a statement on sky news online says a small number of sky news staff attended a social eventin of sky weather with ben rich. hello there. a few of us have had the chance to see some sunshine but for most, it has been grey, drab and uninspiring. a lot of cloud, patchy rain and then through tonight, we see the band of heavy rain pushing from the west towards the east. behind it, we still have a lot of cloud. some clearer breaks but equally, 12 showers, some of which can be heavy, possibly even sundry for wales and the south—west, not an especially cold at night for this of year. into tomorrow, the band of rain to start across eastern areas, it will peter out in most places although eastern scotland, with a south—easterly flow coming off the north sea, i think we‘ll see some more persistent rain through the day. further west, a bitter brightness, a lot of cloud, and i will be some showers, some of which will be some showers, some of which will be some showers, some of which will be heavy. 11 degrees for london, cardiff and plymouth, further north, highs of seven or eight. as we look furt

it's hoped the new status will help keep light pollution low, protect wildlife habitats and attract visitors in winter months, when the skyered universe. laxmy gopal, bbc news. last month, the singer and actor cher made headlines when she lead a campaign to save kavaan, a 36—year—old bull elephant, from poor living conditions at an islamabad zoo. thanks to cher and her social media followers, kavaan was rescued and flown to a sanctuary in cambodia, where cher was there to meet him. in a world exclusive, she's been talking to katty kay and christian fraser about how she became involved in the case of the "world's loneliest elephant". i met this man through bob geldof, who was his manager, and we got in the wrong cars and we started talking about elephants. and so my twitter followers kept bothering me about save kavaan, and i was thinking, "yeah, fine," and go to pakistan. and so i had... i thought, "i'm an entertainer, i can't do this." so i called this guy, mark, and i said, "do you remember me? we rode in a car together and what do you think about saving an elephant in pakistan?" and he said, "oh, good, i'll go right no

sky news saying it exposes members and lifts the lid on the chinese communist party, they are quotingherry marcus and whose reporting on this, communist party branches have been set up inside western companies allowing the infiltration of these companies by members who have called on are answerable directly to the communist party, chairman, the president himself. you don't seem surprised by this news. >> i was aware of this back in 2014. there were companies tracking the networks operating in our corporations. it's a problem for her own intelligence community because they can't really look into our own society, prevented from doing that by law. one 45,000,010 year visa holders from china running around the united states every where are too many for the 8000 or so fbi agents to track so they just can't track it but i've known about this for a while and this dump came off the dark web four years ago. shannon: there reporting about it this weekend talking about people who are big part of global companies like boeing, pfizer and astrazeneca. what threat does that pose? >> they are losing

sky news is saying this, the major league exposes members and lifts the lid on the chinese communistional parting on this, calmness party branches are set up inside western companies following the infiltration of the companies by ccp members who have called on, are answerable directly to the communist party to the chairman, president himself. you don't seem surprised by this news. >> no, i was aware of this all the way back to 2014. there were companies that were tracking them and operating in our corporations. of course, it's a problem for our own intelligence community because they can't really look into our own society and prevent them from doing that by law. 14 or 5 million tenure visa holders from china running around the united states everywhere, it's far too many for the 8,000 or so fbi agents to track. they can't track it. i've known about it for a while and this dump actually came off the dark wood. i think it was four years ago. >> shannon: australian reporting this weekend say were talking about people who are big part of global companies like boeing, pfizer, and astrazene

abell coated 19 the chinese wires with the rupert murdoch owned sky news astray stirring the pot not unlike the channel he owns in the us fox news the 2 media spheres conduct their journalism largely or entirely without the benefit of correspondents on the other stern. the biggest problem in my view is. when you are not in china and your reporting on china is very difficult to avoid or. biased to dominate your analysis and i think the same is true from the chinese media that when there is a political message from house call there are saying that you must report australians this way we don't want good news will it well that. the reporting is not going to sufficiently in full on either the general public or as if you see makers either country we've got she coverage now. voices will now get the most attention and that we often hear from the top levels of government. and beijing and what we. lack of a strike. in china. we don't get one table on the ground and. we've. got a. lot. uganda has an election coming up next month and president yoweri 70 who's been in power for more than 3 decades

