that s all the sport for now. don t forget you can watch sports personality of the year on the bbc iplayer. us open champion emma raducanu taking the main award in salford last night. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government s being urged to set out plans to tackle surging cases of coronavirus sources tell the bbc three options of increasing levels of severity have been prepared. the downing street parties saga continues with a photo of the prime minister and others with wine and cheese in the no 10 garden during lockdown. ministers say no rules were broken. premier league officials will meet clubs later to consider pausing the season over the festive period, after a number of matches were cancelled because of covid cases. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week: getting set for the metaverse, but what should we wear? where should we go? what are the latest specs?
iam i am really happy with this, of course, and i have watched sports personality of the year growing up so i am humbled to join the amazing past winners. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news singapore, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. hello and thank you forjoining us. we begin the programme in hong kong where counting is under way in the first elections since beijing increased its control over the territory. turnout has officially been announced as the lowest ever in its electoral history just 30.2%. pro democracy activists called for a boycott because every candidate had to be vetted for their loyalty to beijing. almost all prominent opposition figures who could have taken part have either been jailed or have fled.
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news, in the hague. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the bbc s prestigious sports personality of the year goes to tennis star emma raducanu. we have her reaction. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who s died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it s failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over - lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am s maid of the seas,
welcome to bbc news i m david eades. our top stories: we have a special report from myanmar on the mass killings of civilians by the military which seized power in a coup last february. a victory for the hard left candidate in chile s most polarising election ever. a tough new lockdown in the netherlands, as the new coronavirus variant spreads fast across europe. and tennis star emma radacanu wins the bbc s prestigious sports personality of the year. i am really happy with this, of course, and i have watched sports personality of the year growing up so i am humbled tojoin the amazing past winners.