singapore is starting to move away -- >> i think the singapore middleman has taken the pragmatic approach towards living with the virus. and i think it has done so in a pragmatic manner. based on three legs of a stool. it is based on good governance in the context of having a very coordinated and harmonious and single-minded response to deal with the pandemic. the second one is a very robust health care system that is able to deal with any surges in the severe cases of covid-19. and finally, and perhaps very importantly as well, is social capital. a population which is very trusting of the government and ready to follow government recommendations and instructions. as a result, it has succeeded very well. and i think it is on the right path to living sustainably and safely with the virus. anchor: is it fair for european countries to say it is about time to move forward towards a more relaxed lifestyle when you have sub-saharan africa lagging far behind in vaccinations? > from the beginning of the virus we have been hearing that no is safe until everyone is safe. it is just words. it does n

michelle: the problem with singapore -- the issue with singapore is they have done a remarkable job of containing the yen and yang. you have important cases and transmission. singapore has been opening up to the rest of the world, but it is keeping things tight locally, so that should cases come in, it will not be spreading like wildfire through the population. they've done a great job getting the local cases down. with the rise of omicron around the world, they are seeing more cases being imported, and the risk is to the local population. they have to decide whether they are going to start retrenching, dialing back at some of their freedoms the local people have had in singapore to keep the outbreak under control. certainly we haven't seen anything significant happened there. the people in singapore do a great job of wearing masks, getting vaccinated, it is a very highly vaccinated population. we will have to see how it plays out. hopefully they can reduce the number of infections brought in and keep the number of local cases low and avoid hospitalizations and deaths, which is what we

that's to take the opportunity against hong kong and singapore.— kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining _ kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining us _ kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining us on _ kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining us on tuesday - with your thoughts. the 1st of february marks a year since the military seized power in myanmar, deposing the elected leader aung san suu kyi and reversing a ten—year experiment in building a democracy there. the coup was challenged by massive street rallies in towns and cities across myanmar, but these were crushed by the military using what human rights groups say was indiscriminate violence. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. eight year after the ccoommee and is gripped by an armed uprising which stretches from here to the thai border right across the country. you can see over there people displaced by the fighting who sought safety here. in recent days we've seen refugees coming over this river, referred the sounds of gunfire and explosions as a miramar mi

singapore will tighten inflation risks. this as european leaders were to strike russia over ukraine. >> adjusting this downward movement. what is it all about? we have the risk of the fed becoming ever more hawkish. volumes are very high as well. on top of that, we have geopolitical tensions between the europeans, the united states. also, all of that sentiment is part and parcel with the volatility we are seeing right now. >> inflation is front and center. that is part of the capitulation we are seeing asian -- in asian markets. we have a major benchmark in edge. south korea, taiwan, all of these benchmarks are really sinking today and some of them are on the verge of a correct -- a correction. we talk about inflation concerns. tightening for a second time in three months and we have the cpi coming in faster than expected and exceeding expectations. that is the want to watch. up .2%. the upside is pretty limited given that it is already trading at the higher end. we have to take a look at where we are in terms of the bond m

iron ore supported in singapore trade given the stronger eco-data. look out for pressure in subsequent trading because we have china's covid zero strategy concerning investors. copper leading metals. pared back gains, so the metal was supported natural gas has been seesawing. we have a cold spell in the u.s., but some investors are convinced this weather will be sustained and will sustain further buying. wti extend slightly those gains from the new york session. we had heard from opec-plus that they see a tighter market in the first quarter. >> on that note, let's bring in dr. amesh adalja, -- vandana hari. how does the demand side of this picture look to you, particularly as we got the omicron variant of coronavirus raging across the world. >> good morning when it comes to demand this year, i would probably put it in two buckets. you mentioned omicron. it is important to talk short-term, let's say the next couple of months. opec-plus believes omicron impact is going to be shallow and short-lived. i would tend to agree. what we are seeing through thi

