happy to welcome chef restaurant to our michael simons . the show always seems like a convivial bloke when i watch him on the food network. good guy. ready? smile. nice laughs. he's appeared on food network shows like iron chef, america, food feuds, and the best thing i ever 8, that's my favorite. and they gave all like $240.00 of those. i buy tivo. he also owns astray restaurants, including la la la la lo, la b stroke. angeline and maples of barbecue currently has a new show up on the food network called, strode down with michael simon and new book release just in time for christmas called fix it with food every meal. easy, michael salmon. how are you? a chef. another day in paradise. man, no complaints, you know, life is good. now brother, i know some people i knew you on christmas eve, do the sea food thing in that? well, what? i don't know what your chops are. you must have a little sicilian in your boat growing up. what was your christmas eve meal? we did the sea food thing. we did a lot of it would thing. my. my mom's mom is from ital

michael simon right after this. dennis miller plus $138.00 bugs walk of the dentist reller plus one. happy to welcome chef restaurant to or mike go simons. the show always seems like a convivial bloke when i watch him on the food network. good guy. ready? smile, nice laughs. he's appeared on food network shows like iron chef, america, food feuds, and the best thing i ever 8. that's my favorite, like i have all like 240 of those. are my tivo. he also owns a striker as drugs including la la la la lo, la b stroke. angeline and mableton barbecue, currently has a new show up on the food network called, strode with michael simon. and a new book release just in time for christmas called fix it with food every meal easy, michael said, how are you chef another day in paradise, man, no complaints. you know, life is good. now, brother, i know some people i knew are christmas eve. the see for the thing and that, but what, i don't know what your chops are, you must have a little sicilian and you're growing up. what was your chri

banker in big coin simon. welcome back. oh, it's a pleasure to be him at all righty. now. big news, as you know, as i know, i was frantically trying to reach you a few days ago. damn. do the news. the 1000000000 volcano bonds from el salvador. you live streamed an emergency broadcast when it was announced. no, this is big news. tell us what your thoughts are at this time. you have a little few days to study it. what what, what's your current thinking on the assignment? yes, and when the president, no salvador, thanks max kaiser, for the inspiration behind the big coin boards and he unveiled his vision for bitcoin city. i thought this is the accumulation of a decades of bitcoin structuring, coming to its real, almost bretton woods style moment. but so big coin, city internet. so most people will see this as a $1000000000.00 bon structuring a max. when we see this, we see somebody trying to see a significantly superior products that could potentially outperform any bond. there's obviously a big degree of risk in

michael simon has taken that task. go re also has a a cookbook coming out where the recipes could simply not be any easier like that. michael simon right after this. dennis miller plus $138.00 volkswagen, the dentist reller plus one. happy to welcome chef restaurant to or mike go simons . the show always seems like a convivial bloke when i watch him on the food network, good guy. ready? smile. nice laughs. he's appeared on food network shows like iron chef, america, food feuds, and the best thing i ever 8, that's my favorite. and they gave all like $240.00 of those. are my tivo. he also owns a straight restaurants, including la la la la lo, la b stroke. angeline and maples of barbecue currently has a new show up on the food network called, strode down with michael simon and new book released just in time for christmas called fix it with food every meal. easy, michael salmon. how are you chef? another day in paradise, man, no complaints. you know, life is good. now, brother, i know some people i knew christmas eve did t

michael simon has taken that task. go re also has a a cookbook coming out where the recipe should simply not be any easier like that. michael simon, right after this dennisville or plus 138 volkswagen the dentist reller plus was happy to welcome chef restaurant to or mike go simon to the show always seems like a convivial bloke when i watch him on the food network. good guy. ready? smile. nice laughs, his peered on food network shows like iron chef america, food feuds, and the best thing i ever 8. that's my favorite of all like 240 of those. my tivo. he also owns a striker as drugs including low or la b stroke, angeline and mabel's barbecue currently has a new show up on the food network called throw down with michael simon and new book released just in time for christmas called fix it with food every meal easy, michael sat. how are you? a chef. another day in paradise. man. no complaints. you know, life is good. now brother, i know some people i knew christmas eve did the sea for the thing in that. but what, i don't k

