london is a global epicentre. _ is london doing wrong? london is a global epicentre. travel _ is london doing wrong? london is a global epicentre. travel has - is london doing wrong? london is a global epicentre. travel has been . global epicentre. travel has been back to widespread levels, so large numbers of people coming in and out, but a huge and diverse population, people coming in by public transport into the middle of london, workplaces and hospitality has been back towards normal levels, and all of those opportunities are therefore mixing and virus spread. together with the fact that unfortunately vaccine levels are pretty low, despite very good uptake, there remains pockets of the population who are not covered, putting all that together means we are at the epicentre within the uk of omicron growth, but of course it is elsewhere, it is everywhere within the uk, and we should expect that growth to be replicated elsewhere. london is one of the hotspots for omicron, where else would be watching for geographically? it is wron: to watching for geographically? it 3

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some could argue that london -ets london. some could argue that london gets the _ london. some could argue that london gets the credit — london. some could argue that london gets the credit for _ london. some could argue that london gets the credit for the _ london. some could argue that london gets the credit for the reforming. - top lever dealer that goes on between the mayor of london and proper celebrity superstar. that's all the dealing we'll do on this episode of newscast. we will be back very soon. bye, everyone. bye. hello there. it was noticeably mild across southern areas today, further north, a little less so, but there was a lot of cloud around generally. best of the sunshine was across scotland. we change air masses, though, for the weekend, it's going to turn colder. there will be more sunshine around, but there will be showers, too, thanks to low pressure nearby. got some wet weather across the country at the moment, particularly across the south, and some showery bursts of rain pushing into much of scotland and northern ireland as well, thanks to these we

so london spread out. no, i tell you the $1000.00 square foot lama to urban sprawl is no longer according to the developers. the only way is the piano, the shot architect has described his building as a vertical 50, but with ken apartments costing up to $80000000.00 each. it's on like you to solve london's housing shortage. and this is m i 6, which you know from movies to referral is part of a golden generation of british architecture. we've had a profound impact on the cities of the modern world. the will population is rising and rising in a phenomenal rate. and most those will be overnights. so place making through cities, i'm being proud of your city and making recognizable architecture. i think it's happening all over the world. and i lost that does lead to mistakes and, and to inappropriate tall buildings. there's a lot to be said from the tall building. the tall buildings of new york creates the busy pavement, the busy sidewalks. it's not just tall buildings, so it's density. and that's why you get s

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an increase — in london in the past week. an increase of— in london in the past week. an increase of 258%. these are eye watering — increase of 258%. these are eye watering number is. i think what all the scientists are now looking for is whether— the scientists are now looking for is whether that storage in cases, how that — is whether that storage in cases, how that transfers into hospitalisations and this question around _ hospitalisations and this question around the severity of omicron because — around the severity of omicron because there is some hope out there that it _ because there is some hope out there that it is _ because there is some hope out there that it is milder, but even if it is mild _ that it is milder, but even if it is mild and — that it is milder, but even if it is mild and leads to 1% of this fast title wave — mild and leads to 1% of this fast title wave of new cases, that wealth still mean _ title wave of new cases, that wealth still mean hospitals in london being overwhelmed that many thousands of cases that _ overwhelmed that man

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it's really important londoners understand how serious things are. the best thing londoners can do is to get both vaccines and the booster, they provide extra layers of protection. football stadiums and shopping centres are among nearly 3000 venues in england offering boosterjabs this weekend — some are open round—the—clock. a woman arrested after a fire at sutton in south london, in which four young boys died, has been bailed. the 27—year—old, who was arrested on suspicion of child neglect, will return to a south london police station in mid—january. aston villa's match against burnley is the latest premier league game to be postponed due to coronavirus. that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today — with leeds united facing arsenal. and, after a] 0dudu bows out of tonight's strictly final, will it be rose and giovanni orjohn and johannes who win the glitterball trophy? good afternoon. there's a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in "very soon" in england to avoid hospital admissi

so london spread out. no, i tell you the $1000.00 square foot plummeted. urban sprawl is no longer according to the developers. the only way is the piano. the shot architect has described his building as a vertical 50, but with ken apartments costing up to $80000000.00 each. it's on like you to solve london's housing shortage. and this is m i 6, which you know from movies to referral is part of a golden generation of british architecture. we've had a profound impact on the cities of the modern world. the will population is rising and rising into phenomena rate. and most those will be overnights. so place making through cities, i'm being proud of your city and making recognizable architecture. i think it's happening all over the world. and i lost that does lead to mistakes and, and to inappropriate tall buildings. there's a lot to be said for the tall building. the tall buildings of new york creates the busy pavement, the busy sidewalks. it's not just tall buildings, so it's density. and that's why you get

