Wooden bridges most celebrated artist, tracy emmons says there are has kept her alive since she was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. she was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. One a britains most celebrated artist. Says that her art has kept her alive. Just how britain plans to roll out a Mass Vaccination Campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer, just hours after uk regulators announced they had approved one in record quick time. Announced they had approved one borisjohnson acknowledged it would be a massive logisitical exercise that has never been attempted before. Millions of doses of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine will arrive in the next few days. But the Prime Minister and his top medical advisers warned it would still take months to get the jab to everyone who wanted it and strict rules needed to stay in place. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is an historic moment. At last, there is a clear path out of this pandemic, thanks to vaccination. The uk is the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer Biontech vaccine, seen here on the production line in belgium. The Prime Minister made clear the vaccine wont change life for now, but hope is on the horizon. Prime minister, now we have a vaccine, how important is this moment . When you consider the damage that, as i was saying earlier, the damage that this virus has done to human life across the planet, the economic damage, the social damage, to say nothing of the cost in life and suffering, it is a fantastic moment. More than 20,000 volunteers got two doses of the vaccine as part of the trials. It proved 95 effective at preventing covid, even among those in their 70s and 80s. Side effects were mostly mild. A small minority suffered headaches and fatigue. The independent medicines regulator, the mhra, began work on covid vaccines injune, and for the past two months has been reviewing more than 1,000 pages of data on pfizers trials. No corners have been cut. Our expert scientists and clinicians have worked round the clock, carefully, methodically, poring over tables and analyses and graphs on every single piece of data. Creating a completely new vaccine usually takes at least ten years, from design and development through trials to regulatory review and production. This has been compressed to less than a year. Many stages were done in parallel, and pfizer began vaccine production at their own risk, even before they knew it worked. 800,000 doses of the vaccine should arrive in the uk within days. A0 million have been ordered in total, enough to immunise 20 million adults. But the vials have to be transported from belgium in special containers at an ultra low temperature. Its like a pizza box. They then get put into a thermal shipper, packed with dry ice, that then maintains the temperature at 70, if unopened, for ten days. The committee which advises the government on immunisation says the elderly and front line health and care workers should be first in line. We are suggesting that vaccines are offered in order to protect people who are most at risk of dying from covid 19, as well as to protect health and social care services, because by doing so, we also protect lives. Age is by far the single most important factor in terms of risk from covid 19. Getting rid of social distancing and other restrictions next year will depend on tens of millions of us being vaccinated. We need people to take it. This vaccine isnt going to help you if you dont take it. And you will need two doses of this vaccine, and most of the others, to have full protection. More covid vaccines could be approved within weeks. The goal then, to immunise not just the uk, but the world. Fergus walsh, bbc news. So will the decision by uk authorities put pressure on us joining me now from philadelphia is drew weissman. Hes professor of medicine at the Perelman School of medicine, university of pennsylvania. I know your past work on are in a message of vaccines has contributed to the advances that we are seeing today. Thank you very much for talking to us. Will this decision by uk authorities put pressure on american regulators to push forward and approval . american regulators to push forward and approval . I dont think so. The us has a different procedure for vaccine approval. 0ur fda looks at the data similar to your nhra. A value of of mixing the decision. They then send it to an outside group of experts. In that group of experts gives their opinion which then returns it to the fda for approval. Mhra. That adds a few days probably in this case but it also as an extra layer of protection. What that protection in mind, and all your experience in developing vaccines, is there any concern either from you are among your collea g u es either from you are among your colleagues in that the uk stressing this process not at all. As everybody has been saying, no corners have been cut in the production of this vaccine. Rushing this process. Everything was compressed but every safety measure in every observation was taken care of, no corners occurred. I believe it is a very safe vaccine. My preparations is the us making for a mass vaccine roll out and are you happy with those preparations . My understanding is that the us army is in charge of distributing the vaccines. That is half of it. 0nce vaccines. That is half of it. Once the vaccines get to the state, the state has to distribute it to all of the hospitals that have the capacity to store the vaccine. And then they have to set up distribution programme. The big problem in the us is that we are an incredible increase in the number of cases, which limits the medical faculty that is able to give the vaccine. So it will be a difficult procedure for us to give the vaccine. Even in a developed country such as the us come as you look around the world, more nations beginning to administer the vaccines and trying and different modes of transport and storage and how they are administered, what problems do you see . The big thing is what we are hoping to immunise 7 billion people in the world was of Something Like that has never been done before. So youre talking close to 200 