While the prime minister hopes England can "ride out" the Omicron wave of coronavirus without introducing further restrictions, all measures remain under review. Boris Johnson has acknowledged that parts of the NHS would feel "temporarily overwhelmed" but he’ll be urging his cabinet in a meeting later to back his decision to continue with its Plan B strategy. Meanwhile, the travel industry is calling for all remaining restrictions on travellers to be removed. Airlines say passenger testing is having no real impact, and compulsory tests for UK arrivals and departures had held back the sector's recovery. This latest review comes a day after it emerged UK Covid cases passed the 200,000 mark for the first time. In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to give an update to Holyrood later as cases continue to rise sharply. The government’s been urged to cut isolation days from 10 days to seven in line with other parts of the UK.
Elsewhere as Omicron continues to grip the world, India’s capital Delhi has announced a weekend curfew to try to tackle the variant. All non-essential activity is banned between Friday night and Monday morning, our Delhi bureau reports, and this comes on top of restrictions introduced last week. The US has recorded more than a million new Covid cases with the peak still to come, officials say. Many hospital admissions and deaths from Covid are among the unvaccinated, President Joe Biden reiterates, along with the fact that there are enough jabs for eligible citizens. Since then it's emerged a school teacher in New York with no formal medical qualification has been arrested for allegedly giving a Covid vaccine to a student. Focus on the vaccine continues in France as President Emmanuel Macron puts pressure on unvaccinated citizens. He said he really wants to "hassle" people who aren’t jabbed - comments of which are not worthy of a president, according to his political opponents. And in Australia there’s been an angry backlash over tennis star Novak Djokovic’s exemption from vaccination rules. The defending champion hasn’t been given special treatment, organisers say, but despite that there’s been criticism directed towards officials, politicians and Djokovic himself.

Days after North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un said Pyongyang would continue to strengthen its defence capabilities due to an increasingly unstable military environment in the area, a potential missile appears to have been launched. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says an unidentified projectile - which could be a ballistic missile - has been fired into the sea. Ballistic missiles can carry powerful payloads, have a longer range than cruise missiles and can fly faster. According to reports, the projectile travelled about 500 km (310 miles). The latest launch is "very regrettable", says Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. But there’s been no confirmation yet of whether it was a ballistic missile.

It’s been the most popular car sold in the US for 90 years but its reign has come to an end. General Motors, or GM, has been in the top spot since 1931 but sales fell by 13% due to the shortage of semiconductors, which have been affecting the car industry during the pandemic. Japanese car company Toyota has taken pole position, selling more than 2.3 million vehicles last year - up 10%. But overall car buying remains depressed compared to their pre-pandemic levels, however GM’s vowed to bounce back, with spokesman Jim Cain saying: "I wouldn't rush out if I were (Toyota) and get a 'We're No 1' tattoo".

The prime minister’s plan to "ride out" the Omicron wave of coronavirus leads several newspapers including the Sun, the Daily Express and the Times this morning. Papers such as the Guardian, the Mirror and the Daily Telegraph also focus on Covid but report on other stories relating to the virus. Boris Johnson admits the NHS could be overwhelmed in the coming weeks, the Guardian says. The Mirror reports some ambulance trusts are asking patients with chest pain to "get (a) lift to A&E" due to pressures on staffing as a result of Omicron. Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph looks at a story about plans for testing rules "to be relaxed to solve staff shortages". Read the newspaper review in full here.

At first glance you might think this video is of the world-famous Grand Canyon in the US but two ancient temples and a 12th Century fort will probably be a giveaway that it’s not. It’s a lesser known gorge dubbed the Grand Canyon of India and it’s becoming popular with tourists. Take a look.
This next destination might bring back memories for anyone who has travelled to Thailand and has ended up at Bangkok Hua Lamphong station. Most rail services are closing, marking the end of an era but before that happens Joe Cummings, author of Lonely Planet's Thailand guide, explains why so many people have fallen in love with the place. Find out more here.
And you’re probably more used to seeing red buses around London but there used to be a fleet that carried passengers across the Midlands. Although it’s 40 years since they were last on the road, there’s a transport museum trying to keep their memory alive. Read more here.

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