Hardest by the filipino typhoon. As many survivors struggle without food, shelter and water. Im don scott. Im jessica kartalija. Emergency relief crews are trying to speed up efforts in the philippines but now violence in the streets is not helping. Heres alfonzo van marsh with the latest for wjz. Reporter more Security Forces on the streets of tacloban after mobs broke into a rice storage house. A wall collapsed killing eight people. Looters hauled away thousands of sacks of food while hundreds of typhoon victims waited in line hoping to get something to eat. Disaster specialists are desperate to get supplies and medicine to victims. Authorities say its a logistical nightmare, 90 of the port city in ruins, the airport is destroyed. With hundreds of bodies on the streets there is fear disease will spread. This woman says the smell is overpowering. There are so many dead bodies that havent been picked up. Forensic teams are working quickly to identify the dead and prepare for mass buria
And Lewis Hamilton wins a record equalling seventh world title after claiming victory at the turkish grand prix. Good evening. One of the scientists behind the first Covid Vaccine to emerge from early Clinical Trials with high levels of success says it wont start to make a significant difference until next summer. Professor ugur sahin, whose Company Biontech developed the vaccine with the pharmaceutical giant pfizer, told the bbc today that normal life should be resuming this time next year, if mass vaccination programmes had taken place by then. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Tiny vials of the new biontec pfizer vaccine, which hold the worlds hope for an end to the pandemic. But today, one of its creators, from the husband and wife team, warned there are still many months to get through. This winter will be hard. We will not have a big impact on the infection numbers with our vaccine this winter. The bigger impact will happen until summer. The summer will help us
The bigger impact will happen in summer. Summer will help anyway because the infection rate will go down in the summer. Farewell to one of our best known entertainers des oconnor has died at the age of 88. Lewis hamilton wins a record equalling seventh world title after claiming victory at the turkish grand prix. Good evening. The former us president , barack obama, has told the bbc that the United States is more divided today, than when he was elected 12 years ago. He said the divisions have been actively fanned by donald trump for political purposes and would outlast his presidency. Mr obama was speaking to the bbc in an interview with the historian david olusoga. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Congratulations, mr president. The election of the United Statess first black president was seen many asa first black president was seen many as a watershed moment that was a step to ending divisions that had scarred the us. Barack obama now believes those divisions have d
Will happen in summer. Summer will help us anyway because the infection rate will go down in the summer. The side effects of statins could be down to patient anxiety and have nothing to do with whats in them, according to a new study. Farewell to one of our best known entertainers des oconnor has died at the age of 88. Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister borisjohnson is self isolating after coming into contact with an mp who has since tested positive for covid 19. Downing street says mrjohnson is well and does not have any symptoms of the virus. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley has more. Borisjohnson was contacted today by the test and Trace Programme in the uk and told that he had come into contact with someone who has tested positive. My understanding is he had a meeting with a group of conservative mps on thursday. Since that meeting, one of those mps, lee anderson, developed symptoms and has subsequently tested positive. Borisjohnson was contacted as a result. It is a p
Good evening. The Prime Minister borisjohnson is self isolating after coming into contact with an mp who has since tested positive for covid 19. Downing street says mrjohnson is well and does not have any symptoms of the virus. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley has more. Borisjohnson was contacted today by the test and Trace Programme in the uk and told that he had come into contact with someone who has tested positive. My understanding is he had a meeting with a group of conservative mps on thursday. Since that meeting, one of those mps, lee anderson, developed symptoms and has subsequently tested positive. Borisjohnson was contacted as a result. It is a pretty big deal. He will have to stay at home for the next ten days, it means he will not be able to be in parliament. Im told he will be working from downing street. He does still intend on communicating with the country. It is a big week for borisjohnson. He is trying to reset his government after some faction fighting in his