With me this week are stephanie bolzen of germany s die welt, michael goldfarb, whose blog aims to be the first rough draught of history, hence its title. And here in the studio with me, the bbc s diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Welcome, james. Welcome to both of you, lovely to see you both again, albeit at a distance for now. Now monday, will be what borisjohnson once liked to call freedom day the one on which all the legal restrictions imposed on people in this pandemic will be lifted. The prime minister, borisjohnson, used to say this final stage of unlocking would be irreversible, but now he s not so sure. Globally, covid appears to be on the march again. Cases are rising in france, germany, the netherlands and spain. In indonesia, japan and vietnam, it seems rampant. Stephanie, first, the dutch government under mark rutte i , the prime minister, announced three weeks ago or so that restrictions were being lifted and he has now had to reimpose some of them and has even ap
in other news, fan fury forces all six english clubs involved in the breakaway european super league to pull out after widespread condemnation. and some of africa s rarest books have been destroyed in the fire that has through cape town. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former police officer derek chauvin has been found guilty of two charges of murder and one of manslaughter for the death of george floyd, the african american man he pinned to the ground for more than nine minutes last may. the historic outcome, at a court in minneapolis, is seen as a landmark test of police accountability. president biden said the verdict could be a giant step forward for justice in america. awarning you may find some images in ourfirst report upsetting. here s our north america correspondent lebo diseko. a community awaits a verdict. as to count one, unintentional second degree murder while committing a family, find the derek chauvin guilty. the former policeman - derek chauvin guilty. t
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investigation into the attack on the capitol. president trump s former attorney general william barr now talking to the january 6th committee, according to the committee s chairman. investigators are now pouring through hundreds of documents from the national archive. what we re learning tonight. an arctic blast targeting millions. bringing bitter cold but for how long? as a rare winter wildfire rages in the west. rob marciano standing by. tonight, with hospitals and staff still feeling the strain, and 80,000 confirmed covid deaths just since thanksgiving, dr. fauci today sounding more optimistic about the weeks ahead, saying omicron could peak in february. testing supplies, a tool in the fight, still hard to come by. new images tonight of that backlogged california warehouse where millions of covid tests are slowly going out for delivery. and overseas tonight, beijing olympics organizers confirming 72 positive cases with the winter games less than two weeks away. a
the golden primary mirror will allow the telescope to be properly focused helping scientists to better understand the universe. now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinson. i should ve been in prison, not in parliament, my guest on political thinking this week says. that is a reflection not just of the fact he was brought up in real poverty in london s east end, but that his grandfather was a convicted bank robber. wes streeting has been on quite a journey, not least this year when he had a diagnosis at the age ofjust 38 of cancer and was warned that his kidney would have to be removed. once he recovered, keir starmer told him he was the man that the labour leader wanted to be the next health secretary if labour win the election. already, he has shifted the party s approach to the covid pandemic, saying that this is the year in which the country has to learn to live well with the virus. wes streeting, welcome to political thinking. hi, nick.