u.k. capital so that they could continue servicing you markets and amsterdam was the biggest winner share trading there shooting up to 9200000000 euros a day during january knocking london down into 2nd place the u.k. capital seeing only about half the daily trading it averaging 2020 a dutch copper also leapfrogging paris and frankfurt to emerge as the biggest winner so far of britain's exit from the e.u. at least in trading terms now our financial correspondent chelsea delaney is in frankfurt here's her take on the news well that's news that's perhaps a bit of a disappointment here in frankfurt which had been hoping to really emerged as the major financial center in europe in the wake of that amsterdam has really taken over at that top spot with a bang. a huge influx of trading stocks and in the wake of the end of that transition period and that's because the u.k. and the e.u. were not able to reach a deal on financial services before the transition period expired that means that many that you financial institutions can no longer trade in london interchangeably like they had been doing b

u.k. capital so that they could continue servicing even markets and amsterdam was the biggest winner share trading there shooting up to 9200000000 euros a day during january knocking london down into 2nd place the u.k. capital seeing only about half the daily trading it average in 2020 a dutch copper also leapfrogging paris and frankfurt to emerge as the biggest winner so far of britain's exit from the e.u. at least in trading turfs now our financial correspondent chelsea delaney is in frankfurt here's her take on the news. well this news is perhaps a bit of a disappointment here in frankfurt which had been hoping to really emerged as the major financial center in europe in the wake of that but amsterdam has really taken over at that top spot with the bang. saw a huge influx of trading of stocks and derivatives in the wake of the end of that transition period and that's because the u.k. and the e.u. were not able to reach a deal on financial services before the transition period expired that means that many that you financial institutions can no longer trade in london interchangeably like

u.k. capital comes out on top versus 60% for new york. that is a reversal from 2018, when over 50% saw london as the world's center for finance. only 12% think leaving the eu has made london stronger. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much, laura wright in london with your first word news. coming up, wti crude oil hovers around $60 a barrel as freezing temperatures and a power crisis in texas take out a third of u.s. crude production. more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is simply unacceptable at this point for people to be without power. >> one of the problems is our system is an isolated system. >> we are going to have to take a stronger look at who is allowed priority on our grid system. renewable energy has that priority, which is discouraging our reliable energy source, which seems to be more natural gas, fossil fuel related. >> this is a reminder for a wake-up call in saying we absolutely nee

u.k. capital comes out on top. only 12% think leaving the e.u. made london stronger. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. annmarie: coming up on the program, italy's new premier is set to present his strategy from the economic crisis and tackled the oncoming -- ongoing pandemic. this is bloomberg. annmarie: good morning, this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." mario draghi is set to give his first speech as italy's premier today, unveiling his policy priorities before facing a confidence vote in the senate. joining us for an update on what is going on in rome is our european reporter. maria, mario draghi sure to win the senate vote, but what can we expect from the speech he is going to be giving in terms of policy? maria: good morning. there's no question as you say about the vote. mario draghi has the backing of all the major political parties except one. it's the only opposition he has at the stage. not a lot -- mara draghi has been very disc

u.k. capital could soon become famous for the super rats that once blighted paris and new york. >> like a out. >> exactly. it's screwed out because people get lazy, yeah. >> reporter: to avoid that, the city needs prevention like this. it's just before daybreak on the banks of the river thames and a soldier is patrolling the sites looking for the telltale signs. >> you can find in heavy populations of rats, they start here. >> reporter: fewer people on the streets has made rats more conspicuous. >> do you see rats? were i have seen one. >> rats and pigeons, everything, yeah. >> they are probably there. >> definitely stopping here, definitely. >> reporter: and more abundant waste from lockdown homes has lured them to backyards. >> we are certainly seeing a spike in rats migrating back into people's gardens. the beginning of last year, we got a really bad case in someone's garden, an elderly lady, and she saw a few rats. by the time we got there there was 10 or 15 rats and it had become a big issue. >> reporter: rats have always been a part of london life. nobody knows how many are in the c

