and i would act on those if transmission is rising still, and if hospitalisations are going up across the country. the world health organization is urging people around the globe to be extra careful when socialising this festive season. also on the programme. a whistleblower tells the bbc of the neglect of an autistic man detained in a specialist hopsital for more than 20 years. the biggest divorce settlement in an english court the ruler of dubai must pay more than half a billion pounds to his ex wife. and the monster millipede eight feet long, discovered by chance in northumberland. coming up on the bbc news channel, no fans at sporting events in wales from boxing day as the welsh government tries to control the spread of the virus. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced there ll be more than a billion pounds worth of financial support to help struggling businesses and the arts sector cope with the spread of the 0
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for 300 million years. good evening. 73% of new covid infections in the united states are 0micron. it has become the dominant strain just three weeks since the first case was identified. in fact, new york has seen a threefold jump in infections in just seven days. the white house is trying to avoid talk of any new restrictions, but in the past hour, joe biden has sounded a note of urgency. there will be a renewed focus on testing not something the united states has particularly excelled at. demand for home testing kits has outstripped supply. so the president has today announced 500 million kits will be made available on a government website, free of charge. around 1,000 servicemen and women will be sent to help out, at hospitals around the country over the next two months five times the number currently deployed. the president said they will add new covid wings to hospital if they are needed. there will be new federal testing sites nationwide, with the first expected in
protect and that he was in good shape. because i had heard he was in very good shape. but but that was terrible he could of the people were very angry. they were saying hang mike pence. because it is common sense. it is common sense that you re supposed to protect, how could you if you know a vote is fraudulent, how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress? meanwhile, the house committee investigating the insurrection is gearing up for another showdown with a member of trump s inner circle. this time it is former chief of staff mark meadows. he s a no show for his deposition today. the committee warned if he doesn t cooperate he would risk contempt charges. he claimed that his conversations with the president are privileged. last month they held steve bannon in contempt of congress and they re still waiting to see if they will prosecute. paula reid joins us now. explain why mark meadows is denying the subpoena. we ve seen a escalation between the ho
we begin with lucas. u.s. officials say 5,000 more russian troops have arrived in belarus as the u.s. will be ready for anything. at u.n. head quarters in new york, the president s u.n. ambassador sounded the alarm. colleagues, the situation we re facing in europe is urgent and dangerous. the stakes for ukraine and for every u.n. member state could not be higher. russian s actions strike at the very heart of the u.n. charter. this is as clear and consequential threat to peace and security as anybody can imagine. and the sa-22 greyhound arrived in belarus by hail. the center bob menendez vowed to release the mother of all sanctions on russian if they attacked. the pentagon said today where they were not heading. the president has been very clear, we won t see american troops on the ground in combat with the russians in ukraine. the russian ambassador to the u.n. fired back at her american counter part rejecting allegations from the west saying moscow has no plans to