the size _ likely ended up in the netherlands. the size of— likely ended up in the netherlands.of the _ likely ended up in the netherlands. the size of the chain _ likely ended up in the netherlands. the size of the chain of— the size of the chain of transmission _ the size of the chain of transmission is - the size of the chain of transmission is not - the size of the chain of. transmission is not known the size of the chain of- transmission is not known yet. the size of the chain of transmission is not known yet. while vaccine efficacy _ transmission is not known yet. while vaccine efficacy has _ transmission is not known yet. while vaccine efficacy has been _ vaccine efficacy has been questioned, expert believe the tests used to detect it will still identify infections from the new strain, but only laboratory analysis can confirm that omicron is present, meaning the trousdale of the spread and how serious of its effects are may not emerge for some time —— true scale. sara monetta, bbc news. many countries in asia are now reassessing their covid—i9 measures since the emergence

the netherlands�* second city. scarred by a night of rage. came from across the country to try to quell the uprising. they fired warning shots than live rounds in response to scenes condemned by rotterdam's mayor as an orgy of violence. translation: on several. occasions police officers had to draw their weapons to defend themselves. some aimed shots were fired. at least seven were injured. restrictions in the netherlands began last saturday and will be in place for another two weeks at least. tonight, they are being extra vigilant here, checking ids and still looking for suspects. the streets here are peaceful right now but pockets of discontent exist around the country and the atmosphere remains volatile. the netherlands is among several european countries battling record infection rates and many governments are considering or implementing tougher measures targeting the unvaccinated. in austria today supporters of the far right freedom party marched against mandatory coronavirus vaccines. a 20—day lockdown will start next week, working from

and the netherlands is introducing new restrictions, social distance thing is set to become compulsory. again, let's go straight over to andrew simmons who's in rotterdam, where he's monitoring the situation across your former for us and andrew, obviously the netherlands are in the wars again, what's the situation like where you are? what across europe, the situation is escalating in terms of co infections rising here in the netherlands. a new record 40 percent increase in the weekly figures of infection rates from other disturbing percentages and 19 percent rise in the number of hospital admissions. 26 percent of 26 percent rise in intensive care admissions. that is a real crucial figure because it indicates the seriousness of the situation we're seeing now. the 1st transfer of patients from the netherlands into germany, germany helping out bad to try and ease the pressure on hospitals here has been taken across the border from water where the situation is quite critical. and also this is a place where the or is all ready a partial lockdown. so the government really struggling now to

our top stories: a second night of violence in the netherlands as new coronavirus restrictions draw protesters onto the streets in the hague. the world health organisation says it is very worried about the number of cases in europe, as the virus once again becomes the continent's biggest killer. success today does not mean success tomorrow because no country is an island. the missing tennis player peng shuai — new videos chinese media says were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. bad news for hong kong's wild boars — attacks on the public prompt authorities to launch a cull of the creatures in urban areas. hello, welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. as the netherlands battles record coronovirus infections a second night of rioting has broken out as people object to restrictions on their movement. hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague with protests also taking place in other towns. the latest violence follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least fifty people were arrest

anger in the netherlands over new covid restrictions.utch police have shot and wounded at least two people during rioting, as coronavirus infection rates rise across europe. there are further protests in austria, which will return to a full national lockdown on monday. a rally is being held in vienna, after the government announced coronavirus vaccines will be made mandatory next year. joe biden says he's angry, after a teenager who shot two people dead during racial unrest is cleared of murder. protests took place in new york following the verdict — the president says it should be respected... i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works and we have to abide by it. the women's tennis association threatens to pull out of china, as pressure grows over missing tennis star peng shuai. a record number of people died while detained under the mental health act in england during the first year of the pandemic, according to new figures from the health watchdog. a public consultation starts on a potential ban on single—use plasti

now we've got these details from the netherlands. does it give us any better insight into the spread and the seeding of on the crone around the world? thank you so much for helping me. so actually, i think these news from the netherlands, i guess so. so news, so now what we need to to do is really sequence the virus that we're founding, the netherlands compared to the sequence they had to were found here in south africa. and really trying to understand, eat what comes 1st the. and if we are able to do that, so it's good deck day. well, sorry, it's good for a point of view that day. we don't know where it originated, not me, only here in south africa that he's appearing in in other countries. so i think now we really need to be very, very vigilant and do a sequence surveillance in all these countries, we have dividers, has been identified. so does that make the travel bounds that have been imposed? horridly over the past week does not make them largely fruitless than that actually would just be better off without a sanitation distance

