this is bbc news i m lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. diplomacy or deterrence president biden s phone call to president putin laying out the us position over ukraine. we ll have the latest. a key witness speaks publicly after ghislaine maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. as the uk sees another record for daily infections south africa says it has passed the peak of the omicron driven covid wave. and after the launch it s the make or break moment, for the james webb space telescope as it starts to unfold its super sized sunshield.
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