this letter, for example, was sent to daniel lazar, and michael of van, vertical, who are both new york based journalist. it says the s c f is on a list of banned organizations accused of election meddling, and that us citizens who engage in transactions with the foundation are liable to fines of at least $300000.00. daniela's czar shared his experience with us. it was a warning i regarding future articles. so essentially, if i write for sci fi and gauge and any kind of transaction, which i assume means any, an exchange of money, i could be hit with massive fines that were completely destroy my finances. so i was taken aback, i was, you know, concerned certainly, but actually i stopped writing for se yes, since the previous, you know, of 4 or 5 months earlier. so i didn't feel personally threatened. but others who, who want to continue writing for the f works dreamily frightened fair. they have all stopped writing for the site because really there's just, it's, you know, it's impossible to, to battle the us treasury in this kind of case. the us treasury is power is, is, is enormous. and

dave chisnall has joined three—time winner michael van gerwen and vincent van der voort in pulling out after a positive test. we were treated to one ofeating jonny clayton, who took a two set lead before falling 3—2 behind, and needing a bull's—eye to level. and the deciding set went to a tie—break, smith eventually winning it at around 11 o'clock, to set up a meeting with the defending champion gerwyn price. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. some breaking news, we arejust thank you very much. some breaking news, we are just hearing from the coroner who has been looking into the death of emad al swealmeen, who was killed outside liverpool women's hospital and remembrance sunday when his home—made bomb went off, the coroner has ruled that he died from the explosion and fire caused by the improvised device that he manufactured with murderous intent, the words, there, of the coroner. that detail just the words, there, of the coroner. that detailjust coming through, so a ruling that he died from the explosion and fire caused by the device he had manufactured. he was on the back of a taxi, the taxi driver managed to get o

dave chisnall has joined three—time winner michael van gerwen and vincent van der voort in pulling out after a positive test. we were treated to one ofbeating jonny clayton, who took a two set lead before falling 3—2 behind, and needing a bullseye to level . and the deciding set went to a tie—break, smith eventually winning it at around 11 o'clock, to set up a meeting with the defending champion gerwyn price. that's all the sport for now. there were 33 fewer deaths with coronavirus in england and wales in the latest recorded week, according to the the office for national statistics. it's the lowest number of deaths since the middle of october. the number of deaths involving covid—i9 has now been falling since the mid—november. however the 0ns says the number of deaths in total in the uk was 14% above the five—year average. three quarters of people with new cold—like symptoms are likely to have covid but exponential case growth seems to have stopped, according to the zoe covid study app. this is up from around 50% last week. with me now is dr claire steves, she is a scientist on the zoe covid study app and reader at king's college lon

withdraw — dave chisnall has joined three—time winner michael van gerwen and vincent van der voort in pulling out after a positive test. we were treated to one ofok a two set lead before falling 3—2 behind, and needing a bullseye to level. and the deciding set went to a tie—break, smith eventually winning it at around 11 o'clock to set up a meeting with the defending champion gerwyn price. that's all the sport for now. thank you. eight temporary covid hubs are to be set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a potential wave of 0micron admissions. nhs england says each site will have capacity for around 100 patients, and there are also plans to identify a further 4,000 beds if needed. meanwhile, almost 8—million test kits will be made available to pharmacies by tomorrow, amid warnings of patchy supplies following the changes to self—isolation rules. our health editor hugh pym reports. at the height of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, a network of so—called nightingale hospitals were set up in england at conference centres and other sites to cope with an anticipated surge of covid patients. scotland, wales and northern ireland made

michael strahan on board. this comes two days after a delay due to win conditions abc news reporter morgan norwood is live in van horn, texas for us with a preview of this morning's launch exciting stuff morgan. good morning. good morning to you. so exciting here in van horn, texas liz. yeah, michael and the crew they've completed their last minute saf. trainings the evaluations. we know the spacecraft is on the landing pad in blue origin tells us things are looking good for liftoff. after a false start to launch week former nfl great and gma. anchor michael strahan along with his blue origin. teammates are finally ready for liftoff gonna be an adventure but it's gonna be a fun one strahan and other crew members were originally slated to rocket to space aboard blue origin's new shepherd thursday. the mission postponed due to high winds, but if those winds are really strong at 10,000 feet, it can actually blow our capsule outside of our area and when it comes to safety the crew is prepped for it all learning how to buckle up in zero g learning how to get seat in the first place. i'm learning the access control panel the crew control panel stray hand

