of the next couple of weeks and maybe more, cos there s no question omicron continues to surge through the country. scotland records more than 20,000 new covid cases, its highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. france toughens its rules around facemasks all children over six now have to wear them in shops and on public transport. india begins vaccinating 15 18 year olds as the country records its sharpest ever weekly rise in infections. hello, and welcome. a legal document which prince andrew s lawyer believes could stop a civil case against him in the us has been made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. the document, which has been unsealed, is a settlement agreement betweenjeffrey epstein and virginia giuffre, now known as virginia roberts. it dismisses the case for damages brought by ms giufrre, in return for the sum of $500,000. the question is what impact this is the question is what impact
Lawyers are going to go into court tomorrow in new york it s a the plain language in this document makes clear that even though we say her allegations against the duke of york are baseless, she cannot even try to bring them because she has effectively signed away her rights to sue anyone as this is a really important document in this case. but the document really concerns allegations around what happened in florida. angiography is quite important here, is it not? it could be. this important here, is it not? it could be- this is important here, is it not? it could be. this is the important here, is it not? it could be. this is the interesting - important here, is it not? it could be. this is the interesting thing . be. this is the interesting thing about it because virginia giuffre s team seem incredibly confident that this document is going to be effectively ill or relevant to their case and they have already said at legal financial for this release that when this document becomes
This is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the globe. i m ben brown. our top stories in the last few minutes, a legal document which prince andrew s lawyer believes will stop a civil case against him in the us has been made made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. lawyers on both sides of the atlantic will be scrutinising the document which has just been unsealed to see what impact, if any, it will have on the case. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, rules out further covid measures in england for now despite the ongoing rise in omicron infections. the pressure on our nhs, on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course
Mind the allegations virginia giuffre make againstjeffrey epstein and people around him date back 20 years. this is part of the case where she was suing him in a court in florida. this is her saying she been lured into a world of sexual abuse and it also been abused by people around jeffrey epstein and his closest confidence. he had been accused of abusing by politicians and royalty who were not named in the document. she was paid about $500,000, about £371,000 by today s rates. in the document, the crucial bits says sheet releases and forever discharges and legal language jeffrey epstein and any personal entity who could have been a vigilant defendant in the action she was bringing in florida, and in doing so that she agrees not to bring any damages claim against anyone from the beginning of time effectively up until the day of that settlement. now the reason why this is important is because the prince s
Has been made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. the document, which has been unsealed, is a settlement agreement betweenjeffrey epstein and virginia giuffre, now known as virginia roberts. it dismisses the case for damages brought by ms giufrre, in return for the sum of $500,000. the question is what impact this is the question is what impact this is going to have on prince andrew in the case against him. our legal correspondent dominic casciani is here. this has just this hasjust come this has just come out, just been unsealed in the last few minutes. talk us through the crucial details. this is a document signed in november 2009 which seems the whole world away but you have to bear in