welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai tells olympic officials in a video call that she s safe and well belgium becomes the latest european country to see unrest over covid restrictions violence breaks out in brussels after a march that drew thirty thousand people. ole gunnar solskjaer is sacked by manchester united after a string of poor results as manager. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, i cannot get the results that we needed and it is time for me to step aside. and we look at
to watford but after is only one last walk to the fans there manager. speaking to the clubs television channel today, after being told he would not be continuing in his role, a heartbroken ole accepted he had to leave. i ve given everything for this club. it means everything to me. and together, we are a good match but unfortunately, i could not get the results that we needed and it is time for me to step aside. michael is going to be in charge. i have the utmost respect for him. i love michael to bits. becoming emotional now cos, yes. they ll be fine. i will watch them and support him. the recent format prompted crisis talks with club owners the glazer family that manchester united fans woke up to the news
so, who was in the running than for the topjob? the interim thing makes a very interesting because that s how he got the job in the first place. he took over from jos mourinho and then he got thejob long term. michael is coming in now and he will be assisted who s got a new contract very recently. and they ll be at the helm. but they ve got the targets and we understand that there currently ps6 and a former tottenham manager. rogers was the leicester manager. and at the end of the season, they want them to make that appointment now. and it will be much easier and that is obviously that they appear to be the two front runners for thejob on a full time basis. if you want to get in touch with me i m on twitter @bbckarishma
to redouble their efforts and reinforce the basics. average 48% of the european population is wearing a mask indoors. any percentage above that will have an immediate effect. with varying vaccine rates, getting the shots and is seen as critical. but they will not cure the distrust or divisions seeping through some european societies. manchester united have sacked their manager ole gunar solskjaer following the 4 1 defeat at watford. he d been in charge for almost three years but the club has suffered a string of poor results and is currently 8th in the premier league. our sports correspondent jane dougall is at old trafford for us. this has been a dark and dismal day for him and manchester united football club. he new time had run out. a club legend like ole gunar solskjaer could have been forgiven for losing 4 1
in the uk in more detail, with the latest government coronavirus figures. they show there were just over 40,000 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average, 41,029 new cases were reported per day in the last week. 61 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. on average in the past week, 147 covid related deaths were recorded every day. and on vaccinations, more than 15 million people have now had their booster injection. manchester united have sacked their manager ole gunar solskjaer following yesterday s 4 1 defeat at watford. he d been in charge for almost three years but the club has suffered a string of poor results, and is currently seventh in the premier league. our sports correspondentjane dougall reports from old trafford. a dark and dismal day for him