the netherlands confirming the new variant has been in europe longer than we ought. also coming up, and emergency pandemic meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. the man who will replace or later this week reportedly saying he is in favor of a coronavirus vaccination mandate for everyone in the country. plus, what is russia doing on its border with ukraine? nato foreign ministers are meeting to discuss worries over a possible invasion. france this does its highest honor on josephine baker, a black woman born in the u.s. gave hercog and spirit, to freedom to the french. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and a live view around the world, welcome. the netherlands today confirmed two people there tested positive for the new omicron coronavirus variant more than a week ago. the world just learned about the variant five days ago. worries are growing along with the list of reactions, which have included more and more travel restrictions. >> all of the world, countries are shutting their gates to international travelers. so great is

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these were the scenes in the netherlands�* second largest city.oting over lockdown restrictions clashed with police. officers used water cannon, fired warning shots and then live rounds. two people were shot and wounded and the protest condemned by rotterdam's mayor as an orgy of violence. translation: on several. occasions police officers had to draw their weapons to defend themselves. some aimed shots were fired. at least seven were injured. restrictions in the netherlands began on monday and will be in place for another two weeks at least. countries across europe are facing a sharp increases in covid cases. in austria a 20—day lockdown will start next week. working from home will be ordered and only essential shops will stay open. in february vaccinations will become compulsory. we have a very low vaccination rate in the population and the waning of immunity hits austria now six months after we started our vaccination programme and that is unfortunately right at the beginning of the winter season where people are moving indoors. germany fears a

if this news is coming in this from the netherlands is to be believed. what's going on? where you are? then lots going on. when it comes to coven 19 across europe will start in germany, where the constitutional court talked court in the land has ruled that locked downs that had been imposed in the past were well within the framework of the basic law. that's equivalent of germany's constitution. the at the top court, they're saying that they interfered with basic rights, but were compatible within the basic law. now that's important because on tuesday angler merkel and the as well her most likely successor all af sholtes as chancellor. and we'll be discussing with the health ministers from germany, 16 states what they're going to do for a national tactic to tackle the current outbreak of coven 19 now are figures across germany, have been through the roof for the last few weeks. so we have seen the slightest of slight downturns in ab 7 day indices, 7 day numbers of, of people who have been infected and over the last 24 hours. but when i say slight, i'm talking about 0.2 of

if this news is coming in this out from the netherlands is to be believed anglo merkel. and the as well. her most likely successor or left sholtes as chancellor. and we'll be discussing with the health ministers from germany. 16 states what they're going to do for a national tactic to tackle the current outbreak of coven 19. that may well be something about when schools can be closed. also something about curfews as well, be paying close attention to it. however, some of the regional leaders in germany, a saying action needs to be taken immediately to protect our healthcare system. we unfortunately have to shut down the whole country on an even strict basis. a federal emergency broke must be decided this week, for one country that's already in the middle of a lockdown, is austria. that is going to run through until at least the end of this week. it could well be extended until the 13th of december. and we've been finding out a little bit more from the austrian government about their proposal that they're going to him, make it mandatory for people to have vaccines from th

. >> greg: napping in the netherlands. not as fun as it sounds. head to the netherlands, shall we? >> jesse: geraldo, did you smoke dope with in the earth inner lands? >> geraldo: i went to, as you mentioned it, i went to one of those marijuana bars with my son. it was on the internet in 15 minutes. we weren't even out of the bash before we got on the internet. i can't do anything. i don't do anything. amsterdam. i can't waited until jesse jr. and i fly over there. >> geraldo: you can bond. >> dana: i want to thank everybody for the warm welcome we gave percy yesterday. came on american newsroom as well. better behaved this morning. watch. >> i think he is an old soul. is he going to be big.

