hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the netherlands has embarked on a month long lockdown in response to an expected surge in cases of omicron the first european country to introduce such stringent measures in response to the new variant. non essentialshops, bars, gyms, hairdressers and other public venues will be closed until at least mid january. our correspondent, anna holligan, reports from the hague. silent high streets. a wholly locked down society. last christmas, the dutch thought covid would be under control by now. instead, the netherlands has become the first country in europe to lockdown in response to the highly contagious omicron variant. now, it feels like it s starting all over again, to be isolated and, yeah. it feels really bad. we re used to going to the cafe, to a bar and with this lockdown, it s impacted me a bit. so, yeah, it s going to be difficult. so, tomorrow i m working just to throw away a lot i of fresh food, lot
majority of british muslims are decent, kind, peaceful, generous people, and they have within their community a minority within a minority, if you like, of these islamist extremists that we need to be much more. mr islamist extremists that we need to be much more. islamist extremists that we need to be much more. mr bloom, i m sorry, we have to be much more. mr bloom, i m sorry, we have to cut be much more. mr bloom, i m sorry, we have to cut short be much more. mr bloom, i m sorry, we have to cut short because be much more. mr bloom, i m sorry, we have to cut short because the - we have to cut short because the communities secretary is now addressing the house on the government s new definition for extremism. de united kingdom is stronger because of our diversity. but our values of inclusivity and tolerance are under challenge from extremist groups which are radicalising our young people and driving greater polarisation within and between communities to further our
i strongly disagree with fitch s decision, and i believe it is entirely unwarranted. its flawed assessment is based on outdated data, and fails to reflect improvements across a range of indicators, including those related to governance that we ve seen over the past 2.5 years. other democrats used the downgrade as an opportunity to point the finger at republicans for their role in the recent debt limit fight. while republicans blame joe biden and democrats for trillions of dollars in new spending. many economists dismiss the downgrade, including jp morgan chase ceo jamie diamond, who called it ridiculous and said that the decision ultimately didn t really matter. and he may not be wrong. us treasuries, that is government ious, remain the bedrock of the global financial system, despite this latest knock to the reputation. expectations are high that it will raise rates again. if so, it could take the cost of borrowing up to a 15 year high. consumer inflation has come down more t
of the united states of america. why should americans take your presidential bid seriously? well, you know, my calling is still the same, though, which is trying to tell the truth. the condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak. so i m trying to be true to the suffering and resilience of poor and working people of all colours, and to seek justice to make sure that everyone is treated fairly and justly. but keep in mind, my brother, that my campaign is just a moment in a movement. it s just a wave in an ocean of a great tradition of a black people who produce love warriors in the face of hatred, and freedom fighters in the face of terror. and it s the spillover of that rich tradition into american electoral politics. electoral politics has been so much legalised bribery and normalised corruption, it s a decadent terrain. let s just be very honest about. colonised by big money, big lobbies, benefactors, donors and so forth. unlike england, we don t have campaign financin