That is why the who stated it was a variant of interest. As far as whether it causes any more severe disease, the evidence so far is it probably isnt. Although we are seeing more cases of infection, although there are more infections are occurring in england than a year ago, we are actually seeing substantially fewer hospitalisations, so the balance of evidence as at his not going to be causing a large amount of hospitalisations unless Infection Rates go very high. Paul hunter. Now on bbc news it is The Travel Show, Winter Wonderland adventures. Hello, and welcome to a Special Edition of The Travel Show covered in ice, snow, and that special kind of magic, as much of the world prepares to celebrate christmas, and also the end of another year. We spent most of 2023 on the road, so its a great opportunity to be at home to recharge and look back at some of our favourite Winter Adventures here on the programme. So without further ado, lets jump straight in and remember the time when ade he
has that story. it s 6am and this fighter base on the coast of taiwan is already a hive of activity. on the apron, mirage 2000 fighter jets from taiwan s rapid reaction squadrons, theirjob to meet any incoming threats taiwan s airspace. these taiwanese fighter jets being scrambled behind me here are heading out into the taiwan strait to confront chinese aircraft that are coming across the strait and probing taiwan s airspace. this is now happening multiple times every day. these pictures are from chinese television, showing their fighter jets, and that down below is the coast of taiwan. just over the horizon, there is another game of cat and mouse. this man puts up a long antenna to eavesdrop on the radio traffic coming from china s navy. radio chatter that s the chinese navy talking to the taiwanese navy, saying, your territorial waters, that you claim, do not exist, that the people s republic of china is the only legitimate government of china and taiwan is an inseparable
that is why the who stated it was a variant of interest. as far as whether it causes any more severe disease, the evidence so far is it probably isn t. although we are seeing more cases of infection, although there are more infections are occurring in england than a year ago, we are actually seeing substantially fewer hospitalisations, so the balance of evidence as at his not going to be causing a large amount of hospitalisations unless infection rates go very high. paul hunter. now on bbc news it is the travel show, winter wonderland adventures. hello, and welcome to a special edition of the travel show covered in ice, snow, and that special kind of magic, as much of the world prepares to celebrate christmas, and also the end of another year. we spent most of 2023 on the road, so it s a great opportunity to be at home to recharge and look back at some of our favourite winter adventures here on the programme. so without further ado, let s jump straight in and remember the t
which, pending approval, will see him take control of football operations. he is also promising over £200 million of new investment. the multi billionaire founder of the ineos petro chemicals group, is a lifelong fan of the club. it s hoped by many supporters that it might mean the end of the controlling interest of the glazer family. our sports editor, dan roan, reports. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billionaire was hoping to buy manchester united. instead he will become a minority shareholder of the club he says he has always supported. the founder of petrochemicals giant ineos, ratcliffe has already invested in sailing and cycling teams and owns a third of mercedes in formula 1. the owner of two football clubs, including nice in france, manchester born ratcliffe last year failed in a bid to buy chelsea, at the time hinting to me united was his real goal. some would argue you should be trying to buy the club that you grew up suppo
hello, welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world for our breaking coverage. i am paula newton and you are. first up this hour, israel s temporary truce with hamas and the expected release of hostages held in gaza is delayed. israel now says the process will not start before friday. that update came just hours before humanitarian pauses in fighting in the initial release of 50 and women children hostages was expected. both u.s. and israeli officials point to logistical details as for the delay, while one israeli official says israel has not yet received the names of the first hostages to be freed. now, ahead of the expected truce, israeli forces continue ground and air operations, striking parts of northeastern and central gaza. palestinians say areas further south were also hit. meantime, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed confidence the deal would soon go into effect, and made clear at the war against hamas is far from over. listen. [spea