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george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshireool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: just good? no — fantastic! that's better! big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the tributes are flowing for archbishop desmond tutu, who has died at the age of 90. the nobel laureate was a veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid. the israeli government has approved a plan to double the number of settlers in the golan heights, regarded by much of the world as occupied territory. the bodies of 16 iraqi kurds who drowned when their inflatable boat sank last month in the channel while trying to reach england have been returned to iraq and buried in irbil. at least 30 died in the incident. according to the un, migrant deaths have continued to rise in 2021, reaching 4,470, but the organisation warned the final toll is likely to be much higher. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. wailing and screaming. a community in mourning, clutching a coffin carrying one of thei

george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed i at his oxfordshireice on suspicion - of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse. maxwell faces the rest of her life behind bars for procuring girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. the world health organization has warned the combination of delta and omicron variants is driving a dangerous surge of covid—i9 infections. it's putting health systems under pressure around the globe and comes as revellers are asked to be cautious ahead of the new year celebrations. tanya dendrinos reports. another day, another list of countries with record—breaking covid figures. right now, delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers, which again is leading to spikes in hospitalisations and deaths. i am highly concerned that omicr

george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed - at his oxfordshirerviewed by police on suspicion - of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse. the world health organization has warned the combination of delta and omicron variants is driving a dangerous surge of covid—i9 infections. it's putting health systems under pressure around the globe and comes as revellers are asked to be cautious ahead of the new year celebrations. tanya dendrinos reports. another day, another list of countries with record—breaking covid figures. right now, delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers, which again is leading to spikes in hospitalisations and deaths. i am highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. that tsunam

george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed - at his oxfordshireon suspicion - of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news. our top story: protests in moscow after russia's supreme court decides to close memorial international, the country's most prominent rights organisation. china has issued a complaint about the us tech entrepreneur, elon musk, over his activities in space. beijing says that there have been two near misses between its new orbiting space station and satellites launched by mr musk�*s companies. the chinese have raised the issue with the un's space agency. here'sjonathan mcdowell, an astrophysicist at the harvard—smithsonian center for astrophysics. under the outer space treaty of 1967, anything that a private company does in space is sort of the responsibility of the un member state that licensed it to go up in the first place. and so there is a governmental role here. so the question is — is the us correctly regulating what spacex is doing? i think there is...

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... protests in moscow — after russia's supreme court decides to close memorial international, the country's most prominent rights organisation. new covid cases in england and wales hit record highs — the british government says it will keep under close review its decision not to impose further curbs. as the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan deepens this winter, many families are turning to their children to try to make ends meet — by sending them out to earn money on the streets. 0ur correspondent, secunder kermani and camera journalist, malik mudassir, sent this report from kabul. wherever you go in this city, you see children working. wafting incense into cars. picking through rubbish. even when billions were pouring into this country, many children had to help provide for theirfamilies. now amidst an ec

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshireis being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? - no, fantastic. that's better. j this is bbc news, the latest headlines. america's leading health body halves the isolation period for patients with asymptomatic covid, from ten days to five. france gets tougher on covid restrictions, with working from home becoming compulsory, as infection rates exceed 100,000 a day. there's a growing political standoff in somalia between the president and prime minister. president mohamed abdullahi farmaajo says he has suspended the prime minister, accusing him of corruption over a land grab case. the prime minister, mohamed hussein roble says the president is attempting an informal coup. bella shegow has sent this report from mogadishu. the power struggle between the two leaders took a new turn today when early this morning vehicles from the presidential palace blocked roads close to the prime minister's residence, forcing the prime minister to get to h

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshireverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? - no, fantastic. that's better. j big ben bongs. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. america's leading health body halves the isolation period for patients with asymptomatic covid, from ten days to five. france gets tougher on covid restrictions, with working from home becoming compulsory, as infection rates exceed 100,000 a day. the captain and first officer of a ship that caused an environmental disaster in mauritius have been sentenced to 20 months in prison. both men were found guilty last week of endangering safe navigation. sylvia lennan—spence reports. these were once clear waters, pristine beaches, but all of this was contaminated by thick, black oil, leaking from this ship, the mv wakashio, a japanese owned vessel that was sailing from singapore to brazil, when it ran aground injuly, 2020. the freighter spilt more than 1000 tonnes of fuel, releasing a toxic tide that da

