to hundreds of abbattoir workers from abroad after warnings that healthy pigs are being culled on farms because of staff shortages. with the vast majority of people in africa still unvaccinated, the world health organisation calls for promises of covid jabs from richer nations to be fulfilled. coldplay�*s environmentally friendly world tour — a tree planted for every ticket sold — but they are keeping their private jets. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel: cameron norrie blasts his way into the semi—finals at indian wells and becomes the new british no1 at the same time. good evening. the government has told gps in england to see more patients face to face — amid a sharp rise in the number of people going to accident and emergency departments. ministers say they'll provide extra funding for more temporary staff in surgeries and have said they will intervene if gp practices don't increase access to care. the doctors' union, the british medical association, said it was "disappointing" that ministers remained preoccupied with appointments in person — as the pandemic had proved remote consultations were "entirely appropriate and appreciated" by many. it comes as new figures show the nhs treatment backlog in england is at record levels — with more than 5.7 million people waiting for routine treatment. more and more people are going to a&e with more than a quarter waiting overfour hours to be seen. our health editor hugh pym has more. fabienne was used to regular face—to—face appointments with her gp to discuss her chronic health conditions. but since the start of the pandemic, they haven't happened, only phone consultations have been possible and she says they haven't met her needs. not to see him and to talk constantly to someone who doesn't know my own health issues, to talk to someone over the phone that doesn't know me at all, who has probably never had the paperwork that is needed to know my conditions, it has really stressed me out. the proportion of consultations which are face—to—face in england is still well short of the pre—pandemic level. there are no comparable figures for scotland, wales or northern ireland. nice to meet you, nice to visit your practice today. the health secretary says more money will now be allocated to practices in england to bring in locum doctors to increase appointments, as long as they explain how they'll spend it. today's package is all about support, about providing gps with ever more support so they can do more of what they love doing, which is seeing their patients. it's about having more appointments and having more prompt appointments and allowing patients to have more choice in the way that they're seen. a shift of some work treating minor illnesses to pharmacists is part of the plan to ease pressure on general practice. so, we've had quite a few confrontational patients this morning. there will also be measures to cut bureaucracy to allow doctors to spend more time with patients. this gp in liverpool has doubts about some of the plans. there are some aspects of it which makes sense and one would welcome, but the overall tone of the package leaves a lot to be desired. the package talks about making resources available for locums. i'd love to know where the locums are to come and work here. the number of gp posts in england has gone up a bit in the last five years. but a conservative pledge in 2015 to boost the workforce by 5,000 by 2020 wasn't met. now, there's a new pledge for 6,000 more, in three years' time. and doctors' representatives argue that the real problem is that the current workforce are struggling to keep up with rising demand for patient care. if i reflect on my own practice, i have no appointments left in the day and i'm squeezing people in and theirfamilies in when they're speaking to me on the phone, because they're pleading with me. and i'm doing that and my colleagues are doing that, and we're knackered, we're completely exhausted. and the government is completely out of touch and clueless. some patients say they've had to go a&e because they couldn't get gp appointments, and english a&e units had their busiest ever september, with the lowest percentage treated or assessed in four hours. the uk's other nations have fared no better. across the country, and even before winter, the pressure is intensifying. hugh pym, bbc news. the latest official coronavirus figures show there were 45,066 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period — the highest since the middle ofjuly. the average number of cases per day in the past week now stands atjust under 40,000. more than 7,000 people were in hospital with covid yesterday. another 157 deaths have been recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test — which means on average there were 118 deaths per day, in the past week. 0n vaccinations, 85.7% of the population aged 12 and over have had their first dose of a vaccine and 78.7% have been double jabbed. our health editor hugh pym is with me now. so the daily infection figures keep going up and there are warnings of a difficult winter ahead. yes going up and there are warnings of a difficult winter ahead.