and i think on your show early this year you had someone _ from the competitionl and markets authorityesumption of an action, the market| should be allowed to run its course and monopolies would be self—correcting. i but i think that mood has changed, and there is now a far more - interventionist mood. and we've actuallyjust seen that, have we not, this week with the competition and markets authority have done with meta, facebook�*s parent company, you know, telling them they've got to sell giphy. but can you unpack that for us? how does a british competition and markets authority tell an american company its got to sell? yeah, indeed, it's quite - an extraordinary story in a way because giphy is a new york—based lossmaking platform _ that provides gifs. it was bought by meta in may last year. - giphy doesn't really have any - activities or employees in the uk, but the competition. and market authority investigated it, and thought- that there was a case to answer in terms of suppressing competition. it thought that it could limit other people using gifs, - it could extract data if othe

dr andrea coscelli, the boss of the uk competition and markets authority. express her concern about the company's strategy. frances haugen handed over internal documents to us lawmakers, which she claimed were evidence the trillion—dollar company harms children's mental health, stokes division, and puts profits before people. the company intentionally hides vital information from the public, from the us government and from governments around the world. in a statement on his facebook page, mark zuckerberg said of the allegations by his former employee: one of the criticisms of facebook is it has just grown too big. when that happened to google, google created a parent company — alphabet. and that's what facebook has done. it's created meta, an umbrella organisation for facebook, instagram, whatsapp and all its other businesses, which takes its name from the metaverse, the virtual reality domain that mark zuckerberg believes is the future of digital life. and it's all change at twitter, which has a new boss. a few weeks ago, jack dorsey announced — or rather

dr andrea coscelli, the boss of a uk competition and markets authority.en, turned whistle—blower to express her concern about the company's strategy. frances haugen handed over internal documents to us law makers, which she claimed were evidence the trillion dollar company harms children's mental health, stokes division, and puts profits before people. the company intentionally hides vital information from the public, from the us government and from governments around the world. in a statement on his facebook page, mark zuckerberg said of the allegations by his former employee, "most of us just don't recognise the false picture of the company that is being painted." he went on to say, "at the heart of these accusations is this idea that we prioritise profit over safety and well—being. that's just not true." one of the criticisms of facebook is it is just growing too big. when that happened to google, google created a parent company — alphabet. and that's what facebook has done. it's created meta, an umbrella organization for facebook, instagram, whatsapp

a load this report is one of several from the you case competitions and markets authority, which is calling for the british government to give it more power to target tech giants and their dominance in the market. both apple and google, of course, have denied the accusations and said they value competition. i bet they do while defending the exclusive nature of their products. a final report from the regulator is expected to be released in june of 2022 and time. now for quick breaks, but when we come back, coin has hit a major mile, so we'll break it all down and discuss what it means. we're the world's most popular crypto currency. and as we go to break, here are the numbers with london love polls, particularly when polls further a certain political agenda, but pulling has a checkered history. as of late the last 2 election cycles. tell us as much, should we put much stock into polling anymore. it so then why, for is you'll media a reflection of reality in the world transformed what will make you feel safe, isolation, community? are you going the right way? where are you being that somewher

this report is one of several from the you case competitions and markets authority, which is calling for the british government to give it more power to target tech giants and their dominance in the market. both apple and google, of course, have denied the accusations and said they value competition. i bet they do while defending the exclusive nature of their products. a final report from the regulator is expected to be released in june of 2022 and time. now for quick breaks, but when we come back to pick point has hit a major milestone, we'll break it all down and discuss what it means. we're the world's most popular crypto currency. and as we go to break, here are the numbers with, [000:00:00;00] with those driven by adrenal shaped banks centers of those in a there's things we dare to ask somebody to have acknowledge has never been so readily available to everyone across the globe, but overwhelmed by information can we distinguish the real signs from the one being imposed upon us. we're living in a world where there are many people who have a vested interest in fighting information,

