ou omicron variant search. thank you scott omicron variant search. thank you scott for omicron variant search. thank you scott for your omicron variant search. thank you scott for your thoughts i omicron variant search. thankl you scott for your thoughts and analysis and predictions there as well. analysis and predictions there as well. it s been another volatile session on wall street with an early bounce wiped out once fed chiefjerome powell started delivering his comments. let s get an investor s perspective on this these markets in asia are at 15 month flows currently and you can see japan is down over 3% and hong kong nearly 3% lower. look at the price of brent, down nearly 1% but 8960 a barrel. 89.6 a barrel. and to show you all street, we do not have the numbers there, sadly, but they did end the day slightly lower but they were considerably higher prior to jerome powell s press conference, recovering from the falls in the previous days. it has been a choppy week fo
decisive, but the risk is that in the process you will also highlight his party s divisions. iain watson, bbc news, brighton. the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 31,348 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, with another 122 deaths reported that s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while 82.2% are now fully vaccinated. in germany, it s the final day of campaigning ahead of the country s general election tomorrow. angela merkel is stepping aside as chancellor after 16 years in power, and her cdu party is facing a tight race against the social democrats. 0ur correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. a new leader soon but it is also the end of an era.
girl, milly main. the move comes as a separate public inquiry continues to examine the construction of the hospital, which opened in 2015. several tv channels including channel 4 and channel five went off air this evening due to technical problems. channel 4 viewers said their screens froze for about 25 minutes, then briefly returned to normal broadcasting, before freezing again. meanwhile, the welsh language public service broadcaster, s4c, said it was facing issues due to a fire at a distribution centre in london. the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk, show there were 31,348 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, with another 122 deaths reported, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% % of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab,
against their opponents, so we do expect to hear more political attack lines being wheeled out over the next few days. it looks very beautiful there this evening. we are all quite envious of you, jonathan. thank you very much. jonathan blake in brighton. the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk, show there were 31,3a8 new infections recorded in the latest 2a hour period. with another 122 deaths reported, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% of people aged 16 or over have had their firstjab, while 82.2% are now fully vaccinated. a book of condolence has been opened in south london in memory of the 28 year old primary school teacher, sabina nessa, who was attacked and killed a week ago. hundreds of mourners gathered for an emotional candlelit vigil in kidbrooke last night. more than 500 people gathered at pegler square,
24 hour period. with another 122 deaths reported. and that is of people who died within 28 days of the positive test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirst vaccine. 89.6% of people aged 16 or over have had their first vaccine. whilst 82.2% are now fully vaccinated. prince andrew s us lawyers have accepted that he has been served with legal papers alleging that he assaulted virginia giuffre into thousand and one. it follows a dispute over whether the prince had been formally notified of the civil claim against him. virginia giuffre is seeking unspecified damages. prince andrew has consistently denied the allegation. and it is just coming up to 20 minutes past seven. the headlines and queues at petrol stations as the government prepares to announce a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for