let's turn to sophie kamaruddin. sophie: as a cash open in japan nikkei futures and singapore opening to the downside off one third of 1% while the gun is holding steady at set for a second weekly gain as we digest latest inflation numbers. also waiting on pmi update later this morning and gdp futures slightly lower. this is the boj keeps markets guessing as they permit low or flexible on new deals. it seemed 10 year yield jumped eight basis points rising to a nine-month high on the back of a surprise rise in inflation, plus heavy offers for the rbnz bond buying operation this friday. let's switch out the board to check on what is going on in australia. stocks seeing some pressure. asx 200 off. iron ore stock under pressure. we are seeing -- mccoury raising its price target seeing cut to sell. we are earth jumping nearly 10% this morning after it secured a u.s. defense contract for a light where separation --. haidi: let's get to karina mitchell. karina: house speaker nancy pelosi says the impeachment of former presi

sophie kamaruddin is in hong kong. sophie: asian stocks are looking like a down start to february trading after the worst week. in australia, keeping an eye on minors. some voices are saying there is little risk of market contagion. be that as it may be, we have a cautious start to the week. decisions from india, australia, thailand. on the earnings front, alibaba will be on deck this week. chinese pmi numbers show the recovery moving. this is weighing on the aussie dollar which is also under pressure as perth enters a lockdown. the reading is coming in at 55.3. more pmi data coming from across the region in asia. factory activity has been seen picking up as exports have improved across the region. services have not been doing as hot. given the social distancing measures. we are waiting on trade figures. exports likely to have slowed from south korea. shery: gamestop. striking fear into anyone caught on the wrong side but barclays says the drama is not big enough to become a widespread contagion. the bank as that the v

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let's turn to sophie for what we are watching. sophie: asian stocks looking to extend last friday's global declines. this as we wait on several decisions including from japan and malaysia. we are looking to see if we might get a lift in sentiment of expectations that china's gdp report will come in a beat ahead of that. the offshore yuan snapping a four-week advance. let's take a closer look at what's happening in sydney. we have shares under pressure with iron ore miners like the hp group leading the decline along with banks. following -- other oil stocks as well. we did have an update from the company saying that it has a supply deal with -- looking to expand its long-term supply agreement. up 6%. this after it was raised to buy at goldman. let's flip the page ahead of the japan open, just a flavor of what is going on ahead of the tokyo open. they to be futures, we are seeing them tick lower. there may be struggle for jgb's. the boj could tolerate higher yields, and the yen holding below 104 this morning, this after a weekly ris

nick the eu is downplaying that idea tonight, sophie.— the eu is downplaying that idea tonight, sophie. nick in brussels, thank you- _ anyone arriving in the uk from coronavirus hot spots like southern africa, portugal and much of south america will have to quaratine in hotels for ten days. the move is to try to protect the uk from coronavirus variants. the home secretary also said it was illegal to leave the country for a holiday and people will now have to explain why they are travelling abroad. our transport correspondent caroline davies has this report. the uk's borders are not closed. this was heathrow airport last friday. travellers are still permitted for some reasons, like essential work, education and medical treatment. after weeks of increasing travel restrictions the government has announced it will introduce quarantining in hotels for some. brute introduce quarantining in hotels for some. ~ ., . ., some. we will introduce a new managed _ some. we will introduce a new managed isolation _ some. we will introduce a new managed isolation process - some. we will introduce a new

kathleen: sophie kamaruddin, thank you. gulf nations agreed to end the year-long blockade by qatar led by saudi arabia and the uae. the move is partly seen a strengthening regional unity against iran, something encouraged by the u.s. bloomberg spoke exclusively with the qatar foreign minister who says the gulf cooperation council should work with iran on regional security. >> the time should come where the gcc sit-down the table with iran and reaches a common understanding between the countries that we cannot change geography. iran cannot move gcc away from its neighborhood and the gcc cannot move iran away from the neighborhood. >> is that time now with a biden administration that perhaps may return to the 2015 nuclear deal? >> we hope that what will happen between the u.s. and iran, we hope they are going to reach a solution with us and that jcpoa. that will help between the gcc and iran. of course, everything is interconnected at the end of the day. >> do you want qatar to be the center of those discussions? oman played