u.k. this is spain concern in the capital of the island of new york where people have been lining up for free food provided by a local convent it's have admitted delfin number of those in need has increased markedly since the outbreak at least 300 people are said to show up daily. the ultra-orthodox jewish community in israel is pushing back against the national coronavirus luck we've got that story and more if you. i might. show somebody an accident where a car goes through a minefield sign at the intersection. suggested the witness said they saw stop signs stead of the yield sign. in these experiments many will adopt the suggestion we call it misinformation. claiming it as their own memory. of the progress of the left wing are failing continuously to impact any social reform that would satisfy their objectives because they refuse to look at the money itself jesse believe in the figure out money they believe the central bank they think they believe ben bernanke the they believe they believe the words coming out of their mouth that's the 1st fail and then every single fail comes after that th

u.k. and produced in india touched down in the capital. >> today, we are at the international airport in ghanathis is an historic moment. we are very happy to receive the first bench of vid-19 vaccines -- first batch of covid-19 vaccines. >> the first shots will go to virus hotspots and essential workers. broad immunization will not just need more vaccine. many canadians remain untouched -- many gun a hands remain unsure the vaccine is safe. >> i do not have much information about the vaccines. i think once i get some information about it, i do not want to get the virus. if there is a vaccine around that can kp me safe, why not? >> if i see that it is good, i can take it. taking at first, i cannot do it. >> of the 200 million doses administered so far, the vast majority have been in the developed world. organizers say fairer vaccine distribution is in the interest of rich countries. >> up until now, there has not been a tremendous amount of vaccines in developing countries. there have been some countries that have gotten small amounts of doses through bilateral deals and donations, but there h

she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the capital made the door of the u.k. supreme court has ruled that drivers should be classed as workers and not self employed that gives them the right to a minimum wage and paid holidays when you see here i was era after inside story which is coming up next. when you'd have bona break in the shopping precinct one of deaths african countries roughly with health y.c. on different fronts so how come their health care systems go and could fair access to cope with 19 vaccines the continent this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. is raising fears of an uncontrolled spread of the disease it's already being detected in the democratic republic of congo neighboring sierra leone and liberia are tracking possible cases the well health organization has 6 countries to be on high alert the crisis comes many african nations are struggling to contain the corona virus africa is seeing a sharp rise in covert 19 deaths and health care systems overstretched it's fear there could be more fatalities if a boat is left unchecked the

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case on thursday democrats argue the president while the evidence that he incited the capital warrants for the u.k. supreme court is allowing nigerian fishermen and farmers to sue oil giant shell in british courts lawyers representing more than $40000.00 nigerians say the oil leaks in the niger delta of contaminated that land and or so. member states of the international criminal court is set to vote for its next chief prosecutor 4 candidates are contesting to replace the 2 pence sudha who's 19 and in june the u.k. scream com is along the front runner as he heads the un's body that's investigating eisel crimes in iraq spiny and carlos custer sama fernandez says another contender he's the prosecutor at the court of order to us in spain fogle gave up of ireland has been one of the judges of the specialized chambers for kosovo ghana is also the victim's representative on the afghanistan and palestine cases before the court and francesco lo voi all of it's really has been the public prosecutor of palermo since 2014 let's go live now to the u.n. al-jazeera james bays is there for us james is there a fr

u.k. come march will be changing capital gains tax laws in terms of taking away some of the relief there.terms of businesses being sold? is there a rush right now to get your business sold before you face more taxes come march? rebecca: whenever there is a change in government policy or regulation or tax, that creates a dislocation and an opportunity. certainly, that is the situation right now. we've been having conversations with a number of those founders and management team. we found covid was a catalyst for many of them where they have been reluctant to think about selling, but having gone through the pandemic. it is less about the value of de-risking in bringing along a partner that can bring value and assets in that decision. more broadly, we are all hoping the government will spur on the country to bring us out of gr owth. dani: do you think this will have a big impact to discourage entrepreneurs if they don't get any sort of relief when they sell their business? rebecca: i am sure the government will put policies in place to make sure that is encouraged because it has been the lif

