soa alarming and it will only get worse. so a sick gary story in the guardian. front page of the ft, all eyes on the united states election. rob? i so much want to say that donald trump is going to lose. the greatest shock ever if trump is to pull it off. the figures are disastrous for him. not only that biden has been a in every single pole by huge margins, not only that biden is ahead in all the battle ground states, but the vast number of people who voted already, 90 million people have voted already in the states. the evidence must be that those are the people going to the polls who haven't been before because they're desperate to get rid of trump. so yes, trump will almost certainly lose — but the greater fear perhaps for people who want to see the back of him is that he simply won't accept it. he's already said that he will contest the results, and the news out of america is he may even try to declare an early result before all the results have come in and although the postal votes have been counted. he's already tried to fix the election by making it im

soas a policeman, you see much that is rotten in the world coming have to get away from it once in a while. get aou do, you start to different view of your job. it is not all bad. once in a while, you get an assignment that makes your family feel really proud of you. ♪ [applause] ♪ >> i wish i had more education. i had a couple of years of college. weeks of basic training in our police academy and we get for -- refresher courses from time to time. i am a lot more able to handle things then save my uncle who is still marshall out west. and police work is getting more professionalized all of the time. we were quite long with the nurses, doctors, lawyers, and social workers. the public is expecting us to measure up to professional standards. i'm glad to see this. we talked a lot about the public not appreciating all of the hard work that we policeman do. changey are not going to much until we change. until we start thinking of ourselves as professional men and acting like it. when you are tired, you start asking yourself -- what is in it for me anyway? there is not much glory, thank

stiffed sangat, director of the china institute at soas university in london. thank you so much. you're welcome. well, e.u. leaders are meeting in brussels today to find a way out of the political deadlock that blocks the much needed 750000000000 euro covert 1000 rescue fund. the head of the european central bank, christine lagarde, made it perfectly clear. there is no time to lose. she said the e.u. recovery fund must become operational without delay. meanwhile, the political wrangling continues. let's take a look at how major economies are actually taking fiscal stimulus into their own hands. germany is providing almost 40 percent of the previous year's g.d.p. to provide relief with government participation in companies. the 80 reduction and short time work allowances. now, britain, on the other hand, is providing only around 25 percent of last year's g.d.p. in coronavirus relief. while across the atlantic, the u.s. you see here the bottom as only spared 14 percent of last year's g.d.p. to support its covert 1000 hit economy. so germany is really vivid, seemed rather generous.

soa so a recount by hand in georgia? yes, this goes a little bit further than they need to, then we expected them to. we knew there would be a recount because of the tight margins, under .5% triggering an automatic recount there. but doing it by hand and also the secretary of state, who's essentially the top election official there, saying this is an audit as well as a re—canvassing of the votes there will stop and he's come under huge pressure from his own party — he's a republican, there two incumbent republican, there two incumbent republican senators there who have been calling for his resignation over the way the election has been handled. it is worth noting that nowhere in the whole country has there been any evidence that's been accepted there been any evidence that's been a cce pted by there been any evidence that's been accepted by a judge of this kind of widespread voterfraud accepted by a judge of this kind of widespread voter fraud that the trump team is alleging. meanwhile, president—electjoe biden‘s

soa so a lot of continuity. i mean, it's interesting. 0n the one hand, the people around biden say "we cannot turn the clock back to ten years ago orjust before the trump administration. the world has moved on. china's more powerful, more strident on the way it communicates on the world stage. all those sort of things are different." but as you say, this attempt to kind of restore the expertise, the stability, the common—sense of the 0bama period, foreign policy establishment, this is going to come to a head pretty quickly, i think, on the question of iran, and the biden administration's pledge to get back in to the nuclear deal with iran. which, i have to say, i think it's an ambitious one. i entirely understand why they want to do it. both blinken and sullivan were both very personally involved in the long negotiations that led to it, but it is a big ask — the so—called sunset clauses in that deal already started expiring last month. so the clock is already ticking. well, it's already beginning to come u

