showing borisjohnson did take part in a virtual downing street quiz last christmas. and the eldest daughter of america s first astronaut, alan shepard, makes a trip to the edge of space at the age of 7a. and it s going to be a nail biter. max verstappen beats lewis hamilton to pole position for sunday s formula one title decider in abu dhabi. hello and welcome to bbc news. president biden has promised federal aid after tornadoes devastated at least five us states, flattening whole towns. the worst hit state is kentucky, where the governor, andy beshear, says at least 70 people have been killed, many of them in a candle factory in the town of mayfield. there have been reports of deaths, too, in arkansas, missouri, tennessee and illinois, where six amazon workers have been confirmed dead after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruction has been extraordinary. in the dead of night, dark funnel clouds r
and, for those who have seen it, what it has done here in grace county and elsewhere, it is indescribable. britain warns russia it will face severe consequences if it invades ukraine a g7 meeting of foreign ministers is discussing rising tensions. and foreign secretary liz truss joins nick robinson in this week s episode of political thinking, that s in half an hour. good evening. health officials have renewed their call for everyone who s eligible to get their covid boosterjab. new modelling suggests the uk could be facing a bigger wave of infections than back injanuary. a further 633 omicron cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours the uk s biggest dailyjump in omicron infections so far. but there s still uncertainty about how many people may need hospital care, and how much pressure will be on the nhs. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. at vaccine centres around the uk, including this one in grimsby, the race is on to get even more jabs into arms
so, temperatures will be above the seasonal norm for the upcoming week. an unsettled start, then it settles down with lighter winds. we could start to see a lot of cloud around, limited sunshine and overnight mist and fog. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment. first, the headlines. unless the government puts further restrictions in place, the uk faces a substantial wave of omicron infections next month that might overwhelm the nhs. that s the stark warning from scientists. another 633 omicron cases are recorded in the last 2a hours, the uk s biggest dailyjump in omicron infections so far. new rules on face masks, self isolation and vaccine passports will be voted on by mps in the commons on tuesday, according to government sources. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, uk politics reporter at bloomberg and ros altmann, former pensions ministe
Mild note for england and wales sunday morning. a lot of cloud around. we ll have a weather front spreading northwards over the irish sea, affecting north wales first, then pushing into northern ireland, parts of northern england, then gradually across scotland as we head through the afternoon. it ll be slightly cooler and brighter to the north of it. to the south of it, double figure values, very mild indeed for the time of year. could see 14 or 15 degrees, but there will be limited spells of sunshine. when we look to the west, this deep area of low pressure during sunday night skirts past the northwest of the uk, could bring a spell of gales, even severe gales to parts of western scotland. that will clear away, though, during monday morning, leaving a legacy of some fresher air across scotland and northern ireland. sunny spells, blustery showers for western scotland, wintry on the hills. england and wales will see a lot of cloud a weather front trapped here, so some areas could be