now to sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. sophie: keeping an eye on sofbank. so $38 million uber shares and lemonades valuation. also vision find leading a funding round in a chinese start at the most popular work out said to be guided to live dollars. plus weighing an ipo this year. topics to be announced this friday. nikko reports saying japan post insurance will see the most passive buying impact among stocks, was a market cap of ¥1 trillion or larger. samson and sti. a local media report the company has been supplying energy storage system batteries to tesla since the fourth quarter, at substantial volumes. batteries tolied tesla 2015 to 2017. asia,en: next on daybreak christine payne, ubs head of greater china consumer sector will share her insights. and from capital markets in sydney. the market opens in tokyo and seoul our next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: welcome to daybreak: asia from bloomberg world headquarters in new york. haidi: ages major markets have just opened for trade. our top stories this hour. asia looks set for a star as the wall st

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let's go to sophie cameroon. -- sophie kamaruddin. above: we see them going 1% and focusing after the wti process the $15 mark. berg intelligence say it might be capped to this level if that confidence continues. the index in the aussie is rising this morning. we keep an eye on the gold sector. gold prices are hovering around 1950 this morning as the inflation trade continues to be en vogue. we are watching the georgia senate race had aware that macy inflation.supply and and switching out the page, broadly speaking, it looks like a good start to the asia session this week with futures looking steady. again is holding below one and three, trading behind a march high. japan is expecting an emergency declaration. seeing a little change here and the upside shows an overnight drop in the cash bond and a steepening of the curve. we are just moving slightly to the downside. york, therein new is speculation that the exchange is visiting plans to delist chinese telcos. we do have three stocks under pressure. we are off nearly 4% in new york an

set fiasco -- sophie? sophie: the kospi is fluctuating, heading lower. samsung is weighing on the benchmark. we are seeing an earlier drop while solar futures are extending the reddit rally. a quick check on some stock movers. in japan, some early report cards. gaining ground. the road to recovery looking more challenging. we are also manufacturing -- this after it left its view unchanged. we want to highlight the drive, citing differences when it comes to tech and production. seeing shares rally today. this after a price target of ¥7,000. this after saying it wanted sales approval from canada. saying that it is recruiting patients for a phase three study for a covid drug treatment. shery: coming up, india's finance minister set to deliver the annual budget, looking ahead to the key economic challenges and why -- what they are looking for. this is bloomberg. ♪ the growth sector is important. year on year, every year, for an effective push. >> i am expecting the same to come up. >> one example is during the capitalization. >> ensuring that inflation is

sophie. family and friends have been paying respects to the actress barbara windsor, whose funeral has taken place this afternoon. david walliams, ross kemp and christopher biggins were among the mourners. she died last month, aged 83, after a long battle with dementia. she was best known for her roles in the carry on films and of course as peggy mitchell in eastenders. access to broadband is more important than ever now, with millions working from home or schooling online. but a report by mps has criticised the huge variations in broadband quality and speed across the uk in towns and the countryside. they say that could lead to the digital divide, exposed during this pandemic, being widened even more. the government says it expects half of all households to have fast broadband by the end of this year. sian lloyd reports. a landscape rich in natural beauty, but when it comes to keeping pace in a digital world, people living here say they are poorly served. high—speed broadband is still out

sophie long reports. the pressure on los angeles' health care system has reached new, dangerous and desperate levels. ambulance teams have been told not to take those unlikely to make it to hospital, and doctors must decide who should receive the shrinking supplies of oxygen. heartbreaking choices for medical workers and for the families of the hundreds dying here every day. nurse bernie duran is both. covid claimed his father leo's life just after christmas. when it happens to you and you see a loved one that you can't help, you can't hold their hand just so that they know that you're there for them, that was very, very difficult for me. the risk of contracting the coronavirus here in los angeles has never been greater than it is now. one in five people tested are testing positive. that is four times the number doing so just two months ago. public health officials are warning that it could get worse still, when hospitals are already overflowing. people have been ordered to stay at home to stop that from

