and everyone i ve ever slept with. i was told that there was a good possibility that i would only have six months to live. four years ago, she was diagnosed with an aggressive bladder cancer, which she openly documented on her instagram. once portrayed as an enfant terrible of british art, she s now been made a dame by king charles for services to art. tracey, congratulations. or should i say dame tracey? congratulations. how are you feeling about it? well, i m smiling for lots of reasons. but dame tracey, i mean, it has a ring about it. it s really cool. i don t think there s ever been one before, and it s good. ifeel like it s a new generation of dames, really. what does it mean to you? there s nothing like a dame. no. don t get me singing. 0h, go on. no, i think for me, really seriously, what it means is that. it s the recognition from the king and from the establishment for what i ve achieved in my lifetime as an artist, which is kind of a man s world, really, and always
no. don t get me singing. 0h, go on. no, i think for me, really seriously, what it means is that. it s the recognition from the king and from the establishment for what i ve achieved in my lifetime as an artist, which is kind of a man s world, really, and always has been. and. i don t know, ifeel like i ve. it just feels really cool. and the best thing is, i only found out about it recently because i hadn t received the letter. so what happened? how did you find out about it? well, i went to buckingham palace for the garden party, and i was in a line up with five people out of 3,000, to shake the hand of the king and queen. and i was thinking, this is a bit weird. well, i m kind of up the top here. wonder why? and then on my way home, i got a message saying, from my old studio, that there was a letter for me, marked urgent from the cabinet office. so i thought, oh, i better go and see what it is. and there it was, asking me if i d accept a damehood. so do you think they
are in dire need of basic necessities like food, water, and shelter. the un estimates that, since the start of the conflict, more than 9 million people have fled their homes with 24.8 million people in need of assistance. the un says sudan is the world s worst internal displacement crisis. this week, the un s refugee chief visited sudan s displacement camps where over a million sudanese have sought shelter because of the fighting. filippo grandi expressed deep alarm at the scale of the humanitarian emergency, and urged all nations to do everything possible to stop the conflict. let s be very clear. the civilians are the ones that have no responsibility, no fault of their own in this conflict and yet, as so often happens, they are the ones paying the highest price. this war has to stop. peace is the only solution so that we can help properly these people and all those to whom we have no access because of the war. this week, the un security council demanded an end to the si
Extra security measures. But visitors undeterred by those recent events and gathering for a series of concerts which have been taking place throughout the evening there, ahead of this Fireworks Display, which began on the dot of midnight. Seems that we have seen of course in other parts of the world already, who are well into 2017, in paris also has welcomed in the new year, madrid as well. Dubai put on an amazing show as well, with fireworks from the worlds tallest building, in the heart of the city. And we will be looking at what london and edinburgh are doing in one hours time. We have also heard from police here that just to time. We have also heard from police here thatjust to make sure that people feel safe on a night like this, they are out in force on our streets here in the uk as well. Well, lets show you london, can be . There we go. Big big ben has fallen quiet lately, with no bongs, and thats not right. But this is the scene, with not just thats not right. But this is the s
Extra security measures. But visitors undeterred by those recent events and gathering for a series of concerts which have been taking place throughout the evening there, ahead of this Fireworks Display, which began on the dot of midnight. Seems that we have seen of course in other parts of the world already, who are well into 2017, in paris also has welcomed in the new year, madrid as well. Dubai put on an amazing show as well, with fireworks from the worlds tallest building, in the heart of the city. And we will be looking at what london and edinburgh are doing in one hours time. We have also heard from police here that just to time. We have also heard from police here thatjust to make sure that people feel safe on a night like this, they are out in force on our streets here in the uk as well. Well, lets show you london, can be . There we go. Big big ben has fallen quiet lately, with no bongs, and thats not right. But this is the scene, with not just thats not right. But this is the s