s. andy, you are preparing economic sanctions against russia after president putin order troops over the border. an opportunity for fans or just a way to exploit them. we look at the growing link between football and crypto assets and we're off to spain to find out why some regions have started using currency. this is data via business on robots and berlin. welcome to the program. the escalation of the crisis in ukraine has sent shock waves through global markets . european stocks, slums to 7 year low as it started trading. as an invasion of ukraine by russia appeared more likely than at any other point in recent months. asian markets had also had their worst day for weeks. meanwhile, investors sought out safe havens pushing up the price of gold. and with the price of bree, brent crude oil climes to its highest point. since 2015 of affairs, the russian exports could be disrupted. western allies rushing to implement sanctions after russia recognize the independence of 2 regions of east in ukra

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here�*s our economics correspondent andy verity.of raw materials threatens to wipe out profits. profit margins obviously were affected in terms of rises in supply and material costs, etc, but driving efficiencies for us was really important in 2021 and will continue to be even more important as we move forward in 2022. although growth was faster than expected, the economy was still o.4% smaller than two years before. as omicron struck in december, it shrunk by o.2%. today�*s figures show that despite omicron, the economy was remarkably resilient. we were the fastest—growing economy in the g7 last year and are forecast to continue being the fastest growing economy this year, so that shows our plans for the economy are working. the office for national statistics cast doubt on government claims we are the best performing economy in the g7 group of advanced industrialised countries, whose leaders met in cornwall in the summer. our bungee jump economy fell faster in 2020 than other countries and has therefore bounced back faster. but com

the closing ceremony saw thousands of athletes parade through the bird�*s nest stadium in beijing. andys could be the most important stone of the match. curling is so often a sport of cliffhangers. not this time. britain led japan from the off, and a moment of muirhead magic took them out of sight. it is four for great britain. triumph was now only a matter of time, and when britain extended their lead to a massive 10—3, enough was enough. that�*s it! and so a team which onlyjust squeaked into the semifinals were now olympic champions. for muirhead, at herfourth games, it was particularly sweet. it is a dream come true for myself and for the rest of the girls as well. it has been a journey to get here. we are olympic champions and, yeah, what a five we are. it is such a special, special moment. gets himself forward... oh, no, and they've - crashed, they've crashed! aside from their two medals in the curling, though, the truth is britain have struggled here. their target was between three and seven medals and they failed to reach it. and he's crashed! there are definitely athletes and te

the nasdaq lost more than 500 points as well andy s&p 500 went down by more than 100. a rough day on wall street was headlined by meta. it had the worst day in the market as a public up any. shares closed down within than 26%. that is a 240 billion dollar hit to its market value. there were new challenges to facebook's core advertising business. facebook also saw a decline in the number of daily active users. mark zuckerberg's stake in the company dropped by more than $30 billion just today. >> the failed effort cost california more than $200 million. the secretary of state released the final numbers today. still, that than the original estimate. the money will not be paid by the organizers of the recall campaign. they will be left to taxpayers. >> big ones tonight. it had been the das job but that all came to an end when the police chief terminated the agreement. the agreement to police shootings is not only salvageable but effective. the testimony in his own office admitting that she was pressured to withhold evidence from police is questioning that. today we asked h

here�*s our sports correspondent andy swiss.go and afterwards his frustration was plain to see. i left myself with way too much to do on the first round. for some reason i didn�*t have my best game today. slightly disappointing but at the same time very tight. i knew that i didn�*t have it, didn�*t have something. but c�*est la vie, i live and fight on. i go home tomorrow my fiance and have a couple of days off and that�*s the most important thing at the end of the day, you know. there�*s more things in life than the olympics. a tough day for day one and a tough day for the british women�*s team as they were beaten by china in china group match what that means now is that they beat the russian electric committee ——olympic for final prevention faux pas the result of their way if they are to make the finals. the british man are of course, already threats in the finals before they play the russian olympic committee in a match they want. there are six victory in arrive here in beijing and they are in terrific form and of course if t