found she and a small number of sky news staff had breached covid—19 guidelines whilst celebrating herrthday. good afternoon. we're waiting for a downing street news conference on coronavirus which should start any moment. it's being led by the health secretary, matt hancock, alongside nhs england's professor stephen powis and england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty. the briefing comes after the latest coronavirus figures show a rise in the number of infections. 20,964 new cases have been recorded, that's the highest daily increase since mid—november. a further 516 new deaths within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test have also been reported. while we wait for matt hancock and his colleagues to come to the podium in downing street, let's speak to our health correspondent nick triggle. worrying figures. yes, there's been a lot of concern behind—the—scenes in government about the numbers of positive cases. during lockdown from mid november onwards we saw the numbers are dropping the day on day but they picked on average around 25000 and then came down to an average of 15,

control based in dubai abu dhabi the capital of the united arab emirates has a majority stake in sky news arabia the channel is a central protagonist in what has turned into an antique atari media coalition. after more than 3 years of that kind of talk there is change on the air certainly in saudi control although you still have to read between the sound. of humming to shatter cannot nominate. the tone also appears more conciliatory on al-jazeera is an arabic language news channel which like this channel is funded by the government of qatar. b how did the who had been a little bit of. a problem with us are we are. the other way how did the one who is a very very serious situation very serious crisis multiple levels. and also. we restart different blocks emerged within the gulf surely that the entries are actually divided and that they don't all have one policy out that while culturally might be united. definitely not the information war all countries in 2017 where ready for such war they have the experience on how to control the social media sphere the media sphere to use their trolls to

country including the australian the only national paper or murdoch own as is the 24 hour news channel sky news astray the petition for a full scale royal commission investigation into the murdoch factor in australian politics was kevin rudd's idea rudd however has some history he needs to get past as the company put it to us it's also important to remember mr rudd's disproportionate and unseemly efforts to ingratiate himself with news corpus trail yet when he was labor party leader both in opposition and government. just because you're a hypocrite doesn't make you wrong he had no choice be the label of power. especially by the strength meant that he could either try and get an unfavorable treatment get a 5 he tried to get a favor and. how to push back to the right age they've been seeing very. great people this was ultimately down in if not i made up at least with systems and you say that the current 2 major party leaders and not talking much about the station all that stability of the royal commission they're avoiding that conversation because it's too provocative in a strain politics to take

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interview that he hasjust done from matt hancock's interview that he has just done with so few ridge and sky newser he might have a vote on this. injanuary. the rules have already kicked in, and i'm pretty sure that many conservative mps were not happy about that. many want to see parliament recalled from the christmas break to a vote on the rules. matt hancock was asked about how long this tearful restriction would last and he said it would be difficult to keep the new variant under control until the vaccines are rolled out. a suggestion there that the tearful restrictions could be affecting areas for quite some time to come. thank you very much. jess parker, our political correspondent. sir mark walport is a former uk government chief scientific adviser and a member of the government's sage advisery group. hejoins me now. thank you very much for your time this morning. tell us a bit more about this new variant which is clearly dictating these dramatic changes in government policy. the government are responding to new evidence and what is happening as it isa evidence and what is happening as it

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however, the treasurer told sky news australia will not give way on its stance. obal news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. ♪ at movers inlook the mining sector in sydney. we are seeing materials see the strongest gains out of any sector, up well over 2%. metals is up 7.5%, the most in six months. , alsooup and rio tinto up, rio tinto climbing above the 12-month price target for the first time in a few weeks. we are seeing broad strength when it comes to trading and australia. $130 ae surging above ton on the chinese demand story. up next, late to the rotation party, age's small caps. we talk about that with ceo eva adosoglou. progress on output strategy. we get analysis on the oil patch,. this is bloomberg. ♪ patch, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ we talked about the small-cap rally in the u.s., but small caps in asia are winning fans after lagging larger peers for eight weeks. the asia small-cap pacific index has turned things around, outpa