— difficult winter ahead. yes the daily cases — difficult winter ahead. yes the daily cases looked _ difficult winter ahead. yes the daily cases looked at - difficult winter ahead. yes the daily cases looked at week - difficult winter ahead. yes the daily cases looked at week on | difficult winter ahead. yes the - daily cases looked at week on week, up daily cases looked at week on week, up 13%, hospital admissions and deaths will up over that period. but the question is where does it go from here. professor chris whitty said that modellers were finding it difficult to work that out. but whatever happened with covid if it remained where it was or there was another surge, the other factors and viruses like flu mean it would be a difficult winter for the viruses like flu mean it would be a difficult winterfor the nhs viruses like flu mean it would be a difficult winter for the nhs and we have heard how difficult it is in september, even before the winter for a&e units and the pressures on gp. he went on to say, chris whitty, that he would like to claim there was some lit uplands ahead, but he couldn't say that at this stage. 0n gps, jeremy hunt, the former health secretary, that he welcomed some parts of package, but it wouldn't turn the tide and a recruitment drive was needed. find turn the tide and a recruitment drive was needed.— turn the tide and a recruitment drive was needed. and there was concerns about _ drive was needed. and there was concerns about pcr _ drive was needed. and there was concerns about pcr tests - drive was needed. and there was concerns about pcr tests in - drive was needed. and there was concerns about pcr tests in one | concerns about pcr tests in one area. ~ , �* concerns about pcr tests in one area. , �* . area. west berkshire council said the were area. west berkshire council said they were aware _ area. west berkshire council said they were aware of _ area. west berkshire council said they were aware of test - area. west berkshire council said they were aware of test giving i area. west berkshire council said i they were aware of test giving false negatives and they have urged people to get retested. it relates to one lab and that has been resolved, but it does affect other parts of the south west. more details may emerge tomorrow. . ~ south west. more details may emerge tomorrow. ., ~ , ., police are treating a bow and arrow attack in norway that left five people dead as an act of terrorism. a 37—year—old is being held after a man went on the rampage last night in the town of kongsberg, from where mark lowen sent this report. a medieval weapon of modern terror, piercing the calm of this once sleepy town. police were called after six o'clock last night when an attacker fired indiscriminately from his bow and arrow. when they tried to intervene, he unleashed more volleys. by the time they caught him half an hour later, he had killed four women and one man and injured three others. today, police identified him as 37—year—old espen andersen brathen, a local resident of danish nationality, who had converted to islam and had previously raised concerns over radicalisation. and they say he's confessed. the act itself looks like a terror act, but we do not know what is the motivation of the perpetrator here. the supermarket where the killing spree began bears the scars of the horror, and kongsberg, this town of 25,000 people, has been shattered. norway's new prime minister, on his first day in the job, takes over a country in mourning. translation: these are gruesome acts that have been _ committed, quite surreal. my thoughts go to those who have been exposed to this, relatives, families and everybody who has been seriously frightened. tonight, they paid tribute to the victims. this close community in one of the world's most peaceful countries has been devastated. it's scary. beata was out shopping with her children when the rampage began. so we hid in the sport shop for, like, 45 minutes, i guess? it was dark outside and we were quite frightened. this is a small town and it's safe here. i've never been afraid to walk out in the dark before, since i was this age, but now it feels kind of unsafe. amidst the heartache, questions will linger over how a man flagged as a security risk seemingly slipped through the net. but for now, it's a time to remember and reflect on how this town's carefree spirit was crushed and how to rekindle it. tonight a psychiatric assess omit ment of the suspect is under way. there are reports of previous convictions and a video he posted in which he issues a warning and proclaims his muslim faith. this is now the deadliest attack here since a decade ago when a far right extremist massacred 70 people and the vigil here is going late into the vigil here is going late into the night. hundreds of abbatoir workers from abroad are to be given temporary visas to come to the uk. the government announced the move, after industry leaders warned that staff shortages in abattoirs meant healthy pigs were having to be destroyed, rather than processed for food. 0ur north of england correspondent danny savage reports from driffield in yorkshire. there were some tense moments waiting for details of today's announcement about assisting pig farmers. it's making me feel a bit sick, actually. when the proposal came to employ 800 foreign butchers and make available more cold storage for carcasses, tension turned to relief. it's a positive, definitely. they're listening to us and hopefully they're going to help us. it's definitely a positive. the private storage is a good thing because at least then, if the butchers don't come in, as many as