a load this report is one of several from the you case competitions and markets authority, which is calling for the british government to give it more power to target tech giants and their dominance in the market. both apple and google, of course, have denied the accusations and said they value competition. i bet they do while defending the exclusive nature of their products. a final report from the regulator is expected to be released in june of 2022 and time. now for quick breaks, but when we come back to point has a major milestone, we'll break it all down and discuss what it means. we're the world's most popular crypto currency. and as we go to break here, the numbers with i'll look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except when such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence at the point, obviously is too great truck rather than fear. a very job with artificial intelligence, real summoning with a robot must protect its own e

latest to agree to the changes, following a long—running investigation by the competition and markets authority, gaming isjust an enjoyable pastime, for some, it can lead to addiction — which, at its most extreme, can include violent outbursts and a breakdown of family relations. bbc news has gained exclusive access to the uk's only treatment facility for addiction to video games. the bbc�*s technology correspondent marc cieslak has more. having people around, you do feel a degree of embarrassment sometimes for the duration of the visit. he'll be just upstairs gaming all the time and he'll be shouting and cursing. stephen and louise are describing life with their 16—year—old son, who suffers from gaming disorder. those aren't their real names, we're protecting their identities. it's a controversial condition defined by the world health organization by three characteristics — impaired control when gaming, prioritising gaming over other interests, and escalation of gaming, despite negative consequences. the games industry, and some psychologists, question the evidence used to define the disorder.

market. authorities had to intervene. closer you get to the populations so determined not to get vaccinated that they will find more and more punishing restrictions against them as authorities try and force them to go and get vaccinated. you can be sure that there is only likely to be further protest, further unrest as they try and fight what is increasingly determined efforts by european governments to get them vaccinated, paula. >> so determined that the e.u., in fact, said they might have some kind of a vaccine mandate for the entire region. melissa, appreciate the update. thanks so much. >>> now, just over 60 days to go until the opening of the beijing winter olympics, and sources close to the biden administration say they expect the announcement of a diplomatic boycott of the games sometime this week. that means no u.s. government officials would attend the games. silently protesting china's human rights abuses without impacting u.s. athletes who are now, of course, hoping to compete and prepare. president joe biden f

is enough testing capacity in this country and we're confident that as more tests come to market, get authorized and come to market, innovation will continue and prices will come down. i want to emphasize between the free tests available at pharmacy, free tests that will be distributed throughout the country at community centers, convenient locations and the 150 million people who are on private insurance need to be reimbursed there's plenty of free testing across the country. thank you for today and we look forward to seeing people next week. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up to date with the latest historical events, from events on the house and senate floor, to key congressional hearings, to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. even our live interactive morning program "washington journal," c-span has you cover. download the app now for free. >> we believe one of

yesterday the competition and markets authority and the u.k. issued a report highlighting that apple and google's control over app stores can limit him of eight -- innovation and lead to higher prices, none of which is good for users. small businesses develop products for american consumers and many of them advertise on the gatekeepers, facebook, ugo, and amazon. but can they sustain the incentive when amazon or apple knocks off their products and puts their own copycat products in search results? developers are creating useful new apps for consumers but they are sometimes slow to reach users because apple pay takes weeks or months to review them before putting them up. if they want to reach iphone customers they have no choice because there is no other way into the market. once upon a time disruption was a good thing intact, newcomb -- in tech, new companies on the block were proud of changing status quo. now disruption is what they seem to fear. before facebook brought instagram -- but instagram mark zuckerberg wrote in email that if instagra

it follows a long—running investigation by the competition and markets authority.om projects they are involved in. joining me now is cath williams, she's co—founder of the national leaseholder campaign, and also had a taylor wimpey home. thank you forjoining us. i think for a lot of people this will strike them is really quite odd, strange and rigged against you that you effectively have to double up your money every ten years. absolutely. we run a national— money every ten years. absolutely. we run a national campaign - money every ten years. absolutely. we run a national campaign that. money every ten years. absolutely. | we run a national campaign that has over 22,000 members and many of those were sold doubling ground rent leases, which was sort of hidden within the contracts were not very clear in many cases. tell within the contracts were not very clear in many cases.— clear in many cases. tell us what ha--ened clear in many cases. tell us what happened to _ clear in many cases. tell us what happened to you- _ clear in many cases. tell us what happened to you