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u.k.'s responses? >> i think the u.s. has got the most efficient capitalin the world, and very innovative financing. that's going to let them have a lead, coupled with advances all over the world you'll see america potentially able to bounce back better my worry is everybody is going to be satisfied with the infrastructure investments, absolutely convinced we won't do that in the u.k. the u.s. doesn't have a track record of executing on infrastructure projects. >> nigel wilson, thank you very much for your thoughts and good luck with the recovery efforts in the u.k. >> thank you. >>> still on deck for the show, reddit's favorite stocks are back in the spotlight, why wall street is still scratching its head over gamestop's surge this morning. >>> but first, february is black history month, and we are honoring some of our cnbc contributors here is courtney gibson with her advice for the next generation >> one piece of advice that i would give to the next generation of young black people in this country is to be unapologetically black it is your superpower. i

moved to expel a russian diplomat from their capitals it also came just after a meeting of video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s. the u.k. and canada and the e.u. to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and to the. russian treatment of protesters there and so on so there does seem to be a sort of concerted international action the e.u. foreign affairs representative years that burrell has said the e.u. and russia are drifting apart and he says it's now for member states to decide what further steps to take that could include further sanctions being imposed on russia so the obvious political correspondent some young reporting. lebanon's medical system is in crisis as the country battles an increase in covert 19 infections the government has begun easing its 24 hour a day lockdown even though the number of deaths is still rising evidence economy is in freefall with more than half of its citizens now living in poverty that's forcing many health workers to look for work abroad. every band here is full. staff working round the clock as they risk their lives to save lives. like there patients here at r

year's largest trading hob stock exchanges in the dutch capital were trading shares with 1200000000 euros per day in january after picking up a chunk of u.k. tour of the derivatives business making the city the number one market place in the black. and gold of the car industry now or fox lagan has announced that marco soft will provide the cloud based software for its autonomy vehicles that deepens an already existing partnership between the 2 companies and it comes as more tech giants are partnering with automakers where demand for digital software is soaring . cloud services secure data transfer and artificial intelligence on the one hand automotive know how on the other microsoft and folks fog and hope to work together to speed up the w.'s development of automated driving the software situation at the auto giant in its 12 brands including audi say at skoda and push it has before now being chaotic with each unit doing its own thing v.w. then consolidated its software development program into one subsidiary car software org now microsoft will lend its cloud computing expertise traditional car makers are feeling the pressure not only must

injured the factory is in a district known as india's firecracker capital its business is of course safety records in the past the u.k.'s economy has recorded its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely by the impact of the coronavirus its g.d.p. shrank nearly 10 percent last year it's the largest decline among g 7 countries but it did grow one percent at the end of the which means person prevented another recession. and more than 14000000 britons have now received at least one dose of a crime virus vaccine countries an occupation program has been seen as a relative success story but some communities a still has a 10 about guessing the chap he's barker explains from london. there's something wrong with britain's baxi rollouts the country's way ahead of the rest of europe but vaccine has didn't see could derail government plans to give every adult in the country a dose by september. the hesitancy is down racial lines in a country where black women are 5 times more likely to die during pregnancy and covert death rates for most ethnic minorities are higher compared to white people longstanding h

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capital. is flagship news channel has been taken off air in the u.k. and has had his license revoked by the media regulator ofcom over concerns that the company was ultimately controlled by the chinese communist party more details his shadowy at was stashed. well city t.n. has found itself in deep trouble and its future is incredibly unclear as china's state owned broadcaster has had its license revoked by the british regulator the media watchdog of commodore follows an investigation by the founder of the license used by trying to global television network had been wrongfully held and therefore doesn't meet the legal requirements here in britain now essentially the company that owns the u.k. license for c t n which is start china media ltd doesn't have day to day control over the channel essentially it doesn't oversee any of the output of the channel again that is totally against the rules now released a statement shortly after the move and said that the company that owns the license didn't have this editorial responsibility we are only able to approve

capitals. just off to a meeting video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s. the u.k. and canada the a you to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and to the. russian treatment of protesters there and so on so there does seem to be a sort of concerted international action the e.u. foreign affairs representative yes that burrell is said the e.u. and russia are drifting apart and he says it's now for member states to decide what further steps to take that could include further sanctions being imposed on russia . or some more of the stories making headlines around the worlds. the european union has finalized a deal with pfizer beyond tech to supply an additional $300000000.00 doses of their covert $1000.00 vaccine brussels already secured $300000000.00 doses last year in recent weeks the e.u. has faced heavy criticism for the slow roll out of its vaccination program following delivery delays. police in haiti have fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating near the presidential palace in port au prince tensions have been rising over should be the co

