and a big win for switzerland, as belinda bencic became the first swiss woman to win 0lympic tennis gold. sunday will be day nine of the olympics. here's our sports reporter, chetan pathak, on what we can expect. attention turning to the men's 100 metres final now. for the first time since 2004 no usain bolt at an 0lympics. who then are the contenders? remember, christian coleman, the reigning world champion, is banned for missing a drugs test. the us desperate to regain this title after years of usain bolt domination. they last triumphed via justin gatlin in athens. their hopes may rest on trayvon bromell to win the race. he won the us olympic trials. usain bolt�*s picked him out as his favourite, he is the fastest in the world this year. interestingly, though, sneaked through the first round heats as a fastest loser on saturday, so we will wait and see. canada's andre de grasse, too, finished third in rio, he is being talked about as well. his best chance for gold, though, might well come in the 200 metres. want to also talk about the gymnastics because the athletics understandably t

and a big win for switzerland, as belinda bencic became the first swiss woman to win 0lympic tennis gold. sunday will be day nine of the olympics. here's our sports reporter, chetan pathak, on what we can expect. 0n on sunday, attention returning to the men's100 metres final, the first since 200a. christian coleman, the reigning champion, is banned for missing a drug test. the us desperate to regain the title after years of bolt domination. their hopes may rest on trayvon to win the race. he the fastest in the world this year. we will await and see canada's andre to finish third in rio. his best chance for gold might come in the 200 metres. i want to also talk about the gymnastics could be because the athletics understandably takes our attention on sunday. we're going to see the women's vault and uneven bars. no simone vials for either, who would drool from tuesday's final —— simone vials. —— who withdrew. she's yet to decide if she will compete in the finals next week. she will continue to be evaluated daily. still uncertainty about whether we will see simone biles competing. in

and gold for switzerland and the tennis, but not for roger federer more from the tokyo games coming out with jenna. ah, we were told technology can help tackle the spread of cov 19. but our tech solutions, the best solutions. we're starting something that seems like it's in public health, very quickly becomes about measuring people what day they're being collected. whereas it being for holly re looked at the limits of the potential of other creative ways to deal with the issues we face target when tech to go viral, episode 3 of all hail the lockdown analogy. 0 the native names as it breaks the governors that have the population will be affected. that's a millions of people who rely on the river for there was applied with detail coverage not only were residents completely taken by surprise by the flux. they also overwhelmed government services. from around the world this, the nation will help us stifle accusation from the global cell. the wealthy nations were holding too many of the vaccines for themselves. ah, the news. and recent week out there has been following groves and popularity

they're going to rumble through northern areas of italy, switzerland. as we hit toward austria at the czech republic, so vacuum rate into germany. now south of all of this, we're still hanging onto that hot sunshine, bucharest, 39 degrees as we head toward sundays. so heat alerts still widespread across the bulk and also talking about the heat in turkey. we know wildfires burning east of until your city in on talia providence. and unfortunately the weather is not going to cooperate here. that is to say it will remain hot. it will remain dry, and even at points the winds will whip up to about 40 kilometers per hour complicating that's firefights ok off to africa right now. and it's been particularly when it's around the gulf of guinea, conic re scooped up nearly a 100 millimeters of rain. we also know northern sections of nigeria flooding. there has destroyed about 1500 homes, some strong storms moving through southern bali. and as we head towards senegal and sierra leone, we can also expect thunderstorms on sunday that your weather update. thanks for yo

can you to find out if electric bike could soon overtake petrol, power, and gold for switzerland in the tennis, but not for roger federer more from the toaster games coming up with german? who's when freedom of the press is under threat? just because i thought genuinely about your thoughts towards the making government step outside the mainstream, there has been a implement here just some of access port shift the focus, the panoramic that's turned out to be a handy little pretext. the prime minister clamped down on the press covering the waves. the news is covered. the listening post on the town, the untold stories. ah, we speak when others don't because of who sign on. no matter where it takes a police fan of your guys or my empower in pasha. we tell your story, we are your voice, your new, your neck out here. ah, ah, ah, ah, for the sports news, her jama? ah, we start with a record breaking performance at the take. your games were jamaicans. brenda lane thompson, harold became the 2nd fastest woman in history. as she successfully defended her 100 meter title. she also broke the limpid