the netherlands is battling record coronavirus infections.ournalist stephanie van der berg is in the hague and told us more about what's driving these protests there. well, the main point of the demonstration is not that they have recurrent lockdown like in the netherlands where public spaces are closed at eight p.m., but the government announced that if that doesn't work, bringing down the record numbers of infections we are seeing the netherlands, that they might have to look at a system were unvaccinated people no longer will be able to have a green check in the corona app and therefore cannot access with that and so there will be restricted in their movements essentially going out and that is what a lot of people are protesting about we have a caretaker government and setting up a coalition party. one of the coalition parties are an orthodox christian party whose voters are also, a part of them that are not vaccinated because they believe it to be in gods hands and they already said they do not want separate rules for unvaccinated people

now, europe is in the grip of another wave of covey. 2 cases rising in germany and the netherlands in the 10s of thousands as the response tough restrictions are being re imposed across the continent. sparking a public outcry. authorities in the netherlands detained, at least a $130.00 people as anti locked down, protest turned violent after several nights of rioting. the dutch prime minister, called the demonstrators, idiots. now meanwhile, in australia, people have taken to the streets, both in favor and against co, with vaccines and restrictions that is authorities there seek to expand their powers during the pandemic and in the countries or northern territory, the chief minister 2 said any body opposing vaccine mandates is an anti vac, sir, regardless if they had the job voluntarily. you are out there in any way, shape or form campaigning against this man that you are absolutely any fax, your personal taxation status is only irrelevant. but as we mentioned in the you, authorities are struggling with opposition with the opposition to reinforce coded restrictions and made large scal

now about even strict locked down mattias here in the netherlands. and of course we're going to say the prime minister is expected to speak more. i mean, the netherlands themselves have been in a partial lockdown. it hasn't gone down very well, and other neighboring countries across europe must be looking about what's going on in the netherlands and thinking, how far do we go in restricting the movements of our public when we've only just begun really to open up our countries again and now they've got this new variant lurking on their shoulder while. absolutely, and of course it's been hard here and then atlanta impulses restrictions from the start. we had a knife cra, few of the were riots protesting against it. also last week we saw ryan again here to have been number numerous so protest also because the government was so thinking of imposing a restriction for people who are not fractionated than that. and of course is a country with liberty and freedom. it's very highly rated. so people really are not supporting these measures and the government i

omicron cases in the netherlands predate those in south africa and botswana. more cases are reported around the world, the world health organization says travel bans will not stop the virus crossing borders. eric zemmour declares he is running for president, a tv pundit with a criminal record for far right views, he could split the far right vote in france come april. this is live in paris. ♪ mark: thank you very much for being with us. the remains of josephine baker have been reinterred at the place of national honor to the great and good of france. the president pay tribute at the pantheon tuesday. in the words of the president, you were warned an american but deep down there is no one more french than you. reaction, analysis and appreciation of josephine baker will be throughout the program let's start with words on the french president the woman recognized as a national treasure. >> war hero, fighter, dancer, a singer. a black woman defending black people, but first and foremost, a woman defending the human race, american and french. josephine baker played

the netherlands is now the new variant hotspot in europe.country. so the dutch health minister has, in the last hour, been updating people. 13 cases confirmed so far of the 0micron variant. but they're still conducting more sequencing tests so there could be more to follow. now these passengers arrived in the netherlands on friday, 61 of them tested positive for covid. they've been taken into isolation in a hotel. but those flights are still arriving so earlier today one came in from johannesburg, another one from cape town and that's causing quite a lot of concern here. because the netherlands is already battling a record—breaking infection rate. today in fact, new measures come into place, so bars, restaurants, cafes, nonessential shops, they have to close by 5pm. and this is to try to relieve pressure on the health service, the hospitals are overwhelmed so intensive care units don't have enough beds, operations are being cancelled and the boosterjabs are being slow to roll out here. it's the over 80s and health workers who are onlyjust be

as covid cases rise in europe, police in the netherlands fire warning shots at angry protests against new restrictions. belarus�*s authoritarian leader, alexander lukashenko, speaks exclusively to the bbc. he admits that his forces may have helped migrants cross into the european union. translation: i told the eu i'm not going to detain migrants - on the border, hold them at the border, and if they keep coming from now on, i still won't stop them. the women's tennis association threatens to pull out of china as the outcry intensifies over missing chinese tennis star peng shuai. and hear how this german french horn player who was born with no arms is now on tour with the bournemouth symphony orchestra. hello and welcome to bbc news. a us teenager who shot dead two people and injured another during racialjustice protests in wisconsin last year has been found not guilty of murder. kyle rittenhouse argued that he was repeatedly attacked, and had acted in self—defence. the protests in the city of kenosha came after a black man, jacob blake, was shot by police. mr rittenhouse and the men he

