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russia carries out military exercises close to the ukrainian border, as the us says it fears president putin could use force against ukraine in the next few weeks. and the story of the little girl who vanished for days in australia more than half a century ago finally answers about what happened to her. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, champions once again, alfie hewett and gordon reid continue their winning run in the wheelchair doubles to set a grand slam record. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has vowed to fight on amid calls to resign as westminster waits for the publication of sue gray s highly anticipated report into parties in downing street during lockdown. during prime minister s questions today, the labour leader sir keir starmer urged borisjohnson to publish the official report in full once it has been released. to publish the official report the metropolitan police is carrying out its own ....
as we sort those technical problems out, let s turn to that case in new york. prince andrew has demanded a jury trial as he seeks to defend the civil sex case that has been brought by virginia giuffre, according to legal documents filed by his lawyer in new york. it was reported he might have to pay more than $5 million to his accuser to persuade her to settle, although mr giuffre has signalled before that she wanted to a proceed to a court trial. the duke has strenuously denied the allegations she is making. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. this is a formal response by prince andrew s legal team to virginia giuffre s complaint, and so in it, he goes through every allegation in the complaint line by line and either denies or admits to the assertions in the complaint. so, for example, he denies all allegations of sexual abuse with virginia giuffre on the three occasions that she alleges when she was 17 in the us virgin islands, and london and new york. he al ....
at any point richard engel inside ukraine tonight. our exclusive after our reporting on young people dying after obtaining deadly pills through snapchat the platform s head of safety on how snapchat is cracking down. and the big honor for an nhl trailblazer. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening it appears tonight the cell phone companies have blinked in their showdown with the airlines verizon and at&t now say they will voluntarily delay rolling out their new faster 5g cell service around runways at some airports tomorrow amid a debate over whether 5g signals could interfere with critical cockpit technology that pilots rely on to land planes in low clouds and fog. 5g service will, however, still roll out elsewhere overnight. the cell giants insisting 5g is not a threat to aviation, but the faa and the nation s airlines aren t convinced. they have warned of massive flight disruptions if pilots are unable to fly at certain landing a ....
and gas rising 12 miles into the air. tonight, the advisories crossing the pacific. water levels rising in california. miles of coastline closed. a dangerous winter storm set to impact 100 million americans. the midwest already getting slammed. the massive system now taking aim at the south and up the east coast. multiple states expecting up to a foot of snow. dangerous driving conditions and widespread power outages, several governors declaring states of emergency. the record omicron surge pushing some hospitals to the brink. 5.5 million new infections just this week. in massachusetts, some hospitals pausing elective surgeries. and in southern california, ambulances forced wait in line to drop off patients. but also some encouraging news tonight cases dropping in several of the early hard-hit states. late breaking news on novak djokovic. his final hearing in front of a three-judge panel in australia. will he be deported or stay in play in the australian open? ....
just about half an hour from now, president biden is scheduled to speak about his administration s next steps in the fight against the pandemic, including sending central medical teams to hospitals in six states where hospitals have been overwhelmed. as covid runs rampant through schools and child hospitalizations rise, we look at what can be done to keep kids safe and in the classroom. we re also watching the u.s. supreme court, could be a big day, justices might release more rulings any moment now, among those we could see, the biden vaccination rule for businesses. we re also keeping an eye on capitol hill, where later today, president biden will appeal to senate democrats to change the rules to pass voting rights legislation, which now is looking challenged, to say the least. meantime, american and russian diplomats are wrapping up several days of talks aimed at easing tensions between russia and ukraine, but has anything changed? and the biden administration sa ....