with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, the 27 people smuggled across europe to their deaths in the channel. the brakes are off for germany s traffic light coalition. and the peppa pig guide to being prime minister. our dateline panel this week the portuguese academic and journalist eunice goes. we re hoping to bejoined soon by thomas kielinger, veteran uk watcher and royal biographer. and in the studio with me, the bbc news presenter and foreign correspondent clive myrie. good to see you, clive. first, covid a new variant identified in south africa is causing concern and disrupting international travel as a result and clive, it s been called omicron tonight. it s always a bad sign when they give it a greek name, isn t it? yeah, it is. it s an attempt not to stigmatise its place, seeming place of origin
hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, the 27 people smuggled across europe to their deaths in the channel. the brakes are off for germany s traffic light coalition. and the peppa pig guide to being prime minister. our dateline panel this week, the portuguese academic and journalist eunice goes. we re hoping to bejoined soon by thomas kielinger, veteran uk watcher and royal biographer. and in the studio with me, the bbc news presenter and foreign correspondent clive myrie. good to see you, clive. first, covid, a new variant identified in south africa, is causing concern and disrupting international travel as a result. and clive, it s been called omicron tonight. it s always a bad sign when they give it a greek name, isn t it? yeah, it is. it s an attempt not to stigmatise its place, seeming place of origin. but the south
for dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, the 27 people smuggled across europe to their deaths in the channel. the brakes are off for germany s traffic light coalition. and the peppa pig guide to being prime minister. our dateline panel this week, the portuguese academic and journalist eunice goes. we re hoping to bejoined soon by thomas kielinger, veteran uk watcher and royal biographer. and in the studio with me, the bbc news presenter and foreign correspondent clive myrie. good to see you, clive. first, covid, a new variant identified in south africa, is causing concern and disrupting international travel as a result. and clive, it s been called omicron tonight. it s always a bad sign when they give it a greek name, isn t it? yeah, it is. it s an attempt not to stigmatise its place, but
england, some snow moving across parts of scotland, cloud and patchy rain in the far west of the uk. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine, lighterwinds, but still feeling cold. this is bbc news with me luxmy gopal pal. this is bbc news with me luxmy gopal al. . , ,, ., , pal. the headlines. the us “oins the curowin pal. the headlines. the us “oins the growing list pal. the headlines. the us “oins the growing list of h pal. the headlines. the us “oins the growing list of countries growing list of countries restricting travel from southern africa tour amid fears a new covid variant found there could be more resistant to vaccines. two people are killed as storm arwen batters the uk with strong winds, rain and snow. former england cricket captain michael vaughan says he is sorry for all the hurt azeem rafiq went through during the yorkshire racism scandal. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24 year old maryam nuri muhamad amin from iraq.
mph, and some scattered, potentially wintry showers, so it won t be particularly warm. but when you add on the wind, it will feel really freezing out there this weekend. sarah, thanks. that s it. goodbye from me, now for the news where you are. have a very good evening. i can t stop thinking about those people and their families and their loved ones. they left their families hoping for a betterfuture. we ll talk to those in power on both sides of the channel, as they search for solutions to prevent further tragedies. if it needs more people on the ground and at sea to stop the crossings, then we ve made that offer. and we ll hear from the people who live and work here, on the front line of the cross channel migrant crisis. a majority of them are seriously looking for somewhere to stay, but here. it s putting pressure on the governments here, local councils. we just can t say, oh, yeah, another loss, another boat. i mean, it s people who are fleeing for their lives. good eve