have seen a slight improvement this week, just over a quarter of tests that were conducted in person, soa tests that were conducted in person, so a walking or driving site, came back within 2a hours. it was just under a quarter last week. that is higher than the low point, so it is moving in the right direction, but it was kind of closer to 90, above 90%, injune, so they are still not coming through as quick as many people are asking that they should. i should say of course we focus on this 24—hour turnaround time a lot. the government prepares to talk about people getting the results the next day. —— prefers to talk. that is also moving in the right direction for dot last week it was probably about half coming back the day after you took your test and this week it is just after 60%. so there is a sign that some of the extra capacity that was added into the testing in the last week of october it's playing into the figures, but still not evidence it is reaching the high levels we were out in the summer when demand was much lower. a month ago, there were just under 100,000 contacts ne

i mean it's for the people but you wrote it to your soa, your 14 year old son at the time. i would love to know what conversations you had with your son now who is 19 and also what you would have said to him then but he was too young for you to have a conversation about. like how is that relationship evolved. >> so he turned 20 in august which is a crucial age, very, very crucial age. because you know, he's obviously very much not a boy any more. he is very much a young man, an adult. out on his own. i find myself, it's funny these days, probably listening to samari more than i find myself telling him anything. he has his own interests. you know, his own things that he is pursuing. so probably never more in my life in our relationship have i actually listened more than i have talked, actually. >> trevor: wow. >> wow, it's fascinating. because i will never be a 20 year old young black male right now. i won't have that experience. it is kind of fascinating to be listening to him, you know, talk and how he sees the world. >> trevor: what would you say is the biggest difference

soa building and heading on into monday. so a bit ofa building and heading on into monday. so a bit of a quieter day on monday, certainly after that fairly wet and windy weekend for us. a bit more in the way of sunshine breaking through, more cloud building for the west once again later on, and a few showers towards the northwest of the uk, little bits cooler, about 9—13 said that degrees again through the day on monday. so, through next weekend, this is thejet day on monday. so, through next weekend, this is the jet stream, day on monday. so, through next weekend, this is thejet stream, and it's going to be pushing to the north of the uk for a time, so the orange colours, the milder air, not far away, particularly holding on in the south. as we had through the course of next week, it does look like higher pressure will try to nudgein like higher pressure will try to nudge in towards the southern half of the uk. lower pressure likely to stay in charge further north. so we are likely to see some slightly more settled weather, particularly in the south through the course of

soa biden knows merkel extremely well. so a degree of realism is needed about this, but that need not obscure the fact that there is a big agenda for us to pursue. as gordon brown was saying, we are lucky in a way. we have a couple of big international events that the uk will be hosting next year, the g7 and an international climate change meeting, where the uk has an opportunity to play itself into some things which are very important for joe biden and his presidency. that was sir nigel sheinwald, the former uk ambassador to washington. thank you. let's stay with the us and consider what happens now that joe biden is the next president. 75 million americans voted for him — 71 million for donald trump. can mr biden bring a divided country together? clive myrie reports. america has always been an unruly place. when the sun rises, it warms a land of competing ideas, of states and minds determined to show their independence. but this fractured existence was held together by a common thread — that all are equal, that all c

and some of that rain heavily across exposed north coasts, so heavily across exposed north coasts, soa mild heavily across exposed north coasts, so a mild start to monday morning, but there will be some rain first thing. that rain will continue to push its way out of scotland and across the country, so it is this frontal system here and once it clears through, the wind direction swinging background to a northerly, so swinging background to a northerly, soa swinging background to a northerly, so a change to the feel of our weather as we go through the week. on monday, yes some brain around that sweeps steadily south—east, brighter skies, cooler conditions developing in scotland. as the rain pushing south—east it will be very light and patchy, so not that much significant wet weather across south—east england, top temperatures to the afternoon of 8—11 c, so is that front slips through then we start to see the northerly wind kicking in, particularly unexposed eastern areas, so kicking in, particularly unexposed eastern areas, so that does mean a difference to the feel of the weath

