u. k. given that the prime minister is urging everyone to get a booster one has read the relentless and it's ongoing tomorrow. christmas day is a public holiday boxing day. that's the 26th of december. that is also a public holiday. but you can still go out of access centers around the country and get a job even though that is korea, even though it's christmas day and boxing day, there are still people and h f. workers out there doing that and helping get the country boosted help and get the country vaccinated for a storm. some plans for those people in his christmas message. but all micron is ripping through this country. we had yet again, a record number of infections on thursday. we'll have to wait and see what's today friday brings 820000 nearly a 100. 20000 new infections on thursday. the other records have been falling this week on previous days. so clearly as we know, omicron is massively infectious. the good news that seems to be coming from data that's coming in from around the world is

u. k. moment keena was given the 1st dose a year ago today, and of course the hope there and it was, it was that we can protect against severe disease. and that's what we've seen or all around the world. the most important thing obviously, is that we are ahead of the game a year into the, into, into vaccination. and it was a bit of a risk. we didn't know that vaccines would work. we just didn't know that, that we'd be able to protect, but be able to protect against severe disease is really important. and i think what we're going to see, what the pandemic has cost tract, if you like, is the development of new approaches to vaccines. you can develop these in a way that is rapid, but also more effective. now the new variance was 1st attacked in bus one and then i spread through south african before making it crossing into the northern hemisphere. how much you, geography, and the sort of host population, immunological status, and matter in terms of producing the new variance. i'm asking because despite the relax reluctance to associate the new there isn't any given country b, china, the u.

there is at any given country be china, the u. k. brazil, india. we have quite a few errands which originated in specific countries. and there's not a single one that originated in russia, not that i'm calling for it, but that's a, that's an interesting question to ponder. why some countries do get the same invitations and others don't. yeah. anybody, in fact, he's generating musicians. what is has been studied in the context of cove is really and people who are in a compromise. so we know there are 2 things going on here. this probably to do with the proportion of your population that's vaccinated, obviously in south africa and that those countries in sub saharan africa, they're regards to the low levels of, of vaccine coverage. but also where we, where this has been looked at in detail. and when mutations similar to the mutations we're seeing and on recall, other parents have been demonstrated in a, in a person, is actually in people who are immunocompromised. these individuals have sometimes very prolonged infections. so normally we clear an inf

problems that we suffer in the art world for that turn a prize, you know, this price that's given in the u. k. now, there are 5 groups of collective artists. what that proposes is that art is a social medium which can bring social change and renewal that perhaps is one way out of this capitalist takeover. well, that's our big topic. yes, it's not only relate to article relayed tool everything, today's corporate culture and those whole political situation. you can, i'm features and they all being pushed by the class to capitalism or state capital iraq, the new capital direct. they all know the world has new structures. you know, and they're so powerful, they basically designed the are life law or behaving or knowledge i to cation and of course, in general art art as being used us decorative idea to make up satisfaction over the brochure, our society and is always being serve us for the rich and powerful soul i think, is our depends on individual art has it's not about wanting to sell lowball. does the message correct about the, you know, you're always kind of crazy. oh message. i think it's ti

u. k. last month. now it's being given to patients at home as part of a major national study. jonah, how's reports from london? there's been many proclaimed game changes in the medical fight back against corona virus. this is the latest. the u. s. made drug mole new peter the it was initially intended to treat the flu. it works by inserting errors into the genetic code of the virus, limiting its ability to multiply in the body. in practical terms, it's the 1st coded medicine that can be taken in pill form at home to help the most vulnerable avoid severe disease. and last month, the u. k became the 1st country to approve its use and we're working on a new national. non kane thank holding you'd be interested in taking current researches at the university of oxford, a testing it in more than 10000 volunteers who recently contracted covered 19 like 51 year old lin telling i had to take, i think for him one guy twice a day, so with a 12 hour gap over here to 5 days, and nothing special about medication, literally just normal casuals that you take with water. so very straightforward

we're given and it's not that the u. k. government is redefining its heights on 32nd charlotte to how challenging a time is this for people in the u. k. very challenging. i think the staff shortages is the biggest concern at the moment, particularly in hospitals emergency services, as well as we know just a couple of days till christmas, people here in the u. k. and around the world facing some very difficult decisions on how they best both celebrate christmas and loved ones. return times. and you did every correspondence or charlottesville, simple reporting from london. thank you very much. and germany has reported its 1st death from the arm across variance. the country's top public health body, so the person was between 60 and 79. so far, germany has confirmed over 3000 cases of the new variant health minister carl larva said he expects armstrong to become the dominant variance in the coming weeks. meanwhile, in germany, millions of people are preparing to celebrate the christmas holidays. against a backdrop of the coven

