institution. no motive has been pinpointed by west midlands police and detectives believe keon may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. four teenagers have beenjailed for life at birmingham crown court for the killing of 15 year old keon lincoln back injanuary. six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have now been identified in scotland. they bring the total number of known omicron infections, in the uk, to nine. there s a warning it s very likely that more will be discovered in the coming days. japan has announced its to close its borders to most foreign visitors, as the world s third largest economy joins israel in responding decisively to the spread of the new variant. here s our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes. so, this is a very rapid announcement by the japanese prime minister, mr keshida, after his cabinet meeting today he came out and said that they had decided as an emergency measure to essentially reimpose the border restrictions that were lif