welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: more setbacks for donald trump. georgia certifies joe biden's win in the state while republicans from michigan say they've seen no information that would overturn their results. pfizer asks regulators around the world for emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine. we'll look at the challenges of getting it around the globe. here in the uk, the prime minister gives his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims she bullied her staff. in the first round in the libel legal battle between the footballers‘ wives, rebekah vardy is 1—0 up against coleen rooney.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. and of course here in the uk. starting in the us. donald trump's efforts to overturn the result of the us presidential election have suffered further setbacks. the state of georgia has certified its results, showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump by over 12,600 votes. and after meeting mr trump at the white house, senior republicans from michigan said they had seen no information that would overturn mr biden‘s victory in their state. the bbc‘s nomia iqbal is in washington. she says that despite them confirming victory for joe biden, president trump will still want to pursue any recounts. that is not stopping him from still pushing ahead so today, we saw that georgia had certified the votes, and confirmed that it will go tojoe biden.

but donald trump can still demand a recount — that's still his right — because, in terms of numbers of votes thatjoe biden had, it does fall within that margin, and donald trump today had a press conference and it was about covid—19 and it was about vaccines, but he came out and said "i won the election. i got more than 73 million votes." of course, joe biden got many more votes than that and the tally is coming up to nearly 80 million. and i think that gives us an indication that donald trump is still going right ahead with his plans to try and get the projections overturned. we can speak to professor kim wehle, a professor of law at the university of baltimore in maryland. thank you so much forjoining us on thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. thank you for having me. what is your reaction first of all to the various different states and the state of play at the moment? i think it is a good thing that george, even under a

republican, certified the election forjoe biden and it looks like michigan will do the same on monday. and in america we have the system of federalism where states operate independently and so far, they are going along with the will of the people, unlike u nfortu nately of the people, unlike unfortunately the president of the united states and many republicans in the us congress. but my expectation is thatjoe biden will be sworn in on january 20. have you seen any legal avenues that you think could be successful, could warrant any kind of attention? no, and they have been i think 32 cases filed and the president has lost i think 31 of them on last count and that is for good reason. there is no evidence of fraud and in courts of law, they are not politicians, they are bound by rules of evidence and bound by civil procedure rules and they are not even able to take these cases and the extent to which you are alleging something other than fraud it may be legal, certainly not in a way that could affect the outcome of any of these races and

donald trump would have to overturn multiple states in order to shift the elections i just don't see that happening through the courts. given, on a slightly tangential issue but the same principle, really, i'm interested in what your thoughts are over the last couple of years obviously of his presidency donald trump, in one of his raison d'etre was, one of his raison d'etre was, one of his raison d'etre was, one of the reasons his supporters love him so much is he does not care much for normal norms, normal democratic norms. that is one of the reasons he is there. that is why he got voted in. but the flip side to that is that so much of the constitution and the ethics and norms are not written down, not codified, depend on people's sense of whatever it is, decency or shame or whatever. you think in the light of everything that has happened that we will need to see more ratification? well, there are a couple of things, one is that a number of the things that donald trump has ignored are actually codified, for example in this moment the head of the general services

administration should have authorised the transition. she is refusing to do that, presumably under his direction. but i do agree, sort of what happened post— watergate, if we had a bipartisan congress that was functioning, which would really require a republican senate, that we should see legislation to kind of plug some of these holes, these holes as you indicate that i really about decency, norms, protecting the rule of law, understanding the fragility of the constitution. but it is not just donald trump, frankly, it is the republicans and the congress that have been in lockstep with this degradation of american the american system of american the american system of government which is quite u nfortu nate. of government which is quite unfortunate. fascinating to get your thoughts, thank you so much for coming on and we really appreciate your time. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. millions of yemenis are at risk of starvation, according to the un secretary—general antonio guterres, who says yemen is facing what could be the worst famine the world has seen in decades. mr guterres blamed the situation on yemen's continuing war and the drastic

reduction in the international community's funding of un relief programmes. there's a call for the opening of humanitarian corridors to help civilians caught in the fighting in ethiopia's tigray region, warning of what it called "dramatic humanitarian impact". preparations are underway for an influx of up to 200,000 refugees into neighbouring sudan. thousands of opposition supporters in belarus have paid their last respects to an activist who died after a clash with suspected plain clothes police. witnesses say 31—year—old roman bondarenko was severely beaten when he tried to stop agents ripping down the opposition‘s red and white emblems. the exiled figurehead svetla na tsikhanouskaya said he was killed by government thugs. the interior ministry has denied involvement.

