any reasonable sentient person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they'reherwise, there's something deeply wrong with you. [ man chuckles ] >> anthony: spain's the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway, and in the very best possible way. [men chanting ] >> anthony: this is a country that gave us the spanish inquisition, also anarchy. this is where devout catholicism mixes with surrealism, modernist cuisine with traditional tapas. christianity and islam traded places, shared space. and the effects and influences of all those things are right here to see. you could almost look back through time and through the mists of history, see the phoenicians marching up, cross the vega. or are those feral hippies? an influx of international hippies, many of whom appear to have set up squats in the caves up the mountain, have made things interesting. if they ask what we're doing, you should say we're staging a moon landing. wherever you are on the ideological spectrum, however, some things are constant it seems -- some stereotypical expectations. it's tru

but through its history, spain has seen many flags.as settled, conquered and settled again by many civilizations. leaving it with many varied customs and traditions that have lasted. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this music has its beginning in the traditions of the jewish communities of medievel spain. >> the trio was invited by the ambassador who also asked the director, angel gill ordonez to join us to talk about the history of the music. >> we just heard a hanukkah song. extraordinary. ♪ feliz navidad >> the sounds and symbols old and new, make christmas in spain a memorable time. a time they often toast with a glass of spanish wine. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. >> thank you. ♪ feliz navidad >> and of course, we're working on our big one that comes up this weekend. >> which other embassies are we going to get to visit? >> panama, indonesia, norway and russia and we interview the ambassadors of all four of those countries and they take us for christmas and the holidays, because they're not all christian countries, to see how they celeb

and people of spain had settled in the southwest. but after the nation was formed, more people came. people from north and central europe, especially from ireland, germany, and the scandinavian countries came to america in the early 1800s to the midwest. people immigrating to america, becoming americans. asia, many from china and japan in the late 1800's and early 1900's to the far west. the people of the world, in america. but there was movement and shifting of peoples, and intermixing. so the south became not just the home of english and the negroes and the french, but the home of these and other americans. and the the midwest was not a land for only northern europeans to cultivate, and only for the french to farm, but a home for all americans. for the people were moving and mixing. railroads spanned the nations, joining the parts, helping to move and mix the people. industry grew and our great cities with it. people were needed to work in the cities and build them. so many more people came from europe, from eastern and southern eu

--boa, and positively on of ponce de leon of spain. sir walter raleigh of england.enry hudson, and other brave exploring men who sailed their ships into unknown waters and found the land of america. and, the land was settled by the people of the world. from france, from england, from england, many settled on the east coast, where they grew in numbers and came to consider america their home. styles change in 100 years, and ideas change. the children of the settlers became dissatisfied. they began to talk of freedom, to talk of winning freedom peacefully, or fighting for it. people of the world fought with them. german, pole, frenchman, american. a battle won, a nation won. to join the other nations of the up theere given explorers, the settlers, the patriots, the founders of our nation. before the nation had been formed, people of england and holland had settled in the east and southeast and brought from africa negroes as salves, and settle the mainly in the south. settled mainly in the south. people of spain had settled in the southwest. but after the nation was for

sad news that rick parfitt has died in hospital in spain.ive to bethlehem because that is where crowds have flocked on christmas eve to manger square. we will see celebrations taking place there and they will culminate with midnight mass. this is the site where christians believe thatjesus was born. these are the scenes in manger square, bethlehem, at the moment. theresa may has urged britain to "unite and move forward" in herfirst christmas message as prime minister. mrs may said the vote to leave the eu would offer britain the opportunity to carve out a bold new role in the world. in his christmas message, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn promised to do more for people sleeping on the streets. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. the people have spoken and the answer is we're out. the eu referendum divided not just politicians but communities and families. so, against this backdrop, it's perhaps not surprising that in her christmas message, the prime minister appeals for unity. in a separate message recorded for the armed force

tributes are paid to the status quo guitarist rick pariftt who has died in hospital in spain at the agef 68. also in the next hour, pope france celebrates also in the next hour, pope francis celebrates christmas eve mass. crowds have gathered at the vatican to take part in the service amid heavy security. and this is the scene at the church of the nativity in bethlehem where thousands have gathered to celebrate midnight mass. good evening and welcome to bbc news. security forces in tunisia say they've arrested three members of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin this week. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri's nephew. 24—year—old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of yesterday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man who is suspected of being behind the attack ona suspected of being behind the attack on a burly and christmas market. in the name of so—called islamic state. and now authorities across europe and the middle east are tryin

