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newly cleared of ash, following saturday s volcanic eruption and tsunami. also this hour, the british dental association says nhs dentistry is hanging by a thread as some patients wait two years for check ups. and coming up later, we ll speak to a climate scientist about the monster iceberg, which was dumping 1.5 billion tonnes of fresh water into the ocean every single day. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. england s plan b restrictions are to be scrapped, with mandatory face coverings in public places, and covid passports, both abandoned. borisjohnson said england could revert to plan a, thanks to the booster campaign and how people had followed plan b measures. he told mps that scientists believe the omicron wave has now peaked nationally. let s take a look in more detail at how the guidance is changing. from today, the government is no longer asking people in england to work from home. face coverings don t need to be worn in secondary ....
as covid restrictions in england are eased. survivors of institutional child abuse in northern ireland will finally receive an official public apology. found off the coast of tahiti a giant coral reef discovered in pristine condition. and disappointment for the brits in the australian open andy murray and emma raducanu are both out. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says he has seen or heard no evidence to support allegations made this morning by the conservative mp william wragg that mps had been intimidated and threatened to stop them speaking out against him. mr wragg chairs the public administration committee, he said that would be rebel mps were threatened with the withdrawal of investment from their constituencies and with embarrassing stories in the press he advised any mp being subject to such pressure to contact the police. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. relative calm at westminster, after a day of high dr ....
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in geneva on the eve of key talks between us secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov as tensions grow between russia and the west over the future of ukraine. mr blinken was in berlin thursday, meeting with european foreign ministers to coordinate a strategy over a potential russian invasion. mr blinken warned that the presence of 100 thousand russian troops along the ukranian border risked dragging the region back into a cold war era. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale is in geneva for us, and has this report. 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, there is no misunderstand ....
year since he was sworn into office. he says his administration has outperformed since that time and blames president trump and the republicans for any shortcomings. carley: brooke has reaction, first we begin with griff jenkins. a lot to talk about this morning. griff: a whole lot. the president begins a new year with another legislative failure, even before the vote was called over changing the filibuster rules, senator joe manchin labeled it dead on arrival. it will fuel on the fire. griff: the president tweeting this, i am profoundly disappointed the senate failed to stand up for our democracy. i am disappointed, but not deterred. this after the president defended his performance. president biden: i outperformed what anybody thought would happen. you mentioned number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down, everything is changing. griff: as far as the direction he wants to take the country in, he had this exchange wit ....
those. george gascon bears responsibility. chuck grassley calling out the secret service claiming the hiding travel logs on hunter biden. missing years are when hunter biden traveled to russia and china. illegal arrest warrants as a form of i.d. to fly. after 9/11, we as a country made a decision to make sure that we weren t going to have any more incidents in the air and now this. dance, dance, dance creeping up on you just dance, dance, dance all those things i should do dance, dance, dance ain t nobody leaving dancing. steve: good morning, nashville, this is your 5:01 central time wake-up call. as you can see screen right, the infamous batman building as they refer to it. i think it s the at&t building. but it kind of looks like batman with the ears. currently it s 26 in nashville. they are going for a daytime high of freezing. you might as well stay inside all day long and just watch cable tv because ainsley and brian, it s an anniversary ....