francine: thank you so much, standard lifefrom aberdeen.he home rental company for a 100 billion dollar valuation -- more on that story later this hour. up next, we will continue our conversation with douglas flint, the chair of standard life aberdeen. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get straight to the bloomberg business with leigh-ann gerrans. leigh-ann: airbnb shares more than doubled in the home rental platform's debut, one of the biggest first-day rallies on record. airbnb's market values makes in the world's biggest online travel company. this a day earlier, doordash started with its public debut, adding to the rush of year end ipo's. the carmakerrdered to halt logging at a construction site, asking delays to his first electric car factory in europe. the temporary halt is meant to give the court time to examine claims by environmental groups, who are saying the u.s. companies not doing enough to protect local lizards and snakes. gary cohn refusing to return millions and pay to goldman sachs, but

aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership after they won 2—0.rdeen‘s first goal in the second half. professional foul on first goal in the second half. professionalfoul on sam first goal in the second half. professional foul on sam cosgrove, from the resulting free kick. aberdeen level on points with second—place celtic, but they have played two games more. harlequins failed to make an impression in the champions cup. they were beaten a9—7 by racing 92, who dominated from the start. the parisian side got over the line seven times — teddy thomas and simon zebo amongst the try scorers. crystal bears got a crucial when with the tri— that confirmed the bonus points. they have lost both of their pool game so far. bridges call for georgia hall —— british golfer towards the end of herfinal round —— british golfer towards the end of her final round of her career. all was tied for third place behind the eventual winner, but dropped two shots on the 16th hole, following this wayward tee shot. and she finished joint seven on ten under par. that is eight sh

aberdeen level on points with second—placed celtic but they've played two games more. the premier league. they beat tottenham two—nil at white hart lane. that's just one point in three games forjose mourinho‘s side. jo currie watched the game. this had all the hallmarks of an early festive thriller. sadly, the first 35 minutes didn't exactly deliver —— 45 minutes. with only seconds before the half—time whistle, a moment of recklessness. with no real danger imminent, a penalty awarded. leicester headed the break. james madison thought he doubled the lead with this finish, only for va are to rule it out. but a second goal was coming. a perfect bowl for vardy, who won the header. no reprieve from tottenham this time. a lackluster afternoon for spurs, leicester, though, go to christmas four points behind liverpool. jo currie, bbc news. after the game... spurs boss jose mourhino struggled to explain the game frustrated, but i think it's a strange game to describe. it's a game you lose with a penalty and a goal. it's a game where your goalkeeper doesn't make one single safe.

temperatures of real rain in aberdeen, i3 scotland.in in aberdeen, 13 the hyatt in london. then as a move towards the middle of the week another area of low pressure is going you bring another dose of rain across the south. at high pressure will build its way into her as the second half of the week. that means drier weather at the time for christmas. but also colder weather. as we had through the week temperatures are set to drop down into single digits by christmas eve and christmas day but should be largely dry. this is bbc news the headlines at 8pm. nearly 18 million people in london and south—east england move into stricter tier 4 restrictions from midnight — people must stay at home, and non—essential shops have to close. for those in tier 4 — it means the relaxation of rules at christmas has been scrapped — and reduced to one day, the 25th, for the rest of england. we must be realistic. we are sacrificing the chance to see our loved ones this christmas so we have a better chance of protecting their lives so that we can see them i

the regiment here is the story of aberdeen and aberdeenshire. it's just ordinary folk... you. so, this is their register of soldiers, for the gordon highlanders, and you can see, from this list, his service number and the fact that he joined the gordon highlanders in august 1940. will have probably done his officer training in india and the jungle warfare training in india before he joined the indian army. so, he had to leave the gordon highlanders... yes. ..in orderto be... yeah, the indian army was really short of officers. but patrick was not long in india. the japanese had taken neighbouring burma in 1942, and his regiment became part of the huge 14th army which fought to win it back. it was an immense force of around a million men, but it became the forgotten army as europe's focus was on itself. the men fought in the towns and jungles of burma in atrocious conditions. those back home could only imagine the horrors. my mother—in—law, jenny, still not married to patrick, wrote to him. "my darling patrick, "i've been feeling for you tonight, and i'm full of sympathy fo