mostly through that, i happened to go to a concert where simone shaheen was performing. he was playing violin, mostly a little bit ood, but mostly violin, and i heard him play. and i knew what i wanted to do with the strength department at berkeley. i wanted string playing as it exists around the world, which is mostly improvisational genres, not all, but mostly, ah, even classical music has improvisation in its roots. not so much now, but it used to. so when i heard him on play and i understood that this was the vision i wanted for the strange apartments. i started to pursue him to see if i could get him to come see a i have to confess. when i took this job 14 years ago, i didn't know what a qu noon was. and i met this young man who played canoes, and he told me all about it. and i was fascinated, but he was a student. and then started noticing more people playing mood, more people playing various percussion instruments from the arab world. and i realized something was happening and independently i had known about simone, shaheen and in fact had helped encourage him to

this is a new start for the securities industry, simon. yeah, here's the uniqueness of el salvador situation. they don't really have security. how to develop market. and what we have often seen, like we did with lowball money in africa, is you see people that don't have bank and infrastructure leapfrogging to the next stage of innovation. now we're seeing that piece, the countries that can use bitcoin. now leap frogging securities markets and reinventing them in line with the technology that exists today. so now that we have the innovation of securities, being able to be launched on top of that coin security as little as can not be based upon, you know, what is the impact. so if you do it in the united states, for example, you have $933.00 laws that were developed off the spectrum to bubble off to the great depression. a few changes and a few iterations over time. i'm the largest financial market and the most liquid financial market. any change that they make in the securities laws has voss consequences on the previous i p on the previous

and some yellow additions, la shabamo, in recent years, simone sure he has looked to palestine. the land of his birth, to seek out a new generation of young musical italian. ah, with how long have you studied by about 9 years, 8 years a go or have it? yeah. mostly. got to go about with who did it? i would, instructor. no, i mean something in the it was i eat with mock moons. hello. okay. yeah. i yeah. now this branch, about 4 or 5 years ago, we started to open up opportunities for students to audition with us online because we know, you know, the world's a big place and we can be everywhere all the time. and it gives us the opportunity to reach that young musician see what they were doing, come from ah, instrumental and performance perspective. and give them an opportunity for a consideration um through the process. and we found tremendous musicians through the online audition process that have come to berkeley and have successfully graduated. i'm at berkeley at this point. you know, that otherwise we would not have found. so i think it's a very valuable process. if you want to

i'm simon pusey. our top stories: a former minnesota police officer is found guilty of manslaughter for killing daunte wright during a traffic stop. the moment that we heard "guilty" on the manslaughter one, emotions, every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. researchers in britain say people catching omicron are up to 70% less likely to need hospital care, compared with previous coronavirus variants. in russia, president putin insists that nato should not expand further to the east. translation: you must give us guarantees- _ translation: you must give us guarantees. you _ translation: you must give us guarantees. you must _ translation: you must give us guarantees. you must do - translation: you must give us guarantees. you must do it, - guarantees. you must do it, immediately, now. we won't be palmed off with decades of idle chatter about the need for security for all while the other side carries out its own plans. and the renowned american journalis

simon case is the man who was brought in _ government.overnment. simon case is the man who was brought in by boris - government. simon case is the man. who was brought in by boris johnson, who was brought in by borisjohnson, just ten days ago to try and clear up just ten days ago to try and clear up whether there had been rule breaking in whitehall last christmas. the government hoped that would allow people to move on from this episode, but we are still talking about it, because accusations keep emerging. the cabinet office acknowledges that there was a case in the office of simon case with staff who had been in all day taking part in the office last christmas, they say he did not take part although he spoke to staff as he left for the night. downing street says he has recused himself from the process to make sure that the public and still have faith in the public and still have faith in the investigation, but this marks the investigation, but this marks the end of a torrid period for downing street and in particular the last few days co