but the men�*s giant slalom did go ahead — marking the appearance of one of the games�* more unlikely competitors. andyn 'ust staying upright i and he's out. a day when 'ust staying upright deserves h and he's out. a day when just staying upright deserves a - and he's out. a day when just l staying upright deserves a gold medal. amid appalling conditions, nearly half the giant slalom field didn�*t even make it down and of those who did, switzerland�*s marco managed fastest to take victory. for the olympic title. but it was the man who did it the slowest that shared the limelight, benjamin alexander is a former dj who only started skiing when he was 32 and now jamaica�*s first of a alpine skierfinished over one minute behind the winner but his place in olympic folklore was guaranteed. it was the hardest race course i've was the hardest race course i�*ve ever been on. my back was aching, legs are aching, i had some treatment with the physio. still not enough. i need a hot bath.- enough. i need a hot bath. heavy snow are certainly _ enough. i need a hot bath. heavy snow are certainly causing - enough. i n

missed out on the snowboard slopestyle final but there was more success for team gb�*s curlers. 0ur sports correspondent andyountry skiing. and as the rest faded, norway's theresejohaug defied the —20 conditions to seal her place in olympic history. and at last! but britain's hopes of an early lift—off didn't quite materialise. four years ago, katie 0rmerod was due to compete in pyeongchang before shattering her heel on the eve of the games. after a string of operations, she bounced back to become a global contender. but some costly errors meant she failed to qualify for tomorrow's slopestyle final. after all she's been through, though, at least she got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today. you know, this course is really challenging and i definitely put it down when i needed to today. even though i'm not in the finals, i landed, which is better than not landing! not to be, then, for katie 0rmerod. she still has a second snowboarding event to come here, but her hopes of bringing britain an early medal have ended in disappointment. there was better news, though, for britain's curlers, as bruce mo

s. does it, it's not aggression. andy frush, it does, it just does something that is ah, sending tanks to the border or something on an exercise that's aggression to the us . maybe it is, maybe it's not, but you can't call it aggression just for having troops on your own side of the border. what do you think is the white house is ultimate aim in this? i mean, we've seen potential fractions within nate. so about how to deal with the ukraine. tensions we seem potential for fractures within, within the white house itself. now a, well, i don't know if this fractious within the white house, i don't, i'm not privy to what's going on in the white house, but i, i think that, you know, the u. s. strength trying to hold together a coalition within the nato countries, which is not as it's sort of showing it off for its weakness right now because you have the germans not wanting to go along with friends since sending weapons to ukraine because they have a national rule that they don't send weapons to conflict areas and you know, clea

here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. team gb�*s kirst muir... ten days, zero medals. she cruised through to the slopestyle final in sixth place and hopes even better is to come. solid run for kirsty muir from aberdeen. i feel like i definitely had a few mistakes in the first run, which i'm hoping to clean up tomorrow, and then not as good on my second, but honestly so happy. yeah, just can't wait for it. herteam—mate, katie summerhayes, also qualified. after what's been a desperate games so far for britain, just maybe. and so team gb will have two skiers in the final here tomorrow, and with kirsty muir in particular, they'll have high hopes of that elusive first medal. a tied match to the very last stone. any other chances? the men's curlers are going nicely, edging out switzerland in dramatic style. and he's done it. that's a brilliant shot to finish things off. the semifinals are now in their sights. in the ice dance, meanwhile, britain's lilah fear and lewis gibson skated to the lion king soundtrack and secured a creditable top ten finish. i reckon she's been shopp

victory, and team gb�*s second medal of these games will be guaranteed. andyales and saw the worst of it. that standout gust of 122 mph on the isle of wight, but the wind is really ramping up now

s&p 500 down by 1%. standard chartered, the c.f.o. andyus: a very good morning from our middle east headquarters in dubai. the stories that set the agenda. markets on the edge. the u.s. says russia is adding troops at the ukraine border, rejecting claims of the pullback. fed minutes. the fomc reiterates a probable merge hike. questions remain if it will be a bumper. a cavalcade of corporate's this morning. standard chartered with a buyback. the cfo is waiting in the wings. let's have a quick snapshot of markets. lots of pressure this morning in regards to eastern ukraine and potential missile threats coming in as potential issues as reported by or a. we are waiting for any verification. money went into treasury. s&p futures down by a quarter of 1%. 10 year yield is declining, hopping backwards and forwards. we've had ubs here with us saying, reckon that you are going to see 2.25%. the hawker surprises very high. there was a hawkish tilt in those minutes. it did not up safe the markets. speculation about angst between ukraine in the east an