james' remains happened when muslim moors controlled most of spain. the camino helped fuel the european passion to retake spain and push the moors back into africa. but by about 1500, with the dawn of the renaissance and the reformation, interest in the camino died almost completely. then, in the 1960s, a handful of priests re-established the tradition. the route has since enjoyed a huge resurgence, with 100,000 pilgrims trekking the santiago each year. - [narrator] this program is made possible in part by, the town of marion. historic marion virginia, home of the wayne henderson school of appalachian arts, celebrating 21 years as a certified virginia main street community. the ellis family foundation, general francis marion hotel. the historic general francis marion hotel and black rooster restaurant and lounge providing luxurious accommodations and casual fine dining. the bank of marion, your vision, your community, your bank. wbrf 98.1 fm. bryant label, a proud supporter of our region's musical heritage. (upbeat bluegrass music)

tributes are paid to the status quo guitarist rick pariftt, who has died in hospital in spain at the age of 68. also in the next hour: the prime minister calls for unity after the brexit vote. in herfirst christmas message, theresa may urges britain to move forward as the country prepares to leave the eu. the star wars actress carrie fisher is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack on a flight from london to la. good evening and welcome to bbc news. israel has condemned a vote by the un security council calling for an end tojewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. the us abstained rather than vetoing the resolution as it usually does. donald trump has tweeted things will be "different" when he takes over. here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell. these israeli homes are on land that the palestinians want for their promised future state. there are now some 600,000 israelis living in the occupied west bank in eastjerusalem, and numbers are growing. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed its judgment on thejewish settlements. translation: 14

he went to spain and helped out with the fighters.tell us a bit about what he was doing during the war. in his internal regret he got to know many of the future leaders of the soviet empire, the future communist leaders were in spain and he was helping and then fast-forwarfastforward to the py of them have paid with their lives. so that became like a curse. just to take the trajectory, he worked for the state department at which point he was recruited. then he was working in spain during the civil war and then, tell us about what worked during world war ii. >> another piece of the supreme irony and a bunch of the boston do-gooders unitarians rushed in to fill the awful void left by the failures to engage in the refuge of the refugees by setting up shop which was kind of a sanctuary for the refugees for the german occupation of france. so from here he is hire he's hin the thing. what he does with the solid unitarian funds is set up the aid. that is to rescue the hard-core communists from camp and help them find their way back to their

in spain it was roughly twice as big.his has been a frustrating thing thinking about the italian banking issue, the amount of money from the time government -- mark: navigating it is the biggest -- once again, the eu standing in the way of resolving the banking issue that has been prevalent since the crisis. gordianxactly, the knot. these are rules for good reason. you want investors and banks, both equity investors and credit investors, to have to pay when banks fail. but actually implementing those directives is very difficult because of the very well-known political challenges associated. julie: so, chris, do you think in the end the solutions will be implemented? and what would be your degree of certainty? would you be buying a time banks at this point? -- italian banks at this point? chris: we think in the end of this will get put through because the amount of money is not that big from the italian government's perspective, and certainly not that big from the european governments in aggregate perspective. but that ta

[inaudible] in the same way, this only foiled cuba spain relations with spain always being a country to maintain good relationships with cuba. his support of. [inaudible] was also not beneficial. fidel castro managed, thanks to the support of the soviet union and by promising that managed to connect with the left in latin america. he maintained relationship with ecuador. [inaudible] now everything has changed, the extreme left is anti-american and against the government of spain. furthermore, in discussing alliances. [inaudible] due to these reasons, the death of fidel castro were not create any significant turbulence. he wasn't was laid to rest only six days ago and no one is talking about him anymore. the rest of olivia in the states limit themselves to purely maintaining that they are contents for human rights. in relation to bolivia, i would like to take this opportunity to denounce their their violation of human rights. they have absolute power and control of these weapons and they carry out. [inaudible] sadly, the demands against this abuse and they are rarely studied or proces