no, plenty of switzerland took bronze. but the us team flopped in the new rule full by 100 meters, mixed medley. relate to man and to him in swim in any order and dress found himself more than a 2nd behind racing against all women in the final leg usa finished the 5th. but it was great brittany cold in a world record time of china and the radio great brit, more successful. another new team events, the travel mixed relay, johnny bromley, who won bronze in london and silver and rio 4 years later, was part of the gold medal winning fulsome who finished 14 seconds ahead of the u. s. with france clenching, bronze. kappa has won its 1st and then pay gold medal wait left us. alba broke the olympic record, lifting a total of $402.00 kilos on the way to victory in the 90 kilo category and tennis world. number one of the joke of which i missed out on a metal altogether. the 3rd, who had been aiming to win the olympics and all 4 majors for the golden slab lost his bronze medal match against spain. public had no poster, you'll see, wi

many years ago, one of my sons and i had the opportunity to visit the matterhorn in switzerland, where the gateway community is entirely free of private automobiles. they only have golf carts and horse drawn carts. everyone that goes to the town gets there via train from a station about 20 miles away, where there is a large parking lot. so there are no automobiles in the town whatsoever, and it works. additional investments in transit options both through free visitor shuttles and private partners could allow us to continue growing the number of people in parks while limiting vehicle traffic. today's conversation will explore these opportunities and more, but the fact that there are no obvious answers to some of these challenges, no one single solution that will fit all the situations in our parks. i know there is a path forward we can build by collaboration and input from the local level, and it is my hope that our conversation today is a step in that direction. i would now like to recognize senator daines for his opening comments. sen. daines: chairman king, thank you. i first want t

but also switzerland and austria as well as slovakia, we could see some flash flooding where those rains for the heaviest to the south. though the heat is on. we have got some heat advisories out for parts of the balkans and for turkey. those hot and dry conditions are continuing to fuel those wild fires in the south west and the heat continues from much grease on fi christmas. see the temperature edge up into the early forty's for much of the weekend the a year ago, one of the largest nuclear blasts in history killed more than 200 people and injured 1000. the victims, families still need answers. we want justice. how did dangerous chemicals end up in baby support? let's be professional. it was not intended for muslim. and was the whole stockpile unloaded from the ship? the missing amal and it wasn't all in one way or another. and a legal way for join me for their, for the full reports on l. o . the me back to watching out a time to recap on headlines now to new z as president has rejected accusations of a coo and says he will not turn into a dictator to opposition politicians who detain

he is a citizen of switzerland, canada and iran, not yet in the u.s., she has obtained permanent residency my response you been here 15 years, become a citizen so you can vote, what are you waiting for my second response, stop whiting turned whining and playing the victim if you don't like like it here go to switchman, candidate or iran or havana or canada i don't care we have sovereign borders in this country, as do most of the countries, can noncitizens vote in iran i rather doubt it, boats and iran don't mean anything anyway. this reminds me a democratic open border policy which are leading in a million illegals this year, while at the same time the democratic high command is violently opposed to photo vote or ids, in order to vote is there a link there, it might well be, i'm not into global citizenship, i'm always so tired of the left-wing whining, like i said if you don't like it here please feel free to leave it's a free country, but then again that's why you came here in the first place, just stop whining about it. joining us fox news contributor liz peek and steve moore committing

if you take a closer look, not just northern italy is inundated with heavy rain, but switzerland and austria and slovakia. some flash flooding where the rain is heaviest. the heat is on in the south. heat advisories for parts of the falcon. turkey, hot and dry continues to fuel wildfires in the southwest. the heat continues for greece, and cyprus with the temperature in the early 40's for much of the weekend. ♪ ♪ >> the farmer pursuing his passions. >> my passion is finding young artists and keeping traditions alive. >> nurturing the musical talents of his community. >> i tried to bring music to the outside world. >> and tending to the land of his family. >> the most important thing is this. >> music man, on "al jazeera." ♪ >> one of the fastest growing nations in the world, qatar, attracting international companies, becoming a key middle eastern hub. it has three key areas of development, providing a world connecting the future. qatar gateway to world trade. ♪ [chanting] >> what do we want? >> justice. >> window we wante it? >> now. ♪ anchor: welcome back. the main stories

