Week. Just ahead this is a political stunt. I think that it would be very unusual to actually see a referral of impeachment. He looked as though he had been put through an awful lot. He looked tired. Certainly clothing looked weathered from being out there. Wet. They have lived their own personal nightmare. I cant underscore enough that the family sustained. We obviously dont want to see russia get anything that would help them kill more ukrainians. Russia desperately needs ammunition, potentially from north korean sources as well. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is thursday, september 14, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In washington where for the first time u. S. President biden is speaking out about the republican Impeachment Inquiry. At a fund raising event, he said republicans want to impeach help because they want tohut down the government, referring to the looming shutdown in abouo weeks time. He add that he is not focused on impeach
out sick. meanwhile, france is mulling new covid restrictions. president emmanuel macron meets with his cabinet today to discuss plans for tackling the omicron variant. and in china, authorities in the city of x i llan have started the pro-e process of disinfecting the entire city amid a growing outbreak of covid cases. it is the latest in a series of strict lockdowns in x iian. steven jiang standing by in beijing. but let s start with barbie nadeau in rome. so, barbie, these cases are leading to many governments in europe imposing restrictions while the uk, this week, will be debating whether to act with harsher measures. what s the latest? well, you know, we are seeing all across europe here continental europe, especially, governments trying to figure out what to do. and france, they will be meeting this morning, to try to determine what to do about their soaring case loads. they had over 100,000 cases new infections in a single day.
including the state media outlet the beijing news saying it is a serious violation of the spirit of the rule of law and should never happen again. as of now, the local government stands firm, saying they are they were meant to send a strong warning to the local population not to break immigration and covid laws and regulations, and they see nothing inappropriate about this. the whole irony, john, is of course the government in beijing has been touting the effectiveness of its zero covid policy and saying how it shows they put people first and it shows the superiority of their political system. but incidents like this shows at least at the local level officials just have total disregard for human rights and human dignity. john. steven, thank you. steven jiang live for us in beijing. we will take a short break. when we come back, in capetown, south africa, mourners are gathering to honor the late archbishop desmond tutu. all of the details in just a moment.
ukrainian troops seen here in kharkiv on sunday, meanwhile the ukrainian delegation is now at the border with belarus for talks with russia. this coming as the russian president vladimir putin has put the country s deterrent forces, that includes its nuclear arsenal, on high alert. and despite deep ties to moscow, turkey acting to limit passage of russian war ships to ukraine through the black sea. cnn correspondents have been covering all the global reaction. steven jiang standing by in beijing following the backlash to china s response to the crisis. jumanna caratachea in istanbul tracking turkey s response to ukraine, and jim bittermann in the european union. jim, we are seeing a major shift of europe coming to ukraine s aid. fill us in. reporter: germany was probably the most major.
running. tens of thousands of people, of course, testing positive every day many, many sick-outs. thousands of flights have been cancelled in recent days as airlines struggle to stay staffed. that s why some governments are looking at potentially reducing the isolation period. spain has made a move to do this and other governments considering the reduction in isolation period as well to keep basic services running. salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. mass lockdowns apparently may not be doing the trick in china so public shaming has returned for those who break covid-19 protocols. steven jiang standing by in beijing. explain where and how the shaming is taking place and is it working? reporter: well, john, you know we were talking about how what is happening in xi an is déjà vu of what happened in wuhan, but this incident is the worst déjà vu because it reminds people of the worst, darkest