u.k. and south africa are spreading fast. iraq's foreign minister ford hussein is in iran's capital on his 2nd trip this month hussein's meeting his counterpart javid story into her on a day after u.s. airstrikes hit iranian backed militias in eastern syria near the border with iraq is also a matter runs top security official who says the airstrikes only encourage terrorism in the region. 5 people have been killed and more than 175 injured june protests in syria in southern iraq the fighting with security forces on friday photo a week of violence during protests in the city people want the governor removed and justice for the protest has killed since 2019. an oil spill this devastated the coast of israel has begun to wash up the shore in southern lebanon the spill happened earlier this month but environmental groups fear it could take years to clean up his hoodie n. reports. the sand on tire beach in lebanon is contaminated and soaked in tar. it's a residue from a massive oil spill that started in israel's coast now the beginning of a tedious cleanup effort entire is underway to protect the environment and the city's tourism b

u.k. were among those attending the software shop on the bridge in the center of the russian capital and that's where this tribute is taking place his killers were caught and sentenced. hundreds in israel have defied a government curfew on large public gatherings and come together for the jewish holiday for a police disperse the crowds but dozens were turned to continue the celebrations after officers left. lastly we can share with you stunning footage of flamingoes as they rest kazakhstan's lake oracle on their annual migration south the birds defied the snow to arrive earlier than usual normally flying through the area only in the spring. that's our wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and instagram perhaps the net reports. were more politicized than ever or more polarized than ever the 21st century when speed is measured in megabytes per 2nd. just on their views in your local shelters and of course he's in him at a tronic mail electronic money electronic media infinite possibilities for exch

capitals. it also came just after a meeting, a video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s., the u.kand canada and the e.u. to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and to the russian treatment of protesters. there does seem to be a concerted international @@tion. the you foreign affairs representative has said the e.u. and russia are drifting apart. he says it is for members to decide what further steps to take. that could include further sanctions being imposed. brent: where does this leave the german russian relationship? simon: that relationship is incredibly strained. there are so many issues. angela merkel said friday that what she sees in moscow now is a long way from the rule of law as she put it. i think she was thinking about not just the police brutality against protesters but also the three and a half year jail sentence for alexei navalny and the poisoning of him prior to that. there are a lot of issues that separate the e.u. and russia, not just the annexation of crimea in 2014 but also as far as germany is concerned, the cyberattack on the bundest

in the west going back to the storming of the capital which was quite monstrous compared to anything that's happened in washington the last few weeks. u.k. government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough financial assistance during the pen demick benefits for disabled people have not increased in line with other types of welfare david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis says he felt abandoned when he was left bedridden by coronavirus . sometimes we hear really bad news stories where somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days potentially but it could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up on even if i did have a carer who would cut we could come in and how they would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the mc of the lockdown but really we've had to rely on giving our food shopping delivered to us my shopping will normally comes to between $25.35 pounds per week but if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with the somehow delivery charge so i go to certain pounds i've not budgeted all an

actually be played in the hungary in capital budapest german authorities wouldn't exempt liverpool from travel restrictions for people coming to germany from the u.k due to the coronavirus mutation there now the matter south hits 2 german coaches against each other like 6000000 august man and liverpool's you can cup who've seen diverging fortunes for their teams in recent weeks. if you see another government wants to get one over on his compassionate now is the time his right side won a fool's game winning round that's keeping them in the bundesliga title race. tonight's opponents liverpool on the other hand have lost 5 of their last 7 matches but now government is taking nothing for granted we know that it was still a very good team with a lot of world class players a good idea what it could come to pressing with good movement speed the difference if you have to have space and you have no pressure on the ball high praise then for this man you can club whose style of play has influenced many a coach including now goldman but this season the liverpool machine has been creaking another defeat at the weekend left club conceding his side's title defen

actually be played in the hungarian capital budapest german authorities wouldn't exempt liverpool from travel restrictions for people arriving in the country from the u.k. because of the coronavirus mutation that the match itself pits 2 german coaches against each other lives. the clock whose teams have had diverging fortunes over recent weeks. if you see in our government wants to get one over on his compadre it now is the time his right side won a through game winning round that's keeping them in the bundesliga title race. tonight's opponents liverpool on the other hand have lost 5 of their last 7 matches but now the government is taking nothing for granted we know that it was still a very good team but a lot of players a good idea what could come to pressing with good movement behind the defense if you have to have space and you have no pressure on the ball high praise then for this man you can clark who style of play has influenced many a coach including now government. but this season the liverpool machine has been creaking another defeat at the weekend left club conceding his side's title defense was over it's led to some questioning his future a

