now on bbc news, across the uk covid i9 has claimed the lives of more than 126,000 people. behind each death is a very personal story of loss. the personal story of loss. bbc s spotlight team heard from the bbc s spotlight team heard from those grieving in northern ireland. the programme has some content which some may find upsetting. the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will certainly be lost. my name is jo my name isjo felton, i am from northern my name isjo felton, i am from northern ireland. i lost my brother northern ireland. i lost my brother billy to covid 19 last year brother billy to covid 19 last year on brother billy to covid 19 last year on the 23rd of march. that ust year on the 23rd of march. that just happens to be the day that boris just happens to be the day that borisjohnson made the official lockdown. he went to england when lockdown. he went to england when he lockdown. he went to england when he was about 17 and he joined
fda signed off on booster doses of pfizer s vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds and shortened the waiting period between second and third doses to five months from six. meantime, testing remains hard to get. questions about how dangerous low omicron is in general, and specifically to kids remain unanswered. early developments on that front as well. guidelines on isolation. the effectiveness of home testing kits, mask wearing remain confusing or controversial and sometimes even cri contradictory. feels like a lot to process because it is a lot to process so tonight we want to devote plenty of time to answering the questions most of us still have. our randi kaye starts us off with a quick rundown. reporter: what are we supposed to think about rapid tests? the fda has announced that rapid-antigen tests may be less sensitive to picking up the omicron variant. meaning, they will spot an infection less often. pcr tests are considered the gold standard. but the fda still suggests peopl
but it is not just cases that are rising. so is the number of people needing hospital care. even as more healthcare workers get sent home sick. teachers, as well. with millions of kids going back to school today, mostly in person but in several large school districts they have gone back to remote learn for the time being. against that backdrop, today the fda signed off on booster doses of pfizer s vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds and shortened the waiting period between second and third doses to five months from six. meantime, testing remains hard to get. questions about how dangerous low omicron is in general, and specifically to kids remain unanswered. early developments on that front as well. guidelines on isolation. the effectiveness of home testing kits, mask wearing remain confusing or controversial and sometimes even contradictory. feels like a lot to process because it is a lot to process so tonight we want to devote plenty of time to answering the questions most of us
rejecting trump s request to withhold white house records from the january-6th committee. it s a major blow to the former president who will no doubt fight this in court. because he is still trying to assert executive privilege to keep documents and a lot of other information secret from the committee. the biden white house tonight saying, quote, congress is examining an assault on our constitution and democratic institutions, provoked and fanned by those sworn to protect them and the conduct under investigation extends far beyond typical deliberations concerning the proper discharge of the president s constitutional responsibilities. the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from congress or the public information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution, itself. it s a logical argument, and it opens the door for what could be a treasure trove of information about what was going on behind closed doors insi
strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and it means that those polls are extremely lopsided. and that means that the team is ranked one to five in the world are on the opposite side of the draw to where england actually are. so despite this disruption, you would still expect england to get through that pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, if they don t have any more disciplinary issues, then they could well be going further and deeper into that tournament. next to the world athletics championships where the favourite, kenya s faith kipyegon produced a devastating turn of pace to win the women s 1500 metres in budapest the double olympic champion, who previously won world golds in 2017 and last year in eugene, led from gun to tape. she kicked at the bell for the final lap to outstrip a loaded field and take victory ahead of ethiopian diribe wel tayjee in second with dutch runner sifan hassan in third. britan