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sophie. sophie: onto sports on watch after its results. saying it was a mixed bag and downgrading the stock. and energy shares on the radar after announcing plans to list on the mainland according to the statement. the parent aims to boost its new energy business through this listing. flipping the page, citi out with reports saying the automobile -- that is a win-win strategy amid the transition to new energy vehicles in the unit is tying up with baidu to make intelligent ev's which prompted jp morgan to raise its price tag. we are also keeping an eye on singapore airlines with trades at 500 million in its debut dollar bond sale, over $1.5 billion. part of those are to go towards buying aircraft as well as to refinance debt. kathleen: coming up, we will hear from e.u. chamber of commerce president -- on where relations stand with europe plus we get the outlook for banks in china and hong kong with jeffries shiyin chen. that is it. our markets coverage continues as we look ahead to the start of trade in hong kong, shanghai, and shenzhen. st

sophie kamaruddin? sophie: after the asx 200 rose to an 11 month high, gains extended by 0.2 point -- 0.25%. it was trimmed at goldman and macquarie. ahead of the boj decision, nikkei futures opening to the downside. the yen is trading at a two week high. little change to the downside after u.s. stocks rose to a record as biden became u.s. president. crude below a dollar a barrel. jp morgan reducing demand for china. flipping the page, optimism does remain. em companies are seen outperforming the global recovery this year. profits for em's rising 28%, given the lift in commodity prices. pulling up a chart on the terminal, goldman bullish on em stocks, saying they have historical highs ahead of them. with profit looking optimistic, raising the target to 1450. this after a solid run by equities. shery: our top story, president joe biden has leapt into action after being sworn in as the 46th president of the united states he signed a raft of executive orders, reversing some contentious policies and he is r

james: sophie long. lebanon has entered instructed lockdown since the start of the pandemic. supermarkets of closed their doors and offer only delivery. that trigger panic buying as people rushed to grocery stores before they closed. now that shops are shuttered, very few people are on the streets and security personnel are checking that drivers are authorized to travel. there are fears hospitals do not have facilities they need in order to cope with the surge. in beirut, intensive care units are now at 90% capacity. here is our lebanese correspondent. reporter: lebanon had already been implementing a partial lockdown since earlier this month. but the inability to control surge forced authorities to revisit the lockdown and implement a complete lockdown and state of emergency. this is primarily because, as you said, hospitals are not taking all paties. patients with mild systems are sent back home and most spitals, including leban's large, private hospitals that are generally well equipped, are transforming entire wards to take in more covid patients. this is a pressing point

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. i really interesting report there. ourthanks i really interesting report there. our thanks to sophie. a lot more on coronavirus and flooding in the uk on our website. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @ bbc kasia madera it will be great to hear from you. stay safe. goodbye. hello there. flooding continues to be of concern but the weather certainly isn't going to make things any worse over the next few days. the current situation — well, the number of flood and severe flood warnings has just started to edged down. so, things are slowly improving for some communities. other rivers though taking longer to respond. for example, the ouse in york. well, that's not going to peak until later in the day on friday. so, forsome, it could still get worse before it gets better. lots of snow around of course. that snow still with us at the moment across the high ground in scotland. still some strong winds and further accumulations. otherwise, it's a cold night with the frost. the showers, there is a risk of icy stretches dotted aro

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sophie hutchinson, bbc news. president trump has announced he won't be attending the inauguration of his successor, joe biden, just hours after promising a peaceful transition. he will become the first us president to miss the ceremony in more than 150 years. butjoe biden said his decision was a good thing, one of the only things they'd ever agreed on. he said president trump was an embarrassment to the country. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. the words "horse" and "stable door" come to mind, as contractors are brought in to erect some proper security around the capitol hill complex. so alarmingly and easily breached by the trump supporting mob on wednesday night. and the repercussions are still being felt. last night, a chastened and tense president spoke words that had clearly been written for him. i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack... the change of tone and substance in just 2a hours is startling, whiplash—inducing. as they say on school essays, "compa re and contrast". we're

