for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. we ll speak to a climate change specialist. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with the fallout from the announcement that china s borders will be reopened next month. in the last hour, the us announced it would require negative covid tests for travellers from china from the 5th of january. that follows tighter measures outlined by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan, and india. american officials accuse the chinese authorities of a lack of transparency, as cases of covid have been surging there. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently
those two teams are in the england and france group. portugal v northern ireland kicks off in the next 15 mins or so, both sides unbeaten in their group. wales 0 1 ukraine, wales looking to continue their 100% record in the tournament. away from the uk, there s been plenty of action elsewhere. it was goalless between norway and italy. netherlands v finland goalless. spain won in denmark, 2 0. jenni hermoso with the first in their 2 0 victory. well, once those matches come to an end all eyes will turn to a huge match in men s football on saturday as borussia dortmund take on real madrid in the champions league final. the german side haven t won the tournament since 1997 whilst real are going for a record extending 15th title and their manager admits his team have an affinity with this competition. there is something special in this club. i think it would be important to be studied, this, because it is not a casualty, it is something that special, it depends from what,
a sign of the relationship they have that francis wanted to announce the news to call for prayer for benedict at this time, and i think itjust shows how it is something that is a serious situation, and at 95 years old, his health has been in decline for quite some time. figs old, his health has been in decline for quite some time. for quite some time. as you were talkin: for quite some time. as you were talking about for quite some time. as you were talking about there, for quite some time. as you were talking about there, this - for quite some time. as you were talking about there, this is - for quite some time. as you were talking about there, this is an - talking about there, this is an unusual period of time, the only time in 600 years or so where we have two popes alive at the same time. obviously we need to be very delicate talking about this, but the idea of arrangements for when he does die, is that something we know much about? we don t have much president to go by. irat
out of there. i was going through the aisle and people were shot, laying in the way, people coming down the stairs. there were also people coming down the steps as well. it made it difficult for us to go by. ended up falling down. so i just set her down, i got out and figured i could come in with the police and they would come help her out better than i could. and the gunman stopped firing and he started again. i think i suffered an injury then but i didn t know i was shot because i was trying to get out of there. you must have been in a state of shock? i think i m still in a state of shock. you actually have your shirt with you. we can see that yeah. everybody noticed it except for me and you can see the two bullet holes there from the shrapnel and it s still in my arm. they put a cast on and i m not doing well with it. but it s right here. and i also have the shrapnel still in my shoulder muscle. and so it does hurt a little bit, you know, they did give me great treatment a
and people were shot, laying in the way, people coming down the stairs. there were also people coming down the steps as well. it made it difficult for us to go by. ended up falling down. so i just set her down, i got out and figured i could come in with the police and they would come help her out better than i could. and the gunman stopped firing and he started again. i think i suffered an injury then but i didn t know i was shot because i was trying to get out of there. you must have been in a state of shock? i think i m still in a state of shock. you actually have your shirt with you. we can see that yeah. everybody noticed it except for me and you can see the two bullet holes there from the shrapnel and it s still in my arm. they put a cast on and i m not doing well with it. but it s right here.