i turned around and on the beach i spied the route 66 bar in spain. and it hit me like a ton of bricks, i get it, i get it. they spent the horse, they sent cattle, they sent the european traditions to us and we sent to them the lend of a highway and at that moment i realized this is an international road, a legend and i lived on it. i grew up on it. now, what's weird is when i was a little kid, i was at my father's gas station, i was so into western history and i would look up and i would go nothing ever happened in kingman, arizona, this is the dumbest place you could ever live. history is what happened in tombstone, arizona. dodge city, kansas, deadwood, dakota. nothing happened here. well, fast forward about ten years ago i got a call from a writer and he said i read about your article of your father's gas station and arizona highways and i had a he like to interview. i said sure. he goes, the first very, the very first thing he asked me was what was it like growing up in such a historic place? the weird thing was i did not know he -- i was growing

they are the seventh-biggestst corporatitionn spain. they have out-competed all kinds of capitalist enterprises. by the way, just to give you anan idea that might surprise you, mondragon has partners, people--enterprises in other countries that admire what they do in certain areas and partner with them. they have labs to develop new techniques. i'll give you the name of two partners you'll recognize: general motors and microsoft. they could help each other. microsoft gets some of the technological stuff t that mondragon is ahead, and mondragon gets from microsoft. might surprprise you. so they're ququite able. they're quitite confident they can compete. given half a chance, they can compete. arizmendi bakeries are doing finee in san francisco, ,d so is the yellow cab company, and so are many, many others. in amherst, massachusetts-- because i taught most of my adult life as a professor at the university of massachusetts-- there's a little copy shop that was seet up 2525 years ago calld collective copies--hint--and they are a worker co-o

and about four years ago, my wife got an assignment in spain, and is so i went along because i wantedfind the ground zero for the cowboy. because i had a theory, and the theory was if i could find where the con kiese to haves emanated from -- conquistadors emanated from, i would find the cowboy because it's the conquistadors who come to the americas. they bring horses, they bring cattle, they bring the tradition of branding, they create the cowboy that we celebrate today around the world. so i was in spain which, turns out, was the place that columbus set sail on his second expedition to the united states -- to the new world. and he left there with boats. so i stood there for about 20 minutes, and i finally took it all in, and i got ready to leave, and i turned around. and on the beach i spied the route 66 bar. [laughter] and i thought to myself, it hit me like a ton of bricks. i get it, i get it. they sent the horse, they sent cattle, they sent all of the european traditions to us, and we sent them back a legend of a highway. and at that moment i realized this is an international roa

the extreme left led by hugo chavez has spent authoritarian and also games and spain.furthermore the alliances and stayed such as groups including hezbollah. due to these reasons, castro will not create any significant political turbulence or geopolitical hemispheric. he watches the past six days ago when no one is talking about fidel anymore. cuba today only has negative influence in the state. the rest of bolivia and the states limit themselves to purely maintaining the same content for human rights. in relation, i would like to take this opportunity to announce their repeat persistence and willful violation of human rights by the national state of bolivia appeared for us has absolutely powered controlled his purposes to carry out the minister of the court and the constitutional court at an event against those who defended. sadly, the demands against these abuses and the human race are really a study of many times not even processed through its philosophy. the ideological locks have been consolidated. and regards to security, we find ourselves at this point essential

and the guitarist rick parfitt has died in hospital in spain.

the status quo guitarist rick parfitt has died in hospital in spain. he was 68.atement, his family said he'd died as a result of a severe infection, having been previously treated for a shoulder injury. david silito looks back at his life. rock music i've got to where i wanted to go, to become a pop star or a rock star. to quo fans he was easy to spot, the bobbing blonde head. he was responsible for some of rock music's greatest riffs. from 1972 there was a status quo album in the top ten every yearfor 16 years. 38 top 20 singles. no other heavy rock band came close. it all began at butlins. rick parfitt met francis rossi when they were teenagers. their first single was a bit of ‘60s psychedelia. but their passion was something a bit more raw. a hit—making rock formula. all our records sound alike, of course they do, because it is status quo. i'm not trying to get out of a corner here. they are going to sound like us, who are we supposed to sound like? who do you get to open this thing? as soon as i had the idea, i couldn't think of anyone better. music: "rockin‘

tributes are paid to the status quo guitarist rick pariftt, who has died in hospital in spain at the age of 68. also in the next hour: the prime minister calls for unity after the brexit vote. in herfirst christmas message, theresa may urges britain to move forward as the country prepares to leave the eu. merry christmas, everybody. and the obamas take a trip down memory lane as they prepare to deliver their final christmas message from the white house. in halfan in half an hour we will look like on a momentous year in sport. which included an incredible year for andy murray. good evening. security forces in tunisia say they've arrested three members of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin this week. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri's nephew. 24—year—old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of yesterday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man who's suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin christmas market in the name of so