our live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes, locked down in the netherlands and london's may i declare a major incident as cases of the army con, very threatened to overwhelm hospitals and health systems. health solutions are going up, but also stop absences, or guide up or living and make shift homes in chiles. desert lives of many migrants could turn for better or worse on the result of sunday's presidential election. more than 30 people are dead and hundreds of thousands forced to find shelter. philippines comes to terms with the escalating toll of typhoon ry also. ah, reviving an art almost silenced by a parte, south africa recovers its love of jazz. and am devin asked with sport the thief, our cup hay in casals drawn to a close without area crown champions of for the 1st time after 2 no victory? average nicea in extra time. ah oh, come to the news, our, our top story, the dramatic rise in corona virus case is linked to the army. kron variant is pushed european authorities into urgent action. the netherlands government is announced little imposed tough lockdown measures f

it's really important londoners understand how serious things are. the best thing londoners can do is to get both vaccines and the booster, they provide extra layers of protection. football stadiums and shopping centres are among nearly 3,000 venues in england offering booster jabs this weekend. some are open round—the—clock. a 27—year—old woman arrested after a fire at sutton in south london, in which four young boys died, has been bailed. six of this weekend's premier league games have been postponed because of covid outbreaks at clubs. only one match will be played in the top—flight today — that's leeds united v arsenal. good afternoon. there's a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in "very soon" in england — to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at around 3,000 a day, as cases of the 0micron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert, professor neil ferguson, says the situat

and from me here in london. — ski area... and from me here in london. and — ski area... and from me here in london, and whatever- ski area... and from me here in london, and whatever the - ski area... and from me here in i london, and whatever the weather we will be back with more weather world in the year ahead. so see you then. goodbye. hello again. and merry christmas. if you're hoping for a white christmas, for most of us we are not going to see that at all. in fact it will be quite mild for many parts of the uk. todayis quite mild for many parts of the uk. today is also going to be mild for many, we still have this morning's fog to lift and clear from some areas and we also have some rain spreading east. what's been happening, this weather front has produced overnight snow in scotland, it's fizzling out now. we still have some rain from it. this weather front is bringing rain in from the south—west and it will push north—east through the rest of the day. you can see the dregs of the weather front, fairly cloudy across much of scotland, northern england and north

that's an estimated 1300000 in london. many millions more across the country. analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people to get sick. the more critical services could soon be in trouble. there are currently so many staff that won't london hospital troughs through a down we covered and away from work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere. just a man, the hospitals accident and emergency unit. and so that's a possible risk of a certain number of people ending up in hospital suffering with the omicron variant . and the country's national health service could soon be overwhelmed. and it's a darkening pitcher across europe. islands introduced an 8 p m curfew. germany, meanwhile, is designated france, denmark of the u. k. high risk zones, with the possibility of mandatory quarantine for travelers in the french capital. children as young as 5 are now being given a 1st dose of a covey 19 vaccine. the government there is said to be considering making vaccin

london is leading the edge of the 0micron wave, nearly 6% of the population in london is thought to have coronavirus. when rates are that high, hospitals will have trouble preventing outbreaks. people turn up to hospitalfor preventing outbreaks. people turn up to hospital for treatment when they happen to have coronavirus. the number of people going into hospital because a coronavirus is going up in london. 1.74 among people in the uk for what you have coronavirus in the uk up to last sunday. —— 1.74 million. uk up to last sunday. "1.74 million. ., ., ., million. yet the head of the uk have security agency _ million. yet the head of the uk have security agency says _ million. yet the head of the uk have security agency says that _ million. yet the head of the uk have security agency says that there - million. yet the head of the uk have security agency says that there is . million. yet the head of the uk have security agency says that there is a i security agency says that there is a glimmer of hope for christmas, how so? . ., , glimmer of hope for christmas, how so? ., ., , ., , , g

