a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome the bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. the first pope to do so in recorded history. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pop
he does the top of the hour i m brianna skeerl. in moments president biden and vice-president kamala harris will visit the cdc as they set guidelines for reopening schools safely. one big change is the six feet of social zanlsing is becoming three for elementary school students. for middle school children and older in communities with higher transmission rates, six feet is still recommended. and moments ago, the cdc director emphasized masks are a must no matter the age of the student. i want to emphasize that these recommendations are specific to students in classrooms with universal mask wearing. cdc continues to recommend at least six feet of distance between teachers and staff and other adults in the school buildings and between the adults and students. let s go to atlanta now where cnn s jeff zeleny is. we know, jeff that the president and vice-president use the time in atlanta to meet with asian-american leaders following that devastating shooting spree that killed
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The Covid tracker app and the EU digital Covid cert, which loomed so large in people’s lives in Ireland during some of the worst of the pandemic, have been “retired”.
Strain of pneumonia that had caused concern for 33 people in the city of wuhan and it seems to be tied around a seafood market which was then closed but we know the way that covid then spread around the world. there are echoes of that time in what is happening now. the uk has come out and said after on thursday, they said they were not going to be any changes but on friday they said they are going to introduce these tests. it will be a lateral flow test, before you are allowed on the fight, that is easy for the government to organise because you just tell the airlines you have got to do this. . , ., to do this. and the airlines have not the to do this. and the airlines have got the capacity? to do this. and the airlines have got the capacity? exactly. - to do this. and the airlines have i got the capacity? exactly. checking covid certificates got the capacity? exactly. checking covid certificates is got the capacity? exactly. checking covid certificates is something - got the c