the sky news presenter kay burley has been taken off air for six months after breaking covid—19 rulese'd made a big mistake and apologised saying she had "pulled her colleagues into the episode". political editor beth rigby and correspondent inzamam rashid have been taken off air for three months. they too regret the incident. the mayor of liverpool, joe anderson, is stepping aside from his role following his arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. mr anderson said he was "stepping away from decision—making" and would take unpaid leave while the investigation continued. he was detained and bailed last week, along with four other men. this week, former rugby world cup winner steve thompson revealed that at the age of 42 he has early onset dementia and can't remember playing during the 2003 tournament. he's one of eight former professionals including the 41—year—old wales international alix popham who are taking legal action claiming rugby has left them with permanent brain damage after repeated blows to the head during games. now the rugby players'

the health secretary told us here on sky news that he believes those in tier 4 would have to saying there'support, that people watching this in tier4 uu support, that people watching this in tier 4 should have to stay on as restrictions until a vaccine is rolled out, and what would labour's plan b? we need to look at the scientific evidence, but one of the scientific evidence, but one of the reasons we are in this position is because alongside the rising infection rates, we have had gaps in our defences, so we have had mixed m essa 9 es our defences, so we have had mixed messages from the government, frankly, go back to where, do not go back to work. stay at home, do not stay at home. eat out, do not eat out, have a merry little christmas and don't have a christmas. mixed messages. we have also had a lack of support for those who need to self—isolate. only a small portion of those who should be artful. we have challenged government on this so many times to put a package in place to allow those who need to to self—isolate and to support those businesses. track and trace has to work better. w

the sky news presenter kay burley has been taken off the air for six months after breaking covid—19 rulesss burley said she'd made a "big mistake" and apologised — saying she had "pulled her colleagues into the episode". their political editor beth rigby and correspondent inzamam rashid have been taken off air for three months. they, too, regret the incident. the mayor of liverpool is stepping aside from his role following his arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. joe anderson said he would take unpaid leave while the investigation continues. he was detained and bailed last week, along with four others. the canary islands is being removed from the list of safe travel corridors, as a result of rising infection rates. it means people arriving in the uk from the popular spanish islands from 4am on saturday must self—isolate. some of the poorest countries of the world face severe hardship from the long—term consequences of the pandemic. international organisations such as the world bank and the charity oxfam have warned that up to 70 million people coul

sky news at the gate on scott p buttigieg the first openly gay cabinet member, writing to become thefirst openly lb gt q plus cabinet nominee in us history but technically former acting director of national intelligence richard grinnell with the first openly gay cabinet official under donald trump. he was not confirmed by the senate for the short-lived were also headlines claiming buttigieg would be the first openly gay cabinet secretary of confirmed reads correct but not everyone was so careful. biden did first characterize it accurately. >> our cabinet doesn't just have one first or two of these firsts but eight precedent busting appointments and today a ninth, the first openly gay nominee to lead a cabinet department and one of the youngest cabinet members ever. >> reporter: the emphasis on first caused a stir among identity-based groups logging the transition. according to the new york times last week lawmakers directly pressed miss harris to ensure there would be two latinas in prominent administration roles, a commitment she declined to make and while mayor pete doesn't have br

branch davidians were a led by the sky news that he was the messiah. waco, andompound in he was holding religious .ervices and had a dozen wives the argument is that he was having sex with 12 and 13-year-old girls who were part of the religious group, and stop hauling all these weapons. the feds went in there because of the weapons violation, and also because the argument was he was having sexual relations with underage girls and that's against the law. thatapons violations in one. it turned bad. , and i thinkeizure something like 80 or 85 branch davidians were killed, as well as federal agents. questions on that one? look at the last one, freedom of the press. of the press is extremely important. is it quarter to five -- is it quarter to 5:00? quarter to 5:00 and i have not even gotten out of the first amendment. you see what i mean when i told you we could spend the whole semester. -- freedom of press, write to newspapers, journals to write about politics, to write about what's going on. without censorship from the government. and in recent years the

striking a more optimistic tone this morning with foreign office minister james cleverly telling sky news there is still a possibility of getting a deal. steve, there have been conflicting reports, a lot of noise at fisheries the last 24 hours or so. how important is fisheries at this point given the other two main sticking points remain unresolved set the scene for us >> i think it's fisheries plus the other two. it's extraordinary if all our viewers take a step back and think fisheries, what stocks do we trade for fisheries? the answer is probably none. financial services or some form of industryor aviation or auto services or insurance, you name it, or pharmaceutical or oil and gas, you can understand why it's so important actually the u.k. economy does not really have a large fishing exposure the french economy does not have a large fishing exposure it is the political issue which has become a hot potato nor mr. macron and indeed. u.k. prime minister as well. as charlotte's been saying, the fishing ports have been the focus of the likes of mr. macron as well. we'll go into that in a s

