hello and welcome. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, after concern at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease now that beijing is lifting travel restrictions. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city s biggest, more evidence
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. let s talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experienced. what does today hold for people in new york state? exactly right, lucy, a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to take out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped,
in a birmingham nightclub. at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. earlier our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave us this update. a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. they all still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to dig out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped, emergency responders fear people could have been in there for days, they are trying to get roads passable, a driving ban is in effect but they hope that w
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. our north america correspondent nada tawfik has this update. the worst is over in buffalo but it is not over yet, they expect around 13 centimetres of snow. numerous people had said they have never experienced anything this badge, hurricane force winds, near wipe out conditions in the city and the priority at the moment is trying to dig out of the residence. vehicles have been buried, the death toll is over 20 now, emergency responders the other number could go up as they clear out the city. a driving ban is still in effect, residents can hopefully get around as they are trying to clear the roads, there is the hope that people can get basic food supplies after several days stuck inside. then there is t