ah, from all of this, i am joined by our guests in singapore. to keep on, gustavo is visiting professor at the eulu lyn school of medicine at national university of singapore and a former w h o director, specializing in pandemic preparedness and global health governance in oxford. we have dr. mago kamali, annie, a consultant on global health and senior health policy advisor for peoples vaccine alliance in cambridge. we have chris smith, a consultant biologist, and clinical on clinical microbiology specialist chris is also editor and host of the naked scientists. both cas warmer come tour ticky singapore is starting to move away towards twitter, covered 19 as an illness. what does that mean for the country? well, i think the whole government has taken the very bank magic approach towards i says that, you know, living with a virus and i think it has done so in a very pragmatic matter based on now. so likes, tree like so, was to, is based on governance in the context of having a very coordinated, harmonious and single light of response to deal with

couldn't this be the concern facing singapore in the near future? well, i think the searching infection with arrival on the truck is something that the singapore government definitely for saw. and you know, very, pretty bad for and the way they dealt with this was to leave both restrictions are locked out, not even in increasing travel or restrictions from other countries, but continuing with the surveillance continuing improperly with factory nation, providing both of us and more recently abroad immunization to, to the young children 5 to 1212 to 70. and once again ensuring that health care system was ready. and we have seen just in the last few days that even amongst children i've been given the vaccine. there was no issues with any serious side effects than a mile symptoms, as we know in the other room, a couple hospitalizations, nothing that's required. i see you for example. so i think, you know, the reality is that, you know, devices will be out and kept out of the boss. so as i mentioned just now, the real issue is to prevent people from di,

we've had business in asia and singapore for many years. during the course of the investment proposition, we came across what we call technology enabled businesses who wanted to go public. in march 2021, stx came out with a set of regulations which allowed spac's perhaps to come to the singapore market. in september when the regulations finally came out, we thought they were an excellent set of regulations, well balanced, protecting retail investors, but at the same time, it would emphasize being part of the spac issuance. it was a combination seeing attractive investment opportunities that allows us to go forward. the same sponsor group has already done two spac's in europe including the largest one done in europe. the other one is pegasus entrepreneurs. experience group, and we felt that with the regulations in place and the ideas we are seeing in the market it made sense for us going forward. haslinda: it looks like it's not so bad considering it's a down day for markets in general. i'm just wondering why should -- what is your growth st

juliette saly in singapore. manus was just talking about oil and the rally had run out of steam. it's trading close to $84 a barrel following bearish sentiment of a climb in u.s. stockpiles. bloomberg's oil reporter, elizabeth. this is quite the come down here and it looks like a sentiment shift. is it? what has changed in the past few hours to see it come down from its highest levels in seven years? >> extremely bullish. we had strong forecasts. morgan stanley has been talking about how the dollar was. there is use coming up that it is considered to have not much of an impact as delta. not looking as strong as the previous quarter. incremental opec-plus supplies. there are some fundamentals. the u.s. stockpiles report is just another sector for the market to be correct on. i think just a drawback. market fundamentals are still presently quite tight. >> ok. let's see whether this pain endures on the downside in the oil market. thank you very much, elizabeth low, on this moment in the oil markets. to the diplomat

we are also watching the singapore dollar. we are seeing it strengthen to levels we have not seen three months. this as we mentioned, single possum monetary authority announcing they were -- they will further taken policy let's bring in our chief correspondent -- how that is the picture right now in singapore that they have -- they actually have to go and try to tighten out of cycle? >> it is clearly in response to the cpi numbers we saw yesterday. inflation there hit an 8 year high. quite broad-based from transportation to food costs. stay ahead of the fed. we know the fed are signaling rate hikes in the year ahead, that is going to flow through to asia as well. interestingly, they did say in a statement that they think core inflation will be higher than expected in the near term both for external and domestic reasons but they still expect inflation to moderate in the second half of the year. it looks like they are trying to make a preemptive move. paul: this was unexpected. what do we make of the timing of this? >> most peop

