the scottish parliament will hold a special virtual session today, in response to the rise in omicron cases. a cabinet meeting before the session is expected to discuss whether to reduce the period that people are required to isolate after contact with someone who has the virus. with someone who s had the virus. it s not thought that the first minister will announce any further restrictions, but she may give more details on financial help to businesses affected by the measures already in place. the welsh government is providing schools and colleges with £103 million in funding as the new term begins. nearly half will be earmarked for capital repair and improvement work with a focus on health and safety measures, including improving ventilation. the bulk of the remainder will help schools deal with the impact of the pandemic. emmanuel macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in france who have not been vaccinated against covid i9. the french president said he want
crucial time. measures were hitting demand at a crucialtime. so measures were hitting demand at a crucial time. so there is more optimism now from businesses, although the past couple of months have shown us just how quickly things can still change and there are plenty of other countries who still have pretty strict entry requirements in place. scotland hasn t yet confirmed whether it will be following england s lead with these changes is that wales has confirmed that it will, although the welsh health minister said he was doing that reluctantly and was concerned about how quickly the uk government was in reopening international travel. government was in reopening international travel. thank you for that. international travel. thank you for that- katie international travel. thank you for that. katie austin international travel. thank you for that. katie austin at international travel. thank you for that. katie austin at st international travel. thank you for that. katie austin
hasn t really been answered at this point. you would think it would be almost impossible for him to play in an australian open in a major grand slam had he not been able to pick up a racket and train for the last if he s able to stay in a hotel but not able to get onto a court it d be hard for to imagine him going out there and playing on wednesday. for that reason i think there will be a decision pushed along in court tomorrow and it won t come to that if he s in the country in a hotel and not able to play. it would be bizarre. yeah, we ll be watching this case closely as well. i think many people around the world. we ll leave it there for now. sam philips, thanks so much for joining us from the sydney morning herald. thanks a lot. the power struggles play out in kazakhstan after a violent crack down on protesters. next the president moves against other powerful figures as anti-government protests appear to griped to a halt.
overwhelmed to meet our daily work. we can t even meet our patient s demands, and at that point we ve got to turn on a switch that says we ve got to triage people we can help the most. we should mention those patients clinically high risk if their procedures are not carried out they re not actually exempt, and this is just temporary right now and expected to last two weeks. cnn, new york. even as the virus rages across the continent, europeans marched on saturday against covid restrictions. french president emmanuel macron has said he wants to, quote, piss off the unvaccinated. and if that s his plan, it s working. angry protesters took to the streets. demonstrators gathered in italy
well, former democratic senate majority leader harry reid was honored in nevada saturday. reid died in late december at the age of 82 following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. at his memorial former president barack obama gave him credit for his own political rise and for the passage of the affordable care act. current president joe biden kwululk eulogized reid as one of the greatest senate majority leadeds in history. he was 82 years old. we ll be right back. hours.