so london spread out. no, i tell you the $1000.00 square foot lama to urban sprawl is no longer according to the developers. the only way is the piano shot architect has described his building as a vertical 50. but with ken apartments costing up to $80000000.00 each. it's on like you to solve london's housing shortage, and this is m i 6, which you know from movies to referral is part of a golden generation of british architecture. we've had a profound impact on the cities of the modern world. the will population is rising and rising into phenomena rate and most those will be overnights. so place making through cities, i'm being proud of your city and making recognizable architecture. i think it's happening all over the world. and loss of that does lead to mistakes and, and to inappropriate, tall buildings. there's a lot to be said for the tall building. the tall buildings of new york creates the busy pavement, the busy sidewalks. it's not just tall buildings, so it's density. and that's why you get such gr

the london paper dispatched a reporter to report on the american war in 1861. but by 1862, the talented and mercurial reporter had become a dead candidated -- dedicated supporter of the confederacy. and the content of london news illustrations accordingly was determined by its correspondent's movement about the southern war front and and home front. in the north, especially new york, was not neglected. thanks to the brush papers long establishment of city-based correspondents. prominent if among them was charles dawson who was credited as the sketch artist the of several 1864 illustrations. he illustrate -- the illustrated london news did not identify any of its draft riot sources, but in light of subsequent works he's a strong cop tender as the artist of the -- contender as the artist of the riot sketches. he certainly needed the work as of july 4th in 1863 following the collapse of "vanity fair" for which he had served as editor. the similarity between the leslies and london news illustrations, in the 1850s and 1860s, it was common for artists to produce more

there are real constraints in london. so much of the land is paved and we are losing more land to paving as people pave over their front driveways and all of that. so we are trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage system so we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98 mph. falling trees caused widespread disruption, with this one narrowly missing a drinker as it crashed into the back of a pub in wales. tens of thousands of trees came down in the worst affected parts of scotland and north—east england and power was lost to more than 200,000 homes. now to some of your

i am in london where like many ma'or hour. i am in london where like many major cities — hour. i am in london where like many major cities round _ hour. i am in london where like many major cities round the _ hour. i am in london where like many major cities round the world - hour. i am in london where like many major cities round the world mass - major cities round the world mass transport systems are facing up to the threat of flash flooding and i will be asking what can be done to keep travellers safe. also, sudden and savage, disaster in the usa, hit by one of its largest tornado outbreaks in its history. how one canadian province found itself at the epicentre of 2021's climate change fuelled extremes. it is the effects of extreme _ change fuelled extremes. it is the effects of extreme events - change fuelled extremes. it is the effects of extreme events that - change fuelled extremes. it is the | effects of extreme events that can be devastating and lead to loss of life, loss of livelihoods, this is why we are concerned about climate change. why we are concerned about clim

the mayo the mayor of london, sadiq khan. coronavirus infections in the uk has reached a new record high and pressure on hospitals continues to grow. covid—related absences in acute nhs trusts in england went up by more than 40% during christmas week. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off sick or isolating each day. london was again the worst hit, with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent, up by nearly 60% on the week before. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson reports. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new year's eve, it's a different story for nhs workers, with winter pressures intensifying, made worse by staff sickness. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. staff absences are already leading to cancelled appointments and longer waiting times. now, new data shows more than 25,000 hospital staff in england were abse

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i shot it telson, pill in london. thanks very much. france isn't the only country in europe bracing for a new wave of infections across the continent. governments are introducing restrictions such as limiting opening times for restaurant palms and venues. vaccinating children is another measure authorities of taking to reduce the severity of infections. a quick pinch, and it was all done in one to 5. these kids and denmark i getting vaccinated against coven? 19 a girl? yeah, i thought i got the job because of the new corona variant. and i don't want to be so sick that i can't eat dinner. i agreed on a cron is spreading at a fast speed and denmark. infection writes, i eating daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get that children job to where personal to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theaters and concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany. the health minister has raised the alarm alicia phone and i'm,

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london is being monitored closely. it's been at the centre of the outbreak in the uk, with surging cases in some areas driven largely by people in their 20s. hospital admissions have been rising, too. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports from lambeth in south london, which has seen the highest covid rates in the uk. brixton high street in lambeth, currently the borough at the epicentre of the uk's 0micron outbreak. infections here are rocketing. we've got more cases than anywhere in the whole country in lambeth. no way! u nfortu nately. do you know people who've got the infection? yeah, a lot of them. yeah, my cousin, my brother, ourfriends. i don't get frightened easy by stuff, and i know it's i ridiculous, but i feel kind of immune. - i'm probably not. so, just how bad are things? in england last week, there were more than 700 infections per 100,000 people. compare that to london, where the rate was almost 1300 infections, but here in the borough of lambeth in south—west london, that rate was 2500 inf

