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this time on weather world, i m in scotland, the country that hosted the 2021 cop climate summit. and even though i ve come to one of the coldest and snowiest parts of the country, the cairngorms ski area, it faces its own challenges as the world warms. i ll be talking to the people whose livelihoods depend on winter snow here, even if sometimes they have to make it themselves. the factory produces four tonnes an hour, so in just under a month that s about 3000 tonnes. and i m in london, where, like many major cities around the world, mass transport systems are facing up to the threat of flash flooding. and i ll be asking what can be done to keep travellers safe in extreme rainfall. also on weather world, sudden and savage disaster in the usa, hit by one of its largest tornado outbreaks in history. how one canadian province found itself at the epicentre of 2021 s climate change fuelled extremes. it is the effects of these extreme events that can be devastating and lea ....
also in the programme: we report from yemen as the war reaches a turning point. houthi rebels are gaining ground in the seven year conflict a war that s caused shocking levels of suffering and forced many into makeshift desert camps. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. and barbados has spent its first day as a republic with a president not the queen as its head of state. we ll be live from the capital. there s evidence the omicron variant of covid was present in europe days before international travel restrictions were introduced and before it was first reported by south africa. a lot to show you on the pandemic. let s start with bbc health correspondent laura foster. we had thought that the first cases came to the netherlands over the weekend, but it now transpires that there were two test samples between the 19th and the 23rd. why am i telling you those dates? that s because south africa reported its f ....
here s sarah keith lucas. a mixed picture, some cloud a grey skies, but other areas see sunshine and that is summed up perfectly by this weather watcher. blue sky overhead and not far away, the strata cumulus cloud and that can be seen nicely from above in the satellite image. quite a lot of cloud for england and wales, but we have the stripe of sunshine in lincolnshire towards bedfordshire and into dorset. and for much of scotland and northern ireland, some sunnier skies after this morning s cloud and rain has cleared to the cell. we still have a very weak lingering weather front, so that is producing a few spots of rain across northern england and wales, you can see it here. but fizzling away and it will be high pressure that winds out and keeps things largely dry and settled for many areas for the rest of today and the next few days for many of us. drizzly rain for northern ireland, wales, mainly over the higher ground, spots into the far south west of england. to th ....
arsenal s premier league recovery continues and young star emile smith rowe is singled out for praise after their dominant win over aston villa. and the day ahead on the weather front isn t looking too bad for most of us. a little bit of rain around here and there, but on the whole, a fine day. there are fresh calls from the government today for eligible people to go out and get a boosterjab. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has hailed the vaccines as a way to prevent another lockdown. it comes as scientists call for plan b measures in england to be made ready to go if needed. that would see the return of face masks, covid passports and working from home. megan paterson reports. the prime minister shared this video on social media last night, reinforcing the message that the next stage of the vaccination rollout is central to the government s covid plans this winter. but, as colder weather approaches, ringing expected winter pressures to the nhs and covid hospital admissions go u ....
but the opposition labour party call it a ”smokescreen”. now on bbc news it s time for dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with foreign correspondence who rate for the dateline london. the british led the world in vaccination, but is now leading you look with the highest rate of covid. white and the climate battle net zero is too high and 12 angry men and women feel being polite. join us, we have the editor at large for us magazine the nation, completing a documentary about the greek someone of heat and fire. editorial team for the new york times and the british author and calmest, lover to see you all. only of pressure on the health service pressure is unsustainable well boris johnson put and more restrictions, a spike like the one you so and january is increasingly unlikely but of the rate of infection grows early intervention will reduce the need for more disruptive and longer lasting measures. sustain ....