reporting the lowest amount of covid cases per capita in the nation after a governor ron de santis is slammed by critics for his handling of the pandemic. coming up, south carolina congresswoman nancy mace on the new variant and her bipartisan thanksgiving trip to taiwan that angered china. then, xi jinping and vladimir putin are moving ahead on closer military ties between china and russia. to counter what they say is u.s. aggression in the asia pacific region, retired lieutenant general keith kellogg is here on how the u.s. should counter china s global ambitions. plus, the humanitarian crisis continues at the southern border as the biden administration is poised to restart the trump era remain in mexico policy as soon as this week. this comes as the cartels are producing a record amount of fentanyl that is flooding the u.s. with deadly results. new york congressman john katko, the ranking member on the house homeland security committee, joins us on the impact biden s borde
nearby pegler square. it could take more than a decade to clear the backlog of patients waiting for cancer treatment in england. that s the warning in a report by a think tank. restaurant, cafe and pub bosses in the uk will soon be banned from keeping customer tips left for staff, under new rules. and coming up. it s nearly time to grab the sequins and put on the dancing shoes with just 2a hours to go until strictly come dancing waltzes its way back onto our screens. hello, and welcome to bbc news this morning. the transport secretary has said the government will do whatever is required to tackle fuel supply problems in the uk. grant shapps said he wouldn t rule out changing visa rules to allow more foreign drivers to work in britain or even asking the army to help, although he said using the military probably wasn t the solution. the road haulage association says there s an urgent need to grant temporary visas to attract more hgv drivers from abroad. it s estimated t
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comes after a meeting between the taiwanese president and the us house speaker kevin mccarthy in california last week. tensions, as international monetary formed fund has warned of severe weakness in the global economy in the next half decade. the says it outlook for global economic growth the next five years is the weakest. i spoke to our correspondent earlier, the chief executive at xm australia and he told me situations like this are where they look to rebalance portfolios.- this are where they look to rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation they - rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation they look - rebalance portfolios. look at the escalation they look at i the escalation they look at rhetoric they look at market interpretation as far as news and they sit there and they say, are there opportunities? are there sectors of the market to be removed from or other markets that need to be looking stronger out. the gold
the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and how they re supporting their staff through it all. many thousands of homes and buildings have been destroyed by russian bombs. so how will ukraine afford to rebuild when the fighting stops 7 the european bank for reconstruction and development will play a leading role, and its president tells me that the work has already begun. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, ukraine, it s been suffering for a year now. it s 12 months since russia invaded because of what president putin said was a need to demilitarise and de nazify that country. and in that time, thousands have died as ukraine continues to valiantly defend itself. but it s also come at a huge economic cost for both ukraine and the rest of the world. and that s one of the reasons why western a