she is through to the final where she is going to play switzerland's belinda bencic. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we'll be looking back at team gb�*s historic wins on the bmx track. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol once an everyday part of the soldiers lot, drudgery and danger, no more after almost four decades. if one is one's own home, a private house, not doing any harm to anyone i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say you were doing something wrong. six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at leicestershire park and already they've . been met with a roar- of approval from visitors. they are lovely, yeah, really sweet, really cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice department. more than 1600 pregnant women have died in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic. 200 afghan interpreters and thei

she is through to the final where she is going to play switzerland. we will keep you posted on all of those events as they take place. we will keep you posted on all of those events as they take place. the usjustice department has ordered the internal revenue service to hand over the tax returns of former president donald trump to a congressional committee. this reverses the refusal of mr trump's justice department to do so and apparently ends a long legal showdown over the records. unlike other recent presidents mr trump did not publicly disclose his tax returns. julia manchesterfrom the hill joins us from washington. lovely to have you with us again on bbc world news. tell us first of all what it exactly this decision should mean. , , ., , what it exactly this decision should mean. ,, ., , ._, ., , mean. essentially the decision means that the house _ mean. essentially the decision means that the house ways _ mean. essentially the decision means that the house ways and _ mean. essentially the decision means that the house ways and means - that the h

thinking to be ignoring this the regulators are going to do what the regulators do for singapore and switzerland, they have the rules that are clear rules that are friendly to the industry so they are seeing a lot faster industry growth. >> what does it mean it is bigger than any government or type of currency >> you know, in some ways this is a revolution for the first time ever we are decoupling state from money state from value value transfer you know, that is scary to a lot of governments all new innovation is scary to governments. and so, you know, the countries that are seeing the future and increasing the upon future and coming out with friendly regulatory frameworks will really bch more and more and more >> mike, which areas of crypto it is not moanolithic. you can see four specific ones on the screen that went away you mentioned ether and bitcoin. what areas-the market do you believe are poised to prosper right now? >> obviously with opportunity comes risk things like decentralized finance. a lot of the major investment banks are under writing what the new innovations are. and it is som

and that once again are inundated with heavy rain, but also switzerland and austria as well. as slovakia, we could see some flash flooding where those rains for heaviest to the south though the heat is on. we have got some heat advisories out for parts of the balkans and for turkey. those hot and dry conditions are continuing to fuel those wild fires in the south west and the heat continues for much a grease and fi, christmas scene. the temperature edge up into the early forty's. for much of the weekend the the farmer finding harmony in pursuing his passions, my passions, finding young and keeping his cultural tradition, nurturing the musical islands as his community had been playing to dream music from monday morning to outside world tenzing, his families land, the most quality thing that club brought to my mind, you actually start doing this. hector began the music man, mice and bob, we own our just the euro. cut out one of the fastest growing nations in the world. i won a contract, needed to open and develop it for international shipping company to become a team, middle ea

and that once again are inundated with heavy rain, but also switzerland and austria as well. as slovakia we could see some flash flooding where those rain fall heaviest to the south though the heat is on. we have got some heat advisories out for parts of the balkans and for turkey. those hot and dry conditions are continuing to fuel those wild fires in the south west and the heat continues from much grease on fi christmas. seeing the temperature edge up into the early forty's for much of the weekend the the farmers finding harmony in pursuing his passions, my passions finding young and keeping cultural tradition.

but also switzerland and austria as well as slovakia, we could see some flash flooding where those rains for heaviest to the south though the heat is on. we have got some heat advisories out for parts of the balkans and for turkey. those hot and dry conditions are continuing to fuel those wild fires in the south west and the heat continues from much grease on fi christmas. seeing the temperature edge up into the early forty's for much of the weekend the something was going to change. anything really change this is systemic violent that needs to be addressed at its core. we are in a race against the barrier. know what to say. so we are all say we're looking at the world as it is right now, not the world. we like it to be, the devil is always going to be in the details. the bottom line, when i was just around the us is always of interest to people around the world. people pay attention to walk on here and i'll do this very good. they're bringing the news to the world from here. oh, a come back main stories now. the escalating violence now gone. it's gone. it's triggered a mass exodus from

what does it take in switzerland to be able to vote? you have to become a citizen, which requires you to live in the country for ten years, even if you are married, you have to be there for six years before you can apply. you have to live in the county or the city 2-5 years before you can apply. you have to demonstrate a knowledge of the national language and show that you have integrated into the swiss way of life. you have to show a familiarity with swiss customs and traditions and do a background check that says you are no danger to switzerland's internal or external security. you have to play sees at the federal and communion level. this process takes several years. maybe 13-14 years after you say i want to become a swiss citizen before you get the right to vote. you have to go through a process. now we have a swiss american resident saying i don't want to go through that process. i don't need to be naturalized. just let me vote because i happen to be here. idiocy. her argument is that, because noncitizens living legally in the u.s.

