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The former england cricket captain michael vaughan says hes �*sorry for all the hurt�* azeem rafiq went through during the yorkshire racism scandal. and the legendary us composer and songwriter stephen sondheim, who was behind some of broadways best known musicals has good afternoon. two cases of the newly identified variant of coronavirus have now been identified here in the united kingdom. the world health organization says early evidence suggests the variant named omicron poses an increas...

Of coronavirus has already arrived within their borders. the world health organization says early evidence suggests the variant named omicron poses an increased re—infection risk. in the netherlands samples from 61 people who tested positive for covid after arriving from south africa are being examined to see if they contain the new strain. and germany and the czech republic say they have suspected cases. our correspondent caroline davies has more. it is all taking... stuck on an aeroplane as ...

Already testing its vaccine effectiveness against the variant. cbs debora patta is going to lead off our coverage tonight from johannesburg. >> reporter: once again, south africa has become ground zero for a new variant. nearly a year ago, it discovered the beta variant. now its detected one that has over 30 mutations, the biggest jump in the virus evolution since the pandemic began. and what concerns scientists is whether the new variant, named omicron, is more transmissible than other strains ...

Samoa hasjust however, the mens match against samoa has just been confirmed as being cancelled because of six cases in the main�*s site. however, the womens match will go ahead. coverage starts at 2pm. thats all the sport for now. you can catch more on all the stories and keep up—to—date with all the latest stories on the bbc sport website. im going to go and gargle some more tx mac to you. bless you, katherine! you are watching bbc news. more now on the growing number of countries, includ...

The civilian response in practice. several senior scientists advising the government have said the vaccine still offers very high protection against other variants and they are still optimistic it will be effective against omicron. if it is a more transmissible variant, travel bans will delay the spread to other countries, it will not stop it completely but it buys time for governments to do vital research, stepped up surveillance and sequencing and make sure more of their population have had bo...