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Nil win in qatar. and a judge in the bahamas denies bill to the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange ftx — sam bankman live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme: china's hospital system is coming under a huge strain as covid—19 spreads quickly again. it follows the government's decision to abandon its zero—covid approach. the situation has become so bad y7hat doctors and nurses who have contracted the virus are being told to turn—up for work because of staff shortages. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. long...

It follows the government's decision to abandon its zero—covid approach. the situation has become so bad that doctors and nurses who have contracted the virus are being told to turn—up for work because of staff shortages. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. long lines have been forming outside beijing's clinics after an explosion of infections, triggered by an end to china's zero—covid approach. hospitals have increased their fever ward capacity, expecting a huge influx of patients. people in this country have been used to going to hospital to treat any illness at all, but now they're...

Of the toughest measures. in the last seven days, china has had its biggest wave of infections since the pandemic began three years ago. with the latest from beijing, here's stephen mcdonnell. long lines have been forming outside beijing's clinics after an explosion of infections triggered by an end to china's zero—covid approach. hospitals have increased their fever ward capacity, expecting a huge influx of patients. people in this country have been used to going to hospital to treat any illness at all, but now they're putting massive pressure on the system. so doctors have taken to social ...

Strategy turning millions into virtual prisoners across the nation. outside beijing, these residents forced to hand over their apartment keys so counity workers can lock tm in from the outside. for those who wrefuse, crews drill holes to chain the doors shut. in the north aen province, no need for a lock. workers installing steel bars to keep people from leaving the building. right now across china, at least 27 cities are under full or partial lockdown. cnn's calculation estimating that directly impacts up to 180 million people -- more than half the u.s.' population. for over two years anyway,...

Will they do the necessary so called as in beijing in 1989, you recall the regime had to call forces from outside beijing because the beijing forces wouldn't fire on those people. so a question for a long time has been what will the cuban military do when the hour comes, when the revolt comes? >> manny, let me ask you, what should the biden administration do? what should congress do at this critical time in the history of cuba? >> well, the president has already done what i think needed to be done, and that is to declare absolute decisive and firm support for the cuban people. you know, make a...