from storm arwen continues a much calmer day of whether today but an icy start for some, wintry showers in the forecast but some awesome sunshine as well. goals galore for liverpool as they go second in the premier league. diogojiota scores twice asjurgen klopp s side see off southampton 4 0. it s sunday 28th november. our main story: borisjohnson has announced measures to reduce the spread of the new covid 19 variant, omicron, after two cases were detected in the uk. all travellers entering britain will now have to take a pcr test within two days, and must self isolate, until they test negative. all those who ve been in contact with someone who has the omicron variant will also have to self isolate for 10 days, regardless of whether they ve been vaccinated. face coverings will once again become compulsory in shops and on public transport in england from next week. in scotland, wales and northern ireland they re already mandatory on public transport and in many indoor areas.
and from cows to coding. we meet the woman with a remarkable career that began on a farm in rural illinois and has taken her all the way to the shining lights of silicon valley. and with polls now open in the uk general election, we promise a politics free programme. so let us know what you make of the stories we re covering today. get in touch in the usual way. use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. when we say politics free, we do refer to the uk election and not the politicking going on at the moment in the middle east. we start in the gulf state of qatar, where concerns are growing about the economic fallout after neighbouring arab states cut off diplomatic and trade ties over its alleged support of terrorist groups, something doha denies. late wednesday, top credit rating agency standard and poors cut qatar s credit rating, with a warning it could be cut further still. its stock market is down almost 10% in the last three days, and its currency
Maybe even as far as summer. no one can really plan anything with any certainty right now, can they? that is the problem. certainty right now, can they? trust is the problem. one of the best aspects of any holiday, anyjourney is the anticipation but instead of that i see lots and lots of apprehension in people who have got christmas and new year, early 2022 skiing holidays booked. at the moment, switzerland has put on quarantine people coming in from the uk because we have omicron here. and that means that, of course, geneva, the key gateway for many of the french and swiss alps is very uncertain at the moment. but, please, if you are watching this, if you have a trip booked, i understand you have a trip booked, i understand you are feeling anxious about what is happening, don t do anything hasty, because if you make a change if you decide, ok, that needs to be