in the same way it only for the spoiled cuba and spain relations with spain being a country that alwaysmaintain good military ladder relations with cuba. [inaudible] castro managed to subsist thanks to the initial support of the soviet union and subsequently by promising that managed to connect with the left of latin america. cuba -- and a change for all countries. and maintain relations with brazil and ecuador for support and international annexations in exchange for -- [inaudible] now everything is changed but generally was characterized by the rise of the left and latin america. the extreme left led by hugo chavez and maduro has led to -- the american also against the present government of spain. furthermore in discussing alliances with rogue states as well with terrorist groups including the colombia park and hezbollah. due to these reasons the death of fidel castro will not create any significant political tolerance or geopolitical classes in the hemisphere. fidel was incinerated just six days ago and no one is talking about fidel anymore. cuba today only has limited -- especially

i mean, even your comment about spain, it's at this stage. they may change their mind, i don't know. there is a viewpoint i think which is only really just fading among some europeans that we can't really meet. that we could be persuaded to change our minds. maybe that's what he was trying to do, i don't know. i can read his mind. but as recently as october at least one head of government was saying how are you going to reverse this? how are you going to reverse this? so that's partly the mindset that's still the end that is there no. as we get further into this once we serve the article 50 letter, one of the virtues of the article 50 process is it's very difficult to see it revoked or we don't intend to revoke it. it may not be revocable, i don't know. so that's the road we are going 10. and i expect at least at the point people schedule actual change from how can we make them change their mind to how can they help us? >> i'm anxious because -- >> one last question. >> very, very quickly and so think. >> is it within the realm of the british

jonathan: first spain, a lot of spain, a lot of work has been done for the financial system already and in italy the work begins. both houses approving the plan to increase the public debt by 20 billion euros. are we expecting that to be put to work eminently? case ishe big test monte paschi and time is running out for them to raise funds privately. they have until tomorrow to sell stock, and we were hearing yesterday that that attempt is on course to fail. that will mean that in the next few days potentially it will become official that the government will step in with funds. we know the total amount italy is trying to line up but we do not know exactly how it is going to be deployed, and that is important because it will affect bondholders. in italy, many of them are householders, and how big a hit will have to take to share the burden of the state coming in, that is what we should be finding out over the next two to three days. jonathan: the stock down 19% at one point in italian trade. the market has reacted to this. the 20 billion euro number, is that enough? elisa: there is obviou

rescues in spain, in december, animal, and human, as torrential downpours lead to flash flooding.h america, rivers run dry. not enough rain has caused bolivia to declare a state of emergency facing its worst drought in 25 years. israel, in november, fighting the flames, as a two—month drought, and arson, led to wildfires. australia, and beach—goers in melbourne struggle against strong winds whipped up by approaching thunderstorms. several people died from a rare thunderstorm asthma in november, after suffering breathing problems from pollen carried by the wind. in the uk the first named a storm of the autumn, angus, struck in november, wind in the irish sea was so strong and this very was stuck there overnight until it was safe enough to dock. not ideal if it is your maiden voyage. my first time on a boat. we were on there overnight until it was safe enough to dock. not ideal if it is your maiden voyage. my first time on a boat. we were on there for 24 hours. sleeping. it was lumpy and it made you feel sick. but i am glad i am off. it is impossible to link one whether extreme to a

it's in reference to spain's annual christmas lottery. this year's prize will total a whopping $2.4 billion with a b. it's the world's richest sweepstakes. no one person walks away with the billions, instead, almost 15,000 lottery goers will ended up with some kind of winning tick. by the way, you don't feed to be from spain to play him can you play from where you are around the world. although, unfortunately the deadline has already come and gone. we should have probably done this story last week. unfortunately the deadline is over, we will tell you a story you can participate in. >> have a lottery, billions in itself, that is something. just ahead, how uber is turning your friends into destinations. first an especially cute showdown. this adorm panda cub is loving the winter weather, play time quickly ends, stand up, cliernlgs knocks over his buddy and friend. he rolls over. he is okay. >> is he? >> look at him. right back up again, do-over, i will get you snowman, i got you. you are watching "early today." per roll more "doing chores f

