hello and welcome. we start with the latest on the military coup in myanmar. the lawyer for civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, says her period of detention has been extended for another two days. it had been due to end today. the news comes after internet in the country was cut overnight, but some services have since been restored in the main city yangon. car horns blare. and more troops have been deployed in response to the mass demonstrations. many drivers expressed their anger by beeping their horns. western embassies in myanmar have called on the country s military to refrain from violence against demonstrators and civilians . this comes after reports security forces opened fire to disperse a protest. our reporter nin yah ay filed this report from yangon just before the blackout started. back on the streets for the first time since the coup, the military have returned to central yangon. tonight, the generals want to send a powerful message to those planning to take part
leaders meeting to agree that these funds, to the checks being done right now to get the money out the door, it is being done at pace and money will start flowing to businesses in the days to come, and of course there will be more of it as we allocate the additional funds we have made available. 50. as we allocate the additional funds we have made available. so, nicola sturueon we have made available. so, nicola sturgeon still we have made available. so, nicola sturgeon still taking we have made available. so, nicola sturgeon still taking questions - sturgeon still taking questions there. this is a virtual session of holyrood, the scottish parliament, as you will gather, and this has been specially convened, in light of covid, and because we are running up to new year, to hogmanay, and the first minister again urging people to stay at home more than normal, and to limit the size of your indoor gatherings to know more than three households. a lot of talk about boosters as
person to go into space. what you have given me is the most profound experience i can ever. i m so filled with emotion about what just happened. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s news day. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore and 8:00pm in washington, where president biden has been addressing global supply chain problems. suppliers around the world are struggling to cope with a rise in consumer demand, as countries emerge from pandemic lockdowns. france s finance minister on wednesday told a meeting of the international monetary fund in washington that there were shortages everywhere . and the big worry for consumers across the globe the shortages are causing steep price rises in everthing from food to energy to consumer goods. from washington, here s our economics editor faisal islam. one of the world s biggest parking lots. dozens of cargo ships just waiting in the pacific, full of goods from asia, unable to dock at full terminals in the ports of
children s life s choices? absolutely. tonight. who s watching the kids? i love social media. i ve had a digital life since i was about 13. facebook, instagram, youtube, tiktok. now, these days i almost feel my digital life is indistinguishable from my real one. i mean, if i didn t instagram it, did it even really happen? i know that advertising is a part of this, and recently i noticed the return of some old anxieties, alongside a high number of diet related ads. it made me ask, just how much do social media companies really know about me, and what impact is this having on children growing up today? i ve come to holyrood secondary, scotland s biggest high school, to ask these 11; and 15 year olds are they on their social media accounts as much as me? i could spend, like, five hours on tiktok and maybe on weekends, like, 10, 11 hours. a good few hours a day on instagram. because you just get so, like, distracted by it that everything else is like.doesn t exist for a moment.