they want, then we can still kill pigs and they will still be used for food. are you confident now that you won't have to cull pigs on the farm? for us, hopefully this has come quick enough. november is still two weeks away but i don't know how quick they can get this private storage up and running. the government says it has listened to concerns about labour in the pig industry, and denies acting too late. what we've identified through talking to industry, literally over the last ten days, is that labour is an aggravating factor. we can act to solve that problem by having these temporary visas and that's what we've decided to do. but on this east yorkshire farm, there are caveats to the positive response to tonight's announcement. this plan has to work and it must be in place soon. we needed butchers in these processes 12 weeks ago now so it is essential that we get some staff in their asap because farmers are already, unfortunately, culling pigs because of overstocking on farms, so we need them now. i'm very disappointed that it's taken so long to come to this decision and these arrangements. we, as farmers, should never have been put in this position. this really wasn't our problem. this was a processing problem and we've been left to deal with it, emotional and financial issues. the test is now whether the badly needed foreign workers will want to come and be operational within just a few weeks. danny savage, bbc news, driffield. yeah the chancellor rishi sunak says the government is doing "everything it can" to ease supply chain blockages. but businesses in industries from toys to construction to meat are warning that blockages at ports, caused by a shortage of lorry drivers, are still causing big delays. the uk's largest poultry supplier said the price of chicken will rise because of the problems. with more, here's our business correspondent emma simpson. they sell everything they make. frog bikes are in big demand. so, this is our warehouse where we store the bikes. normally there'd be about 25,000 bikes on the shelves so the shelves would be full. we won't have enough bikes for christmas. it's disappointing. disappointing for mums and dads? disappointing for mums and dads, for the shops we deal with and for us. the production line here at pontypool is running at half—speed. they rely on parts from all over the world and they are waiting on three containers of tyres from south korea. the tyres that should have come straight here for early 0ctober are not going to be here until mid—november. they are late? they're very late. and the knock—on effect is we miss out on making 5,000 bikes. if that wasn't bad enough, a shortage of drivers means they're struggling to get the bikes to the shops. businesses are grappling with a whole host of different issues right now. for some, this festive season is turning into a logistics nightmare and the government is under growing pressure to make sure the wheels don't come off this christmas. i'm confident there will be a good amount of christmas presents available for everyone to buy. we're doing absolutely everything we can to mitigate some of these challenges. they are global in nature, so we can't fix every single problem, but i feel confident that there will be a good provision of goods for everybody and we are working our way to remove blockages where we can. he's hoping temporary work visas will help, but there's concern foreign hgv food drivers may not be able to arrive for another month. all of the shortages were predicted. i think a lot of people will say, why on earth hasn't the government therefore got a plan in place to deal with it? costs for businesses are also piling up. britain's biggest chicken producer, two sisters, is warning the days of low food prices are coming to an end. so, how is all this affecting shoppers' plans for christmas here in newport? are you worried about christmas shortages? yes. definitely. the shops, the shelves look empty already. we've been and got our turkey already. yeah, bought the turkey just in case. are you worried about shortages? a little bit, i think. but it's not going to- cause me to panic—buy. most of them will be having money this year because you don't know what's going to arrive into britain. and for some businesses, it could be a bumpy ride ahead at their busiest time of the year. emma simpson, bbc news, pontypool. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is in washington for us tonight where world finance ministers have been meeting this week. new measures announced by the government today — enough to start easing the pressures? there are so many unusual things happening in the world economy as we have heard, and equally unusual conversations happening amongst the g7 finance ministers and i understand they were comparing notes on each other�*s regime for training up on each other�*s regime for training up truck drivers which shows you how global the crisis is, and also picking up from conversations with finance ministers that where they had presumed that post—pandemic these rises in prices, the inflation, it would be transitory, they are now starting to question just how long that transition is going to last, longer than they expected, longer than they hoped, and that is why you are getting some difficult, different measures coming up. the transport secretary grant shapps coming up with the idea that you give european truckers back rights they lost when we had brexit and left the single market, to travel round the uk, basically, but that won't be reciprocated for british drivers in europe. that should alleviate pressures ahead of christmas but it is just one measure, and other things we are picking up, there is lots of voices here suggesting that some of the changes we are seeing with the world economy, where countries want to produce more locally, where they want to work not necessarily with china or import things from taiwan or korea, but they want to work more closely with western democracies, this transition is happening at this pandemic situation, the post—pandemic, having these permanent changes. post-pandemic, having these permanent changes.