two thirds of people recently infected say they ve had it before. as russia maintains its huge military presence on its borders with ukraine, talks take place in paris to try to defuse tensions. and we have a special report on siblings separated by the care system. and coming up on the bbc news channel. british pair alfie hewett and gordon reid claim a record breaking ninth consecutive grand slam title with victory in the australian open wheelchair doubles. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister borisjohnson has told mps he would not comment on an imminent report into lockdown parties in government during a raucous prime minister s questions in the commons this lunchtime. the labour leader sir keir starmer said the conservatives had done immense damage to public trust, and called again on mr johnson to resign. the official report by the senior civil servant sue gray is now complete, although it hasn t yet been handed to number ten. it is expecte
the house of commons has finished for the day so it s now highly unlikely we will get to know the findings of sue gray s report this evening. and more controversy for the prime minister foreign office emails leaked by a whistleblower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of pen farthing and his animals from afghanistan in august which mrjohnson denied at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments on that report into downing street parties as they happens. the as they happens. us embassy in the ukraine urges citizens the us embassy in the ukraine urges citizens to consider departing now as russia maintains a large military presence on the border with ukraine. it comes as advisers from russia, ukraine and germany and france continue talks to try to diffuse tensions. pcr test of around 100,000 volunteers in their react study also showed that one in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. i m ben brown live in downing st
the cabinet office inquiry into lockdown parties at downing street could be published as early as this afternoon, with several mps saying they will then decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. foreign office emails leaked by a whistle blower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of animals from afghanistan in august. mrjohnson denied this at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments as they happen. and i m martine croxall with the rest of the day s stories. one of the uk s biggest covid studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that one in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. as russia maintains its huge military presence on its borders with ukraine, talks take place in paris to try to defuse tensions. i m ben brown live in downing street. the p
families. we begin with the stunning transmissible omicron variant now in all 50 states and accounting for 90% of the cases in many parts of the country. the u.s. is averaging 146,000 new cases each day. that s 36% higher than a week ago and just 4% below the peak of delta, of the delta surge in mid-september. while cases are surging, hospitalizations are not, leaving a lot of people to wonder what this means. two new studies out of the uk and south africa suggest omicron may be less likely to cause severe disease compared to the delta variant. we ll have more on that in just a second. also this president biden is again defending his administration s response to the now dominant omicron variant. how did you get it wrong? how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. nobody in the whole world saw it coming. how could the administration not expect there could be moments like this one where you have a highly transmissible variant around the corner? sure, it was po
trump inner circle, i ll speak with michael cohen, former fixer of president trump. what is the shift of priorities as the hail mary plan emerges to push voting reforms. a new hour of msnbc reports starts right now. we will begin this morning in the senate which only just adjourned at 4:00 after a marathon session pushed through votes on judicial and cabinet nominations. the big news is what mitch mcconnell is saying about the january 6th select committee. were you personally in contact with mark meadows? i was not. i do think we re all watching, as you are, what is unfolding on the house side and it will be interesting to reveal all of the participants involved. we are watching the investigation that s occurring in the house. reading about it like everyone else. it will be interesting to see what facts they find. it was a horrendous event. i think what they re seeking to find out is something that the public needs to know. read the reports every day. it will be i