the health ministry says singapore will lean on home recovery and testing. officials say singapore will share its statistics with the cdc after the u.s. said it had insufficient data for singapore and urged americans to avoid traveling there. goldman sachs says bitcoin at $100,000 is possible. u.s. bank estimates that bitcoins adjusted market cap adjusts for 1/5 of the global store of value market and the digital current she -- if digital currency rose 50% over the next five years that could seat 100,000. a stretch of the interstate in virginia has reopened. hundreds of drivers were stuck in their vehicles monday night into snow and freezing temperatures along a 50 mile section of the highway. a wreck involving multiple trucks triggered the mask. there were no reported deaths or injuries. 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. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> once the covid shot passes and it starts to go back to normal, i do not see any reas

joins us from singapore. it is like a chess game. the thing is, what's likely to change in order for the u.s. diplomats being asked to send their families home and how real is the russian threat, and how credible could actually a nato response be? >> well, we'll in deep uncertainty territory. we have no idea what russia's next move will be about the u.s. is trying to make as many moves as it can in order to preempt what they think the russians might do to preempt the worst the russians might do which is a full-scale invasion of ukraine. and you mentioned the withdrawal of the family's and non-essential embassy staff in kyiv. this is an important act of signaling. this is the sort of thing that he would do and a war zone in anticipation of a war breaking out. it's saying that russia, we know exactly what you might do. we're signaling to the world that this is actually a tense situation, not something russia can pull off with sleight-of-hand. >> in some ways, could all of this play into nato's hands? because if we do get a move into th

let's get to our editor in singapore. patrick, a provisional litigation, but if you dig into the report it's about a major slowdown in transactions and wealth management, specifically in asia. good morning. patrick: good morning. obviously they have a litigation issue that line sanded -- blindsided the bank again. more worrying is the reduction in transactions and revenues in wealth management. clients are trading less, perhaps affected by the market slump recently and perhaps borrowing less. this seems to be a worrying trend for credit suisse. the chairman was also recently ousted in the scandal about skipping quarantine. not good news at all. dani: to that point, the new chairman sticking -- stepping in says he is opposed to selling credit squeeze, but when we look at results like this, and i have to say i stole this from manus, does this put credit suisse in a position of potentially facing a takeover? patrick: obviously the more cautious, you get blindsided by these charges, questions will remain. people at the same t

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news — singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. let's start with a story that's been breaking in the past half hour. a usjury has found elizabeth holmes, the founder of blood testing start up company theranos, guilty of conspiring to defraud investors. prosecutors said holmes swindled private investors by convincing them that theranos�* small machines could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick. we'll take a closer look at the details of the verdict in a moment, but first our north america tech reporter james clayton — on how theranos was founded. we like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that turned her into a billionaire. that she could create a machine that she called the edison that could detect hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. the pitch convinced some very important people. rupert murdoch invested, bill clin

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: new images of the russian military build—up, as the us warns any incursion into ukraine will be met with a tough response. aid planes finally arrive in tonga after a volcanic eruption and tsunami left the country in desperate need of supplies. we've heard a lot about the perilous threat to coral reefs around the world because of climate change. but a previously unknown giant coral reef has been discovered off the coast of tahiti in pristine condition. a research mission, led by unesco, made the find at a depth of more than 30 metres, and it's hoped this discovery may mean there are many more coral reefs waiting to be found. as our science correspondent victoria gill reports. "magical." that was one of the words a veteran specialist diver who led this mission used to describe this view. some of these rose—shaped corals are more than two metres wide, and the whole reef structure stretches three kilometres along the sea bed. its depth and its distance from the coast is

they are looking at doing a lot of operations out of singapore, but this is saying that singapore is not going to let everything happen. they are going to pull back on some of this stuff. some companies are pretty nervous about it. haslinda: it does seem like a u-turn. this common -- country wants to be a crypto hub. might there be ramifications? could there be from this? joanna: definitely. companies could decide to go elsewhere. we already know that bytedance, where the ceo has lived in singapore for a couple of years, they are looking at going elsewhere. there could be other companies that do the same. we will have to see how things play out across asia in particular. will hong kong try to get more companies other places if singapore starts to crack down on more things like this? rishaad: joanna ossinger, across asset reporter. unilever's $60 billion offer fell shy of what the board wanted. let's find out more after the short break. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: we have breaking news from the boj policy decision. no change to its key policy, as expected. but what has changed hi

