of its civilian prime minister, abdalla hamdok. and we report on how the queen will celebrate her platinum jubilee this year, becoming the first british monarch to reign for 70 years. hello, and welcome. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says there is no reason for further coronavirus measures in england amidst the surge of coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. it comes as the education secretary says the government is determined to keep schools open after learning a painful lesson from earlier closures. speaking at a vaccination centre, borisjohnson said current measures which include compulsory mask wearing in some settings, working from home where possible, and covid passes for some venues will stay the same for now. the prime minister said that pressure on nhs hospitals is going to be considerable in the coming weeks as omicron continues to surge through the country but he says omicron is plainly milder than other variants. meanwhile, the educatio
atrocity has been named. she was megan hurley who was just 15 years old. i will have all the latest from here where people are continuing to arrive to lay flowers. at the g7 summit in sicily, theresa may urges world leaders to discuss fighting online extremism. ben ainslie s bid for sailing history gets under way tomorrow after a delay caused by high winds. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has given a speech this morning, linking british military action abroad to terrorist attacks here at home. mr corbyn said the ‘war on terror‘ is not working and that a different approach is needed. he was speaking as election campaigning resumed after monday s attack in manchester. the conservatives have condemned his remarks as crass and ‘appallingly timed . our political correspondent iain watson reports. the political truce after manchester, ended this morning. but first, there was a further moment of remembrance. can i ask that we all stand
over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. and barcelona tell paris st germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. our main story at 5. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. they ll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in fa ct jailed for terrorism offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and mobile phones said they we re laptops and mobile p
parade at buckingham palace. and the £198 million man. the record breaking price tag for barcelona star neymar to transfer to paris st germain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. the us and south korean team used a process known as ‘gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. the controversial technique is still at the early research stage but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of
And that is going to go on tomorrow. we are going to hear fervor arguments from the prince s lawyers that the case should be thrown out on all sorts of other grounds, including the fact that complaint and doesn t even live in the united states. meanwhile, she is saying she wants evidence that the prince himself does not sweat. if you remember, he said on newsnight that in in alleged meeting between them where she said he sweated profusely. he said it could not have happened because he does not sweat. so there there s a lot to go into in the next couple of days in the new york s court. that was our home affair correspondent. a reminder of our top stories. the uk prime minister says there is no reason forfurther measures in england despite a surge of coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. let s return now to new measures for schools in england. pupils aged 11 and above are to wear masks during lessons and will be tested before returning to the classroom this week, as omnicron case