from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life — the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: as governments around the globe brace for the omicron effect, britain sets a record for new covid infections for the second day in a row. votes are being counted in the north shropshire by—election. the result could heap more pressure on borisjohnson. now, in the philippines a storm known as super typhoon rai has made landfall, bringing with it heavy rains and winds exceeding 100mph.