this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the general in charge of the us coronavirus vaccination drive has said the first innoculations will take place on monday. within the next 2a hours, they will begin moving vaccines from the pfizer manufacturing facility to the ups and fedex hubs. as the festive season continues, health care trusts across england want the government to proceed with caution because of a possible third wave of infections. people are really worried that if we relax the restrictions now, the nhs simply won't be able to cope with all of the work that it needs to do in late december, january, and february. five years since the paris agreement, 45 countries offer

new climate change targets for 2030 at a virtual summit. more pessimism over brexit talks between the uk and eu, ahead of tomorrow's deadline. the former governor of the bank of england tells us that the financial sector is ready to deal with any difficult outcome. also in the programme... # whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother # you're staying alive, staying alive... it's more than a0 years since the bee gees had six consecutive number one singles. now, the last surviving member, barry gibb, lifts the lid it's more than a0 years since the bee gees had six on life as a disco king.

hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. over 3,000 americans died from covid—19 on friday, and another 230,000 were diagnosed with the disease. but help is coming at last. manufacturers confirm that the first doses of the pfizer biontech vaccine are being prepared to ship from the company's kalamazoo, michigan site after the drug was approved by the centers for disease control on saturday. general gus perna, the man in charge of the logistics of distribution says vaccines will now be sent across the whole country. the first vaccination will be carried out on monday. make no mistake, distribution has begun. right now, boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccine on the emphasis on quality control.

within the next 2a hours, they will begin moving vaccine from the pfizer manufacturing facility to the ups and fedex hubs, and then they will go out to the 636 locations nationwide. i'm joined from boston by dr michael mina from the center for disease control and prevention communicable disease dynamics. good news, obviously, but clearly a long road ahead for the us given the situation it's in right now? absolutely, this is just situation it's in right now? absolutely, this isjust the situation it's in right now? absolutely, this is just the start of what is proposed to be one of the most logistically difficult aspects of this pandemic for the united states. we‘ re of this pandemic for the united states. we're starting to see some very welcome news of the vaccine has gained fda authorisation and the blessing from the cdc for people 16 and up. but now we will see a very complex logistical hurdle to get over to ensure all americans who need this vaccine get it in an

appropriate time frame. and how is it being worked out in the united states ? it being worked out in the united states? will it be health care workers to start with, then all the people? how will that work? we will start seeing health care workers who are at risk being the first ones to be provided the vaccine. they are currently being distributed to health care centers. then we will see vulnerable individuals, people in nursing homes and nursing facilities being the next. and these people have been very disproportionately harmed by this virus. so those will be the first two large waves of the vaccination. how problematic is it that the vaccine is being introduced into a population where the virus is so rampant? certainly it will limit its initial effect of rolling out a vaccine like this. when cases are

low gives the vaccine the opportunity to immediately take hold. we are now rolling it out to a country that is spiking right now in an amazing fashion of cases. so it means we are really in and upheld vital as these vaccines get rolled out. how long you think it will take to reach herd immunity in the united states ? to reach herd immunity in the united states? well, we probably shouldn't anticipate reaching herd immunity anytime in the next few months — it may be april through june, anytime in the next few months — it may be april throuthune, we will start to see benefits. but i think this'll be a bumpier and more logistically challenging road than most are expecting. there will be limitations. it will be difficult, andi limitations. it will be difficult, and i think we should be hoping a bsently and i think we should be hoping absently for the best, but we should also be at bracing for a lot of challenges and slowdowns along the way. what you think about the way the virus has been handled in the united states? i think we haven't

done much to handle it, as we can see, the cases are soaring out of control. we've had intermittent lockdowns here and there, the economy has really suffered because of this virus. and all the while, without much benefits in terms of reduced cases or doubts. we are seeing 3000 deaths a day now. we had the tools months ago to reduce the spread to a significant degree, but we haven't really used them in any meaningful way so far. thank you very much indeed, doctor. absolutely. here in the uk, there are new warnings that any relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over the christmas period, may risk a third wave of infections. in an open letter, nhs providers, which represents more than 200 health care trusts in england, has urged the prime minister, borisjohnson, to exercise caution, when the tier lists are reviewed next week. with more, here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa.