the news continues here now to 0 world simon. shaheen. 8 musical journey state. you. thanks for watching bye for now. ah ah . ah. mm hm. with this is on believe. so a lawsuit in your love, it must, won't you send me a lot of g 0. shaheen. musician performa visionary from his base on the east coast of the united states. shaheen shares traditional arabic music with performers seeking to create a difference out. it's a style that has attracted followers across the world. cody, it does, she ha, she's giving you the shabby, the ability, an older through connie, more hot battery in it for many in a voice machine where the can hardly float. moreover, b, we're more la him, whole is thought that they couldn't. and marcia colorado, b. u because they are at monte, i'm, mattie, can call them. and then we'll see if he montez a swallow jim nearly be hello, joe lesher it or cannot that have you been pellets and o'connell's o boss? and what by that philosopher little old a worthy or so the old city of thousands of on, ah, was 70 about a lot to know was at the command a oh, i mean, ah

senior civil servant who is— we have simon's senior civil servant who is a _ we have simon's seniorho is a cabinet secretary and most senior civil — who is a cabinet secretary and most senior civil servant in the land. civil_ senior civil servant in the land. civil servants are meant to be seen not heard _ civil servants are meant to be seen not heard of— civil servants are meant to be seen not heard of them as they're giving evidence _ not heard of them as they're giving evidence to — not heard of them as they're giving evidence to parliamentary select committee and his case in the front pa-e committee and his case in the front page of— committee and his case in the front page of most of the newspapers. this is not _ page of most of the newspapers. this is not a _ page of most of the newspapers. this is not a good look for him it's not a good _ is not a good look for him it's not a good looh— is not a good look for him it's not a good look for the government, he should _ a good look for the government, he should have recused himself and this is going _ should have recused himself a

this simon hadn't moved to john wood, moscow. odd and was his grandmother. he b bishop collected that if there was a div, mindon, florida, aha, ana, and most of the english that he and cannot in orm be miss amir. that your training hour is temporary. in las samar, for i had an ear training, can williams den law alamo subpoena long leg, small my hom, a message and we'll figure on it less sought in more may yes, we will see a lot of b, l. u will sort of submission of the micro toner la la la la la, i'm. busy the ah, the when simone shaheen arrived here in started to live in new york, and he made contact with dr. ha, rossi of of u. c. a lay who was a well known ethnic ecologist and multi instrumental performer. the 2 of them struck up a friendship as a result of this friendship of dr. rossi and simone. the idea developed that if we create a retreat, then we can develop not only an audience for this music, but also cadre of teachers, educators, professional musicians, and composers, and scholars ah, started him on the 5th kia on the shore and asked him to be mos

join me every 1st in on the alex simon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess of the world politics sport. business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race. is on often very dramatic, a development only personally and going to resist are those 3 how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with people. ah, welcome back to the kaiser report, i max kaiser timed out to turn back to our conversation with simon dixon of bank to the future. wrote the book bank to their future 1st mention of big coin and a published book. i once again. thank you, simon. always good to be here. thanks, matt. let's discuss predictions for 2022 and beyond. as well as your assessment of the year that has just ended. let's start with that. what were the 2 or 3 biggest economic monetary or financial stories of 2021 in your mind will, of course is going to be vo, salvador, making big coin legal, tender. and of course, i

lots morgan stanley bullish on simon property saying buy the recent dip. but are malls at risk with the rise of omicron? >> i think it's omicron, from my sorority days. >> covid has become a sorority delta omicron. all right. we will discuss when "power lunch" returns there's lots of people who are confused about which medicare plan is right for them. hey, that's me. i barely know where to start. well, start here with me, karen. i'm a licensed humana sales agent. well, it's nice to meet you karen. i'm john smith. hi john. at humana we know you're unique so you have different needs from other john smiths. yeah, i've always thought so. and together we can find a plan that's right for you. great! i go to the doctor a couple of times a year and i have some prescriptions. but i'm never fully sure what's covered and what's not. with humana's all-in-one medicare advantage plans you get coverage for hospital stays, doctor visits and part d prescription drug benefits. all for an affordable and sometimes no monthly plan premium. do you have any more information? sur