the market has become that authority. that is hard to challenge another time, another setting which makes the world go round today is the economy. went along, the market replaces that of the church. what new limits will be in po on science. will this new face off decide which research is accepted? and of course, there are cases of the research are caught in a conflict of interest. the scientist who ceases to remain objective because he's influenced by his financial backing. but the grip of the economy on science far outweighs these individual cases. what impact the laws of the market have on research can only be grasped. if we look at the big picture, the account actually delicate this yell, so fit a fast enough memory. sip dis, yells cafe, the market economy frames, science in a way that values and privileges science that can be monetize, that as lucrative researchers must generate money and find it. and so science is turned into a market place where everyone is trying to attract attention to lead a ball. awful thought un

he is in conversation tonight with editor of literary and market fiction and memoir, author of local girl and we wish you luck and the wild ride of publication. acquisitions for holt include happiness which was a reese witherspoon and the parking lot attendant which is a new york times notable book and shortlist. victoria gosling's before the room. welcome, giles milton, good to see you tonight. >> thank you, so nice to be here. >> hello to both of you. great to be here. >> i will let you get on with it. giles and i will dive into the conversation rather than reading something. we have so much to talk about. >> that works for me. >> wonderful. i worked with giles, it was my pleasure to read it a handful of times it was fascinating every time. it really does read as a thriller, a page turner, a wonderful book. the book is set after world war ii as the war was ending, during this time in four sectors in the book follows the leaders of those that germany was divided into and it was entertaining and shocking how many characters they were in this time. they are larger than life, felt i wa

unfortunately, high infection rates have forced authorities to tensile many christmas markets and events in december. the 1st reported cases of the only cranberry and also causing concerns among people in germany. 2021 and much like the you the for with great uncertainty and the question of how long this pandemic were lost. all earlier i spoke to tobias kurt the epidemiologist. he saw there in that report, and i asked him, what has proved successful and what hasn't during the pandemic so far? take a look. although the vaccinations are working certainly does it. that's not the only measure, particularly if you are in a wave. so with increasing numbers of people who are infected, we need to continue to learn that we're keeping a distance repairing that face a face mask. am and, and other things that like like bringing fresh air into the rooms. that's is certainly a very important thing. we have also learned that it is important to think on a global level the pandemic is on the global level. and if we not managed to really provide the vaccines on the global level, we will not stop future va

the christmas market attack was known to rocky security authorities, ice terrorist army. barack, was at the top of the iraqi wanted list. this is the headquarters of the governing patriotic union. of kurdistan senior party member. saudi armed mid piera is preparing for an interview with kurdish television. he is an internationally respected foreign policy expert who fostered good relations with german military on the ground. oh, he confirmed some explosive facts. his information about our bill baran, exactly match that from the german intelligent source, linking parent to the christmas market attack. oh oh, what are we couldn't and in a word we can say that abu baran was one of the top organizers of terrorist acts abroad, especially in germany, france and britain deutsch gun. so germany was included, rein included. does you mean he was a top terrorism plan? for germany, my boyfriend, a top terrorism planner for europe as a whole, but especially for germany, britain, france, and we found further leads in the kurdish region of syria. this is an intended can't. the captured i as fighter

the berlin christmas market attack shot the german capital the authority se aneice on re acted alone with a mistake or a lie. investigations have shown henri was in touch with an international islamist network with his victims demand answers. 15 minutes on d w. o. oh . hi jacking. the new where i come from, the news is being hijacked. journalism itself has become a scripted reality show. it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white in countries like russia, china, turkey, people are told that it's that simple. and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that, you are facing scare tactics, intimidation. and i wonder, is that where we're headed as well? my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors. it's not just about being fair and balanced or being neutral. it's about being true. my name is brent goff and i work in the w h. u time for an experiment about time. ah, it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different phones of time phenomena, dementia, and illusion. about time