— the netherlands is when will it actually and? that is a question many people — actually and? many people are asking - actually and? that is a question - many people are asking everywhere. thank you very much. an entrepreneur who flew to space last month onjeff bezos�* blue origin flight, has died in a plane crash. forty—nine year old glen de vries — seen here on the right — went into orbit for ten minutes alongside actor william shatner. he expressed his hope that soon more people could have the same oppertunity. his plane crashed on thursday at around 3pm in sussex county, newjersey. another person is also reported to have died, and the crash is currently being investiagted by the federal aviation authority. space last month withjeff bezos�* company blue origin, turkey has stopped all citizens from iraq, syria and yemen from flying to belarus until further notice. the civil aviation authority in turkey said it was because of illegal migrant crossings from belarus into the european union. it's reported that, among the thousands of migrants and refugees trying to enter poland

they're just over a week and see if they're locked down. light that they have in the netherlands are full locked down. but 3 weeks of restrictions on the side, the netherlands becoming the 1st country to impose such restrictions. closely followed by austria, of course think much mercy on friday, i wear the city of rotterdam in the netherlands, so rioting over the partial lockdown. and also the proposed tightening of coven pass criteria. angry crowd, set police vehicles ablaze, and left a trail of destruction on the streets. it seems that described by the cities mer as an orgy of violence. a tooth. well, this is a stuck in a situation of the aftermath of the riots and rotterdam on friday road, stayed with blood and pavements of shattered glass and destroyed property on top of the lockdown underway. now in the netherlands of further plant restrictions have the nation divided with a major poll, showing the belly half the population would be okay with excluding the unvaccinated from getting coby passes. earlier on r t, german and p andre hunker says that the key to fighting the pandemic

that is following the netherlands. that is following the meeting today. must be responsible and make their country less attractive for migrants, he said. that is the latest copy from that meeting, which i think has broken up. i meeting to which the home secretary was not invited, other other interior ministers had been invited and she was then invited because president macron got upset because boris johnson tweeted a letter, treated simultaneously, and the french felt they were being bounced into reacting into policy ideas from the prime minister. some other breaking news... covid related. the department of education says schools in england, pupils in year seven and above will have to wear face masks again in communal areas and the rules will apply to visitors in communal areas and head teachers have received an email update today so if you are a head teacher sitting at home thinking, thank goodness i have the day off, and you don�*t often, i�*m afraid it is another emailfrom the often, i�*m afraid it is another email from the department. very important,

but look what happens when we include the netherlands and austria.n see how the numbersjump to more than double those rates for the uk and germany. with cases surging in parts of europe, my colleague martine croxall, spoke to dr hans kluge — the world health organisation's regional director for europe. he pointed out that while cases are high, authorities know how to handle the situation and what measures to implement. we are definitely worried. of the good news is, that we know what to do. let's look at the positive side, portugal, spain, they are recently implementing what we call a vaccination plus. they are vaccinating and boosting and also implementing the basic measures like masks, average 48% of the european population is wearing a mask indoors and any percentage above that will have an immediate effect, much more attention to be paid to ventilation and viability, to new treatment protocols which have to be standardised. we are hearing that austria wants to make vaccinations mandatory. how wise is that when you've already seen people out on th

as dutch health officials say on the chrome was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa, we speak to a w h, o representative in russia about how dangerous this new strength could be. a logic, not a huge is telling us, been there, learned that this is a more deadly virus. there is no place for planning, but there is place for preparedness, proportion, and action. nothing unions from 28 countries to mount a, suspension of cobit vaccine payton's. so poor countries can legally produce them, they say jobs are being unfairly hauled it by wealthier nations. we will be forced to create similar sites as a reaction to those who threaten us in this way. and we can do it now because we have successfully tested a hypersonic missiles, but it may appear in says rush has developed a powerful new hypersonic missile in response to append to get the statement ramping up tensions with moscow. and growing fears over twitters future as a beacon of free speech as the online giant gets a new boss known for coming out against freedom of expression in the 1st amendment . ah hello, go

not this news came in about the origins of the netherlands. maybe in brief is a bit on that as well. it's put another twist into it where exactly this started year p. well, it certainly has that news coming out the netherlands, very new that we could well have seen this virus on this new varying of the virus in europe for quite some time yet. be checking in with that as more information comes when it comes to what's happening here in germany though, and you asked about the potential for a new locked down. well, and no news on whether that is going to be happening yet. what we do know what's happened just recently is germany's top called the constitutional court and has ruled that locked downs fit within the basic law that basically germans, germany constitution. and in the ruling, they said that locked downs had interfered with basic rights. but work. busy compatible with the basic law now anglo merkel and her successor in waiting all af sholtes are going to be meeting with health ministers from germany. 16 states on tuesday. and during that m