let's get straight to the market action with sophie kamaruddin. sophie: checking in on the open in tokyo, that start -- soft start continues with the nikkei 225 and topics up by more than 2/10 of a percent. to theers are sticking run of election in georgia in tuesday. space traders may be sidelined ahead of wednesday's tenure auction, but bonds are rising as we see inflation that the government may announce a second state of emergency for tokyo. checking in on the open in south korea. there watching for lines on chip industry but the government update pending on the 2021 outlook. the start of cash trade for the kospi and the tech heavy -- korean won on the back end. korean motors under pressure and keeping an eye on shinseki as -- keeping an eye on the stock as we are looking at motors as ev is in the looks. they will build in china. motor shells fall by half a percent. bonds gainng grounds. the asx 200 under pressure, but off session lows have a pickup in iron ore and gold players. offsetting what we see in financial names. we are seeing a change

we go to sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. sophie: trading has been underway in new zealand and australia, a start to the session. kiwi stocks headed for a seventh day of losses while aussie stocks are getting .9%. nikkei futures in singapore opening to the upside and the yen is trading amid one of three levels. s&p futures getting ground after fluctuations monday given the holiday session. the dollar holding steady ahead ofjanet yellen's testimony. a lot of focus on that. switching the board to look at what is going on with trading in sydney. thanks get real boost with remaining from goldman boosting price targets. we are also seeing re-ratings for an infrastructure player as well as domino's pizza, or kari--we carry sayingit was macquarrie--saying it will see a change to ordering pizza online. and bingo jumping, with a bid for the waste management company valuing it at $1.8 billion. rio tinto coming under pressure, this morning following its production update. rp capital with a note in the wake of that saying they see less r

sophie, with a look at the markets. sophie: stocks could be set for a third consecutive week of gains. in tokyo, upside for the nikkei 225 as shares are gaining ground. it rose 23%. this as we are seeing the japanese market hold up in the face of a pandemic. the yen old and below 104. citi out with a call saying they see the yen moving toward 100 even. let's flip the boards to see what is going on in south korea. we are waiting on the be ok decision. the korean you want slightly -- the korean yuan slightly firmer. it the index has been on a good run. could be looking at an 11 week advance. though best streak since 2010. chip optimism open that along. -- optimism hoping that along. checking what is going on with samsung shares, gains of 1.2% for the stock this morning. the share on the radar following the trump administration extending tariffs on ford made washing machines, which could impact manufacturers like samsung. let's flip the board to see what is going on in australia. energy players on the rise with wti staying

sophie: the benchmark set to snap a two day drop. premier investments clocking the biggest gains on the index so far this morning, jumping to a record high after data where online sales rose 60% year on year. bhp, rio on the rise. roman highlighting there is more upside given the bullish commodity outlook. oil stocks on the rise as well. jumping more than 3% this morning. it rose above 53 overnight and brent topped $56. there is caution around a rally saying there is formidable assistance. -- formidable resistance. kathleen: markets around the world are hoping for an improvement in the pandemic battered economy. the chief economist of the world bank is warning of another covid related danger. saying another financial crisis could be quietly ruing and it could take years to recover. this is the concern of carmen reinhart, who joins us now from florida. the outlook right now, you have warned of many things. as we go from 2020 as a year pandemic to 2021, the year starts with virus cases surging, vaccine rollouts being spotty and low in

that's right, sophie, he has. the _ commission president. that's right, sophie, he has. the european - sophie, he has. the european commission president has spoken to the taoiseach, the irish prime minister as well. it's quite extraordinary, the language around a northern ireland tonight butjust before speaking to you i've heard from an eu source that actually the commission is going to backtrack. it's not going to suspend part of the irish protocol, part of that brexit agreement that we spent so long talking about, how the commission was insisting on every letter and word of that agreement being respected. privately i'm being told it's being recognised here that suggesting to do that was actually a misjudgment and an error and i think itjust goes to show the chaos here at the moment surrounding the eu's vaccine roll—out. because even with those extra sort of permissions needed for vaccine exports out of the eu that we were hearing their about from nick, the eu is risking alienating other allies like japan, canada, australia, that could be affected by those export rest

thank you, sophie. and the prime minister will hold a press conference in downing street this afternoon — there‘ll be live coverage on bbc one from 4.30pm. and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, will respond to news of the new lockdown in england, with a statement on bbc1 at 7pm. time for a look at the weather — here‘s matt taylor.