kris: singapore is very supportive of watching cryptocurrency in general. there is a pretty robust frame of how we should be looking at it. we are in the process of screening to licenses for that. overall, a very supportive environment. i think that is a great environment. emily: we are seeing some sort of crackdown happening in singapore. a teams are being shuttered. there is a crackdown on marketing, how is that impacting your plans? kris: the general point of view of the regulator is that the markets are still for the general public to participate in. they will want to rein in some of this activity. over time, as the industry reaches new stages of maturity, it will gradually lacks. this not affect our plans. we are committed to continuous investment in singapore. we have done a launch there. it is an important market for us. emily: for more on my exclusive interview, you can find at bloomberg.com. coming up, all things crypt out with microstrategy chair micro -- michael saylor and how he came to being one of the largest crypto holders in the world. one o

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: as more russian forces make their way towards the ukraine border, the us puts thousands of troops on standby for potential deployment to eastern europe. new party problems for borisjohnson — downing street admits holding birthday events for the pm during lockdown but denies breaking any rules. announcing a coup on state tv, burkina faso�*s military detains the president, closes the borders and suspends the constitution. so exciting! really? and taking the temperature in beijing — what's it like to host the winter olympics amid some of the world's toughest covid restrictions? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us—based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that, if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato�*s presence i

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i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... tennis champion novak djokovic is denied entry to australia to compete in the australian open amid a controversy over his covid vaccine exemption. the president of kazakhstan appeals for help from russia and neighbouring countries as protesters seize the international airport and several government buildings. it's been another day of record covid cases across europe. france has registered more than 335 thousand cases in a single day — a new european record. italy has been meeting to discuss whether to make vaccines mandatory for all workers and people over the age of 50. in a newspaper article, french president emmanuel macron used controversial and strong language, threatening to ban all those who refuse a jab from most public life. mark lowen has more. bravissimo! the youngest to be armed in the endless battle against covid. five—year—old eduardo gets his first jab as italy steps up vaccinations for children. maybe too small to grasp at the pandemic has change their world. but

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... the british prime minister, borisjohnson, admits he attended a downing street drinks gathering at the height of covid lockdown in may 2020, and apologises. prince andrew will face a civil trial over allegations he sexually assaulted virginia giuffre when she was underage, after a usjudge ruled her lawsuit against him can proceed. he denies the allegations. let's talk about china's zero—covid policy now. it's made travelling out of and into the country very difficult, but has not prevented a surge in students from the mainland heading to universities abroad to study. chinese students are picking where they go more carefully now than they were before, though — evaluating covid policies, social distancing rules, and online or in—person classes. recent data by one body suggests the uk ticks many of these boxes, resulting in 30% growth, while the previous favourite destination, the us, has lagged at 2% to 3%. that data is from chinese online tuition payment service easytransfer. the

i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines: the us has ordered family members from its embassy staff in kyiv to leave and said its citizens should not travel to russia — after reports moscow was planning military action against ukraine. further shots have been fired in the capital of burkina faso after an army mutiny on sunday prompted an overnight curfew. the government of tonga says it's facing a long programme of rebuilding and reconstruction, just over a week after it was devastated by a volcanic eruption and a tsunami. foreign aid is arriving, but strict coronavirus—prevention rules are hampering humanitarian efforts, as the local authorities try to keep the virus out of the country. tonga is made up of a group of islands in the south pacific. entire villages were destroyed in the tsunami and some are still without basic necessities, like clean water. marian kupu is a reporter with broadcom broadcasting in nuku'alofa, tonga. she gave us the latest on how the island is coping. so far we have been receivin