the travel blog they ran, charting theirjourney through switzerland, italy, france and spain. esther had been hiking alone near the french—spanish border. on november the 22nd, she sent her last picture from this peak. eight months later, her remains were found here beside a hiking trail. search teams combed the mountain trails for months. last week, one small piece of her bone was found along with animal remains. the first proof that she had died nearby. but with no sign of her equipment or clothing, the story of what happened is still unclear. esther�*s family said in a statement today they were distraught. last year, her partner, dan, told the bbc that esther had been a competent trekker and well prepared. esther and i have walked in i do know how many thousand miles together, we get a three month trek. she has done solo treks on her own several times, but she is very competent, very confident. she had all the equipment with her to stay safe. she was doing what she absolutely loved to do. i have never seen her as happy as she has been in the past few weeks. a friend des

if you look at european examples, partners group switzerland, e qt, their stock price doubled since their listing. i am not suggesting that is cbc's plan, but if you want to have an equity story to tell, if you diversify within private markets, that is probably more compelling for investors. so my be that is there thinking here. alix: thanks a lot. it was a great scoop. jan-henrik foerster of bloomberg joining us. at one point, we had record highs for european stocks. equities off by about 0.5%. heavy earnings flow. it really depends where you are, what sector you are in. also watching this margins. we will break down some of that close. this is bloomberg -- some of that in the close. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: less than 30 seconds until the end of the trading day in europe. there is how your equity benchmarks are shaping up. we are taking a bite out of all-time highs reached yesterday on the enthusiasm of earnings. the day started out negative after we got the handoff from asia and continues as we hit the close. your stoxx 600 benchmark down .4%. some of the biggest losers are the ftse

jonathan: when tom and i used to go on tour and go to places like switzerland. he would have a cocktail or five that i would be there with the teapot propping him up as we make our way back to the hotel rooms. coming up, mohamed el-erian, bloomberg opinion columnist and president of queens college cambridge on this transitory story, the federal reserve. i have to say, he will not might be saying this, very outspoken this week on the fed. lisa: talking about the perverse consequences of some of their actions and how confusing the message was, the internal inconsistencies of chair powell's speech. jonathan: were you confused on wednesday? lisa: not confused as much is taken by the dovish tone despite some higher inflationary expectations. the main clear message was they talked about tapering for the first time in a more extensive way. that was the first clear message they will hold off. people basically pushing back. as to what their inputs were, more confusing than has been. jonathan: i am with you. kailey leinz, it has been confusing for all of us. kailey: my fa

humira is three times more expensive than the drug in germany, and four times more expensive then in switzerland. mr. gonzalez, is there any difference between the brand drug here between other countries? >> there's not a significant difference. they are manufactured in different kinds of facilities, the u.s. drug would be manufactured in an fda regulated facility, and the european drug could be manufactured and different facility, it was not at the a regulated, but the general drug is the same. >> the general drug is the same. so the difference is the matter of the facility manufacturing it, which changes the price three, four times -- >> no, i'm sorry. i didn't mean to you to conclude that. what causes the differences in price is essentially socialized health care systems mandating what price you are allowed to sell the drug at. and as a manufacturer, you only have two choices, you either accept that price, or you deny the population of that country the benefits of your medicine. and that's an impossible choice. you can imagine a cancer drug not -- that drug because you don't like the price? b

those storms are going to rumble across southern parts of france into switzerland and we're going to get some heavy downpours in austria and into hungry. we could see some more flooding where those rains for heaviest, but to the south. so this, it is a very hot picture. we've got heat warnings out across serbia as well as for bosnia and herzegovina as well as the southern parts of italy. as those temperatures just continue to climb for the iberian peninsula. the heat is also one, but temperatures aren't as high as we have seen them recently. and things are going to get wet up in the north as we go into saturday. and soon the story for the british childs it's going to be wet and windy, come the weekend. and the weather system throwing rain and wind, the crossing to denmark and parts of scandinavia. so wet weather for norway and sweden as well as for west and pots of russia that shall weather update. the frank assessments isn't argument for suggesting that the martin and ministrations are playing a long game. it's very much of a warm embrace of the iran nuclear deal because of us domes