got some breaking news because police in the german city of labor have cordoned off a market over a bomb threat authority. see say that the area has been evacuated and a search is now being carried out that used just in, of course we'll have her, the latest on that, plus other stories too. at the top of the ages coming up to half 11 here in moscow, we'll be back with more news in about 30 minutes. ah ah. ah, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed? what will make you feel safe? isolation, whole community? are you going the right way or are you being direct? what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. with our can to still be incur visionaries, me. so if you share not for ages, we have been trying to trace back the origins of life on earth. how do you, baron rock turning to something asked, flourishing beautiful and abundant as when alec, as professor of evolutionary biochemistry at university college london, nick lane mclean. it's really great to have you with us in our program. you have all the big qu

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markets. let's talk to economist and author dr linda yueh. spirals and yet now its officially labelled a defaulter, financial markets have barely moved, why? the shipment has been coming for some time and hear this term often that financial markets pass this in in other words they thought evergrande, the most indebted company globally, was not going to be able to make its payments. so as you see the kind of restrictor default, which one of the rating agencies has described the inability of evergrande to make a payment, so what i think you are seeing is the reaction of the expectation that it is not going to be the only chinese property company, certainly the biggest, but it was coming. it has been coming for some time. the question, and i think we will have to see what happens next, and then the markets might start to react more than it already has. for might start to react more than it already has.— might start to react more than it already has. for many years, investors _ it already has. for many years, investors gave _ it already has. for m

guest: if the program's not re-authorized, then probably the most immediate impacts are in the real estate market where folks can't get necessary flood insurance policy. that's certainly compounded if there is not a private alternative available. i think if it didn't get re-authorized, from a long-term standpoint, there would be -- you would probably see communities not participating in the program. maybe rescinding the regulations. we wouldn't have flood mapping. we wouldn't be contributing resources to those existing at-risk buildings to mitigate them. host: these re-authorization processes are always a time when congress considers reforms to various programs. what are the reforms that are being proposed for the national flood insurance program? guest: every time the nfip is up for re-authorization reforms, there are literally dozens of reforms that ultimately even make it through congress and are considered. from our point of view there are a number of reforms we are trying to support. one of those includes making sure that flood maps continue to be produced robustly and also include future co

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well, let's get more on this now with matt for trump, he's the author of anglo market. europe's most influential leader and a professor of political science, he joins his life from london. thank you very much indeed for being with us. so how would you categorize, if you like, or identify the character of anglo marco's time in office? well, one has characterized her time and offers has been a pragmatic approach. it's been more focused on policy more focused on problem solving and less on point scoring. that's sort of like the image she likes to portray. and it has been said that she's governed by a spreadsheet rather than bio suite. and i think that sort of sums it up. most of the german chances have been known for a particular policy had a call from the unification of germany. henry smith for the nuclear missile deal with the americans and got it from the ream, redesigning the welfare state so called house via market has been known for throughout 16 years and office more for a style of policy. we could of course, mention things like the refugee crisis, which she successfully sold as

the distinction between the chinese economy which increasingly is supported by authorities versus the chinese stock markethich is dominated by very large tech companies. the distinction is important, and reading more recent statements from china and authorities, there is a focus on stability,, prosperity. that is not shareholder friendly for those giant tech companies, however it is probably more friendly for a small or medium-sized company that is domestically oriented. we think about chinese small caps versus mega caps. it is going directly to what the chinese authorities are trying to do, increase prosperity, broaden prosperity rather than channel it into the mega caps. francine: thank you so much, marija veitmane, senior multi-asset strategist, state street bank. coming up, ubs with a $2 billion fine for money laundering. the details up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to the open, 23 minutes into the european trading day. green on the screen, gains of 0.5% across the benchmark european stoxx 600. basic resources are top of the list, that is driving the ftse 100 higher 0.6%. futures in the

