for the wta to say that, it is very encouraging and i hope other international organisations follow suit. this is bbc news our main headlines the new omicron strain of coronavirus is detected across europe with cases confirmed in germany, italy, belgium, the czech republic and the uk. israel is planning to ban the entry of all foreigners for two weeks from sunday night to tackle the spread of the omicron variant. a powerful storm that s hit britain is now known to have killed at least three people. gale force winds of up to 160 kilometres an hour brought down trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales. here s andy gill. storm arwen has left much of the country facing disruption and damage. there have been some near misses, road and rail travel has been badly affected and tens of thousands of homes left without power. the storm brought picture
grain, that have been held in place across multiple states waiting for this key rail link to open back up. david? yeah, we ll be watching for the ripple effect moving forward. matt, thank you. and with that train derailment blocking that key rail link across the country, there are record shipping backlogs at ports on both coasts tonight. more than 50 container ships waiting to dock off the west coast port of long beach. dozens more stuck waiting off the ports of new york and new jersey, as well. all pandemic-related shipping delays. and we should note overseas tonight, the fuel crisis in the uk. gas pumps there running dry. lodge lines at the few stations that still have fuel tonight. they say panic buying is making all of this worse. and behind it all, a shortage of truck drivers and covid-era supply chain problems there, as well. and so abc s maggie rulli from london tonight. reporter: tonight, the worst fuel crisis to hit britain in decades. i didn t think it would be
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