the bank of spain estimates it can cost up to 4 billion euros. mark: what does it mean for the spanish banking industry? >> today there has been a big reaction. every single spanish trade low. but they have to pay their money back pray they will pay their money back. it does have pressure when it comes to profitability going into maybe the fourth order where it's a challenging environment. time, there is pressure on a possible capital requirements. at the same time, they did come out and say they are not going to be affected by this because they never engaged in any of these types of turns or closes. julie: what exactly was the overcharging about? what did it in tale? -- entail? maria: just to recap for our , it's aand get us ready flexible rate. the ruling session says the so-called mortgage floor set i banks and ensured that boards would have to pay a minimum, and given the current scenario, very low rates is to simply not work for the clients. they argue that they should be paid the money back, and that they should do it in a way that has no t

the jobless rate in spain is 19%.he new italian prime minister is in his first full day on the job and he faces a confidence vote in parliament. he is hoping to have his government in place before european council summit coming up this thursday. he says he wants to boost economic growth. he says italy is ready to collaborate with the new u.s. administration. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. mark: the financials of been the best performing sector in the u.s.. there are expectations of higher rates and easing bank regulations. ank schatzker is back with exclusive interview. erik: the hits keep on coming. thank you so much for coming. it's good to see you here at bloomberg. two of your rivals last week indicated they were having a very solid quarter in trading. how are things going for morgan stanley? things are going fine. there was some over exuberance as to how people are doing. overall

i mean, even your comment about spa spain, it's at this stage. they may change their mind. but there is -- there is a viewpoint i think which is only just really fading among some europeans that we can't really mean this. that we could be persuaded to change our minds. that's maybe what he was trying to do. i don't know. i can't read his mind. as recently as october, at least one head of government was -- how are you going to change it, how are you going to reverse this, how are you going to reverse this? many others still feel it can't really happen. that's partly the sort of mindset that's still the end of is there now. as we get further into this, once we've served the article 50 letter, one of the virtues of the article 50 process is it sets its own way. it's difficult to see it being revoked. we don't intend to revoke it. it may not be revocable, i don't know. but so that's the -- that's the route we're going now. and i expect at least at that point people's calculation will change from people's calculatio would change from how do we change their minds to how do we bes

italy, spain,nto which is always in a state of turmoil, and the grandchild of all of them, greece.reece has been -- got into the euro he legally in the sense -- he legally in the sense they fudged their numbers, and it was admitted by the greeks. instead of getting them out of there, they are still there. so, the structure is unstable. alan greenspan there speaking with david westin in washington. vonnie: let's go to julie hyman. she is at the markets desk the latest on a few earlier movers. julie: let's talk about technology -- the only group in the s&p 500 that is higher. we have the rest of the index rolling over along with the dow and the nasdaq. apple and cisco remain in the green. still hanging on here. katy have a -- analyst stockton saying the apple weekly chart is similar to april, 2014, and as investors that exposure on a breakout above $117. not quite there. it is below $116. a fun note from beacon advisors about technology john regarding tech leaders meeting with president-elect donald trump today. he says it should be kept up, but there is a slight risk that they are e

in spain and pork in -- portugal are doing reasonably well economically and in terms of both of them launching bureaucracies in europe so what is it about latin america that makes it different? >> i must respond. if you see african countries and you see latin american countries of course there are leaders. but the former vices of the connie fight corruption like inequality still we find it there. but i don't see the population is responsible for that. they have improved a lot. i visited latin american countries frequently from 1986 and they change. it's astonishing. i'm not going to get give figures now because i don't have the figures and there is some middle-class. there is a government. of course sometimes it's -- but you see this as is the situation. that is the situation. everybody is trying to help. a wreck -- the russian organizations are donating money but there are countries like the french colony that is one of the worst not colonized by spain or portugal. >> i think some of the countries are doing quite well. chilly, good middle-class, a lot of stability and even brazil un

i spoke to mike and fastbender and wanted to show him some footage that i got when i was in spain andying to take role. this is his reaction. >> i'm actually auditioning from your role in the sequel. >> excellent. >> i went -- >> they told me they were going to replace me. i didn't believe them. >> nice, rollly polly. >> here comes the run on the rooftop. yeah. >> that's good come on you're scared aren't you? >> you're worried about it? >> yes. >> it's okay. >> i like the commitment. >> i had hood down and sfwlevring i like it. oh, nice. >> how was the week. >> impressive. >> did you do the backwards drop. >> i don't know if i did a backwards drop you have one up on me. >> see. i think -- >> you have to sort of be trusting in that maneuver. >> you heard him say that i have one up on him. he's a producer of assassin's creed films. i don't know if he'll replace himself with me. those moves were pretty good i have to say. he admitted they were great as well. that movie playering in theaters michael fastbender if you have not seen steve jobs i recommend that and x men first class and "sha