u.k. from. you quarantine rules come into full. well they're good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock in the russian capital you with r.t. international the russian scientists have developed the world's 1st test for the new corona virus strain 1st detected in britain the deadly a very intense lead to many countries shutting their borders to travelers of reports. what this particular mutation more commonly known as the british strain has caused some alarm all over the world essentially one thing to understand about it while not more aggressive as any other strain of the virus for the hosts body it is much more contagious and therefore it poses an increased risk of hospitalization and death and that's why russian scientists decided to single out this particular strain 1st. well developed in the new test in system we use the same approach as we did for the main test it is the same express method where you need about an hour to receive test results which is much faster than the classic v.c.r. testing we don't try to replace our main test it is not a method for mass diagnostics it's a tool for e.p.d. milage ical surveillance

moved to expel russian diplomats from their capitals it also came just after a meeting of video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s. the u.k. and canada and the e.u. to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and to the. russian treatment of protesters there and so on so there does seem to be a sort of concerted international action the e.u. foreign affairs representative yes that burrell has said the e.u. and russia are drifting apart and he says it's now for member states to decide what further steps to take that could include further sanctions being imposed on russia and where does this leave the german russian relationship sign well that relationship is incredibly strained brant and there are so many issues. said on friday that what she sees in moscow now. a long way from the rule of law as she put it i think she was thinking about not just the police brutality against protesters that we've seen but also of the 3 an r.v. a jail sentence for alexei in the valley and the poisoning of him prior to that so there are a lot of issues that separate the e.u. and russia. not just an accession of crimea into

capitals it also. just off to a meeting video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s. the u.k. and canada are and the a year to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and the. russian treatment of protesters there and so on so that does seem to be a sort of concerted international action the e.u. foreign affairs representative yes that burrell has said the e.u. and russia drifting apart and he says it's now for member states to decide what further steps to take that could include further sanctions being imposed on russia that was deep political correspondent simon young the austrian government is warning against travel to the alpine province that your role hundreds of cases of the south african covert 1000 variant have been identified in the popular winter sports region austria is in its national lockdown but with some new rules classrooms shops museums and hairdressers can reopen but many facilities will require a medical mask and a negative covert 1000 test certificate venue for car reports. getting ready for their 1st guest since december that's how lon

u.k. like many countries is raising to inoculate its population in the face of new variants authorities in south korea's capital seoul have launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after the country reported its 1st covert $1000.00 cases and a kitten test will be limited to pets showing symptoms of the virus who have been exposed to someone who tested positive and the u.s. has passed 27000000 cases of the virus the highest number in the world that's as president joe biden warns it will be difficult to vaccinate 75 percent of the population and achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer hj. northern and central germany have been hit by heavy snow and icy conditions with disruptions to public transport likely to continue into monday authorities are urging people to stay at home road crews have been working hard to keep the highway safe germany's railway service warns travelers that some services may be canceled parts of the country could see up to 25 centimeters of snow on monday i mean i've never seen so much snow in my life it's really fantastic. but not everyone is as pleased with the big freeze th

u.k. still have a bit of arguing to be done now as peter all of our reporting from the german capital many thanks. moving on paris was rocked by a fresh bout of violent protests over the weekend as around 5000 people demonstrated against france's global security bill which will restrict the filming of police and posting of images online. lots of traumatic scenes that critics of the trough to legislation see it as a threat to press freedom despite government promises to rewrite the controversial article 24 which would crowd the filming of officers as i said many still oppose the idea dozens of rallies what else are held across france with over $32000.00 people taking part in total that's according to the interior minister a total of $35.00 arrests one made over the past. tensions also spilled out onto the streets and not with officers reportedly injured in clashes it comes hours police in the city have complained that roger writers to avoid conviction and we heard from a representative of the french police union. he shared his view on the situation. that there is a part of the population wh

