minimalist ones. it is a maximalist candy bar. it s like if you combined all the things in a snickers bar and a milky way and a crackle bar, it s got like carmel and peanuts and puffed rice and a nougat and a cookie and a whole bunch of other stuff in there. picnic bars are like a jambalaya of candy bars. and they re delicious. they re not a big thing in the united states, for whatever reason, although i think you can get them here. i know they are very popular in lots of other parts of the world. here, for example, are picnic bars on a supermarket shelf in russia. and you can see from the little price tag looking thing there that they re listed for 14 rubles each, which is almost nothing. 14 rubles is like 16 cents in u.s. dollars. picnic bars that cheap in russia? no, actually, they re not. this was not a blow-out 16-cent sale on delicious candy bars. you see the description written there in russian. if you translate that into english, it says, this quote, russian soldiers
classic hershey s bar which just chocolate or a heath bar which is toffee in the middle and then chocolate. my favoritee is a payday bar.ay i don t even know what that is. it s basically like peanuts and goo. i don t know. but a picnic bar, on the other hand, is not one of those minimalist ones. it is a maximalist candy bar.ma it s like if you combined all the things in a snickers bar ane a milky way and a crackle bar, it s gotba like carmel and peans and puffed rice and a nougat and a cookie and a whole bunch of a other stuff in there. picnic bars are like a jambalaya of candy bars. and they re delicious. they re not a big thing in the united states, for whatever reason, although i think you can get them here. i know they are very popular in lots of other parts of the world. here, for example, are picnic bars on a supermarket shelf in russia. and you can see from the little price tag looking thing there that they reth listed for 14 ruble s each, which is almost nothing. 14 r
arriving in north east scotland later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of november. our main story. it s the start of a big week for the covid inquiry, which will hear evidence from the high profile doctors and scientists who helped to shape and explain the government s response to the pandemic. the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, whose diaries from that time accused boris johnson of chaotic leadership, will appear today, followed by professor sir chris whitty, jonathan van tam and damejenny harries over the coming days. our health reporter jim reed reports. patrick, over to you. thank you very much. numbers are increasing and they re increasing across europe and in the uk. sir patrick vallance was up there at the downing street podium in some of the darkest days of the pandemic. we re also recommending increased social distancing. that s the phrase that you hear. already the inquiry has heard extracts from his priv
thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or nine in the south. thanks, tomasz. that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust newsnight is just starting with victory on babies too but now the prime minister says tax cuts are coming . when, how might that affect you, and will it mean the overall tax burden is going to come down in the short term or not? this parliament has seen the biggest tax burden in peacetime. rishi sunak claims he s a low t
took over 200 people from israel. they have been talks in qatar. one saying only very minor obstacles were in the way of a deal. israel s ambassador to the usa a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days in exchange for a brief cease fire. we will be keeping an eye on that. we go to gaza, we will look at the hospital in the north hit by in an israeli strike. these are verified pictures from inside the indonesian hospital indonesian hospital organisations from indonesia behind it. hamas run health ministry says that at least 12 people have been killed. take a look outside hospital. tanks close by indonesian foreign minister says strike a violation of humanitarian law. whoalled israel says terrorists opened fire from within the hospital towards idf troops, 28 premature babies are out. 28 premature babies have been taken out. they were being treated at the al shifa hospital. they been moved to egypt and you can see they travelled through in these incu