it's a major tournament the best countries in europe _ tournament the best countries in europe are — tournament the best countries in europe are in that tournament and puts us— europe are in that tournament and puts us on— europe are in that tournament and puts us on the same platform as spain. _ puts us on the same platform as spain, france, italy that has greater— spain, france, italy that has greater basketball and that's what we want _ greater basketball and that's what we want to build in our country. the governing body for uk athletics says it's committed to changing a policy which allows coaches who are found guilty of abuse, to return to work once their ban has elapsed. almost 2,000 athletes have signed an open letter saying abusers should face lifetime bans. if you remove the word coach and replace it with doctor, these things would not be happening. athlete welfare has been under the spotlight like never before. but serious concerns have recently been raised about short—term suspensions being given to athletic coaches found guilty of abuse. one athlete of a band coa

in europe, the uk and italy have lost the most lives to the virus. africa appeared to have escaped the worst in the first wave. but the regions cases have been going up since mid—september especially recently. there is concern that the more transmissible variant found in south africa may be to blame. all eyes are now on israel where there are positive early signs of the effect of the vaccines on hospital admissions for the 60 plus age group. the country has been vaccinating at the fastest rate per capita with one in four israelis so far receiving shots. but vaccinations in the worlds poorest countries will not even start until next month. from monday anyone arriving in the uk will have to have proof of a negative coronavirus test and will also still have to self—isolate for at least 5 days. the prime minister, borisjohnson has announced the new tighter border restrictions to try to protect the uk from any new strains of the virus that are emerging. new infections are finally coming down across britain but still remain high. more than 12 hundred d

across europe infections reached while vaccination stumbled. this was belgium's largest vaccination centre. when we visited at the end of february — empty. now they are vaccinating nearly 3000 people a day. i think it's a bit busier than the last time we met each other, so it's good news. we are really doing well now. we have eight hours a day that are very well filled, so we are also at a very good, smooth capacity, good flow, as you can see. early on there were production delays, glitches and supply chains, and these put europe massively behind, but in the past couple of months there has been a remarkable turnaround. the vaccines are flowing freely, and more than a third of people in europe have now had their first dose. at this estate in neighbouring germany, authorities are trying to vaccinate everyone regardless of age. at one point, the country was sitting on masses of unused doses, but this week it administered a record 1.3 million vaccines in a single day. the crowded estate, which is home to a0 nationalities, has been a hotspot for i

the omicron variant of the covid—19 virus is exploding throughout europe. it is here, it is in our country and we're going to see a massive rise in infections. in ireland, all restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres will have close at 8pm from sunday, although weddings for up to 100 people will be allowed until midnight. the government's promising new financial support companies after warnings the new rules could cause up to 70,000 job losses. this was the scene at london's eurostar late on friday as brits rushed to try to get over to france before it closed its border to uk passport holders. the french government has banned major public parties and fireworks displays on new year's eve, and the army has been brought in to help with boosterjabs and ministers have approved the use of vaccines for children from the age of five. record numbers of new cases in denmark have brought restrictions on restaurant opening hours too, and cinemas, theatres and concert halls are closing. in switzerland from monday, you'll have to show proof of vaccination or recovering fr

not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. yes, it is a problem of the whole world. a humanitarian crisis affecting everyone... our correspondent fergal keane is on the island of lesbos and sent this update. the pope came here with a profound message about the treatment of refugees. in essence, he said, recognise their humanity, nothing can be gained from building more walls, but much has changed since he first visited in 2016. we now live in a europe where fences have gone up, where pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea including here from the island of lesbos have become commonplace. from croatia to hungary to the english channel, there are continuing stories of refugees in distress. what pope francis wanted to do here today was to focus not just the attention of greek authorities or indeed the european union, but global attention on the problems that face refugees. he's calling for an end to what he has long complained about, a culture of selfishness, of self interest, of individualism, and asking for people once again t

these are covid—19 tests from amazon staff right across europe. we decided during the covid outbreak that we really needed to maximise their protection to make sure that they were safe working in the fulfilment centres. and so the purpose of this laboratory is to test them for the presence of covid—19 virus. these medical samples are the full tests that you'd normally have to go to a government centre for. but amazon have been testing their own workforce since september, and processing the results in—house. very much our results correlate with the rest of the world, so we do see how our fulfilment centres are within those communities and so we do see the same trends as the rest of the uk and the rest of europe across time. at the nearby giant warehouse, staff are queuing for their voluntary tests before they go on shift. like that, then go like that. it's an investment of billions. we normally have a rota, so it's a regular basis... so i asked the regional manager, neil, if this is a trial run for medical testing for their customers. this isju

