president putin again insists the west must give russia guarantees that nato won t expand eastwards to admit ukraine; and says he s initiated high level talks with the us. translation: if we are plunged in a conflict? i but we don t want that. it is not our choice. this is why i responded to president biden s proposal. the ball is in their court now and they should respond, and coming up, rescue footage emerges of two babies being pulled alive from the rubble of kentucky s tornado last week and handed over to their grandmother. praise god! hello and welcome. tighter restrictions against coronavirus have come into effect in some european countries amid concerns over the highly infectious omicron variant that continues to spread rapidly. there s a fear that a wave of omicron infections could overwhelm health services, despite preliminary studies suggesting that omicron is milder and that the risk of being hospitalised is up to 75% lower. we ll look at mainland europe in a momen
drinks and cheese and canopies, this clearly was not a business meeting. this isn t about wiggling out of the rules when many people were arrested by the police. i want to hear what the prime minister says on the record at the dispatch box at lunchtime today, and i will for myjudgment after that. let me know what you think. what sacrifices did you make to adhere to the covid restrictions last christmas? we ve asked to speak to government ministers but no one is available. contact me on twitter @vicderbyshire or email me on victoria@bbc.co.uk. germany s bundestag meets to approve the appointment of the new chancellor, olaf scholz, before he is sworn in. a helicopter carrying the head of the indian armed forces, general bipin rawat, has crashed in the southern state of tamil nadu. there s no word on casualties. exactly one year after 90 year old maggie keenan received the world s first approved coronavirus vaccine, the booster programme opens to over 40s in england. and coming
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