- post-pandemic, having these permanent changes. thanks for “oininu permanent changes. thanks for joining us- _ six people have been shot dead and many more have been injured in the lebanese capital, beirut, during a demonstration by shia muslim groups against thejudge investigating last year's massive port explosion. huge tension surrounds the probe into the port explosion with the hezbollah group and its allies claiming thejudge is biased — but the families of the blast victims have given him their support. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster has the latest. it started as a protest. but the tension quickly mounted. within minutes, it became a battlefield. nobody knows yet who started the shooting. rapid gunfire but the exchanges of gunfire between christian and shia armed groups stirs ghosts of the country's civil war. for hours, shooting echoed through the streets of beirut. not everyone survived. translation: my wife was hiding downstairs, | but our neighbour was killed. she was shot in the head with a bullet. she had kids, her daughter got married just two days ago. it's a very confused picture right now, there are many, many soldiers on the streets trying to work out exactly where the firing is coming from. a lot of the exchange of fire is going on at this cross—section here. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire and the thump of rpgs like that one. we've seen somebody shooting from the top of a building and the army are trying to work out how to contain the situation, which escalated so rapidly. as the shooting faded, the clean—up started, but the scars and the divisions remain. accountability for the port blast is vitalfor the lebanese people, but tonight, it feels further away than ever. anna foster, bbc news, beirut. the world health organisation has urged countries and companies that control covid vaccine supplies to meet their promises to poor and developing nations. wealthy countries including the uk have pledged to donate more than a billion vaccine doses worldwide, but only a small proportion have been delivered. in south sudan, one of the world's poorest countries, a tiny fraction of the population is protected. the problem is not just vaccine supply. poverty, insecurity and poor infrastructure are adding to the challenge. from south sudan, anne soy reports. a south sudanese welcome dance. this is a celebration to mark the arrival of vaccines, even if it's just a trickle. not many countries have vaccinated fewer people. here, just over 120,000 doses have been administered so far in a country of more than 11 million people. this is a donation from the us government through the global covax initiative. covax was meant to make sure that low income countries like south sudan would not be left behind. by now it was hoped that one in every ten people would have been vaccinated but the reality on the ground is that only one in every 500 south sudanese have been fully vaccinated. but it's not as easy as just bringing vaccines to south sudan. this is a country roughly the size of france but you can't reach people everywhere. the issue is deployment. you deploy to the states and then the counties. it's not an easy thing. given our country, given our health system, which is also not very strong. the health workers are not well paid. they are sitting for long hours, there's a lot of people queueing up for the vaccine, so it is not an easy situation. in times of hunger, this is how food gets to people in remote parts of the country. some vaccine supplies have to be airdropped. insecurity and flooding render some airstrips unusable, making distribution a huge challenge. more than ten times expensive here in south sudan compared to some other neighbouring countries where you have a reliable road network. and yet, the distribution often has to be done quickly when the vaccines arrive. the last batch of astrazeneca doses brought here was just a month away from expiry. this is not improving the confidence that people have in the vaccine, when they know that they are receiving a vaccine that is close to expiration. it's like dumping product in africa when other people have used the majority of them. i think having the vaccine coming on time will increase the visibility in terms of planning. here, in the world's youngest country, beset by poverty, there were hopes that wealthy countries would ensure fair play when it came to sharing vaccines. many say it's in their interests to do so. instead, despite covax, south sudan's people remain largely unprotected. anne soy, bbc news, juba. the 25th annual stirling prize for architecture has been won by a new student building