paul hawkins valery giscard d'estaing who has died at the age of 94.me: by bya by a sequence of numbers receives accusations of fraud. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: britain is to roll out a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus from next week, after regulators approved a vaccine in record quick time. the latest figures in the united states is showing 100,000 covid occasions in the hos

valery giscard d'estaing, who has died at the age of 94.nfounded claims about the election result but has focused particularly on georgia — where a second recount has made no change tojoe biden's victory there. mr trump is angry and has taken it out on state officials, who have faced death threats from supporters of the president. barbara plett usher has the story. georgia has become a focus of president trump's battle to reverse his loss tojoe biden. a last stand for his supporters. it's a republican stronghold that he and they refuse to give up. that means gabriel sterling is getting more camera time than he ever wanted. the seasoned election official has been overseeing the recount of votes. but it has turned nasty and he is blaming the president. yes, fight for every legal vote, go through your due process — we encourage you. use your first amendment, that is fine. death threats, physical threats, intimidation — it is too much. stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. someone is going to get hurt, someone is going to

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france, valery giscard 94. his family say he died of complications linked to covid i9. giscard d'estaing was president from 1974 to 1981, and his time in office included periods of economic crisis and industrial unrest. his greatest passion was building a greater european union. in 2013, he gave an interview to bbc‘s newsnight warning the of the problems the european union would face if it did not reform. we have something that was going well for us. until 1990. we were 12, including britain, germany, france, they were in the 12, we knew each other, we we re the 12, we knew each other, we were in rather similar positions, more or less identical, and then we had a wave of new entries who pushed us wave of new entries who pushed us from 12 to 28. and we didn't change anything. the organisation, the way of making decisions, so this is an adapted to its present dimension. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: an unusual sequence of letters and numbers in south africa's lottery has created suspicions of fraud

oversaw sweeping social reform, valery giscard d'estaing, has died at the age of 94. and wooden bridges most celebrated artist, tracy emmons says there are has kept her alive since she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. “— she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. —— one a britain's most celebrated artist. —— says that her art has kept her alive. just how britain plans to roll out a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer, just hours after uk regulators announced they had approved one in record quick time. announced they had approved one borisjohnson acknowledged it would be a massive logisitical exercise that has never been attempted before. millions of doses of the pfizer—biontech vaccine will arrive in the next few days. but the prime minister and his top medical advisers warned it would still take months to get the jab to everyone who wanted it and strict rules needed to stay in place. our medical editor fergus walsh reports.

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france valery giscardthe age of 94. his family say he died of complications linked to covid—i9. giscard d'estaing was president from 1974 to 1981, and his time in office included periods of economic crisis and industrial unrest. his greatest passion was building a greater european union. in 2013, he gave an interview to bbc‘s newsnight warning the of the problems the european union would face if it did not reform. things were going well more or less. until 1990. we were 12, including britain, germany, france. we knew each other. we were in harder, similar positions, more or less identical. and then we had a wave of new mps who pushed us from 12 to 28. and we didn't change anything. the position, the way of taking decisons. .. so we adapted to the present. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come:as the un secretary general warns urgent action is needed to tackle climate change — we'll be in fiji where entire islands could be swallowed by rising sea levels. it's quite clear that the worst victims of th

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france, valery giscardthe age of 94. his family say he died of complications linked to covid—i9. giscard d'estaing was president from 1974 to 1981, and his time in office included periods of economic crisis and industrial unrest. his domestic achievements included the development of france's nuclear energy industry and the creation of the tgv high speed train network. in 2013, he gave an interview to bbc‘s newsnight warning the of the problems the european union would face if it did not reform things were going well more or less. in1990, we things were going well more or less. in 1990, we were 12, including britain, germany, france. we knew each other. we were in similar positions, more or less identical. and then we had a wave of new mps who pushed us from 12 to 28. and we didn't change anything. the position, the way... so we adapted to the present admission. record to come who has passed away, speaking a few years ago to newsnight. —— giscard d'estaing, who has passed away. stay with us on bbc world news

——the french president who oversaw sweeping social reforms, valery giscard d'estaing, has died at the. very warm welcome to our reviewers on pbs in america and around the globe. just how britain plans to roll out a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer, just hours after uk regulators announced they had approved one in record quick time. borisjohnson acknowledged it would be a massive logisitical exercise that has never been attempted before. millions of doses of the pfizer—biontech vaccine but the prime minister and his top medical advisers warned it would still take months to get the jab to everyone who wanted it and strict rules needed to stay in place. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. this is an historic moment. at last, there is a clear path out of this pandemic, thanks to vaccination. the uk is the first country in the world to approve the pfizer biontech vaccine, seen here on the production line in belgium. the prime minister made clear the vaccine won't change life for now, but hope is on the horizon. prime minister, now

