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The us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics —— because of china's record on human rights. china calls the boycott "a pretentious act" and against the spirit of the olympics. there's good news and bad news as the world comes to grips with the spread of the omicron variant. on the one hand, experts say that while its very transmissible, the symptoms are relatively mild. that's eased some fears. the bad news, though, is that many countries are tightening their restrictions on travel and mask—wearing, just ahead of the holiday season. our health correspondent sophie hut...

The world, and that in the uk there was community transmission in multiple regions. we don't yet have a complete picture of whether omicron causes more severe disease, or indeed how it interacts with the vaccines, and so, we can't say for certain at this point whether omicron has the potential to knock us off our road to recovery. and labour responded, calling on ministers to commit to a framework of tighter controls for the future. given the likelihood of new variants, will the government now introduce as a standard response to new variants overseas, introducing stronger border controls, test...

The government also has been making big efforts to encourage more people to get vaccinated. it's now compulsory for civil servants, and they're offering boosters to everyone over the age of 18. all this to protect africa's biggest economy and its largest population. only around 2% of nigerians have been fully vaccinated. the british government says the decision to red—list nigeria was made after 21 people with the omicron variant who travelled to england had come from nigeria. but the nigerian centre for disease control said last week it had only identified three cases of the variant in the ...

In the community. scientists believe omicron could soon become the dominant variant in the uk. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self—isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary told mps omicron had now been reported in 52 countries around the world, and that in the uk, there was community transmission in multiple regions. we don't yet have a complete picture of whethe...

�*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics, because of china's record on human rights. china calls the boycott "a pretentious act" and against the spirit of the olympics. condemnation from across the world as the former elected leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, is given a prison sentence. as omicron continues to spread around the world — confirmation that the covid—19 variant is also being transmitted, within communities —— across the uk. and the bbc�*s 100 women list...