here�*s our economics correspondent andy verity.portant as we move forward in 2022. although growth was faster than expected, the economy was still 0.4% smaller than two years before. as omicron struck in december, it shrunk by 0.2%. today�*s figures show that despite omicron, the economy was remarkably resilient. we were the fastest—growing economy in the g7 last year and are forecast to continue being the fastest growing economy this year, so that shows our plans for the economy are working. the office for national statistics cast doubt on government claims we are the best performing economy in the g7 group of advanced industrialised countries, whose leaders met in cornwall in the summer. let�*s ta ke let�*s take you straight to moscow live. this is ben wallace after discussions with his russian counterpart in moscow. let�*s listening. —— listen in. good afternoon. i�*m pleased to be speaking to you from the embassy here in moscow, from the british embassy, just to give you an update on my talks with minister sergei shoigu and the

katie omerod, who missed the final of the women�*s slopestyle event on her olympic debut after injury forced her out on the eve of the last games. andyhe games and the first gold medal up for grabs in cross skiing. the norwegian defied -20 cross skiing. the norwegian defied —20 conditions to seal her place in olympic history. british hopes of an early lift off didn�*t quite materialise. katie ormerod had high hopes in the snowboard slope style, but if you costly errors meant she fails to qualify for the final tomorrow. after breaking her heel before the last games, at least she got down safely. mil i before the last games, at least she got down safely-— before the last games, at least she got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best — got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today. — got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today, the _ got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today, the course - got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today, the course was i do my best today, the course was challenging and i definitely put it on when i needed to. even though i�*m not in the final, i landed, which is b

andy murray was beaten by the world number ten jannik sinner earlier in the day. the world number three alexander zverev�*smpire's chair at the end of a doubles match which went to a deciding tie—break, in which zverev argued with the umpire over a line call here. once he and his partner were beaten, zverev let his frustrations out on the umpire's chair, and the atp says zverev, who was the defending singles champion, has now been withdrawn from the tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct. well, zverev has been on social media to apologise, saying... the six nations is back this weekend, and ireland will be without iain henderson due to coronovirus. the ulster captain has returned home to isolate after testing positive as the squad assembled on monday. henderson missed ireland's opening six nations win over wales through injury before returning from the bench in the defeat to france. captainjohnny sexton has recovered from injury. and wales have left wing louis rees—zammit out of their squad to face england at twickenham. the 21—year—old damaged his ankle in the warm—up against ireland, but still played in

it's a bright afternoon andy warmer afternoon compared to the past several days. low 60'swarmer spotsn -- in the warmer spots. reggie: we continue to track news on russia and ukraine. here is a look at kyiv, where russian troops are closing in. in a sign of the potential chaos that could unfold, the new york times is reported that the ukrainian ministry has told kyiv residents to prepare molotov cocktails. the ukrainian president says 137 people have died, including 10 officers and a 13 border guards. more than 300 others have been hurt. pentagon officials say that russian forces have launched a more than 100 missiles so forehead have initiated ground operations -- far and have grnd operations. the russians have taken control of chernobyl. and in a video message, the ukrainian president said russian sub charge have entered the capital. men over the age of 18 have been called to take up arms and defend ukraine. kumasi: world leaders are trying to figure out how to respond to the crisis in ukraine. at 6:00 a.m., president biden will meet with nato leaders to discuss a plan o

s. and sport elliptic history of this loan wida at the winter games of beijing andi here with that in the rest of the days actually a little later ah, is that you know, to suit where protested of once again returned to the streets to denounce military rules. security forces a fight tear gas to disperse demonstrators who are marching towards the presidential palace in the capital cartoon. on sunday, a full member of the dissolve transitional council was arrested. thousands have been staging weekly, riley's since the military takeover in october. really 80 people have been killed by security forces since then at least 4 people have been killed and others injured in an explosion in somalia. it happened a the city of jo hop, which is around 100 kilometers north of the capital. mogadishu witnesses say that a roadside bomb went off as a took took, carrying passengers was passing by a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli security forces during unrest near the city of janine and the occupied westbank. no good. 11 other people were injured when troops opened fire on those who are pro

