let's start with switzerland.brought in new measures today, the latest country to gin new measures in response to the omicron variant. the netherl, france, ireland, and denmark have introduced measures. the uk's canet have met to discuss a range of possible restrictions. prime nister johnson: we should keep the review, following it hour-by-hour. i must say to people, we must reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public. to protect public health, attacked our nhs. we will not hesitate to take that action. ros: in the u.s., covid cases in new york have risen 60% in the last week. we spoke to mayor bill de blasio. >> we know that omicron moves fast, we have to me faster. that is my we are focusing even more on vaccination, which we know helps address omicron. bottom line, fasspreading variant. we will see a surgeon cases for a few weeks, and then we think we will see it trail off. the answer is vaccination. ros: the key question for science is still fundamentally how severe is omicron? here

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they are far higher than switzerland's neighbours france or italy, but like last year, switzerland wenting of a viral blizzard hitting the country but vaccination rates are not going up by anything like what the white house wants to see. only half the jabs are being given compared to april. in some states, in the south and west, fewer than 50% of eligible adults are double jabbed. sporting and entertainment venues are closing down, and in a country that has seen 800,000 covid deaths, president biden will try this week to persuade the doubters that it is masks and vaccines that will stop that number rising further. the news here in south africa continues to be encouraging. the death rate and hospital admissions are still significantly lower than they were at similar stages of previous waves of the pandemic. there are also some encouraging signs that the number of infections, which rose so dramatically here, is already beginning to tail off. does that mean that omicron is less severe? that is not clear. for a start, the population here is far younger than say in britain, and also, while v

a new action being taken in switzerland. they've brought in new measures which are designed in order to well get more people to get vaccinated. basically, if you haven't been vaccinated or can't prove that, you have recovered from covered it. within the last 6 months, you're going to be pretty much barred from, from everywhere in switzerland, from here on out what we're seeing as you going to need to provide the proof of one of those 2 things to get into sports stadiums. cultural events and leisure facilities, also restaurants as well. it comes after the intensive care unit bed space in the capacity for that bed space in switzerland, past 82 percent this week. so the country deciding to take emergency measures they're in denmark, they've also implemented new measures. they are going to be closing theaters and cinemas because of a rise of covert cases there in france. they've done is they've basically cut off all non essential trouble between france and the united kingdom because of the, the sheer number of cases, tens and te

the capacity for that bed space in switzerland past 82 percent this week. so the country deciding to take a merge and see measures they're in denmark. they've also implemented new measures . they are going to be closing theaters and cinemas because of our eyes of covert cases there in front. they've done is they've basically cut off all non essential travel between france and the united kingdom because of the, the she had number of cases, tens and tens of thousands. huge amounts of covert case has been recorded in the united kingdom, france deciding they will want a few people as possible traveling between the 2 countries. it's also prompted action on an e u level member states and their leaders saying that they wanted to see more vaccines that are specifically tailored to taco, the oma kron variance of cove. at 19. in fact, the orders are all ready to go in for a 180000000 doses of coven vaccines that would target specifically the, the omer cron. very intuitive world, the subject of vaccines. there's been a massive push here in germany to get people to com

-- in davos, switzerland.t will take place in switzerland in january, so davos goes on a scheduled. jonathan: we will be here, please come. i am not sure who is going to be in the office in january 2022. lisa: do using it is an accident that tom keene is off today at the same time the world economic forum announces this? i think he is personally there saying, come on, guys. jonathan: it was the news you have all been waiting for. kailey: was it? [laughter] jonathan: it will take place in davos, switzerland, the world are coming forum. at least, they plan for it to ice. we are -0.3% on the s&p. let's get to kriti gupta on this commodity market for a whole lot more. kriti: we are starting to see this idea of persistent inflation ever since chairman powell dropped the word transitory from his vocabulary. the question is, does that mean commodity inflation is here to stay? my chart of the day looks at commodities going all the way back to 2000 because this rally we have seen in the oil market in particular is pret

switzerland will not close the great outdos.pesill stay open, but to enjoy, you need to have that covid certificate. jane: as countries consider new lock downs, and south afric the worst of omicron might be in the rearview mirror. south africa was where the variant was first discovered, and it has been spreading for nearly a month. however, cases appeared to be declining. officials are watching to try to understand what omicron might do elsewhere, but drying conditions -- conclusions can be difficult as andrew harding reports. andrew: the news in south africa continues to be encouraging. the death rate and hospital admissions are lower than they were at similar stages of previous waves of the pandemic. there are also encouragin signs that the number of infections, which rose dramatically here, is beginning to tail off. does that mean that omicron is less severe? that is not clear. the population here is far younger than britain, and while vaccination rates are l, most people have some immunity because of prior infections. it is

