we introduced before christmas, we have a chance to ride out of this omicron wave without shutting down our country once again. we ll bejoined on the programme by a public health expert to discuss the latest numbers and anti covid strategies. also ahead: lawyers for prince andrew argue for the first time in court, that the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him should be thrown out. they say he can t be sued because of an agreement signed by his accuser. and running out of time a tribute to an historic travel hub in thailand as it prepares to close for good. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. china is showing its determination to continue with its zero covid strategy. the authorities have put an entire city into lockdown after the discovery of just three asymptomatic cases. residents won t be allowed to leave their homes in yuzhou, which has a population of 1.2 mil
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we will never forget the sacrifice to the country. she lost herlife for our country. our daughter is a hero. cbs news starts now. good evening and thank you for being with us on this busy friday night. we want to begin with the breaking news. the united states beginning a series of retaliatory air strikes on sites. they have clear irrefutable evidence that it is related to the attacks in jordan. the strikes were successful but the damage assessment will be done when the sun rises in the region. this is just the beginning. the response will continue. here is what we know. three of the locations hit are in iraq. four are in syria and there were dozens of individual targets within each site. those planes are now out of harm s way. it comes on the same day president biden and jill biden were at dover air force base in delaware for the dignified transfer of the remains of those fallen service members. we were the first journalists and saw the work being done firsthand to