in switzerland, after a series of similarly catastrophic floods in 2005, the insurance industry worked together with the swiss government to try to improve the flood controls and the building codes to make the affected areas safer going forward. and that allowed those those communities -- allowed those communities to maintain access to that insurance. governments are going to have to think more holistically about how we can improve the infrastructure, understand that would have been a 100-200 year risk, is now a one in a 20 year risk. there should be ways that we can solve this. it may be more expensive because the losses will be bigger, but we can also find ways to make the world more resilient. anna: really interesting to speak to you. thanks very much, john. moving to a one and 200 year risk to a one in 50. john robert dacey, the swiss re cfo, thanks for joining us. we will get back to earnings season, what we have learned from, is in full swing. key european growth data has been released today. we will look at what is driving the markets this morning. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ann

it's sometimes known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role. it plays in the gulf cooperation council. the gcc long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing and prototyping words, main sources of income. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of all 90 history of tribes born rebellion and colonization, and explore how and why man still plays an important regional role today. frank assessments is an argument for suggesting that by the ministrations playing a long game, it's very much of a form embrace the iran nuclear deal, the cause of us domestic politics, informed opinions, schools and shelters have been reduced to rubble. how do you think this shapes a generation and their policy? then their life has been shape? why vitamin the in depth analysis of the dates global headlines inside story on our jazeera, when freedom of the press is under threats high? you know, you just thought genuinely about your thoughts toward the bacon government step outside the mainstream. there has been a im

it is 23 times more expensive than the drug in germany, and four times more expensive than then in switzerland. mr. gonzalez, is there any difference between the brand drug here versus in different countries? >> they're -- there's not a significant difference. they are manufactured in different kinds of facilities, u.s. drug would be manufactured in an fda regulated facility. european drug may have been made in manufactured indifferent facility. that was not fda regulated. but the general drug is the same. >> the general drug is the same. so, the difference only exists in the facility in which it's manufactured -- >> now, i did not mean for you to conclude that. what causes the difference in price is essentially socialized health care systems that mandate would pressure love to sell the drug at. and as a manufacturer, you only have two choices. you either accept that price, or you deny the population of that country the benefits of your medicine. and that is impossible as a choice. you can imagine a cancer drug not provided across a violation of a country? that drug because you don't like the

humera is three times more expensive than the drug in germany and four times more, pensive than in switzerland. is there any difference between the brand drug here very us is in different countries? >> there's not a significant difference. they are manufactureed in different kinds of facilities. a u.s. drug would be manufactured in an fda-regulated facility. there was an fda regulated. but the general is the same. >> so the difference is a matter of what facility manufactured it, so that changes the price of three or four times. >> i'm sorry. i didn't mean for you to conclude that. what causes the differences in price is essentially socialized health care systems mandate what price you're allowed to sell the drug at. and as a manufacturer, you only have two choices. you either accept that price or you deny the population of that country the benefits of your medicine. and that's an impossible choice. you imagine cancer drug not provided to a population of a country because you don't like the price. but that's the fundamental challenge with socialized medicine systems. that does force the u.s. t

and russia got under way in switzerland on wednesday. laying frouground work for futu issues. >> reporter: the state department called the u.s. talks with russia other strategic civility both professional and substantive. and frankly, this is one of those rare topics that the u.s. and russia both see as in their interests to discuss with the other country because both countries are working on things that the other one feels threatened by. on the russian side, they are building up their military might in the arctic, they are also working on an unmanned torpedo powered by a nuclear reactor, something that the u.s. is a looking at. on the u.s. side, theys working on nuclear projects that russia has their eyes on. so there is a certain level of interest in terms of sitting down, putting their cards on the table and seeing if they can come to any broad ranging agreements in terms of raining owing reignning it in and bringing so controls in. but still questions if the talks will also talk about other topics potentially in the space race or whe

let's talk about the earnings story out of switzerland. credit suisse profit misses estimates as it works to recover from one of its most turbulent periods since the financial crisis. scandals reverberating across the wealth management business. i spoke with ceo thomas gottstein earlier this morning, and he promised no more -- thomas: we are doing this strategic review together with the board of directors and executive board. we are having constructive discussions. we want to take our time to do that, because this is not something we want to do in a rush. we have a clear intention to formalize a long-term vision for the bank and a concrete midterm plan. this is what we are doing together with the board of directors. we are looking at all the options, but we have clear views in which direction we are going, but we will not, as you can imagine, start to disclose part of that strategy. we will communicate it when we are ready to do so. anna: but we should still consider investment banking as core to credit suisse? thomas: look, we have been i

