here's our gaming reporter steffan powell.d the name jimmy donaldson. on youtube, though, he's kind of a big deal. his highly produced elaborate stunts, like playing hide and seek in a sports stadium, or recreating netflix's show squid game, have earned him the top spot. his income is just above that of f1 champion lewis hamilton. while traditional media struggled during the pandemic, tv production were suspended and film releases delayed, youtube was booming. the top—ten highest paid creators on the platform earned a combined £219 million in 2021 — that's an increase of a0%. youtubers like jake paul haven't made the listjust because of their popularity. they've been the ones to cash in most effectively with brand partnerships, sponsorships and merchandise. despite this success, though, it's not all rosy, according to some. it was surprising to see how many white men were on the list. youtube is a really global environment, we know that it's hugely popular around the world and it seemed like we didn't see anybody outside of th

steffan powell, bbc news. the world's most famous female mouse is getting a makeover.nic bow. the new look was designed by stella mccartney to celebrate 30 years of disneyland's paris resort. minnie will debut the outfit from march, marking women's history month. that is about it from me. you can follow me on twitter and more news on the website. from me and the rest of the team, please, keep watching. goodbye. hello there. so far this month, it's been pretty quiet with high pressure dominating the scene. we've had light winds for most, but that's certainly not the case this weekend. northern parts of the country will be impacted by some severe gales at times, which could cause some disruption, and we'll see another spell of wet and windy weather during sunday night. higher pressure further south, which means the winds will be lighter, but this deepening area of low pressure's been named by the danish met service as storm malik, and you can see why — plenty of isobars across the north of the uk as this system continues to push down in towards the norwegian sea. widespr

steffan powell, bbc news. "big business" is not really the word, is it?ushtick, co—founder of american gaming website polygon. i asked if this deal was more a matter of "duty calls" for microsoft. there is no question about it. they made a very aggressive move here with this acquisition. 0bviously move here with this acquisition. obviously we still need to wait for it to be finalised with the. if ec but, if it does go through, they'll essentially be one of the biggest gaming companies in the world by far. biggest gaming companies in the world by far-— world by far. right. we can have a sharp _ world by far. right. we can have a sharp intake - world by far. right. we can have a sharp intake of- world by far. right. we can l have a sharp intake of breath at the amount of money involved here, but is this — at least at the moment — as big as it could be? 0r the moment — as big as it could be? or do you think there are other possible acquisitions that might be coming along soon? it that might be coming along soon? , ~ . , soon? it is certainly the biggest _ so

steffan powell reports. call of duty, a multiplayer war game.ntertainment franchises in the world. made by us company activision blizzard, the studio which has 400 million people playing every month in 190 countries. and that kind of young fan base is one of the reasons that microsoft, now itself a veteran tech firm, have swooped — paying over £50 billion for the company, the largest acquisition in gaming history. but why? more and more companies are looking at ways to either break into or expand their gaming strategies. even netflix is doing the same thing, where they have launched a gaming footprint specifically around mobile games. activision blizzard has been at the centre of a storm after employees walked out in protest after numerous sexual harassment claims and an allegedly toxic environment. the company's ceo apologised and took a pay cut. but what does this mean for the gamers? at the moment, microsoft's xbox consoles are lagging behind sony's playstation 5 in terms of sales. by buying call of duty and the company behind it, microsoft a

steffan powell, bbc news.eleased in 1977, the operatic rock album originally failed to chart at all, only starting to sell the following year when meat loaf appeared on a bbc television show. it became one of the best selling albums ever and has accumulated more that 500 weeks on the uk chart. meat loaf died last friday, aged 74. let us leave you with pictures of an incredible frost formation on a rock, resembling a fish eye, that has been spotted by an unsuspecting photographer in england. leigh pugh was hoping to get a picture of the sunrise in the derbyshire peak district when he got the feeling he was being watched. the 51—year—old said it was too cloudy to capture the sunrise butjust as he was heading off he noticed something a bit fishy. a reminder of our top story: the top us military official, general mark milley, has said the russian troop build—up on ukraine's border is the largest since the cold war and a conflict could be horrific. general milley, who's chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff, said th