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france, valery giscardd of complications linked to covid—19. giscard d'estaing was president from 1974 to 1981, and his time in office included periods of economic crisis and industrial unrest. his greatest passion was building a greater european union. in 2013, he gave an interview to bbc‘s newsnight warning the of the problems the european union would face if it did not reform. things were going well more or less, until 1990. we were 12, including britain, germany, france. britain, germany, france, italy. we knew each other. we were in rather similar positions, more or less identical. and then we had a wave of new mps who pushed us from 12 to 28. and we didn't change anything. the position, the way of taking decisons. .. so it's adapted to the present dimension. "0ur planet is broken — humanity is waging war on nature and nature is striking back with growing force and fury." that's the warning from the un secretary general antonio guterras in a special bbc broadcast. his words come as we learn that this y

the french president who oversaw sweeping social reforms, valery giscard d'estaing, has died at the age94. his family say he died of complications linked to covid—19. it is about 2:30am in the morning it is time now for wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. as a vaccine is approved, the prime minister warns people shouldn't get their hopes up too soon. it's very, very good news, but it is by no means the end of the story. it is not the end of our national struggle against coronavirus. a beauty firm tells a body image inquiry airbrushing is no more. we haven't been distorting our images for years and years on dove, and that includes everything — spots, bruises, marks, hairs. also in this programme, some advice for hard times... in my day, summat bad happened, you stayed home, got drunk and bit on a shoe. i think that's quite a good metaphor for the times we live in. but first, prime minister's questions with a difference. on the day britain's medicines regulator approved a coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination, party leaders unit

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france, valery giscardaing has died at the age of 94. his family say he died of complications linked to covid—19. as we were saying, running out the vaccine will be huge logistical exercise and can also be effected by post brexit l. because a supply comes from belgium. those likely to receive the jabs, including nurses who went through the first wave know how important that is. working, a lot of the nurses were living away from home and were concerned about it home to theirfamilies. concerned about it home to their families. if we do get a vaccine, it means we can get back to living more normal is not normal for the past several months. care home residents and carers, followed by the over 80s and frontline workers and young adults with young conditions that it will be nhs staff who get it first. hospitals will be the focal point next week. the idea for the first phase is we concentrate on nhs hospitals delivering this vaccine because particular requirements of the pfizer vaccine. but care homes are wonderin

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france valery giscard'estaing, has died at the age of 94. his family say he died of complications linked to covid—19. now on bbc news, in an interview recorded in february 2020, zeinab badawi is in cape town with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, from south africa, where my guest has been described as one of the world's greatest living artists. he is william kentridge and this is a major exhibition of his work in cape town. william kentridge is versatile, hard—hitting and his talents span many different genres. but how has south africa's violent and racist past influenced his work as a white artist? william kentridge injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio in johannesburg. you were born injohannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti—apartheid lawyers, wow did growing up lawyers, how did growing up under apartheid affect you? i think because my parents were both very much aware of and involved in legal questions around the anti—ap

former french president valery giscard to stand helped lay the groundwork for the european union born in what was then french occupied germany she scott was just a teenager when he joined a french resistance group in occupied paris in the 2nd world war. he went on to be elected president in 1974 at the age of $4081.00 of france's youngest post-war leaders. i know that today marks a new era for french politics. you are pretty small. that's a for juvenile and change for france. during his 7 years in power the center right statesman helped modernize french society he legalized abortion and allowed divorce by mutual consent in spite of fierce opposition from the catholic church. and that but he also pushed to liberalize france's economy and as a strong advocate of technology he was seen as the father of the country's high speed train network. scar was committed to the european ideal and forged a close relationship with former west german chancellor helmut schmidt together they laid the foundations for the euro single currency and turned their dream of a more integrated europe into reality

the former president of france valery giscard d'estaing has died at the age of 9a, after contractingcredited for pushing for greater european integration. i think those dates are wrong. president emmanuel macron said his predecessor had transformed france during his time in office. students sitting gcse and a—level exams in england next year will be awarded more generous grades to compensate for the disruption to schooling during the pandemic. let's speak to the shadow education secretary, kate green. good to have you with us and thank you for your time do you welcome this, do you think it's sensible plan? we have been waiting for a long time for a plan, students have been asking since september how they will be examined fairly next summer and it has been a very anxious time for them and very difficult for their teachers who have had to prepare them for exams but did not know what they would look like. i am glad we finally have a plan although it very late in the day. i don't think it goes far enough to address some of the fundamental inequity is that students have suffered where the

former french president valery giscard d'estaing a king architect of european integration has died in western france after contracting covenanting he was 94 years old that has about the look back at his life. this would prove the most fiercely fought presidential election in french history the young finance minister valerie she's scared to start facing socialist leader fos one meter when the photos were counted she sky had pulled off a remarkable victory beating me to a hole by a slender margin. of course the margin could have been bigger but in a presidential election what matters is the decision that you have taken and the responsibility which i will take on i understand that in this campaign you want to change political change economic change and social change you will not be disappointed the new president of the republic described himself as a conservative who likes change and he brought a more liberal attitude to social issues like divorce contraception and abortion it was she scows initiative that brought together leaders from west germany italy japan and the u.k. and us to an e

