this is bbc news, i'm victoria fritz, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. guilty of faking a hate crime, a jury in chicago convicts the american actor, jussie smollett. dozens of people, most of them migrants from central america, are killed in a road accident in mexico. new covid restrictions come into force in england, aiming to curb the spread of the omicron variant. and, back in the city, some familiar friends return to television screens in the uk.