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and the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official. but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has chaired a cabinet meeting as the government faces growing calls to outline whether any new covid restrictions will be implemented in england over christmas. the government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, and england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, have briefed ministers about the omicron variant. the bbc has been told, civil servants have prepared three different options, ranging in severity with boris johnson likely to face strong opposition to further restrictions, from within his own party. for more on the pressure on borisjohnson. here s jonathan blake. boosterjabs are still the main hope in the battle against omicron. but as cases of the new variant contin ....
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 ....
illness than previous variants but that who is whining against complacency. we that who is whining against complacency- that who is whining against comlacen .~ ., that who is whining against comlacen . ., . ., complacency. we are concerned that eole are complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron - complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron as . people are dismissing omicron as mild. surely we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. borisjohnson boris johnson and his borisjohnson and his government try to navigate this pandemic. borisjohnson is facing his biggest backbench rebellion since he became prime minister with more than 70 conservative mps expected to reject his plan to bring in covid passes in england. it s one of three votes this evening on new measures. we are expecting them all to pass, because the opposition labour party has ....
of saudi journalist, jamal khashog ji, is arrested in paris. and, in the uk, leaked footage sparks a row over what appears to be officials joking about a covid christmas party last year breaching lockdown rules at the prime minister s residence. hello and welcome to bbc news. the presidents of the us and russia have spent two hours talking about what the white house called a range of issues . but one topic dominated the discussion and that s ukraine. white house officials say president biden made clear the deep concerns of the us and its european allies over russia s escalation of forces near ukraine. during a briefing after that meeting, the us national security adviserjake sullivan told reporters what would happen if russia attacked. element in in the event that there is the military escalation in the ukraine. many of our partners in the eastern front, our baltic allies, romania, poland, other countries will be increasingly concerned about the security and te ....
at number 10 downing street. welcome to the programme. president biden has used a video call with vladimir putin to express concern about russia s build up of forces near ukraine. mr biden reiterated his support for ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity and warned of strong economic consequences in the event of a russian invasion. russia described accusations it planned to invade ukraine as hysteria and said its troops didn t pose a threat to anyone. the kremlin said nato was responsible for the rising tensions in the region. during a briefing after that meeting, the us national security adviserjake sullivan told reporters what would happen if russia attacked. in the event that there is a further invasion into ukraine, a military escalation in the ukraine, many of our partners on the eastern front, our baltic allies, romania, poland, other countries, will be increasingly concerned about the security and territorial integrity of their countries. they will be ....