thank you, simon. always good to be here. thanks, matt. let's discuss predictions for 2022 and beyond. as well as your assessment of the year that has just ended, let's start with that. what were the 2 or 3 biggest economic monetary or financial stories of 2021 in your mind will, of course is going to be the salvador making big coin legal tender. and of course, it's going to be the announcement of the coin volcano bonds because these lead to, as we've discussed in the previous episode, the reinvention of not just money, not just debt capital markets, but also equity, capital markets and securities in general, which are jar norma markets and to be able to see those, you know, be built upon digital hot sound. money is really the next phase of big coin adoption. and the reinvention of the financial markets will, could be more important than that. but i'll solve it, are making bitcoin legal tender. you know before that one, what happened there was a guessing game. who might be the country to make the coin legal tender? nobody had al salvatore

doctor simon clark, aood to at a cost to us. doctor simon clark, good to talk — at a cost to us.t to us. doctor simon clark, good to talk to you. _ at a cost to us. doctor simon clark, good to talk to you. thank - at a cost to us. doctor simon clark, good to talk to you. thank you. - the latest headlines on bbc news.... in the uk the prime minister's scientific advisers will brief him today on the spread of coronavirus over christmas, as he decides whether to impose more restrictions in england before the new year. in scotland and northern ireland, further measures come into force today for pubs, bars and cafes. health advisers in israel have recommended a fourth covid jab for all people aged over 60 and healthcare workers. a week of events are starting in south africa to commemorate the life of the anti—apartheid leader archbishop desmond tutu. he died on sunday, aged 90. the bells of cape town's st george's cathedral will toll for ten minutes a day every day at noon until friday. buildings have been lit up in the city as people gathered outside the city's st george's cathedral

he believes signing case has to go. -- simon case.— to go. -- simon case. _ to go. -- simon case. people are shocked when you see that - to go. -- simon case. people are shocked when you see that the i shocked when you see that the cabinet — shocked when you see that the cabinet secretary, the man who has put in _ cabinet secretary, the man who has put in place — cabinet secretary, the man who has put in place to carry out an investigation as to whether or not parties _ investigation as to whether or not parties to— investigation as to whether or not parties to place, whether or not covid _ parties to place, whether or not covid rules_ parties to place, whether or not covid rules were broken in number ten, we _ covid rules were broken in number ten, we now— covid rules were broken in number ten, we now know that under his watch _ ten, we now know that under his watch and — ten, we now know that under his watch and his name, his staff are invited _ watch and his name, his staff are invited to— watch and his name, his staff are invited to a — watch and his na

simon case...he night. let's move on to talk about 0micron. for the third day in a row, the uk has had a record number just over 93,000 have been recorded in the past 2a hours — that's a rise of almost 40% in a week. in scotland, 0micron has become the dominant strain of covid. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the "tsunami of cases" she predicted last week is starting. nightclubs will close in wales from boxing day, and social distancing will also be reintroduced in shops and workplaces there. wales first minister mark drakeford also said more decisions on covid restrictions would be made on monday, in particular with regard to sports events. coronavirus cases are surging across other parts of europe too. in the last hour, the irish government has ordered bars and restaurants to close at 8pm from sunday to reduce the spread of the new variant. france is also dealing with a rapid rise in cases. at 11 o'clock tonight — british time — france is closing its borders to most british travellers t