u.k. regulators lifting that ban on place to preserve capital during the pandemic. it was a small jump but it is something. the investor base has been wary of hsbc, but it has recouped a lot of losses, it was down 33% in 2020. you heard from the cfo that the credit losses were at the lower end of the rates. he sees a better picture going forward. pretax profit was better than expected. 12.15 versus the consensus of 11.7 for the full year. you have the payment of the dividend, profits doing better than expected even though pretax profit is half what it was in 2019. the other big piece is that pivot to asia, that is significant. they will be chasing wealth management business here as pools of wealth creation across the border and in this greater bay region. hsbc will continue to sellout how they plan to leverage that and build their wealth business. it is fairly minimal compared to the likes of -- anna: they are not just talking about china and hong kong but other parts of asia. thank you, stephen engle in hong kong. we are hearing from hsbc this morning, they are tal

moved to expel russian diplomats from their capitals and it also came just after a meeting of video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s. the u.k. and canadair and the e.u. to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and to the. russian treatment of protesters there and so on so there does seem to be a sort of concerted international action the e.u. foreign affairs representative yes that burrell has said the e.u. and russia are drifting apart and he says it's now for member states to decide what further steps to take that could include further sanctions being imposed on russia and where does this leave the german russian relationship sign well that relationship is incredibly strained brant and there are so many issues. said on friday that what she sees in moscow now. a long way from the rule of laura she put it i think she was thinking about not just the police brutality against protesters that we've seen but also at the 3 an r.v. a jail sentence for alexei in the valley and indeed the poisoning of him prior to that so there are a lot of issues that separate the e.u. and russia. not just an accession of cri

u.k. and the hungarian government wants to catch up. the prime minister claims the additional vaccines from russia and china will allow his country to vaccinate millions more people per capitale end of may that other european countries. brent: receiving vaccines from china and russia. we spoke with a member of the parliament for the green party. he gave us his reaction. >> how could you possibly argue that the government should not do its very best to get the people vaccited. the question, however, is, of course, whether hungary is really doing its very best,, and when you listen to th hungarian medical chamber that has refused to advise using the russian or the chinese vaccine, that is a pertinent question. you get the impression that what orban does here, as in so many other cases, is rather motivated by geopolitical posturing rather than health concerns, and that is something that makes you a bit sad. brent: staying with the pandemic in europe, the second phase of the covid-19 vaccination program in belgium has a role that in nursing homes, but health authorities have noticed resistance to vaccinations among their french-speaking population, and many of those refusing to

u.k. prime minister virus johnson as he desired discussing the covert 19 vaccine distribution plan. there's been more gunfire in somalia's capital as anger grows over delayed national elections shots were fired in moderate issue as a presidential candidate led a rally against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire presidential candidate and former prime minister has an early hire to address the media q. security forces of killing protesters. today security forces opened fire against us as we led the peace rally in mogadishu this happens event was being watched around the world some have died and others wounded i'm standing well wishes to those who did the u.k. supreme court has ruled that drivers should be classed as workers and not self employed the judges agreed with an earlier tribunals decision that found 2 drivers were workers under british law back gives them the right to paid holidays and the minimum wage had argued the 2 were independent contractors. there's a headlines that's the stream next stay with us here on out to 0. on counting the cost of the prosperous president we delve into just how wealthy bottom abs

u.k. . russia the u.s. official. reduction treaty for another. states it's a positive step towards international stability the reaction coming. from the russian capital t pleasure to have your company my names you know neal our top story. in mexico are among the latest countries to the russian. it comes hot on the heels of a new study in the lancet medical journal which found sputnik beach to be more than 90 percent effective meanwhile in europe hungry which was the 1st e.u. country to approve sputnik has already received its 1st batch of the shots part of the 2000000 other key states in the block including from germany are waiting for the regulator to approve the 1st. anyone who applies to the european medical agency for approval is welcome i talked with the russian president exactly about this we noted the good data today about the russian vaccine any vaccine is welcome in the european union but only once that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be approved several weeks ago i sent a scientific mission to russia in order to exchange data with it seems that we saw today data indicating a very strong efficiency of the sputni

