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Than 18 months on espionage charges has begun a hunger strike to protest at his detention conditions benjamin briere, 36, was arrested in iran last may, allegedly while flying a drone and taking photographs in a prohibited area. he denies the accusations. geologists in iceland are warning that a series of tremors near the capital reykjavik could signal that a new volcanic eruption is on the way. thousands of mini quakes have been recorded in recent days — experts say the cause is magma moving ...

Administration rejected proposal for pretests for the holidays. told vanity fair while everyone present shared the same goal of rapid testing as soon as possible the plan could not be implemented at that time. would did not have the capacity to manufacture over-the-counter test in that scale. the problem was two fold the fda had authorized only a handful of different home tests and those had it authorized could not increase manufacturing fast enough. byron? >> yeah, well, you know, the idea of m...

Later than august this year. israel is considering a fourth dose, a second booster, for vulnerable people. the infections have been surging in recent weeks despite the comprehensive vaccination programme. there have been more covid—related flight cancellations, today with more than 2800 flights cancelled around the world. destinations in the united states and china have been the worst hit, with us airlines saying the disruption is due to crews testing positive or isolating. in all, since chris...

Surge depending on the next new variant to impact our lives? >> well, you know, its going to depend on the variant. if the variant is a variant thats highly transmissible like omicron, if its one that invades the immune system like omicron with vaccines not as effective, probably another surge. but that emphasizes the importance of global vaccination. these variants are surging in places where we dont have enough people vaccinated, and it really emphasizes that controlling this pandemic requires...

That is worse among the unvaccinated and is nearly, just as severe, as it was before. theres zero evolutionary pressure on this virus to become less virulent. we must continue to be vigilant, we must continue to reduce our risk of getting a high viral load in a given moment, and that means that we have to reduce our exposure when traveling and when we are in congregate settings for people whose vaccination status is mixed. this is a very serious virus and were not taking it as seriously as we sh...

Idea of mortals into the toolbox to try and treat this virus and the idea is, if you can have appeal they can help treat people before they get to that point of hospitalisation and relieve the pressure on the medical staff that is a huge step forward in the fight against covid at a time when obviously more people are worried about omicron, the surge we are seeing around the world and of course here in the united states about 75% of covid cases are believed to be of the omicron variant. —— pi...

And ppe, like this mask, is a big part of that. masks have become so commonplace that it is easy to forget how the shortage of ppe early in the pandemic caused panic. personal protective equipment for health and care workers is in great demand around the world. the government has been under fire over shortages of ppe. parts of the nhs are still expensive problems getting hold of ppe. - the market went mad. peter smith is an expert in procurement and he watched on as sourcing ppe became the focus...

Earpiece magically started working again, she tried going on the attack against the host. >> who is the real president of this country? joe biden or joe manchin? >> come on, charlemagne. it is joe biden. >> -- >> no, no, no. dont start talking like a republican about asking whether or not he is president. and it is joe biden and im vice president and my name is kamala harris. >> jesse: it is like once black if you dont poke for me. moving past that dumps her fire, she went on cbs where she gave ...

Say the nothings ever truly dead in congress. so you can, i think theres a chance here for something to get done. >> another way of saying that congress is a bunch of zombies. tara, i want to ask you what republicans are up to here. weve seen this before. found its way into the press. i wonder how. are they just trying to sew the seeds of chaos here and create a bunch of dust or do they think they have a chance of getting manchin into the republican fold? >> its clear that mcconnell and the repu...

Masks have become so commonplace that its easy to forget how the shortage of ppe early in the pandemic caused panic. personal protective equipment for health and care workers is in great demand around the world. the government has been under fire over shortages of ppe. parts of the nhs are still experiencing problems . getting hold of ppe. the marketjust went mad. peter smith is an expert in procurement and he watched on as sourcing ppe became the focus. suddenly, we saw demand going up, doublin...