syrians only a minority have safe to return home around 2000000 of them remain in what's called greater italy where all of orchards have turned into pasted a group of cities hundreds of thousands remain forcibly disappeared mostly in regime prisons where now with girls that conditions are even worse and covered deaths and the strain it has put on hospitals is reminiscent of the days of the bombing refugees are now days learning of the deaths of their parents without having seen them in many years so what is it urgently mediate right now in syria. what soldier what as what's or gently needed in syria like many other places that are ignored is a tension i think that wars think when you have a humanitarian crisis and this scale is that betsy and not being at tension an end of the crisis because we can have bandaids for refugees and for the displays and sending for the and there but unless we have the political will and the major or especially the united states specially with the by then administration and the u.n. to end the crisis politically then we will continue to face and see horrible pictu

there seems to be greater pressure on unicredit to focus more of its growth in italy.he names are italian. that don't have the breath and depth and experience that mustie r brought to unicredit, from outside the inner circle. i think there is a concern investors could have. given the pressures on unicredit to take over. they're worried now will be whoever succeeds mustier perhaps will not get as good terms as he was trying to clinch in taking over. basically paying for a lot of the integration costs and any capital shortfalls. the concern will be unicredit will take it over on worse terms. francine: very quickly, but did you make of the possible appointment of the deloitte chief executive? elisa: they now have the swiss ceo, which they didn't have for many years. to openbles them to go the search for a chairman outside switzerland. seeing more international experience, more institutional experience and contacts that will probably complement very nicely. francine: thank you very much. specializes in banks for bloomberg opinion. coming up, a tough year to take over. we w

they're targeting six countries, italy, germany, czech republic, greater europe and taiwan.ese attacks that were uncovered targeting specifically the uk, astrazeneca and the oxford university vaccine development. in that case they were sending out linked in messages trying to get access to the information in the servers. so obviously vaccines are in high demand around the world, even from nefarious, from nefarious ways trying to access the type of date takes not trying to get the vac seen for themselves. it is just being nasty and disrupting the -- susan: no, trying to get access to the information. stuart: they want it themselves. susan: develop it. so they can bring it back home to their own country. stuart: not just disruptive? susan: no. stuart: it is nasty. thank you, susan. we're following a revolt against lockdowns. florida governor ron desantis says they do not work. he said it again. watch this. >> a lot of these lockdowns have been very ineffective. they have huge negative consequences and in my view that everybody's essential. who is government to say that your jo

italy, peppers from spain. we are all right for now, but the longer this goes on, the greater the risk. league legend kevin sinfield adds his voice to calls for more research into concussion. he says it's important not to make assumptions about the links between rugby league and brain injuries. good morning, another cloudy day in the south with rain at times but still mild. in the north, colder, more sunshine, and showers. i will have the details in about ten minutes. it's tuesday, 22nd december. our top story. the government's chief scientific adviser has warned that tougher restrictions are likely to be needed in more areas of england, to control the new variant of coronavirus. sir patrick vallance said further measures may be required to counter a likely increase in cases as a result of christmas mixing. mr vallance says the more infectious form of the virus needs to be taken very seriously, as jon donnison reports. in london and the south east, around 17 million people are already living under the tightest tier 4 restrictions. but now a warning from the government's chief scientific