Biden involves military doctors to help fight surge in Covid cases
His administration is facing a barrage of lawsuits as it seeks employees are vaccinated.
The US President Joe Biden tells Americans it is their patriotic duty to get vaccinated to help fight off the Omicron wave - and announces a range of measures from the government too. We'll assess the approach with a Pullitzer Prize-winning science writer.
And we'll hear about the effects of the Omicron surge in Europe too.
Dozens are missing after a landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar - we'll speak to a journalist who is following the story closely.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia won't back down in the standoff over Ukraine. We'll get a contemporary and historical perspective from one of the leading historians of the end of the Cold War - and she has some startling conclusions on the motivations of the Russian leader.
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