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additional nato troops sent to romania in the baltics to send a signal to russian president vladimir putin not to try to move into any neighboring countries. putin has not made it a direct threat to nato country and ukraine is not a nato member. all of this comes a briefing from uk intelligence over the weekend that putin is planning to install a progression president and ukraine and orders from her state department the families to evacuate ukraine. joining us with the latest national security correspondent jennifer griffin. this was surprising to me this briefing but it seems to add up that maybe this is the strategy we had these briefings this is a briefing were over the last few days the briefing from u.s. intelligence about putin planning false flag operations for a pretext for invasion and then the ukraine russian president and now open briefing about troop deployment, is that the plan to deter putin with this media war in a sense? i don t know i would assess it ....
additional nato troops sent to romania in the baltics to send a signal to russian president vladimir putin not to try to move into any neighboring countries. putin has not made it a direct threat to nato country and ukraine is not a nato member. all of this comes a briefing from uk intelligence over the weekend that putin is planning to install a progression president and ukraine and orders from her state department the families to evacuate ukraine. joining us with the latest national security correspondent jennifer griffin. this was surprising to me this briefing but it seems to add up that maybe this is the strategy we had these briefings this is a briefing were over the last few days the briefing from u.s. intelligence about putin planning false flag operations for a pretext for invasion and then the ukraine russian president and now open briefing about troop deployment, is that the plan to deter putin with this media war in a sense? i don t know i would assess it ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. thanks forjoining us, we are going to bring you developments from across the globe as the rapid rise in 0micron cases triggers a slew of different responses. the us health authorities have halved the recommended isolation period for people who test positive for covid 19 but don t exhibit symptoms. the centers for disease control now says that infected but asymptomatic people should stay at home for five days and wear a mask around others for a further five. it comes as new york city made it compulsory for everyone aged 12 and above to be fully vaccinated against covid, in order to access indoor entertainment and sports activities. new york city s mayor explained why the measures were being taken now. we have made history in new york city. and we lead the nation with the strongest vaccine mandate anywhere, private sector vaccine mandate, reaching hundreds of thousands of businesses and we put this mandate into action, as 0micron was coming, ....
to help consumers cope with sharp rises in gas and electricity prices. good afternoon. the bbc understands no further covid restrictions in england are set to be announced today. borisjohnson is meeting with his scientific advisers as he considers whether further measures might be needed to slow the spread of the omicron variant. it s expected he ll hear about the impact on hospital admissions and nhs staff sickness over recent days. further controls have come into effect today in northern ireland and scotland. the new measures there affect the hospitality and leisure industries. in scotland, nightclubs have to close for at least three weeks, and one metre social distancing and table service has been reinstated in hospitality settings where alcohol is served. table service has also resumed in hospitality venues across northern ireland. a record number of daily cases have been recorded in scotland, we will look at that data later in the hour. table service has also resum ....
how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. nobody in the whole world. who saw it coming? did the administration not expect that there could be moments like this one where you would have a highly transmissible variant? sure, it s possible. it s possible there could be other variants coming along. that s possible. what do you plan for? you plan for what you think is available, that is the most likely threat that exists at the time, and you respond to it. and i think that that s exactly what we ve done. and, for example, omicron is spreading rapidly. but the death rates are much, much lower than they were. this is not march of 2020. so there is reason for optimism this morning on the covid front, really promising news. the fda authorized the first antiviral coronavirus treatment in the u.s., pfizer s paxlovid. and three new studies from overseas suggest there is a lower risk of hospitalization with those infected with omicron compared to delta. we are watching ....