hearted and humble. and rolling in the success adele s new album shoots to numer one, becoming the fastest selling album of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. coronavirus restrictions in the uk are to be tightened again after two cases of the new omicron variant were confirmed in england. from next week, face coverings will become mandatory in shops and on public transport, and everyone entering the uk will have to take a pcr test. it comes as cases of the new variant emerge in several european countries and in israel. our coverage begins with our political correspondent, iain watson. it sounds like the title of a science fiction novel the omicron variant. but this latest version of covid, complete with many more mutations, is all too real. two cases have been identified here in the uk. the scientists say they need to learn more about it, but here s the reason the government s reacting swiftly to its presence. it does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly and can
and the first to party. now potentially the first to ban arrivals from foreign countries over a period of 14 days because of this extremely transmissible variant. it has also come at a very complicated time for israel. it is right at the start of the hannukah vacation, the festival of lights, it lasts eight days with mostly unvaccinated children who are out of school taking part. subject to the government approval, taking part. subject to the governmentapproval, israel government approval, israel will governmentapproval, israel will become the first to shut its borders to foreigners and contain the spread and they will reintroduce counterterrorism phone tracking technology to trace the omicron variant around the country. and a few cases, suspected cases have been reported in israel already, one of them confirmed, one of those cases was somebody who already had their booster jab and one of the top health experts in the country was saying a few days ago that the poster campaign
and rolling in the success adele s new album shoots to number one, becoming the fastest selling album of the year. coronavirus restrictions in the uk are to be tightened again after two cases of the new omicron variant were confirmed in england. from next week, face coverings will become mandatory in shops and on public transport, and everyone entering the uk will have to take a pcr test. it comes as cases of the new variant emerge in several european countries and in israel. our coverage begins with our political correspondent, iain watson. it sounds like the title of a science fiction novel the omicron variant. but this latest version of covid, complete with many more mutations, is all too real. two cases have been identified here in the uk. the scientists say they need to learn more about it, but here s the reason the government s reacting swiftly to its presence. it does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinate
still concerned about tennis star peng shuai s ability to communicate directly and freely. and taking a journey through birmingham s musical history, a series of special maps celebrating the city. birmingham is a music city and it has been for generations. coronavirus restrictions in the uk are to be tightened again, after two cases of the new omicron variant were confirmed in england. from next week, face coverings will become mandatory in shops and on public transport, and everyone entering the uk will have to take a pcr test. it comes as cases of the new variant emerge in several european countries and in israel. our coverage begins with our political correspondent, iain watson. it sounds like the title of a science fiction novel the omicron variant. but this latest version of covid, complete with many more mutations, is all too real. two cases have been identified here in the uk. the scientists say they need to learn more about it, but here s the reason the government
investors brushed off comments from the chair of america s central bank, jerome powell, who s ruled out an interest rate cut next month. isaac poole, the global chief investment officer at 0reana financial services gave us his outlook on the interest rates and the markets earlier. what we are seeing here is the market really continuing to expect significant rate cuts from the fed and that has helped drive forward returns, as you say, this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit better than expected economic data is also helping optimism, that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so this is all bit in the next few months. so this is all about expectation for rate cuts, mr optimism because of strong earnings? i think it really does reflect rate cut expectations and a growing belief that the us can have a soft landing, because when you look at earnings growth, actual earnings growth has been slow and