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we ll have the latest on the decisions being made in all four home nations as christmas approaches. also tonight. the foodbanks reporting a sharp rise in demand. they claim a cut in universal credit is partly to blame. and we have the story of what s thought to be the biggest divorce settlement in british legal history. and in sportsday, we will have all the latest and in sportsday, we will have all the latest sports, and in sportsday, we will have all the latest sports, interviews - and in sportsday, we will have all the latest sports, interviews and i the latest sports, interviews and features good evening. there will be no extra covid restrictions introduced in england in the days before christmas, but in making that announcement, borisjohnson went on to warn that nothing could be ruled out in the period after christmas. he said the situation was finely balanced and that the omicron variant of coronavirus was still spreading very rapidly. during the day, the first mi
gotten tested before traveling or seeing family for the holidays. if that s the case, images like you re seeing now probably look familiar. lines down the street, in the cold, three, four, five hours of waiting. these particular photos are in gotham city, this is from washington, d.c. take a look at this ariel shot. this is what the situation looks like in miami, florida. embarrassing, frankly. two years into a global pandemic that has dominated all of our lives. again, it is very possible you already have personal experience in this arena. behind the surge in testing, omicron, which the cdc now says is the dominant variant of covid in the united states. 73% of new cases in this country and upwards of 90% in certain areas. feels like that in new york city. sadly yesterday officials in texas announced what is thought to be the first omicron related death in the u.s. an unvaccinated man over the age of 50 with underlying health conditions who had contracted covid twice. so all
from smuggling gangs. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. mixed fortunes for british sides in europe defeat for celtic in germany means they fail to qualify from their europa league group. good evening. the health secretary, sajid javid, says scientists are deeply concerned about a new variant of coronavirus that s been discovered in south africa. as yet it hasn t been detected here in the uk, but the government is now suspending all flights from south africa, namibia, zimbabwe, botswana, lesotho and eswatini. 59 cases have been confirmed so far, and speaking in the last hour, mrjavid said the variant may be the most infectious yet. from what we do know there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. do we have any idea
complex, an honest observer might be able to see both sides of the case, but that is not true here, far from it. in fact, the opposite. in the very first moments of this trial, it was obvious kyle rittenhouse never should have been indicted in the first place. the key question was did kyle rittenhouse acted in self-defense that night in kenosha? the answer unequivocally is yes, obviously. no honest person could reach a different conclusion. kyle rittenhouse shot men he believed were trying to kill him. now why did he believe that? in one case, the man he shot said i plan to kill you. in the other two men, one repeatedly bashed his head with a skateboard and the other stucco loaded gun in his face. so kyle rittenhouse fought back in order to save his own life. not guessing about that, even the prosecution s witnesses made that point. so once that happened, once kyle rittenhouse is life was threatened from the what were his options exactly? he could fight back or he could allow