stronger than expected inflation story coming out of spain. this into the conversation that we had earlier around the end of the dip -- the end of the deflationary story. the end of year news conference after the last cabinet meeting of the year. a lot to talk about on the spanish economic story. let us turn to europe and get who isws of james athey here in the studio with us. you talk about heightened banking and political risk meaning we are entering a dangerous and potentially volatile timeframe. what worries you? >> quite a lot to be honest. there is interest in the inflation story that you were referred to in spain and we almost see virtue in an increase in inflation across the eurozone because that is what the central banks have been trying to achieve in the last few years. we have a similar situation in the u.k. where prices are rising faster than what we originally anticipated, probably for more global in transitory regions than domestic tight labor market conditions and we see that as dampening growth going forward while spain has une

heavy rain and strong winds continue to hit the southern coastlines of spain monday. since december 1st, the area had aboout 95 millimeters of rainfall. just to give you an idea of how much that is, the monthly average rainfall in december is 99.6 millimeters. so we're seeing almost the entire amount there. look at all the mud located because of the flooding. emergency services said they responded to about 1300 incidents on sunday. schools in the area were closed on monday. residents were pretty busy trying to clean out the mud and the water. you see the furniture that's all being messed up because of the flooding conditions. now, ththe low-pressure sysmm is startrting to fall apart, but nevertheless the moisture is heading toward the east. that's bringing a lot of rain into italy. as we go throughout the day tuesday, be on the lookoutut fo some dnching rainfall. toward the north, snow and windy conditions into finland. we saw strong and powerful winds on monday. may also be the case as we go through tuesday. 15 in madrid. 18 in lisbon. cloudy and increasingng raininy

he-spawn was a -- spain was a country that always maintained good relationship with cuba. his support of more political and practical of the chinese passing peru also was beneficial and his presence in africa, having lost a significant amount of men and resources which -- high pranking commanders, including generals. castro managed to subcyst, thinks to the initial support of the soviet union and subsequently by a skilled diplomaasy, and maintained relations with brazil and ecuador for support in international annexations in separation. now everything has changed but generally where characterized by the rise of the left in latin america. the extreme left led by hugo chavez has been authoritarian. for thermo, alliances we fidel and hezbollah. due to this -- the death of fidel castro will that create anything significant turnover's political classes in the hemisphere. fidel was incinerated six days ago and nobody talks about him anymore. the rest of bolivia and the states -- manifesting their content for human rights inch relation to bolivia i would like to take this opportu

i'm going to move to spain because i want to move to spain. really, really want to move to spain right now. >> students across the u.s. stage mass walkouts and thousands took to the streets to show they still opposed trump no matter the election results. these marches, sometimes deinvolved into violence. even as some tried to prevent it, president-elect trump was preparing to move in to the white house by picking his team. there was some controversy when governor chris christie was replaced by vice president-elect mike pence to head the transition. kellyanne con way now senior advise tore the transition thinks the press made too much of this. >> to many the stories artificially generated of transition and chaos remind me of the pre-election coverage which was i have a conclusion and now i'll search for the evidence. >> in the nod to the gop establishment, named rnc chairman reince priebus as chief of staff but he stirred up controversy again naming steve bannon who helped manage his campaign as senior counselor and white house chief strategist

. >>> people in parts of spain are dealing with the aftermath of heavy rain and flooding.hat storm has now moved on and is impacting nearby countries. our meteorologist robert speta joins us with more. >> yes, let's start off here across western areas of europe where we over the past several days have really been watching this storm system. you can see it even on the satellite picture. now it's drifting towards the east across the central mediterranean. but this has been a cut-off low. over the past week it was lingering here off the southwestern coastline of spain really pumping a lot of moisture into this area. i want to show you some video coming out of here. because just on monday we had that significant flooding. waters are starting to receipt. but to put this in perspective, since december 1st, this area has seen about 95 millimeters of rainfall. now the annual mean rainfall for the month of december typically around 99 millimeters. so that's why you have the significant flooding. look at all that mud and muck buildup inside people's homes. emergency services actuall