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: police launch an investigation into whether downing street parties broke covid rules. president biden says he would consider imposing sanctions on president putin directly if russia invades ukraine. i want to tell you another story now. the president of cameroon has ordered an investigation into the crush that killed eight people outside a stadium in the capital on monday. the crush happened when supporters tried to force their way into the stadium before the africa cup of nations match between host nation cameroon and comoros. more than 30 people were injured. piers edwards reports. it was half an hour before kick—off of cameroon�*s first knockout match of the africa cup of nations against comoros that this tragedy unfolded. for some reason, only one gate — the main entrance — was open. people trying to break down the barriers that the security personnel had established. whenever there was a possibility, people ran to wherever there was an opening in the gate.

data coming out at 9:30 singapore/hong kong time. haslinda: let's bring back the founder and ceo of hg research. you have to talk about tech, that massive selloff on the back of rising bond yields. you have to wonder, is the pain over, especially given the fact we are expecting yields to decline? >> that's the thing, the fed has indicated they want to tighten policy. it provides a tremendous headwind for technology stocks. it is not showing up in the index. the nasdaq 100 is at an all-time high, but technology stocks have gone down 30%, 40%, 50%. if the fed is becoming even more aggressive, you will probably see more weakness there, and as a result, a relative outperformance of value. [crosstalk] haslinda: what are you taking? >> an economy that is slowing as a result of tightening monetary policy, i would think that the hang seng sector should do relatively well. again, on a relative asus, consumer staples, health care, and those things are doing relatively well when you have a slower economy. it will really depend to what extent th

rishaad: in singapore the share price is down 3%. india had suspended the indian retailer's 2019 deal with the u.s. e-commerce giant. our guest joins us now. give us a sense of what happened here and why the court ruled against them. guest: future retail had petitioned the new delhi court after its application was not favored. future said that after the antitrust battle against amazon that was given in december, arbitration did not determine whether it would be illegal. they disagreed with future retail and said the singapore arbitration proved that -- had to decide what it would do. however, it did note that futures application would be heard after the main curse is heard. -- after the main case is heard. haslinda: what does this all mean for the disputes and what is next? guest: we can expect future to challenge the decision in a higher court as soon as today. whether they will get relief or not will be received later in the day. meanwhile, arbitration will begin, an arbitration hearing will begin in singapore today against the ind

manus: thank you much, juliette in singapore. let's get back to the virus, it's never far from the narrative for markets. the west seems to be heading in the direction of living with covid-19, while east, the fast breaking omicron variant, china is stepping out its restrictions. around 400,000 people getting vaccine booster number four. a very different mentality in asia, coming from having lived through a number of pandemics. where are we on this bifurcation with omicron? >> if we look at cases in the u.k. right now, it seems to have fallen from the peak. almost the lowest since the end of december, which is a good sign if we see that omicron comes in a huge way, it will be more soothing sign if it decreases as well. there's a lot of covid zero conversations that hong kong is locking down nonessential shops and venues. in china they just give people a half day break to let them get tested so they can stem the omicron outbreak. so it's a very difficult mentality, the covid zero and the non-covid zero worlds. dani: and a big impli

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and ”pm in london, where the prime minister's office has admitted that staff at downing street gathered to wish borisjohnson a happy birthday during the first pandemic lockdown injune 2020. it's the latest in a string of revelations about parties held there or in other government departments during coronavirus restrictions. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he'd been at the gathering for less than ten minutes. mrjohnson is facing widespread public outrage and calls to resign, including from some within his own conservative party. with the latest on the prime minister's troubles, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. what politicians want to talk about is not always the same as what the public and their fellow politicians want to know. how many times do you have to jab? "jabs, jabs, jabs," boris johnson's mantra. but this morning, was he sure there would be no other damaging claims about what went on in number 10 before the official report

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... america marks a year since the us capitol attack. joe biden blames donald trump for the riot, saying he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. russian soldiers arrive in kazakhstan to help crush anti—government protests. reports say security forces have taken control of central almaty. the clashes are taking place just a few hundred metres away from where i'm standing now. you can hear the sound of shooting and explosions. the family of tennis star novak djokovic says he's been subjected to humiliating treatment in australia — as he's held in quarantine, fighting deportation from the country. a creating the hand—woven pashmina shawls. and creating the hand—woven pashmina shawls. we look at the attempts being made to bring women back to weaving in kashmir. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's eight in the morning in si

