The freeman foundation. Blby judy and peter kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Source. Thousands of peoe in the u. K. Haveit been injectedh a covid19 vaccine. The 90yearold margaret was the first to gett. I am thankful for it. It is free and the best thing that has happened. And joe biden has introduced his health team that will fight the pandemic and set out a threepoint plan. Masking, vaccination, opening school. These are the goals for my first 100 days. Donald trump has held events on the vaccine rollout, but used it to repeat unsubstanated claims he won the election. Next administration will be the trump administration. You cannot steal hundreds of thousands of votes. You cant have fraud and deception and all the things they did. There is no evidence that happened on that scale. Boris johnson will go to brussels for dinner with the president of the European Commission to unlock tse trademarks trade talks. A warmelcome to those of you watching on pbs a bbc world news. We start with the news that the u. K. Has began using atr fully led vaccine. Thousands of people have been injected following the decision to approve thecc pfizer e. Today Margaret Keenan became the first patient to receive this. [applause] she was clapped out by hospital staff. Fr we also hear her. If i can do it, so can you. What a moment that is. Scotlands minister tweeted i watching this. My feels like such a milestone moment after a tough year. The u. K. Health secretaryth described it a day. Vd. Next was an 81yearold man named william shakespere. Really. The taming of thehe flu, gentleman from corona, you get the idea. There was a poll asking the last vaccine you got, to be or not to be. I only report on this, dot hold me responsible. This will ne mr. Shakespere has h people comment on his name. I am very happy. It could make e difre to our lives, couldnt it . M this wt hancock reacting to th clip. I will let you decide whether he is laughing or crying or both. N simple words, reacting, quite emotional. It has bee such a tough year fo so many people. Theres williamsp shae putting it simply for everybody. We can get on with our lives. Questions remain about the vaccine. We dont know how long it will protect someone. And whether it stops the symptoms or the virus from being transmitd as well. On that, he are the creators. It is too ely to say. We can say you take this vaccine and in 95 of the cases, you dont get symptoms. You are protected from symptoms. That is what we can say today. Recipients need two doses races challenges. We know from previous experience that multiple do vaccines can and the second. Between the first we will have to see if it is different this time. The New York Times is reporting attachment after a first dose. It data from the fda which found the kronos virus w vacciks well. We should emphasize pfizer says both doses should be taken. Thousands of people were vaccinated in the u. K. Today. 800,000 doses of this vaccine are enough to vaccinate 400,000 people. Eth over 80, nhf staff are top of the list. Here is fergus walsh on how we go here and what happens next. To have a highly effective vaccine in less than year is a staunch and. It was by noeans certain back in the spring. There are a lot of viruses we dont have vaccines for. The past 20ea, more than 10 ntllion pounds has been sn research trying to find a vaccine against hiv without success. Weont just have one vaccine. We have several. Morna, that looks effective, and the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine the u. K. Has ordered 100 million doses of. Today thateam where the fruits st the f to publish their data in a peerreviewed journal. Really important for transparency. If, as we hoped, the vaccine is approved before the end of the year, that will reallspeed up the rollout in spring 2021. Oes not need to beept at ultra low temperatures. That will help getting the pandemic and seeing the end of it at some point next year. O from the u. K. E u. S. , president elect joe edn has introdhe team that will lead the fight against the pandemic. He announced a threepoint plant ill be carried out his first 100 days. The first requiring u maser the law. Like fedinal buildings. Rstate travel. On planes, trains, and buses. Second is vaccines. 100 million shots into the arms 100 days. An peoe in the first and reopening schools. Congress provides the funding we need. If states and cities put Strong Public Health measures in place, that we all follow, my team will work to see a majority of our schools can be opened by the end of my first 100 days. Lets go tenour correspo i am listening to that list of three goals. Can the t president dot without republican supporting him . He can do the first. He w sayst goes into federal buildings and institutions. He can do his best to set the example and hope the American People follow. In terms of the doses, they are ordered. Rolling them out is a question of executive action largely. Hes going to be putting pressure on congress he saidhere was a risk the Distribution Plan might stall if otthere wasore money. The money would have to be ordered by congress. I uld say that 100 million doses byhe end of april is a conservative target when you think the current plan has 20 Million People inoculated by the end of december. Ti donnk he is setting the bar all that high. He needs to have something catchy in terms his 100 days. Theres plenty of challenges ahead. The whole statement from others went on for over half an hour. How did youhe assessolicy positions being adopted by mr. Biden and his colleagues . Much as we expected in terms of practicality. You heard aon a different tone from wh we had from the current