london. at the areas in the south of london. at the moment, one in every 35 people in this borough have currently tested positive with covid. that's not one in every 35 have had it, one in every 35 currently have it. and we haven't had numbers like that throughout the entire pandemic. infections have been going up very strongly across most parts of london, especially in this part of south london. having said that, over the last three or four days there are some more encouraging signs that those infections, at least in london, are starting to slow down. in some places, they are going to plateau. why would that be? there are lots of different reasons that it could be. one which is often cited is could we be seeing some constraints in testing capacity? you know, taking longerfor test results to come through because so many people are infected. another one which is possibly more important is behavioural change. even before any very strict new regulations are brought in in england, are we starting

in london, very acute and remains acute. 0f london, very acute and remains acute. of course nursing staff everywhere, and other staff in the nhs are working really hard to make the situation as good as it can be. but actually, it is not good. it doesn't look like it is going to improve any time soon. patricia, we are auoin improve any time soon. patricia, we are going to — improve any time soon. patricia, we are going to have — improve any time soon. patricia, we are going to have to _ improve any time soon. patricia, we are going to have to leave _ improve any time soon. patricia, we are going to have to leave it - improve any time soon. patricia, we are going to have to leave it there. l are going to have to leave it there. unfortunately the line is breaking up unfortunately the line is breaking up but we got the sense of the point you were making and the pressures on nurses in london and around the rest of the country. patricia marquis, thank you. france has recorded more than 200,000 new covid—19 infections recorded. it's a national and european record an

it is really important that londoners understand how serious things are. from today, france has banned all non—essential travel from the uk because of concern over the surging 0micron variant. those who are allowed to travel will have to go into quarantine until they get a negative test result. the announcement has thrown france's tourism industry into disarray during the christmas season. portugal has become the latest european country to start vaccinating its young children. those aged between 9 and 11 are being jabbed over this weekend. five—to—nine year olds are scheduled to be vaccinated from next weekend. greece, spain, italy and hungary are alreadyjabbing under—12s and denmark also began this week. the french health authority is also expected to give the green light next week to begin its child vaccination campaign. a woman arrested on suspicion of child neglect, as part of an investigation into the death of four children in a fire, has been bailed. firefighters had rescued two sets of twin boys from the house in sutton on thursday but they

need bach reports from london? ah, turbo chosing england's booster drive. chelsea football clubs, home ground stamford bridge has become a makeshift vaccine hub. oh microns now dominant to the british capital. this is a race against time to protect people from serious illness and safeguard the national health service and businesses bracing for new restrictions. it's really important londoners understand how serious things are the best thing lemons can do is to get both vaccines and the booster. they provide extra layers of protection. the really bad news is those in hospital, the vast, vast majority unvaccinated. that's why it's so important to get both the vaccines and the boost. the job with case is doubling every 2 days. health experts warm the vaccination effort. nice to reach people who haven't had a single dose. that's an estimated 1300000 in london. many millions more across the country. analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people against sick, the m

.— streets and in places like this across london. “ , ., ., across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested _ across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on _ across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion _ across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of - across london. a15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of and . been arrested on suspicion of and taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody. in the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire in 2017, dangerous cladding was found on thousands of high rise buildings around the world. some countries like australia took rapid action. in the state of victoria a task force was set up three weeks after grenfell to find out how many buildings were unsafe and a tax on construction firms has helped to pay for the work needed. here in the uk, there are no official figures on how many residential blocks are wrapped in dangerous materials and the government�*s cladding fund only covers buildings above a certain height. australia had an early warnin

this was the scene at london's eurostar late on friday as britons rushed to try to get over to france before it closed its borders to uk passport holders. the french government has banned major public parties and fireworks displays on new year's eve and the army has been brought in to help with the boosterjabs and ministers have approved the use of vaccinations for children from the age of five. record numbers of new cases in denmark have brought restrictions on restaurant opening hours, too, and cinemas, theatres and concert halls are closing. in switzerland, from monday, you will have to show proof of vaccination or recovery from covid to be allowed into restaurants or a negative test result to get into bars or nightclubs. the german government is warning that the next wave will be a massive challenge for its hospitals and society as a whole and has banned unvaccinated people from restaurants and nonessential commerce. french and danish travellers who have not been vaccinated will now have to quarantine on arrival in germany. with health care systems across europe under strain, the