u.k. were among those who attended the shop on the bridge that you can see right now in the center of the russian capital where the tribute is taking place and people are bringing flowers his killers were caught and sentence. hundreds in israel have defied a government curfew on large public gatherings and come together for the jewish holiday police just burst the crowds but dozens were turned to continue the celebrations after officers left. and a huge iceberg nearly double the size of new york city has broken free from arctica falls the 3rd major crack in a decade which happened last year across the brunt i have shelf our scientists say it's a natural occurrence and there's no evidence it's leaks of climate change. that's your breakdown of today's top headlines for now but if all the stories have unquenched your thirst for news head on over to our website r.t. dot com. shows seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call. any world yet to shape out these days because as a kid and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she still look for common ground. during the vietna

capital demand the pm quits. some of the soldiers from the week to astra zeneca jobs law used in europe because people refused vaccination of the efficacies. and u.k. has come out against plans to make coronavirus but summations obligatory for from workers. say i'm a very good morning from all sco this is the weekend i'm kevin with a recap.

stock exchanges in the dutch capital are trading at $9200000000.00 euros per day in january after picking up a chunk of u.k. business london during that same period traded at $8600000000.00 euros per day. astra zeneca posted a $3200000000.00 net profit last year the biggest driver is cancer drugs where sales jumped by almost a quarter the british swedish pharma giant issued an upbeat forecast for the current year although its estimate does not yet include sales of its covert 1000 facts seen. when shops in mexico city have been allowed to reopen this week despite the still high numbers of corona virus cases there and mexico as a whole is so average in well over a 1000 kovan 1000 deaths per day nevertheless there is an eagerness for many to get back to work. opening up for the 1st time in 2 months many retail workers in mexico city are relieved to get back to work he even if it's far from business as usual limits on the numbers of customers temperature checks for shoppers and the mandatory provision of hand sanitizer all make for a very different experience. without their helps all of the q.r. codes sanitize

stock exchanges in the dutch capital are trading at $9200000000.00 euros per day in january after picking up a chunk of u.k. business london during that same period traded at $8600000000.00 euros per day. astra zeneca posted a $3200000000.00 net profit last year the biggest driver cancer drugs for sales jumped by almost a quarter the british swedish pharma giant issued an upbeat forecast for the current year although its estimate does not yet include sales of its covert $900.00 faxing. well shops in mexico city have been allowed to reopen this week despite the still high numbers of corona virus cases there and mexico as a whole so average in well over a 1000 covered 1000 deaths per day nevertheless there is an eagerness for many to get back to work. opening up for the 1st time in 2 months many retail workers in mexico city are relieved to get back to work even if it's far from business as usual limits on the numbers of customers temperature checks for shoppers and the mandatory provision of hand sanitizer make for a very different experience. there helps all of the q.r. codes sanitizer in temperature check

u.k. supreme court rules in favor of giving driver's worker rights. we begin in somalia where there's been heavy gunfire on the streets of the capital mogadishu it happened during a rally calling for the president to step down of the delayed elections to go ahead . the shots were fired as a presidential candidate was holding a march against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire roads have been sealed off and there's a heavy security presence the u.n. has called for calm but just urging both sides to come together to reduce tensions . let's speak now to catherine sawyer who's following those developments from kenya's capital nairobi and catherine despite those calls obviously things are very very tense in the capital. well things are extremely tense in the capital. much of it is now calm following the incident that incident and those dramatic scenes that we witnessed this morning security forces saying that they have contained the situation people have been going to the mosque for friday prayers but there is a lot of free and it's difficult to see how this process that had been called by opposition presidential candidates are going to go on. as

u.k. corporates reporting from lloyds banking group. lloyd's fourth-quarter pretax profit coming in at 792 million pounds above the estimate of 471 million. also the capital ratio being watched closely. they intend to resume a progressive ordinary dividend policy. that is also something markets want an update on after we saw leeway allowed in terms of dividends in terms of regulators in the u.k. they are talking about key appointments. it is interesting to think about where the steepness of the yield curve takes lloyd's. the move in interest rates is very important. let me get to other data, we have numbers on gdp coming through from germany. gdp grew by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, a revision uppers from 0.1%. -- a revision upward from 0.1%. now we are getting this revised number, 0.3%, better than had been anticipated. not much movement in the euro right now. it had been rallying. let's step away from the individual corporates, and talk about what is going on at the bigger picture level and look at the futures. futures have bee deteriorating in the asian session. euro stocks 50 futures down 0.3%. the rest of the european sphere looking weak, ftse futures