leicester are top of the premiership with ten wins from ten. three—time champion michael vanhis third—round match against chris dobey, who will get a bye into the last 16 at alexandra palace. van gerwen's fellow dutch players raymond van barneveld and vincent van der voort have also tested positive for coronavirus. and just in case you're an english cricket fan looking for the tiniest crumb of comfort this evening... at least there was one player from these shores doing well down under today, albeit in t20 cricket. sam billings top scored for sydney thunder as they beat big bash league leaders perth scorchers in canberra. while his international teammates were being skittled for 68, billings on his own managed 67 off 35 balls to help his team win by 3a runs. that's all from sportsday. next up it's living with obesity: the mental health burden. from everybody here, thank you for joining us. it is goodbye for now. i feel weak, i feel like a failure because i can't lose weight. that's it. for thousands across the uk, living with obesity can be hard, physically and mentally. i th

three—time champion michael van gerwen is through to the third round of the pdc world championships.he first set, winning six legs in a row to beat chas barstow in a 3—1victory. well, the fans at ally pally have been treated to two nine—darters in two days! after willie borland achieved the rare feat on friday, darius labanauskas got one of his own on saturday but still ended up losing his match. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's joanna with the papers. hello, let's take a look at today's papers. with me are businessjournalistjohn crowley and kate proctor, editor of politics home and the house magazine. today's front pages dominated by lord fosster�*s resignation as brexit minister plus this year's strictly come dancing winner. let's start with mail on sunday, which had first reported the news that brexit minister lord frost has resigned from government, citing a growing �*disillusionment�* with the government's political direction and the introduction of covid restrictions. the sandy times has a picture of the lord frost resigning and a picture of strictly come d

but switched back to an old set of darts and immediately won four in a row to make the last 16 earlier, three—time champion michael vanesting positive for covid—19. he was due to play chris dobey, who will get a bye into the last 16. fellow dutch players raymond van barneveld and vincent van der voort have also tested positive for coronavirus. and that's all the sport for now. hello there ingrid wells on tuesday have a lot of clout and certainly some right around. skies like these were fairly commonplace. but others call it was different, but saturday we had a number of weather watcher pictures sent to as showing these fantastic halos, son pillars and also upper tangent arcs. these phenomena are all caused by ice crystals high in the earths atmosphere reflecting and refracting sunlight. that was then but moving on to the story we've got exceptionally mild air that's going to be pushing in behind his warm front as we go through the next few days without will see temperatures pushing up to near record levels across parts of england was up because he hides read 17 celsius while the english record temperature is 17.7. the

i'm michael ok. nearly 2 years into van dam make many countries are once again ramping up covered restrictions in response to the rapid spread of the amok con variant. in the u. s. hospitals in health workers are bracing for an expected surge after the holidays and across the atlantic. large parts of europe or re imposing partial lock downs to curve record numbers of new cases. rounding off the year with another variant and another set of measures to fight back. countries across europe have tightened restrictions, dampening planned new year's eve celebrations as omicron spreads. france has announced a range of new measures including reducing the weight for these 2 jobs to 3 months . the government will also vote on a new bill to bar the unvaccinated from entry to places like restaurants and cinemas. news of old old re today we have adopted the following additional measures . yes. review which will apply from next monday for a period of 3 weeks. would you like to possibly, but then you will be to so down on a crawl, large gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 2000 people indoors on 5000 people, outlaws, episode maxime, on a

van duijvenbode and then jonny clayton faces michael smith. that's all from sportsday. you will be able to follow the football, ofr league, a 7:30pm kick—off involving chelsea and an 8:00pm involving manchester city. thank you for your company in sportsday as ever, get to see you, goodbye for now. it is clickmas! welcome to clickmas 2021, which is already looking more expensive than clickmas 2020. at least it is not a virtual party. but have we got a clickmas for you! i say it looks more expensive — it will do once we switch on the clickmas lights. would you care to do the honours? i have always dreamt of being asked to turn on the christmas lights and i will go one better than that. are you ready? definitely. five, four, three, two, one... tada! oh, my life! a clickmas laser? what could possibly go wrong?! and that is the best handwriting on click. by the way, have you bought all your christmas present? not yet. i still need to get some smellies for my dad and smellies for my mum. do your whole family smell? they do. i want them to smell better. i have a solution for you, but you will have to come with me

leicester are top of the premiership with ten wins from ten. three—time champion michael vanbye into the last 16 at alexandra palace. van gerwen's fellow dutch players raymond van barneveld and vincent van der voort have also tested positive for coronavirus. we'll have more sport for you later on the bbc news channel. back in control. after nearly 20 years of conflict, thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent, the taliban has seen off the us, nato and their afghan allies. a stunning success for them and another superpower humbled in the streets and fields of afghanistan. but to understand these events and the origins of the taliban, we need to go back to the cold war.

