of sunshine for eastern, southern scotland, across england and wales. breezy rain, light winds elsewhere and there may be a very slight chance of an isolated shower in south east england, most away from the rain in the north west will stay dry, with warm sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. millions enjoy the first weekend since england s lockdown was eased but concerns as health officials confirm 77 cases of the indian variant across the uk. the organisation representing nhs trusts in england says it will take five years for some hospitals to catch up with the backlog caused by the pandemic two russians suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent poisonings, are now accused, over a czech arms depot explosion, in 2014. the czechs, for example, in the past until quite recently have been quite reticent about basically picking a fight with moscow. and it s quite interesting now the czechs have pivoted and they re being very, very robust in their response. t
tom, what does the white house want us to know? that they expect to sign a contract next week for these 500 million at-home tests. they ve been criticized for shortages of tests. they re hoping this will warm up what has been a really bitter winter in many american households and at the white house, too. as the pandemic blizzard sweeps the country with an average of more than a quarter million new cases a day, another storm is engulfing the centers for disease control. facing sharp questions over its new dpguidelines. it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. the recommendation of five instead of ten isolation days for those testing positive but showing no symptoms then five days of masking, is aimed at people keeping working, but it s raising alarms, too. there is absolutely no data that i m aware about with the omicron that people coming out of isolation five days after they were first diagnosed with the virus. nothing in t
coronavirus cases spiking across the country as a new study out of the uk finds that there is no evidence that the omicron strain is less severe than the delta variant. plus president biden s agenda stalled. key prioritiesies like his soci spending bill, voting rights and immigration won t make it through the senate this year. will democrats be able to turn things around? and the mayor of san francisco declaring a state of emergency to crack down on crime. she is vowing to tackle what she calls the b.s. destroying the city. san francisco s chief of police is here to respond. i want to turn to cnn s kyung lah for the very latest on the dramatic spike in covid cases across the country. reporter: america s covid time warp. long testing and vaccination lines in miami and familiar fears of exposure. i m so scared, so i decided to make an appointment to get tested just in case. reporter: in new york city, the positivity rate has doubled in just four days. a city health
the polish constitution. support for the polish constitution. support for the eu and poland is strong with protesters coming out in warsaw to support the country s membership. at the lodge may be delayed but william shatner still plans to boldly go where he has not gone before. we will hear from the man himself. welcome. lots coming up in this hour of outside source, stories from poland in that standoff there between the government and the eu, we will be live and talking to people in lebanon on the fuel crisis they are, but first of all recorded turn to news from iraq. because in a significant blow to the islamic state militant group, the man in charge of its finances has been captured by iraqi forces. the prime minister described his capture as a complex operation outside the country. this is the man in question, his name is samijasim and he was a former deputy to al by daddy come at the group s leader who was killed by specialforces daddy come at the group s leader who was