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this is bbc world news, the headlines russia has launched another barrage of missiles at cities across ukraine. the mayor of kyiv has said that one person has been killed and 11 people have been taken to hospital in the capital kyiv. the former pope, benedict the sixteenth, has died at the age of 95. he led the catholic church for nearly eight years until he resigned in 2013. his body will lie in state in st peter s basilica from monday. the world health organisation has said that chinese officials must share more real time information on covid in the country, as infections surge. england has become the latest country to control arrivals from china. celebrations have begun to mark the start of twenty twenty three with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. large public fireworks events have returned in many major cities across the world for first time after the covid pandemic. you are watching bbc news. it s time for review 2022 , in a year ....
the new head of the trades union congress blames the government for refusing to negotiate over pay. haaland strikes again to help manchester city rise to second in the league. the norweigen scored twice against the team he supports, as city overcame a stubborn leeds. good morning. some rain across north east scotland clearing in the next few hours and then for all of us, it s going to be bright spells of sunshine and showers. more sunshine than yesterday, but still windy. i will have all the details later in the programme. it s thursday 29th december. our main story. the government says it has no plans to introduce covid testing for travellers arriving into the uk from china, after authorities there allowed people to travel freely for the first time in three years. the united states, italy, japan and india have all imposed mandatory testing on arrivals from china, where covid rates are soaring, although beijing insists the situation is under control. simonjones reports. china ....
spinning toward the west coast of florida this morning. bringing with it life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding. we ll have a live report from tampa in just a moment. and also ahead, a former d.c. metro police officer does not hold back at a sentencing for a capitol rioter. plus, we ll dig into new data that suggests significant covid waves could be coming this fall and winter. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we re going to begin in florida where millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as the powerful storm barrels towards the state intensifying every hour. the storm is expected to make landfall on the southwest coast of florida, as early as this afternoon. just moments ago, it reached the status of category 4 hurricane. the center of the storm is then forecast to move over the central part of the state, with winds lik ....
our correspondent dominic hughes looks back now on some of the biggest challenges faced this year by the uk s health services. was 2022 of the year we finally learned to live with covid? at the start of the year, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant, the virus still had us in its clutches. even as the new year s eve fireworks faded into the night, an estimated one in every 15 people in the uk would have tested positive for covid. it s because of the threat from omicron that i announced on wednesday that we would move to plan b in england. you must wear a face covering in indoor public spaces, and from tomorrow, work from home if you can. faced with a huge number of infections, in early december of 2021, the government had already been forced to introduce what it called its plan b measures facemasks, compulsory covid passes and working from home. in just a few days in the new year, a grim milestone. the uk reached 150,000 covid related deaths. to picture 150 ....
barr, who did much of donald trump s bidding during the russia investigation, defends the fbi decision to seize classified documents from the former president s florida estate. this as we learn more about what was found in the search, including dozens of empty folders marked classified. plus, the former president sharpens his attacks against federal law enforcement, calling the fbi and doj, quote, vicious monsters, while warning of unprecedented backlash. how will his supporters interpret that? and president biden hits the campaign trail this labor day, visiting two key battleground states, pennsylvania and wisconsin, both union strongholds. we ll have a preview of his holiday campaign events. good morning. it is monday, september 5th. welcome to a special labor day edition of morning joe. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your holiday with us. we now have a clearer account of what the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home in p ....