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshirem liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? - no, fantastic. that's better. j big ben bongs. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. america's leading health body halves the isolation period for patients with asymptomatic covid — from ten days to five. france gets tougher on covid restrictions — with working from home becoming compulsory, as infection rates exceed 100,000 a day. tributes have paid to e0 wilson one of the world's leading naturalists and conservationists, who's died aged 92. wilson was an award—winning biologist and professor at harvard and duke universities and earned the nickname of the natural heir to charles darwin. let's remember his legacy with close friend steven pinker, cognitive scientist at harvard university. thank you very much for your time. that's quite a title to carry around, the natural heir to darwin. what made him so special? he to darwin. what made him so secial? . , to darwin. wha

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshireed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... no new covid restrictions are to be introduced in england before the new year, despite a record number of cases on christmas day. america's leading health body has halved the recommended isolation period for asymptomatic americans with covid—19 — from ten days to five. the cost of global shipping has risen dramatically this year, as supply chains around the world battle with the impact of the covid pandemic. it's led to frustrating delays for businesses struggling to meet consumer demand, but also to tens of billions of pounds of profits for shipping companies. our global trade correspondent chris morris reports. on a misty morning in leeds just before christmas, at long last, a container arrives, all the way from china. cheering. this family—run business develops and designs fun gifts, and this is the busiest time of year. 90% of their

valerie is 32 weeks pregnant and had her booster in oxfordshire on monday, but it meant a long queue.or one and a half hours in a queue, which is painful because i have pelvic pain which makes it hard to stand or to walk. in addition, i was very nervous, as was everyone there in the queue. everyone is nervous because they thought the boosters might run out because it was a walk—in clinic. the prime minister was again banging the booster drum at a vaccination centre in kent. he urged the public to be careful when mixing with others this christmas. we do not want to make your choices for you about your social life, we are not closing things, but what we are saying people will understandably not want _ people will understandably not want to — people will understandably not want to catch covid now or even _ want to catch covid now or even the _ want to catch covid now or ever. the best thing to do is exercise _ ever. the best thing to do is exercise caution, that's what we are — exercise caution, that's what we are saying. and the queen is leading by example, cancelling a pre—christmas lu

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshirettempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is bbc news, our main headline... president biden has again told russia's president putin that the us will "respond decisively" if russia invades ukraine. let's stay with that story now. ivo daalder, former us ambassador to nato, who is now president of the chicago council, here's what he thinks president biden is likely to have said to his russian counterpart. well, i would assume that the key messages are two, one, if you do anything that a militarily, continue to engage in escalation and even invade further into ukraine, there is going to be serious consequences. there will be sanctions that will be agreed to by the european union, by the uk, by the us, that are the uk, by the us, thatare far in the uk, by the us, that are far in excess of what was imposed in 2014 when vladimir putin first invaded ukraine. secondly, it will mean a significant plus up of military and other assistance to the ukraine so

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering - in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshireverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicionj of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: america's leading health body halves the isolation period for patients with asymptomatic covid, from ten days to five. france gets tougher on covid restrictions, with working from home becoming compulsory, as infection rates exceed 100,000 a day. the us has said the attempted suspension of somali prime minister mohammed hussein roble was alarming, and it supports his efforts for rapid and credible elections in somalia. on monday, president mohamed abdullahi farmajo suspended the prime minister. but, mohamed hussein roble refused to step aside, and accused the head of state of trying to stage a coup. the president's term officially ended in february but was extended because of disagreements about how to choose a successoi’. mark fathi massoud is a law professor and a scholar of religion and law in s

george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed - at his oxfordshirewed by police on suspicion - of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: protests in moscow after russia's supreme court decides to close memorial international, the country's most prominent rights organisation. the us and a number of european countries have seen record high numbers of infections in the last 24 hours with the 0micron driving a huge surge in cases. china has issued a complaint about the us tech entrepreneur, elon musk, over his activities in space. beijing says that there have been two near misses between its new orbiting space station, and satellites launched by mr musk�*s companies. the chinese have raised the issue with the un's space agency, although the incidents have not yet been independently verified. former nasa astronaut leroy chiao gave me his analysis of the situation. there are certainly a number of satellites up there and now that we have seen the proliferation of