simon, nice to see ou, of risk. simon, nice to see you. have _ of risk.k. simon, nice to see you, have a lovely - of risk. simon, nice to see you, have a lovely day. - of risk. simon, nice to see - you, have a lovely day. staying with economics. australia's economy shrank by 1.9 per cent betweenjuly and september thanks in part to the impacts of lockdowns in sydney and melbourne. but the contraction is lower than many economists predicted and there's a chance the country may not slip into a technical recession. sarah toms is following the story from our asia business hub in singapore. nice to see you. talk us through how things are going down under? it through how things are going down under?— through how things are going down under? it was much less severe than — down under? it was much less severe than was _ down under? it was much less severe than was feared. - down under? it was much less severe than was feared. the l severe than was feared. the economy shrank nearly 2% in thatjuly and september period. as you said, the decline was blamed on the lockd

of women that have taken over leadership roles at large publishing houses including dana canady and simon & schuster, lisa lucas at pantheon and adrian vaughn at bloomsbury usa. in other news, reuters reports french legislation takes aim at amazon shipping costs to customers in the country. currently french law prohibits discounting the price of new books and free shipping. amazon charges 1% to get around that and the new legislation would set a minimum delivery fee the french ministry of culture commenting, quote, this law is necessary to regulate the distorted competition in online book sales and prevent the inevitable monopoly that will emerge if the status quo persists. amazon argues that it will hurt customers in the rural areas. in other news, performing artists have started a lending library of rare books by black writers and artists. the library collection named after the studio contains 50 books that are available on a first-come first serve basis. the inaugural collection has been selected by rosa duffy who owns the atlanta bookstore. for more information on the new bookshop, go

case would've put would if i bet simon case would've out his— would if i bet simon case would've putd — put his hand up at the start of this process and said he cannot carry out this investigation. it really is unacceptable, and i think when everyone — unacceptable, and i think when everyone is being told to behave and follow _ everyone is being told to behave and follow the _ everyone is being told to behave and follow the rules, another christmas, of course, _ follow the rules, another christmas, of course, where there is a real concern — of course, where there is a real concern about the spread of the omicron — concern about the spread of the omicron variants, when people see that there — omicron variants, when people see that there is one rule for those in number— that there is one rule for those in number ten, that there is one rule for those in numberten, one rule for that there is one rule for those in number ten, one rule for boris johnson — number ten, one rule for boris johnson and his cohorts. i think people — johnson and his cohorts. i think people are _ johnson and his c

i don't know who was saying that about simon originally.dge of character but have been the former times journalists became a very distinguished whitehall watcher who civil service with know inside out and he said he is a student many years ago and he was marked out as being a rising talent, a man who could get a grip. in being a rising talent, a man who could get a grip-— being a rising talent, a man who could get a grip. in yet, there was some having _ could get a grip. in yet, there was some having christmas _ could get a grip. in yet, there was some having christmas parties - some having christmas parties outside of his personal office at a time and social mixing was banned in london and these are the people tasked with enforcing those rules. so, i don't know anything about him but he got that wrong as well. i'm not surprised that if chris would've taken to the airwaves and started informing us that the number of people over what happened to be raising exponentially. and chris would come out and tells of the government scandals are doubl

b murillo, an american musical. maestro simone shaheen is based on america's east coast. from there he shares his expertise in arab. oh, oh, son simon, does india? mm hm. also certain powder. oh, sort of neck. and she is. she had surgery my center like i found a. yeah nea. i can't see andy. she, while the he did, has sharla know he had any, a handicap. look and she left him my from my side murphy, she listened and i have been a full time. hey on asia, mikey flying difficult over sna doesn't sit ah, all updates. oh, with oh, ah, but what hon. a bill as haws? ah, bill uttered a li mad. had that he any mind to forgive? keep our la, hey, show alex. hey, alex harvey. yeah, i need walton. i'd a sure. i'll either. yeah, no land. lee. come on with her to be any for sy fi. i'm the red. she her? yeah, i need the music here. he he, it started. can she been with the speak elake i assassin. he passion, annie. hello, annie. hello, lenny. hey, shann here here been a hit and how i oh, i deal with we have to do this from egypt from lebanon, from jordan, from west bank. and one of things u

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michael simon has taken that task. go re also has a a cookbook coming out where the recipes could simply not be any easier like that. michael simon, right after this dennisville or plus one with a volkswagen, the dentist reller plus one. happy to welcome chef restaurant to or mike go simon to the show always seems like a convivial bloke.

