the wind will pick up again across western areas, initially down toward the southwest, as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday morning, with that next area of low pressure coming in and clearly turning things letter for some of us too, whereas elsewhere, itll be a cooler start to the day but a mainly dry start to the day. So here is that area of low pressure. It has strong winds with it, particularly for the republic of ireland, but could well see parts of southwest england initially, than eastern parts of northern ireland, gusting to 60 mph for a time. Potentially disruptive winds. Where they combine with high tides, there could be some coastal flooding. Theres an area of heavy rain too, but that will weaken as it pushes eastwards during the day, but there will be heavy showers following on behind, particularly into scotland and into northern ireland. These are your wind gusts. And it will be blowing right across the uk on wednesday,
but again, particularly so in the west. And many of us will see temperatures just into double figures, maybe a degree or so short of that, especially in scotland. And this is how thursdays shaping up, back to one of the quieter weather days. Lighter winds, more in the way of sunshine, the odd shower around, many places dry, but we will have rain gathering to the west again as we go on through the later stages of the day. And thats with the next area of low pressure, with more wind and rain, moving across the uk for friday. And then looking into the weekend, its a mixture of some sunshine with the chance of catching a shower