german leaders say covid jabs could become mandatory from february and have announced tough restrictions on the unvaccinated. people who have not been inoculated against coronavirus are set to be banned from many public facilities, and non essential shops. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections. over the last week, the daily number of new covid infections has increased fourfold, from less than 3,000 to more than 11,500. officials say vaccinations are now more vital that ever. the governing conservative party has retained the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup, but the uk by election victory for louie french has been secured with a greatly reduced majority. the poll was caused by the death from cancer of the former cabinet minister james brokenshire.
this is bbc news. i m ben boulos. the headlines. german leaders say covid jabs could become mandatory from february and have announced tough restrictions on the unvaccinated. people who have not been inoculated against coronavirus are set to be banned from many public facilities and non essential shops. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections. over the last week, the daily number of new covid infections has increased four fold from less than 3000 to more than 11,500. officials say vaccinations are now more vital than ever. the governing conservative party has retained the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup, but the uk by election victory for louie french has been secured with a greatly reduced majority. the poll was caused
this is bbc news. the headlines: german leaders say covid jabs could become mandatory from february and have announced tough restrictions on the unvaccinated. people who have not been inoculated against coronavirus are set to be banned from many public facilities, and non essential shops. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections. over the last week, the daily number of new covid infections has increased fourfold, from less than 3,000 to more than 11,500. officials say vaccinations are now more vital that ever. the governing conservative party has retained the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup, but the uk by election victory for louie french has been secured with a greatly reduced majority. the poll was caused by the death from cancer of the former cabinet minister james brokenshire.
biden referred to the threat at the airport from this terror group known as isis k and he details his decision to stick with that august 31st deadline to leave afghanistan. that deadline just six days away now as the scramble to get out intensifies, one critical question has been, how many americans remain? this afternoon, the secretary of state put the number at about 1500. officials are in touch with about 500 of. them but are still reaching out to others. for the remaining roughly 1000 context that we have who maybe americans seeking to leave afghanistan, we are aggressively reaching out to the multiple times today. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who want to leave, along with many afghans. that effort will continue every day past august 31st. now the secretary said about 6000 americans we are in
breaking news. political headlines and jeanne moos straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. slowly, too slowly, for many residents of joplin missouri. they are learning more, though about the loved ones who vanished during this week s devastating tornado. state officials released a list of 232 missing people far below earlier estimates at 1,500. officials concede some on the list are dead. the current toll is 125. they say that number will rise. the process by identifying the deceased can be very, very difficult, relying on medical records and dna. some families are very angry that they can t even visit the morgue to search for relatives. let s go straight to casey. reporter: it is bureaucratic mess. according to these families. we spoke with one family that s