simon, let's move on to the economy. over 5% and the bank of england cutting interest rates... raising them! sorry! i've been listening to reccep erdogan in turkey! inflation is going up — cut interest rates! long after people - were expecting them. just to put it in context, . i remember in 2009 when interest rates were cut - to record lows, and we thought in a few months, in a couple of years, they'll be - back to normal. here we are, 12 years later, and they were at 0.01%. . so they put them up - what they 15 basis points — that's 15 one - hundredths of a %. still incredibly low, - and i think a lot of people thought that, "blimey, if 5.1% isn't enough - for the teeniest little - increase in rates up from 0.1, then what is? ! " of course, the bank- of england were expecting to do- it last month. they held off and then, | the omicron virus was — a lot— of people thought they would hold off again. i think they have got to be seen to be in the price - stability game, as the ft put it this morning, - which is kind - of th

thanks very much for that, simon. had the right side plots, christmas market was up and running again. this year. you're standing just in front of it. of course, under strict corona virus safety rules or did you report our christina cook nurse spoke to some of the visitors and workers there from of whom were also eye witnesses? it to that tragedy 5 years ago. ah, the christmas lights are on and the moods festive at the market in berlin's pie chide club. at 1st glance, it's hard to see any trace of the terror attack 5 years ago, lou, but market trader max miller will never forget about that day. he barely escaped with his life when the truck plowed on to the site and destroyed his stand far my knowledge of how bang i was working. when i heard a loud noise and it sounded like a dumpster being rolled away from the was of all a humming noise in the background. and i turned around and saw the truck. and what happened with lit up did it go because in no, my wife and i ran to safety, who didn't to me for would run off all ca

simon: a crushing moment.he governing body made a succession of mistakes during the draw for the champions league, forcing them to stage a redraw and with some teams clearly big losers when that happened, including real madrid, who will now play psg. bear with me, this is very technical. the confusion started when villa real drew manchester, despite they were in the same group. that affected the rest of the draw when he knighted were excluded from following matchups when they should have been -- when united were excluded from following matchups when they should have been allowed. a redraw decision was taken and that decision was encouraged by both teams, with uefa apologizing for the mistakes. let's look at the final draw. munich will play against sulzberger. -- salzburg. manchester united against madrid. liverpool and inter will battle it out. paris now take on madrid, livid with the redraw. >> we would like to say that what has happened today is very surprising, regrettable, and very difficult to understand.

but see if simon does feel that the money doesn't really matter here —— steve simon.ging, but he says he thinks about it morning, noon and night. this is something he is not prepared to compromise on. he talked about having a tween approach next season. there will be an attempt to try and play china if the chinese authorities do the right thing —— twin approach. if that's on possible, he'll be working on an alternative to get other cities around the world to step in. , , , , , in. russell, 'ust briefly, i know in _ in. russell, just briefly, i know it's impossible - in. russell, just briefly, i know it's impossible to l know it's impossible to speculate what the chinese might do, but what would the reaction likely be from beijing?— reaction likely be from bei'inu? ~ , , ., beijing? well, this is not something _ beijing? well, this is not something that - beijing? well, this is not something that the - beijing? well, this is not i something that the chinese government are used too. there are many sporting organisations that have been in china and in other parts of the

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good to see you simon, and good to have you bothjoining us good to see you simon, and good to have youus from have you bothjoining us from parts around the uk. as a result of what's happening at the moment. let's begin in downing street. they have been having a week they'd rather forget. three things may explain why. a newspaper published a photo of a christmas party last year held in the basement of borisjohson�*s party hq, at a time when all such activities were against the law. the uk's leading civil servant, the cabinet secretary, was investigating "gatherings" inside downing street, one of them in the prime minister's own flat — ar least he was. at least he was. it turns out his office organised what it called a christmas party, too. on tuesday, the imposition of covd vaccine certficates, which have become a condition of entry to public venues, provoked the biggest rebellion of his premiership. 100 mps — that's half of those conservatives who aren't part of what's known as the payroll vote, such as ministers — opposed him. 0n the most important question of the day, and on hisjudgm