i already mentioned the u.k., with a significant amount of russian capital that has flown into london and elsewhere. we have to go shoulder to shoulder to her adversaries, and at the same time recognize there are certain behaviors that are unfortunately within the realm of acceptable cyber behavior, and to a certain extent that is going to continue to be espionage targeting, for instance, federal agencies. not that it is ok, but those are the rules of the road right now. reppo correa -- rep. correa: thank you. mr. daniels? mr. daniels: we have not seen widespread destructive attacks carried out against the u.s. power grid, so we have received a level of deterrence. what i think what you are referring to is the level of activity we have not been able to deter is still too high. so i think the way i would frame it up is that we have to continue both increasing the cost from deterrence by denial, meaning -- this is something the solarium commission talked a lot about, about making our systems harder, but also figuring out creative ways to disrupt what the adversaries are doing. in the cr

charge for everything or it's part capitalism or it's something but we're at that time of growth now will we actually have to make the grown up decisions. going in the u.k. need quarantine measures introduced this week might be travelers think twice before heading there and he won the rising from a red list of country including you 10 nationals will now have to fork out one $1750.00 pounds around $2400.00 to quarantines the 10 days and especially designated hotel upon arrival passengers are escorted through the airport then taken by bus to the accommodation the u.k. government has brought in tough penalties for anyone who flounce the rules with fines of up 210000 pounds for those failing to quarantine and a maximum prison sentence of 10 year is that people who lie about whether they've come from the government defended their position saying it will help the country protect from the new strain of poorly organized expensive and unsafe this is how some travelers returning to the u.k. have described the currency in hotels the saudi edwards dusty reports from outside one of the facilities. foreign travelers and brits returning home from $33.00 red list count

charge for everything or it's part capitalism or it's something but we're at that time of growth now will we actually have to make the grown up decisions. in the u.k. new cornton measures introduced this week might make some people think twice before heading there the u.k. has blocked entry for travelers from 33 read a list of countries apart from british and irish nationals who will now have to fork out $1750.00 pounds on $2400.00 to quarantine for at least 10 days and a specially designated hotel upon arrival passengers are escorted through the airports then taken by bus to their accommodations u.k. government has brought in tough penalties for anyone who flouts the rules with fines of up 210000 pounds for those failing to quarantine and a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for people who lie about where they've come from the government defended their position the saying it'll help protect the country from new strains and yet poorly organized expensive and unsafe that's how some travelers returning to the u.k. have described the quarantine hotels are to shoddy edwards reports from outside one of the facilities. foreign travelers and brits retur

u.k. like many countries is very soon to inoculate its population in the face of new variants authorities in south korea's capital seoul have launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after the country reported its 1st covert 1000 case in a kit 10 tests will be limited to pets showing symptoms of the virus who have been exposed to someone who tested positive and in the u.s. it has passed 27000000 cases of the coronavirus the highest number in the world that as president joe biden warns it will be difficult to vaccinate 75 percent of the population and achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer. now in other news it has been almost a year since the penn demick caused schools to abruptly shut forcing children into a new world of online learning the up evil has meant many hours away from activities and friends and plenty more time scrolling the internet and using social media add to that ongoing uncertainty about the future has experts concerned that teenagers in particular are increasingly vulnerable to radicalization by extremist groups the reporter kathleen just star has been looking closely at this to

capital and surrounding area more than 1000 people have been about. waited to shelters west to operations are underway and no casualties have been reported. number of u.k. companies are considering introducing a controversial no job no job policy that would make vaccination mandatory for employees a response trade unions are warning firms may face legal action and i've asked the government to intervene we think the proper in-house the key can people safe and i say trade unions you know encouraging people to get back to what priority the frontline workers to get vaccines but the same time we don't think given the so many people who have even a job here that people should be victimized for having had that we think you know we want to pull things in place we can't see that summation is just like. a check box or not solve the problem of courage we need to make sure that it's part of a range of top. danni's you know we look in each workplace for how best we can implement things and the firms in the u.k. are saying they won't hire new staff who refused to have the job the companies are considering making inoculation mandatory for existing employees while cal