president. A tone where the president elect said i need your help to get this done. We can do this if we do it together. Try to cooperate. We will get through this. More of a rallying cry then weve heard from the current presiden who has denied the virus at various points, deniedw serious. Talked about falsity in terms of turning the corner. Even at his vaccine summit today, in the brief questions he dwe a spent more time talking about his view the election was stolenhen he did about the vaccine. Lets speak about donald trump. He the event athite house was to outline the vaccine rollout. Bo of the companies behind the candidates declined to attend. Pfizer is one of them. Its vaccine is expected to give b emergency approval regulators on thursday. President trump says his administration is on the case. President trump we are days aw from authorization from the fda. A pushing them hard. We will begin mass distribution. Heo agned an order to ensure american citizens have First Priority to receive american vaccines. It is unclear how that order would be enforced. The u. S. Has preordered 100 million doses of the ine. That is enough to vaccinatepl0 million p 21 Million Health orkerswill b and residents and staff of care homes. Heres president rump announci the details of the vaccine. President trump tens of millions of doses will be available this month. We will get it distributed quickly. Hundreds of millions will follow. Vaccine will be abget thethe vaccine. Wehink by sprin we are going to be in a position nobody woulp have believesible a few months ago. [applause] amazing. The vaccine rollout matters because america is in the middle of a huge covidutbreak. The outlook for the winter is bleak. The u. S. Is nearing 50 million cases, over 280,000 people died. On monday another 203,000 infections were reported and over 1500 deaths. Gary, that event was notabhe for how loresident spent speaking about things other than the coronavirus. He was asked about the Biden Administration and why they were not there to talk about vaccines. He went off on his, rent, i would say, about the election, and how he hoped he would be the nextat adminisn if people did the right thing in legislatures around the country. He said the election had been stolen. And then he went to talk about space force and the creation of space force. I am not sure why that came up. But it did. Atoday important day in the electoral process. This is safe harbor day. This is the final dayor objecting to any Election Results around the country. Ebefore the famctoral college casts its vote at the beginning of next week. This is a watershed day for the president in terms of his battle. Thank you very much indeed. Just nebout Rudy Giuliani who has covid19. We heard a statement saying he is feeling better and expects to leave hospital tomorrow, wednesday. In a few minutes on outside source, we will talk about mount everest. It got a bit taller. We will exain why. A countrywide strike by farmers in india has begun following a standoff with the government over new laws. Talks. Ve been three rounds of four days farmers have been protesting here. Thousands have gathered here. They are calling on the rest of india to join them in a nationa. Stri the government says these laws open up opportunity. Talk to people here protesting and thof disagree. Onhe concerns is overpricing. Farmersel generallytheir crops wholesale market. The minimum support price, with the markets opening up and farmers able to sell to big businesses, there is a concern those guaranteed prices will end going away. And so wilprofits. We are here in the bbc newsroom. Thousands of people in the u. K. Have been injected against covid19. les talk about brexit as we must do every day. No tradeeal. Here is a tweet to show you from the president of the European Commission. He says i look forward to welcoming Boris Johnsonro tom evening. We will continue our discussion on the partnership agreement. Boundhnson is brussels toda he had this to say. Mr. Johnson we are always helpful. We may have to acknowledge it it tidraw stumps. That is just the way it is. We will prosper mightily, as i always say. Ho for of you watching on pbs, you dont know every icting turn of phrase. That means to stop what you are doing. The message is similar, no deal is an option for the eu. Every effort is undertaken to find a susinable solution. Anweto reach a deal, but not at any price. Wh we need is political in london. Next is Jessica Parker on what happens next. Boris johnson will go to brussels and there will be a dinner with him. Of course theyve been having a number of phone calls rwaently. Therone last night. There was one saturday night. Didnt lead to any kind of breakthrough in terms of talks. The familiar sticking points on fisheries and competition rules when it comes treforge this fu relationship between the u. K. And e. U. Remains. So they are going to try to see hey can make progress person by meeting over dinner. The content of what they are going talk about will b the same. Those issues have been the same for a number of weeks now. I suppose iart of the final push. It is a final push because by tomorrow it will be three weeks and one day before the transion period ends, when they would revert to the wto rules if a trade deal is not f ached. Onee stumbling blocks has been removed, the u. K. And e. U. Have issues related todr te wial agreement dictating the terms of the departure from the European Union. The st remaining issue has been addressed. The u. K. Has removed clauses from legislation that would have overridden pts of that agreement which it had signed. It says it is not going to do that. The cabinet minter