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: britain's prince andrew demands a trial byjury, as he rejects the allegations of sexual assault made by virginia giuffre. the us rejects russian security demands on ukraine and eastern europe and says further talks will address moscow's concerns. the ball is in their court. we'll see what we do. as i've said repeatedly, whether they choose the path of diplomacy and dialogue, whether they decide to renew aggression against ukraine, we're prepared either way. westminster waits for the report that could determine the prime minister's future, as borisjohnson rejects calls for him to resign. and the story of the little girl who vanished for days in australia more than half a century ago. now, finally, answers about what happened to her. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in the evening in new york, where prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury. he formally denied all the allegations against him, a

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i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... novak djokovic is back in traininig after a court overturned his visa cancellation — but australia's immigration minister could still decide to deport him. claims of another lockdown party at downing street — borisjohnson refuses to answer whether he attended drinks with dozens of his staff. let's turn to kazakhstan now, where the president has described the protests last week — in which dozens are reported to have died — as an attempted coup. troops from russia are currently in the country to restore order — and president putin said kazakhstan had been targeted by international terrorism. amid a crackdown on protests, the us state department has called on the authorties to rescind an order for security forces to shoot without warning. 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg is in kazakhstan�*s largest city almaty — and sent this report. driving into almaty, you see immediately that this is a city on guard. we passed through several army checkpoints. they've been set up to pre

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines... the us once again has broken the world record for daily covid cases — and, record numbers are in hospital with covid, too. the british prime minister boris johnson is under growing pressure over a downing street drinks party when large gatherings were banned. a 57—year—old man in america who received the heart of a genetically—modified pig in a first of its kind operation is doing "extremely well". that's according to his son who spoke to the bbc and said the result was an "absolute miracle". if the procedure does prove to be successful, it could lead to animal organs being used more frequently in human transplants. this report from our medical editor fergus walsh contains pictures of the operation. this is the gene—edited pig heart, ready for transplant into a human. the organ looks perfect, a good size, and the extraction of the organ went routinely. surgeons in maryland spent eight hours performing the world first. scientists had spent decades building to this moment, whi

i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines: a former ukrainian mp has denied british claims he could be installed by moscow as head of a puppet government, but says his country needs new leadership. the authorities in burkina faso have declared an overnight curfew after a dramatic day which began with gunfire from angry soldiers. protesters came out in support of the mutineers, burning down the headquarters of the ruling mpp party. the soldiers are demanding the replacement of military chiefs and more help in their campaign against an intensifying islamist insurgency. parts of the capital, wagadoogoo, have been sealed off. the president is coming under growing pressure from civilians and the military who say his government is incapable of dealing with the islamists. our reporter lalla see has been monitoring the situation from neigbouring ivory coast. there is a curfew from 8pm until 5:30am untilfurther there is a curfew from 8pm until 5:30am until further notice. there is a curfew from 8pm until 5:30am untilfurt

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... a legal document signed between virginia giuffre and jeffrey epstein 12 years ago has been made public. it's potentially key to her civil case against prince andrew. as beijing's winter olympics fast approaches,china ramps up its preparations for a global event in a global pandemic. in the united states, coronavirus cases are currently averaging about 400,000 each day, according to data collected by johns hopkins university. the us food and drug administration has now expanded vaccine booster eligibility to allow 12— to 15—year—olds to receive a third shot of the pfizer—biontech vaccine. for the latest on how the omicron variant is affecting cases across the country, i've been speaking to elizabeth stuart, associate dean for education atjohns hopkins bloomberg school of public health like we've seen in many other countries, we are seeing some decoupling of cases with hospitalisations and deaths. all are very high and higher than we would want them to be, but we are seeing some