"the hill" and "sky news" calling buttigieg the first openly gay cabinet pick.ms the outlets have a slip of the memory. they forget about ric grenell who is also openly gay and served as president trump's acting director of the national intelligence. cabinet level. not confirmed but we are comparing nominees here. while grenell was not confirmed the brookings institution back in march predicted the media might downplay his role. writing this. the historically lgbt trump appointment that got overshadowed. joe concha is a media columnist for "the hill" and a fox news contributor. joe, your response? >> i saw plenty of broadcast networks as well saying that pete buttigieg was the first openly gay person to be chosen to a cabinet position. ric grenell was named acting director of intelligence by president trump. it makes him the first. period. no ambiguity or gray area. but that is not the point. we too often focus on gender or sexual orientation or race. instead of asking the question. is pete buttigieg qualified to be transportation secretary? then i look at the c

sky news reports a deal to reopen the border could come a bit later today. >>> and if you think alligatorsnd sewers are just urban legends, take a look at that guy. that is a six-foot gator stuck in a storm drain in venice, florida. it took four deputies to lift a concrete slab and let that little guy, she said tongue in cheek, escape to a nearby lake >> yeah. thinking of moving to florida? >> think again >> think again >> all right thanks very much, sue. >> you've got it, ty. >>> apple could be planning to hit the road quite literally and peloton's manufacturing move pushes it to new highs and cruise line working to stay financially afloat "ridirahd nd more eain ap fe. this year we got it done. and with free curbside pickup at walmart... you can get the perfect gift up until the last minute. let's end the year nailing it. ♪ >>> hi welcome back, everybody. let's catch you up on a few stories that should be on your radar. it's time for rapid fire, and here to break down the headlines is josh lipton, seema mode he and dom chu. great to see all of you. the news that has techies and robinhoods

and just today, just a short while ago there was a report on sky news that the -- that first of all,he oxford astrazeneca vaccine has been peer reviewed positively and that vaccine could be out to the market here in the uk in a matter of weeks. now the oxford astrazeneca is also a two-dose vaccine but doesn't need to be kept in these ultra cold temperatures. more like a fridge temperature. so it will be much, much easier for this country to deal with. so today was an important day. it was an important step. they keep saying this is the beginning of the end, the start of a new phase of the pandemic. but it was not like they were lining up around the corner here with needles in their arm giving these to tens of thousands of people. it was slow. deliberate. it was successful. but it was not a mass inoculation campaign. >> and richard, who got inoculated today? how are they prioritizing? obviously, the first person was a 91-year-old woman. that tells you they're obviously going to prioritize the most vulnerable. what about health care workers? >> so because of the logistics involved here

it‘s hoped the new status will help keep light pollution low, protect wildlife habitats and attract visitors in winter months, when the sky are also found in tasmania and sometimes mainland australia. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. wednesday‘s quiet story with a little bit of sunshine quickly coming to an end as a weather front is bringing cloud and rain in from the west. the heaviest of the rain across south—west wales, south—west england, clearing over to the near continent, but it stays rather cloudy through the night with bits and pieces of rain at times. the cloud preventing those temperatures from falling too far, though, so we‘ve lost the risk of any frost or fog first thing for thursday morning. but thursday will be a rather gret start to the day. there will be bits and pieces of light rain through the day continuing on and off through the afternoon. not that much in the way of sunshine coming through either. but the wind direction subtly changing to a south—westerly and that means a milder feel for all of us in comparison to of late. we should see temperatures peaking betwe

. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," actor george clooney talks about his new movie "the midnight skygreen. this is "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." still fresh unstopables in-wash scent booster downy unstopables i'm craving something we're! missing. the ceramides in cerave. they help restore my natural barrier, so i can lock in moisture. we've got to have each other's backs... cerave. now the #1 dermatologist recommended skincare brand. >>> our top stories this morning. congress approved a new covid relief package overnight ending a months long standoff. it includes a new round of $600 checks for a majority of americans. it also gives aid to businesses and the unemployed and renters struggling to make ends meet. >>> at least 40 countries are banning or restricting travel from the u.k. as a new strain of the coronavirus sweeps through the country. the u.s. is not one of them though, but delta, virgin atlantic and british airways are mandating that passengers test negative if they are flying from the u.k. to new york's jfk airport. >>> with temperatures dropping and

the sky news presenter, kay burley, has been taken off air for six months after breaking covid—19 ruleshe'd made a "big mistake" and apologised saying she had "pulled her colleagues into the episode". political editor beth rigby — and correspondent inzamam rashid have been taken off air for three months. they too regret the incident. experts say conservation efforts mean the european bison has moved a step back from the brink of extinction. there are now more than six thousand scattered across poland, belarus and russia. the animals were almost wiped out in the wild a century ago. but the international union for conservation of nature is warning more still needs to be done as the latest update to its red list shows 31 species have been declared extinct. it says this should serve as a "stark reminder" of the work that still needs to be done globally. now, it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. extensive cloud meant sunshine was in short supply today, and actually that cloud has started to bring some pretty heavy rain in from the west. that will continue to journ

i want to see if the so-called journalists start actually following the sky, this new candidate and wenow absolutely nothing about his vice president pig. we knowat was -- nothing about his vice president pick. i want to let alan miller jump in on those statements. guest: first of all, the number of debates set by the debate commission, -- is set by the debate mission, not the news media. we did not need debates for the media to cover joe biden. debates are one important way for the public to select a candidate. i think the caller makes a very important point about president trump's if yes, the love-hate relationship with much of the media. attackedhe attached -- the fake news, he helped to drive ratings and profits for television and circulation for many newspapers. he enabled many of those who covered him to become best-selling book authors and media celebrities. i do take this will be a major ofllenge given the contract president-elect biden who will be a source of much less drama and division when he is in office. for the news media to ween itself off of the daily coverage of the f

then today may stick give up talking to sky news says teachers will not be involved because they are—— iooo nine staff. we have 100 children —— 1000 children who all testing twice in the first week. where will we get those stats from? are they going to be... just where will we find them by the ath of january, given that we arejust by the ath of january, given that we are just starting the christmas holiday? it doesn't feel practical, a practical possibility. there are other concerns about the late nature of this. they have piloted it, but they have exclusively, as we understand it, all the pilots have been using army personnel to do the testing will stop the british medical journey days if testing will stop the british medicaljourney days if you use people who are not trained then there can be a high miss rate, missing half the positive cases in testing if you are not properly trained. the question of whether we can get enough who are trained, and that has not been piloted, doing it ina that has not been piloted, doing it in a school in this situation. so we are very worried that thi

. >> rather than deal with the stimulus effort or sky rocketsing new covid infections, president trump'sttention is still clearly fixed on defying the results of the election he lost and staying in the white house. cnn's jim acosta explains the president's latest attempt. >> still scheme forth a way to stay in power, president trump is throwing his weight behind senate republicans willing to defy the will of the voters. mr. trump is tweeting support for incoming tommy tubberville who is indicating he wants to block what's coming on january 6th. >> you see what's coming. >> the plot, which is doomed to fail as democrats control the house could become another embarrassing spectacle. still, the president is pushing other senators to dive in, falsely tweeting republican senators have to get tougher or you won't have a republican party any more. we won the president election by a lot. fight for it. but even a source close to the white house says it's an exercise in futility. >> it's time for us to accept that defeat. also, by the way, accept the many victories we had that night. we had a grea

canopy punctured by means of shining light and image familiar to anyone who has looked up at the sky through the new crutches. deliver the feeling of relaxation but also many other benefits. carbon dioxide, slowing climate change, and yet many places, trains are disappearing at an exponential treat. this week we'll look closer at the people and projects trying to protect a more welcome to equal india. and some of that i call our 1st stop to be is at the nature reserve dr. reef in the himalayas. the probably one job, a kid nature reserve was neglected and full of weeds just a few years ago. now it's been restored and not just in line with the endemic ecosystem. and these conservation efforts are even creating jobs for locals who are forced to look for them elsewhere. is this a feasible model to look after the trees? let's find out. trival untouched forest has become a yet increasingly rare site in such a forest, why his life is allowed to roam free as of green, left undisturbed by human activity. over the past few decades, the strain on forests has reached disastrous proportions. the changes upset de

