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hospitality sector. we ve responded i think generously today, the grants we ve outlined up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year. our other headlines more bodies are found as rescuers reach islands in the phillipines, cut off by last week s typhoon. we ll talk to a film maker who was on one of the worst hit islands when the typhoon hit. hello, and welcome. in the last hour, scotland s first minister, nicola stugeon, has announced new restrictions, due to the surge in omicron cases. the number of people allowed to socialise both, indoors and outdoors, will be limited which means new year s celebrations will have to be scaled back, and sports events will effectively be spectator free for a three week period from 26th of december. we heard nicola sturgeon making that announcement in holyrood in the last half an hour. new restrictions being brought in. let s hear a little bit o ....
ajury in new york begins deliberations in the sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell. sport in wales moved behind closed doors, as the premier league pushes on with the festive fixture schedule despite the grip of covid. good morning. a chilly start to the day. some of us waking up to a touch of frost. a fair bit of cloud around and more sunshine than yesterday. tomorrow, milderand more and more sunshine than yesterday. tomorrow, milder and more unsettled. the details later in the programme. it s tuesday december the 21st. our main story. the government is under fire from the hospitality industry for failing to clarify what and when covid restrictions will be introduced. yesterday, the prime minister stepped back from announcing tighter measures in england, but said the government was not ruling anything out as cases of the virus continue to soar. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has more. under the microscope now, not the virus, but the government s ....
three week period, a situation similar to that and wales from boxing day. and there are there are further covid restrictions expected in wales, as a minister calls for the uk government, to restart the furlough scheme. meanwhile as 0micron spreads rapidly across america, president biden, prepares to ramp up, the federal government s response. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has confirmed there ll be no further covid restrictions put in place before christmas. he said there currently isn t enough evidence on the severity of the 0micron variant, while the hospitalisation rate and the impact of the booster roll out, didn t justify tougher measures. however, the prime minister says situation is finely balanced and remains difficult across the country, infgection rates at an all time high, and he did not rule out tighter restrictions after the festive period. more on that in a moment, but let s take a look at the rest of the day s d ....
but critics still fear she s speaking under duress. first and foremost i must emphasise that i have never said or wrote about anyone sexually assaulting me. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. switzerland is the latest country to impose restrictions as the omicron variant spreads through europe. the netherlands, france, denmark and ireland have already introduced measures. the british cabinet has also met to discuss a range of possible restrictions. here s borisjohnson. we should keep the data from now on under constant review and keep pulling it hour by hour and unfortunately in the city we would have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public and to protect public health and protect our nhs and we won t hesitate to take that action. in the us, covid cases in new york rose by 60% last week. here s the mayor of new york, bill de blasio. we do know omicron moves very fast and it s very transmissibl ....
inside. and diving into the metaverse facebook is the latest high tech company to go there. but what is it? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the presidents of the us and russia have held a two hour video summit, dominated by heightened tensions over ukraine. the white house says president biden made clear what it called deep concerns of the us and its european allies over russia s military drills and escalation of forces near ukraine. mr putin, on the other hand, said russia wanted guarantees that nato wouldn t expand further east. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a secure video connection for a high stakes meeting. joe biden face to face with the russian president for the first time sincejune when they met in person. mr biden seated in the situation room at the white house with his senior advisers, the two leaders shared pleasantries before getting down to business. it s good to see you again. behind closed doors th ....