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Germany calls for Europe to force Brits to quarantine as UK government opens travel
According to Boris Johnson, Britain’s vaccination drive offers “the hope of travel this summer”. But European countries aren’t exactly rushing to let Brits in.
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‘Politics is a great game of snakes and ladders’ – Andrea Leadsom MP
Andrea talks to Krishnan about her political passions including her experiences being one of the leading advocates for Brexit, why she has chosen to open up about her postnatal depression and whether she would run again for Tory leadership.
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Merkel could be prepared to pay EU countries to quarantine British tourists, German MP says
We spoke to the German MP Alexander von Lambsdorff, who spent many years in the European parliament where he led the European Liberals and Democrats group.
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Brits should have the chance to go abroad, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Huw Merriman who chairs the Commons Transport Committee, and began by asking for his reaction to the German proposal to make all UK visitors to EU countries quarantine for two weeks on arrival.
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Government advisors say UK failing to deliver climate change policies
Despite setting bold and ambitious targets on tackling climate change – the government’s independent advisors say ministers have failed to come up with the policies to make them happen.
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Energy minister defends government record on climate change
I spoke to Anne-Marie Trevelyan – who’s Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, and asked her whether she thought we have a coherent enough plan to persuade the rest of the world to follow us at the COP summit in Glasgow.
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Afghan president prepares to meet Biden, as UN expresses alarm at Taliban gains
President Biden is meeting his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani tomorrow in the White House with a promise of millions of dollars of humanitarian aid and billions more in security assistance.
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Batley and Spen by-election: Labour fights to hold off Tory challenge
Labour is fighting to hold off a challenge from the Conservatives in next week’s Batley and Spen by-election.
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Ethiopia military admits carrying out deadly Tigray airstrike as country faces growing risk of famine
Ethiopia’s military has admitted it carried out yesterday’s airstrike on a busy marketplace in the northern Tigray region – which locals say killed dozens of civilians.
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Rescuers search for survivors after building collapses in Miami
An extensive rescue operation is underway in Surfside, near Miami Beach in Florida, after a 12 storey block of flats collapsed, leaving at least one person dead.
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More than two million people may have had long Covid, study suggests
More than two million people in England may have suffered some long-lasting symptoms after having coronavirus, a new study has concluded.
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Britney Spears attacks ‘abusive’ conservatorship
Britney Spears says she was left traumatised and humiliated for 13 years by an “abusive” arrangement which gave her father control over her career, estate and most of her personal life.
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UK government adds more countries to green list for travel
The UK government has confirmed that a handful more countries have been added to the green list for travel and there are plans for fully vaccinated Brits too.
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New road building to be stopped in Wales to reduce emissions
The Welsh Government has announced a freeze on the building of new road projects while it reviews their environmental impact.
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Young medics leaving Lebanon as country teeters on brink of collapse
Lebanon is a country teetering on the brink of collapse. The optimism of the revolution in 2019 has now almost totally dissipated and the economy is in freefall.
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Police used ‘justified’ force on man who died, inquest jury finds
In CCTV images played in court, Andrew Hall shouts, “Help me – I’m being killed.”
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Donaldson becomes DUP leader after Poots’ resignation
In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party is getting its third leader in two months.
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‘Trench warfare’ breaking out between Johnson and Sunak
The government borrowed another £24 billion in May, and while the deficit is falling, the sums involved are still eye watering.
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‘You can’t fix NHS without fixing social care’, says Jeremy Hunt
I spoke to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee – and former Health Secretary – Jeremy Hunt.
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Holding Euro finals at Wembley risks seeding Delta variant in other countries, Prof Christina Pagel says
I spoke to Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician specialising in health research at University College London.
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UK government ‘working on’ plans for quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated
There was frustration from the tourism industry today over the slow pace of reopening of international travel.
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Autistic man wins payout over ‘horrific’ care he received from charity
The sister of a man with autism, who received a payout from his supported living provider after they were accused of neglect, has said there are “so many failings” across the “whole” care system.
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FactCheck: do Covid vaccines affect periods?
The MHRA says the current evidence “does not suggest an increased risk” of menstrual disorders.
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Debate: Are we fighting a losing battle against knife crime?
We asked the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police to come on and discuss the issue, but were told no one was available. We talk to Shadow Policing Sarah Jones, Conservative MP David Simmonds, and Leroy Logan, a, retired superintendent who spent 30 years in the Metropolitan Police.
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Chinese govt is ‘attacking the free press’ in Hong Kong, says advisor to jailed Apple Daily founder
Mark Simon is an adviser to Jimmy Lai, the founder of Apple Daily, who’s currently in prison, and joins us from New Jersey in the United States.
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Ethiopia elections billed as country’s first test of democracy
In Ethiopia, 37 million people are going to the polls in elections that are being billed as the first test of democracy in the country.
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‘The costs of inaction are greater than the costs of action’ on climate crisis, says Green MP Caroline Lucas
We talk to Green MP Caroline Lucas.
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‘We have to do something about it now’, US climate scientist warns
Dr Ben Santer is an atmospheric scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US.
