President ial election. The incumbent, Yoweri Museveni says hes confident of victory his main challenger bobi wine warns him no to steal the election. Scottish patient and demand compensation after importers refused to accept deliveries due to border delays caused by brexit. We begin in france, where authorities have Just Announced they will extend an overnight curfew to the whole country from saturday. Prime Ministerjean Castex says the curfew will also start two hours earlier at 6 pm instead of 8 pm for at least 15 days to better combat the spread of the coronavirus. The new rules mean that a 12 hour curfew, running from 6pm to 6am, will be in place across the country from saturday. From monday all travellers from outside the eu will have to show a negative covid test and self isolate for a week ani the restrictions come as the covid 19 death toll in france nears 70,000 people lets go live to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. 6pm curfew, doesnt get more than that . ,. , ~ , tha
Evidence that britains coronavirus epidemic is spreading again as the uk records its highest daily number of new cases since the middle of may. Government data shows the r number which measures how many people each patient infects has moved above 1 for the First Time Since march. But deaths and hospital admissions remain low. It comes as new local lockdown measures are announced. More than 1. 5 Million People in birmingham, sandwell and solihull are told they can no longer socialise with other households after a sharp rise in cases there. Its going to be very difficult for families, you know. I could understand that they have to try and curb it, but its going to be a very hard thing. Hairdressers helped the uk economy bounce back injuly it grew by 6. 6 but its still a long way off pre pandemic levels. And a big weekend for newly promoted leeds as they prepare for their first appearance back in the premier league for 16 years. And coming up on bbc News Australia fight back after an earl
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authorities cope with rising case numbers. in france the prime ministerjean castex said omicron was spreading there at lightening speed. in a bid to counter the threat, france has introduced travel restrictions and banned large public holiday parties. in the united states, the number of people with the virus continues to surge. new york state reported its highest daily number of coronavirus infections with more than 21 thousand new cases in a single day. and in asia, tough new coronavirus rules have taken effect in south korea. bars, night clubs and cinemas are now subject to a night time curfew. we ll get more on the global picture in a moment, first here s the latest on the uk situation from our health correspondent, katharine da costa. there s no time to lose
countries are rapidly introducing new measures to try to slow the spread of the omicron variant. ireland has announced new restrictions, ordering bars and restaurants to close from early on sunday. the moves were introduced despite opposition from a number of lawmakers in the parties of the governing coalition. denmark has also reported new cases at record levels. the government there is closing cinemas, theatres and concert halls, and restricting the opening hours of restaurants. the french prime ministerjean castex has warned the omicron variant will become dominant in the country early next year. france has mobilised the army to help with vaccinations, has banned big public parties at new year, and new travel restrictions on people coming from the uk are due to come into force in a few hours time. with health care systems across europe now starting to come under strain, the president of the european commission says vaccination is the key to fighting omicron. we know that our health