coming up on the markets, james athey of aberdeen standard.s is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is "bloomberg surveillance." common and francine from london and new york. investment, aberdeen director, only came on on the condition that we wouldn't talk about brexit. james: you can see just in the move in sterling from last friday to this friday, but last friday when it really did feel that we were quite close to the talks collapsing over the weekend and nobody coming back to the table, we had a fairly precipitous decline in sterling, more positive noise this week, and we reversed most of that, but actually, the headlines, if you read them in aggregate, haven't moved a lot. we areggests to me closer to pressing a deal than we are to know deal, and if there are indications there would not be a deal, that would definitely be destabilizing to u.k. assets. i do think it would lead to a risk off period, not least for the fall in sterling pushing the dollar higher. that looks risk off. francine: is there worry that we are spending so much time talking about bre

a lecturer at the university of aberdeen and author of inherent and contemporary challenges to african security welcome to each of you mohammed let me start with you today this report comes as there are still u.n. peacekeepers on the ground in mali 1st of all how significant is the report secondly from your vantage point what happens now. herb think you saw like a. little banal in the in the node initial doesn't serve the learner and the commands accuse and and forces are meant and will 'd work cram against you moni and. them off of our. money is all of it even if it's just you shouldn't and money and again we can. and finding it against the bully is not in the in the in my grandsons are and of not only done so hot dog and once ot in order. of an as a shot it up and. up like me and or so the cure was a. cream against civilian and war song we not at once or look in no in time i didn't want to. sanction against them but the and ascension because of indignities of disagreement implementation so are there a lot of city. still is a senior more money and and. so the situation is very complex

aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership, after a 2—0 win at kilmarnock.home side had brandon haunstrup sent off in injury time for this professionalfoul on sam cosgrove, and cosgrove got up and did this from the resulting free—kick — aberdeen level on points with second—placed celtic but they've played two games more. a late danny welbeck equaliser denied sheffield united theirfirst league win of the season as they drew 1—1 at brighton. united'sjob was made even harder whenjohn lundstram was sent off for this challenge, after the referee had checked the var monitor. but against the odds they went in front — jayden bogle scoring a deflected effort on his premier league debut. sheffield united couldn't hold on as welbeck came off the bench to score in the 87th minute. chris wilder's side are still rooted to the bottom of the league onjust two points. leicester are a goal up at tottenham thanks to a penalty from jamie vardy. the second half is just getting under way. manchester united take on leeds at 4.30 and sam allardyce takes charge of west brom for the

aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership, after a 2—0 at kilmarnock.ide had brandon haunstrup sent off in injury time for this professional foul on sam cosgrove, and cosgrove got up and did this from the resulting free—kick — aberdeen level on points with second—placed celtic but they've played two games more. leicester are up to second in the premier league after winning 2—0 at tottenham. ajamie vardy penalty in the first half put them on their way. and he was involved in their second on the hour mark, when his header was turned into his own net by toby alderweireld, and they held on for all three points. theyjump above spurs and third placed everton and narrow the gap to leaders liverpool to four points. a late danny welbeck equaliser denied sheffield united theirfirst league win of the season as they drew 1—1 at brighton. united'sjob was made even harder whenjohn lundstram was sent off for this challenge, after the referee had checked the var monitor. but against the odds they went in front, jayden bogle scoring a deflected effort on his premier lea

kilmarnock are hosting aberdeen. just under way in the second half.e lead, ryan hedges with the goal. and later, don't forget, celtic take on hearts in the delayed scottish cup final at hampden park. victory for celtic would see them clinch a 12th consecutive domestic trophy. now to sailing, and sir ben ainslie and his ineos team uk experienced more frustration overnight. their race against team new zealand was abandoned because wind speeds were too low. ainslie‘s chances of winning the 36th america's cup, which starts in march, have been dented since the world series qualifying got under way last week. his team have suffered a host of technical issues and have so far failed to register a point in the vital qualifying event in new zealand. two englishwomen are right in the mix at the lpga's season ending tour championship in florida. they'll be teeing off in around an hour's time. charley hull is four off the lead, and 2018 women's open winner georgia hall is one shot better off afterfive birdies in seven holes on saturday. following in the footsteps

hibs remain a point in front of aberdeen, who recorded a first victory in five games with a 2—0 win oveross county. st mirren and livingston also won. european cup rugby has returned for the new season this weekend. in the last few minutes, wasps have beaten dragons 2a—8, while leinster have won 35—14 against montpellier. earlier scarlets edged out bath, while sale were beaten away at toulon. and bristol are back in the champions cup for the first time since 2008, but opened their campaign with a loss — michael redford rounds up the action. a moment to rememberfor all associated with bristol's bears. 12 years away from the top level of european rug to be, this was the moment they returned. —— european rugby. this season's european cup is different. the standard though remains as ever. if this is meant to be a celebration, they did not get the message. two more tries followed as the french side led 21—0 afterjust 15 minutes. bristol showed their stubborn side as well. scoring two tries of their own either side. six tries of their own either side. six tries scored in the first half and six