sophie is in hong kong taking a look at the markets. there could be a pricing deal for the astrazeneca vaccine in deal -- in days. what do we have on the alternative? tom: we want to flag a report -- sophie: we want to flag a report from india regulators for astrazeneca vaccine and another vaccine. priceld stir up competition, if the other vaccine prices at one u.s. dollar per dose. it would cost india $2.6 billion to vaccinate the entire population. producer ofkons the the astrazeneca vaccine might need to offer a bigger discount to secure contracts from the indian government. focus, theil and opec meeting coming up. what is up with crude? after what he deemed a chaotic 20 for oil, john said this year will be driven by virus and vaccine considerations, with opec plus facing tenacious obstacles. he does not expect amanda will recover -- demand will recover to 2019 levels. we will see opec-plus wanting to supportntum for wti asia. he is predicting $38 per barrel for print. -- for brent. kathleen: thank you. next, we will keep this going.

sophie: we are seeing kiwi stocks edge higher. after global stocks declined on friday. we expect china's economic data activity this week. the pboc may ease the liquidity support that has been in place. i had of that, it had been hovering at 6.48. there could be a slight discount suggesting a bullish tendency. the dollar is seeing some stability. the greenback did cap its first back-to-back gain since september. and fund managers -- 36% of them are still favoring the weaker dollar trade. and about one third of the respondents say it is still too early to call where -- when the dollar decline may occur. we are going to wait to see as the biden administration can deliver on that front. >> we will get more details on that this week. we are counting down to the inauguration this week. he will be sworn in on wednesday and is due to call for unity in the wake of the capital attack. he has indicated a 10 day blitz of executive actions to reverse some of his predecessor's most contentious policies. how likely is it that joe biden will get the kind of unity he has been repeatedl

call for 7 long months of waiting and finally getting to interview violinist and sophie muito the award winning classical music. though today she shows up a bit. and she brought company. wirehead bucks and his her constant companion. pouncer fi motto has long been the constant companion of many music lovers she is ranked among the world's top classical autists for of a fall decades without the hands of crisis or scandal she's successful and beautiful her career seems like something out of a fairy tale yet when i'm into she's surprisingly relaxed and down to earth. enough fooling around sounds. is ounce of the motor is a musical phenomenon and that's what it says on your. which brings me to the question how do you get to be a musical phenomenon sides to play in the top flight for 40 years not even madonna has made much of the top. physics as many as i was 6 when i won my 1st competition now i'm 57 that's 51 years on stage i just do what fulfills me what i absolutely love to do you probably get the same answer from roger federer clearly he's crazy about playing tennis about being the best

sophie lee runs a restaurant with live music in the city's famous french quarter. so there's my kids, my friends' kids... you could imagine, it's pretty messy. but gloriously messy. the actual mardi gras season isjust a part of a long tradition. trombone player delfeayo marsalis is part of the city's most famous musical family. we grew up in new orleans. my father ellis played piano. my eldest brother branford played saxophone, quentin plays trumpet. yeah, if you love music, you should definitely know what's happening down here in the crescent city. it really does electrify that inner beast in people, kind of let their hair down and enjoy themselves at a level that they don't usually get a chance to do. troy carter is a local senator and a member of the famous zulu krewe, who parade on fat tuesday, the biggest event in the mardi gras calendar. zulu kicks off mardi gras rolling at 7:00am, and then every other parade follows zulu. i've got my makeup on, and my wig, and my grass skirt. and when you turn onjackson avenue, if it's raining, if you're hungry, if you're ti

sophie: we are seeing stocks build on gains. the top 20,000 -- the top 1800ding the rise above points. a close eye on restaurant stocks on reporting they will be asked to reduce their opening hours. we have the prime minister's briefing in focus later today and ahead of that, the finance minister saying the japanese economy remains in a severe situation and amid that risk off sentiment, you have jgb finding some support and we take a look at cash treasury at the start of trade in asia. you have the 10 year yield for treasury above 92 basis points. let's check on the moves in sydney this morning. ground, all sectors in the green, travel stocks are under pressure as we have virus clusters in australia remaining a concern. morninginally this while the u.n. is holding below 650 against the greenback as we are waiting on a gauge of private factory activity data from the mainland. talking $1000 and we are -- topping $1000. bitcoin under some pressure, below $33,000. line isoining us on the franklin zimmer, the head of asian equity. ha