andy murray was beaten by the world number ten jannik sinner earlier in the day. the world number three alex zverev�*s zverev let his frustrations out on the umpire's chair, and the atp says zverev, who was the defending singles champion, has now been withdrawn from the tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct. well, zverev has been on social media to apologise, saying... the six nations is back this weekend, and ireland will be without iain henderson due to coronovirus. the ulster captain has returned home to isolate after testing positive as the squad assembled on monday. henderson missed ireland's opening six nations win over wales through injury before returning from the bench in the defeat to france. captainjohnny sexton has recovered from injury. and wales have left wing louis rees—zammit out of their squad to face england at twickenham. the 21—year—old damaged his ankle in the warm—up against ireland, but still played in the defeat in dublin. he's been released to play for gloucester against leicester on saturday. england's all—time leading wicket—takerjames anderson says he is praying his intern

andy corona, byron's pandemic in the spotlight. we asked whether the actual sport risk becoming a side shift ah, i'm regards to our view as watching a p b s. in the united states into all of you around the world, it's good to have you with this this wednesday. it is a military escalation in the crisis over ukraine. today. you as president joe biden saying that he of sending 3000 troops to strengthen the american presence in eastern europe and to reassure nato allies of america's commitment to collective defense. the pentagon emphasizing it is not sending troops to ukraine, but adding today's announcement is meant to deter russian president vladimir putin from invading the country. the kremlin has already denounced the move calia destructive saying that it is likely only going to increase tensions another day. another increase intention over ukraine. the u. s. is sending 2000 soldiers to poland and germany, while another 1000 move from germany to romania. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato's eastern flank. president biden has been clear that the united states will respond to the grow

s. embassy morocco. in arabic, they're giving their best wishes to round and those who are rescuing him. and then i've seen a lot on twitter football as actually algerian football stars, including this former football andy de la, who has, oh, it's not china there. he goes, see, says infringing for severe liberty high on we must save a little ryan art work like this is actually been really prevalent or just selected a couple more here for you there. this one's quite nice on the left. see just down the bottom. it's got the world and around and that's what it says in arabic. it's like the whole world is down there with him. and this picture on the right, what we are all hoping for. moving on to other news for now in thousands of ukrainians in the northeastern city of card came, taking part in a solidarity march is the situation with russia remains tens. the city is located on the border with russia, ukrainian, president anonymous. zalinski has expressed concern that if there were any escalation cod kids could be the 1st city to be invaded by russian forces as got her corresponding child stratford. he is joining us live from cock give. we could see a lot of people, valley and singing songs early. a child, w

s. �* , , few days. all right, very tense, thank you _ few days. all right, very tense, thank you much, _ few days. all right, very tense, thank you much, andyh of rio dejaneiro, was hit by torrential rainfall. houses in hillside neighbourhoods were destroyed and cars swept away as floodwaters raced through the streets. search and rescue teams are combing the mud for survivors. schools in england are being given official guidance on how to tackle controversial political and social issues in the classroom. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says no topics are off limits, but teachers must approach them with political impartiality and not promote contested theories as fact. millions of people missed important post over the christmas period because of pandemic—related delays at royal mail, according to the charity citizens advice. it estimated that 2.5 million royal mail customers didn't receive documents such as health appointments, bills orfines. royal mail said the wave of omicron infections meant that thousands of staff members had to take time off over christmas and injanuary — but that the "vast majority" of post was delivered on time.