aberdeen are third now after a 2—1 win over stjohnstone.w 1—1 with motherwell whilst there were away wins for livingston and st mirren. aston villa actually faith because of the chelsea goal difference, no offence to aston villa fans, they arejust in fifth. next to rugby union and exeter chiefs have mantained their 100% start to their premiership defence, after grinding out another bonus point win at home to their west country rivals gloucester, winning 28—20. ben croucher reports. one last hurrah, european champions, premiership champions, premiership leaders. exeter chiefs have had lots to celebrate in 2020. simply allowing fans in for the final game of the year was something too. jonny gray's first try for the club was really the only thing to cheer in a tight first half. after the interval it was the simmonds show. fly—halfjoe had the vision and pass to feed 0llie devoto for the chiefs' second. brother sam tried the power approach. they're worth five points however you score them! even when you can't necessarily tell you scored them. sa

aberdeen are fourth after a 1—1 draw against bottom of the table st mirren. season as they beat kilmarnock i—0 — the win lifts them two places to 10th. manchester united's unbeaten start to the wsl continues — they scored a goal in each half to beat aston villa. leah galton scored the first — but it took until the 89th minute for ella toone to chip in for the second. united now four points above arsenal at the top of the table. rugby union's autumn nations cup comes to a close this weekend — england and france play in the final tomorrow. today ireland claimed 3rd place by beating scotland 31 points to 16. ben croucher reports... ina yearlike in a year like no other, a familiar finish. it's been ten months and one pandemic since ireland won this fixture to kick of the six nations. since then, there's been something ofa since then, there's been something of a scottish rugby revival. it lasted about 30 minutes in dublin— three swings of this boot put them ahead. one swing of duncan taylor's and set them back. deliberate, said the referee. yellow card. scotland o

hibs remain a point ahead of aberdeen, who won 2—0 against bottom of the table ross county.so won. european cup rugby has returned for the new season this weekend. right now, dragons are hosting wasps, with the visitors 12—3 up early in the second half. earlier scarlets edged out bath, while sale were beaten away at toulon. and bristol are back in the champions cup for the first time since 2008, but opened their campaign with a loss. michael redford rounds up the action. a moment to rememberfor all associated with bristol's bears. 12 yea rs associated with bristol's bears. 12 years away from the top level of european rug to be, this was the moment they returned. this season's european cup is different. it's shorter with more teams and less walls. the standard though remains as ever. bristol soon found out. just three minutes past when kothari scored. if this is meant to be a celebration, they did not get the message. two celebration, they did not get the message. two more celebration, they did not get the message. two more tries followed as the french side loved 2i—0 after 2

all six oc‘lock kick offs except motherwell aberdeen, that got going at 615 and dundee united v kilmarnocknow for some of the day's other sport stories. england and atletico madrid defender kieran trippier has been banned for ten weeks and fined £70,000 for breaking the fa's betting rules. tripper denied seven alleged breaches, but four were found proven. he'll now miss 12 games for la liga leaders atletico, including their champions league last—i6 first leg tie at home to chelsea. england's cricketers will be allowed to fly to sri lanka for next month's test series, despite the country's ban on commercial flights from the uk. players will spend ten days in a bio—secure training bubble on arrival their before the first of two matches in galle starting on arrival before the first of two matches in galle starting on the 14th of january. two—time champion gary anderson is through to the third round of the world darts championship. he beat latvia's madars razma 3—1 at alexandra palace. it's so often one of the most spectacular moments of any 0lympic or paralympic games — the opening ceremony.

but livingston against aberdeen was postponed due to a frozen pitch. still 16 points clear at the top of the table following their 2—0 win at st mirren. celtic remain second after their win at home to dundee united. they have three games in hand on rangers. a goalless draw for st johnstone and hamilton. ross county leading hibernian by one heavens and currently goalless between motherwell and kilmarnock and you can follow them on the sport website. let's take a quick look at some other sport making the news today. sports fans will once again be banned from attending matches as more areas of england are to be placed under tougher coronavirus restrictions. the area of liverpool will be moved into tier 3 at midnight, meaning there will be no premier league grounds which are allowed fans in. harlequins' premiership game against worcester due to take place on new year's day has been cancelled, due to a number of quins players self—isolating. one player was found to have the virus in the latest testing, while a further six players have been ruled out followi

