france is hosting a meeting of european ministers in calais later today to discuss how to deter people from making perilous journeys in small boats across the channel to britain. at least 27 people drowned in the attempt last wednesday. the british home secretary priti patel was due to join the meeting but was disinvited amid diplomatic tension between britain and france. more details from our correspondent, lucy williamson. she left to start a new life with her fiance. a video from her engagement party less than a year ago still stored on her relatives phones. maryam nuri mohamed amin tried several times to get a visa tojoin her partner in the uk, before deciding to surprise him by trying to get there another way. she was messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in erbil, in northern iraq, the family s anger showed through their grief. her mother and sister
but the open question now is how this omicron variant is actually going to go down in those highly vaccinated countries. thousands of people have demonstrated in austria against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory. the largest of saturday s demonstrations was in the city of graz where some thirty thousand people marched through the streets, demanding the freedom to decide for themselves whether to be vaccinated. the protest was peaceful but more than a hundred and 50 people had their details taken by police for not wearing masks. more details have emerged about some of the 27 people who drowned this week while trying to reach britain from france. newspaper reports say that among the dead were a 25 year old man, who d left iraq tojoin his brother in england, and an iraqi kurdish woman, along with her three children. the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first victim to be named 24 year old maryam nuri mohamed amin. more details from our correspondent
this is bbc news, the headlines. the new omicron strain of coronavirus is detected across europe with cases confirmed in germany, italy, belgium, the czech republic and the uk. britain s prime minister, borisjohnson, has announced new measures to halt the spread, which include all travellers arriving in britain having to take a pcr test. israel is planning to ban the entry of all foreigners for two weeks from sunday night to tackle the spread of the omicron variant, after one case was detected. israeli prime minister naftali bennett has said that israel is on the verge of a state of emergency. the family and friends of one of those who died in the english channel when their small boat capsized, have told the bbc that she was kind hearted. maryam nuri mohamed amin was a 24 year old kurdish woman, from northern iraq, who was travelling to be with her partner.
for the world, but while that s not being spread around, these mutations take place. the question now is not which countries are unvaccinated and looking for the next variant, the urgent question now is how those highly vaccinated countries are going to be able to stand up to variant.- to stand up to variant. thank ou so to stand up to variant. thank you so much to stand up to variant. thank you so much for to stand up to variant. thank you so much for keeping - to stand up to variant. thank. you so much for keeping across all of the detail, a very fast developing development. thank you so much as always. we are managing the situation on our website, but now on to our next story. as officials in france work to identify the 27 people, who died in the english channel this week when their small boat capsized, the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of one of victims. maryam nuri mohamed amin was a 2k year old kurdish woman, from northern iraq. she was trying to reach the u
more details have emerged about some of the 27 people who drowned this week while trying to reach britain from france. 25 year old man, who d left iraq tojoin his brother in england, and an iraqi kurdish woman, along with her three children. the bbc has been hearing from the family and friends of the first victim to be named 2a year old maryam nuri mohamed amin. more details from our correspondent, lucy williamson. she left to start a new life with her fiance. a video from her engagement party less than a year ago still stored on her relatives phones. maryam nuri mohamed amin tried several times to get a visa tojoin her partner in the uk, before deciding to surprise him by trying to get there another way. she was messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in erbil, in northern iraq, the family s anger showed through their grief.