so the government that had plotted to kill julian assign her disgust, killing him, has given assurances to the u. k and the u. k. has accepted those assurances. this is an absolute travis, i want to throw this out at the nose now that we're talking about prisons are what legal caveats might be available to the american authorities should assange and up in an american prison as we just heard, there was some assurances that he won't go to this federal super max prison with prison is a captain near total isolation. but what, where else could he end up? are there ways around that? all this basically 99 percent of their options are still open. i. it's very important to understand that these assurances don't assure anything. it's just a formality. they have excluded one of their super max presence, the most notorious one, but they have dozens of others that can accommodate him in any other super max prison with very similar facilities. they have excluded one specific isolation regime, call special administered measures which is imposed rightly attorney general of the federal government. but they have not

stepped up the number of jobs that are being given a almost a 1000000 on tuesday we're given and it's not that the u. k. government is redefining its heights on 32nd. charlotte. so how challenging time is this for people in the u. k. very challenging. i think the staff shortages is the biggest concern at the moment, particularly in hospitals emergency services, as well as we know just a couple of days till christmas, people here in the u. k. and around the world facing some very difficult decisions on how they best buy, celebrate christmas and protect their loved ones. return times and do, did every correspondence or charlottesville, simple reporting from london. thank you very much. like to tell you now, but the other stories in the headlines around the world, china has long down the city. if she on home, 13000000 people in response to just over 200 coven 19 cases. china has pursued a 0 k strategy. measures come just weeks before busying will host the winter. olympics. government is urging olympians to get booster draft. belgium's government has agreed in principle to shut down the country's existing

u. k. of. busy a booster shots 3rd, vaccinations are given in the past few months. that figure in research done by the people, sir vaccine alliance. a campaign group, a large one, that research they've done on data shows that $20000000.00 in the 12 poorest countries of the world is the thick of numbers, vaccinated per se, just $27.00 countries compared with a campaign of a boosters in the u. k. a small country amounting to the same number, an illustration there of ready what is described as of the in equal to the, the unequal situation of vaccine adjusted vaccines. the furnace in giving vaccines. and we're also hearing from a number of health experts world wide, which, which ties in with the whole issue of ethics are basically saying that that has to be more planning internationally for and that the next pandemic, it's not crisis management is the 3 needed. it's permanent solutions, permanent, at ways of acting. what one of the, of the professors involved in this is saying that look the, the whole world will gear up for defense will put armaments together, aeroplane

u. k. that a transfer back to what's distinctive about the u. k. i guess is, is the tone of our national conversation about trans people given the fact that actually generally speaking of public, a pretty accepting was, are such a gap between the public media discourse in the disposition of everyday people. yeah, i would blame that directly on our media a we made all these advances. we changed the law many times to make life safer. the trans people overpaid about 15 years from the beginning of the 19 ninety's until the gender recognition act in 2004. and most people didn't even notice we were there because we don't impinge on people's lives. we. we just want to get on with having private lives and, and it wasn't until about 2017 that a conflicted campaign was launched with certain of britain's newspapers and newspapers in particular making a big issue that suddenly we went to having with some newspapers, trail for articles very negative article. yeah, i'm reading some of the headline the week. yeah, i'm reading some of the headline. yeah. in the u. k. press, they point to a so called trans lobby. a headlines have claims like lesbians facing extinc

u. k. officials to comment on the admissions. we let you know what responses given or from were on the inquiry head to our website, which also has plenty of stories. we just couldn't fit into our bulletin, including how the u. s. and ukraine voted against the un resolution condemning naziism about just a click away at art c dot com 3 months after the taliban took over afghanistan, humanitarian groups are continuing to sun. the alarm, the banking system has collapsed on the countries on the brink of mass starvation situation that is expected to intensify during winter. i winter means even with like spending the whole day in line to get some bread up. 3 loaves of bread help esvito children wears a stand and truly the baker says here from morning to evening, 3 logs is brad. the price of bread has skyrocketed with hundreds of people, including women, children, and the elderly, come to the bakery every day and make for bread. people live in poverty price. a loaf of bread used to cost $10.00 f connie's. but now it is 20. 23000000 people face. acute food shows, juice this