state, 222-miles historic storm in terms of width of area affected, and we have storm chaser michael gordon -- actually, we're going to bring in derek vanirst to talk about what wille're seeing righ now in nashville. what's the latest? >> yeah, right. kim, what we're going to do, we're going to actually trace this all back to where this began. northeastern portions of arkansas in the monnette region. this nursing home was devastated by the long-track torn you that just mentioned. kentucky governor describing what would potentially be, if verified, the longest sing tral tornados in u.s. history. eclinting the 1925 tristate tornado. this tornado which occurred in the last few hours actually moved to four separate states, arkansas, missouri, tennessee and kentucky. let me take you to mayfield. this is what one of the government buildings downtown looked like before the tornado moved through. mind you, this is the same long-track tornado that originated in arkansas. you can see the devastation left in the area. you see the images of the candle factory. let me break it down to show you north of jonesboro in northern eastern sections of arkan

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. >>> we want to say good morning to michael strahan down in van horn, texas. got one day ofining under your belt now, stray. we're all curious, how did day one go? >> reporter: it was a long day, t.j. nine hours of training on my first day of astronaut training school yesterday. it was fun. it's very interesting. i had a chance to step into the capsule for the very first time. i sat in one of the seats. i wanted to get a feel of what it's going to be like on thursday and there is so much more that i cannot wait to tell you all more about. >> and you got your seat assignments as well, didn't you? >> reporter: yes. i got seat number one, robin. right in the front. >> that's right. >> reporter: a lot of responsibility in seat number one. >> but you're not driving. >> thank you, michael. >> stray, we'll talk to you plenty throughout the morning and will have more from stray as the countdown to his liftoff continues here in just a bit. >> that's right. >>> we're following a lot of other headlines including our interview with the father of hannah gutierrez reed, the armorer on the

of a tight third—round match. it went to a deciding set, with the 11th seed winning 4—3. earlier, three—time champion michael vanond van barneveld and vincent van der voort have also tested positive for coronavirus. and that's all the sport for now. much more a little bit later on. i'm shaun ley with the latest bbc news headlines at 9:30pm. new covid infections in england and wales hit a record daily high, as the government defends its decision not to introduce further restrictions in england before january. we want to party all night long! members of the hospitality industry welcome the move, calling it a "lifeline". protests outside court, as the kremlin bans one of russia's

of "the apollo murders." welcome to you. thank you so much for joining us. michael is set to record to vangin. so much prep goes into this. you're familiar with this process. what will that flight be like for him? >> well, he's going to be taking his 6'5", 250-pound frame, and they've got a seat that is custom made for him, and then when those engines light, the power of it and the acceleration of it will crush him and shake him into his seat for about 150 seconds, like, three times his normal weight. it's a wild dragster of a ride, jamming its way up through the atmosphere, but then, after a couple of minutes, the engines shut off, and he'll be able to unstrap from that seat and for the first time in his life, he'll be weightless flying around the ship. it's an amazing transition. >> absolutely, and we remember when william shatner came back to earth, he was overcome with emotion by his own experience. how does going into space affect you as a person? >> well, one of the big joys that michael is going to have is the huge windows on the side of the new shepard capsule. they're big, and he'

michael strahan on board. this comes two days after a delay due to wind conditions. morgan norwood is live in van horn, texas with a preview of this morning's launch. good morning, morgan. morgan: good morning. today is finally the day after a week of suspense. we had that weather delay. we know that michael and the crew have trained for this. they have gone over some last-minute safety briefings and simulations. we just got word within the last 15 minutes that the spacecraft is on the pad and things are looking good for launch. after a false start to launch week, former nfl great michael strahan along with his blue origin teammates are finally ready for liftoff. >> it is going to be an adventure. morgan: strahan and other crewmembers were slated to board the rocket thursday mother mission postponed due to high winds. >> if those winds are strong, it can blow the capsule outside of the landing area. morgan: the crew is prepped for it all. >> learning how to buckle up in zero g. learning how to getting your seat in the first place. learning the access control panel. morgan: strahan will travel to low orbit along with five othe

