the us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics because of china s record on human rights. china calls the boycott a pretentious act and against the spirit of the olympics. there s good news and bad news as the world comes to grips with the spread of the omicron variant. on the one hand, experts say that while its very transmissible, the symptoms are relatively mild. that s eased some fears. the bad news, though, is that many countries are tightening their restrictions on travel and mask wearing, just ahead of the holiday season. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics, because of china s record on human rights. china calls the boycott a pretentious act and against the spirit of the olympics. condemnation from across the world as the former elected leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, is given a prison sentence. as omicron continues to spread around the world confirmation that the covid 19 variant is also being transmitted, within communities across the uk. and the bbc s 100 women list is being published with half of this year s entries
dedicated to women from afghanistan. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 in the evening in washington dc where the white house says us government officials won t attend next year s winter olympics in beijing because of china s human rights record. however, us athletes will be able to take part in the games and the white house said they had its support. well, china s embassy in washington reacted to the u.s. decision calling it a pretentious act and political manipulation . in a statement they said that it s a grave distortion of the spirit of the olympic charter but it would have no impact whatsoever on the successful