are restricting travel to try and buy themselves time against the new omicron variant. the eu has restricted flights from seven southern african countries, causing portugal to send repatriation flights to pick up almost 300 stranded citizens in mozambique. and as the new coronavirus strain spreads, leaders must continue to make difficult decisions of how best to respond to this global pandemic. saoirse wilson, bbc news. tributes are being paid to bob dole, the long serving republican politician who played a key role in us politics at the end of the last century, who died on sunday at the age of 98. he was a leading senator and the republican presidential candidate in 1996, when he lost to bill clinton. president biden has described him as a war hero, a friend and an american statesman like few others in history. so what kind of a figure was bob dole in american politics? i looked back at his life
it s been a weekend of demonstrations across many european cities with protests against renewed covid lockdown measures. it comes as the omicron variant continues to spread, with it now having been found in some of the biggest cities in the world. saoirse wilson reports. another weekend of protests across europe. in brussels, 1,000 people marched against compulsory covid passes to enter bars and restaurants. translation: | can t bearj discrimination in any form. now there s the vaccine passports, that s discriminatory. and mandatory vaccines, they re heading our way. we don t want a dictatorship. translation: people who want the vaccine have the vaccine. - i don t want it. but this pass stops me being able to have a social life. i came to say i don t agree with that. the protest was brought to an end with police fire
really a worrying sign, because after these reports, many families say that their loved ones have gone into hiding, fearing for their lives. it ones have gone into hiding, fearing for their lives. it has been a weekend fearing for their lives. it has been a weekend of - been a weekend of demonstrations against renewed covid restrictions across many european cities. it comes amid rising cases of the newly detected omicron variant. saoirse wilson reports. another weekend of protests across europe. in brussels, 1,000 people marched against compulsory covid passes to enter bars and restaurants. translation: | can t bearj discrimination in any form. now there s the vaccine passports, that s discriminatory. and mandatory vaccines, they re heading our way. we don t want a dictatorship. translation: people who want the vaccine have the vaccine. - i don t want it. but this pass stops me being able to have a social life. i came to say i don t agree with that. the protest was brought to an end
continue to make difficult decisions of how best to respond to this global pandemic. saoirse wilson, bbc news. tributes are being paid to bob dole, the long serving republican politician who played a key role in us politics at the end of the last century, who died on sunday at the age of 98. he was a leading senator and the republican presidential candidate in 1996, when he lost to bill clinton. president biden has described him as a war hero, a friend, and an american statesman like few others in history. so what kind of a figure was bob dole in american politics? i looked back at his life with former republican strategist rick wilson. bob dole is the type of man that has vanished from american politics in many ways. he was a person who dedicated himself to public service from the moment the us was attacked in world war ii. he served heroically in italy and was wounded to a degree that would have killed most ordinary men and left most
to queue for testing. governments around the world are restricting travel to try and buy themselves time against the new omicron variant. the eu has restricted flights from seven southern african countries, causing portugal to send repatriation flights to pick up almost 300 stranded citizens in mozambique. and as the new coronavirus strain spreads, leaders must continue to make difficult decisions of how best to respond to this global pandemic. saoirse wilson, bbc news. flags in the us capitol have been lowered to half mast in honour of the 1996 presidential candidate, bob dole, who has died from cancer at the age of 98. president biden described the former senator as a war hero, a friend, and an american statesman like few others in history. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more from los angeles.