And almost all indoor places. Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate indoor and outdoor activity, large or small without wearing a mask and if you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. But there is always a chance you may need to make change to these recommendations. Today is a great day for americans. We have gotten this far. Please protect yourselves until you get to the finish line. After a year of hard work and so much sacrifice, the rule is very simple get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. The choice is yours. You all made this possible. Now, lets finish the work of beating this virus and getting everything back to normal. Some may say, just feel more comfortable, continue to wear a mask. They may feel that way. So if you are someone with a mask, you see them, please treat them with kindness and respect. Jesse kindness and respect. Kind of funny coming from Joe Biden who called texas neanderthals for
Morning freezing. There was no heat, no traffic lights, no cell service. Schools closed, cars crashed, hospitals canceled surgery. In fort worth, people had to boil their water because of no electricity. The ironically named Electrical Reliability Council had no solution to any of this and told people to stop using so much power to keep warm, so hundreds of Shivering Texans headed to the Civic Center Like refugees to keep from freezing to death. Some people did almost certainly freeze to death day and thats what happens when it gets that cold. We will learn just how many more were killed by Carbon Monoxide poisoning as they tried to keep warm with jerryrigged heaters and barbecues and car exhausts. When the power goes out, even advanced societies become primitive and dangerous, people die. Weve seen it happen repeatedly from california for years now. Rolling blackouts and a purportedly first world state that is living steadily into chaos but in texas . Who saw that coming . Not just be
Schools closed, cars crashed, hospitals canceled surgery. In fort worth, people had to boil their water because of no electricityy it couldnt be purified. The ironically named Electrical Reliability Council had no solution to any of this and told people to stop using so much power to keep warm, so hundreds of Shivering Texans headed to the Civic Center Like refugees to keep from freezing to death. Some people almost certainly did freeze to death day and thats what happens when it gets that cold. We will learn just how many more were killed by Carbon Monoxide poisoning as they triedd to keep warm with jerryrigged heaters and barbecues and car exhausts. That happens every time. When the power goes out, even advanced societies become primitive and dangerous. People die. Weve seen it happen repeatedly in california for years now. Rolling blackouts and at purportedly first world state that is living steadily into chaos, but in texas . Who saw that coming . Not just because texas is mostly r
The opening night. Good morning. A shameful shambles. Thats how mps have described decades of errors at the Department For Work And Pensions. Women are owed £1 billion in missed payments. Liverpool are heading to wembley. And its a double from diegojota that Beats Arsenal and sends liverpool through to the League Cup Final against chelsea. It isa it is a freezing 7 in parts of southern england, it is milder, eight in northern scotland, and that milder air is eight in northern scotland, and that milderair is coming eight in northern scotland, and that milder air is coming for all of us this weekend. I will have all of the details later. Its friday 21st january. Our main story. Moscow has denied plans to attack ukraine even though its amassed Tens Of Thousands of troops on the border. The Foreign Secretary, liz truss, has warned russia that invading ukraine would lead to terrible loss of life. Her warning comes ahead of a meeting between the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken and his
Hearted and humble. And rolling in the success adeles new album shoots to numer one, becoming the fastest selling Album Of The Year. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Coronavirus restrictions in the uk are to be tightened again after two cases of the new Omicron Variant were confirmed in england. From next week, face coverings will become mandatory in shops and on Public Transport, and everyone entering the uk will have to take a pcr test. It comes as cases of the new variant emerge in several European Countries and in israel. Our coverage begins with our political correspondent, iain watson. It sounds like the title of a Science Fiction novel the Omicron Variant. But this latest version of covid, complete with many more mutations, is all too real. Two cases have been identified here in the uk. The Scientists Say they need to learn more about it, but heres the reason the governments reacting swiftly to its presence. It does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread betwee