and eurovision 2022 is underway, with bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk. but the spirit of this years contest is very much in support of a win but the spirit of this year s contest is very much in support of a win for the favourites ukraine. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. russia and finland share a 1300 kilometre border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told president putin that russia s invasion of ukraine had altered his country s security environment. speaking ahead of a meeting of nato foreign m
virus being detected in north korea. and then the number of patients that they said had fevers, cinematic patients, i think that news is notable on two accounts, one is the fact that they are conceding that their strategy of prevention has failed. the 0micron virus, the 0micron variant is able to evade their defences and now that it has been breached. the other notable fact is the sheer scale of number of people that are suspected. they said 350,000 people with fevers on tuesday. 0n 350,000 people with fevers on tuesday. on saturday, they said it is up to 500,000 patients. now, they don t have a test in game abilities to confirm there so if they know that this is, we know that they tested and isolated the sars covid to virus, it is in there now, and presumably all these cases are covid cases, this is a disasterfor the
the government consider the worst case scenario is going to happen if china chooses to coexist with the virus. so it also believes this is a very serious and grim situation, given the rapid spread of the virus in the country. professor, what is the worst case situation, given the rising number of covid infections in china? and can the government stop the spread of the 0micron virus, given what we know about how contagious it is? well, what they define as worst case scenario after opening up, is that there is a rapid nationwide spread of the virus, a surge of cases overwhelming the country s healthcare system. there will be fewer healthcare personnel available to treat the infected,
tojust under 3.3 million. last week, scotland saw the highest infection levels in the pandemic so far. it s estimated more than 7% of the population one in 1a people had covid 19. it was a similar picture in northern ireland, too also around one in 1a people but rates here have dropped from last month s all time high. infections also rose in england, where around one in 20 are thought to be infected, and in wales, where infections equate to around one in 25 people. a surge in cases was predicted after restrictions were lifted. this latest rise, driven by the more infectious ba2 version of the 0micron virus, adding to the pressure on an already hard hit nhs. we ve got many people in hospital. in fact, in some parts of the country, as many as we have ever had during the pandemic. so what s your best guess as to what happens next, do you think? we re beginning to see some signs, perhaps in some parts of the uk but also from elsewhere in europe, for example, denmark, that we may ha
and effectively closing them down and restricting trading at a crucial time of year, you need to make sure you have support. the government would say they are not doing that, it s people that are choosing to do it. people are choosing to do it, but the economic reality is the same. either you let these businesses go to the wall, you let this important economic sector fail, and have a slower economic recovery when we come out of 0micron in the new year, and you have fewer taxes coming through. let s not forget, hospitality is the third largest employer, it generates £40 billion year in taxes, that funds vital public services. the economy needs us to be fighting fit and firing on all cylinders. there is no economic recovery unless hospitality recovers. how confident are you that you will get it? we re talking about maybe a cut in vat, extra relief on rent and rates. are you confident you will get it? there are three key things. local authorities dohave cash grants. there s discretionary