in whatever way possible, l whether that s employment, whether it s sponsorship, i or whether it s just being actually a helping hand to some of thesel people that are coming over, we stand ready. i imagine if we were in that situation. we would want our neighbours to help and support, and i think that s the whole point of this that, you know, ukraine is our neighbour and we can help and we should. but they can t. i call the home secretary. this was priti patel 12 days ago. making a success of the new humanitarian sponsorship pathway will require a national effort from the entire country. and, mr speaker, our country will rise to that challenge. but the scheme still hasn t launched. yesterday, the home secretary said more details would be given this monday. give me a wee bio. people like gavin are frustrated. i m the owner of hospitality venues and i m also the manager of the elgin city football club.
from public transport and a range of hospitality venues, removing the option of showing a negative test instead. it s expected to be approved this week, and comes in response to rising covid infections, despite a vaccination rate in adults of more than 9%. here s our paris correspondent hugh schofield. we know that they ve happened and there have been many of them. i was just reading now about a garage of an mp up in the 0ise department north of paris was set on fire last week with graffiti tagged over the building as well. you know, no to the new legislation, basically. it s not entirely new in the sense that the political climate has changed here as elsewhere in recent years and for a while now we ve been reporting on threats to mp5, particularly mps from the ruling party, macron s party. it s linked of course to the rise of social media and the way opinions are sort of being rushed
from hospitality venues. the authorities in the indian capital, delhi, have imposed a weekend curfew as covid cases continue to surge. staff have been told to work from home and businesses must operate at limited capacity. and later this afternoon, we are expecting the uk prime minister to give a downing street briefing alongside the chief medical office for england, professor sir chris whitty, and the uk government s chief scientific adviser, professor sir patrick vallance. that s at 5:00pm uk time. a recap of our top stories. prince andrew s lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. pupils across the uk head back to school this week amid concerns about staff shortages. with only a month to go until the opening ceremony
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