david bowie, who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age of 69. the world s tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc world news, our main story: a chinese city of more than one million people is under lockdown after three reported cases under the government s zero covid strategy. let s have more on our top story, china s covid policy. earlier i spoke to professor elanah uretsky, a professor of medical anthropology, to find out to what extent the upcoming beijing winter olympics is responsible
to prevent an outbreak of this virus anywhere in the world. so i think they re really trying to aim for that as much as possible. that is certainly clear. it is fascinating to look at the pictures which are designed, in some respects, to tell the story. we re calling it the anti covid command unit of health officials out in the city. what is the local chinese and public perception of the way the lockdown is working? are they buying into it? you know, it s hard to tell because things have become so sensitive in china these days but in speaking with people in china, what they ll tell me is our government is here to protect us. that we had an outbreak in our city and the government came in right away and protected us, they vaccinated us, they test us, they make sure that we are safe and where needed