this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. are the latest headlines in the uk the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse, by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein she faces the rest of her life behind bars. the body of the south african archbishop desmond tutu is lying in state in his old cathedral in cape town ahead of a state funeral on new year s day. the world health organization warns coronavirus variants omicron and delta are driving a dangerous tsunami of cases, as the us and europe report a record number of infections. nhs england is to set up new nightingale hubs to combat a potential wave of covid admissions due to omicron. an extra 4,000 emergency hospital beds are to be deployed.
this is bbc news. the headlines. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she faces the rest of her life behind bars. the body of the south african archbishop desmond tutu is lying in state in his old cathedral in cape town ahead of a state funeral on new year s day. the world health organization warns coronavirus variants omicron and delta are driving a dangerous tsunami of cases as the us and europe report a record number of infections. nhs england is to set up new nightingale hubs to combat a potential wave of covid admissions due to omicron. an extra 4,000 emergency hospital beds are to be deployed. and afghanistan s former president defends his decision to flee the country as the taliban closed in earlier this year, saying he did it to prevent
new nightingale hubs to combat a potential wave of covid admissions due to omicron. an extra 4,000 emergency hospital beds are to be deployed. around eight million covid test kits will be made available to pharmacies by tomorrow after reports of shortages following the self isolation rule change good morning. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, daughter of the late and disgraced media mogul robert maxwell, has been found guilty of having helped her lover, the financierjeffrey epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. the 60 year old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced including the most serious charge, of sex trafficking a minor. it means maxwell could spend
this is bbc news the headlines: the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty by a jury in new york on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein she faces the rest of her life behind bars. no matter who you are, no matter what kinds of circles you ve travelled in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. a coroner rules 32 year old emad al swealmeen died from an explosion and fire caused by a device he made with murderous intent when it went off outside liverpool women s hospital. nhs england is to set up new nightingale hubs to combat a potential wave of covid admissions due to omicron.
other social care services to just close its doors and say we can t take any more. many services are trying to continue to deliver nonurgent care and other services that it stopped in the first and second waves but that is increasing the pressure through the winter period and no increasing covid admissions. period and no increasing covid admissions. . . . ., ~ , admissions. patricia, thank you very much. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, nick eardley. i asked him whether further restrictions in england were expected. we know that ministers in london have been saying pretty regularly over the last few days that any new restrictions would have to be a last resort. it s something they want to avoid unless completely necessary.