with the wind is coming up from the south it will be mild, 8 degrees for aberdeen, may be 13 in plymouthie, back to you. thank you very much. that's all from the bbc news at six so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. coming up — can youth triumph over experience as the women's us open gets under way? will there be an american first—time winner of the men's european tour? and we reflect on the life of world cup winner paulo rossi, who's died at the age of 64. and diving sensation andrea spendolini—siriex joins us live after being voted bbc‘s young sports personality of the year. good evening. it is the biggest tournament in women's golf, the us open. this year's final major has been resheduled from june to december for the first time. this is where it's staged, the champions golf club in houston. the opening two rounds played on not one, but two courses because of shortened days. with a real focus on youth, 18—year—old british amateur lily may humphreys makes her major debut, there are also thr

aberdeen are third now after a 2—1 win over stjohnstone.whilst there were away wins for livingston and st mirren. the former tottenham boss mauricio pochettino is the favourite to be named paris st germain‘s new manager, after the french champions sacked thomas tuchel on christmas eve. pochettino lost his job at spurs over a year ago. french footballjournalist sara menai's been telling me she expects him to be confirmed at psg soon. talks between psg and him started at least two weeks ago. they started talking and negotiating. and he will be probably the next manager of psg. he is an ex player who knows the club, which is very important. being the psg manager is a really tough job. he will have to cope with big egos, huge egos, big players at the clu b egos, huge egos, big players at the club wield a lot of power and he will have to deal with this. we understand, we are waiting for him in paris in a few days now. next to rugby union and exeter chiefs have mantained their 100% start to their premiership defence, after grinding out another bo

athay,g us is james aberdeen investment director.hat we have a brexit deal, vaccines being rolled out, stimulus a grade in the u.s., isn't it time to sell? matt, andd morning, seasons greetings. it is certainly on the brexit, it seems buy the rumor, sell the fact, the reality of what has been signed. it doesn't necessarily take away thatof the major issues might affect the u.k. economy and there will be disruptions in the long-term. i think the economy can adjust to the short-term. a lot has been priced, if you look at sterling, 20 points for lows on cable suggests the good news is already in the price. in terms of the more broad environment, you can want to very quickly sell this parabolic market. ultimately, valuations are over their skis. not tooll the news, if much good news priced but one has to be cautious when consensus is so strong as it is currently. matt: animal spirits, basically driving these markets. how do you gauge when that sort of thing turns around? james: in the rearview mirror, to be honest. you never can tell unt

temperatures for aberdeen and glasgow six or seven degrees, whereas further south, 15 the high in londonmild for this time of year. as we head through monday night, the rain in the south doesn't just clear away nicely, it lingers — could well push back northwards into parts of the midlands and wales. clearer skies further north, still some showers across parts of northwest scotland. again, some of those wintry over the high ground on tuesday. we keep our area of cloud with some patchy rain further south, but i think in between, there'll be a slice of sunshine for parts of northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland, for example. still a bit of a split in temperature fortunes, the mildest weather down towards the south. now, as this area of low pressure swings its way through, it's going to be another wet day across the southern half of the uk on wednesday, but drier conditions further north as this area of high pressure starts to topple its way in. that high pressure will topple its way right across the british isles as we head through christmas eve and into christmas day. so,

prized, highly perishable, which makes any delay to the ports very bad for businesses like this aberdeen—based had to phone the customer early this morning to say he wasn't going to get the product, therefore he didn't place another order for goods today. so i was unable to buy on the market today to supply my customer tomorrow, so it has a rolling effect. the uk exports £15 billion worth of food and drink to the eu annually, a third of which is perishable meat, fish and fresh produce. we import £35 billion worth, again the majority of which has a short shelf life and so is vulnerable to delay. so, does this mean we are facing food shortages? today, sainsbury said that while we have all the food we need for christmas, if nothing changes, we will start to see gaps over the coming days on lettuce, some salad leaves, cauliflowers, broccoli and citrus fruit, all of which are imported from the continent at this time of year. however, retail groups reassured shoppers that the uk larder is full. well, we shouldn't be worried, because at this time of year, supermarkets are as well—stocked as they are

