welcome, everyone. dramatic-rescue efforts underway, across western europe, as catastrophic floods sweep through parts of germany, belgium, and the netherlands. at least 125 people are dead, and hundreds of others, still, unaccounted for. bridges have been washed out. thousands, left homeless. and entire villages, washed underwater. in the coming hours, germany s president will visit the state, one of the country s hardest-hit areas. and have look at this. this house in eastern belgium collapsing, as the floodwaters rush by. you can see, people on the roof waiting to be evacuated. belgium announced it will hold a national day of mourning for flood victims, on tuesday. in the netherlands, dutch officials have just ordered 10,000 residents to evacuate the city of venlo, about 40 kilometers north of where these pictures were taken as the river there is rising faster than expected. cnn s melissa bell is in the disaster zone with more on these historic floods. reporter: the fl
we look at what that means for global inflation. i m sally bundock. in many countries around the world everybody is concerned about rising prices. let s start here in the uk, where injust over an hour from now the latest offical inflation figures for december will be released. prices here and across the world have been rising, as supply chains have been hit by the pandemic and energy costs soar. inflation rose to 5.1% in november, that s the highest level the uk has experienced in ten years. one of the main reasons is the rising global price of energy. this has meant higher energy and transport bills for businesses, many of whom pass on the extra costs to customers. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been up the coast in scarborough, where the family behind an old hotel are having to make tough choices to keep providing warm beds and fresh breakfast. this is a lot of windows. and a huge ceiling. to this is a lot of windows. and a huge ceiling- huge ceiling
an unprecedented rate. we ll have a report from one of the busiest airports in the world. plus, i ll discuss with my guests how hong kong is handling their zero covid strategy. as the political crisis grows, the prime minister resigns and we re live in the region with the latest. a post holiday surge in covid infections is gripping the u.s. right now. the u.s. is now averaging about 400,000 new cases a day and experts warn it s likely to get worse in the days ahead. well, that surge fueled mostly by the omicron variant is also crushing hospitals which are overwhelmed mostly by unvaccinated americans. also today at least 5 metro atlanta school districts have joined others nationwide in moving to remote learning after the holiday break. one of the largest teachers unions in new york is urging the mayor to let public schools move online. this as the former head of the fda warns the new omicron variant can be more dangerous for young kids. does appear based on a lot of ex
alec baldwin faces a new lawsuit over a fatal shooting on his film set. lawyers are calling mr baldwin reckless. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it is a question many are asking. where is one of china s biggest sporting stars peng shuai? the former wimbledon and french open doubles champion hasn t been heard from since accusing a top chinese official of sexually assaulting her. she s supposed to have written an email saying she s fine; it was released by chinese state media and attributed to her, but the head of the women s tennis association in the uk says he finds it hard to believe that peng shuai actually wrote the email. part of the email reads. our correspondent robin brant is in shanghai and told us more about the email. it popped up overnight. it is the first communication apparently from peng shuai. it starts with the words, hello, everyone. even though it was purportedly sent to steve simon, the man in charge of the woman s tenn