blanket booster programmes are likely to prolong the pandemic. rather than ending it. by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage. in other news, the un security council votes to allow aid to afghanistan finding a way round sanctions against the taliban. and we report from kyrgyzstan where environmentalists are trying to save reindeer from the brink of extinction. daily covid cases in the uk have topped 100,000 for the first time since mass testing began. 106 thousand, 122 daily cases have been recorded, passing the previous record of 93 thousand on the 17th of december. these numbers are driven by the rapid spread of the 0micron variant. here s our political correspondent ben wright. we correspondent ben wright. are still within a rising v infections. we are still within a rising wave of infections. searching across the country. this is what ministers and officials had expected. but we have seen is a fracturing of these figures
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface alongside ali miraj, columnist at the article. tomorrow s front pages starting with. let s take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages already in, starting with the mirror. it reports cabinet secretary, simon case the man tasked with investigating whitehall christmas parties steps down, after allegations that his own office held a virtual festive bash. the telegraph also leads with this, saying the prime minister s bid to move on from the tories by election defeat has been derailed by the fresh leaks. the times says the inquiry into those parties is now in disarray as simon case steps back from the investigation. former ethics chief at the cabinet office, sue gray will take over. the i reports that omicron cases are getting out of control with variant cases doubling every one and a half days in london, the north east, west mid
time for the media show hello, good evening. good evening. that distinctive music could only mean one thing. it s time for channel 4 news one of the most famous faces in broadcasting. jon snow has been the face of the programme since 1989. over the course of three decades, he has grown every prime minister for margaret thatcher up to and including theresa may. he drew the iconic words, let bygones be bygones from nelson mandela. he shared a plane with idi amin, reported on wars in iran and crises in vietnam. and it s not all been hard news. he has danced and sung on tv and even got stoned on camera. but he has also been accused of being too partisan, of having political views that were too obvious and which undermine the network s impartiality. and so, at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show and i guess before we start, the first question is, you ve got a few days left at cha
their case as the british socialite says she will not testify in the sex trafficking case. she denies all wrongdoing. the united nations again warns that all sides in ethiopia s civil war are committing severe human rights violations more than a year after the conflict began. here in britain a crushing by election defeat has dealt another blow to the authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. his conservative party lost a seat it had held for almost two hundred years. the result comes in the middle of a turbulent period for mrjohnson, whose party and government have been plagued with allegations of corruption and breaking covid rules by holding christmas parties during lockdown. on friday night the country s top civil servant, the cabinet secretary simon case, stepped aside from leading the inquiry into those parties, after it emerged an event had been held in his own office. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. two, one. cheering. they might not do subtl
ten o clock. a full round up on the days news. it is time for newscast. muffled speech. archbishop, hello. it s adam fleming. hello, adam. how are you? thanks very much for doing this. sorry we are not there in person. well, i think you are very wise. chris mason is here in the same studio as me. hi there. hello, chris. how nice to see you. yeah, nice to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. great to hear the sound effects. it s bramble. is that right? bramble in the background. that is bramble and she is our star of stage and screen. and it s laura in the other studio in westminster. i and it sjustin in lambeth palace. looking very grand. and with bramble. newscast. newscast from the bbc. lie down. can you lie down? that s a good girl. just lie down. and going to disappear off. archbishop, welcome to newscast. well, thank you. welcome to lambeth. well, except we were meant to be welcomed in person and we d even put in our mulled wine order, but omicron saw to that.