the house of commons has finished for the day so it s now highly unlikely we will get to know the findings of sue gray s report this evening. and more controversy for the prime minister foreign office emails leaked by a whistleblower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of pen farthing and his animals from afghanistan in august which mrjohnson denied at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments on that report into downing street parties as they happens. the as they happens. us embassy in the ukraine urges citizens the us embassy in the ukraine urges citizens to consider departing now as russia maintains a large military presence on the border with ukraine. it comes as advisers from russia, ukraine and germany and france continue talks to try to diffuse tensions. pcr test of around 100,000 volunteers in their react study also
studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. the uk and us threaten sanctions against russia, if president putin decides to invade ukraine. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming up this hour.. the siblings who have been separated while in the care system calls for a new law to keep them together. i m ben brown live in downing street.
to be prime minister. borisjohnson is due to face mps in the commons this lunchtime, as backbenchers wait to decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. and i m annita mcveigh with the rest of the day s stories advisors from russia, ukraine, germany and france are meeting in paris this morning, as tensions continue to rise over fears of a russian invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, russia has reacted angrily to warnings of personal sanctions against mr putin saying the us and nato has flooded ukraine with weapons and western advisors. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming
the political opposition isn t that strong. we think you re being a bit reckless but we kind of go along with most of it. and obviously this is all been discussed at length and chris whitty and patrick vallance stood alongside boris johnson when he announced, there are people in the medical community who think we should be much more cautious but, you know, there is a question about whether or not conservative mps would have backed continuing restrictions downing street has made the calculation this is the right thing. the right thing. and if you look at the the right thing. and if you look at the react - the right thing. and if you look at the react study, i the right thing. and if you i look at the react study, the government relies on, dated today, they say the doubling time is six days of the disease spreading so it means when we meet up next thursday, if there are 28,000 positive cases today, in theory, 56,000 next week and fascinating to see how the country feels about that bec
people who have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine are half as likely to be infected with covid 19, according to the latest data. the findings were made in the latest round of the react study, which takes samples from more than 98,000 people in england. it s also revealed that despite a large increase in infections, growth appeared to be slowing. scientists say it s still important that people getjabbed. the highest levels of infection were in the younger people and predominantly among the unvaccinated population and it really does hammer home it s very, very important that when people are offered the vaccine, they take the vaccine and also they take two doses because we know getting the second dose really provides that extra level of protection. meanwhile, children who become ill with coronavirus are unlikely suffer with the long term effects