the drugs manufacturer pfizer and its partner biontech are filing for emergency authorisation for their coronavirus vaccine, meaning they could start distributing it by mid december. it'll be the job of the us food and drug administration to decide if it's safe to roll out. we'rejoined by dr mati hlatswayo davis, who is an infectious disease physician at washington university school of medicine. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. what is your response, your reaction to this application by pfizer. are you optimistic that this could really get things rolling? i'm so happy to be able to say to you that i am actually optimistic, after one year of bad news after bad news, these preliminary data are wonderful. all of us in the medical research and public health

arena are absolutely hopeful at this point. the news from pfizer, backed up by what the donor is seen, is wonderful. but this is tempered by the fa ct but this is tempered by the fact that we still have to com plete fact that we still have to complete these studies —— moderna. we have to complete the numbers that i needed to reach significance. after which the data needs to be evaluated by external review boards. but pending that, this could be great news for the world. so talk us through, what are some of the difficulties and challenges when it comes to distributional? distribution is indeed a challenge, it is one i have been trying to get people to talk about and think about from the summer. having a product is one thing but getting it out is another and a couple of things. pfizer's vaccine requires very low temperature and it requires places that have resources available to be able to keep it at these low temperatures. 0n top of that, equity. equity is key here. as you know, we have

been talking about this databank been talking about this data bank disproportionately impacting brown and black communities in the us. also the elderly and people with underlying comorbidities such as lung and heart disease. so there has to be thoughts as to who will get it, when, and how this will be rolled out. i have talked to you before about the history of mistrust in black and brown communities based on, you know, years, historically, of systematic and institutional racism and so what we do not wa nt to racism and so what we do not want to see here is an equitable distribution that results in these folks being left behind once again. is that a concern that that will happen? i will say this. a concern that that will happen? iwill say this. people have been extraordinarily thoughtful about the roller plan. there has already been —— the rollout plan. they have already been plans and thought about how this should be done and thinking about who needs to get this first when there is limited numbers. to that end,

healthcare workers on the front lines were either directly or indirectly involved in the care of people with coronavirus, they will be getting this in they will be getting this in the first wave, as will people who are at higher risk, the elderly and people with comorbidities, such as the ones included. and although not explicitly said, we do know that black and brown communities who are suffering also disproportionately have high rates of these comorbidities so i am confident that once the new administration is in power we will see as equitable a distribution as is possible. 0k. dr mati hlatswayo davis. thank you so much for coming on and talking us through that. really appreciate it. thank you so much. missing announcements also on 0xford vaccines and also on 0xford vaccines and also moderna. james gallagher explained how they work.

vaccines are being developed at unprecedented speed — ten years of work has been condensed into around ten months. more than 200 vaccines are being researched and the most advanced are starting to produce results. so, how do they work? well, first of all, i want to point out something on the coronavirus itself. this is known as the spike protein, and that is what most vaccines are training your body to attack. now, there are broadly four different approaches being used to make coronavirus vaccines. the first kills or inactivates the coronavirus and then injects it into people. this triggers the immune response, but without causing an infection. the second approach takes the spike proteins from the coronavirus and just injects that. these are tried and trusted methods of making vaccines, but they are slow to get up and running. a faster and more experimental style of vaccine takes a common cold virus. it is genetically modified to stop it causing an infection, and then again, to give it the blueprints for making

the spike protein from the coronavirus. this is the technique being pioneered by the university of oxford, so you'll have heard about that in the news a lot in the past week. now, the final approach is quite new. part of the genetic code, here, of the coronavirus is injected into patients. once there, it starts making copies of that spike protein, which the body learns to react to. this is how pfizer and moderna have developed their potent vaccines. and to be honest, we need all of these techniques. at the moment because we still do not know which will prove to be best. 0ur our thanks to james gallagher. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: the legacy of nuremburg. attention! 75 years on, we remember the world's first international war crimes trial of the leaders of nazi germany.

benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself into police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that its opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage.

this is bbc news. the latest headline: more setbacks for donald trump — georgia certifies joe biden's win in the state, while republicans from michigan say they've seen no information to overturn their results. the british government has lost another senior adviser, after borisjohnson disregarded his report into bullying in the home office. mrjohnson has cleared his home secretary priti patel, despite a report finding that she had sworn and shouted at her staff. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. he's standing by her. boris johnson's taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as "bullying." priti patel shouted and swore at staff, but the prime minister's judged that she didn't break ministerial rules.