0n the front line, and under pressure, hospitals expect to be at their busiest over winter, but with the unprecedented impact of coronavirus, this will be a year like no other. there is no question that we are full—on during the second wave now, and we are seeing, certainly where i work, increasing numbers of covid patients coming in. we are also dealing with the normal winter pressures, but we are, at the same time, trying to keep everybody safe and socially distanced, while we are dealing with staff who are also unwell. in a letter to the prime minister, nhs providers say there were 13,000 covid patients in hospital in england this week, compared to 500 in early september. 0ur trust leaders are very concerned. its chief executive has urged caution ahead of the review of tiers next week. what we are saying is you just need to be really careful about relaxing the restrictions on social contact, because we know that that inevitably at the moment, what that means is, more covid cases, more pressure on the nhs,

and to be frank, more people dying unnecessarily. all four nations have been under tough measures in recent weeks, but the r number, which shows whether the epidemic is growing or shrinking, is thought to be above one in some areas. so it is thought infections are rising in london, the south—east and east of england and in northern ireland. and it is a similar picture in wales too, and that is raising concerns that household mixing and travel over christmas could lead to a third wave. think about what you should do. do you really need to have, should you really see three different households together indoors over this period? can you see fewer people, can you see people for a shorter period of time? the government says it won't hesitate to take necessary actions to protect local communities. its review will be based on the latest data that will include factors such as infection rates among the over—60s and pressure on the nhs. katherine da costa, bbc news.

world leaders have been urged to declare a climate emergency, after dire predictions of "catastrophic" global warming. the secretary general of the united nations has told a climate change virtual summit that more ambitious targets are necessary to cut emissions. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. it is my great pleasure to be able to introduce one of the co—hosts of today's climate... there was none of the pomp and circumstance you'd expect of a meeting of dozens of world leaders. this was an entirely virtual summit. to set their own targets... mrjohnson opened in characteristic style. we are doing this. not because we are hairshirt—wearing tree—hugging mung bean—munching eco freaks, and i have got nothing against any of those categories, the mung beans are probably delicious... he described climate change is a greater threat than covid—19,

and said that going green made economic as well as ecological sense. climate change is the biggest threat to humanity right now. only those countries promising substantial commitment to cut carbon got to speak. there were more than 70 of them, including china, the eu, india and japan. join the dots. it's happening... short films highlighted the risks our planet faces. let's be very clear about this. it is going to get much worse. even the pope made an appearance. so why is nothing happening? it was an impressive show, but environmental campaigners said there were precious few genuinely

new pledges to be seen, and there were some notable absentees. australia, brazil, russia and saudi arabia were among the nations which were not invited to address the conference. some of the world's most vulnerable nations said fighting climate change was a moral imperative. i would like to believe that the major emitters are not capable of what would in essence be close to climate genocide. i would like to believe that we are visible and indispensable for them. today's conference marks the start of a crucial year for global climate action. the uk will be hosting a climate conference in glasgow in november 2021. the hope is the entire world will raise its carbon cutting game by then. justin rowlatt, bbc news. last—minute brexit talks are likely to continue late into the night in brussels, although neither side thinks its likely they will agree

a trade deal by sunday's deadline. one of the remaining sticking points is fishing rights. a former conservative defence minister has condemned as "irresponsbile" a threat to deploy the royal navy to protect british fishing waters if no deal is reached. a spokesman for the french president said france is preparing to "keep calm and carry on" regardless. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. in brussels, the briefest of glimpses of the uk's chief negotiator. he is locked in talks behind closed doors with his eu counterparts to see if a deal is possible in the next 2a hours. but indications tonight are not positive. a government source told the bbc talks are continuing overnight and, as things stand, the offer on the table from the eu remains unacceptable. the mood around the talks, like the weather, is rather gloomy. in fact, the only agreement that might be reached this weekend between downing street and the eu is to halt the negotiations

and move towards no deal. downing street says, to reach agreement, the eu must recognise that the uk is now a sovereign nation. theresa may's de facto deputy when she was prime minister is urging both sides to focus on avoiding no deal. we are coming to the last knockings now, so, obviously, it is getting very tense and quite emotional. i would advise both sides to keep talking up to and if necessary beyond the final hour because, while there is talk, there is hope. and is this what no deal with the eu would look like? the ministry of defence has confirmed that four armed vessels will be ready to patrol uk waters if there is no agreement with brussels on fishing rights. but the scottish government does not want to see the ships off its shores. this uk government gunboat diplomacy is not welcome in scottish waters. we will protect our fisheries where necessary. police scotland have

primacy to do that. but we won't do that by threatening our allies, our nato allies, in fact, they are our friends and neighbours. brexit deadlines have come and gone before but this weekend's talks in brussels could finally answer the question — deal or no deal. iain watson, bbc news. so, what's the mood coming out of brussels at this late hour? 0ur europe correspondent is gavin lee. from conversations we've had in brussels today, i think the sense of optimism leading to a deal is in short supply, as one official told us, "they should call this no deal eve," given the sense this may not lead to anything tomorrow. but that said, these are people that aren't in the room, with talks still going on this evening into the night. the chief negotiators have left a short while ago, and those technical teams are still there and we have another 2a hours to go. we know both borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen, the european commission president,

