And on bbc london. And coming up on bbc news. Rory mcilroy is tamed by troon, but its notjust him succumbs to the challenges provided by the weather on Day One of the open. A very good evening to you. 0bama is reported to have told allies that Joe Biden must seriously consider is my ability to win a second term. 0bama is a powerfulfigure within the democratic party, and his words will put more pressureon a beleaguered president , to quit seeking re election. Joe biden has tested positive for covid, forcing him to suspend engagements and isolate at his home in delaware. Sarah smith has the very latest from milwaukee. Yes, speculation is mounting that Joe Biden might soon announce that he is stepping aside as the democratic president ial candidate as more of his allies are telling him they dont think he can defeat Donald Trump. It is notjust barack 0bama, the democratic leaders in the House And Senate have been speaking to him as well, and Mr Biden is said to him as well, and Mr Biden is
I dont know how they could expect that after all of this time we would stilljust be silent if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. Hello and welcome. We start in myanmar and potentially a very important day. The violence in the country will be discussed at the United Nations Security Council on friday, as International Leaders condemn the actions of the military. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has said hes horrified by whats happening. And washington has Just Announced fresh export controls. Thursday saw more protests on the streets as our South East Asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports. Every revolution has its martyrs, and 19 year old kyel sin has been made a symbol of this unequal struggle against a powerful and merciless military. She was given a heros sendoff in her home city of mandalay. One of 38 people, shot dead in a day of violence, when the Security Forces opened fire on demonstrators here and in other cities. A
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. For two consecutive days, brazil has been registering record deaths from covid 19. On wednesday, 1,800 people died in a 24 hour period. On thursday, more than 75,000 new cases were registered. After the us brazil is the worst hit country in the world with more than a quarter of a million deaths. And yet the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro has been criticising Lockdown Measures by State Governors who are trying to deal with a surge in cases. This is him speaking to a group of farmers. You didnt stay at home, you werent cowards. We have to face our problems. Stop all of this fussing and whining. How long are we going to keep crying . We have to face our problems. In stark contrast to the president , sao paulo s Governorjoao Doria has announced two weeks of code red restrictions starting on saturday. I asked him what he thought of president bolsonaro s comments. It isa it is a crazy guy. Earlier today president bolsonaro at
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We look at the life and the work of the trailblazer virgil abloh. Hello, thank you very much for joining us. Several more countries Around The World have detected cases of the new Coronavirus Variant known as omicron. Its the most heavily mutated version of the virus discovered so far and early evidence suggests that it has a higher risk of re infection. Canada and france have become the latest countries to report infections and a third case has been detected in the uk. At least 13 cases have been confirmed in the netherlands. They were all on flights coming from south africa where scientists first identified the variant. Omicron is responsible for most of the infections found in Gauteng Province in south africa, and has been found in all provinces there. Britain, as the current Chair Of The G7 group of leading economies, is to convene an urgent meeting of Health Ministers to discuss how best to respond. All this as a number of countries have moved to restrict or ban incoming flights f