the creative director of louis vuitton dies from cancer aged 41. we look at the life and the work of the trailblazer virgil abloh. snowed in, but keeping their spirits up. how a quick drink down the local s turned into a three night lock in for punters at a pub in yorkshire. a very warm welcome to the programme. japan s prime minister says most foreign visitors will not be allowed to enter the country, in response to the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. it s the latest country to announce restrictions on entry after south african scientists identified the new variant last week. early evidence suggests omicron has a higher risk of re infection. health ministers from the g7 group of the world s richest countries will hold an emergency meeting later to discuss its spread. courtney bembridge reports. of these are 600 passengers who landed in amsterdam on friday, more than 60 have tested positive for coronavirus and a quarter of those cases are the omicron var
the new omicron variant of covid what measures do you think should be in place? get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. british socialite ghislane maxwell is to go on trial in new york for sex trafficking and other charges. the fashion designer and creative director of louis vuitton, virgil abloh, has died from cancer. the 41 year old founded the brand off white, and had worked with some of the industry s biggest names including kanye west and jay z. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with a warning from the world health organization that the new omicron variant of coronavirus is likely to spread internationally, posing a very high global risk. it comes as six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been identified in scotland. they bring the total number of known omicron infections in the uk to nine. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is due to give a further update on the situation
i m john berman with brianna keilar. major developments around the world as country after country takes action against the new highly mutated omicron covid variant. but it s hard to tell what is spreading faster, the variant or fear. fear based for now on speculation. because there s so much we don t know. is it more contagious? is it more lethal? does it evade vaccines? this morning, we genuinely don t know. and it could take weeks for an answer. overnight, the united states banned entry for non-citizen travelers for south africa and seven neighboring countries. japan, israel and morocco have essentially shut down their borders. confirms cases of omicron include canada. . this has not been detected in the u.s. yet, but officials say it may already be here. this is what dr. francis collins of the nih said on cnn s state of the union. how severe would it be? we have no data so far to suggest that it would be. there s even a bit of a report from south africa that maybe pe
hopefully ready to strike a deal on the build back better act, it s time for the party to use that momentum to counter the national push from republican state lawmakers to restrict the vote in battleground and diverse states as much as possible. ground zero for that effort right now is georgia where joe biden won an unexpected yet decisive victory one year ago made possible by activists of color. now the emerging battleground state is poised to see its electoral districts chopped up and skewed in the gop state s favor joining others ahead of next year s midterm elections. tonight we look at how the democrats are fighting back and ask whether the federal government can do anything to help because black democrats in congress are fighting their own battle trying to keep their districts intact against republicans while some of their longest serving lions retire. i ll talk to one of those lions later at the end of her nearly 30-year run about what the party s priorities should be
with concerns about how easily it may spread, people are being urged to get their boosterjabs and from tuesday in england masks must again be worn in shops and on public transport. everyone wants us to protect the progress that we have made, and that is why we have acted very swiftly, and i believe in a proportionate way, with the news of this new variant. there s now new guidance for schools in england masks in all communal areas for staff, visitors, and pupils fom year 7 on. and as omicron sparks border closures in several countries, we ll have all the details. also coming up: how a kudish father of three in northern iraq fears his whole family were among those who drowned in the channel. in the wake of storm arwen, tens of thousands of homes are still cut off from power supplies. seven wins for frank williams team. and the founder of one of the great formula one teams sir frank williams has died. good evening. the health secretary says he wants to expand the uk va