warns of a global surge in cases. thousands of people are still without electricity in parts of northern scotland and north east england, seven days after storm arwen. the military have been called in to help, as repair work continues. the dad and stepmum of six year old arthur labinjo hughes will find out this morning how many years they will spend injail for killing the little boy the conservative party have won a by election in the suburban london seat of old bexley and sidcup but held on with a reduced majority. alec baldwin, says he does not feel guilt over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of his film, rust. ifeel that, that, someone is responsible for what happened and i can t say who that is but i know it s not me. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. an independent report looking at disorder on the day of the euro 2020 final has called it a day of national shame for england. the report s author, barone
a new report into the disorder found a collective failure in planning, and said people could have died. scientists in south africa report the first data which shows the omicron coronavirus variant may evade some immunity but uk research suggests promising signs that booster vaccines could help. the energy regulator ofgem launches a review into the response to storm arwen as repair works continue, one week on. thousands of people are relying on community hubs like this one in county durham to provide hot meals as some are told it could be until next week before their power is back on. next week before their power is back on. the reknowned stage actor sir anthony sher has died at the age of 72. he d been diagnosed with cancer. and at 5.45 find out what mark kermode thinks of c mon c mon, starring joaquin phonix, and the week s other big cinema releases in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a woman who murdered her boyfriend s six year old son has b
with bloomberg media. with me in the studio is celia hatton, the bbc s asia pacific editor. welcome it is lovely to see you again. will discussed last week and, it is onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. first identified first identified by identified doctors in south africa, first identified by doctors in south africa, president ramaphosa told his countrymen that in one province new cases had risen from 500 per day to 1600. he, like the leaders across the globe has to announce restrictions latest on friday evening came from ireland with nightclubs not being closed and people being restricted in the number of families that are in the number of families that are in their households a one time. how would you characterise the global response to this latest, only believe latest variant of covid i9? everyone is panicking and the market has tanked and i was a sign of the real panic. the reality is we have very little real walk data to cause this panic. yes, there are re
pope francis uses his visit to cyprus to liken the fate of people fleeing war and poverty to slavery and torture. and times have changed in new york city but queueing remains a constant now standing in line in the big apple can mean big bucks, we talk to a savvy business cashing in. we start with the latest warning from the world health organization. its chief scientist says the new omi cron variant could become dominant around the world but that doesn t necessarily mean we ll need to reformulate our vaccines. the number of countries detecting the coronavirus variant is increasing every day. but the w h o also says it s too soon to know if omicron causes a more serious illness and people shouldn t panic. the surge in south africa, where the variant was first identified, has accelerated further. there were more than 16,000 new cases announced on friday up from 11,500 the day before. doctors say there s a higher rate of admissions of young children. and after germany