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tests. london s high court orders the ruler of dubai to pay more than $700 million in a divorce settlement to his ex wife, princess haya ofjordan. and, we take you back to a time when mobile phones looked like this, to explain why the first ever text message has just been sold, for $120,000. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. within the past few hours, president biden has been setting out his plans to step up the fight against the 0micron variant in the us. the federal government will distribute 500 million free covid tests in the new year, something it s never done. it s also drafting in military personnel to support hospitals which are already feeling the pressure, as the 0micron variant takes hold. president biden again implored americans to get vaccinated but he said lockdowns are not yet on the horizon. we start our coverage of covid with this report from our washington correspondent gary 0 donoghue. more than two million people a day ....
also aiming for a record fourth christmas number one in a row in the uk charts ladbaby teams up with eltonjohn and ed sheeran. ijust said to them, if you are up for it, like, me and elton would love to join in with your one and help in any we can. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. people with covid in england can now stop self isolating after a week following two negative lateral flow tests effectively opening up christmas for thousands. the health secretary says it s to ease disruption to people s lives, and comes after the prime minister ruled out imposing further covid restrictions in england, before christmas. it comes as leaders across the world resinstate coronavirus restrictions as the new omicron variant continues to spread. so, from today, in england, self isolation for those who have tested positive will be cut from 10 days to 7 days as long as they receive negative lateral flow test results on day 6 and 7 of their iso ....
and signists are scrambling to test the impact of the variant on vaccine effectiveness. the fear is that it may evade immunity and spread more easily. it was first detected in south africa. the health minister issued an alert saying this variant has an unusually high number of mutations. cnn has just learned that the u.s. will join other countries in restricting travel from south africa and nearby countries. so we want to get now straight to jeff zeleny at the white house. so, jeff, in nantucket where the president is. what are you learning about travel bans and all of this news? reporter: that is right, alisyn. we re learning that president biden moments ago has issued a travel ban here to the united states from south africa and seven other countries in africa on the continent of africa. the white house said they are following this very carefully. the president was briefed about this new variant just a short time ago here on nantucket where he s spending his thanksgi ....
a lion s propaganda. what is the difference between the two? think about the moments in your own life when you have lied. most of the time you do it because you ve done something that you are ashamed of and you are hoping nobody will find out. when you are caught, usually the truth. so someone says to you, you are a drunk. you say, no i m not come i ve only had three beers. but actually you at eight beers. you are line, that is what line is. propaganda is different from that. it is not a shading of the truth, propaganda is a complete inversion of the truth. you are drunk, somebody tells you. no i m not, you replied, you are the one who s drunk. you ve had eight beers. i m disgusted by your drunkenness. that s what propaganda looks like. it s the mirror image of reality, the exact opposite of the truth and it is always delivered with ferocious aggression. propaganda tends to but why don t people, confuse them. what is this, do you think? but for that very reason, because ....
going to [bleep] kill you. that would be a threat. as you can see right there, rosenbaum chased rittenhouse through an object at his head, cornered him against a group of parked cars, and longed for his weapon before he discharged his firearm killing rosenbaum. a new reason for a potential mistrial is at the defense team did not get this high quality video until it was shown in court. instead they were emailed a compressed low-quality version and what the prosecution is calling a bid to undermine rittenhouse self-defense. this is now the second mistrial request, one with prejudice and one without under consideration by the judge. keep in mind, the judge will not likely make a decision until after a verdict has been rendered. there s a big question mark here if rittenhouse is declared guilty. ultimately there is now raisins for a possible mistrial, which several instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct including criticizing the defendant s right to remain silent, ....