peninsula, the essentially the 2 ancient countries to the east to west it's sometimes known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role. it plays in the gulf cooperation council. the gcc long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing and prototyping words, main sources of income. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of all 90 history of tribes, boars, rebellion and colonization, unexplored how and why man still plays an important regional role today. the news. ready well, again, featured over here indo, how you top stories from al jazeera, the tennessee unprecedented demand in the return of billions of dollars of stolen public money. he says 460 individuals are being investigated on sunday. in fact, the prime minister unfroze parliament lipton can be what we're looking for as for a penal reconciliation. and i call up.

today, we are expanding that to all of europe, including countries like nory, switzerland outside of the eu, and outside of the united states of america, which covers a large number of people coming to this country. >> up until now, only people who receive their jabs in the u.k. could avoid their quarantines when arriving from amber list companies. what the rule change means for europe. >> people who may have tried to have a trip around europe this mmer will have found, as well as the forms and tests, it is not straightforward. i can think of three countries off the top of my head where things would be difficult. going from the u.k. to italy, there is a five-day quarantine. i'm talking to you from brussels. you can only come to this country if you are a resident here or have a central reason to travel. the idea of a quick trip through brugge is not rlly possle at the moment. even if you are double jab coming from france to the u.k., you would have to quarantine. it seems that particular element affecting france, people coming from france, that has not changed. although this is broadl

switzerland and new zealand took the second and third spots. the u.s. takes the fifth place. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: coronavirus cases continue to rise in japan as the olympics go on. nationwide figures are expected to lead to more than 9000 mile total infections have reached 169. let's discuss the business of sports during the pandemic and the nba's asia fettuccine with executive vice president and managing director at nba asia. scott, great to have you with us. the nba has experienced asian games at the head of the pandemic here in the u.s. seeing what is happening across japan, what would you say are some of the safety measures that are needed in order to really carry out these games safely? scott: good morning. it is great to be with you. it has been amazing to watch the start of the olympics. it is great to have the athletes competing again and performing at the highest level. the ioc has put in some of the

janet lives in switzerland but hasn't been back to the uk for 18 months. now it's like, yeah, we can all go and see the people that we have only been talking to on zoom. we are so close here in zurich, but it's so hard when you know you have to quarantine. the government say they are still looking at what happens with those jabbed in the rest of the world. the travel industry hope today's announcement is clearing a path forward. caroline davies, bbc news. live to westminster and our political correspondent alex forsyth. clearly, it is a significant move when you look at the changes involved, but is it fair to say there is still a lot of caution behind—the—scenes? there is still a lot of caution behind-the-scenes? ~ , ,., , behind-the-scenes? absolutely. the government — behind-the-scenes? absolutely. the government has _ behind-the-scenes? absolutely. the government has been _ behind-the-scenes? absolutely. the government has been under- behind-the-scenes? absolutely. the i government has been under enormous pressure from the travel and tourism indus

>>> in our world lead today, american and russian officials met today in switzerland for, quote, professional and substantive talks about stability between the two nations. professional, even as russia poses an ever growing cyber threat against the u.s. according to the biden administration with president biden saying yesterday that russia has already started interfering in the next elections in the united states. >> i think it's more likely we're going to end up, well, if we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it's going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence. look at what russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and misinformation. it's a pure violation of our sovereignty. >> so, cnn's kylie atwood who covers the state for us joins us now. kylie, i mean, you just heard what biden is saying about the cyberattacks possibly leading to a kinetic war about the russians interfering in the u.s. election 2022. so why have this meeting? >> well, i think the administration is looking at the relationship with russia in buckets. and the nuclear buildu

janet lives in switzerland but hasn't been back to the uk for 18 months. now, it's like, "yay!" we can all go and see the people that we have only been talking to on zoom. we're so close here in zurich, but it's so far when you know you have to quarantine. the government say they're still looking at what happens for those jabbed in the rest of the world. the travel industry hope today's announcement is clearing a path forward. caroline davies, bbc news. we know all too well that the pandemic led to dramatic losses in the aviation industry. in 2019, the global airline sector generated $838 billion in revenue. compare that to 2020, where earnings dropped to $372 billion. and to talk more about the impact this has had on the travel industry, i'm joined now by the president of the us travel association, roger dow. hello there, good to have you on the programme. a, hello there, good to have you on the programme-— hello there, good to have you on the l programme-— 50 programme. a pleasure, thank you. so it seems that — programme. a pleasure, thank you. so it seems that the _ pro

