responsible for what happened and i cannot say who that is but i know it is not me. i? but i know it is not me. # tonight. but i know it is not me. # tonight, tonight, it all began tonight. #. and it s regularly voted the greatest musical of all time can steven spielberg s remake of west side story improve on the multi oscar winning original? hello and welcome. the world health organization is warning that all countries must prepare for coronavirus surges linked to the new omicron variant. the who says travel bans can delay but not prevent the variant from arriving in more countries. in germany, authorities have announced major restrictions on anyone who is not vaccinated against covid i9, banning them from all but essential shops to try to fend off a 4th wave of the virus. and the chancellor angela merkel says vaccines may become compulsory from february. cases of omicron have now been confirmed in 2a countries. in the united states, tighter restrictions have just been a
as fears of a lockdown promote panic buying across the chinese capital. for the first time, black women artists from britain and the united states win awards at the prestigious venice biennale. of course it s an enormous accolade, but i also think why is it taking so long? it should have happened before now. hello, welcome to the programme. the world s richest man, elon musk, has bought twitter for $41; billion. twitter originally rejected the offer, but its board has now advised shareholders to accept it. mr musk is an avid tweeter and he claims the site will perform better under private ownership. our technology correspondent james clayton reports. elon musk usually tweets cryptic messages, but there was nothing cryptic about his reaction to the news that twitter had accepted his offer. but people here in silicon valley are rubbing their eyes with disbelief. there will s richard mann now the owner of one of the most influential social media platforms the world s richard
end of the second half but that first goal, thinking that this would be the winning goal, then sweden equalises, then spain within a couple of minutes because the actual winning goal. 2 1 to spain. they are now through to their first ever woman world cup final and they will either face the woman world cup final and they will eitherface the lion is woman world cup final and they will either face the lion is worth the matilda s, two very strong teams that have huge backing here in australia. , , ., australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday- australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday- a australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday. a huge australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday. a huge sporting - australia. they meet in sydney on l wednesday. a huge sporting rivalry, and against australia. yes. wednesday. a huge sporting rivalry, and against australia. and against australia. yes, huge rival . and against australia. yes, huge rivalry- this and against australia. ye
yesterday s proceedings, tim edwards shouted at the word cowered at him as he was taken down upon conviction. the word coward. and at the words rat and scumbag baird were shouted at him today. he was told what you did to the six people who were injured were shocking and he murdered and tried to kill two other men, fired at close range, your intention was to kill the two men who were seriously injured, kieran salkeld and jake duffy, who are members of a rival gang. you are are members of a rival gang. you are a highly dangerous man. we have all watched the cctv of the shooting. it is utterly shocking, you had no thought for anyone else. the risk of all that there was being murdered was as substantial as it was obvious and you didn t care. then you drove straight to your friend s house to get him to look after the gun. you spent the next few days of removing the evidence, getting rid of the evidence, washing clothing and shoes before the police could search, and destroying y
the prime minister also sacked michael gove, once a very loyal supporter, who turned against him. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, after. defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t thisi the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? - and in other news for you today, japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where prime minister borisjohnson continues to defy calls for him to resign from some of his most senior colleagues, who believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his mps. mrjohnson has been inside number 10 meeting cabinet colleagues, some of whom still believe he should stay, but most are