we report from one of the worst hit places. hello, and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden is expected to announce new measures later today to combat a surge of covid infections, driven by the 0micron variant. officials say, 0micron accounts for 73% of all new cases recorded in the country. 1,000 military, medical personnel are being mobilised to help increase vaccination capacity. the federal government will distribute 500 million free covid tests, and set up federal covid testing sites in new york city. more on that in just a moment. in france, the government is to fast track a covid vaccine passport law they expect that to be adopted by the middle ofjanuary. in germany, federal leaders are meeting now to decide on new measures there. in the last hour in the uk the government has announced measures to help businesses dealing with mass cancellations, a drop in footfall on the high street and staff absence, because of covid. here
for a not so miniscule sum of money. hello and welcome, borisjohnson says the british government is reviewing the rise in omicron cases, hour by hour and reserves the possibility to implement further covid restrictions. after almost two hours of cabinet discussions today, the prime minister emerged to tell us things would be left as they are for now, but the current situation he says is extremely difficult . here s our deputy political editor, vicky young. the decorations are up, and some of the presents are wrapped. the streets of bristol were busy today, but christmas during a pandemic comes with huge uncertainty. at the back of everyone s mind, will ourfestive plans again be thrown into disarray? after a two hour meeting with his cabinet, borisjohnson said the arguments were finely balanced. we agree that we should keep the data from now on under constant review, keep following it hour by hour, and unfortunately, i must say to people, we will have to, to reserve the, th
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface alongside ali miraj, columnist at the article. tomorrow s front pages starting with. let s take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages already in, starting with the mirror. it reports cabinet secretary, simon case the man tasked with investigating whitehall christmas parties steps down, after allegations that his own office held a virtual festive bash. the telegraph also leads with this, saying the prime minister s bid to move on from the tories by election defeat has been derailed by the fresh leaks. the times says the inquiry into those parties is now in disarray as simon case steps back from the investigation. former ethics chief at the cabinet office, sue gray will take over. the i reports that omicron cases are getting out of control with variant cases doubling every one and a half days in london, the north east, west mid
described the chaotic scenes at wembley stadium during the euro 2020 final this summer as a source of national shame . around 2000 people without tickets managed to get into the stadium as england took on italy. the report s author, baroness louise casey, said the behaviour of a minority of england supporters was notjust disgraceful but also recklessly endangered lives. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. appalling disorder on a day of national shame the damning findings of the investigation into the scenes that marred england s biggest match since 1966. many fans left terrified after being caught up in the chaos. today, the woman whose report lays bare the gravity of the mayhem at wembley told me it was fortunate that no one died. well, i think what happened was a very near miss and that near miss would be a significant loss of life or injuries probably on a scale that, sadly, we saw at hillsborough. so, i think the benefit of it being a near miss is, actually, that w