soa across the bow is for the democrats. so a lot of people like us waking up this morning, trying to make sense of the whole thing. people all around the world, so let's get a sense of where we are at in terms of the map, reeta has the latest. i want to show you some of the key moments overnight during the selection. i will take you back in time. take you back to just a minute after midnight eastern time. what you can see here is a sea of red, safe red states, blue states by and large, but the one to look at is ohio, it stayed republicanjust large, but the one to look at is ohio, it stayed republican just a minute after midnight. that was a big dealfor donald trump. ohio had been trending republican, but the democrats thought they were in with a chance. donald trump staked his claim and he got itjust after midnight. half an hour later, an even bigger prize. as jane wasjust saying, he kept florida. all 29 electoral college votes. very, very important for him and psychologically important because the democrats had really take

is job number one, it is getting the economy on a good track which is equally job numbering one be soa lot that congress can do over the next weeks. to add fiscal support to this recovery and make it more robust >> but wendy, do you think that actually given all of everything else going on in washington, that you will see stimulus do you think that is realistic >> i don't know what we're going to see, but i do know that it is what the economy needs and my hope that that that need is apparent to lawmakers we have more than 10 million people who are not employed now you who were employed before the pandemic we have small business revenue done down 25%, consumer spending down more than 6% there is urgent need for policymakers to do something and i think most of them see it. >> jimmy, if you were to look at a calendar, what is the last date at which you think the president needs to effectively concede or at least concede enough to be willing to have his team talk in earnest to the biden team before there is a meaningful problem on our hands? >> i think that problem is already starting beca

soa several days for this announcement. so a lot ofjoy and happiness here. i have one supporter here with me. eleonora, thank you forjoining us. give me your reaction to this announcement today. just utter and complete joy and relief to see that our country has made its statement, that the election process is actually working, and that the voice of reason has taken over again, at least, in my opinion. but all americans had their say, and we waited and waited until all the votes were counted, and they are being counted. you know, we're still waiting a little bit more, but it is enough that we are confident enough to say that joe biden enough that we are confident enough to say thatjoe biden is one, and thatis to say thatjoe biden is one, and that is a bit ofjoy me! —— joe biden has one. what are you hoping from from thejoe biden presidency? i'm hoping to find some consensus as a country that we can come together again. it has been so disjointed and there has been so much anger on both sides of the political spectrum, and i think we need to work together t

more closely ballot cou nt be allowed to observe a more closely ballot count has been approved and soa ballot count has been approved and so a short while ago members of the trump campaign say they can now observe the counting, not from 30 feet away, not from a feet away but from six feet away. one victory in one of the many legal challenges in a state that is considered the larger wing battleground state with 20 electoral votes on the line. before i ask you the next question, let me bring you the latest because the line is coming in all the time from so many different parts of the usa. ajoe from so many different parts of the usa. a joe biden's from so many different parts of the usa. ajoe biden's campaign manager saying donald trump a's response to the election results is, quote, desperate. that assessment from the biden camp that all of the multitude of actions and legal lawsuits and what donald trump has said so far, their conclusion is that that is desperate tactics from the president. bringing michelle back in because in your state, give me a rough idea of how many votes as still

he was soa anxious, so ambition that despite being honest, an intelligent man, nobody ever really wanted to take him under their wing. he is very prickly guy. i think he was also very fortunate that he married a wonderful woman. it was possible to have a crush on a woman who has been dead for 200 years, i have a crush on abigail adams. but i think also that john adams' great failure as president was backing the alien and sedition acts and saying anybody who criticizes me or the government is a traitor and i am going to throw them in jail and he throws a bunch of journalists in jail really maliciously. so an editor in new york, thomas green leave is going to be indicted but he is killed by smallpox, so they indict his wife, his widow. she falls ill as well, so they indict the printer of the newspaper and went after the opposition newspapers. when jefferson became president he put an end to that nonsense. but it really was a reactionary action by adams. >> he was such a hothead. i remember reading that he heard a battle going over the common area in his own town and was excited. basically,

