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which brings together some of the uk s best known columnists, bbc specialists and the correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: omicron a chilling gift for the season of giving. why, when it comes to abortion, it remains the age of trump. and james bond s boss on the danger of china for smaller countries. joining is on the programme. janet daley, who moved from the united states to london in the 1960s, is a columinst with the daily telegraph. stephanie baker is with bloomberg media. with me in the studio is celia hatton, the bbc s asia pacific editor. welcome to all of you and it is lovely to see you again. when we discussed omicron last week and, it had onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. first identified by doctors in south africa, president ramaphosa told his countrymen at the weekend that in one province, new cases had risen from 500 per day to 1,600. stephanie, the message from the white ....
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with us, the broadcaster penny smith and the home affairs editor of the evening standard, martin bentham. martin, ithink martin, i think it came to our rescue at quite short notice, didn t you? rescue at quite short notice, didn t ou? we rescue at quite short notice, didn t you?- we are rescue at quite short notice, didn t you?- we are very - rescue at quite short notice, didn t you?- we are very grateful| rescue at quite short notice, didn t i you?- we are very grateful to you? indeed. we are very grateful to ou. an you? indeed. we are very grateful to yom any even you? indeed. we are very grateful to you. any even more you? indeed. we are very grateful to you. any even more than you? indeed. we are very grateful to you. any even more than anyone - you? indeed. we are very grateful to i you. any even more than anyone else, i m imagining! penny. and look at the headlines. ti ....
among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. the head of the donetsk region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. meanwhile, ukraine s intelligence agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. the woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky s visit to the area. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. so these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. sources at the security forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of different military sites, and sharing them with her russian handlers. but these are part of a string of allegations which include her trying to get hold of the itinerary of an official visit by president zelensky and trying to share that with ....
thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. i mean, this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that was presidential joe biden in california last night. the latest stop in his jam-packed campaign schedule in the final days before the midterms. meanwhile, big name democrats are out on the trail in traditionally blue areas in concerns that gop messaging on crime could flip what were thought to be safe seats. plus, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters calls him out over a huge stash of campaign cash. those ....
all captive birds in england will have to be kept indoors from next monday, because of the country s largest ever outbreak of bird flu. a victorious comeback brazil s former president lula da silva beats his far right opponentjair bolsanaro to win his old job back. nine people have been arrested after a deadly bridge collapse in the indian state of gujurat. 1m people are known to have died. ukrainian rockets attack russian positions as the pushback continues despite russia targeting more of the country s infrastructure. we have a special report from the frontline. look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional warfare does to a town. the home secretary is due to stand up in the commons shortly to make a statement over worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. the facility, at manston, is said to be dangerously overcrowded, with reports of an outbreak of diptheria. some 4,000 migrants are being housed there even though it s meant for only ....