of the season at the world cup snow race in italy. this van aert producing a dominating display — despite falling off his bike on his way to the finish line and overtaking belgian compatriot michaelate efforts from dutch compatriot marianne vos to win her career first world cup race. the 19—year—old had led from the start but was overtaken by a fighting vos on the final stretch, before vos hit a post and crashed, allowing van empel to ride to victory. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. now, gchq, the uk's intelligence and security organisation — is challenging young people to discover their inner intelligence 0fficer. it's all part of a recruitment drive as agencies worldwide look to modernise. well, this year, what is their secret weapon? it would seem it's their christmas card. 0ur reporter mark lobel joins me now and i'm just being told i may be put on the spot. firstly though, what's this all about? this is partly fun. it is christmas _ this is partly fun. it is christmas so - this is partly fun. it is christmas so we i this is partly fun. it is i c

michael strahan. it was a third manned space flight for jeff bezos's rocket company. also on board, daughter of legendary astronaut alan shepherd and four other paying customers. in vans to space on blue origin's third crewed launch. the whole journey lasted just ten minutes and 13 seconds but it was the ride of a lifetime. >> it was a mind trip when all of a sudden, you feel your body go like this and you're floating. and then back in a belt and on earth. i'm going to sit at work tomorrow and said, i went to space yesterday. it to be floating again. you want more of it. >> reporter: laura shepherd churchly 12 years old when her father allan shepherd made his historical flight, first american in space. his journey aboard new shepherd, named after her father, was a long time coming and allowed her to experience a little bit of his adventures. >> way back when in '61, i was grateful that i had been a girl because i don't know how i would have followed in daddy's footsteps. so i finally did it. it was wonderful. >> the passengers passed the karmen line, international boundary of space and experienced three minutes of weightlessness before making a parachuted landing bac

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van dam is keeping close track of all of it at the cnn weather center. derek, what are you seeing? where is the most immediate threat currently? >> currently right now, michael, we have another six to eight hours of the most dangerous part of the severe weather outbreak that we are experiencing from the ohio river valley through the tennessee region, into kentucky, all the way down to shreveport, louisiana. i'll show you the map in one second. but i want to show you at home what one single tornado has done and the long track duration tornado that occurred across four different states, spanning over 200 miles. this is aerial imagery coming out of monette, arkansas. northeastern arkansas where we took a direct hit at a nursing home. that's where we are reporting a fatality coming out of that region. then i want to show you this before and after image from the same tornado. this is from google image, mayfield, kentucky. this is the same tornado. look what happened to the downtown courthouse building. you can see the damage and the trees that have been leveled across this particular governmental building. again, this is the same exact tornado. look at the satell

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days on sunday when michael reports to van horn, texas, to take part in the three-day training program with his five fellow crew members. leading preparations will be saah knights, one ofastronauts during their space journey. michael was recently fitted for his flight suit. >> fits like a glove. >> reporter: and starting monday morning he will be wearing it every day. >> all of our astronauts put on their flight suits every morning of training so on actual launch day it feels like an extension of their own skin. >> reporter: day one of training, preparing the crew for the basics of space night including a full flight simulation so they know what to expect. >> we cover each portion every event, you know, from the engine start to liftoff to separation from the booster itself to re-entry into the atmosphere and landing. >> reporter: after that wraps he'll report to astronaut village, a cluster of refinished air stream trailers where he and fellow crew members will sleep, unwind and bond under the stars. day two is a full rehearsal. driving to the launch site, practicing walking on the tower and seeing the actual rocket and capsule they will fly in in person. >> they'll le

of products we end up dealing with as consumers. >> on it from the very beginning. i know you'll stay on it. rebecca, thanks so much. >>> we turn to michael at that launch site there in vann, texas, ready to blast off. i should say he was. he was ready to blast off on the blue origin rocket. the launch is delayed now for two days until saturday. we get to blame the wind conditions for that. michael, the other day you said waiting is the hardest part. how are you hanging in there? >> reporter: oh, it's torture. it is torture, indeed. i thought i would already be ready to go up right now and come back down but waiting is the hardest part, cecilia, you guys. i will say that. our wait got a little longer. we started the day with our crew interview yesterday on "gma." everybody had such a great time. we really have bonded and it was fun to do that as a team. after that we moved into our final day of training and went through half of our training. when we took a little break, they informed us that the flight had been moved to saturday due to the high winds. and at first we were disappointed by it, of course, because we felt days ago we're just ready to go and let this happen b