i asked her what she thought about the criticisms in the report. are you a bully? well, i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. and, vicki, i'll be very candid. you know, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging, so if i have upset people, that has been completely unintentional. that was not my intention. the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards found that the home secretary: despite these findings

from sir alex allan, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points to what they call "mitigating circumstances" — the fact that no—one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time, and that she's apologised. ms patel‘s friends think she's been the victim of snobbery and sexism. but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam. he resigned in february as the most senior civil servant at the home office. reporter: sir philip, how much confidence do you have in the inquiry? in a statement today, he said he wasn't asked to give evidence, and says he did repeatedly advise ms patel that she needed to treat staff with respect. his former department has also been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive. the home secretary says the culture has now changed. at the time, of course, — it says this in the report — that issues were not pointed

out to me, we were not being supported, obviously, in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you're making excuses, and actually, there is no excuse for somebody who is in a senior position treating others badly. vicki, there are no excuses. i'm absolutely giving an unreserved, fulsome apology today — i cannot be any clearer about that whatsoever. but labour say priti patel should resign or be sacked. the prime minister has said that he loathes bullying and yet today, he has comprehensively failed a test of his leadership, when he's had a report on his desk precisely on that issue. sir alex allan couldn't have been clearer — that the home secretary has not consistently met the high standards of the ministerial code. hanging onto priti patel will be a popular decision with conservative party members, but it will bring mrjohnson more political pain. it's 75 years since

the surviving leaders of nazi germany went on trial at nuremberg. they stood accused of the deaths of millions of people. fergal keane reports on the legacy of the world's first international war crimes trial. newsreel: attention. tribunal. judges from britain, america... it was a trial of crimes that defied the imagination. nazi leaders faced a court that established the principle of internationaljustice. 75 years later, we have been hearing from some of those who have lived in the long shadow of nuremberg. newsreel: vengeance is not our goal, nor do we seek merely a just retribution. my name is ben ferencz. i am the sole surviving prosecutor from the nuremberg war crimes trials.

ben ferencz was a soldier and lawyer and he wasjewish. but, for him, seeing justice done meant leaving all personal feelings aside. vengeance is not our goal. nor do we seek merely a just retribution. my name is ben ferencz. i am the sole surviving prosecutor from the nuremberg war crimes trials. frank was a willing and knowing participant in the use of terrorism in poland... among the notorious defendants was hans frank, governor of occupied poland,

seen here in sunglasses. 4 million died under his rule. his son, niklas, pictured with his father as a child of the nazi elite, long ago denounced hans frank. but really, i think, my father had deserved the death penalty — for one reason, that he should himself experience the same death fear which he distributed about hundreds of thousands of innocent people. so many deaths to account for. ida bach was ten years old when she was murdered. she left her sister while in hiding in order to return to her mother. they perished in auschwitz. she would have been alive, my sister, if she had come with me, but she left my hand. and that, i felt guilty all the time. when they put those german leaders on trial at nuremberg, did you feel any sense of satisfaction? no, it was notjustice for me, not at all. how many were hanged?

to me, it was too good to be hanged after what they'd done, you know? nuremberg was a beginning, but the story at its heart — of massacred minorities, of intolerance — stains humanity still. fergal keane, bbc news. round one of a legal battle between the wives of two british footballers has come to an end in london. a high courtjudge has ruled that colleen rooney "clearly identified" rebekah vardy when she made allegations about social media stories being leaked in tabloid newspapers. the so—called wagatha christie row began in october 2019, as david silito reports. coleen rooney, rebekah vardy — both famous for being married to premier league footballers, both with high—profile celebrity careers. and the issue — who was leaking stories about coleen rooney to the papers? she had a suspicion and set up an instagram account with some fake stories, and limited access to just one other account — rebekah va rdy‘s account. rebekah vardy says she

didn't leak anything, and began legal proceedings. and so, at the high court today, the lawyers gathered for round one of vardy versus rooney. this was, of course, only a preliminary hearing to decide if that post was directly pointing the finger at rebekah vardy and rebekah vardy alone. the judge decided it was, and so a victory for rebekah vardy and, for coleen rooney, a cost of £22,913.50. the law is a costly business. and coleen rooney and rebekah vardy are being given a couple of months to see if they can resolve this and avoid a high court libel battle. david sillito, bbc news. on friday, the south korean megaband bts launched their new album — be. and the new single life goes 0n has already been watched around 60 million times so far on youtube. the seven—member boy band is at the forefront of south korean pop music