after an islamist attack on a busy christmas market in berlin, left 13 people dead. germany commemorates the victims, also coming up on the show authorities in europe, extend corona virus restrictions to try and limit the spread of the oma crime variance netherlands locked down at christmas. pubs and non essential shops are closed and hong kong holds a vote under new election laws. but only candidates asian considers to be loyal. patriots are allowed to run. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. german president frank walter, shy mar, has commemorated the attack on a christmas market in berlin. 5 years ago today that left 13 people dead shine my art gave a speech at a ceremony held in honor of the victims. they were killed when a man hijacked a truck and drove it into the bright shade flats, christmas market in central berlin. in december 2016. it was the deadliest islamist attack on german soil. the perpetrator was a failed at tunisia, an asylum seeker who had previously been known to authorities. days later he was shot dead by police. while on the run in italy, i should come kind related because she and we a

the christmas market attack was known to rocky security authorities. i s terrorist army barrack was at the top of the rocky wanted list. this is the headquarters of the governing patriotic union of kurdistan. senior party member. saudi armed mid piera is preparing for an interview with kurdish television. he's an internationally respected foreign policy expert who fostered good relations with german military on the ground. oh he confirmed some explosive facts. his information about abra, exactly matched that from the german intelligent source. thinking barava to the christmas market attack. oh oh, what up? the couldn't dan, in a word we can say that abu baran was one of the top organizers of terrorist acts abroad, especially in germany, france and britain doing gun. so germany was included, right? included, you mean, he was a top terrorism planner for germany. i found a top terrorism planner for europe as a whole, but especially for germany, britain, france, and frank. we found food, the leads in the kurdish region of syria. this is an internment camp

unfortunately, high infection rates have forced authorities to cancel mainly christmas markets and events. in december, the 1st reported cases of the only cranberry and also causing concerns among people in germany. 2021 and much like the you, the for with great uncertainty and the question of how long this pandemic were lost . all earlier i spoke to tobias kurt the epidemiologist. he saw there in that report and i asked him what has proved successful and what hasn't. and during the pandemic so far, take a look. although the vaccinations are working certainly does it, that's not the only measure, particularly if you are in a wave. so with increasing numbers of people who are infected, we need to continue to learn that we're keeping a distance repairing that face a face mask. m, m and, and other things that like like bringing fresh air into the rooms. that's is certainly a very important thing. we have also learned that it is important to think on a global level the pandemic is on the global level. and if we not managed to really provide vaccines on the global level, we will not stop futur

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unfortunately, high infection rates have forced authorities to cancel mainly christmas markets and events. in december, the 1st report at hays is the only cron very, and also causing concerns among people in germany. 2021 and much like the you, the for, with great uncertainty and the question of how long this pandemic were lost. all earlier i spoke to tobias kurt the epidemiologist. he saw there in that report and i asked him what has proved successful and what hasn't. and during the pandemic so far, take a look. although the vaccinations are working certainly does. that is not the only measure, particularly if you are in a wave. so with increasing numbers of people who are infected, we need to continue to learn that we're keeping a distance repairing that face a face mask. m, m and, and other things that like like bringing fresh air into the rooms. that's a, certainly a very important thing. we have also learned that it is important to think on a global level the pandemic is on the global level. and if we not managed to really provides vaccines on the global level, we will not stop futur

unfortunately, high infection rates have forced authorities to cancel mainly christmas markets and events. in december, the 1st reported cases of the only cranberry and also causing concerns among people in germany. 2021 and much like the you, the for with great uncertainty and the question of how long this pandemic were lost . all earlier i spoke to tobias kurt the epidemiologist. he saw there in that report and i asked him what has proved successful and what has and during the pandemic so far, take a look. although the vaccinations are working certainly does it. that's not the only measure, particularly if you are in a wave. so with increasing numbers of people who are infected, we need to continue to learn that we're keeping a distance repairing that face a face mask. m, m and, and other things that like like bringing fresh air into the rooms. that's is certainly a very important thing. we have also learned that it is important to think on a global level the pandemic is on the global level. and if we not managed to really provide the vaccines on the global level, we will not stop futur