have said it is very likely that there'll be no deal. but it's trying to read the rooms of that and work out, is this just part of that last minute where we will see suddenly a deal tomorrow? 0n the issue today that we heard from iain's piece, about those royal navy patrol boats, four of them suddenly being available if there is no deal next year to patrol the channel. it's been met with a fair amount of european reaction. the press, particularly the french press, suggesting this is "british sabre—rattling", that this brexit war rhetoric doesn't help. but the french government are shrugging it off, really, saying, "we'lljust keep calm and carry on" — using a well—used british quote. the other thing to bear in mind — we also heard from the dutch today, a dutch official suggesting this is very much aimed, the rhetoric on the patrol boats, at a british domestic audience, that they are ignoring this and hoping still that something will happen tomorrow. speaking to the bbc earlier, the former governor of the bank of england, mark carney, outlined his concerns about the situation the uk finds itself in.

i think it is recognised that there are two types of issues around if there is a rupture in the relationship. the first is very important logistical challenges that come through more checks at ports and the knock—on effects, and we are starting to see those already. but then there is the fundamental question of the changing economics of the relationship with europe if there are tariffs in place, if there are other product standards. companies have begun to adjust to those and anticipated some of those. i'll say one thing that is important, the financial sector, my colleagues at the bank of england have helped to ensure that the financial sector is ready for, if there is a difficult outcome, it is ready for that and so the financial sector will not make this worse, it will be part of the solution. but undoubtedly there will be

challenges if an agreement is not reached. the headlines on bbc news... the general in charge of the us coronavirus vaccination drive has said the first innoculations will take place on monday. five years since paris, 45 countries are offering new climate change targets for 2030 at a virtual summit. despite the pandemic, 2020 has seen a dramatic increase in palestinian homes demolished by the israeli authorities. some 900 people lost their home — the biggest number in years. palestinians often build without permits in eastjerusalem and parts of the west bank under israeli patrol, saying permits are almost impossible for them to get. among the buildings still facing demolition orders there are many palestinian schools. yolande knell reports. within seconds, a home is gone. and here, another.

this has been a record year for israeli demolitions. with all the misery they bring. but in this bedouin village, they're rebuilding. last month, bulldozers arrived and more than 70 people had just ten minutes to grab what they could. even the sheep lost their pens. this man believes israel wants to drive them out of the jordan valley, which palestinians want as part of their own independent state. translation: this turned our lives into hell. we had a two—day—old baby. even that family's shelter was demolished. they spent a night under the rain, and it's all because of the israeli occupation. this mother of three won't speak

on camera, but tells me life is harder than ever. it's notjust people here. hundreds of palestinians have lost their homes this year because the israeli authorities say they built illegally. and what they all have in common is that they live in areas that are especially sensitive in the israel—palestinian conflict. the israeli military says this land is a firing range that it uses for training, so it's not safe for palestinians to live here. in another village we visit, there are tensions with nearbyjewish settlers. its new school is the best chance local children have to study, and they're keen learners. this class is about the struggle for palestinian statehood. but the school itself could soon be history. it has a demolition order, as it was built without an israeli permit.

translation: we were worried about the future of the school from the start. but if we dwelled on that, we'd never have made progress. we carried on so that we could give these children the chance of an education, which is a basic right. many countries say destroying this school would violate international law. but israeli defence officials say demolitions are carried out because of planning and building violations as part of its commitment to maintain public order and the rule of law. at its heart, the conflict here is over land, and so long as it's unresolved, palestinians in the most bitterly contested areas live with constant uncertainty. yolande knell, bbc news, on the west bank. for nearly two weeks, farmers from across india have been protesting against new market—friendly reforms that they say are against their interests. thousands have gathered to voice

their discontent and this week, they called on the rest of india to join them in a national strike. today, "hundreds" of protestors have marched on the indian consulate in birmingham, to show their solidairty with the farmers in india. ankur desai has the latest. hundreds of protesters have flooded the streets of birmingham city centre here at the jewellry corner outside the indian consulate, to show solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting against the recent agricultural reforms in india by the government. now, many turned up around 10.30, 11am this morning, the numbers swelled into the 6—700s. many remained in their cars gridlock in the area here, and some were protesting on their feet. they were walking up and down the main high street, and they were posting banners and chanting in solidarity with indian farmers. now, many british asians here have close family ties with many people in india, and they feel extremely

passionate about this issue. they have been telling me today that they will continue to protest and continue to show solidarity with the farmers in india until the indian government abandons their reforms. from a schoolboy skiffle group to becoming the undisputed kings of disco, the bee gees enjoyed phenomenal global success. but those famous smiles were often hiding dark and difficult times. the sibling rivalry, drug abuse, and tragedy which dogged the band are all explored in a new feature—length documentary. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been speaking to the only surviving brother, sir barry gibb. this film contains flashing images. ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome the bee gees? the bee gees! once again, the fabulous bee gees! # oh, you can tell by the way i use my walk... the most exciting sound in the world! the biggest grossing album in the history of music. # you know i'm all right # it's ok how can you mend a broken heart looks at every aspect

of the bee gees' career, including theirfirst number one in 1967... # and the lights all went down in massachusetts... ..and the phenomenon that was saturday night fever. has it changed your lives, the enormous success of it? yes, i can safely say it's changed our lives. # whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, # you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive... in 1978, seven us number one singles were written by the bee gees. # ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive... speaking from his home studio in miami, the surviving bee gee barry gibb tried to explain what it was like to have that level of fame. all right. well, you don't really deal with it. it's just like you are just in the eye of a storm, you're in the middle of something where everyone around you is crazy.