s. embassy morocco. in arabic, they're giving their best wishes to ryan and those who are rescuing him. and then i've seen a lot on twitter. football is actually algerian football stars, including this former football andy de la, who has oh, it's not china there. he goes, see, says infringing for severe liberty high on we must save a little ryan art work like this is actually been really prevalent. so just selected a couple more here for you there. this one's quite nice on the left. see just down the bottom. it's got the world underway on and that's what it says in arabic. it's like the whole world is down there with him. and this picture on the right, what we are all hoping for the united states is waving sanctions on iran, civil civilian nuclear program, as talks to save the 2015 agreement, reached a critical stage. donald trump ended the waiver 2 years ago when he was president. ron says it was guarantees from washington for the revival of the agreement that americans must show their goodwill in action. and our view, this means tangible things happening on the ground. lifting part of the sanctions in a real and objective manner could be interpreted as the good will the americans talk about as guys wh

s. a. blow to her shows . barry's hopes of running for iraq's presidency as the former foreign minister, struggles to shake off corruption allegations at a sport. chelsea celebrating the 1st our club world cup title. andy here with that in the rest of the school, little ada. ah, libby and sciences, shoot back the interim prime minister abdul hamid, the baby of into the capital tripoli in convoys. the armed groups say that they want to shore up to babies position after parliament in the eastern libya removed to replace him. the baby says that he worked hand over power until long delayed elections are held onto serious. malik trader reports now from tripoli. we saw yesterday husband, misery. he's a speaker of the high council of state. that's a legislative house based here in tripoli that shares power with the parliament. and he said that that he received enough recommendations from its members for him to move forward a sort of like a nod of approval from the high council of state. does this mean that that he will come into power while we're going to have to wait and see but still needs to form a government? he's going to give that list to the parliament if they give him a vote of confidence. i mean, rea

s curling team could well spare britain's blushes in beijing. that's all the sport for now. there's more on the bbc sport website, including on the sacking of dundee managerjames mcpake this afternoon and on andyor now, back to you, reeta. more now on the ongoing tension between russia and ukraine. the of native sify is seen any evidence of de—escalation and effects fact said the opposite. at a news conference, he said this may change but currently they are see russia maintain a massive invasion force ready to attack. let's speak to drjeffrey mankoff. good afternoon to you. we are seeing difficult at the best of times to read what russia is doing, but one might assume that its claims that it is withdrawing troops was a signal that diplomacy was working, and yet the secretary general of nato does not think so, the us does not think so and the ukrainian president does not think so. what do you think going on? not think so. what do you think auoin on? ., ~ i. not think so. what do you think going on?— not think so. what do you think uaoinon? ., , . not think so. what do you think ttoin on? ., ~' , . �*, going on? thank you very much. it's very difficult — going on? thank you very much. it's very

andy murray said he didn't agree with novak�*s decision not to get vaccinated. last week in qatar. we're trying not to get too disappointed by maybe not performing as well as i would like and sort of... he sighs. you know, accepting — or trying to accept — the situation that i'm in just now. like i say, i want to be doing better... but, yeah, obviously i have an opportunity now this week to achieve a goal of mine — i've been wanting to get to 700 match wins, which i think is, you know, when it happens will be a great achievement. now, they say life can be tough at the top. as chelsea's record signing romelu lukaku is finding out. with jokes at his expense. bought for £90 million, he only touched the ball seven times in their last game. that's the lowest by any player in the premier league since records began. and whilst many rival fans are seeing the funny side, his manager isn't ahead of their game in the champions league against lille tonight. it can be like this, and it's of course not what we want, and of course not what romelu wants. but it's also not like,

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s flagbearers. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete at the games. our sports correspondent andyat has changed. yes, at the grand old age of 35 he _ that has changed. yes, at the grand old age of 35 he seems _ that has changed. yes, at the grand old age of 35 he seems to _ that has changed. yes, at the grand old age of 35 he seems to be - that has changed. yes, at the grand old age of 35 he seems to be hitting his peak at the right time. a few weeks ago he won his first world cup race, the first british skier in history ever to win a world cup race. an extraordinary story. he learned to ski on a dry slope in lancashire, but he is now a leading medal contender at the games and he will carry the flag for great britain at the opening ceremony alongside even —— eve muirhead, who has won a medal in curling. both of them with real chances of winning medals at these games.— them with real chances of winning medals at these games. there is an ambition to — medals at these games. there is an ambition to be _ medals at these games. there is an ambition to be a _ medals at these games. ther