thank you very much indeed. i want to bring you up to date on the situation in ukraine. the mayor of the besieged city of mariupol has said he estimates that 21 thousand civilians there have been killed. the estimate comes as britain and america investigate unconfirmed reports, that chemical weapons may have been used by russian forces in mariupol. they have been saying for some time now that they expect the number of people who have lost their lives in mariupol to be very high. of course, at this stage, it is very, very difficult to verify any of these figures but what we have seen is these pictures of absolute devastation. of some people estimate more than 75% of the city completely razed to the ground. we know the destruction there is huge and be here as well the stories and testimonies of those people who have
authorities cope with rising case numbers. in france the prime ministerjean castex said omicron was spreading there at lightening speed. in a bid to counter the threat, france has introduced travel restrictions and banned large public holiday parties. in the united states, the number of people with the virus continues to surge. new york state reported its highest daily number of coronavirus infections with more than 21 thousand new cases in a single day. and in asia, tough new coronavirus rules have taken effect in south korea. bars, night clubs and cinemas are now subject to a night time curfew. we ll get more on the global picture in a moment, first here s the latest on the uk situation from our health correspondent, katharine da costa. there s no time to lose
in south africa, the first real world evidence has shown 0micron may evade some of our immunity. scientists have found a surge in the number of people being reinfected with covid but there is still real uncertainty about 0micron. we don t know yet about whether there is genuine immune escape withthis variant, we won t know for some time whether people become more unwell with this variant once they are infected. i think we know it is more transmissable, but we need even more definitive data. science is moving fast, but it will take weeks before it is clearjust how much of a threat is posted by 0micron. fergus walsh, bbc news. the latest uk government figures on covid show that there have been 50,584 confirmed positive tests in the past 24 hours. a further 143 people have died following a positive covid test. almost 421 thousand people have recived their booster, or third dose of the vaccine.
official candle light vigil his name will be officially inscribed in washington d.c. on the memorial. there will be more than 30,000 people there to hear your son s name read allowed. as we dedicate it. and his name will now be part of the memorial that contains more than 21 thousand names, ari of officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. and more than half of those names on the memorial died as a result of gunfire. the 52 officers shot and killed this year will have their names on that memorial as well and they get the richly deserved tribute they so much deserve. yes, sir. and craig, what do we learn about officers by reflecting on this for the year? because as you and i know there are lot of different stories. but most officers never discharge their weapon, aren t accused of a wrong doing, aren t a part of the stories that
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