sophie: a decent week for trading in asia. asian stocks rising to fresh highs with tech along with energy. at 1990 highs. fresh records for the kospi. miners are hitting a wall as they see prices staying below 170. aussie banks are rising in tandem with the 10 year yields trading at march levels. and the benchmark treasuries holding above 10 would -- 1.08 this morning. quick check of some stock movers. sei motors. that there may be a tie up with apple cars. and a rise in tokyo shares. bridgestone is rising. keeping a close eye also on samsung shares. resultsfourth-quarter coming in less than forecast. interesting that move because samsung's profit for the fourth quarter missed estimates. 9.5% trillion -- 9.5 trillion yuan. let's get some analysis from idc senior research manager, kiranjeet kaur. give us your reaction to the samsung numbers. kiranjeet: it is no surprise. , it faces competition. launched earlier in the year. q4 is not the strongest time. shery: when it comes to the semiconductor business, we saw a down cycle lat

let's turn to sophie kamaruddin. sophie: city stocks are opening higher. seeing the 10 year yield trading at june levels, above 1% as we saw the moveon treasuries overnight. let's see what is going on in new zealand. futures -- future is gaining ground in chicago. let's keep a close eye on what energy stocks will be doing. the oil markets are at the early stage of imbalance. let's see what else is going on across assets as many are seeing them top 80, trading at december 2018 levels. the yen strength that we have seen of length, that is garnering attention with that level a key level when it comes to maintaining profitability in japan. space, holdingd steady above 1920. haidi: president trump has told protesters who stormed the u.s. capitol to go home. hours after they marched on the center of american democracy. pain, i knowr you're hurt, we had an election that was stolen from us. it was a landslide election. everyone knows it. especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. biden: this hour, our democracy is under unpreced

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. in spain, the heaviest snowfall for decades from storm filomena has already left hundreds of drivers stuck and forced the closure of madrid airport. warnings of heavy rain and snow have also been issued for parts of italy, turkey and greece, as mark lobel reports. coronavirus bit is remembered in spain's capital madrid is a different storm sets in. parks were closed early. translation: for those who don't work, it's great. for those who work, it is a little more complicated. translation: i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it's not snowing in berlin. it must have to do with climate change. the snow in spain stopping people getting to their plane. real madrid's footballers among many stock on the tarmac at the airport, operations you suspended at times. storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. translation: i am 66 years old and i've never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday, i've never seen anything like this. rescuers were on hand after

says everyone should consider getting one, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. it could've ended completely differently. so, you know, i suppose i do owe them my life, really. dorset, where they've taken the fight against the coronavirus into people's homes. lessons learned from the first wave have highlighted the danger of leaving some patients to sit out the infection alone. we have seen people who are critically low on oxygen, and we've heard stories of people dying at home, because they haven't been recognised. so, i do think this simple hit of kit really could save your life. the bit of kit is a small relatively cheap device known as an oximeter, which measures oxygen levels in the blood. covid—positive patients like michael kerr, who are aged 65 and over, or who are at high risk, are now being given the devices by gps and then monitored. yeah, i'm fine. i feel certainly... oximeters are seen as vital because some patients with the virus are not breathless despite having low oxygen levels. this dangerous condition is known as silent hypoxia. it's been rea

sophie long, bbc news, phoenix. you're watching bbc news. the headlines... indonesian authorities locate the flight recorders of the passenger plane that crashed into the sea on saturday, minutes after take—off from jakarta. a senior democrat lays out the possible timeline for impeaching donald trump, after at least 180 democrats give their support to a draft article of impeachment. fresh warnings that the nhs — under increasing pressure — could soon be overwhelmed by coronavirus cases. the uk health secretary says people should all play their part in helping stop the spread, amidst calls from some that the rules are not tough enough. with less than 200 days to the olympics, japan has declared a state of emergency for the nation's capital tokyo and its surrounding areas. covid—19 cases are surging and prime minister suga has bowed to calls to impose new restrictions. the state of emergency was imposed as the country's medical system faced increasing pressure. on saturday, new cases topped 7,000 for the third day in a row. a record of 7,900 new infect