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what happens if you arrive in switzerland then you get a positive test?ven if it is a false positive, you are trapped there. nobody, i don't think, was expecting to travel to switzerland in january. january looks like it could be quite bumpy. alix: when do we get a clear read of the markets? you are going to have some volatility and volume issues over the next couple of weeks, and confusion as to what january brings. then you have a earnings season. it is gone to take a while to get a clean read on where we think inflation is going to go. guy: the fed in syria should be on rails getting the taper done. i wonder if there is flexibility within that. we will watch and see exact it would omicron delivers. certainly the narrative coming out of europe is that this is going to be a short, shock, and as you said, christmas, we will wait to figure out if we get a lockdown in the u.k. the netherlands is already locked down. that brings us to our question of the day. bigger risks for the markets, is it omicron or is it that we are not going to see a fiscal and monet

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they are far higher than switzerland's neighbours france or italy, but like last year, switzerland wentorth america, omicron has been found in almost every state, with people forming long queues to get tested, ahead of the holidays. scientists are warning of a viral blizzard hitting the country in the coming weeks with average daily covid infections already running at 160,000, more than double what they were in early november. vaccination rates are not going up by anything like what the white house wants to see. only half the jabs are being given compared to april. in some states, in the south and west, fewer than 50% of eligible adults are double jabbed. sporting and entertainment venues are closing down, and in a country that has seen 800,000 covid deaths, president biden will try this week to persuade the doubters that it is masks and vaccines that will stop that number rising further. the news here in south africa continues _ the news here in south africa continues to be encouraging. the death— continues to be encouraging. the death rate — continues to be encouraging. the death rate

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they are far higher than switzerland's neighbours france or italy, but like last year, switzerland won'tas been found in almost every state, with people forming long queues to get tested, ahead of the holidays. scientists are warning of a viral blizzard hitting the country vaccination rates are not going up by anything like what the white house wants to see. only half the jabs are being given compared to april. in some states, in the south and west, fewer than 50% of eligible adults are double jabbed. sporting and entertainment venues are closing down, and in a country that has seen 800,000 covid deaths, president biden will try this week to persuade the doubters that it is masks and vaccines that will stop that number rising further. as gary was alluding to there, americans also face an uncertain holiday period, as omicron begin to takes hold. dr fauci said this weekend he thinks it will take over as the dominant strain within the next two to three weeks. in new york — where new covid—i9 cases rose 60% last week — new records have been set on three consecutive days for the number of new

i ask this question because here on the show we've done a piece on switzerland and how switzerland i think has more guns per cap that than the u.s. and yet has lower gun deathses than the u.s. the swiss say they teach people to respect the weapons. they teach people how to hold the weapons, play with the weapon weapons, use the weapons in the right environments. even kids are taught how to shoot in some of the schools. and there feels like there's a culture around the guns. what i found interesting again in the gun is you talk about how that culture used to exist. and then it started getting mocked, you talk about the fuds, "the elmer fuds, it seems like it's not cool to be safe with guns now in the world of gun ownership. >> well, that sort of responsible activity slows down the desired outcome. it's not cool to be responsible in our politics anymore. if you haven't noticed, all of these social norms that once existed, where you didn't say certain things, you didn't tweet death threats to former-- to members of congress. >> trevor: right. >> these norms were not broken. that's the--

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the netherlands goes into national lockdown with switzerland, france, denmark and ireland bringing in stricter measures. the premier league has decided to carry on with the christmas fixtures and not of any pause, despite the ongoing issues around coronavirus. the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official — but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, from new york. i'm stephen sackur. this city is testament to the power of science and technology. but we shouldn't be fooled by these gravity defying towers. we are not masters of the universe. covid and climate change remind us of that. and so too does my guest today, arguably america's most famous scientist, neil degrasse tyson. his special subject is astrophysics, but his mission goes much wider, to get us all to respect scientific fact. so how's that going? neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one

why switzerland goods, the back of the queue? i think these are some of the kinds of solution that we are working with, manufacture as done. and then in the longer term, i think another 2 is to go to the back of the world that don't have the capacity to manufacture. i mean it's a nominal that in africa we, what 99 percent of that seems and 90 percent of our medical progress. so why don't we get to investment in those parts of the world and make sure that they come up or down population. but let's talk about your plans for the w t. you, you have of course made history being the 1st woman, the 1st african heads up this organization. you've talked about finding practical solutions and encouraging consensus. what are you hoping to do in terms of reforming this organization because there have been criticisms that it's not been able to get as much done as people would like. well, thank you highlighted, this is actually a very important issue that will be center stage. you're in this ministerial that we're going to start in, if in a few

we can also think about countries like panama, like, like on kong, switzerland. i mean, time will tell, but, but what's for sure. i think it's going to be small countries that are nimble, that offer a lot of freedom, economic freedom and maybe have a background already in technology. let's talk about what it means to be born in the crypto cloud. when you get, if you're born into this crypto cloud, you get, you know, why would say off the top of my head just to get the ball rolling. here you get a real currency with a store, a value that's a limited supply, that's similar to gold. you get transactions that are near 0 in terms of cost. you get all what, how would you expand on that? well, you might also good accounting, that's very air tight. we're not necessarily everybody could see everything that goes on inside. but where you can prove mathematically that there is no fraud on the system which is amazing for emerging economies. we can have, think about all the startup city projects that are out there that are thinking about a city in a box. what if there is a cou

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