i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.with the world. i have asked my middle east team to ensure our support us congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is stripped of high—profile posts — following several controversial remarks. european union tries to stop the demolition of one property in the occupied west bank. israel says they were built illegally. and rising

i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in a major reset of us foreign policy, president biden promises to rebuild america's neglected alliances and re—engage with the world. i have asked my middle east team to ensure our support us congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is stripped of high—profile posts — following several controversial remarks. european union tries to stop the demolition of one property in the occupied west bank. israel says they were built illegally. and rising from the ruins. three years after the battle for mosul, a un project helps residents of all faiths rebuild the old city. hello and welcome. we begin in the us where president biden has pledged to rebuild america's alliances and re—engage with the world, in his first major foreign policy speech. it's a markedly different tone to the "america first" approach of the trump administration. mr biden said solutions to problems such as armed conflicts and climate change could be solved only by working with other nations. our washington correspondent lebo di

i'm victoria fritz.ng an intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalistjamal khashoggi. in a video call, the queen urges people to be selfless and have the jab. it is obviously difficult for people if they have never had a vaccine but they ought to think about other people, rather than themselves. one of the world's biggest bands, k—pop�*s black pink, urge their fans to take action on climate change after being inspired by a david attenborough documentary. and, the pop superstar lady gaga offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs

i'm victoria fritz. president biden holds his first telephone conversation with king salman of saudi arabia ahead of the us releasing an intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalistjamal khashoggi. in a video call, the queen urges people to be selfless and have the jab. it is obviously difficult for people if they have never had a vaccine but they ought to think about other people, rather than themselves. one of the world's biggest bands, k—pop�*s black pink, urge their fans to take action on climate change after being inspired by a david attenborough documentary. and, the pop superstar lady gaga offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs back after a gunman shoots her dog—walker and steals the pets. saudi arabia has long been a vital us ally but since taking office in january, presidentjoe biden has vowed to reset relations with the gulf nation. on thursday, in his first conversation with king salman, he stressed the importance the us placed on human rights. this, after he read

i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.ission to mars lands successfully on the red planet. it worked through all the adversity and all the challenges that go with landing a rover on mars, plus the challenges of covid and just an amazing accomplishment. within minutes, the first image was beamed back to earth. it tweets: "i'm safe on mars. perseverance will get you anywhere." a virtual g7 meeting — the us will pledge four billion

we can speak to our business presenter, victoria fritz.resenter, victoria fritz. seems to be a bit of a contradiction there seems to be a bit of a contradiction between the figures the bank of england have released which sound like the economy is in trouble and then the more optimistic tone from the governor himself. the ke to all tone from the governor himself. the key to all of — tone from the governor himself. tue: key to all of this tone from the governor himself. tte: key to all of this is time. basically what we are looking at is historic numbers and what they think might happen in the future. we'll look at what has happened so far, we know that the economy actually has not done as badly as at first thought. yes the economy by 8% come up thought. yes the economy by 8% come up with these unheard of numbers in peacetime britain. however, the expectation was for far greater than that. those furlough scheme to government assistance games have definitely taken some of the edge off the economic pain that britain would have otherwise fell.

i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. mission control: touchdown confirmed. perserverence has touched down on the surface of mars. perseverance pays off as nasa's most ambitious mission to mars lands successfully on the red planet. it worked through all the adversity and all the challenges that go with landing a rover on mars, plus the challenges of covid and just an amazing accomplishment. within minutes, the first image was beamed back to earth. it tweets: "i'm safe on mars. perseverance will get you anywhere." a virtual g7 meeting — the us will pledge four billion dollars to an international coronavirus vaccination programme. how do you revive the iran nuclear deal? the us is set to hold talks with tehran and key european powers. and, we meet the virtual therapy dog, being given a merit award after providing comfort and support for thousands of people. hello and welcome to the programme. nasa's perseverance rover has landed safely on mars, where it will begin to seek out signs of ancient life on the red planet. the rob

our business correspondent victoria fritz told me more.so in smart devices around your home, wearable technology, cars, for example, there are qualcomm chips everywhere and there is a beef that lots of regulators have with qualcomm, they are abusing their dominance in their position when it comes to the licensing of this technology and also the patents around it as well, it's a very lucrative market. which? believes that qualcomm has trousered something to the tune of a80 million over the last five years from this. qualcomm has said unilaterally that is not true and they have said there is no basis for this lawsuit, as the plaintiff is well aware, this case has been effectively put to rest by the united states, by a unanimous panel ofjudges there. this is a case that was brought in 2017 for pretty much exactly the same reason. it was dismissed out of hand. however, the challenges have succeeded in other places so the european commission, for example, managed to fine qualcomm to the tune of £858 million for deals they made with apple. so th

let's discuss this with our business correspondent, victoria fritz. good morning, victoria.he last quarter of 2020 which give the complete picture for the whole of 2020, so break that down. �* , , . ., the whole of 2020, so break that down. �*, , . ., , the whole of 2020, so break that down. �*, , ., ., , ., down. let's start with a bit of context. _ down. let's start with a bit of context, these _ down. let's start with a bit of context, these numbers, - down. let's start with a bit of| context, these numbers, yes, down. let's start with a bit of- context, these numbers, yes, give the picture for the whole year, they are worse than expected. they are twice as severe as the numbers we saw for a year during the global financial crisis in 2009, on a par with what we saw 100 years ago when britain was just after the first world war, it had spanish flu, we are looking at economic depression, mass unemployment, we were looking at civil unrest in the form of coal strikes, that is where britain finds itself today. in terms of value, the economy is back where it was in 2013. it is i

i'm joined by our business correspondent, victoria fritz give us a little bit more detail on the background it's almost— money back? no problem. firstly, it's almost impossible _ money back? no problem. firstly, it's almost impossible in _ money back? no problem. firstly, it's almost impossible in your - it's almost impossible in your morning routine this morning not to have touched something with a chip in it or at least some of the qualcom technology. they are involved in smart devices around your home, wearable technology, because, for example, there are qualcom chips everywhere and there is a beef that lots of regulators have with qualcom, they are abusing their dominance in this position when it comes to the licensing of this technology and also the patents are rounded as well, it's a very lucrative market. which believes that qualcom has to the tune of 480 million over the last five years over this, million over the last five years overthis, qualcom million over the last five years over this, qualcom has said unilaterally that is not true and they have said there is no basis for this

let's talk now to our business presenter victoria fritz. hello, victoria.whether people can begin to think or not about booking a holiday is absolutely a priority and they would like more certainty. itjust is not there, is it? it like more certainty. it 'ust is not there, as mi there, is it? it certainly isn't. this political— there, is it? it certainly isn't. this political pickle _ there, is it? it certainly isn't. this political pickle is - there, is it? it certainly isn't. this political pickle is really l this political pickle is really fraying the nerves of people, the population, who have seen more flip—flops quite frankly in the last year than you would see on copacabana beach, and it's also really annoying the travel companies. we've seen the likes of heathrow and the bass coming out today saying, hang on, we have got bookings down 89%, people coming to the airport, injanuary. he said airlines have gone an entire year with no revenues at all and what is the response when you don't have any money coming in? you cut the money going out, you cut your