independence, but the french president emmanuel macron said that france would be less beautiful without new caledonia and to give you an idea of how far it is from france, it is about 20,000 kilometres, so this is a vote that has global ramifications. phil mercer, thank _ has global ramifications. phil mercer, thank you _ has global ramifications. phil mercer, thank you very much. people in england aged between 30 and 39 can book their booster jab from tomorrow. the acceleration of the vaccination programme comes, as scientists warn that the uk could face record levels of infection, without further restrictions. well we can get more now on the variant of covid—19 by speaking to drjulian tang, who's a clinical virologist in respiratory sciences at the university of leicester. thank you very much indeed. let's go to south africa and what is flaky —— what is taking place there with