peng shuai speaking to lianhe zaobao there.ate — and although it welcomes her apperance in a public setting, it doesn't alleviate or address the concerns about her wellbeing. just before we go, i want to bring you a short history lesson because, in 1992, history was made when the world's first text message was sent, which simply said merry christmas. today, that text will be auctioned off as a non—fungible token — or nft — where the buyer will have exclusive ownership of the code that transmitted the text message. something quite special to own, certainly if it is in digital form. that's all the time for us on newsday at this hour. it's too early to say merry christmas, but thanks for watching. stay with bbc news. hello there. it's been a cloudy and chilly start to the week. things will change. from midweek, we'll start to see atlantic aircoming ourway. that means temperatures will be rising, but we're also going to find some rain. but what about christmas? well, i'll try and answer that question later on. we start, though, col

this interview was carried out by a newspaper in singapore called the lianhe zaobao., or even if they are a journalist, managed to secure this interview given that there has been so much silence around her in mainland media. but in this video that has appeared, which again, i should say lianhe zaobao has not posted within china, it has appeared on its website and its appeared on social media platforms like twitter, which are blocked in china. she says that she has never said or written that she has had any allegations of sexual assault, and that she has always been very free. let's bring you some live pictures now from downing street — where the cabinet is holding their meeting on the covid measures. i will bring you more than half an hour on that, our main story, see you in a bit. england look to be heading for a series loss in the ashes after defeat in the second test in adelaide. they are now 2—0 down in the five match series. jos buttler offered some resistance batting for over 200 balls, but england were finally all out for 192 in their second innings, losing by

this interview was carried out by a newspaper in singapore called the lianhe zaobao.they are a journalist, managed to secure this interview, given that there's been so much silence around her in mainland media. but in this video that's appeared, which again, i should say, lianhe zaobao has not posted within china. it's appeared on its website and it's appeared on social media platforms like twitter, which are blocked in china. she says that she's has never said or written any allegations of sexual assault and that she's always been very free. that's it for now. i am back with headlines and just a moment or two. hello. we are in that important run—up to christmas now where some of you may have plans to get on the move through this week. what can we expect weather—wise? well, not much changes through today and tomorrow. maybe a little bit more sunshine tomorrow. but some milder weather coming our way midweek. some rain at times but could the cold air fight back as we head towards christmas day? more on that in a moment. as for the rest of today, don't expect a huge amou

peng shuai speaking to the singaporean chinese language newspaper lianhe zaobao there.and although it welcomes her apperance in a public setting, it doesn't alleviate or address the concerns about her wellbeing. staying with china, a top chinese live—streamer has been fined $210 million for tax evasion. huang wei, known as viya, is famous for her ability to sell anything by livestreaming on the taobao live platform — from noodles to a commercial rocket launch. viya has more than 80 million followers on taobao and another 18 million on weibo. she was fined for hiding personal income and other offences in 2019 and 2020. our china analyst kerry allen explains what we can read into this. well, if you think in general in china, it's a communist country, and live streaming is this new lucrative way of being able to influence how people spend their money. so someone like viya, who's got this huge following and literally can attract young audiences and encourage them how to spend their money, it puts companies in certain positive lights. and then there might be, obviously, the

in a video interview, filmed by singaporean chinese language newspaper lianhe zaobao, she said the commentsst emphasise _ translation: first and foremost i must emphasise i _ translation: first and foremost i must emphasise i have - translation: first and foremost i must emphasise i have never - i must emphasise i have never said or wrote about anyone sexually assaulting me. that is a very important point. the post is my personal issue. i know there are many misunderstandings but there is no distorted interpretation. the women's tennis association has said it's still concerned that ms peng is still being censored by the state — and although it welcomes her apperance in a public setting, it doesn't alleviate or address the concerns about her wellbeing. now here's something to cheer us all up as we go into what for many is the festive season. french champagne houses say they expect record sales this year after lockdowns and closures drove them down. the owner of this bar in paris says things have been going crazy since september. the surge is so unexpected that its created shortages in the su