those who don t get vaccinated will face stiff fines and risk losing their salaries until they actually get the shot. germany is tightening its rules for the vaccinated, requiring that they show negative covid test results before entering bars, restaurants, cafes and other public venues. the only people exempted from these new rules are those who have received the booster. the british government is taking a softer approach. it isn t introducing any new anti-covid-19 measures, but it is having to deploy 200 members of the british military to london hospitals to help staff, many of whom have fallen ill with covid-19. reporter: in new delhi, and the health ministry has reported over 100 news now new cays of covid-19 friday, the highest since june last year.
six million people were waiting for planned operations and procedures in november. england s isolation period for coronavirus is reduced to five full days, if there are two negative covid test results on days five and six. vaccinated uk travellers will be allowed back to france from tomorrow as the government in paris relaxes restrictions. a rare interference alert is issued by mi5 to parliamentary offices. it warns of political interference activities on behalf of the chinese communist party. a former syrian colonel is found guilty of the torture of thousands of people at a prison in damascus during syria s civil war. the scale of our river pollution. mps call for a step change in efforts to clean up rivers in england.
today at 6, confusion over when the civil service report into lockdown parties at downing street will be published. there s police concern sue gray s findings could affect their own inquiry. labour says the controversy over what borisjohnson knew must be quickly resolved. he has paralysed government, so the sooner we get both the full report and the investigation completed the better. the prime minister s position, the government s position, is that what is given to him by sue gray is what will be published, and i think that s absolutely right and sensible. how could the gray report affect the police investigation? we ll take a look. also on the programme: ukranian troops prepare for a possible russian invasion, with help, from the british military. the bbc has found an inconsistency in the covid test results
today at 6, confusion over when the civil service report into lockdown parties at downing street will be published. there s police concern sue gray s findings could affect their own inquiry. labour says the controversy over what borisjohnson knew must be quickly resolved. he has paralysed government, so the sooner we get both the full report and the investigation completed the better. the prime minister s position, the government s position, is that what is given to him by sue gray is what will be published, and i think that s absolutely right and sensible. how could the gray report affect the police investigation? we ll take a look. also on the programme: ukranian troops prepare for a possible russian invasion, with help, from the british military. the bbc has found an inconsistency in the covid test results
the bbc has found an inconsistency in the covid test results of novak djokovic, used to enter australia earlier this month. and wejoin team gb s cross country skiers ahead of next week s winter olympics in beijing. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, tyson fury is going to have to wait for his world heavyweight unification fight. next up will be fellow brit, mandatory challenger dillian whyte. good evening. it s understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, who s been investigating lockdown parties at downing street, is expected to deliver her final report to boris johnson shortly. the exact timing, however, is still unclear. there had been speculation that the report might be delayed because of a metropolitan police