countries, each of which has to set up their infrastructure to give the vaccine. All of that isa give the vaccine. All of that is a lot to ask in such a short amount of time. But people are prepared for this. Governments are prepared for this. They know it is coming. Im sure they have been establishing all their procedures in order to vaccinate their population quickly and safely. Lets hope. Professor, thank you very much for talking to us. For three weeks President Trump has made unfounded claims about the election result in georgia, but a secound recount has made no change tojoe bidens victory there. Mrtrump is angry, and has taken it out on state officials, including the governor, who have faced Death Threats from supporters of the president. Barbara plett usher has the story. Georgia has become a focus of President Trumps battles reverses loss tojoe biden. A last stand for his supporters. A republican stronghold that he and they refused to give up. That means Gabriel Sterling is getting more camera time than he ever wanted. The seasoned election official has been overseeing the recount of votes. But it has turned nasty and he is blaming the president. Yes, fight for every legal vote, go through due process, we encourage it. Use your first amendment, that is fine. Death threats, physical threats, intimidation, that is too much. Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence, someone is going to get hurt, someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get killed. In classic style, trump has weaponized his tweets, alleging massive voter fraud and attacking the states republican officials. The second recount of votes is winding up, almost certainly without changing the result. The republican secretary of state has stood up to the president s pressure and become one of the targets of trump supporters. He is urging calm. I want to extend grace to those that seem to have hate in their heart, we have all been through alot. I encourage all of you to stay engaged, advocate foryourvalues, beliefs, and go as you believe, but do so peacefully. After sterlings outburst, two republican candidates for congress have condemned any threats or violence as did the trump campaign, but the runoff races are stoking the political heat in georgia because whoever wins will determine which party has control. President trump is heading to the state for a rally to support them later this week. Gabriel sterling, the election official in georgia who you saw there, spoke out after one of his staff received Death Threats over a viral video showing him transferring a report to a computer. He spoke to my colleagues katty kay and Christian Fraser about why his anger boiled over. I found out about an hour and a half before the press conference that was scheduled and when i heard about the situation with the young contractor, who was simply a young man who was there doing the work that tens of thousands of people around the country, hundreds of thousands, to run elections, this young man just took a job a few weeks ago. I talked to dominion and they said he was one of the better techs they have. He was doing hisjob and now he has people threatening him with treason and execution and at that point, i was pretty much done. The secretary ran for office, you expect some level of this, i put myself out there to explain things to media and you expect some, i have had Police Protection outside my house for a couple weeks, but this was a kid with a family who just had a job and it was wrong and the president needs to realise that his words have consequences, they can be good and they can be damaging, in this case they are damaging and instead of taking a step back and taking responsibility, he is doubling down. Just in the last few minutes, the president has tweetd out a video statement of himself addressing your concerns, let us take a quick listen. As president , i have no higher duty than to defend the laws of the constitution of the united states. That is why i am determined to protect our election system which is now under coordinated assault and siege. Is that the kind of rollback that you would like to see from the president . The assault and siege is not coming from outside actors, it is essentially coming from former members of his legal team, people here in georgia today and it is just wrong. He needs to understand that his words have consequences and continuing to stoke this idea that there is some path to victory through some giant vast conspiracy is, to put it mildly, unhelpful. Im joined by our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. The president still seems to be encouraging millions of his voters to live in a kind of alternative reality. Is there any sense at all the tired may now be turning against him slightly . The tide. He knew toa slightly . The tide. He knew to a certain extent. And i dont think it is surprising that mr sterling hit out and mr trump in this way. Ashley said, theres sustained assault the president on georgias election process. All because donald trump cannot accept that he lost. Hes had enough time to prove all be fired he claims happened during the election provided none. All of his court cases are provided none. All of his court cases a re pretty provided none. All of his court cases are pretty much being thrown out of court left brighton center. He has flashed out republican officials as we saw in that report. The secretary of state and the governor who are staunch republicans, big trump supporters, they have said the president needs except that he lost. He still does have some support among republicans, particularly the two senators in georgia, david perdue and kelly loeffler. They are big supporters of his inventors rallies and have entirely come out and condemn the divisive rhetoric and why would they . They really want to win their tendencies but their tendencies are upforgrabs tendencies but their tendencies are up for grabs and donald trump is still hugely popular in america in georgia even though he did it when the states. They re to though he did it when the states. Theyre to use that popularity to tighten window seats will be very important Georgia Senate runoff happened in january. The