a number of countries around the world have been seeing record numbers of cases, as the fast spreading omicron surge continues. in britain, nearly 220,000 new coronavirus cases, a new high, have been recorded. it comes as pupils returned to school in england and northern ireland. france registered more than 270,000 new covid cases on tuesday, confirming its position as europe s worst hit the us has recorded more than one million, the highest one day tally of new cases anywhere in the world. speaking at the white house a few hours ago, president biden pleaded with the american people who haven t been vaccinated, asking them to get the jab. let me be absolutely clear. we have in hand all the vaccines we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot, so there s no excuse, no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic
boosted you are highly protected. you know, be concerned about omicron, but don t be alarmed. and if you are unvaccinated, you have some reason to be alarmed. lawrence: you have heard this before. biden continues to blame the unvaccinated americans for the surge in covid across the country. but do you buy that? how many vaccinated people do you know who have received right now? he doesn t care though, is he asleep at the wheel. here he is reading another crooked lie his handlers wrote in the teleprompter, watch. there is no excuse, no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. lawrence: it s the unvaccinated people. they are the enemy. joe, just let it go. you got to wonder why is he so obsessed with pushing this vaccine? why is he telling people with valid medical excuses they don t have an excuse and why did he interfere in the fda approval process in order to jam through
this is bbc news, the latest headlines. pressure mounts on uk prime minister borisjohnson after new allegations emerge of more downing street parties in breach of lockdown rules. sedition charges have been brought for the first time against people accused of taking part in the storming of the us capitol last year. the sensational row over novak djokovic s arrival ahead of the australian open has still not been resolved. the tennis world number one was granted a medical exemption to play, despite being unvaccinated, and has been included in the draw for the tournament which gets underway on monday. our correspondent phil mercer has been following the story and he s in melbourne. explain and he s in melbourne. to our viewers around
this is bbc news. the headlines: novak djokovic has arrived in dubai after being deported from australia. it comes after a 10 day legal tussle over whether he could be granted a visa despite being unvaccinated. the australian open, in which he was hoping to defend his title, is now under way. it s not clear where he ll go next. here in the uk, police have arrested two teenagers in manchester over the siege at a synagogue in the us. four people escaped unharmed after being held for several hours near dallas. the hostage taker was a british citizen named malik faisal akram. north korea has fired a missile into the sea of japan, its fourth launch this month. south korean and japanese military units detected the missile which was fired from north korea s east coast. it s not known what type of weapon was being tested.
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