there are a number of updates from around the world on the pandemic as the omicron variant continues to spread rapidly stop we will take a look at france, the uk and india in particular but first let s go to the united states which has now recorded its ever seven day average of new covid cases according to the tracker maintained byjohns hopkins university. the moving average of new cases was 265,427 as of tuesday surpassing the previous peak of more than 251,000 reported nearly a year ago. one of the remarkable things about this latest spike here, as elsewhere, seems to me, is that the numbers are, you know, sort of stratospheric, but we haven t seen the complete panic and breakdown of health services, which you might have expected, given that these numbers are so high. they re the biggest numbers since the start of the epidemic, as you say, tuesday, 180,000 daily cases, which is nearly double the 100,000 that we recorded at the end of last week, and every expectation that it
people in the uk are left waiting days for covid pcr testing following high demand and pharmacists warn of patchy supplies of rapid test kits. we don t know when these are going to be available so it s very difficult to plan and let our patients and people know in terms of when to come back and when it s going to be in the pharmacies. . soaring energy bills, rising taxes and stagnant wages will leave millions of british families struggling in 2022, according to a leading think tank one of the last pro democracy media outlets in hong kong shuts down after a police raid. prayers and thanksgiving in soweto, following the death of archibishop desmond tutu. a memorial service is being held in cape town today. hello and welcome. pharmacists in the uk are warning of patchy supplies of rapid covid tests. demand hasjumped recently, because people are being advised to test themselves before going to events or to see family and friends, and also because of changes allowing those with
people in the uk are left waiting days for covid pcr testing following high demand and pharmacists warn of patchy supplies of rapid test kits. we don t know when these are going to be available, so it s very difficult to plan and let our patients and people know in terms of when to come back and when it s going to be in the pharmacies. soaring energy bills, rising taxes and stagnant wages will leave millions of british families struggling in 2022 according to a leading think tank. and after prayers and thanksgiving in soweto earlier, an interfaith memorial service for archbishop desmond tutu is being held in cape town. hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has urged everyone in the uk to get their boosterjab. he says up to 90% of people currently in intensive care beds with covid had not received their third vaccine. the number of people in hospital in england with covid has risen to nearly 10,500. meanwhile, pharmacists in the uk are warning of patchy supplies of r
thank you for your company, i will be back tomorrow. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk s review of 2021. welcome to a special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk s review of 2021. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you re a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you re missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re election, but he didn t slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the ele