president is encouraging millions of people to distrust a democratic process. Going to georgia come he is, crucial and crucial to keep control of the senate. That is right. The senate will determine how powerfuljoe biden parchment presidency will be when takes office onjanuary the 20th. At the moment, the senate is split. There are 48 democrats and 50 republicans. If democrats when the two seats, it will be easier for them to pass through a lot of bill and vast range of issues such as Climate Change and covid i9 response and gun control. There republicans win come it will make life much harderfor come it will make life much harder forjoe come it will make life much harderforjoe biden come it will make life much harder forjoe biden and come it will make life much harderforjoe biden and his first two years. Interesting because you mentioned there about donald trump constantly undermining the process of the election. There is some concern among republicans that his rhetoric could backfire and that a lot of his supporters might not turn out and vote, particularly in georgia which means that it could inadvertently the victory could be handed to the democrats come january. Thank you very much for that. Stay with us. Much more to come. How art has helped an artist since her cancer diagnosis the summer. Its quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor People Living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. Im feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i cant do anything. Charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. At 11 00 this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. It took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle and then a minerfrom calais was shaking hands and exchanging flags with his opposite number from dover. This is bbc news, the latest headlines. Britain is to roll out a Mass Vaccination Campaign against coronavirus from next week. Regulators have reported vaccine in record time. Execs reddit election official in georgia is splitting with President Trump to dive down the rhetoric leveled against his colleagues over the Election Results there. An exasperated election official. Of the past half century, the former president of france, one of the most influential european politicians of the past half century, the former president of france, Valery Giscard destaing, has died at the age of 94. His family say he died of complications linked to covid 19. Giscard destaing was president from 1974 to 1981, and his time in office included periods of economic crisis and industrial unrest. His greatest passion was building a greater European Union. In 2013, he gave an interview to Bbcs Newsnight warning the of the problems the European Union would face if it did not reform. Things were going well more or less, until 1990. We were 12, including britain, germany, france. Britain, germany, france, italy. We knew each other. We were in rather similar positions, more or less identical. And then we had a wave of new mps who pushed us from 12 to 28. And we didnt change anything. The position, the way of taking decisons. So its adapted to the present dimension. 0ur planet is broken humanity is waging war on nature and nature is striking back with growing force and fury. Thats the warning from the un secretary general Antonio Guterras in a special bbc broadcast. His words come as we learn that this year is one of the warmest on record, despite pandemic lockdowns. As part of his landmark address on the state of the planet the un secretary general said now is the time for urgent action if we are to bring the planet back from the point of no return. Our environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. As if suffering a pandemic wasnt enough, now we learn that 2020 is on track to be one of the three hottest years ever recorded, and that is not all. The past decade, obviously, is the warmest on record, and the last six years are the warmest years on record. The bad news is even the covid 19 lockdowns havent made a difference. The coronavirus restrictions imposed around the world may have shut down our cities and lead to a small reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions, but the World Meteorological 0rganisation is saying today it hasnt been enough to stop the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere from continuing to increase. The un chief, antonio guterres, told the bbc today Global Action is needed now. Lets face facts, the state of our planet is broken. Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal. The science is clear. For example, unless the world cuts fossil fuel production by 6 every year between now and 2030, things will get worse, much worse. Ive been talking about this for a long, long time. Sir David Attenborough joined him to warn time is running out. Young people are very impatient, and quite rightly so. For nothing to come out, except words, is very dispiriting. We need action. The un chief says the world now faces a moment of truth. He says the choice is very simple. Start cutting Carbon Emissions now or face disaster. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. One of britains most celebrated artists, tracey emin, says her art has kept her alive after being diagnosed with Bladder Cancer this summer. The 57 year old, whos had major surgery, said planning her new exhibition helped her to carry on. She was speaking ahead of the shows opening at the Royal Academy of arts in london, where she displays in a conversation with our arts editor Will Gompertz she talked about her passion for painting, and her love of life. Edvard munchs work is about his emotions, and identifying them. 1870, 1890, it wasnt really cool to be a man, and go around saying, im filled with rage and jealousy. And with your paintings, are you a body through which these works are created . The work comes from an energy, and its an energy that i cant hold within myself, that has to come out. And i think if it doesnt come out, ifeel like im going to spontaneously combust. These paintings are like, bang, totally direct. Theyre hiding nothing. Shes not interested in beauty. Shes interested the truth. And shes never shied away from that. You