let's get back to singapore. we know where we are going and we can steer the bus and change the gears. juliette saly is in singapore. juliette: -- has resigned nine months as credit suisse chairman. it follows a series of missteps including reported breaches of quarantine rules. the swiss bank has named -- as chairman, effective immediately. boris johnson is reported to be considering staff changes and a series of policy announcements in the wake of a crisis over pandemic role breaking parties at downing street. he is planning populist announcements including tackling the backlog of operations in the health service and removing remaining covid-19 restrictions later this month. unilever is said to be talking to banks about more financing to raise its offer for the consumer unit. this after the pharma giant rejected unilever's third and latest bid at $68 billion. unilever is considering eventually selling some non-core assets from the portfolio to help fund an acquisition. the drugmaker said it is sticking with pla

dani: juliette saly in singapore. coming up, four rate hikes in 22 is the call from goldman sachs as well as a faster runoff. we will discuss that as well as market moves with our next best, sarah hewin from standard chartered. manus: and more on u.s. considering export controls on russia as tensions rise with ukraine. ♪ >> it is a confusing report. >> i'm not sure if it is an all clear here. >> the report suggests the economy has normalized to quite an extent. >> the signals are that the labor market is tightening. >> we are still moving along around a full employment dynamic. >> the fed cannot is gape the issue. -- cannot escape the issue. >> they are going to chase this thing and hike aggressively. >> four rate hikes are on the table. manus: our tv guests weighing in on the data and implications for the fed policy. the fed could raise rates four times in 2022 as it starts its balance sheet runoff a little earlier. a lot to absorb. sarah hewin is part of europe and americas for standard charter bank. a lot of voic

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: police launch an investigation into whether downing street parties broke covid rules. a spokesman says borisjohnson didn't think he had broken the law. president biden says he's prepared to impose sanctions on vladimir putin directly if russia invades ukraine. covid has broken out aboard an australian warship carrying humanitarian aid to assist virus—free tonga after the tsunami. and a clinical trial of a vaccine that's tailored to target the omicron covid variant gets under way. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 1:00am in london, where the metropolitan police is now investigating multiple events since 2020 at downing street, and across government, to see whether there were breaches of covid restrictions. the commissioner of britain's biggest police force confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule—breaking after civil servants, who are also compiling a report on what

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. new images of the russian military buildup — as the us warns any incursion into ukraine will be met with a tough response. there is no doubt let there be no doubt at all that russia will pay a heavy price. aid planes finally arrive in tonga, after a volcanic eruption and tsunami left the country in desperate need of supplies. we'll have the latest. two prominent female activists are missing after protesting in kabul for women's rights in work and education untouched by climate change — a rare deepwater coral reef is discovered off the coast of tahiti and, how zara rutherford became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. hello and thanks forjoining us: the united states has, with the backing of its european allies, warned russia that if any of the tens of thousands of its soldiers massed at the ukrainian border invade — there will be grave consequences. the us secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov — are scheduled to have crucial

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our main story: a court in melbourne begins hearing the appeal lodged by tennis number one novak djokovic into the cancellation of his visa by australian authorities. a stay at home order has been issued to the entire population of the chinese port city of tianjin: 14 million people. it comes as health officials conduct mass testing following at least twenty cases of covid. tianjin is only 150 kilometres from beijing, where the winter olympics will be held next month. the bbc�*s asia pacific editor celia hatton reports here is the situation in chinese leaders had hoped to avoid. people living in the centre of one of china's busiest port cities lining up for covid testing following the discovery of the omicron variant here. translation: after screening the focus groups, a total of 18| coronavirus infections were detected among the close contacts in tianjin, and all of them have been transferred to designated hospitals for treatment and quarantine. technically, the city of tianjin isn

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow wants equal, mutually respectful relations with the united states and its allies, as tensions continue over ukraine. north korea confirms it tested an intermediate—range ballistic missile on sunday, the us offers pyongyang direct talks without preconditions. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world's biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero—covid, and with the omicron variant spreading, has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains. in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble. people will recognise the nest olympic stadium and this is one of t

let's get to juliette saly in singapore. the biggest selloff in hong kong tech index since september. what are you looking at? juliette: absolutely. there were these lofty calls they hang seng index could rise by 50% in 2022. the start of the year means this could be bit of a mirage. down for a third day, the most since september and holding at the lowest since conception. the hang seng tech index, let's have a look specifically at tencent. it has divested out of singapore, nearly $3 billion worth of shares. actually tearing its investment in the sector for the second time in as many weeks. raising investor concerns about how much more the vesture could happen in this sector and weigh on the heavily beaten down index. bilbili coming under pressure. alibaba not falling quite as substantially as the others. that is after we saw that the daily journal, a software and newspaper business, doubled its take on the chinese internet giant in recent months. quite a bit of pressure coming through. the rising yield and not helping eithe

