welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start here in the uk, which has recorded 100,000 daily new cases of the coronavirus for the first time since the pandemic began. the sudden rise in infections has been caused by the 0micron variant, which is known to be highly tra nsmissable. but there s also some optimism, as preliminary studies published in the uk and south africa suggest 0micron could present with milder symptoms than other variants. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has this report. another record day for covid cases and for boosterjabs, but as the 0micron wave surges, at last some positive early evidence from three separate studies, all indicating it poses less of a threat than the delta variant. research by imperial college london found around a 40% reduction in the risk of being admitted to hospitalfor a night or more compared to delta. a scottish study suggested there was a 65% lower risk of being hospitalised with 0micron, but it was bas
how can you function at a time when israel is deducting two thirds of our revenues? how can you function at a time when you have 700 checkpoints? how can you function when you have 755,000 settlers, all of them with machine guns? how can you function when all the palestinian territories are reoccupied by the army, the israeli army, and settlers are incursion into cities, refugee camps and villages? so the issue of revitalisation of the palestinian authority is to create a conducive environment for us to function. this is the most important thing. otherwise, we will be in a difficult situation. many are saying the united states must do more to put pressure on its ally, israel, to bring the war to the end. do you think america is doing enough? no. i don t think that america is doing enough. i think america can do more, because it s very simple. you can exert every pressure by not giving aid, by not giving weapons and by exerting serious pressure. we know. do you think they woul
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police say a body has been found in the river thames by officers searching for the chemical attack suspect abdul shokoor ezedi. authorities had been looking for him for almost three weeks after a woman and two children were attacked in south london. the 35 year old was last seen on 31 january on cctv leaning over the railings of london s chelsea bridge. our home editor mark easton reports. with the tide low close to london s tower bridge at around four yesterday afternoon, the crew of a passenger boat saw what looked like a body in the water. scotland yard s marine policing unit attended and recovered a corpse which detectives working on the clapham chemical attack inquiry quickly concluded was their key suspect, abdul shakoor ezedi. because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water, it has not been obvious to do an easy visual identification, or indeed to get immediate fingerprints. however, with the very dis
correspondent, sean dilley whojoins me now. incredibly tragic news we are bringing you. also bbc news online will have the various updates. police received a call at around 1240 this morning to what is known as the force control room. they had as the force control room. they had a call to check the address where inside they found three children are they obvious he could not be saved and were pronounced dead on the scene. 0fficers and were pronounced dead on the scene. officers have confirmed a 42 year old woman is currently in police custody and in hospital. we won t begin to speculate what they may that may or may not be about but what we do know from the polices that a referral has been made to the independent 0ffice that a referral has been made to the independent office for police conduct in relation to previous police contact in this case. we don t have access to those police logs and we don t know what that contact may or may not have been. but police control rooms r
to the holocaust, president silva has disgraced the memory of 6 millionjews murdered by the nazis, and he s demonized thejewish state like the most virulent anti semite. he should be ashamed of himself. paul adams is injersusalem for us he spoke to me earlier and explained and explained more about the israeli goverments reaction. he was clearly very offended. as were other israeli ministers. the brazilian ambassador is likely to be called into the foreign ministry to explain his president s actions both benjamin netanyahu said comparisons between israel and the nazis and hitler was crossing a red line. it is profoundly offensive to all israelis to suggest what is happening in gaza today has any connection or comparison to what the nazis did to 6 millionjews in world war ii. and the israelis are clearly not in the mood to let these remarks pass. he is not alone in expressing concern about the israeli operation in gaza. he is not and of course this comes on the heels of a mov