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a 22 year old american who had the world s first face and hands transplant talks about his surgery, saying he feels grateful for a second chance at life. and hundreds of players and officials at the australian open tennis championship go into isolation after a worker at one of the events hotels tests positive for the coronavirus. event s hotels. a warm welcome to the programme. in myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. there s been no word on the whereabouts of either aung san suu kyi, or deposed president win myint, since monday. the united nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, and the democratic process, and they called for the immediate release of the leaders. for a second day , protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the country s largest city. our reporter nyein chan aye filed this report from yangon. pots banging people are showing th
and thanks the russian president for sending troops. england battle back on the third day of the fourth ashes test as jonny bairstow hits a century. hello and welcome to bbc news. 200 members of the armed forces are being drafted in to help hospitals in london struggling to deal with covid related staff shortages. the royal college of nursing said the government could no longer deny there was a staffing crisis in the nhs. pressure on london hospitals has increased over the past month, with 4,000 patients currently in hospital with covid compared with 1,100 in december. meanwhile, outside of london, hospitalisations have also been ticking upwards with almost 18,000 patients currently in hospital with covid. as of thursday afternoon, 17 hospital trusts in england were experiencing critical incidents concerned they might not be able to provide core priority services, such as emergency care. it means they can get extra help and draft staff in from other duties. health secreta
and sir frank williams who created one the great formula one teams has died. good afternoon. the health secretary says he wants to expand the uk vaccination programme as a matter of urgency because of the new omicron variant of coronavirus. a third case has now been identified here and there are expected to be more with concerns that it may spread more easily and potentially evade current vaccines. ministers say they have acted swiftly. in england, mask wearing in shops and on public transport will be a legal requirement once again, a change that will come into force on tuesday. here s our health correspondent, anna collinson. taking upa taking up a booster when eligible was always important but since taking up a booster when eligible was always important but since the emergence of the heavily mutated kogan diddy over the variant is even more important. kogan diddy over the variant is even more important- more important. queues like this in slou:h more important. que