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for business. london has declared a major incident after its are a big rise and the number of corona vars cases also coming up. hong kong holds a vote under new election laws, only candidates by gene considered to be patriots. are allowed to run. ah, i'm anthony. how'd walk into the program? governments across europe are battling to slow the spread of the alma kron corona, vars period. the latest country to impose new restrictions is the netherlands. it has just entered a hard lockdown that will last until at least mid january, all non essential shops as well as businesses such as bars, cinemas, and theaters are closed. meanwhile, the situation in the british capital london is so concerning that the city's mayor has declared what he's calling a major incident. health authorities there just reported the highest single tally of cover on the vars. cases since the pandemic begun at over 26000 cases, the city in crisis mode luminous being hit hard by the omi kern variant of the corona virus. it is already overtaken delta, as the dominant strain here, driving up infections and forcing the

or we challenge against our coverage in london . the 1247 eurostar from london brought its usual bustle to paris. but soon these trains may be mostly empty. from saturday, france is limiting, travel to and from the u. k. to only those with compelling reasons. french nationals, residents, and their families, all arrivals have to isolate truck drivers though, are exempt in. okay, so to calculate noblesse can we come into this is the framework that will be put in place, which will allow us to further tighten the net to slow down and reduce as much as possible the arrival of a micron variant cases in our territory. so much, and during this time we vaccinated with the booster shots, but for the 2nd day running the u. k. has logged a record breaking number of new cases. 88000 or micron is spreading through this country faster than any previous various forest. johnson's government is focusing on vaccine boosters as its principal weapon that and urging people to think about where they go and who they see. we wouldn't want to make your choic

i shot it till some pill in london. thanks very much. france isn't the only country in europe bracing for a new wave as infections across the continent turn. governments are introducing restrictions such as limiting opening times for restaurants. pumps and venues vaccinated children is another measure authority, the taking to reduce the severity of infections. a quake. pinch, and it was all done. it was with i had these kids in denmark i getting vaccinated against coven. 19 i say full. i got the job because of the new corona variant. and i don't want to be so sick that i can't eat dinner with. everybody on a cron is spreading at a fast speed and denmark. infection rates, i eating daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get their children jabbed to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theatres and concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany. the health minister has raised the alarm. alecia fun and i'm, i'm assumin

jean mackenzie in london. the scottish capital edinburgh normally marks the new year with its traditional hogmanay celebrations. earlier, our scotland correspondent, james shaw, outlined the changes taking place this year. if i've been standing in this location alongside edinburgh castle two years ago, you would've seen a huge display of fireworks set off at midnight. a spectacular display, physical all around the city. —— visible. look at how desolate this scene is now. nobody here at all. it is possible that people may turn up later on. that's happened last year when there were strict controls in place. peoplejust come when there were strict controls in place. people just come to this castle to celebrate in an informal way. people will be celebrating around this city. it looks quite bleak here, but people are out on the streets. you can socialise, although you can only have three households in your group and you have to keep separate from other groups. nightclubs are closed essentially, because dancing i

omicron accounts for an estimated 80% of cases in london now. people are trying to protect themselves and their family christmas plans. i would prefer to have it done before christmas. i have an elderly grandfather who is 90 years old so i want to be able to see him and get this over and done with. as soon as i heard that they have an event here where they are giving the boosters out, so i decided to book one immediately for myself. it feels really good. but the virus is spreading so rapidly, the health secretary didn't rule out new restrictions even for next week. there are no guarantees in this pandemic. i think at this point we have to keep everything in review. he urged people across the country to be cautious in the days ahead. if i'm going to see my mum for example, who is very elderly, like most older people, she's more vulnerable than younger people, i will take a test and i mightjust not have the usual amount of hugs i get from my mum. you just take a little bit of caution and i think that's a sensible response but the most important th

that's an estimated one point. 3000000 in london. many millions more across the country analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected, the more people get sick, the more critical services could soon be in trouble. there. currently somebody stop at that one, london hospital, frost through a downward hidden away from work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere, just a man, the hospital's accident, an emergency unit. and so that's a possible risk of a certain number of people ending up in hospital suffering with the omicron variant . and the country's national health service could soon be overwhelmed. and it's a darkening pitcher across europe. islands introduced an 8 p m. curfew and dutch health experts were advising tougher measures. they're germany meanwhile, designated france, denmark of the u. k. high risk zones with the possibility of mandatory quarantine for travelers in the french capital. children as young as 5 are now being given a 1st dose of a coven 19 vaccine. the gove

