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good evening. welcome to bbc news. we are beginning this hour with the shooting in the danish capital of copenhagen. several people have been killed in the danish capital copenhagen after a shooting at a shopping centre in the city. a 22—year—old man from denmark has been arrested after chaotic scenes at the fields mall in the east of the city. police say there is no indication that other gunmen were present but police cannot rule out terrorism as the motive of the incident. the chief police inspector told journalists at a news briefing just a few minutes ago that several people ...

She is acknowledging that there is another wave at a moment and that it is not finished and she is saying if you look at the numbers, she didn't give a timeframe on this, but there could well be more in hospital with covid than there were back in march. that was the previous peak, around 16,500. it's currently around 9000 in hospital now, so it is warning it could be higher because it is fuelled by these new variants of the variant omicron, which spread more rapidly. it has to be said, if you look at hospital numbers, they are not all by any means people who have gone in primarily because of c...

Joining us now is expert in infectious disease management and senior clinical lecturer at university of exeter medical school, dr bharat pankhania. dr pankhania good to see you. sadly we're still talking about this latest strain of covid. i want we know about it and how it compares to other variants? we know about it and how it compares to other variants?— other variants? we are talking about the ba four and _ other variants? we are talking about the ba four and be _ other variants? we are talking about the ba four and be five _ other variants? we are talking about the ba four and be five va...

Have more of those antibodies, the few that still carry on working are there and then they do theirjob. but i think now because we have had so many variants that drift from wuhan to omicron, we need to reformulate the vaccine and a mirror the vaccine to what is in circulation.— the vaccine to what is in circulation. ., , circulation. so should people feel that if they _ circulation. so should people feel that if they are _ circulation. so should people feel that if they are in _ circulation. so should people feel that if they are in otherwise - circulation. so should people feel that if they...

Is incredibly tough. it's tight and it's very pressurised. but we are responding on a day—by—day basis. it takes a lot of commitment and a lot of energy and a lot of responsiveness and understanding from our staff. let's get started. first thing next morning, will there be enough beds for operations to go ahead? it is that flow through that is looking like the biggest challenge. we've got a number of discharges already. omicron is starting to cause problems with staff here going off sick or self—isolating. is there an issue with anaesthesia for the cardiac list at the moment? there is a ...