u. k. officials to comment on the revelations will let you know what responses given for more on the inquiry head to our website, which also has plenty of stories. we just couldn't fit into our bulletin, including how the u. s. and ukraine voted against the un resolution condemning naziism not just the click away at r t dot com k to the united states were co bids on the rise again. the country's nearing a 150000 daily infections, and president biden has given this warning to millions of vaccine hesitant citizens . prom back to me. we are looking at a winner of severe illness and death, unvaccinated for themselves, for families and the hospitals will soon over. well, well, apart from cove, it concerns people in the u. s. are doing battle with soaring inflation and living costs, all of which is having a pretty negative impact on the popularity of the american leader. here, snail t's nicky, are in a tragic milestone bind and cold it unties right. the number of covey, dest in the u. s. is now about equal to the population of atlanta and st. louis combined. the toll stanza, more than $800000.00,

u. k. adam saying that the u. s. is diplomatic assurances are not work. the paper they're written on. there are several instances of people who were given assurances and who would then, you know, in the us treated up to a very different kind of the other thing they've, the judges have taken a decision on is the fact that he will not be detained on the sounds but sounds enough or session addresses and measures are not the only extreme isolation measures that the u. s. does they use various names for? they said it would be quite a mockery of justice. if we fail, we won't use sound good, we'll use something else and that's what the u. s. is doing. and getting away with we are hearing of course such an assault is out of high risk of suicide, a 175 years behind prison bars is an extraordinary amount of time. what will we see if you're an assigned is extradited to the and i can say, well, it is very clear that julian has the capability and the resourcefulness to be able to commit suicide. but this piece should not, you should not be discussing julian mental health. and julian personality, this case, it's about war crimes, serious war crimes c

u. k. officials to comment on the revelations we let you know what responses given for more on the inquiry head to our website, which also has plenty of stories we just couldn't fit into our bulletin today, including the u. s and ukraine voted against a un resolution condemning naziism that just a click away at r t dot com to the united states were cove aides on the rise. again, the country's nearing a 150 fellers and daily infections and president biden. i was given this warning to millions of vaccine hesitant citizens. prom vaccinated. we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death vaccinated for themselves, their family and hospitals wilson over well. well apart from cove, it concerns people in the us are doing battle with soaring inflation and living costs, all of which is having a pretty negative impact on the popularity of the american leader here. sar. t's nick urine, a tragic milestone bind and cold it. and he's right, the number of cov, a death in the u. s. is now about equal to the population of atlanta. anthony lewis combined. the toll stanza, more than $800000.00, a gri

u. k. officials to comment on the admissions. we'll let you know what response is given for more on the inquiry head to a website, which also has plenty of stories we just couldn't fit into our bulletin, including how the u. s. and ukraine voted against a un resolution condemning naziism that just a click away at r t dot com ah, with cove it on the right again in the united states and other countries to nearing 150000 daily infection. states like at present and biden has given a grim warning to vaccinated americans prime vaccinated. we are looking at a winter of severe illness and vaccinated for themselves, their families and the hospital will soon overwhelm well, the u. s. has now passed another grim milestone $800000.00 cov ed to related debts and it comes with a ton of soaring inflation, living costs as well, all of which is having a pretty negative impact on the popularity of the american leader. as you can see here, sorry, nick yard. a tragic milestone bind and cold it unties right. the number of covey death in the u. s. is now about equal to the population of atlan

given out on tuesday. so that does seem to be a huge increase on previously, and it's that, that the u. k. government really pending its hopes on so the government is doing all it can, at least that's what it says. but this 100000 cases in one day that must be a shock to the people there. what does this search mean for folks in the u. k, with many of them gathering for christmas? i think one of the really big concerns is emergency services as so many things stop shortages, shortages at the moment, people isolating because they have the on the chrome bearing, you're seeing that we had it in the report that in hospitals and just how tired a hospital walk is docs is nice, is all so long into this pandemic now now face with this additional tie, the wave of cases you're seeing, businesses have very, very badly affected. although i said there are no new restrictions on hospitality. for example, people are taking their own choices and deciding that they want to mimic contacts and they run up to christmas. businesses have very, very badly affected. and then of course families around the country a

u. k. one of the things looking like in terms of new york, new year's eve celebrations, given these numbers. well it's, it's very quiet considering this is new year's eve on any normal new year's eve. there's a banquet that i'm standing on at the moment's overlooking the thames will be absolutely round with people by now waiting in anticipation for the clock to strike midnight's at that moment to be a massive fireworks display where the london i behind me being the center piece of it, that's not happening this year. it didn't happen last year either. that was going to be the sort of substitute celebration in trafalgar square. but as the on the chrome wave to cold, that was cancelled as well. no big civic celebration is happening in any part of the u. k. it's all not here nor edinburgh caught a 4 or belfast box. the difference in restrictions across the u. k. means that in england at least, you can still go out and party. you can gather together in pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, whatever. i'm celebrate, if you want. most people though, i think you're taking it easy to stay inside and in othe