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as dutch health officials say, palmer crohn was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa . we speak it to a w h. o representative in russia about how dangerous this new strain could be. we don't have a logical knowledge. it's telling us that the man, this is a more deadly virus, there is no place for panic, but there is place for preparedness, propulsion, and action. we will be forced to create similar sites as a reaction to those who threaten us in this way. and we can do it now, because we have successfully tested a hypersonic missile. president putin says russia has developed a powerful new hypersonic missile in response to a pentagon statement, ramping up tensions with moscow. and growing fears over twitters future as a beacon of free speech. as the online giant gets a new boss known for coming out against freedom of expression and the 1st amendment ah, a broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our 2 international . i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. are now 3 students have been killed and 8 other people injured, inc

strain on the crone is now under question today is dutch health officials say it was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa. nursing unions from 28 countries demand a suspension of coven vaccine, payton's so the poor countries can legally produce them. they say such jobs are being unfairly hoarded by wealthier nations away from cove. its mother these french far i, journalist eric z, moore's naps t sufficiently entering the 2022 presidential campaign from despite losing political points with some very public scandals. and those backlash in australia over the countries. news, social media laws that could see use a day to hand it over to authority, some seeing it as a clamp that on with privacy though. the same sets of rules could be used by a states that enormously malicious mother. this is not about curtailing free speech . this she's about to release increased bin speech from the powers of the new media oligarchs. ah other welcome to the program. the tuesday afternoon for moscow live from ortiz, will d z h q, kevin, out here for the next 30 minutes with our latest. an

let's go over to step bass and who's in the hague in the netherlands and stuff. obviously, i have a west windy night that major storm handles towards europe. it's not going to help matters. the tool, especially on the continent where various loc downs are in place, not just in belgium or in the netherlands, but also in belgium, germany, austria, even the u. k, now, huge credit of iris figures. it's a real dilemma now. this new variant that submerged yes, absolutely, and this is the situation in the hague, just an hour before the netherlands. the prime minister will announce further lockdown measures. police is heavily guarding the area because that's the situation in the netherlands and also in other countries, people are less and less accepting these kinds of matches. the government is really struggling, has been struggling since the beginning also fund that make, but i think it's really high all over europe and particularly here in the netherlands because the balance has been laid back. summation for late boost shop have been given lay there actually have barel

rotterdam, the netherlands�* second city. scarred by a night of rage.t police came from across the country to try to quell the uprising. they fired warning shots, then live rounds, in response to scenes condemned by rotterdam's mayor as an orgy of violence. translation: on several. occasions police officers had to draw their weapons to defend themselves. some aimed shots were fired. at least seven were injured. restrictions in the netherlands began last saturday and will be in place for another two weeks at least. the streets are peaceful now but the atmosphere across the country remains volatile. the netherlands is battling record infection rates and the government is considering new restrictions targeting the unvaccinated. in austria today, supporters of the far—right freedom party marched against mandatory coronavirus vaccines. a 20—day lockdown will start next week. working from home will be ordered and only essential shops will stay open. germany fears a national health care emergency. new measures are expected for those who haven't had theirjabs.

you have got the ministers of belgium, france, germany and the netherlands, but you have represented at, not just a france uk issue, this is, as i said, global, just a france uk issue, this is, as isaid, global, 18 just a france uk issue, this is, as i said, global, 18 million refugees coming from countries, afghanistan, syria, somalia and all kinds of countries. so really the problem is much bigger and wider. it is to try and find an eu solution or solutions, it won't be just one solution, and then looking at saying that and announcing that to the british and seeing how a dialogue can properly be engaged to try and find some sort of resolution, particularly after the tragedy of wednesday. it was an accident, i think, waiting to happen, but a tragic one nobody wants to see repeated. but what is important is not to do this with tweets of published letters and france sees the letter, that is the suspicion, not actually aimed at paris and the french government and engaging in dialogue but more meant for a domestic audience and for the conservative party itself because after all, conserv