indeed she did, and she told the story of a spitfire saving her life as a medical student in aberdeen spitfire chasing it away. that was in the early stages of the war. the battle of britain proved to be a turning point in the war. around 1,000 raf planes were shot down during the four—month conflict. germany suffered nearly twice as many losses, but the margin of victory was narrow. the eight guns on the spitfires and hurricanes were onlyjust enough to win the battle. it's amazing that history hangs on so fine thread, isn't it? if she hadn't been asked to help and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what would have happened? it was difficult for them at the time, the people developing the aircraft and the guns, to actually work out what they needed to do and how they could do it, because it had never been done before on that scale. no, indeed. the advances were extraordinary and in a very rapid period of time, so arriving at the figure of eight guns and making the case persuasively to, shall we say, some conservative members of the raf‘s technical board wa

the archaeologist uncovered when the biggest treasures in the scottish archive and so, she was in aberdeenme country and looking deeper, she actually found that it was the fragments 5000 euros fragments of artefacts from the great pyramid and so, quite a surprise and i know that she expected in scotland and in practice, i think that it was older than that and precious piece of history from actually from egypt. digging around in those boxes, michelle is behind you there, david. absolutely, i shall be rushing to the task you have sent me immediately after this programme. we are out of time, what a shame. really nice to have you both on. thank you very much for taking us through that second look at the papers. good evening. this is your sports news. chelsea missed the chance to move top of the premier league after pedro neto scored the winner for wolves in the fifth minute of added on time at moilneux. 0livier giroud had put chelsea ahead in the second half, but daniel podence levelled matters just after the hour mark, and then with 95 minutes on the clock, neto grabbed the winner to hand wol

no—one is in level four at the moment, which is the highest level, but east lothian and aberdeen, ando to level three at 6pm tonight. edinburgh and glasgow were already in level three. pubs and restaurants have to shut at 6.00 in level three and can't serve alcohol. this would have been one of the busiest nights of the year. the scottish government is going to review the levels on tuesday, and they haven't ruled out tightening restrictions after christmas. thank you both the government's plans to test more than five million school pupils in england when they return injanuary is undeliverable — that's according to teaching unions, school governors, the church of england and colleges. ministers announced the plans yesterday along with a staggered return to the classroom. but schools says it will be impossible to recruit and train the thousands of people needed to carry out tests in the next two weeks. our education editor bra nwen jefferys reports. think about what has gone well, first of all, this term. the last lessons before christmas, but not all pupils will be back at the start of

temperatures of real rain in aberdeen, 13 the high in london.u bring another dose of rain across the south. but high pressure will build its way into the second half of the week. that means drier weather for christmas. but also colder weather. as we go through the week temperatures are set to drop down into single digits by christmas eve and christmas day but should be largely dry. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nearly 18 million people in london and surrounding areas move into stricter coronavirus restrictions from midnight. with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas as planned. in england, those living in tier 4 areas should not mix with anyone outside their own household at christmas. the new restrictions are due to a spike in cases blamed on a fast—spreading new variant of the disease. overseas travel is banned for people in the highest tier — except for essential business — with others across england advised to "stay local". in other news... no post—brexi

and certainly lner, which runs trains from aberdeen, inverness, edinburgh, and elsewhere in scotlandeir services because there will be people who, for whatever reason, whether it is to do with work, to do with caring responsibilities, will still be travelling. of course, the crucial thing is, and this is talking very much outbound from london, the many tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of people who, four weeks ago, were suddenly told, 0k, we have got these five days of christmas easing, they all went out and booked their trains. i'm afraid those journeys cannot go ahead. you will be able to rebook or get a refund, and the airlines, incidentally, are being very generous. easyjet are saying that if you booked your travel between now and 30th of december, you can get a full refund. in the us senators have reached a compromise in negotiations to approve a $900 billion package of coronavirus relief measures. the agreement reached between republicans and democrats paves the way for a vote on the stimulus package on sunday. it would provide additional unemployment payments to millions o

elsewhere, dundee united and livingston both won, whilst motherwell and aberdeen drew 0—0.e clubs that can let fans in for now, following the government's latest announcement on coronavirus tiers today. southampton and brighton had been allowed supporters into st mary's and the amex, but they're now in the highest level tier 4 from boxing day, so matches there will be back behind closed doors. the new west brom manager sam allardyce has ramped up the pressure on arsenal boss mikel arteta by saying the gunners are relagation rivals. a run of poor form sees arteta's side in 15th place and just four points above the bottom three. west brom are second bottom, seven points behind arsenal. we are in the bottom made at the moment, yes, absolutely, because i believe they haven't won a premier game for... wa nt to want to cross to westminster for the possibility of a brexit deal. let's talk to nick early. what can you tell us? it's another holding statements, i'm afraid. it looks like the talks are going to go on for a few hours yet. we know that they are into the real nitty—gritty