u. k is infection rate push 3100000 a day for the 1st time on wednesday. the country isn't tacit. microns clutches yet by any means. reach helen's out 0 london. u. s. health regulations have given the green light to the 1st the anti viral pill to treat cove at 19 americans age 12 and older will be able to take 5 years back slowly the tablet, the friend off the worst effects of the virus studies showed that it reduce the risk of hospitalization and the best among patients with the most severe symptoms by nearly 90 percent or previously authorized drugs against the disease require nivea or an injection while i white house corresponding kimberly. how could join us live now from washington d. c. so what more do we know about the santi viral pill? well, we know that it is going to give a lot of people who are in high risk categories, say for obesity or heart disease. a lot of hope. the secret to this antiviral pill that's been approved under emergency authorization from the food and drug administration is getting it to the patient quickly after diagnosis. that's what is most effective. we understand it's a 5 day course. you take 3 pills a day. i and this is a lot cheaper and very ef

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 vaccines mandatory. we're starting to learn more about all the chrome and the details the so bring a study from imperial college london finds no evidence of omicron having lowest severity than the delta variance. the risk of re infection is 5 times higher than delta, and the variant can evade pri immunity given by previous infection or vaccination. but we do know that serious illness can be averted with a 3rd dose, making this or 1st and vital line of defense. move boca al, jazeera london migration, and violence to the key fact is driving chillies. presidential run off election on sunday if i can do it. jose antonio cast has a very narrow lead in the polls over his left when rival gabriella porridge, the vote that's completely polarized opinion in the south american nation. more than 30 people are now feared dead after typhon ry hit. the philippines on friday rescue ac is, is starting to reach remo

be driven by the sheer numbers and you know, infected given that, you know, we're looking at potentially a 100000 cases in a week's time as the u. k. as essays reporting. how could s, the rise in hospital admissions affect an already exhausted and depleted health care system in which nurses and doctors now have to prepare for another wave? i think it's very, very hard. i mean, the problem is we've approached this crisis with 60000 cases. the day, almost 60000 cases a day and we know that emergency service already struggling and you know, the huge waiting list and emergency. so we cannot actually afford anything on top of this. and now we're being told that even by the end of december or beginning of january, we may be looking at a minimum of $1000.00 to 2000 and daily hospitalizations. and, but this may even exceed previous waived for assumptions are not in the best case scenario. and all of that is really wanting, which means we need preemptive an early action to actually prevents people getting infected, prevents people getting into hospital because we simply don't have the capacity to deal with this anymore. thank you very much

u. k. is vaccine booster program roles on without a pause. this is portsmouth on england, south coast and jobs are being given to people who slipped between the cracks. i know that they're not supposed moth i'm not vaccinated, and we need to get the town vaccinated to be able to go on. the come get back to normal is that particularly the home is a very vulnerable at this time of year. the cold, they sleep rough and they definitely need to be protected from some come by. despite christmas day, the 25th and boxing day, the 26th being holidays jobs are still being given. it's just this sort of public service that boris johnson, friends, health workers and care is for. and his christmas message in those. in the in 8. yes. we're here over christmas, our co workers, everyone involved in the incredible vaccination campaign. those looking after people who have lost loved ones this year, that who would otherwise be on the road? he said been so many words. those getting vaccinated and boosted are doing what jesus would have wanted. getting jobs, not just for themselves for ourselves, but for friends and family and everyone. we meet that after all. is t

given you everything you've asked for. now it's time for you to do the same now the u. k. has reported a record number of daily corona virus cases. since the pandemic began, health officials have confirm more than 10000 infections from the army con variant . people must now show proof, they are double job to enter certain venues. the restrictions were approved by parliament despite dozens of politicians from the routing party, opposing them. prime minister boss johnson has dismissed calls for his resignation . under simmons is following developments in london. as the army cronner rate of infections skyrockets at boris johnson's reputation is diving rapidly. and it's not just at the public health situation that's done that it's a, it's a quite a long story. all of a series of scandals known as sleaze, which is involving a allegations of corruption and also at the bought shop over the parties during last christmas, which apparently have according to many sources, a breached cove in regulations. but during that prime minister's question time, boris johnson was tackled by the