let s cross now to the scotland first minister nicola sturgeon who is making a virtual statement to msps she is set to reveal whether her government will lift most legal covid restrictions. i will set out a number of mitigation conditions. i will summarise the key points from new guidance being published today on arrangements for the start of the new school year. let me start by summarising today s statistics. the total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1016 which is 8.1% of all tests. there are 406 people receiving host tokyo and 61 people receiving host tokyo and 61 people receiving host tokyo and 61 people receiving intensive care which has won more than yesterday. sadly nine further deaths were reported over the last 24 hours taking the total number of registered is death and the daily definition to 7952. as always i want to convey my sincere condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. i can also report that 4,014,000 212 people have now received a f
how a british surgeon who travelled to aleppo to treat victims of the syrian civil war nine years ago inspired a syrian boy to become a doctor. we have a special report. also coming up this hour. with three months until the un climate change conference in glasgow, the world wildlife fund joins forces with leading international artists to inspire global action. hello from tokyo. it s being reported that a belarusian sprinter who sought protection, after she claimed she was ordered to return home from the olympic games, has applied for asylum in the polish embassy there. yesterday krystina tsimanouskaya said she feared for her safety if she was sent back to belarus, as a penalty for criticising her coaches on social media. what you are seeing here is the latest pictures of her leaving a silver van, latest pictures of her leaving a silvervan, entering latest pictures of her leaving a silver van, entering the polish embassy. she was greeted by two officials before she went in. th
murders of a schoolboy by serial killers in the 1960s begin a new dig. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour s land by force, after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: i want the kyiv authorities and their real- masters in the west to h
president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour s land by force after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: i want the kyiv authorities and their real- masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever. d
it was sweet success for phil salt against pakistan. the batter helps england to victory in lahore to make the final t20 series match on sunday a decider. after the wind and rain yesterday, a lot more after the wind and rain yesterday, a lot more sunshine but they will be some lot more sunshine but they will be some showers to dodge. the full forecast some showers to dodge. the full forecast coming up on breakfast. it s saturday, the first of october. our main story: a new energy price cap has come into effect in england, wales and scotland, meaning higher bills for millions of people on standard and default tariffs. the annual bill for a typical household will rise to 2,500 pounds, double what it was last winter. that s despite a government cap on the price per unit of energy. our business correspondent, theo leggett, reports. maxine is deeply worried. her husband has a serious lung condition and she needs to keep him warm but she husband has a serious lung condition a