thanks, emily, let's go to beth rigby, sky news.happiness about the tier system. you've told mps that current restrictions will expire on february three but given that you also said in your covid winter plan that january and february are traditionally the hardest months for the nhs, the depths of winter, when our hospital wards are under the greatest pressure, should we all still prepare for restrictions to run through to april? and if i may do professorjonathan run through to april? and if i may do professor jonathan van run through to april? and if i may do professorjonathan van tam, one in five britons have said in a just released you guv poll that they are not confident about this vaccine so how worried are you that people will not take it? given you said we don't know if it reduces transmission, what percentage of the population would need to take it for it to be effective and for us to be able to lift restrictions? firstly, on the tiered system, i except that these tiers are tough. a huge amount of the economy is opened up, bu

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sam coates from sky news.one, what hope can you give them and what is your message to people considering breaking the rules? how long will a great do you think everyone will need to stay in tier 4? and to our scientists, is the new strain impervious to social distancing measures, might the two metres rule and existing face coverings no longer be enough to protect people? coverings no longer be enough to protect people ? would coverings no longer be enough to protect people? would you travel in a train carriage through kent tonight? thanks very much and obviously these measures as i say will be reviewed every two weeks like the others and they will be a chance for parliament to consider them obviously on top of all the other questions at the end of january. obviously people should not break the rules. obviously people should follow the guidance and i very much hope that elderly or lonely people who are able to form bubbles will have that consolation. that is clear from what we have said today. but i suppose wha

>>rachel sky to news nation. >>still ahead here on kron 4 news at 10 o'clock why one sacramento man risks traveling around the globe during the pandemic to deliver lifesaving bone marrow. >>a sacramento man is not letting the pandemic stop him from helping save people's lives across the globe. he began his mission after a stranger donated bone marrow to his daughter and saved her life. now he wants to do the same for others jessica mensch has his story. >>i've been many of the city's more than once from iowa to austria somebodys life was impacted in each of the cities and the to the state scott mcgregor his world travels can't stop even during a pandemic cancer and blood disorders they do not take a holiday for a covid as a volunteer courier for be the match. he makes lifesaving bone marrow deliveries to patients who need a transplant i'm san antonio texas and here in memphis tennessee, proffered it's a deeply personal mission. his own daughter teran was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia just 7 years old in n

. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey, everybody, we're back here with the star and director of the new movie "the midnight sky." it's on netflix next wednesday, if i'm being advised correctly here. what's it about, george? >> uh, it's-- it's kind of about what man is capable of doing to one another if we don't pay attention, i think. you know, it was about-- it's a film about, you know, there's been some form of an armageddon. we leave that a little up to the viewer to decide. and there's basically one of the last men on earth, and he's trying to-- he's up in the arctic, and he's trying to get a hold of a spaceship that was sent off to look for another place to live. and since they've been gone for two years, he's trying to tell them not to come back because things haven't gone so well. and they can't get ahold of each other, and it's a battle between them. but, you know, it's a film about regret. it's a film about coming to terms with that, and seeking redemption. and i always think that, you know, regret is such a powerful thing in all of us, and particularly, the older you get, because you can't take thing

. >>> let's go to this story where santa, like many new yorkers, likes to spend summer in the florida keys and he is skyew york city, it's live with kelly and ryan. @home for the holidays. today, the queen of christmas, the magical mariah carey. and a classic holiday performance from alanis morissette. plus our heartwarming story of a young man whose earned the nickname, kid santa. and throughout the show, funny holiday home videos courtesy of our incredible viewers. also, the live family staff and crew a special holiday message. so grab your cocoa and get comfy, because here are two of santa's favorite elves, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. -santa: oh, no! -[crashing] woo! ah! oh! oh my goodness! oh! that was magical.

