like, don t look! let s close it up and let s just pray, like, don t look! let s close it up and let sjust pray, so like, don t look! let s close it up and let s just pray, so that s what we did. kind ofjust held hands and some prayers. we did. kind of “ust held hands and some prayers. we did. kind of “ust held hands and some prayers. the youngest woman to row solo across the atlantic ocean, 21 year old jasmin harrison from north yorkshire, sets a new world record. liverpool s defence of the premier league title goes from bad to worse. they lose at home again, this time to everton, who celebrate a first win at anfield in 22 years. most of us are in for a mild day. a bit of sunshine around is welcome and the good news is that the rain will not be as heavy across western parts of the uk, because yesterday it was pouring. it s sunday, 21st february. our top story: every adult in the uk will be offered the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly under new plans
who helped define the sound of the 60s has died in prison, aged 81. phil spector. in russia, the leading critic of the kremlin, alexei navalny, has been detained by police after returning to moscow for the first time since being poisoned with a nerve agent, in an attack he blames on russian authorities. he flew in from berlin but was led away by police after reaching passport control. western leaders have condemned his arrest. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. he d only been back on russian soil a few minutes when alexei navalny was told he was being detained. a kiss goodbye for his wife, yulia. then the kremlin s fiercest critic was led away. earlier, there were chaotic scenes at a different moscow airport, where mr navalny s flight had been scheduled to land. police detained his supporters. it s a disgrace, they chant. inside, the arrivals hall filled with riot police, who cleared the terminal. but in the end, the plane was re routed to another airport. for alexe
it s been impossible, we have been up against so much and it just ain t ready. i m really sorry. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united states has, with the backing of its european allies, warned russia that if any of the tens of thousands of its soldiers massed at the ukrainian border invade there will be grave consequences. the us secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov, are scheduled to have crucial talks in geneva later, but moscow denies planning to invade ukraine. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it is notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukraine s defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. it was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. i have been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misunderstanding, if any assembled russi
in kazakhstan, as police use tear gas and stun grenades to stop a wave of protests over rising fuel prices. tennis star novak djokovic sparks anger as he s allowed to defend his australian open title, without being vaccinated. president biden has said there s no excuse for americans to be unvaccinated, after the us set a global record for new covid cases recorded in a single day. over one million americans were registered as new infections on tuesday, almost double their previous peak president macron followed suit pledging to hassle france s unvaccinated population with the country leading europe in raw positive cases. the spread of omicron has seen the uk beat its own national daily covid record, with almost 220,000 new cases reported but it at present has no additional restrictions planned. fears of the new strain and a possible third wave in india has lead authorities in dehli to once again ramp up restrictions there most recently ordering people to stay at home
as you ve been hearing, the uk, france and the united states have all registered new coronavirus records as the omicron variant continues to spread rapidly around the world. the uk recorded nearly 219,000 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, the highest daily figure so far. prime minister borisjohnson said that despite the huge increase in covid cases there is a substantial level of immunity in the population. but the weeks ahead are going to be challenging and some services will be disrupted due to staff absences. in order to combat this, around 100,000 critical workers in the uk are set to take daily covid tests from january 10 in order to reduce the spread of the virus to colleagues it will be for key industries including food processing, transport and the border force. but business leaders had been calling on the government to cut the self isolation period for people in england who contract covid 19 from seven days to five, in an effort to curb labour shorta