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshirel is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it wasjust good? no — fantastic! that's better! big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines. the tributes are flowing for archbishop desmond tutu, who has died at the age of 90. the nobel laureate was a veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid. the israeli government has approved a plan to double the number of settlers in the golan heights, regarded by much of the world as occupied territory. a covid vaccine mandate for all private companies comes into force in new york city on monday. the measure, which is the first in the us, applies to about 184,000 businesses. there is no weekly testing option. children between the ages of five and 11 are required to show proof of vaccination to access indoor dining, as well as fitness and entertainment venues. it is quite a step. let's bring in dr danielle ompad, associate professor of epidemiology at the new york university's sch

george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed - at his oxfordshire is being interviewed by police on suspicion - of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: protests in moscow — after russia's supreme court decides to close memorial international, the country's most prominent rights organisation. france and the us hit record high numbers of infections — with the 0micron driving a huge surge in cases in both countries. the leader of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, has met the israeli defense minister benny gantz in israeli territory. it's thought to be his first visit to israel in more than a decade. a senior palestinian official said that during the 2 and a half hour meeting they'd discussed the importance of creating a climate that could lead to a political solution to the israeli—palestinian conflict. professor david makovsky is the director of the project on arab—israel relations at the washington insitute. i asked him why the meeting is taking p

justin rowlatt, bbc news, oxfordshire.ing britain's lewis hamilton, but controversy is still raging over yesterday's final race of the season in abu dhabi. hamilton's mercedes team have had two protests against the result rejected, but now they're considering a formal appeal to the governing body's international court of appeal. from abu dhabi, natalie pirks reports. the hug that said, we did. at the centre of a media scrum, max verstappen and his team could finally enjoy his first world title. these two drivers have been titans this year, they have pushed each other to probably heights they didn't know they had and it has been a great competition, a great fight throughout the year.— a great competition, a great fight throughout the year. lewis hamilton had been sailing _ throughout the year. lewis hamilton had been sailing serenely _ throughout the year. lewis hamilton had been sailing serenely to - throughout the year. lewis hamilton had been sailing serenely to his - had been sailing serenely to his eighth title but, wi

george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering - in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshiren suspicionj of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: protests in moscow, after russia's supreme court decides to close memorial international, the country's most prominent rights organisation. the us and a number of european countries have seen record high numbers of infections in the last 24 hours, with the omicron driving a huge surge in cases. china has issued a complaint about the us tech entrepreneur, elon musk, over his activities in space. beijing says that there have been two near misses between its new orbiting space station, and satellites launched by mr musk�*s companies. the chinese have raised the issue with the un's space agency, although the incidents have not yet been independently verified. former nasa astronaut leroy chiao gave me his analysis of the situation. there are certainly a number of satellites up there and now that we have seen the proliferation of what we

valerie is 32 weeks pregnant and had her booster in oxfordshire on monday, but it meant a long queue. girdle pain, which makes it hard to stand or to walk. in addition, i was very nervous, as was everyone there in the queue. everyone is nervous because they thought the boosters might run out because this was a walk—in clinic. the prime minister was again banging the booster drum at a vaccination centre in kent. he urged the public to be careful when mixing with others this christmas. we're not closing things down, we're not asking people to cancel things, but what we are saying is that people will understandably not want to catch covid in the next few days, or ever, and the sensible thing to do is to get boosted now and exercise caution, that's what we're saying. and the queen is leading by example, cancelling a pre—christmas lunch for extended family due to take place at windsor castle. fergus walsh, bbc news. in the last few hours, president biden warned that omicron is starting to spread much more rapidly in the united states and urged americans to get vaccinated. due to the steps