former french president valery giscard to stand helped lay the groundwork for the european union born in what was then french occupied germany she scott was just a teenager when he joined a french resistance group in occupied paris in the 2nd world war. he went on to be elected president in 1974 at the age of $4081.00 of france's youngest post-war lead as. good i know that today marks a new era for french politics. you are pretty small. that's of rejuvenation and change for france. during his 7 years in power the center right statesman helped modernize french society he legalized abortion and allowed divorce by mutual consent in spite of fierce opposition from the catholic church. to that but he also pushed to liberalize france's economy and as a strong advocate of technology he was seen as the father of the country's high speed train network. scar was committed to the european ideal and forged a close relationship with former west german chancellor helmut schmidt together they laid the foundations for the euro single currency and turned their dream of a more integrated europe into re

valery giscard d'estaing, who served as president of france from 1974 to 1981, has died at the age of 94. he's considered to have been a key architect of european integration. the united nations says 2020 is on course to be one of the hottest three years ever recorded. the un secretary general has told a special bbc climate programme that his key objective for next year is to reconcile humankind and nature. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are christopher hope, chief political correspondent at the telegraph and ayesha hazarika, columnist at the evening standard & times radio presenter. welcome back to you both. let's get started by having a look at the papers that we already have. "we can now reclaim our lives." the daily telegraph focusses on today's news that the uk has become the first western country to approve a coronavirus vaccine. an historic moment on the war against coronavirus, says the metro, as 800,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine were shipped to the uk by lorry from belgium. the front page of the i, too, leads on

most influential european politicians of the past half—century, the former president of france, valery giscard and his time in office included periods of economic crisis and industrial unrest. he was a robust supporter of greater european union. one of britain's most celebrated artists, tracey emin, says her art has kept her alive after being diagnosed with bladder cancer this summer. the 57—year—old, who's had major surgery, said planning her new exhibition helped her to carry on. she was speaking ahead of the show‘s opening at the royal academy of arts in london, where she displays her works alongside those of edvard munch — who's inspired her since she was a teenager. in a conversation with our arts editor will gompertz she talked about her passion for painting and her love of life. edvard munch‘s work is about his emotions, and identifying them. 1870, 1890, it wasn't really cool to be a man, and go around saying, "i'm filled with rage and jealousy." and with your paintings, are you a body through which these works are created? the work comes from an energy, and it's an energy that i can't

than a 1000000 people thought to been displaced by the fighting and the former french president valery giscard d'estaing has died in western france of the age of 94 after contracts uncovered 19 he was considered one of the key architects of european integration in the early 1970 s. up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera next to a special documentary on french decolonization its blood and tears. france once had a vast empire bring over 11000000 square kilometers of the world. by the 1930 s. it comprised over 100000000 people. but after the 2nd world war national independence movements grew and pressure mounted on france in asia africa and the americas to let go of many of its colonies oppression that is resistant to often violent. uprisings in algeria the middle east and madagascar was subdued with who told force to. trouble also scimitar in the caribbean and ivory coast. and in indochina full scale war broke out just. how long could france hold out against the tide of history it was living in a new world now in which the new global powers of the united states and the soviet union were loc

some breaking news coming in form of french president valery giscard d'estaing has died aged 94 he was in power from 1904 to 1981 and had recently been hospitalized several times due to heart problems as president just got this start was known for his efforts to modernize french society including pushing for divorce by mutual consent and legalizing abortion he also fought for the unification of europe and a close franco german friendship his foundation says that he died from complications linked to covert 19 let's now take a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. lawmakers in israel have passed a preliminary bill to dissolve parliament bring in the country closer to its 4th national election in 2 years prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for unity with his governing party his government partner benny gantz who supports the bill. the united nations has reached an agreement with ethiopia to allow aid into government controlled areas of the t grier region for weeks the un has been warning of a possible humanitarian crisis due to the conflict

the former president of france valery giscard d'estaing has died at the age of 94, after contractingredited for pushing for greater european integration. president emmanuel macron said his predecessor had transformed france during his time in office. france will implement random border checks and quarantine measures as a way of deterring people from travelling abroad for skiing holidays. france, in common with germany and italy, is shutting its ski lifts over christmas to stop the spread of covid—19, but swiss slopes remain open. sirjee foorkarda reports. french mountains will be quieter than usual this christmas. resorts will be able to open but ski lifts will remain like this, which means downhill skiing will effectively be impossible in france at least untiljanuary. by not allowing ski lifts to run and by keeping bars and restaurants shut, the french government hopes to contain the spread of covid—19, but the decision has sparked protests. ski resorts and businesses say that the weeks surrounding christmas and new year are crucial for their survival. translation: we don't understa