laura, in a very windy brighton, thank you. the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk, show there were nearly 38,000 new infections recorded in the latest 2a hour period. that means in the past week, there was an average of 34,500 new cases per day. another a0 deaths have been recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test, taking the average number per day in the last week, to 137. 0n vaccinations, wales did not release its latest vaccination data today but for the rest of the uk, now over 89.5% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while nearly 82.5% are now double vaccinated. following the general election over the weekend, germany's social democratic party says it has a mandate to form a government. with 26% of the vote, 0laf scholtz aims to create a coalition with the greens and liberals before christmas. but even that deadline might be overly optimistic as mrs merkel�*s christian democrat party now led by her successor is determined to fight