. >> i want a sky pajamas. i want newll-time job as a car salesperson this summer. she now works part time at an assisted living facility >>> so how are you going to help santa claus this year? >> we have reached out to a toy drive in town. we actually for the last seven years have donated toys and taken our time to go help with passing out toys at the same toy drive that i applied for >> reporter: never have toy drives been so important >> i got a bike. >> the best christmas ever >> yes >> reporter: yet even the biggest has had to adapt marine toys for tots doing drive-thru collections >> thank you so very much. >> reporter: as well as online >> a $10 donation will literally solve a problem and allow us to deliver a package of toys to a child in need. >> reporter: this year toys for tots expects to far surpass the $180 million of toys delivered last year. what does that toy mean to a child? >> it's a message of hope. >> reporter: toys are the number three request at the salvation army behind food and housing it served 15

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sky. this is bbc news, the headlines.t at 11 o'clock tonight — when the uk will stop following eu rules. millions more people in england wake up to the strictest level of restrictions — tier 4 — meaning they will have to mark the new year at home. the pandemic is also casting its shadow over new year's eve celebrations in europe — france is mobilising100,000 police officers to enforce anti—coronavirus measures. some secondary school pupils in england face a delayed return to school, with mandatory remote learning for pupils who aren't in years 11 or 13. it comes ahead of a government roll—out of mass testing. formula one world champion, lewis hamilton receives a knighthood in the queen's new year's honours — alongside members of the public recognised for their efforts this year.

now after the sky every of the new corona virus strain there it's believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than other variants judie edwards reports from london. well 2 days after boris johnson the prime minister announced his latest set of restrictions it's almost as though the united kingdom is plummeting into chaos countries that neighbor the united kingdom have not quite gone to the extent of shutting the borders down entirely but they're doing all they can very extreme measures to try and contain this new strand of covert 1000 in the united kingdom and not to bring it to their shores now france's freezed transport links with the united kingdom for at least a 48 hours germany is not quite following suit but all travel is being banned and suspended until december 31st that's followed by many countries both within europe and outside europe including the netherlands belgium and italy and further afield canada colombia and saudi arabia with that list of countries growing by the minute for thousands of people both sides of the english channel are struggling to get back home in

watch out international law for the afternoon sky we'll have more news and the headlines in just a. joe biden they indeed be inaugurated in january of next year shalev or will you have a legitimate mandate will the next campaign start when the next president takes office and the new liberal order is headed back into power will be marriage or. imagine picking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century what are the chapters called gun violence school shootings homelessness 1st it was my job then it was my fear was living with my savings i have nothing i have nothing that is not like adultery aloof or resources i look for jobs i look for everything i can to make this house. in oil of doing. the road to the american dream paved with good refused to use this very idealized image of. americans look pasta the depths that happen every single day this is a history of the usa america. i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground 24 hours ahead of the u.s. presidential election deadline for lawsuits and final results in states already aligned with joe biden as the sun sets on a

sky reserves. and coming up on bbc news... officials take charge of tonight's champions league game between p56 and istanbul basaksehir. players walked off last night with an official accused of making a racist remark. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister is heading to brussels for dinner with the european commission president, ursula von der leyen. borisjohnson said "a good deal is there to be done" ahead of the talks, adding that the eu was currently insisting on terms which no prime minister could accept. major disagreements remain between the two sides on fishing rights, business competition rules, or the so—called level playing field, and how a deal will be policed or any future disputes resolved. and time is running out to reach an agreement. the uk will stop following eu trading rules on 31st december, deal or no deal. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. can you get this over the line, prime minister? for the prime minister, who was the face of the brexit campaign, decision

. >> new video obtained by cnn seems to show a missile strike. as a fast-moving projectile flies across the skyned new footage that appears to show the dramatic and extraordinary force of the impact as that ukrainian airliner slammed into the ground in teheran. >> you have to grasp this scope of it. 20 million people. that's what we're talking about. >> we have noticed a good nrm of people rushing to this train station. this station is located just a few blocks away from the seafood market. the epicenter of the virus. >> coronavirus is showing in signs of letting up. >> it was lace december when a test result from a patient quarantined in the hospital showed a patient had a coronavirus. but hours after hitting send, wuhan city health officials tracked him down. questioning the information. >> the doctor would pay with his life for his bravery. like thousands of other medical professionals on the front lines all over the world. >> shut downs followed across the globe. life as we knew it would grind to a halt over night. >> the month of march was a month of daily death. this woman died on the 7th