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This is how thousands of folks in france rang in the new year despite the country facing a surge in the virus. more than 2500 people attended an illegal rave ignoring local restrictions and a nationwide curfew. police say they were met with a very unrave like violent hostility when they tried to break up the party. >> france is extending its curfew for some of the hardest hit regions at the time as well. lets talk about the u.k.

That was our richard quest there. thanks for the tour of la guardia. this is something i didnt knowment the holiday song "the 12 days of christmas" actually refers to the period between christmas day and january 5th. now, to mark the occasion, the hubble telescope and the european space agency have been tweeting out daily, spectacular images of the final frontier that hubble captured. now, for instance, on december 25th, they tweeted, on the first day of christmas, no, im not going to sing this,...

. can you imagine what the memo would be thinking now as i ask you if you wanted to be the next u.s. senator of the united states for the great state of california? >> are you serious? >> this is the official -- this is the ask, brother. >> im honored, man. and im humbled. >> and that was the most that alex padilla went from california secretary of state to californias u.s. senator designate. he will place senator kamala harris. alex padilla is joining me right now. alex, senator designate, im...

Yes, i think that this is going to cutjobs but also create jobs. there are actual people behind avatars that are still being employed and being put to work — itsjust a different type of person. but those types of people are invariably men — men who are defining what these avatars look like. meet shudu — tall, dark—skinned, slim and the first avatar supermodel. shes been hired by vogue, cosmo, mobile network provider, ee and the fashion brands balmain and ellesse. and this is her creator,...

Of the weekend, we hold on to high pressure to the west of us, lower pressure to the east, so we maintain this northerly airflow. that will continue to feed showers into coastal areas. wintry showers over any higher ground, but inland areas should tend to stay dry with good spells of sunshine. but itll be another cold day on saturday, temperatures range from around freezing to 5—6 celsius closer to the coasts. 0nto part two of the weekend, we start to see a slight shift in wind direction — h...

So basically all these cameras, theyre going to take a picture of you at exactly the same time and then were going to use process called photogrammetry to reconstruct you. so this is going to be 360, high—definition, me. these cameras are going to capture every angle of my body and face down to the smallest pore and the photos will then be processed to make an exact replica of me. so what actually is an avatar? i think generally its something thats like interactive or thats three—dimensional...

To want to kind of recreate these kind of really personal, really unique characters, but some of the things that inspire me, you know, often they are too sexualised. do you think its going to be bad for peoples body image, comparing themselves to these perfect avatars like shudu? when i created shudu, obviously my inspirations were quite unrealistic. supermodels and barbie dolls, kind of dated concept of beauty ideals. which is why i then went on to create bren, another model, once i understood ...

The nasa robot collected samples of rock. the next step is to bring them back to earth. and a discovery on the moon. an abundant supply of water was found, boosting hopes it could one day sustain a lunar base. china also embarked on its latest mission to the moon. a robotic lander gathered up rocks. it then docked with an orbiting spacecraft to return these precious samples to earth. theyre the first collected in more than a0 years. china left behind its flag. theres no doubting now that its a m...

Sunday with low pressure dominant to the south. high—pressure to the north, changing the wind direction to an easterly. it means showers along eastern coast will drive inland initially. mainly rain. the best of the dry weather in scotland and northern ireland and here we will see the best of the sunshine. temperatures 3—6. as we go into the start of next week, easterly winds. normally at this time of year they can bring bitter air but we are tapping into air from south—east europe so it wi...

He says she wont be available to his clients, but he will continue to develop her character and may even incorporate artificial intelligence. i felt weirdly defensive of my avatar when i made it. i sort of thought, "this is really fun, i want to change this". but then the thought of somebody else changing it or using it in a way that i was not in control of felt quite — not violating, but it felt weird. yeah. i mean, there is a deep trust that molly and i had. did she leave kind of an avatar w...