am not ok with that. that is why i am here. message in a bottle, the message is written in the titanic that drifted in the ocean for more than a century. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in india which is being devastated by a second wave of covid. the prime minister is calling it a coronavirus storm. it s now at the epicentre of the pandemic , with cases accelerating faster than anywhere else in the world. in the past 2a hours more than 2,000 people have died. but the true figure is thought to be higher. hospitals in many parts of india, including the capital delhi, are already overwhelmed. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is there. some may find her report upsetting. a capital on its knees. at its biggest hospitals, people being pushed to the limit of human endurance. my husband s in a very bad state, let me get through , this woman says. she s been carrying him around for ten hours. many of these people won t survive the night. sir,
the oxford vaccine to the over 65s germany looks set to follow suit up and down on your tonsils, a good four strokes. with schools getting ready to start teaching again on monday, we ll be asking how pupils will prepare for a new kind of test. tributes to the liverpool legend and telly favourite ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82 i m here, mummy, i m here. as close as she can get: we hear from west end star ruthie henshall, who doesn t want to have to sing to her mother online she wants to hold her hand. and coming up on bbc news, trainer gordon elliott fears his licence could be taken away. he s been suspended from racing in great britain after being pictured sitting on a dead horse. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the figures speak for themselves and they paint a picture which suggests the battle against covid is on the turn. the number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to t
good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that will look for the lighting of the rockefeller christmas tree right outside later this evening. there it is. i m jon lemire on this wednesday, december 1. let s start with the news. in an effort to detect and contain any cases of the omicron variant comes into the united states, top health officials are expanding a surveillance nation at some of the nation s biggest busiest airports. four at new york, newark, atlanta and san francisco. here s what cdc director rochelle walensky said yesterday at yesterday s covid release. this allows for specific arrival increasing capacity to identify those with covid-19 on arrival to the united states and enhancing our surveillance of the omicron variant. to be crystal clear, we have far more tools to fight the variant today than we had at this time last year. we are actively looking for the omicron variant right here in the united states. right now, there s no evidence of omicron
abdurasulov told us more. this is the first time when the officials of the belarusian government have confirmed that the wagner fighters have arrived in their country. just a few days ago, ukrainian and western officials reported that they saw no signs of wagner s presence in belarus. and now, the defense ministry of that country is saying that those mercenaries are training their forces. and these are not the regular army units of belarus that are being trained by wagner mercenaries. these are so called territorial defense groups. these are civilians who can be called up if the country is attacked. and what s interesting is that these groups are getting trained in the town of asipovichy. that is a town in the western part of belarus, near the russian border. and it s quite close to the area where earlier, satellite images showed hundreds of tents being set up. and regional media speculated that those tents were set up for wagnerfighters. the south korean president, yoon suk
this was a surprise visit and he said that the much needed military equipment would be sent to ukraine, however in the form of bullet proof vests and helmets and i understand also mine clearing equipment has been sent to kyiv in the past. south korea does have one of the largest stockpiles of ammunition in the world, a bit other historical legacy in terms of past conflicts with north korea. it does have a thriving defence industry as well. however, government policy prohibits arms delivery to countries who are at war. so that is ukraine, of course, following russia s invasion of the country. ukraine and its allies have been urging seoul to make an exception in this case. we are going to speak. with more on this let s talk to our reporterje seung lee. you have beans following the press conference. just take us through what has been said so far? hal conference. just take us through what has been said so far? not many details have what has been said so far? not many details ha