and snow from storm arwen cuts off a pub in northern england we ll be live there as customers spend their third night at the bar. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. this is newsday. hello and welcome the programme. we begin in south africa, where president cyril ramaphosa has condemned the decision by countries including the us, europe and parts of asia, to ban flights from southern africa after the confirmation of the presence of the new omicron variant of covid 19. the variant was first identified by south african scientists, although it isn t known where it originated. mr ramaphosa has called the moves unjustified. he said increased vaccination was the best way to tackle the new variant. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. the only t
in the english channel. and snow from storm arwen cuts off a pub in northern england. we ll be there as customers spend their third night at the bar. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in south africa, where president cyril ramaphosa has condemned the decision by countries including the us, europe, and parts of asia to ban flights from southern africa after the confirmation of the presence of the new omicron variant of covid 19. the variant was first identified by south african scientists, although it isn t known where it originated. mr ramaphosa has called the moves unjustified. he said increased vaccination was the best way to tackle the new variant. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this varia
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. it s 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 incomin
hello, thank you forjoining us. several more countries around the world have detected cases of the new coronavirus variant known as omicron. it s 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 has confirmed two infections and france has also reported a number of suspected cases. 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. it comes as a number of countries have moved to restrict or ban incoming flights from southern africa, as caroline davies reports.
in northern iraq fears his whole family were among those drowned in the english channel. and the creative director of louis vuitton dies from cancer aged 41. we look at the life and the work of the trailblazer virgil abloh. hello. once very much for being with us. thanks. several more countries around the world have detected cases of the new coronavirus variant known as omicron. it s 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 has confirmed two infections and france has also reported a number of suspected cases. 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