even julian songs in london, et cetera. and we're going to talk about those reports a little bit later, i know as well because max blumenthal has also done stories on this same thing. first, i thought to bring you in, nov melva. can you explain the legal side of this ruling for us because this wasn't about whether what songs did was legal or not, right? this was about american assurances of how he would be treated. should he be extra, i should been convicted. yes, absolutely. and so, you know, obviously to this is a very disappointing decision, but it's by and large confirms the conclusions and observations of my official investigation of this case for the past 2 and a half years as independent. you an expert's that this really is not about the law . this is not about a legitimate prosecution. it actually is a politically motivated prosecution of an inconvenient truth teller to put it simply. anyone can find that ok, if the u. n. can come to that, that finding then why has the court found something different? well, what we

there are real constraints in london. so much of the land is paved and we're losing more land to paving as people pave over their front driveways and all of that. so we're trying to work against that by putting in place what we call sustainable drainage. that means that when we introduce new shrubs, new trees into our paving, that actually helps slow down the rainfall, so, there are things we can do. we are also enhancing our pumps and drainage systems so that we can get water away more quickly and keep the infrastructure working. lilli matson, thank you forjoining us on this edition of weather world. one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging winds of up to 98mph. falling trees caused widespread disruption, with this one narrowly missing a drinker as it crashed into the back of a pub in wales. tens of thousands of trees came down in the worst affected parts of scotland and north—east england and power was lost to more than 200,000 homes. now to some of y

london. looking at where i am at the moment, and a place called lambeth, one of the areas in the south of london. at the moment, one in every 35 people in this borough have currently tested positive with covid. that's not one in every 35 have had it, one in every 35 currently have it. and we haven't had numbers like that throughout the entire pandemic. infections have been going up very strongly across most parts of london, especially in this part of south london. having said that, over the last three or four days there are some more encouraging signs that those infections, at least in london, are starting to slow down. in some places, they are going to plateau. why would that be? there are lots of different reasons that it could be. one which is often cited is could we be seeing some constraints in testing capacity? you know, taking longer for test results to come through because so many people are infected. another one which is possibly more important is behavioural change. even before any

benevolence calls a snap christmas lockdown with hobbs and non essential shops close for business. london declares a major incident after it sees a dramatic rise in cases there. also coming up hong kong holds a vote under new election laws, but only candidates fe jane considered to be patriots. are allowed to rod and in buddhist think for full 2nd place and stumble to a loss against has a bill in ending. they go into the winter break 9 points behind by and unit. ah, i'm rebecca richard. welcome to the program. governments across europe are battling to stem the huge increase in corona bar, as cases due to the army kron variant. the netherlands has just become the 1st country in europe to reinstate a full lockdown, which will last until at least mid january, all non essential shops as well as restaurants, bars, cinemas, and theaters are closed as of sunday. meanwhile, the situation in the british capital london is so concerning. the city's mayor has declared a major incident health authorities. they are reporting their highest single daily tally of corona virus cases. since the pandemic beg

that's an estimated one point. 3000000 in london. many millions more across the country analysis shows poor younger a more ethnically diverse communities. our lease protected the more people to get sick. the more critical services could soon be in trouble. there currently so many staff at this one london hospital trough through a down we covered and away from work that they've had to drop in extra help from elsewhere. just a mom, the hospital's accident and emergency unit. and so that's a possible risk of a certain number of people ending up in hospital suffering with the omicron variant . and the country's national health service could soon be overwhelmed. and it's a darkening pitcher across europe. islands introduced an 8 p m. curfew and dutch health experts were advising tougher measures. they're germany meanwhile, designated france, denmark of the u. k. high risk zones with the possibility of mandatory quarantine for travelers in the french capital. children as young as 5 are now being given a 1st dose of a coven 19 vaccine. the

even julian songs in london, et cetera. and we're going to talk about those reports a little bit later, i know as well because max blumenthal has also done stories on the same thing. first i thought to bring you in, nov melva, can you claim the legal side of this ruling for us? because this wasn't about whether what songs did was legal or not, right? this was about american assurances of how he would be treated. should he be extradited and convicted? yes, absolutely. and so, you know, obviously to this is a very disappointing decision, but it's by and large confirms the conclusions and observations of my official investigation of this case for the past 2 and a half years as a independent. you and experts that this really is not about the law. this is not about a legitimate prosecution. it actually is a politically motivated persecution of an inconvenient truth teller to put it simply. anyone can find that ok if the u. n. can come to that, that finding then why has the court found something different? well, what we can see h