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Deal with staff shortages caused by workers isolating due to covid. that number doubled in london in the week before christmas. i do understand the argument, but as i say, we believe it is the right thing to do at present, to stick with the self—isolation period as it currently is, so that is seven days, and as i say, weve onlyjust made the change to bring it down to ten, so we want to make sure that that is working as we would expect it to be. but that brings us back to lateral flow tests. fo...

Variant tightening its grip on europe and asia, forcing china to take new measures as the beijing winter olympics draw closer. we have the latest from cnn correspondents all around the world. >> reporter: im phil black in essex, england. the uk prime minister boris johnson warned the health system here will face significant pressure in the coming days and weeks. it follows surging, record case numbers over the holiday period. while the omicron variant often results in mild illness, the concern h...

Up there and saying it was not antifa, you know, donald trump is responsible for this. its hard to reconcile if that was the same kevin mccarthy today because he changed his tune so much in part to hold onto power. he believes he cant remain the leader of his party in congress if he did not take this tact. it shows you the grip that donald trump continues to have on the republican party. these guys are so scared of making him upset and making him angry and until that changes, i dont think we are...

Been charged with additional murders. i have three law enforcement officers, two of them on active duty that have brand-new murdered by defendants released on multiple felony bonds. we have got to get a grip on this. our citizens have become collateral damage of this experiment under the guise of criminal justice and bonds reform. its time we say enough is enough. and i think you are starting to see that trend. katie: absolutely enraging. we are grateful to people like you advocating for the vic...

Other situation you would expect the former sitting vice president who came under attack himself to cooperate. this isnt necessarily a normal political situation unfolding now, is it? >> its not. i think one of the really stunning characteristics of the political challenge we face is you have almost an entire republican party that is under the grip of one man. this is not about a conservative ideology. this is not about democracy. its about a party thats been captured by one person and the fear ...

Have got real worries about primary schools that are typically smaller and have smaller staffing numbers as well, so the air filtration units are particularly important there, because facemasks are not required for younger children, and we need those to be delivered quickly. there are about 300,000 classrooms across the school system, and 7000 units coming in, so we know from the c02 monitors that not every class of needs one, which we need to make sure that where they are needed, they are there...

Labour have accused boris johnson of weakness. beyond christmas, families need to be able to plan their own activities, and crucially, business needs to be able to plan for their trading. and the problem with the dither and delay that were seeing from borisjohnson, entirely as a result of wranglings within his own political party, is that that lack of grip is costing the country dear. hogmanay celebrations are off in edinburgh this year, as scotland braces for more restrictions from boxing day. ...

By beating jack lisowski 6frames to1. the number 4 seed was in good form, finishing with a break of 125 to comfortably make it through to the next round. world number one mark selby is currently taking on stephen maguire... and finally, some big transfer news injapan, thats all the sport for now. well have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan continues to worsen since the taliban takeover last august another country is in the grip of a bitterly co...

Though is how high will this go? how high is doj going to be able to climb the ladder and get beyond just the people who physically stormed the capitol and get to the people who were behind this. >> reporter: paula reid, cnn, washington. >> our thanks for that report. a year later donald trumps grip on the gop seems stronger than ever. a member of trumps white house and former republican house member will join us next to discuss the future of the once great party. dove 0% is different. we left...

Over moscows intentions. number four. chinese leader xi jinpings steel grip on power tightened. >> david, how has president xi been able to cement his hold on power for so long? >> it really sets him up as the undisputed supreme ruler for years to come. >> and with this, an ever more assertive china. 2021 saw sophisticated propaganda campaigns to deflect criticism over allegations of human rights abuses in xinjiang. the arrests of pro-democracy activists and former lawmakers in hong kong, as w...