yeah analyst model you can there is a teaching fellow a lecturer at the university of aberdeen in scotland he says the security issues could jeopardize future stability mission there. this is a big test and a big movement in the shares he's tree. bet here is a huge threat because of mainly to security issues there your reporters are clearly outlining a new year is going through quite a number of security issues we need bus in mali and look you know what i saw in the august side with nigeria so. one of the chorus countries on earth are in fact it was. it was in the head of the world food program going to court to tell him that the world food program had worn in no doubt peace fried rice for 2022 disses a very complex country with difficult issues to do with politics economy extra climate and everything else and then you have an election that is providing. a few people but you have to wait and see what happens in transition before we can begin to talk about this next political moment. significant. one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns has begun in the e.u. it aims to p

prized, highly perishable, which makes any delay to the ports very bad for businesses like this aberdeen—basede customer early this morning to say he wasn't going to get the product, therefore he didn't place another order for goods today. so i was unable to buy on the market today to supply my customer tomorrow, so it has a rolling effect. the uk exports £15 billion worth of food and drink to the eu annually, a third of which is perishable meat, fish and fresh produce. we import £35 billion worth, again the majority of which has a short shelf life and so is vulnerable to delays. so, does this mean we are facing food shortages? today, sainsbury said that while we have all the food we need for christmas, if nothing changes, we will stop to see gaps over the ——————we will start to see gaps over the coming days on letters, some salad leaves, cauliflowers, broccoli and citrus fruit, all of which are imported from the continent at this time of year. however, retail groups reassured shoppers that the uk larder is full. well, we shouldn't be worried, because at this time of year, supermarkets are as

artefact from the great pyramid of giza in egypt has been found — by chance — at the university of aberdeene pieces of wood from a cedar tree, dating back 5,000 years, was one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the pyramid. the artefacts known as the dixon relics — were found in a cigar tin in a university collection. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. thank you, simon. another dose of wet and windy weather across the uk today which means more localised flooding. much wetter in the south—west of england weather has been about two inches of rain in some places and for a while very windy as well. the next batch of wet and windy weather is in the atlantic and windy weather is in the atlantic and will arrive on thursday night on friday and ahead of that the cloud has brought rain today wrapping around an area of low pressure bringing daniel smith to the irish sea and into the north channel. the wind is starting to ease now but we still have the rain around. it is moving north and east away from scotland, pushing slowly eased into england and wales and behind that

artefact from the great pyramid of giza in egypt has been found — by chance — at the university of aberdeennside the pyramid. the artefacts known as the dixon relics — were found in a cigar tin in a university collection. time for a look at the weather, here‘s darren bett. thank you, simon. another dose of wet and windy weather across the uk today which means more localised flooding. much wetter in the south—west of england weather has been about two inches of rain in some places and for

there were wins, too, yesterday for aberdeen, st mirren and livingstone.still feeling the after—effects of coronavirus as he prepares for the final race of the formula 1 season. he'll start the abu dhabi grand prix in third after qualifying behind his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas and max verstappen who claimed pole for red bull., it's definitely been a difficult weekend, i would say, just getting back into a rhythm. even though it's only a couple of weeks off, itjust felt like you've lost that momentum, and i've really struggled so far with the balance this weekend, but still, i gave it my all, and congratulations to max. less than two months after winning the trophy, exeter will begin the defence of their champions cup title when they face glasgow warriors today. that's one of four matches. yesterday, after 12 years away, bristol made their return to top european rugby. it didn't go to plan, though, as they lost 51—38 to french side clermont auvergne. elsewhere, there were wins for scarlets, wasps and leinster. england's matt fitzpatrick is making a

scotrail services between aberdeen and inverness have been suspended after a landslip near huntly.rtwood in north lanarkshire. and this was the scene earlier in edinburgh as tram lines were swamped with water. three people have been taken to hospital following an explosion at a house in west yorkshire. the extent of their injuries isn't known. the blast happened at a property in illingworth, near halifax, at around 7.30am this morning. an investigation is under way. the mayor of liverpool — joe anderson — has been released on bailfollowing his arrest as part of a fraud inquiry. he and four other people were detained as part of a year—long investigation into bribery allegations, linked to the awarding of building contracts in the city. in a statement this afternoon joe anderson says he "will be talking with cabinet colleagues to ensure the challenges our city faces with the covid pandemic continue to receive the focus they deserve." he went on to say he supported the labour party's decision to suspend him while the investigaion continues. russia's coronavirus vaccination programme i

