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with a collapsing economy, afghanistan s drug trade is on the rise. we have a special report. and a new champion in formula 1. max verstappen snatches victory in the last lap of the final grand prix of the season. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk has raised its covid alert level in response to the rapid spread of the new omicron variant to a level not seen since last may. within the last hour, prime minister borisjohnson warned that a tidal wave of omicron is coming. he accelerated a programme to offer every eligible adult a boosterjab before the new year. this comes as health leaders warn that nhs staff are currently working at full stretch. our health correspondent jim reed has the latest. as the covid alert level is raised across the uk, the message from the government is for more people to queue up for their boosterjabs. scientists say these and third doses are the single most important defence against omicron this winter. ....
he said when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports, in a rare move, mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny - died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir ....
intimidate or suppress them. as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports, in arare move mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, alexei navalny, by name. six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate us, confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress - confident than ever. whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress us, | want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and want to intimidate us, suppress us, ourwilland our want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have our will and our conscience, they have never our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it and never have never been able to do it and never wilt then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alex ....
has been pretty predictable. there was this joint statement in which they say the russian people were denied any real choice in the vote that took place over the past three days. we heard from the veteran spanish diplomat saying that the russian election was characterised by repression and intimidation. one thing the eu has not done which the widow of alexei navalny wanted to happen, she wanted european leaders to come out and say president putin does not have any legitimacy and he wanted brussels not to recognise this victory. that hasn t happened today but as you have been saying they are looking at more sanctions and we understand that the sanctions being talked about today and potentially agreed would affect people within the prison system in russia, specifically those who work at the penal colony in the arctic where alexei navalny was being held and where he died last month. there have been talks and where he died last month. there have been talks about and whe ....
also mentioned his late critic, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a powerful signal to the west. but in this race, vladimir ....