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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. the uk government says it will keep under very close review its decision not to bring in further coronavirus restrictions in england as infections rise to a level not seen before during the pandemic. there are restrictions on socialising in the other nations that form the uk wales, scotland and northern ireland. the latest data shows that there have again been record numbers of cases across the uk. elsewhere in europe, france has also seen record highs in its cases, and the country has announced tighter restrictions to try and get the spike in numbers, caused by the omicron variant under control. and there have been demonstrations in eastern germany against new restrictions. first, let s get more on the situation here in the uk from our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. a vaccination centre in lambeth in london, among the boroughs worst affected by omicron in the uk. staff h ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. it s great to have your company. the uk government has defended its decision to hold off on introducing new coronavirus restrictions in england before the new year, saying it will monitor the situation closely in the meantime. there are restrictions on socialising in the other nations that form the uk wales, scotland and northern ireland. the latest data shows that there have again been record numbers of cases across the country. elsewhere in europe, france has also seen record highs in its cases, and the country has announced tighter restrictions to try and get the spike in numbers caused by the omicron variant under control. and there have been demonstrations in eastern germany against new restrictions. first, let s get more on the situation here in the uk from our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. the latest uk government covid data now. a vaccination centre in lambeth in london, among the boroughs worst affected by omicron in ....
and arkansas. in kentucky, early reports indicate one tornado may have stayed on the ground for more than 200 miles causing widespread destruction. this is all that is left of a candle factory in the town of mayfield. more than 100 people were working inside when the tornado hit. while an official death toll has not been determined, governor andy brashear said 50 people are likely dead in his state of kentucky. the state deployed the national guard to heart hit areas. in arkansas, at least one person was killed, dozened injured after a tornado rimmed through a nursing home. in illinois, a tornado cut through an amazon warehouse. please are describing it as a quote-unquote utter disaster. two people are confirmed dead. watches for northern eastern portions of mississippi, northern alabama and eastern tennessee. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar joins us now, allison. that s right, it s been a very destructive past 24 hours. over 30 tornado reports, 150 severe wind rep ....
pass by congress this coming week, the multitrillion dollars build back better and the infrastructure plan. but he did also have tough words on the international stage for iran, and he called out china, russia, also saudi arabia, said he was disappointed that the leaders of china and russia were not there. amy kellogg has been covering the g 20 throughout the meetings and has some of the top take aways from the president s remarks on that. it was unusual that the president actually criticized china and russia during the news conference because the leaders of those two nations, well, they addressed virtually, they did not attend personally. china also when it comes to coal and producing coal says it will continue to have coal factories and generate using coal, which the other world leaders want to try to get away from, and in fact, they did in fact pass a resolution to try and move away from public financing of coal-generating facilities. amy kellogg is at the g 20 and h ....
on board the international space station, a japanese billionaire preparing to fly to orbit. we re seeing this rush of this new era of space tourism. no question. we re watching the crew get ready. it s called a shelter room there. we are just passing 30 minutes to launch time all these steps are key. they had to take off the little booties over your shoes. you want to keep, i would imagine, the capsule clean from dirt or dust. commander hadfield, can you explain how important these final little prep steps are because, again, space is hard, and you don t want to get anything in the way of a successful launch. i think one of the most important steps right now is bill shatner just sat down. that s a 90-year-old that just climbed multi stories. i really hope at 90 years old i m as physically able as bill is right now. i m glad he s taking a moment to catch his breath. but before bernard and i flew, we go through a quarantine. part of it is because we don t want to take ....