steffan powell, bbc news. it really is huge.polygon. it feels like microsoft's view commercially is duty calls. there is no question about it. they have made a very aggressive move you with this acquisition and obviously we still have to wait for it actually to be finalised with the f pc but they will eventually be one of the biggest gaming companies into the world by far. we biggest gaming companies into the world by far.— biggest gaming companies into the world by far. we can have a sharp intake — the world by far. we can have a sharp intake of _ the world by far. we can have a sharp intake of breath - the world by far. we can have a sharp intake of breath about. sharp intake of breath about the amount of money involved here but is there is the moment as big as it could be or are there other possible acquisitions coming along soon? it is certainly the biggest company that could have acquired, microsoft could have acquired. electronic arts is around $58 billion. smaller but obviously still enormous. i do not think this will be

steffan powell, bbc news. off in beijing but the focus is instead on xinjiang. china has been repeatedly accused of human rights abuses against the province's uighur ethnic minority. but now it is using the games to create a snow sport boom in the region. robin brant reports. this is the image of china you'll be seeing over the next few weeks beautiful snow covered slopes. china's communist party leaders hope it will persuade millions to grab a board or boots and come here like him. but he isn't near the host city of beijing, this is xingyang, it's a troubled region hoping for a major boom of the back of these olympic games. what's that going be like in 20 years time where you are? as china's second 0lympics approaches these images have been part of the state media reporting on xingyang, almost as if it's part of the games. it's very different to these images from the bbc�*s reporting over recent years of massive indoctrination and incarceration of chinese ethnic muslims with inside places that china used to d

steffan powell, bbc news. that's just about it from us.is article, explaining why germany is refusing to send weapons to ukraine. just head to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. thanks a lot for watching. stay tuned right here to bbc news. hello there. so far this month, it's been pretty quiet with high pressure dominating the scene. we've had light winds for most, but that's certainly not the case this weekend. northern parts of the country will be impacted by some severe gales at times, which could cause some disruption, and we'll see another spell of wet and windy weather during sunday night. higher pressure further south, which means the winds will be lighter, but this deepening area of low pressure's been named by the danish met service as storm malik, and you can see why — plenty of isobars across the north of the uk as this system continues to push down in towards the norwegian sea. widespread yellow wind warnings across the north of the country — gusts of 70—80 mph likely across parts of scotland. an amber warning issued fo

steffan powell, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.ngering mist and fog as well, and that's going to be reforming through the course of tonight. in fact, we've already seen some of that fog forming across parts of the midlands, into the welsh marches, lincolnshire, east anglia as well. these are the areas seeing the most dense and widespread fog, but elsewhere the odd misty and murky patch as well. and temperatures for most of us a few degrees either side of freezing as we head on into saturday morning. so some pockets of frost around, a fairly chilly start to the day, some sunshine around and, increasingly, some of this low cloud will tend to break up through the course of the day. most places, again, looking dry. just a few splashes of rain for the western isles and perhaps the far north of mainland scotland as well. temperatures on saturday only around five degrees close to the east coast, but turning a bit milder in the southwest — 11 celsius the top temperature in plymouth on saturday. and then no great change into sunday, but we

steffan powell, bbc news.ith the government saying it will back a new bill being debated in the commons. campaigners, including rose ayling—ellis, the first deaf contestant on strictly come dancing, say they hope the change will see bsl more widely used and promoted. with more details here's the bbc�*s see hear presenter yvonne cobb and our political correspondent helen catt. outside parliament, the biggest demonstration by deaf people for more than 20 years — backing a call for british sign language to be given legal status, just like welsh or gaelic. among them, danieljillings, he's been campaigning for gcse to be established in british sign language but says giving bsl legal status will help children with their other exams. it will give deaf people, deaf children, the right to their exams in their own language, and it would be seen as an equal, like spanish, for example. for scott garthwaite, known to his tv viewers as the punk chef, it's about equality. well, i feel it will give a lot of deaf people more o

steffan powell, bbc news.g. released in 1977, the operatic rock album originally failed to chart at all, only starting to sell the following year when meat loaf appeared on a bbc tv show. it became one of the best selling albums ever and has accumulated more than 500 weeks on the uk chart. meat loaf died last friday, aged seventy—four. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. stay tuned to bbc news. hello there. so far this month, it's been pretty quiet with high pressure dominating the scene. we've had light winds for most, but that's certainly not the case this weekend. northern parts of the country will be impacted by some severe gales at times which could cause some disruption. and we'll see another spell of wet and windy weather during sunday night. higher pressure further south, which means the winds will be lighter, but this deepening area of low pressure's been named by the danish met service as storm malik, and you can see why. plenty of isobars across the north of the uk as this system continues t

