hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. france has introduced a partial lockdown with 21 million people in 16 areas, including paris, among those affected. in poland, non essential shops, hotels, cultural and sporting facilities are also closed for three weeks as the country has seen the highest new daily cases since november. germany s chancellor, angela merkel, has also said the country is at risk of having to re impose lockdown measures as it copes with an exponential rise in coronavirus cases. and following a temporary suspension of oxford astrazeneca vaccines in ireland, the country has decided to resume administering the jab this weekend. this report from simonjones contains flashing images. facing contains flashing images. a third wave fuelled by a faltering facing a third wave fuelled by a
contactless store in the uk. the violence in myanmar will be discussed at the united nations security council on friday, as international leaders condemn the actions of the military. the british prime minister borisjohnson has said he s horrified by what s happening. and washington has just announced fresh export controls. thursday has seen fresh protests in myanmar, as our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports. every revolution has its martyrs, and 19 year old kyel sin has been made a symbol of this unequal struggle against a powerful and merciless military. she was given a hero s sendoff in her home city of mandalay. one of 38 people, shot dead in a day of violence, when the security forces opened fire on demonstrators here and in other cities. at least eight died here in the yangon suburb. makeshift shrines dotting the road where they fell in a hail of gunfire. but if the intent was to terrorise people off the streets, it failed. people were out again in la
coronavirus aid bill. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world, i m kasia madera. as china opens the annual people s congress in beijing, there s a new threat to the remaining independence of hong kong. according to state media, beijing willaim to, what it says improve hong kong s electoral system. president xijinping was given this reception as he arrived at the great hall of the people on thursday. it s reported beijing wants to see what it describes as patriots in charge of hong kong. it s potentially the biggest blow to the city s democracy since its handoverfrom british rule in 1997. our correspondent in beijing stephen mcdonell, joins us now. talk mcdonell, joins us now. us through what we can e) from talk us through what we can expect from the people s congress, specifically when it comes to hong kong. specifically when it comes to hong kon i ,, ., , specifically when it comes to hong kona. , , ., ., ., ,~,:::::: kong. so, every year, ar
and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. the january 6th select committee targeting one of trump s children along with five others in the former president s inner circle. it is the biggest day, yet, for the committee. we are learning that the committee has subpoenaed and obtained the phone records of eric trump and kimberly guilfoyle, who was engaged to trump s other son donald trump jr. also on the subpoena list, thee of trump s former attorneys rudy giuliani, jenna ellis, and sidney powell. ro rounding out the list today, trump s former campaign adviser, boris epshteyn. these individuals all fed the big lie for weeks leading up to the january 6th insurrection. we cannot allow these crooks because that s what they are to steal an election from the american people. they elected donald trump. they didn t elect joe biden. if the united states caves to corruption or this type of election integrity disaster, then no election will be secu
plus, if you haven t seen these pictures, you want to. and underwater volcano near tonga has ree resulted for the third time in four days, those pictures captured by satellite. a massive eruption over the weekend sparked tsunami advisories across the u.s. west coast. and in china, major changes now to the winter olympics, which are less than three weeks away. amid coronavirus concerns tickets will not be sold to the general public but distributed by authorities instead. the country s zero covid policy has meant stringent restrictions, new lockdowns, beijing reporting its first case according to its numbers of the highly transmissible omicron variant just this past saturday. we begin first with the winter storm wreaking havoc across the eastern united states this morning. cnn s dianne gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina. polo sandoval is live from pittsburgh. we begin with polo. it s a tough mix, right, because you have the snow, it melts, turns to ice. tell us what