three, two, one! some of the images we are used to seeing, but thanks to a huge spike of covid cases, it wasn t the same. audience was capped at 15,000 instead of 60. everyone had to be fully vaccinated and wear a mask. the scaled back celebrations come as the u.s. shatters the average daily case record again as the new year rings in. as you can see from the map, i mean, it is completely red. not much other than red. the u.s. set a record on friday with more than 380,000 new cases. that is the seven-day average. experts are predicting a blizzard of new infections in the coming weeks. officials worry that could lead to a tidal wave of hospitalizations, especially an among children. it is no wonder as covid child admissions are at a record high in the united states. according to the cdc, hospitalizations among children jumped 66% last week from the previous week. as 2021 ends with a spike in cases, many schools across the united states are already making changes to the spring
it is three years now since cape town came terrifyingly close to running out of water completely. we were here then to report on the worlds first big modern city to face that threat. hello and welcome. a state of emergency has come into force in lithuania as the country grapples with a surge in illegal immigration from neighbouring belarus. lithuania fears that migrants currently stuck along the belarusian border with poland will try to find alternative routes to enter the european union. the eu has said it will impose additional sanctions on belarus because of what it describes as president lukashenko s gangster style approach towards the migrants. aru na iyengar reports. let the weighty in troops ready to assist border guards. the alert level is raised. the new measures cover a short five kilometre stretch along a 670 kilometre stretch along a 670 kilometre border with belarus. nonresidents are bound and officers have the right to search cars and people and no gatherings ar
and the woman who s spent decades trying to find out what happened to her father after his ship went down in world war ii in one of the uk s worst maritime disasters. coming up on the bbc news channel, heartbreakfor heartbreak for england as new zealand s incredible comeback denies them a place in the t20 world cup final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has called on world leaders to stop sitting on their hands and give a determined push to get a deal on limiting climate change over the line. borisjohnson said people would find it absolutely incomprehensible if they failed to commit to serious reductions in carbon emissions. with just 48 hours left before the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow is due to end, borisjohnson travelled to glasgow and said a deal was in sight but there was still a lot of work to be done. with more here s our science editor david shukman. can the world agreed to slow down the release of the gas is heating th
hello. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is calling on world leaders to stop sitting on their hands and make a collective push to get a deal on limiting climate change over the line. time is running out for an agreement, as there are just 48 hours left on the clock before the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow ends. mrjohnson says that a deal is in sight, but that there s still much more work to be done. with more, here s our science editor, david shukman. can the world agree to slow down the release of the gases heating the planet? can it do what it takes to reduce the melting of the polar ice? and will this be enough to limit the rise of the sea? with the conference now entering its final days, delegates are trying to find common ground, and the uk as hosts has come up with a draft of a possible agreement. seven pages of text, welcomed as a first step by some but criticised by many. the words are almost meek and mild in many places, and the world is on fire. we ve se