# ah, ah, ah, ah... it got to the point where i could not answer the phone. and it got to the point where people were climbing over the walls and coming in to your grounds — actually, that still happens! chuckles. who's been in your back garden lately, then? well, i don't know, but there are people that walk in. our house on the bay is probably the best position on the bay, you know, so you get unusual people with lots of money that will say, "we will buy your house". no, it's not for sale! fame may have given barry a rather nice house, but the documentary also deals with the lows. i cannot honestly come to terms with the fact that they are not here anymore. # ah, ijust want to be... his three younger brothers are all dead. andy, a solo star, was only 30 when his lifestyle took its toll. and barry had famously fallen out with both maurice and robin at the times of their deaths. all had struggled with life in the limelight. why do you think you were the best

equipped to deal with this? we all had our demons. we all had our issues between each other. but when it came to music, all those things just disappeared. i don't know — maybe being the eldest brother made me feel that i had responsibility to watch out for my other three brothers. be nice if we could find a bigger sound for that solo. but these days, i've come to realise that they probably didn't want that, you know? and i think maurice and robin primarily did not want that. andy, in the end, i think felt i was getting credit for what he was doing. and that's what messes you up — that's what messes everybody up, this obsession with credit — and i think in every group, you're going to see that. that may be the case, but this documentary really does highlightjust how much more there was to the bee gees than their dalliance with disco. colin paterson, bbc news.

absolutely fascinating. that's it for me, you're watching bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers martin lipton and penny smith. that's coming up after the headlines at 11.30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. tomorrow we've got some rain to come in from the atlantic that will affect more of the uk. today, there was some lovely winter sunshine across many western areas. it wasn't a bad day at all. further the east though, the skies look very different. there was rain and drizzle, it was grey and rather misty, especially in the hills as well. that was on that weather front there which is slowly pushing away into the north sea. the next weather system through to bring the rain tomorrow is going to be moving in from the atlantic, with the winds picking up, the cloud arriving and some rain too. but for a while, we're going to have some clearer skies, even across some eastern parts of england, the cloudy damp weather will move away and we will see temperatures dropping. northeast of scotland will see some rain persisting, and then later in the night,

the temperatures will rise in northern ireland, wales and the southwest as the cloud thickens and we get some rain in here. ahead of it, though, temperatures won't be far away from freezing in those clearer skies, so there is a risk of a frost, it will be colder than it was last night and one or two mist and fog patches. but cloud increases very quickly from the west during sunday, and we get these outbreaks of rain coming in, the heaviest of the rain over the hills across these western areas pushing northwards into scotland. some showers and maybe some sunshine returning to northern ireland during the afternoon. some stronger winds tomorrow as well coming in from the south or southwest, fresh to strong winds around coastal areas and temperatures still, like today, around 7—8 celsius across much of scotland, the northeast of england, milder elsewhere, possibly making 1a celsius in the southwest. that wetter weather continues to push its way eastwards during sunday evening, some heavier rain for a while across eastern parts of england and then we see those showers following on behind. so our weather system moves away, actually, on sunday night into monday morning, it stays very mild, actually, and low pressure sits towards the northwest of the uk

feeding in those brisk south to south—westerly winds. essentially, it's sunshine in bands of shower, some wetter weather again across more western areas, pushing northwards into scotland. quite a few showers running through the english channel, so the drier weather, although not completely dry, may well be across the midlands and eastern england. fairly mild, temperatures 11—12 celsius for much of the country. still very mixed though through the rest of the week. the winds not quite as strong on tuesday, fewer showers, but some wet and windy weather on thursday and probably returning on friday as well, but thursday looks like it should be a bit drier and brighter with some sunshine.

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we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment with martin lipton and penny smith — first the headlines. talks between the eu and the uk are continuing overnight in brussels — with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. four royal navy patrol ships are being put on standby, to help protect britain's fishing waters, in the event of a no—deal brexit. the uk, china and india are among the countries to have made pledges to cut carbon emissions at a virtual climate summit. the general in charge of the us coronavirus vaccination drive has said the first innoculations will take place on monday. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be