royal dutch shell is going to leave the netherlands, move it ceo to the u.k.ow let's talk about covid. boris johnson open boosters to those in their 40's. austria is imposing new restrictions on the unvaccinated. ireland preparing to recommend working from home again. andrew bailey, governor of the bank of england, has told mp's he is very uneasy about the inflation situation. mep michael saunders says unless rates go up, and placers -- go up, inflation will overshoot the bank of england target. we continue to creep higher. that is the message. we are up by another 0.2%. the stoxx 600 at 487. what is interesting as well as that the pound is now on the front foot. 1.3431. the euro in particular very much under pressure. alix: andy dollar really popping here. let's take a look at what is happening in the u.s. start with the bloomberg dollar index, up by 0.1%. ubs and hsbc dollar positive for 2022. potentially a stronger fed and better growth here in the u.s. that all leading to the 30 year yield above six basis points, buffets 30 moving -- 30 day moving average.

a partial lockdown is announced in the netherlands, as covid cases reach a record high.ars and shops will have to start closing early. as migrants continue to camp in freezing conditions in belarus, british troops are sent to poland to strengthen its border. and scotland book a place in the world cup play—offs, as they bid to reach the finals for the first time in 2a years. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, are lewis hamilton's title hopes slipping away? another penalty costs him pole position at the sao paulo grand prix. good evening from glasgow, where last—minute haggling will see negotiations go on well into the night and into the weekend at the cop26 climate summit. the talks should have ended several hours ago, and it's unclear how close delegates are to an agreement. but the president of the summit, alok sharma, wants a final injection of what he calls a "can—do spirit," to agree measures to slash global greenhouse gas emissions. the aim of the summit had been to try to gain consensus among more than 190 countries for measures aimed at limiting g

the new cove it strains origin as dutch health officials say on the chrome was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa. we speak to a w, h. o representative in russia about how dangerous this new strain could be. you know how i feed them. yeah, largest. they're not a huge. it's telling us at a demand that this is a more deadly virus. there is no place for panic, but there is a case for preparedness, propulsion, and action. we will be forced to create similar sites as a reaction to those who threaten us in this way. and we can do it now because we have successfully tested a hypersonic missile. president putin says rush has developed a powerful new hypersonic missile in response to a pentagon statement, ramping up tensions with moscow. and growing fears over twitters future as a beacon of free speech. as the online giant gets a new boss known for coming out against freedom of expression and the 1st amendment ah, oh, there live from moscow. this is our t internation is just to midnight here. it's now wednesday, the 1st of december on color break. good, happy with it

tests carried out in the netherlands showed two people who tested positive were infected with the varianth african officials raised the alarm on november 24. it raises questions about how quickly the latest variant is spreading. medical officials around the world are scrambling to find out if the vaccines we have can stop us getting sick. we have the latest. >> as the omicron strain continues to spread around the world, with cases around europe, canada, and now in japan, the question is how effective will the existing vaccines be against it? the answer, according to the boss of moderna, which produces one of the most widely used jabs, is not as effective. seven months, there is no word whether it is the same level we had with delta. he added i think it is going to be a material drop, i just don't know how much, because we need to wait for the data. that could take weeks, or even months. several major vaccine manufacturers have said they are ready to treat their shots if needed. china, which produces its own vaccines, has taken similar steps. >> it is still currently unclear if these mutat

royal dutch shell reportedly changing their share structure they are leaving the netherlands, they wille share structure, it will be in the uk they will have one headquarters, that will be in the uk, steve. they will be based only in the uk this is a company that has been in the netherlands since its founding in 1890 in its original form and they are dropping royal dutch from the name. we know they have been under attack from a climate perspective, their board, their economy in the netherlands you guys are getting the full headquarters of shell, as we will just call it, what do you make of the move do you think part of the move is the incredible pressure they've been under in the netherlands, forcing the ceo and the board to make some hard calls they're basically dissolving 131-year-old company out of where it was founded >> yeah. brian, you haven't thrown me under the electric bus at all. louisvill i love this story. i haven't been covering it personally but i know the man who took over. this is the new activists who want to see shell give up oil and gas or gas and oil, and want them t