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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the next few weeks will be challenging, as Covid19 case rates continue to rise. Mr Johnson said with evidence that the Omicron variant may be less severe and fewer people needing intensive care in hospital there is a chance to 'ride out this Omicron wave'. But he also urged those who had not yet been vaccinated to get a jab - amid record numbers of daily infections.
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A judge in New York has heard arguments on whether a civil case against Prince Andrew should be dismissed.
The Duke of York is accused of sexually assaulting Virgina Giuffre when she was a teenager. A charge he denies.
William Denselow reports from New York.
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The United States recorded more than one million new Covid cases in a single day on Monday….that is a global 24-hour record.
President Biden is meeting members of his Covid-19 response team at the White House, with the latest data showing more than 103 thousand people are in hospitals in the US needing treatment for Covid.
More than 6 thousand of them are in Illinois, where JB Pritzker is the state's governor.
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The United States has recorded more than one million new Covid cases in a single day.
That’s according to the latest data released by Johns Hopkins University, as public health officials warn the Omicron surge has yet to peak in the US, and the worst is still to come.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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Thousands of motorists have spent more than 11 hours stranded on a major highway just south of Washington DC after snow on the roads turned to ice when evening temperatures fell.
Interstate 95 in Virginia was brought to a standstill in four separate locations.
Motorists say they were given no information about rescue efforts, nor provided any indication by local authorities about how long they might be stranded.
Among those stuck in their cars, NBC reporter Josh Lederman.
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OUT: "…in more than six hours"
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Toyota Motor Corporation is planning to launch its own operating system, according to Japanese media. The software will be capable of handling both basic and advanced operations, as the automaker vies to compete with rivals Tesla and Volkswagen.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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A confidential 2009 agreement between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, the woman accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, has been released by a court in New York.
It shows Ms. Giuffre secured half-a-million dollars in compensation from Mr. Epstein, but also agreed to take no legal action against "other potential defendants".
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The new Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is defending his decision to re-open public schools there today amid reports that staff shortages are so widespread, that gyms are being turned into mass classrooms.
He spoke outside a school in the Bronx where he was on hand to welcome pupils this morning.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has again indicated there are no plans to tighten Covid-19 restrictions in England, even as he says a rising tide of hospitalizations is putting the country's National Health Service under growing pressure.
He told reporters it would be "folly" to think the pandemic is over….again urged people to get boosters.
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All secondary school pupils in England are to be tested for Covid-19 before schools reopen later this month.