today, we're expanding that to all of europe, including countries like norway for example, and switzerland outside of the eu, and also the united states of america, which does of course cover a very large number of people who come to this country, and we'll then look at what to do with people who are vaccinated outside of those areas, once we've got this pilot successfully up and running. up until now, only people who received theirjabs in the uk can avoid quarantine when arriving from amber list countries, except france. here's nick beake in brussels on what the rule change means in europe. it's not simple and people who may have tried to have a trip around europe this summer will have found that as well as the forms and the tests, it's not straightforward. so, i can think of three countries off the top of my head where things become a bit difficult. so at the moment if you are going from the uk to italy, there is a five—day quarantine if you're going in that direction. where i'm talking to you from in brussels, obviously in belgium, you can only come to the country if you're a resident

switzerland and hasn't been back to the uk in 18 months.— switzerland and hasn't been back to the uk in 18 months. now we can all no and the uk in 18 months. now we can all go and see — the uk in 18 months. now we can all go and see the _ the uk in 18 months. now we can all go and see the people _ the uk in 18 months. now we can all go and see the people that - the uk in 18 months. now we can all go and see the people that we - go and see the people that we have only been talking to on zoom and we are so close to but it is so far when you know you have to quarantine.— when you know you have to quarantine. when you know you have to uuarantine. ., my , quarantine. the government say they are still looking _ quarantine. the government say they are still looking at _ quarantine. the government say they are still looking at what _ quarantine. the government say they are still looking at what happens - are still looking at what happens with the rest of the world. the travel industry hope today's announcement is clearing the way for it. caroline davies, bbc news. our political correspon

today, we're expanding that to all of europe, including countries like norway for example, and switzerland outside of the eu, and also the united states of america, which does of course cover a very large number of people who come to this country, and we'll then look at what to do with people who are vaccinated outside of those areas, once we've got this pilot successfully up and running. asi as i say that won't get up part of france which is still on the amber plus was so even if you had had a double vaccination you will have to quarantine if coming from france and that will be reviewed next week but this has more broadly been welcomed by the travel and tourism sector and the labour have expressed some concerns. they say the government should have waited until there was an internationally recognised vaccine passport, a way of proving it was accepted across the board that people have had both jabs before this was introduced. it is also worth a sink we have not heard yet whether scotland and northern ireland will accept this and in wales, the first minister mark drakeford expressed some dra

sonali: look at credit suisse stock on the year, down 18% in switzerland gives the market value of credit suisse down to less than half of its crosstown rival ubs. what is interesting is we know credit suisse has been embroiled in a few scandals, from archegos and also issues when it comes to its asset manager and wealth client. will be watching for wealth earnings but we will also be watching for investment banking earnings. even with all of those issues you see credit suisse as one of the top 10 m&a advisors in the world. that is something deutsche bank and ubs would love to be doing, as well as one of the top four underwriters on the globe. that is tech ipo's. that is followed bonds, that is also ipo's tied to chinese tech companies which have a little bit more trouble ahead of them and spac's. with that said, they are showing up well. will it show tomorrow in the numbers? dani: good stuff -- alix: good stuff. you'll be sticking with us. the spac bonanza she was talking about will be -- even if spac's slow down there will still be deals that have the timeline. queen's gambit growth cap

. — including countries like norway for example, and switzerland outside of the eu, _ example, and switzerland outside of the eu, and also the united states of america, which does of course cover— of america, which does of course cover a _ of america, which does of course cover a very— of america, which does of course cover a very large of america, which does of course covera very large number of of america, which does of course cover a very large number of people who come _ cover a very large number of people who come to this country and will then— who come to this country and will then look— who come to this country and will then look at what to do with people who are _ then look at what to do with people who are vaccinated outside of those areas _ who are vaccinated outside of those areas once — who are vaccinated outside of those areas once we have the pilot successfully up and running. that was the transport secretary, grant shapps, explaining those changes. our correspondent in washington is barbara plett usher. barbara, so we havejust barbara, so we have just had confirmation

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