dont have to make art that makes people happy. You have to make art that makes people feel. Its like being a conductor. Its like boomph you know, you really, really go for it. I think that painting is about unrequited love. A lot of people know what that feels like. At the moment, like, i want you to see my face. But youre not going to see it because were stuck in these covid times, you know . I havent had a hug, i cant remember last time anybody hugged me. Everyones rushing out to buy puppies and kittens, because they need love and affection. What would you do, tracey, if you couldnt express yourself through art . I would have been dead a long time ago. Were you making any of these works when you knew you were poorly . No, because. Share it with the group because i had something wrong with my bladder, it was just always presumed thats what the problem was. But the reason why i have them is is because i had full blown cancer. And it was picked up injune. Less than four weeks later, i was having major surgery and having everything removed. Even the things that i need, removed. To know that i could have possibly been dead by christmas, that could have so easily have been the outcome. And then people would have been coming to the show and i would have been dead. It would have been so tracey. When youve had a near death experience like that, when you have to really plan for your death, because that looks like its probably going to be the outcome, you are so grateful for every day. If i could maintain this attitude of feeling positive and having this kind of energy, all that ive lost, all the cancer, everything, would be worth it, because i feel so much more enlightened. How are you now . How are you feeling now . Yeah, im good. Yeah, every day im getting better. The artist tracey emin sharing her thoughts with the bbcs Will Gompertz. An unusual sequence of numbers drawn in south africas National Lottery has sparked accusations of fraud after 20 people won a share of the jackpot. Tuesdays Powerball Lottery saw the numbers five, six, seven, eightand nine drawn, while the powerball itself was, you have guessed it, ten. The organisers say the sequence is often picked. But some have alleged a scam and an investigation is under way. It is extremely rare for multiple winners to share the jackpot. They each won 5. 7million rand the equivalent of 370,000 dollars. Briefly, that may news, Boris Johnson has worn it will take some months before all those most vulnerable with coronavirus will get the vaccine but he is walking the fa ct vaccine but he is walking the fact that uk regulators have given approval to the vaccine. They can be rolled out from next week. The deputy chief medical officer has stressed it is important that people have the vaccine when they are offered it. That is it for now. Thank you. Hello. Weve a much colder snap of weather on the way for the next couple of days, so theres a much greater risk of some ice and some snow. Snow from these showers in the north through the course of today, and even perhaps in this band of more persistent rain in the south just on the hills because we got that cold airjust nudging further southwards, hanging around through today, hanging around through tomorrow as well. And look at this strengthening wind that will accentuate the chill. So, yes, we do have warnings out at the moment, especially across the northern half of the country, and the snow mainly on the hills and you can get the details on those warnings from the website. The showers are falling as snow on the hills in the north, but across scotland, even to lower levels with a slight covering. And here, with a widespread frost, northern england, northwards, a risk of ice. Some treacherous conditions potentially further south, there could be some patchy frost and a little bit of snow in this system as well across the welsh mountains, perhaps the moors of the southwest. As it edges its way northwards and eastwards, perhaps bringing some snow into the midlands as well, the showers further north still falling as snow over the hills. This, as you can see, slowly migrates eastwards through the day, giving way to showery weather further west, some hail and thunder here. Whilst for scotland and northern ireland, the showers perhaps becoming fewer, more confined to the coasts with more sunshine, but its cold for all of us, accentuated by the strengthening wind around that area of low pressure. And then those weatherfronts spiral their way around the low pressure overnight, so an increased risk as we go through into the coming night of snow potentially across northern and eastern areas, and a more widespread frost with the surfaces damp even in the south. Theres a risk of some ice as well. So, quite a difficult one on friday in terms of the details because weve got these weather systems spiralling around that area of low pressure. Certainly, its going to be cold. Itll be windier as well with a risk of gales for the west coast of scotland and also through the irish sea, and these bands of rain pushing their way gradually westwards with some snow potentially. The lower levels on the western flank, and look at the temperatures, they are quite low. In the heavier bursts, that snow level comes down as well, could even be a smattering further south as well. Certainly lots to keep our eye on at the moment for our first widespread taste of winter. The weekend sees things drying a little bit, but it stays pretty chilly, as you can see. The warnings, as i say, are on the website. The latest headlines from bbc news, britain has announced plans for mass immunisation against coronavirus for next week. Regulators have approved the Pfizer Vaccine in record time. Speaking in downing street, the Prime Minister called it a momentous moment. Annex official in the us state of georgia is pleading with President Trump to dial down the rhetoric. Some are receiving Death Threats. A second recount has made no change to joe bidens second recount has made no change tojoe bidens victory. 0ne change tojoe bidens victory. One of the most influential european politicians the former president of france has died. He was 94. His family said he died of complications linked to covid 19