sophie long, bbc news, phoenix. let's speak to our washington correspondent, lebo diseko. where have the democrats got to end their effort to impeach president trump? there are now around 210 democrats that are backing the article of impeachment. that is very close to the threshold they need to impeach and a senior democrat saying today a vote could come as early as wednesday, maybe even before. but when it comes to the next stage in this process, that is the trial and they senate, the same senior democrats say they could wait as long as 100 days, the reason being that gives joe long as 100 days, the reason being that givesjoe —— biden time to confirm his cabinet, which wouldn't be possible if the senate was busy with a trial. history suggests it is possible to impeach a president that has left office and if that did happen, donald trump would be the first president to be impeached twice in his lifetime. thank you very much. time now to catch up with the spot. 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. thank you, michelle. the fa cup 3rd round continued today. there are some

i really hope we get to see the next book very soon or we have to do this again it is happy to sophie absolutely i'll try to think is that i can understand every day. in 2040 you know bloody revolution of haiti and the demonstrations went from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know hiccup what if i mean you i lived with video 3 really i.

oh welcome to visionaries me sophie shevardnadze. that time is the most unknown of all and no thanks to talk about it's mystery i'm joined by professor. theoretical physicist and best selling author. professor carload of a least theoretical physicist and bestselling author it's great to have you with us today welcome to our show thank you very much for having me all right so let's start with something blunt you say there is no time in the sense of the term and correct me if i'm wrong and that time exists only in the i would be holder and depends on what that i wear the beholder ease and what they're looking at but we do feel and experience the passing of time or the sense of something being after something and here i am waiting i don't know grabbing a phone for instance right and putting it down and it was in my hand now it isn't isn't that time. yes that is time and of course there is time there is time for us we wake up in the morning we go to sleep time passes we become older that's real what well when i say there is no time what

hello welcome to sophie because visionaries me sophie shevardnadze what makes us human so peculiar and why do we seek answers to the toughest questions will i ask. theoretical physicists smallish used in film lost over a 3rd of the island of knowledge. reseller lazar theoretical physicist cosmologist philosopher author of the island of knowledge great to have you with us marcello welcome my pleasure my pleasure to be here so eager for an argument that reality as will pierce is always limited by our knowledge of it which is also always known that it so once had his knowledge then is it accumulate personal experience about something or in there be more to it yes so i think that's a group good and difficult question i think you can think of knowledge in different ways right and they depend on the context so for example you can have experienced all knowledge of the world without any sort of scientific background so you know there is they know there is night you know you know there's winter you know there is some a and so that is knowledge you know and it's based on the experience of being

sophie long, bbc news, phoenix. more now on the current covid outbreak here. one of the highest infection rates in the country is in surrey, where every hospital mortuary is now full and almost 200 bodies are being stored in a temporary morgue. other local authorities have told the bbc they expect to open similar facilities soon. our home editor mark easton and cameraman james anderson were given access to the emergency surrey site — located at a former military hospital. this is the cold conclusion of a pandemic out of control. an emergency body storage facility has been assembled in woodland in surrey. with hospital mortuaries almost overflowing, the county's dead are brought here. 20 more body bags unloaded today. to respect the dignity and sensitivities of the dead and theirfamilies, we're not showing the bodies, but i can tell you that in this fridge, there are around 50 body bags, among 170 bodies currently stored here. these racks are expected to be full in just a few days. around half the body bags stored here are marked covid—positive. surrey now

yes of course i'm afraid it would be and i protect myself the best i can sophie and i get tested as often as i can. but it weighs on your soul of the city that it weighs like a black dog salsas you need a. yes. even subjecting themselves to. this time the performance was still hoping they'd be able to play to an audience in december. they had no intention of being upstaged by the virus some collective fortunately i already had grown up a few months ago and my doctors say i've still got the antibodies but of course you always have to be careful out. of it but i know what you go through with this virus . how was it for you awful i'm. still tired. at least she's content voice back. the orchestra is relatively small some of the instruments time the potential to blow the virus into the air others don't. know if there's a brass players pose the least danger because we blow in here and the air goes through 2 meters of tubes before it comes out back here though aerosols come out. exponent so tested this and confirmed that the brass biassed on the cleanest members of the orchestra. just go for rea

