a long time coming. it could well prove to be a pivotal day in the premier league title race as liverpool dropped points in a thrilling 2 2 draw in north london. it meansjurgen klopp s side now trail manchester city by 3 points at the top of the table. spurs started the brightest and took the lead through harry kane it was an eventful first half where spurs might ve had more goals, but also might ve had kane sent off for this challenge he escaped with just a yellow. liverpool though got their equaliser before the break through diogojota, and then in the second half took the lead through an unlikely source scotland s andy robertson, who had a very eventful afternoon putting them 2 1 ahead. spurs though hit back again, a mistake from liverpool s goalkeeper handed son the chance to score. and we mentioned robertson well after scoring he was then sent off for a kick out on emmerson royal. spurs couldn t capitalise with the man advantage though, it finished 2 2, but live
tonight at ten, new covid restrictions in england are not being ruled out before christmas. as hundreds of thousands of people get their boosters today, ministers say it s still too early to assess the new variant. there are no guarantees in this pandemic, i don t think. at this point, we just have to keep everything under review. we ll have more on the challenges facing borisjohnson s government, as other countries take more drastic decisions. from today, the netherlands goes into strict lockdown, faced with a deadly surge of the omicron variant. worldwide tributes on the death of richard rogers, one of the most influential british architects of modern times. the 2021 bbc sports personality of the year is emma raducanu! cheering and applause. and a fitting end to 2021 for the teenage tennis star who won the us open. good evening. further covid restrictions in england can t be ruled out over the coming week, according to sajid javid the health secretary, who also urged people
failure is not an option. the big lie is not about overturning the last election, it s about winning the next one. this idea of election fraud was not some passing storm for american democracy. it s the climate right now inside the republican party. a raw look at the intensive surveillance brittney spears was under while a court conservatorship controlled her life for years. prince andrew acknowledges he s being served in a sexual assault lawsuit brought by epstein s accuser. i am pamela brown in washington and you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. great to have you along with us. nancy pelosi is vowing next week will be a quote, time of intensity. it could all impact you directly. monday is the democratic leadership for the house to vote on the bipartisan deal to fix roads and bridges. there is a huge catch here how leaderships set monday s deadline to apiece moderates whose votes democrats desperately need. pelosi is standing firm on that date. progressi
we start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russia s presidential election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. he had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87% of the vote. but there was defiance in the form of large queues at some polling stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. at least 80 protesters were arrested. his widow yulia navalnya cast her vote at russia s embassy in berlin. there were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. in london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. from moscow here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confide
87% of the vote. but there was defiance in the form of large queues at some polling stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. at least 80 protesters were arrested. mr navalny s widow, yulia navalnya, cast her vote at russia s embassy in berlin. there were also protests held and voting queues in a number of other countries. in london, there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. from moscow, here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjaile