Sir Lewis Hamilton, for services to motorsport. And arise sir lewis he may have lost his world title but britains formula one hero is knighted at windsor castle. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The uk has recorded its highest ever number of confirmed Covid Infections. More than 78,500 people have tested positive for the virus, with the Omicron Strain causing considerable concern. South africa, where the variant was first identified last month, has also reported a Record Number of daily infections. Italy and france also say theyve seen Record Numbers. The us has confirmed cases in 36 states. While the philippines and cambodia have detected their first omicron cases. Our Health Editor hugh pym has this report. With the rapid spread of the new variant, the Booster Programme has been given new urgency. Here, a gp in oxford visits elderly patients in their homes to give them the top up jab. But it will give you a very good protection and boost your immunity. W
hello there. we start with the row over taxing big tech. britain along with france, austria, italy and spain have agreed to roll back their multibillion dollar digital services tax on the likes of facebook and amazon. it s part of a transition to a global minimum tax on all big companies due to come in from 2023. in return, the us is removing the threat of punishing tariffs that could have seen 25% import taxes slapped on european goods, from anything from clothing to shoes to cosmetics. from new york, michelle fleury has more. it s spelt out easily enough, how do you the digital world, but it turned into an ugly fight. the good forget the sparring between emmanuel macron and donald trump over this very issue? europeans want attacks for silicon valley giants like amazon and facebook and argued it was a matter of fairness and equity. the americans for their part suspected the goal was to hurt its businesses and so threatened retaliatory measures. by agreeing to drop the th
through the city and out to sea. now to give you a sense of the power of that reverse tsunami 20 centimetres of fast moving water, is enough to knock adults off theirfeet here you had three metres of water sweeping everything in its path. it is an appalling loss of life the man in these pictures had onlyjust found his son, and was begging rescue workers not to move him. desperate scenes repeated again and again there are some people who have lost 30 50 members of their extended family. here s one survivor describing what he went through. translation: we woke up at around 3-3.30am, i we heard a large bang. anyone who was awake in derna for sure must ve heard it. the water was unbelievable, everyone could hear it coming. when we went outside, the city was gone, it had been raised to the ground. well, to begin with, there are around 14 15 families which were swept away by the sea. anyone who was in the valley was just swept away. nine other people who live directly o