a request by the trump campaign to have observers in there, so campaign to have observers in there, soa campaign to have observers in there, so a lot of movement happening. suddenly this morning, the pace of the count increased and a lot of development. that is great. thanks for joining development. that is great. thanks forjoining us. development. that is great. thanks for joining us. thanks development. that is great. thanks forjoining us. thanks forjoining us forjoining us. thanks forjoining us from the crucial state of pennsylvania. our correspondent, larry madowo, is in atlanta, georgia. it is not over for donald trump in georgia but not looking good? not looking good. just 1000 votes separating him from joe biden who is now leading here, and we understand from the secretary of state's office that they are about —— there are about 8190 votes left to count, and they were also expecting to count what was left, the provisional ballots a nd what was left, the provisional ballots and the military balance, but the trump campaign put out a statement saying that they expect a recount i

temporary a little bit of wintry nights on the hills of scotland before we get into that milder air, soa before we get into that milder air, so a rather damp feeling day and it will feel cold with all that cloud around during the day on friday and as for the weekend, it stays generally unsettled, quite blustery with that atlantic influence, i wouldn't like to rule out some drizzly rain but still some dry weather to come as well. even more effective than first thought — and ready for approval. more good news on a covid vaccine. pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. but how quickly will we be able to get it? we'll be talking to our medical editor. also this lunchtime: stick to the rules now and you could still celebrate christmas — government scientists tell us all to do our bit. we are very keen that we have a christmas as close to normal as possible. that requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period, and even in early december, to get the cases as low as possible.

soa there is a lag in reporting of them. so a slightly artificial low figure ona so a slightly artificial low figure on a monday, but the figure now for deaths has gone up from 206 on monday, to 608 and 11,299 cases. let's speak to ellie price, our political correspondent in westminster. one of those stories around the country where everybody knows what is going to be announced and we should hopefully hear by this evening what the arrangements are? that is an expectation some kind of agreement will be hammered out, but it is still possible it might take a couple of days. these conversations have gone on for weeks between cabinet ministers in westminster and the leaders of northern ireland, scotla nd the leaders of northern ireland, scotland and wales. he mentioned the sobering figuresjust scotland and wales. he mentioned the sobering figures just now about the number of cases going up and the number of cases going up and the number of cases going up and the number of deaths, it gives you some idea of what they are up against

of health and social care has said these rapid coronavirus tests are shown to have more than 99.6%, soa tests are shown to have more than 99.6%, so a high percentage, specificity, so these rapid test would be the answer in some ways for people who have not been able to have co nta ct people who have not been able to have contact with loved ones. what is your view on these tests? any test in any situation, we need to think about several things and we need to think about who we are testing, why we are testing, and look at the actual process of the test and the actual benefits of the test, so in this situation, the specificity tells us that it is very good at differentiating who has and who does not have it in the test. it's not giving as many false positives, so it's not saying somebody has covid—19 when they don't very often. what we've also noted with these rapid tests is that the level of sensitivity, so picking up the level of sensitivity, so picking up when somebody actually does have the test is pretty good, and it's good specifically with people with a high viral rate, say what t

soa milder south—easterly start to kick in. so a milderfield milder south—easterly start to kick in. so a milder field generally as we go through the weekend. here is the rain pushing across cornwall into south wales and through the midlands, it will weaken off substantially as it pushes steadily forward , substantially as it pushes steadily forward, but certainly a band of cloud and some spots throughout the afternoon. we keep the sunshine in northern ireland and northern england possibly throughout the day, parts of scotland as well. not quite as warm, we will seek damages between 5—8 but by the south we will see double figures behind that rain with highs of 12 celsius. through the night that cloud will act as a blankets over most of us it will be a mild night in comparison to the onesjust gone, we keep some clear skies into the far north—east here, we could see temperaturesjust falling below freezing in sheltered glens of scotland but for many we keep this cloudy grey theme, sorry it is not great news if you want some