pressure on health services because of the rapid increase in omicron cases. the prime minister will make a televised address this evening, focusing on the booster programme. it s as the first people in the uk have been hospitalised with omicron. new cases of the variant have increased 65% on yesterday s figure. there is concern inside the nhs about the level of hospitalisations that we might see but we really need to wait for a bit longer to really see exactly how severe the symptoms of people who catch this new variant are. meanwhile, days before an expected backbench rebellion, boris johnson faces fresh questions about christmas gatherings at downing street a year ago, after a photo emerges of him taking part in a quiz. he can t deliver the leadership that this country needs and we have got a very important vote coming up next week and he can t even discharge the basic functions of government. he is the worst possible leader at the worst possible time. emergency teams conti
for next week s debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to vivek ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. here was some reaction after fulton county d.a. fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. south carolina senator tim scott said this. we see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. that is un-american and unacceptable. vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president, he would pardon trump. the reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. trump s former vice president mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trump s fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal courts. ron desantis said i think it s an example of the criminalization of politics. i don t think this is good for the country. even chris christie, who has been consistently critical of trump s underlying conduct tol
thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m freddie mac we begin in russia. vladimir putin may make a statement on ukraine following his meeting with african leaders in st. petersburg. he s been aggressively pursuing alliances with african nations for the past few years, but only 17 leaders showed up to the cement less than half of the 43 heads of state who attended the 2019 conference. it comes as fighting has intensified in ukraine, particularly in the south where ukraine forces are pushing ahead with their counteroffensive. alex marquardt is covering the developments from kyiv. what are we learning as this summit wraps up? reporter: we are still waiting to hear from vladimir putin, who has been meeting with these african leaders. it s supposed to be a two-day summit that spilled into a third. it was supposed to emphasize the close ties between russia and africa and the pons of russia on the african continue nnt. but it s been lackluster. not as many leaders showi
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