on your phone to learn where boosters are available in your own community. we ll have that number for you tonight. also this evening, how effective will the vaccines be against this new variant? and why have we heard seemingly different messages from pfizer and moderna? tonight, we re inside the moderna facility where they are working on a vaccine to take direct aim at that new variant if needed. and how soon would it be available? martha raddatz is there live tonight. new reporting at this hour after the deadly high school shooting in michigan. the prosecutor revealing new details, how the 15-year-old suspect allegedly obtained the gun that had just been purchased by his father on black friday. four students killed and could either of those parents face charges? news tonight about the former deputy now charged in the killing of casey goodson jr. in ohio. authorities say the deputy shooting him six times, five times in the back, as he was returning home, the keys still
and a number you can text right on your phone to learn where boosters are available in your own community. we ll have that number for you tonight. also this evening, how effective will the vaccines be against this new variant? and why have we heard seemingly different messages from pfizer and mow der that? tonight, we re inside in moderna facility where they are working on a vaccine to take direct aim at that new variant if needed. martha raddatz is there live tonight. new reporting at this hour after the deadly high school shooting in michigan. the prosecutor revealing new details, how the 15-year-old suspect allegedly obtained the gun that had just been purchased by his father on black friday. four students killed and could either of those parents face charges? news tonight about the former deputy now charged in the killing of casey goodson jr. in ohio. authorities say the deputy shooting him six times, five times in the back, as he was returning home, the keys still
legendary singer and activistjosephine baker the first black woman to be honoured with a place in the pantheon in paris. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it s emerged that the omicron strain of coronavirus may have been spreading around the world earlier than previously thought. tests show it was present in a sample taken in the netherlands on the 19th of november. that s five days before it was first reported to the world health organization by south africa. dutch officials say they believe at least one person was infected without having travelled to that region. meanwhile, the boss of one of the biggest covid vaccine producing companies has warned that he doesn t think the currentjabs will be as effective against the new strain as they have been against the previous ones. sara monetta reports. as the omicron strain continues to spread around the world, with cases detected across europe, in canada, and n
hello and welcome to the programme. it s emerged that the omicron strain of coronavirus may have been spreading around the world earlier than previously thought. tests show it was present in a sample taken in the netherlands on the 19th of november. that s five days before it was first reported to the world health organization by south africa. dutch officials say they believe at least one person was infected without having travelled to that region. meanwhile the boss of one of the biggest covid vaccine producing companies has warned that he doesn t think the currentjabs will be as effective against the new strain as they have been against the previous ones. sara monetta reports. as the omicron strain continues to spread around the world, with cases detected across europe, in canada, and now injapan, the question being asked is, how effective will the existing vaccines be against it? the answer, according to the boss of moderna, which produces one of the most widely used jabs,
is his agency s top priority. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in yemen where houthi rebels are pressing hard to capture the key city of mareb. it s the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government and at the heart of yemen s oilfields. the fall of mareb would be a major turning point in the conflict that s been going on for years.saudi arabia backed by the us and uk intervened in yemen in 2015 after the houthis ousted the government from the capital, sanaa.since then yemen has suffered the world s worst humanitarian crisis. all sides of the conflict have been accused of killing civilians and other abuses. at least 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to mareb and more are on their way. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen made his way to the city and a warning his report contains some distressing images. the plains outside marib are not much of a refuge, but it s all there is for more than 16,000