the siege has continued despite reinforcements from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces and backing from us fighterjets. the netherlands will relax covid 19 measures on wednesday despite the country recording record infection rates in recent weeks. hospitality venues, such as bars and restaurants and even museums, have been shut since mid december. the dutch prime minister says nearly 90% of people have now been vaccinated, and it s hoped the surge in infections won t impact on already overwhelmed hospitals. the singer eltonjohn has cancelled two performances on his farewell tour after contracting covid. a spokesman for the arena in the us city of dallas, where the concerts were to be staged, said sir elton was fully vaccinated and boosted and had mild symptoms. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme:
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as covid rules limiting crowds at stadiums are eased in time for next month s six nations. restrictions introduced after christmas meant fans were effectively banned from games. pubs and restaurants will also be able to operate outdoors without the rule of six or social distancing. rules are also being relaxed in northern ireland, where the rule of six will be dropped at hospitality venues. coronavirus passes will be scrapped at pubs, restaurants and cinemas from next wednesday, and nightclubs will also reopen. adele has postponed her 2a show residency at the caesar s palace hotel in las vegas a day before it was due to begin. in a tearful message, posted on social media, the singer said half of her crew currently had covid. she said she felt gutted and embarrassed and promised to reschedule the concerts. mark lobel has this report. # oh my god, i can t believe it. oh my god, as adele would say. with hours to go until one
of 2023 to complete. all of this has a knock on effect. experienced staff have been moved away from day to day duties to fix these issues, and that is already causing a backlog in processing new applications. sarah corker, bbc news. from today, some covid restrictions are easing in wales and northern ireland. in wales, restrictions on outdoor sporting events and outdoor hospitality have lifted. and in northern ireland, the rule of six has been dropped at hospitality venues. we ll hear the latest from our ireland correspondent emma vardy in a moment, but first our wales correspondent tomos morgan spoke to us from cardiff. the big one i think is now that spectators can grow to stadiums now. a big one here, the six nations in the principalityjust a a few weeks away, a huge boost economically, not just that he was rugby union but for south wales as a whole that people can go and watch this game again.
democratic forces and backing from us fighter jets. the netherlands will relax covid 19 measures on wednesday, despite the country recording record infection rates in recent weeks. hospitality venues, such as bars and restaurants and even museums, have been shut since mid december. the dutch prime minister says nearly 90% of people have now been vaccinated, and it s hoped the surge in infections won t impact on already overwhelmed hospitals. the singer eltonjohn has cancelled two performances on his farewell tour after contracting covid. a spokesman for the arena in the us city of dallas where the concerts were to be staged said sir elton was fully vaccinated and boosted and had mild symptoms. still to come on newsday: it took more than 300 people to rescue him the story of a man trapped in a welsh cave for sa hours.