and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of blistering heatwaves and a mild autumn and spring. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, senior associate editor at the new statesman, and claire cohen, journalist and author. we will say hello to both in just a moment. first, though, let s take a look at the actual front pages. with fresh strikes expected in the new year and reports of new anti strike laws, the financial times leads with a warning from incoming boss of the tuc, paul nowak, who says unions will fight and make the government pay a high political price for such laws. the independent has gone with a striking image of the impact of recent russian bombardment in ukraine. they re also shining a light on striking chaos, with a warning that the uk could see a year of disruption if the government fails to negotiate. in contrast, the times leads with labour s vow to c
hello and welcome. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, after concern at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease now that beijing is lifting travel restrictions. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city s biggest, more evidence
is receiving constant medical attention. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of blistering heatwaves and a mild autumn and spring. every month apart from december has been warmer than average. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m holly hamilton. coming up on tonight s programme. can manchester city get their title defence back on track? we look ahead to a potentially crucial game at leeds. a shock exit at alexandra palace, as two time world darts champion gary anderson exits the third round of the tournament. and australia are in full control of their second test against south africa with a maiden test century for alex carey. good evening, welcome along to sportsday. manchester city have a tough few weeks ahead and pep guardiola knows it. they take on leeds tonight for their first premier league clash since the world cup, sitting eight points clear of the top spot. after they were be
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