sophie long, bbc news, phoenix. let's get some of the day's other news. the frontrunner in kyrgyzstan‘s president election, sadyr japarov, appears to have won by a landslide. preliminary results suggest he took nearly 80% of the vote. voters also opted for a presidential system in a simultaneous referendum. the new system will give mrjaparov sweeping new powers when a new constitution is passed, probably later this year. a snap lockdown in the australian city of brisbane has been lifted after no new cases of covid—19 were found in the community. 2.5 million people were put into a 3—day lockdown on friday after a cleaner in queensland's hotel quarantine system tested positive for the uk variant of coronavirus. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has announced plans for a new, futuristic type of city to be built in the country's north—west. it will be called the line, will house a million people and be 170 kilometres long. the crown prince said it would be carbon neutral with no roads or cars. it's known as one of most influential tech e

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. thousands of homes across england and wales were evacuated overnight, after widespread flooding caused by storm christoph. rivers reached record levels in parts of greater manchester and north wales. there are more than 190 flood warnings in place — four of them severe. in wrexham, emergency teams worked through the night to protect a warehouse where the covid vaccine is being stored, and this morning the prime minister visited didsbury to defend the government's record on funding flood defences. jon donnison has the latest. in greater manchester, people woke up to find storm christoph had made its mark. with water levels continuing to rise and widespread flooding. over night as temperatures dropped, what started with strong winds and heavy rain turned to snow. the river mersey near didsbury full to bursting point. police were going door to door, evacuating homes. we have been living here 33 years and we have never had it as bad as this. we have been told to evacuate. however, durin

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. from next week, anyone entering the uk — whether you live here or not — will have to have tested negative for covid—19 no more than three days before arriving here. children under 11, lorry drivers and travel from ireland will be exempt but passengers from countries not on the uk's approved list will still have have to quarantine when they arrive. the lockdown in wales is to remain in place for at least another three weeks. the first minister, mark drakeford, has also warned some measures may need to be strengthened. he said that, unless there was a significant drop in cases soon, school and college students were likely to continue their education online until the february half term. officials say the number of people with coronavirus in hospital in scotland is now higher than it was at the peak of the first wave in april. the total is 1,530, compared with 1,520 last spring. the number of deaths registered yesterday is 93, the highest daily total during the second wave of the vi

sophie long reports. the pressure on los angeles�* healthcare system has reached a new, dangerous and desperate levels. ambulance teams have been told not to take those unlikely to make it to hospital. and doctors must decide who should receive the shrinking supplies of oxygen. heartbreaking choices for medical workers and for the families of the hundreds dying here every day. nurse bernie duran is both. covid claimed his father leo's life just after christmas. the hardest thing, seeing my father on facetime, that was really difficult. you see it on the news all the time, but when it happens to you, and you see the loved one that you can't help, you can't hold their hand, and just so that you know that you're there for them, that was very, very difficult. the risk of contracting the coronavirus here in los angeles has never been greater than it is now. one in five people tested are testing positive, that is four times the number doing so just two months ago. and public health officials are warning that

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. rangers and celtic have marked the 50th anniversary of the ibrox disaster, in which 66 fans died in a crush at the glasgow stadium, with wreaths laid outside the ground. the old firm derby today ended with rangers winning i—0 and extending their lead at the top of the scottish premiership. here's chris mclaughlin. in a city often divided by football, unity in remembrance. in 1971, a crush on a stairway left barriers crumpled, 66 men, women and children dead, and countless families in mourning. today's silence and a since—modernised ibrox could only be observed by players and staff. a new year of hope, yes, but coronavirus still dictates. when play started, it was celtic who set the early pace. there was no way past allan mcgregor, though. but the game changed after this, bitton brought down morelos, and his side's chances, as he was sent packing. the goal when it came shortly afterwards was scrappy. callum mcgregor shouldering the ball but not quite all of the blame. the damage ha