To help prevent migrants crossing the sea to britain. And sir Frank Williams who created one of the great formula 1 teams has died aged 79. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Britain is to convene an urgent meeting of g7 Health Ministers on monday to discuss developments relating to the new omicron coronavirus variant. It comes as The Netherlands, denmark and australia are the latest countries to confirm cases of the new strain and as new Travel Restrictions are brought in worldwide to limit its spread. The dutch authorities have said that at least 13 tested positive for the new variant after arriving recently from south africa. Coronavirus variant. It comes as The Netherlands, denmark and australia are the latest countries to confirm cases of the new strain and as new Travel Restrictions are brought in worldwide to limit its spread. The dutch authorities have said that at least 13 tested positive for the new variant after arriving recently from south af
Diet and job because of it. Amy donald trump spot has been that at 200,000 in georgia where he faces charges for running a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election. He will surrender thursday. We will speak to atlanta reporter george chidi who was subpoenaed to testify for the Fulton County grand jury about stumbling upon meeting a fake electors and being thrown out. Then to south africa where a major summit of the brics nation is getting underway. This brics summit is particularly important as it is being held as the world is confronted by fundamental challenges that are bound to determine the cause of International Events for years to come. Amy then to ecuador where the voters have passed an historic referendum to block Oil Extraction in Yasuni National park. The community has been suffering from the oil industry since before i was even born. That is the reality of many, many indigenous and amazonian communities in ecuador and other amazonian countries. Amy we will speak wit
in the past 2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the 7 october attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is the deadliest incident involving the israeli military since january and one of the deadliest in this war. so the military gave some details about what happened earlier today. it said these soldiers were members of an engineering unit and their armoured vehicle was hit by a large explosion. and this explosion then triggered the detonation of explosive material, engineering material in the car. so this is under investigation. apparently, this was in breach of the standard practice, and an investigation continues. but daniel hagari, a military spokesman, said that this initial explosion was most likely caused by an explosive device in the area or by an anti tank missile. and we know that earlier today, the armed wing o
meanwhile, world leaders from some 100 countries are in switzerland this weekend, by invitation of president volodymyr zelensky, to discuss how to bring an end to the war in ukraine. at the end of day one, the group released a draft communique reaffirming ukraine s territorial integrity and rejecting any nuclear threat to it. russia and china are notably absent from the international meeting, which is designed to pave the way for a future peace process in which russia takes part. but some countries have reservations saudi arabia s foreign minister said difficult compromises will be needed to reach a peace agreement that ends the war. and the leaders of italy and germany strongly rejected ceasefire terms laid out by russian president vladimir putin on thursday, in which he said kyiv would need to withdraw its troops from four regions that russia partially occupies. uk prime minister rishi sunak said it is important to find a peaceful path to end the war. we must set out the
Stone-throwing politics is futile. In the absence of a single miraculous fix for the country, we need courageous leaders to see things anew and collaborate with