spain and italy, spain down about 0.2%.othing sharp in terms of declines, but taking a step back from the highs. >> the ftse 100s all-time high generally coming because of a weak currency. that's also why we have seen strong gains yet to date for germany and france, particularly in the final quarter. mentioned this yesterday, very different picture to what we got in the u.s. the u.s. rallied despite a strong dollar. germany, france, uk, japan rallying because of the opposite reason. >> they get a boost in earnings. as for asia overnight, the stronger yen in the overnight session hurting the japanese market. the nikkei closing down 1.3%. the topix also had a rough day on the back of a stronger yen. seeing a reversal of the trades that have been the post election theme. hong kong is a star performer, closing up 0.2%. >> toshiba face its third day of massive declines, weighing significantly on that company and the sector. one of the reasons the nikkei is down. >>> oil prices, they have been on a decent steady gain. oil had its

he was part of the escape line that helped many others to spain. summer 1943, the war against the ssn -- of the ss and gestapo war against the resistance, they know the major aid from france at health for any an hour -- any allied invasion would come from the french resistance. come atw it's going to some point. maybe even in the fall of 1943. the gestapo and ss were determined to keep the french resistance from helping them so they went to war with the resistance. anybody that was involved in the resistance and use all kinds of tactics to do so. here you have number 84. summer 1943, his empire has grown from number 72 to number 74 and also number 76. you have here a senior ss officer who becomes one of the most successful spies of the third reich. capturing sotain agents, special operation executive agents. ii of the myths of world war is that the british made use of spies. in france, we were disastrous. it was a child's game. capture child's game to british spies in france. they were arriving with bad french accents. they would be arrested within

years, spain two has repeated numerous times, that we were in favor of the council on the palestinian question when the time was right. possible, to have a text on which there was a consensus that could move towards peace. that day has come today. the text of the resolution we adopted today that fills the necessary requirements. it is a balanced text that only strives for peace. these two years we have repeated many times in the same chamber, what is the position of spain on the palestinian question? we have voiced dated the settlements are counter to international law. to one of the main obstacles make the two-state solution a reality. so that israel and palestine can live peacefully and insecurity and mutually recognized borders. furthermore, the incitement to hatred and acts of terrorism not only are morally and legally reprehensible, but undermine efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace. they should be strongly condemned. the resolution we have just adopted is fully compatible with that position. the security council has taken a position twice on the palestinian question. the

are going to end up with some kind of winning ticket, and by the way, you don't even need to be from spain to play. you can play it from wherever you are around the world. some of our crew got excited about that. unfortunately, the deadline has come and gone. we should have done this story last week before the deadline closed. unfortunately, the kledeadline over. we we're telling you you can't participate. >> have a lottery in the billions in itself, that is something. >> just ahead, how uber is turning your friends into destinations, but first, an especially krut showdown. this panda cub at the toronto zoo who is loving winter weather, playing with a little buddy, the snowman. play time quickly ends. oh, no. the panda climbs, falls, knocks over the snowman. his buddy rolls over. he's okay. >> is he? >> yeah, look. right back at it again. like do over. i'm going to get you. you're watching "early today." per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you g

in spain when it hit me like a ton of bricks and i said i get it.y sent the horse and cattle, they sent all the european traditions trust, and we sent them back a legend of a highway. and at that moment i realize this is an international road, a legend and i lived on it. i grew up on it. what's weird is when i was little kid i see jugs that my father's gas station. i was so into old west history and i would reach true west in the office and then i would look up and go, nothing ever happened in kingman, arizona. this is the dumbest place you could live. history live. history is what happened in tombstone, arizona, nothing happened here. password about ten years ago i got a call from a writer. he said it read about your article of your father's gas station on arizona highway and i would like to interview and i said sure. in his first question the very first thing he asked me as what was it like growing up in such a historic place. the word thing is i did not know i was growing growing up on the most iconic highway in the world. to me it was just a roa

same with france, italy and spain. italy and spain the underperformers, almost down a half percent.rnight in asia, also a mixed picture. we saw strength in hong kong where the index closed up almost a percent. shanghai has been a loser lately. a laggard across asia and the world markets. nikkei closing flat. the yen has made a move weaker. >> as for broader markets, let's look at oil prices. decent pop yesterday, 1.6%. a very decent pop over the course of the fourth quarter, almost 10% of gains for wti. up 0.6% today. 54.2. as for the ten-year treasury note, we slipped from the highs we touched about two weeks ago in terms of yield, 2.64 was the peak, at 2.56 at the moment. you can see from that chart, the strong move upwards in yields. dollar prices for the year as a whole, dollar strong. most of that coming in the fourth quarter. and as we end out the year, still continuing that momentum, albeit much less strongly than has been seen. dollar strength across the board, only about 0.2%. gold prices have had a tough final quarter of the year. year to date gold up 7.4%. sara, today we