at kingston university in south west london. it's known as the town house. the judges from the royal institute of british architects praised the openness and welcoming nature of the design at a university when many students are often the first in their family to undertake a degree course. the infamous banksy painting, which the artist designed to shred itself at auction, has been resold for £18.5 million. the work fetched more than three times its estimated price when it went under the hammer at sotherby�*s in london this evening. the work — known as love is in the bin — was originally bought forjust over £1 million three years ago. the british band coldplay have announced they are to go on a world tour next year but are going to try to offset their carbon emissions as they go. they're working to develop a kinetic floor which would convert the audience's dancing in to electricity. the band's singer chris martin also said they would plant a tree for every ticket sold. but they have still opted to use private planes. here's our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. # i hearjerusalem bellsa ringing...#j coldplay, back on stage in london this week, and today, they've announced a 2022 world tour, but one with a difference. two years ago, their lead singer chris martin told me they wouldn't tour again until they could do so in a carbon—neutral way. we're taking time over the next year or two to work out how can not only our tour be sustainable, but how can it be actively beneficial? # paradise...# and it turns out that interview was a game changerfor the band. well, last time we spoke, i sort of made that up when we were talking. really? because i was trying to think of something cool to say. and then it sort of became a headline. and then we thought, "well, that is actually what we really feel." within a couple of weeks, the band employed two people dedicated to working out how to tour in a cleaner way. today, coldplay have revealed their 12—point action plan, including working with bmw to develop the first—ever mobile rechargeable concert battery. the whole show is powered from renewable energy, which is amazing. and then in terms of offsetting people being there, we're able to plant a tree for every ticket sold. and that's a lot of trees. their last tour was seen by 5.4 million people. other ideas include a kinetic floor, allowing the audience to provide power by dancing along. you know when a front man says, "we need you to jump up and down"? when i say that, i literally really need you tojump up and down. when rock stars speak about the environment, there are always cries of hypocrisy, especially when private jets are being used. yeah. are you ready for the inevitable backlash? yeah, i don't mind any backlash at all. we're trying our best, and we haven't got it perfect. and the people that give us backlash for that kind of thing, for flying, they�* re right. how do you tally that with yourself, then? i don't know, i don't mind criticism at all. it's ok, cos sometimes criticism leads to improvement. and it's clear chris martin believes coldplay concerts are now green enough that he can once again go around the globe singing yellow. we wouldn't be announcing a tour unless we felt like we're far enough along that it's ok in our hearts, but we're definitely not finished. colin paterson, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. a chilly start to friday across the north of the uk. somewhat milder for the far south, where we'll still have the remnants of this weak front through friday morning, bringing some cloud, a bit of patchy rain. the rain will tend to fizzle out. some sunshine through the afternoon. in fact, for most of the uk, some sunny spells to end the week, but a fresher feel, particularly across scotland and the far north of england. further south, we're looking at highs of 13 to 15 celsius, 16 for the far southwest of england. fine end to the day on friday, but cloud will tend to push in from the west across scotland, northern ireland, the western side of england and wales. clear skies further east, so here is where we'll see the lowest temperatures to start the day on saturday. few pockets of air frost for northeast scotland and northeast england. saturday, generally is a cloudier day compared to friday. most will be dry. we'll see outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west as we head through the late afternoon. temperatures starting to recover across england and wales. still fairly cool for scotland. this is bbc news. the headlines... a day of mourning has been announced — after hours of gunfire in lebanon's capital killed six people and left dozens injured. the shooting started — as hezbollah and their allies gathered to protest — calling for the removal of thejudge, leading the investigation into last year's port explosion. lebanon's president has vowed that those responsible will be held accountable. there have been calls for calm as the lebanese army says it's arrested nine people. police in norway have arrested a man accused of killing five people with a bow and arrows. police say they're treating the incident as an act of terrorism. a banksy paintng that shredded itself the last time it went to auction has been re—sold for more than 10 times its previous value — at a record 25 million dollars. "love is in the bin" sold at auction for almost two million dollars in 2018.