in aberdeen mississippi the police department of the social media warning the governor's that is limitinghose gatherings will be enforced, as far as christmas parties, our games, any social gatherings that exceed 10 people we will be writing the tickets. mississippi is one of several states where new covid-19 cases are increasing by 20% a day contributed to the nation's all-time high of more than 100,000 covid-19 hospitalizations as holidays kick into full gear. >> mary to christmas to all and best wishes for a very great and happy new year. >> the president celebrated the lighting of the annual christmas tree, comedian stephen colbert marked the administration and this proof showing the grim reaper as the uninvited guest of holiday parties. the centers for disease control released updated guidance on holiday gatherings urging people to modify their plans suggesting people be mindful of the levels of covid-19 in the community, exposure level of travelers as they wind their way through airports and train stations, the duration of the gallery and attendees wearing masks and practicing socia

split up if you are in the central time zones, 202-748-8000 now to ten pacific, 202-748-8001, from aberdeen south dakota, this is jim. >> how are you doing guys? >> doing well. good morning. i just want to say you guys are studs. i really love you. i have a number of uncles that fought in the number of wars, world war i, world war ii. i don't have a whole lot to say because i am kind of emotional. i just respect this country so much. i think it's just the best country in the world. in history. god i love you guys. the thing that i wanted to say was, i just lost my uncle. but it's all right. he thought. i fight for this country, i'll fight for this country. >> jim thank you for sharing your story. i'm so sorry for your loss. mr. khan, are talking about people getting emotional, i wonder with the scene is there. especially in front of the flag, the iwo jima flag, is that something that happens as you watch people go through that exhibit? >> absolutely. our museum is entertaining. there is a lot of things in the museum that are designed to captivate peoples imagination, it always inspired me w

now tunisia analyst mannerly kusa and he is a teaching fellow and lecturer at the university of aberdeen scotland thanks for your time sunni shia has had a full crew since independence how big a test then is this. this is a big test and it's a big moment in the shares history. but bet there is a huge pressure because of mainly to security issues there your reporters are clearly outlining a new year is going through quite a number of security issues with neighbors in mali and look you know fossil and they are the side with nigeria so. is swarm of the poorest countries on earth are in fact it was. it was in easier the head or the world food programme going to court to tell him that the world food program had worn in nobel peace prize for 2020 so this is a very complex country with difficult issues to do with politics economy extra comment and everything else and then you have an election that is writing for a few people but you have to wait and see what happens in the transition before we can begin to talk about his election or his political moment. as something significant tell us about t

elsewhere, dundee united and livingston both won, whilst motherwell and aberdeen drew 0—0. today. southampton and brighton had been allowed supporters into st mary's and the amex , but they're now in the highest level tier 4 from boxing day, so matches there will be back behind closed doors the new west brom manager sam allardyce has ramped up the pressure on arsenal boss mikel arteta by saying the gunners are relagation rivals. a run of poor form sees arteta's side in 15th place and just four points above the bottom three. west brom are second bottom, seven points behind arsenal. we are in the bottom made at the moment, yes, absolutely, because i believe they haven't won a primarily game for almost double figures, and of course, getting beat again last night, even though it's not in the league in the cup, as it does with our players, drains the confidence of arsenal's players. of course, it well. because they will be wondering why they are down there, and they will be wondering what it's going to ta ke to will be wondering what it's going to take to get out of that positio

recent al-jazeera yemi well janice manual a can see as a teaching fellow in lecture at university of aberdeen in scotland and says there are security issues which could jeopardize it just ability this is a big test and a big moment in need he's. bet there is a huge threat because of mainly to security issues there your reporters are clearly outlining new jersey is going through quite a number of security issues with neighbors in mali and you know if i saw in the august side when nigeria so on asia is one of the poorest countries on earth i in fact it was. it was in the year by the head all the water food program going to court to tell him that the world food program had one in no doubt peace fried rice for 22 and so this is a very complex country with difficult issues to do with politics economy extra climate and everything else and then you have an election that is dividing. a few people by you have to wait and see what happens in transition before we can begin to talk about this next political moment. not that it. you've got a presidential candidate bobby wine says one of his bodyguards has