simon case's investigation was supposed to clear up whether rules had been broken — but instead it'ster after a bruising couple of weeks. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. westminster is packed up for christmas, but it is events from this time last year that are continuing to cause controversy. simon case is the man the prime minister asked to look at allegations of rule breaking at parties, but yesterday it emerged that there had been an event at his own private office. e—mails had invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday, was a quiz. the cabinet secretary did not attend, but he did speak to staff as he left. last night, it was announced that he would stand back from the enquiry and another top civil servant, sue gray, would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard to believe that no one in government knew that these parties were happening and there is a huge amount of evidence now and i do believe that the investigation that sue gray is going to be leading up, if the evidence is there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to

and that report by salmon young and we can talk to debbie's political correspondence. simon young simon, i, we just heard you there. it corona may not have stolen christmas, buried has put a wrench in people's holiday plans for sure. layla, i mean, people normally would want to come together in large groups over the holiday season, and particularly for new year, it's just not going to be possible. you know, the clubs in the night spots are going to be closed where people would normally gather and you know, large events. lot of people go to big football events or other sports events over over the new year period. that's not going to be able to happen because they're saying, you know, the stadiums will have to be empty. they play the matches, but no spectators. so in many ways i think it'll be a very quiet and unusual new year again this year. so very low key, the government has come under criticism that the measures come too late. what has the reaction been from members of the government? well, cause the government saying they've got turn, they've got the right strategy, which is to you,

our political correspondent simon young.ll take a quick look at other developments in the pandemic. starting in israel, which has banned traveled to the united states, germany and eight countries because of the spread of omicron. the measures come into force at midnight on tuesday. the world economic forum, the annual gathering in the swiss mountain resort of davos, has been postponed until summer and the south african president has returned to work after testing positive for the virus and completing a week of isolation. as the conflict in ethiopia, the tigrayan people's liberation front announces it will be withdrawing. the head of the forces claimed the move was a step towards peace. ethiopia has been fighting a civil war for more than a year. forces from tigray have been battling government troops in eritrea. both sides are accused of committing atrocities. meanwhile tens of thousands of civilians have died and millions hav lost their homese. access to journalism has been limited bar correspondent is embedded with local a

thanks, simon. simon brownin: check again. thanks, simon. taylor wimpey is the latest to agree to the changes, following a long—running investigation by the competition and markets authority. it said ground rents of those affected will now stay the same as when people first bought their home. millions of people will be hoping to spend time gaming over christmas. but while, for most, gaming isjust an enjoyable pastime, for some, it can lead to addiction — which, at its most extreme, can include violent outbursts and a breakdown of family relations. bbc news has gained exclusive access to the uk's only treatment facility for addiction to video games. the bbc�*s technology correspondent marc cieslak has more. having people around, you do feel a degree of embarrassment sometimes for the duration of the visit. he'll be just upstairs gaming all the time and he'll be shouting and cursing. stephen and louise are describing life with their 16—year—old son, who suffers from gaming disorder. those aren't their real names, we're protecting their identit

and there was a big petition that was circulated at simon into. stir against the idea of protesting. the idea that they were publishing a book by the former vice president of the united states. and so i think a large part of that proclamation and then he was going to be rigorously edited was to say don't worry, we're going to basically force him to stay in and within these very tight guidelines. which, as an author i find both insulting and worrisome. >> we're talking with marty ross former regnery publishing. a look at the world of the publishing industry. marty ross, wrote another piece called the big lie and it was about the new york times book review. what was that about? >> when this is a story that is not actually a new story for the insiders for the conservative but publishing that unfortunately it's news to most people are just consumers of both and that is the new york times bestseller list is an editorial prop. they've actually claimed that. as an editorial product. the problem i have with that is it's supposed to be simply a data driven