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... novak djokovic is back in traininig after a court overturned his visa cancellation , but australia's immigration minister could still decide to deport him. the british prime minister boris johnson faces new questions, about apparent breaches of lockdown in downing street. in other headlines today — the past seven years have been the hottest on record, according to the eu's copernicus climate change service, which said they were the warmest by a clear margin since 1850. last year was the fifth—warmest year, with record—breaking heat in some regions. and levels of carbon dioxide and methane hit new heights. our climate editorjustin rowlatt examines the data. what a way to see in the new year. almost 1,000 homes were destroyed and tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate as some of the worst wildfires ever seen in colorado swept across the state. coming down this road, the ditches and things, and the trees, they are all up inflames, like, there are embers everywhere. it

i'm karisha vaswani, in singapore. our headlines... novak djokovic has been deported from australia, afterjudges rejected the unvaccinated tennis star's appeal to stay in the country. he's set to land in dubai in around an hour. british police make two arrests in manchester over the siege at a synagogue in texas, just hours after the hostage taker was confirmed as a british citzen. the capital of tonga is reported to have suffered significant damage after an underwater volcanic eruption in the south pacific. much of the island nation was covered with a layer of ash. the tsunami triggered by the eruption caused flooding on parts of the us west coast and japan. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. from high up in space, weather satellites caught the moment the huge underwater volcano let loose, sending a cloud of ash and rock 20 kilometres high and at least 500 kilometres wide. that's an ash cloud that could stretch from london to edinburgh, and somewhere beneath it is the tiny island kingdom of tonga. the first thing to hit the

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... inside china's latest battleground against coronavirus — a city of more than 1 million is under lockdown afterjust three reported cases. as the us hits the highest number of daily infections ever recorded anywhere in the world, president biden urges people to get vaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated, so we got to make more progress. uk hospitals are struggling to handle the surge in covid cases, but borisjohnson says england is in a better place compared to previous waves. with the plan b measures we introduced before christmas, we have a chance to ride out of this omicron wave without shutting down

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: prime minister borisjohnson faces mounting pressure from his own mps — over doubts about his leadership. amid claims he misled parliament, he denies he was warned about a party at downing street that broke lockdown rules. nobody told me that what we were doing was, as you say, against the rules, that the event in question was something that... we were going to do something that was not a work event. two major us telecoms providers delay the rollout of new 56 networks near airports after warnings it could cause chaos in the aviation industry. the us secretary of state is on his way to kyiv as america warns russia could attack ukraine "at any point". and betting big on gaming. microsoft is buying the company that makes call of duty and candy crush for almost $70 billion. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's nine in the morning here in singapore, 1am in london, where boris johnson's reported to be edging closer to a leadership cha

live from austria in singapore. —— l studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. —— our studio in singapore. hello and thanks forjoining us. russia has suggested it may be open to holding further talks with the united states as part of attempts to de—escalate the crisis in ukraine. the kremlin described some of washington's proposals as a starting point for a "serious conversation" but it warned its main security concerns had not been properly addressed. key to what russia will do next is vladimir putin. is he trying to stop the eastward expansion of nato or has he already made up his mind to invade? here's our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. the world is still puzzling to piece together a picture of what vladimir putin is thinking. what he's planning. what are his intentions in ukraine and in europe? gunfire russian muscle flexing is one piece of the geopolitical jigsaw. military exercises and 100,000 russian troops near ukraine's border are fuelling fears of a russian invasion. so are moscow's demands. we just ask our partners in nato c