dancing as men show off their beautiful outfits or try to win favour with young women. to carry on into the early hours. most nomads here would have spent nomads that are out in the desert travelling with their animals. this is a chance to come together as a group and socialise. after three days of festivity, it is time for the nomads to hit the road again. they carry in their heart the joy they carry in their heart the joy and happiness of having spent time together, and it is this feeling they will need to keep them going until they meet again next year. pierre luc roy, bbc news, niger. the actor robbie coltrane has died at the age of 72. for many, he ll mostly be remembered for his role as hagrid in the harry potter films, but he had a varied career in film and on british tv.
of the uk omicron outbreak, has seen some rises in infections in older people and hospitalisations, but figures for intensive care are still below any worrying threshold. cases are still rising. i think suggestions a few days ago that we might have actually started to peak i think was probably not borne out yesterday. but on the other hand, cases aren t increasing as rapidly as they were a week or so ago. i think we can be fairly certain that they are not doubling every couple of days now. the hospitality sector has described the decision not to add further measures as a lifeline for pubs, bars and clubs. it also says allowing people to go out on new year s eve signals better times ahead. it s notjust about new year s eve for us. it s bigger than that. it s the start of a recovery and we believe we have created safe environments for people to come out and socialise. and we think it s the best scenario,
and we believe we ve created safe environments for people to come out and socialise. and we think it s the best scenario, given the fact that if we d have closed, we d potentially have seen more house parties and more illegal events, which would ve been counter productive. but there are concerns about the wider impact of omicron on the nhs. hospital leaders say while many people are coming into hospital with covid but not because of covid, staff are also getting infected. it s very clear that - as soon as you get omicron circulating significantly. amongst the community, of course it will be circulating amongst nhs staff. we are now having to redeploy staff ito fill the gaps that are being left. in critical and essential services by staff who are off with covid related absences. along with vaccinations, the government in england is urging people to remain cautious and, if possible, to celebrate outside on new year s eve. it will assess whether more restrictions are needed injanuary
and we believe we have created safe environments for people to come out and socialise. and we think it s the best scenario, given the fact that if we d have closed, we would potentially have seen more house parties and more illegal events, which would have been counter productive. but there are concerns about the wider impact of omicron on the nhs. hospital leaders say while many people are coming into hospital with covid but not because of covid, staff are also getting infected. it s very clear as soon as you get omicron circulating significantly amongst the community, of course it will be circulating amongst nhs staff. we are now having to redeploy staff to fill gaps that are being left in critical and essential services by staff who are off with covid related absences. along with vaccinations, the government in england is urging people to remain cautious and if possible, to celebrate outside on new year s eve. it will assess whether more restrictions are needed injanuary. sophie hut
has seen some rises in infections in older people and hospitalisations, but figures for intensive care are still below any worrying threshold. cases are still rising. i think suggestions a few days ago that we might have actually started to peak i think was probably not borne out yesterday. but on the other hand, cases aren t increasing as rapidly as they were a week or so ago. i think we can be fairly certain that they are not doubling every couple of days now. the hospitality sector has described the decision not to add further measures as a lifeline for pubs, bars and clubs. it also says allowing people to go out on new year s eve signals better times ahead. it s notjust about new year s eve for us. it s bigger than that. it s the start of a recovery and we believe we have created safe environments for people to come out and socialise. and we think it s the best scenario, given the fact that if we d have