temperatures today, eight in aberdeen, 12 in plymouth and st helier.djacent to it and the rain sweeps across, some of it heavy across south—west england and also wales. there will be a lot of cloud and hill fog as well across the moors, into wales, cumbria and the southern uplands. it is going to be a very mild night, nine to about 13 degrees the overnight lows, similar to the maximum temperature today. tomorrow, the weather front moves from the west towards the east. it is still going to be a windy day. gusts wherever you are. we start off on a fairly cloudy note with some fog and then here comes the rain. you can see this arc of it, wherever you see greens and yellows, it's telling you there will be some heavy bursts. these are the wind gusts. wherever you are, you will notice them. this cloud in the south—east will be thick enough to produce some drizzle from time to time. temperatures, 10—13 degrees but we could see 14 or indeed 15 for example across north—east wales, way above average for the time of year. as we move on through the weekend, friday

and basically, you take what you've got, you work out what you're going to get, you look at the aberdeenfrom the jcvi put all that together and they say, how do we get the maximum benefit for the most people in the shortest possible time? and that's the approach they've chosen. and it has been strongly endorsed by all four chief medical officers of the united kingdom. thank you. thanks very much, jvt, let's go to questions from the public and from the media. first, in buckinghamshire. reports that tier 4 restrictions may be in place until the spring. with so many businesses on their knees, what reassurances can you give that this will not be the case and businesses can look to reopen in the new year? well, you will have heard about the measures that we are sadly having to put into place across many parts of the country. tier 4 or tier 3. we want to get those areas out as fast as we can but the data at the moment simply does not allow it, the spread of the new variant simply does not give us the scope to do that. i think there will obviously come a point when we have made so much progress

we will hear from aberdeen's chairman on vaccine euphoria and market risks.nd saudi arabia's finance minister discusses the vaccine rollout. and don't miss out our guest from hsbc, speaking about equality. stick with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: you are back with bloomberg markets. we have this pandemic-driven shift to remote work and learning, powering demand for notebooks. dell says consumers and businesses are spending on devices at a rate not seen in more than a decade. we have been a you with amit , president of asia pacific and japan for adult analogies. a quote from you -- work is something you do, an outcome, not a place or a time. is that the future? rishaad: i think we are having technical problems with him. we will try to get back to him as soon as it can. let's just quickly look at the other business flash headlines as we try to reestablish communications. retailer wish pricing its ipo at the top end of the range, raising more than a billion dollars. the share sale of values was about $17 billion, the 31st on the u.s. exchange to top $1 year.

aberdeen chairman douglas flint. the pandemic is leading to a mountain of iou's around the world.discuss his bloomberg opinion columnist and historian niall ferguson. it's always great having you with us. we've known for a while that fiscal hawks have gone extinct. deficit spending has become a habit, but does this matter at a time when we are seeing historic lows for yields? niall: it obviously doesn't matter in the short-term, and that means certainly into the middle of next year, but i think it is important to recognize that we are going to be coming out of a pandemic, not a financial crisis, and that is a very different thing. by the time we get to something like heard immunity, which i estimate in the u.s. to be about may, through vaccination and natural immunity because people had the disease, the economy is going to bounce back much more vigorously than after the financial crisis. after the financial crisis, balance sheets were impaired. that is not going to be true in 2021. household balance are going to be in terrific shape. i think there will be a surge of consumer spend

let's speak now to hugh pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at aberdeen university and heent many years at glasgow institute of virology. good morning. we had from the health secretary about the mutation of the rise yesterday, how concentric would be? i don't think, unless the health secretary had said something really important like this was nasty virus, easier to kill people, but he did not say that. the implication is that it not say that. the implication is thatitis not say that. the implication is that it is not. we have been doing gene sequencing on covid—i9 for a long time in the uk, and we have looked at basically thousands of isolates of the virus, strains picked up by the pcr tests and we have found hundreds of variance. it was slightly surprising that he mentioned one because we have found hundreds of them. now many of them die out for reasons i can't even go into but that is the way the virus behaves. but some take off and some really get quite busy. the reason why that happens generally speaking, not always but generally speaking is that there are super spread

look at the temperature in aberdeen. early breaking freezing.are looking at a 6 degrees. this evening and overnight follow this band of rain. what it is going to do is move up rain. what it is going to do is move up the north sea. it is going to pivot and bring rain and on its leading edge we will see some snow away from the coast. snow in eastern scotland. you can see some in edinburgh first thing in the morning. as we come further south, the other end of this band of rain, and its leading edge also looks like it is going to have some snow. we could also see some of it getting down to lower levels for a time in some of the heavier bursts. towards the west, well, there will be some showers and it is going to be a cold night. these are the temperatures into towns and cities. in rural parts of scotland temperatures could fall to —5 or —6. the risk of ice. even further south it is not going to bea even further south it is not going to be a particularly warm night. it will feel cold. i am only giving you brief details. a longer forecast in half an h