steffan powell, bbc news.years ago while campaigning for colombia's presidency and held captive by rebels for more than six years, has announced a new surprise bid for the country's top job. stephanie prentice reports. looking relaxed and ready to face the future, ingrid betancourt announcing her bed for colombia's residency 20 years after campaigning for the samejob letter being kidnapped by rebels. now she says she is ready to finish what she started. translation: for decades we _ started. translation: for decades we have _ started. translation: fr?" decades we have only had bad options, extreme right, extreme left, now it is time to have a good option, the option of the centre, the option of the heart, the option of union and transformation from within. she has been living _ transformation from within. she has been living abroad since being rescued from farc rebels in 2008 as part of operation at checkmate. translation: mother, i am free! she _ checkmate. translation: mother, i am free! she had _ checkmate.

steffan powell, bbc news.arriving in beijing. they include andrew musgrave, who's hoping to win britain's first ever olympic medal in cross—country skiing. andy swiss has been to meet him in training, in norway. it's been described as the world's toughest sport. cross—country skiing is, at times, the ultimate uphill struggle. but andrew musgrave has the summit in his sights. commentator: and look at this from andrew musgrave. .. - the scot finished seventh at the last games, britain's best—ever result, and he's been a contender ever since. in the summer, training out on the roads, on roller skis as he chases what once seemed an impossible dream. i remember when i was 14, 15, back in scotland talking about what we were going to do in cross—country skiing. a medal at the olympics was the sort of unachievable goal up there, where it's now definitely achievable. it would be something extraordinary, wouldn't it? yeah, definitely. definitely. like, a british person getting a medal in cross—country skiing, like, shou

steffan powell, bbc news.dlife survey of its kind on the planet, and aimed at fighting the bird population decline. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt reports. who doesn't like to see and hear wild birds? but britain's wild bird populations are under assault, changing farming practices, pollution and climate change are all taking their poll, says the rspb. we do a piece of work called the state of nature which is a report on all the reasons for this decline. we've lost about 38 million birds over the last 50 years, that's about a fifth of our breeding bird population here in the uk. and not every species is declining, but overall more species are declining than others, particularly farmland birds. woodland birds aren't doing very well. this is about us all going into our gardens, looking out of our windows, on our balconies, counting the birds we can see to survey the bird population. really important information about what is happening to the country's birds. and the rspb wants you to help them by taking part

the bbc�*s gaming reporter steffan powell has more details.lizzard, the studio which has 400 million people playing every month in 190 countries. and that kind of young fan base is one of the reasons why microsoft now itself a veteran technology firm, have swooped, paying over £50 billion for the company. the largest acquisition in gaming history. but why? more and more companies are looking at ways to either break into or expand their gaming strategies. even netflix is doing the same thing. where they have launched a gaming footprint specifically around mobile games. activision blizzard has been at the centre of a storm after employees walked out in protest after numerous sexual harassment discrimination claims and an allegedly toxic environment. the company ceo apologised and took a pay cut. but what does it mean for gamers? at the moment microsoft�*s xbox consoles are lagging behind the sony playstation in terms of sales. by buying call of duty and the company behind it, microsoft are fighting back by winning more and more exclusive rights.

here�*s our gaming reporter, steffan powell. call of duty, a multiplayer war game. looking at ways to either break into or expand their gaming strategies. even netflix is doing the same thing, where they have launched a gaming footprint specifically around mobile games. activision blizzard has been at the centre of a storm after employees walked out in protest after numerous sexual harassment claims and an allegedly toxic environment. the company�*s ceo apologised and took a pay cut. but what does this mean for the gamers? at the moment, microsoft�*s xbox consoles are lagging behind sony�*s playstation 5 in terms of sales. by buying call of duty and the company behind it, microsoft are fighting back by owning more and more exclusive rights. the question many players want to know now, though, is, will they restrict their rival�*s access to these major titles? like many of the games themselves, tech companies are fighting their own battles — but for content. and gaming is fast becoming the most lucrative market in entertainment. steffan powell, bbc news. lovely frocks

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