says the threat of doing it was worth making. Eded to make sure we did not secure the agreement withe ommission on these important questions, we reserve safeguard t united kingdom. That was our aim, to safeguard the terriry o our country and make sure we protect Northern Island ireland. European commission lead on this issue and has also welcomed the outcom even the limited time before the transition period ends, it was essential to reach a shared understanding so the agreement ocan be fullyrational as of first02 of january, our objective has been clear all along, to protect by good friday the belfast agreement and maintain peace and prospity on the island of ireland and preserve the single market. This news is being cautiously welcomed in Northern Ireland. After so muchnctainty and decisions means they have something they are able to plan for. S really the devil the detail that is going to be revealed tomorrow. Remember from january Northern Islandia enters the sp arrangement where it remains closer to the eu than the rest of the u. K. It means sports in Northern Ireland are gearing up for paperwork and checks they never had to deal with before. Previously board johnson said to people worried about the sea border, dont worry. By the timeoue are t, you will be able to chuck that paperwork in the bin. E tomorrowll find out if that is the case. And how much the burden ofre ape on trade is has been reduced and why that is important, because it has a knock on effect for the prices of the goo people pay for on the shelves. The details have not been published. It will apply whether or not the overall trade deal is done. And it removes a barrier to a trade to elk, it doesntean there will be one. He sd we are still farpart and we are not hiding this from anyone. Here is a less diplomatic perspective. I know the British Government has backtracked frt threatening to abide by its own signature, but the damage has been done. We are facing a vernment for whom breaching International Law is an opon. They have temporarily shelved this option. The fact they considered it, showsr little regard International Law. The trust level in brussels is low. Lets go back to Jessica Parker with more on how the issue is resolved. We are expecting details tomorrow. The canet minister is going to give a statement to the house of commons. There will be a huge amount of interest as he outlines the details. I dont think we are going to get lel text tomorrow. There will be a huge amount of scrutiny over what has been agreed and what it means for Northern Ireland. In terms of what it means for the negotiations as a whole, there has been a cloud that they were pushing these measures, which broke International Law. The fact they have reached an agreement, the government has done decided to removehose clauses. That will be welcomed by many. It is just one part of the puzzle. So i think stillvehose issues o be resolved in terms of the wider trade negotiation discussed by separate group of peop. The group that have been discussing the northn ireland protocol. There are ssell key issues rating the ee and u. K. , one of them the level Playing Field. That is a set of rules and standaens that pr businesses in one country gaining competitive advantage over those in other countries. Here is Andrew Walker with more on what is being demand in these talks is unusual in trade the degreemf of t the eu would like about the future of u. K. In this area goes further than trade agreements typically do. The areas we are talking about, subsidies, labor regulation, environmental regulation. Those kinds of areas do appear International Trade agreements increasingly. You go back to the early days of the postwar, it was all about tariffs. Increasingly the European Union and the United States have been keen to try ensure their own businesses are not at a competitive disadvantage by others that maynt gain ades in terms of more subsidies. The eu is looking for something retively hard in ter of the degree of commitment involved. It is not aew area. So the u. S. China trade talks, donald trump renegotiating nafta, or other major trade deals, with this level Playing Field issue also crop up . It is the case, you mentioned the u. S. And china, one of the anxieties the United States has is chs subsidies for its industry. That is not the directoc of ythe dispute. Look at the u. S. , the new rsion of the north American Free trade agreement, that do actually include provisions to ensure the stuff made in mexico is made by workers with relativelyai highby mexican standards. So these themes are there. On a casebycase basis. Looking for specificoncerns they have on the others in the talks. Much more on brexit online. Next on outside source, were going to talk about mount everest. The height differs depends onu who ask. Countries that share the mountain have not disagreed over the height. They have announced the official height is. 8848 mete that 8 is6 centimeters taller than previously calculated than if you find that confusing,ure. Youre not the only one. Lets get some help on this. Why have they done this now . China and nepal have disagreed on the exact height of mount everest. In 2005 when they came up with this figure, it was the rock height of mount everest. It. Na wante nepal to recognize nepal said it wanted to carry on with the earliereight. It was done in 1954. So that disagreement was always there. In the meantime there was an earthquake that shook mount everest. There was an avalanche. Oggets suspected that might have impacted the height of moun ieverest. Thwhy they said they had to measure again. We have cleared that up. 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