george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed - at his oxfordshire police on suspicion - of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president biden has again told russia's president putin that the us will "respond decisively" if russia invades ukraine. after ghislaine maxwell is found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein, a key witness says she hopes it will bring some solace to other survivors. wildfires in the american state of colorado have destroyed hundreds of homes and prompted the evacuation of 30,000 people in two towns north of denver. the national weather service described it as a life—threatening situation and ordered the residents of louisville and superior to leave. six people have been treated in hospital for injuries. i'm joined now by meterologist christina sanjuan. what is the situation right now in colorado?— what is the situation right now in colorado? the latest update from officials, _ in colorado? the latest

justin rowlatt, bbc news, oxfordshire.nbc dropped the show after a backlash over the organisations alleged lack of diversity. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson gave us some background to the row: we can go back to february this year. it emerged that over 87 people who vote for the golden globes, the hollywood foreign press association, not one of them was black and not one black person had voted in the golden globes for almost two decades. the response was immediate. the time's up movement called for a boycott of the golden globes. 100 publicists said they would not let their clients do any interviews with members of the hollywood foreign press. then, the big one — nbc, who have the rights to the event. you can remember ricky gervais and tina fey hosting this awards show, they said they would not televise the awards in 2022. tom cruise handed back the three awards he'd won for the likes of magnolia. today, there was real interest to see what would happen with the nominations — would any stars want to be associ

justin rowlatt, bbc news, oxfordshire. what is the metaverse?capital seoul is looking to enter this digital universe. and as our asia business correspondent mariko oi reports, private sectors there are already at the forefront. imagine soul in the matter verse their swagger digital self can shop, eat, meet up with friends in the digital version of the city. the seoul government has invested $35 billion into making it a reality. translation:— billion into making it a reality. translation: , ., ., ., ., translation: instead of having to visit a city hall _ translation: instead of having to visit a city hall and _ translation: instead of having to visit a city hall and ai _ translation: instead of having to visit a city hall and ai public- visit a city hall and ai public service will help residents and people can ask questions in the real world and solve problems. it can enjoy festivals without worrying about covid—19. enjoy festivals without worrying about covid-19.— about covid-19. some of this is already happening. _ about covid-19. some of this

as we have got in this picture in oxfordshire. as naga said, it is a beautiful picture.. behind it there will be clear skies, there will also be some patchy mist and fog. a mild night across many areas for the time of the year. it is still cold across the north, with the risk of ice. we could see some frost. i will bring you the christmas forecast the risk of ice. we could see some frost. i will bring you the christmas forecast a the risk of ice. we could see some frost. i will bring you the christmas forecast a wee the risk of ice. we could see some frost. i will bring you the christmas forecast a wee bit the risk of ice. we could see some frost. i will bring you the christmas forecast a wee bit later. carol, thank you. many of us will be looking forward to enjoying christmas in the company of friends and family, but for some, a roof over their head, and a warm bed is all they ask for. for the next two weeks, the homeless charity crisis has booked out a number of hotels in london for those who would otherwise be spending the festive period on the streets. our reporter d

in oxfordshire alone, there are currently 520 job vacancies advertised in the nhs which gives you an people per week is very challenging. what per week is very challenging. what are ou per week is very challenging. what are you hearing — per week is very challenging. what are you hearing from _ per week is very challenging. what are you hearing from patients? how concerned are they when they call you about the new variant? people are concerned. _ you about the new variant? people are concerned. i _ you about the new variant? people are concerned. i would _ you about the new variant? people are concerned. i would say - you about the new variant? people are concerned. i would say the - you about the new variant? people are concerned. i would say the one think i am hearing, people understandably have been holding out may be to see family members who are abroad, at christmas, people who are due to travel and feeling anxious about whether that will happen. people have started asking questions as to whether their plan should continue or whether they should start being very careful again. a