i'm going to move to spain because i want to move to spain. really, really want to move to spain right now. >> students across the u.s. stage mass walkouts and thousands took to the streets to show they still opposed trump no matter the election results. these marches, sometimes deinvolved into violence. even as some tried to prevent it, president-elect trump was preparing to move in to the white house by picking his team. there was some controversy when governor chris christie was replaced by vice president-elect mike pence to head the transition. kellyanne con way now senior advise tore the transition thinks the press made too much of this. >> to many the stories artificially generated of transition and chaos remind me of the pre-election coverage which was i have a conclusion and now i'll search for the evidence. >> in the nod to the gop establishment, named rnc chairman reince priebus as chief of staff but he stirred up controversy again naming steve bannon who helped manage his campaign as senior counselor and white house chief strategist

past two years as a nonpermanent member of the spain hasouncil, repeated that we are in favor of the council expressing its position on the palestinian question when the time was right and of course it is possible to have a consensus that can truly help move toward peace. that day is come today. this fulfills as we see the necessary requirements to balance tax that only strives to act in favor of peace. we have repeated many times in this same chamber, what is the position of spain on the palestinian question? we have always said settlements main- and one of the obstacles to make the two state solution a reality so that israel and palestine can live in security and mutually recognized borders. we have also stated the incitement to hatred and the acts of terrorism are not only morally and legally reprehensible, but also they undermine efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace. and they should be strongly condemned, the resolution we have adopted. is fully compatible with that position. over the past few years the security council has taken a position twice on the weestinian question

the 68—year—old was taken to hospital in marbella in spain after suffering a severe infection. musician had been admitted on thursday due to complications to a shoulder injury. now on bbc news film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys in review 2016: the year in film. hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode, and we're here at the cinema museum in south london where, for the next half an hour, we will be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the "brexit" vote injune, and the results of the american election in november proving that the unexpected really can happen. in the world of politics, uncertainty can be alarming. when it comes to movies, it is the unexpected which really makes it all worthwhile. while the naysayers claim that movies today are just an endless slew of sequels, remakes and superhero franchise fodder, let's spend some time celebrating the films which offered something different, wh

rick parfitt has died in spain at the age of 68.pitalfor a severe infection. he was still recovering from a heart attack he suffered earlier this summer. rock music. i've got to where i wanted to go, to become a pop star or a rock star. to status quo fans he was easy to spot, the bobbing blond head. he was responsible for some of rock music's greatest riffs. from 1972 there was a status quo album in the top ten no other heavy rock band came close. it all began at butlins. rick parfitt met francis rossi when they were teenagers. their first single was a bit of 60s psychedelia. but their passion was something a bit more raw. a hit—making rock formula. all our records sound alike, of course they do, because it is status quo. they are going to sound like us, who are we supposed to sound like? who do you get to open this thing? as soon as i had the idea, i couldn't think of anyone better. music: "rockin‘ all over the world" by status quo. when it came to sex, drugs and rock ‘n‘ roll, rick parfitt did it all. this riff arose from the cons

. —— spain. it is hand peeled, sitting around in the spanish sun and peeling those are.ls, we will put them in pots. replace everything in there with water and spirits, heat everything up. at 80 degrees that alcohol boils and the vapour travels up alcohol boils and the vapour travels up the column and goes over the lion arm, it's the condenser and into the receiving tanks. why do you think gin is so popular? it isa why do you think gin is so popular? it is a versatile spirit. it lends itself well to cocktails. it smells lovely in here today. that's it from me here at one of the uk's oldest gin distilleries. that was steph, of course, who looks com pletely that was steph, of course, who looks completely sober. i'm glad i didn't do that 0b! there is a lot of detail on the website. second day of strikes. hundreds of workers on strike again today for the post office and southern rail guards as well. keep up—to—date. southern rail guards as well. keep up-to-date. the poor people that rely on southern rail, i tell you what, tough times. you're watching business live. our top s