and has helped build a global fan base for k—pop since their debut in 2013. this year, the trailblazing septet cemented their prominence in the world's biggest market in august, becoming the first south korean act to top the us singles chart with dynamite entering the billboard hot 100 at number one. 0ne one of the editors of army magazine, an online fan magazine, is with me now. we will start with the number of views on youtube because it is extraordinary. 61 million views for the latest single. a huge number but it is not a record. they already hold a record for 100 million viewsjust they already hold a record for 100 million views just earlier this yearfor 100 million views just earlier this year for that other single. what has gone so terribly wrong? it is not that anything has gone terribly wrong. they continued to be quite the force, i just think,

partly with dynamite being the first single completely in english, it helped a lot of new fa ns english, it helped a lot of new fans come on to army and jump onto the bandwagon and that helps with some of the views quickly. these are huge numbers, absolutely amazing. what for you is the appeal of bts ? what for you is the appeal of bts? i think part of it is about social media presence. we as fans tend to feel like they are with us. even before the pandemic, they connect with us so often through so many different social media accounts. they come on, they have an app through career that a lot of different capable artist use and they are but often doing live broadcasts and they recently started doing

youtube broadcast live and so we just feel connected. youtube broadcast live and so we just feel connectedlj youtube broadcast live and so we just feel connected. i see all of that, what about the music itself? the musicjust can be very soothing. it is so vast, it is so different and so there is something that reaches everyone, whether you like some of their older or true up songs earlier in their debut years or some of the softer songs they are lending towards now, there is something for everyone. where do you see them going from here? hopefully the next up from here? hopefully the next up is from here? hopefully the next upisa from here? hopefully the next up is a grammy. we are really, really hoping tuesday brings some amazing news. good luck to you and enjoy picking away at those youtube videos. great to have you on. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. that is just about it from me.

you can get me on social media. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. on friday, we saw temperatures slowly rising as milderaircame in from the atlantic, together with a lot of cloud. but over this weekend, it's cooler air that's going to return across the uk, with temperatures set to drop a bit. now, we've seen the milderaircome in, thanks to south—westerly winds bringing in that cloud. this strip of cloud here is a weather front. that's producing the rain that we are seeing at the moment and it's moving very slowly southwards. now, that weather front will take the rain southwards. as it does so, the rain becomes light and patchy, but it pushes away the milder air steadily through the weekend, with cooler air then following from the north. and that's going to bring in some showers, mainly for scotland and for northern ireland. but we start the weekend with mild air across england and wales. it's colder in northern scotland early on saturday morning.

it's windy here as well. and then we've got our band of rain on that weather front. that rain will soon move away from southern scotland, northern ireland, heading into northern england in the morning, and then down through wales, into the north midlands later on in the day. to the south of that, generally dry. a lot of cloud but a hint of sunshine now and again. it's quite mild air still here, so temperatures 13 degrees. further north, it's getting colder through the day. there will be some sunshine, but those showers could be quite heavy and blustery, as well, because it's going to be quite a windy day, especially for northern scotland, where we're looking at gales, gusts of 70 miles an hour for a while in the northern isles. now, through saturday evening and saturday night, that band of clouds and rain, becoming light and patchy, heads down to southern england. elsewhere, we'll see clearing skies away from those showers continuing mainly in scotland. and the winds will gradually ease as well, so it points to a colder night. temperatures could be easily down to 4 or 5 degrees. but across southern parts of england, south of the ma, mainly, we could be left with a fair bit of cloud on sunday. a little rain now and again but on the whole generally dry.

further north, more in the way of sunshine. we keep some showers going across northern ireland, and in particular into scotland. again, they could be quite heavy. it's going to be a cooler day, i think. for many places, temperatures are going to struggle to make double figures. but it won't be as windy on sunday. now, looking ahead into the early parts of next week, and the wind direction changing back to more of a south—westerly. a little bit milder, but we've got weather fronts on the scene as well. they're going to bring cloud and rain. it looks like the wettest weather through monday, and into tuesday, will be across more northern and western parts of the uk.

this is bbc news, the headlines:

donald trump's efforts to overturn the us presidential election result suffer further setbacks. the state of georgia certifies its results after a recount confirmed joe biden as the winner. and senior republicans from michigan say they've seen no information that would overturn mr biden's victory in their state. the world could be a step closer to a covid—19 vaccine, after the drugs company, pfizer, and its partner biontech, filed for emergency authorisation in the us and other countries around the globe. if approved, it will begin to be rolled out from next month. here in the uk, the prime minister gives his full support to the home secretary priti patel, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. the move's forced boris johnson's advisor on ministerial conduct to resign. ms patel says she's sorry if she upset anyone.