and we find out what these adelie and gentoo penguins in antarctica have to tell us about global warming. hello and welcome. we begin in beijing where the winter olympics torch relay has just got under way. over the next three days, 1,000 people will carry the torch past chinese landmarks, including the summer palace and great wall. it s a scaled down event with very few spectators because of coronavirus restrictions. but despite the government s commitment to a zero covid strategy, the omicron variant is spreading. the beijing olympics organiser says 32 new cases have been detected among games related personnel in the last 2a hours. let s go to beijing and our china correspondent
the uk s been hit by the highest price rises in nearly ten years because shop inflation almost doubled over the past month. more backlash against raith rovers decision to sign footballer david goodwillie after he was ruled a rapist in a civil case in 2017. last night fans gave their opinion. i what is that saying to wee girls. who are playing and want to play? what is it saying to other female staff in there? i that it is a football thing? sorry, enough. and the winter olympics torch relay begins in beijing as china gears up for the global sporting event, despite boycotts and the coronavirus.
hormone replacement therapy could be made available over the counter without the need for a prescription. a public consultation will be held on the proposal. last year it was announced at the cost of repeat prescriptions for hrt would be significantly reduced in england. the russian president has accused the us of trying to draw russia into war with its neighbour. vladimir putin has denied he is planning an invasion. this comes as boris johnson visited ukraine yesterday. and he is expected to talk to vladimir putin at some point this week. whoopi goldberg has been suspended as presenter of the american talk show, the view, for two weeks. it s after she made comments, and apologised for claiming the holocaust wasn t about race. the president of abc news, kim godwin, said she d asked ms goldberg to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her wrong and hurtful comments. beijing has kicked off the winter olympics torch relay,