not long to wait until europe and america tee off at the start of the ryder cup. the opening ceremony with both captains making the speeches, you're on the defending champions and their opponents heavily fancied and facing questions over the team spirit. relaxed and ready to go. if europe's players are feeling any nerves, while judging players are feeling any nerves, whilejudging by players are feeling any nerves, while judging by the team photo, players are feeling any nerves, whilejudging by the team photo, you would hardly have guessed that. but then spirit is their speciality. they've won four of the past five writer cups and most recently in paris in 2018. inspired by the man known as the postman, they say he always delivers in three years on, europe's talisman can hardly wait. any opportunity you have two grab hold of that trophy when it's on a waste oil is pretty magical. we are really nearly go time it is no better feeling that i've ever had in picking up on the first team at ryder cup. but picking up on the first team at ryder cup-— picking up on the fi

so i don't understand why europe cannot be supplied by those factories. i don't understand why some countries have to have a huge delay. and they are talking about 50% less vaccines during for two weeks without and other countries have doing i don't have any delay. it's i don't know why the delay are being punished by pfizer. thank you so much for your time. it's estimated that two million people have died with covid—19 since the disease first emerged a year ago, that's according to figures compiled byjohns hopkins university. the united states remains the worst affected country with almost three—hundred and ninety—thousand deaths, followed by brazil and india. in europe, britain and italy have lost more lives to the virus than any other countries. meanwhile, the head of the world health organization says the world is at a defining moment in the coronavirus pandemic. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said nations are failing to break chains of coronavirus transmission at community and household levels, and putting health care systems under immense strain.

well, we appreciate we have the green pass, at least within europe, which makes travelling much easier between european countries, especially in the holiday season, and we would appreciate if we were to have such a system also for third—party countries outside of non—schengen, especially when it comes to long haul destinations. foreign tourists are beginning to return to this vienna cafe, but every european country currently has its own rules on granting entry to travellers. the eu says countries like britain are working with them to try and align covid documents, but with concerns about the delta variant rising, free travel for non—eu tourists could be some way away. bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. new research suggests that covid—19 may be common in cats and dogs whose owners have the virus. scientists in the netherlands and canada found that most of the pets who were infected were asymptomatic, or showed very mild symptoms. pet owners who test positive should avoid close contact with their animals so they don't pass on the infection. the original source code for the world wi

.— the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth _ the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth wave, _ the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth wave, we _ the places in europe. there is talk of this fourth wave, we should - of this fourth wave, we should be all right to the winter period? tt we compare it to places like germany, we know that they've had strict regime of trying to control the virus and coming into the winter months, they had much lower levels of virus circulated in the population. and because we haven't, you can criticise whether we have or haven't irv that's the right approach, irrespective of that argument, with that has done is put reasonable levels of it will be short—term immunity to those vulnerable people are particularly those younger people who have been a hotbed for virus circulation and of course, overtime, hotbed for virus circulation and of course, over time, that immunity will wane and therefore, we won't see cases significantly full but i don't anticipate

our europe correspondent, jean mckenzie, has the latest from brussels. what we are expecting here in brussels today is for eu ambassadors to make two decisions. the first decision is about whether to put the uk onto its equivalent of a green list. this would end the ban on nonessential travel to the eu as a whole. essentially, it would mean holidays here from an eu perspective were allowed again. then you had a second decision about what to do about people who had been fully vaccinated. should fully vaccinated people be able to come to europe this summer without any restrictions? without needing to have a test or needing to quarantine? these things are going to be discussed. we might get a decision on one, both or neither. when we saw what happened with portugal as far as lifting those restrictions for british travellers being able to go, there was some concern about the eu not acting collectively, that they didn't have a coordinated approach. this is some attempt to have a collective view on what those restrictions should be right across the block. abso

i countries like in europe or latin america.— countries like in europe or latin america. i think that was an interesting _ latin america. i think that was an interesting situation - an interesting situation earlier on and it was puzzling for many people because to be quite honest, people really thought that would be the seat of the epidemic but fortunately for most of sub—saharan africa they managed to move through that time relatively well. what we are seeing right now is essentially due to the delta variant, while it has been isolated in 16 countries, it is more widespread than that and we know it is 30— 60% more transmissible than the prior variant that was in south africa. we have a tremendously transmissible virus under the continent right now and that combined with fatigue from social isolation and lockdowns, it is combining to be a potent and deadly mix. find it is combining to be a potent and deadly mix.— it is combining to be a potent and deadly mix. and key to all of this and _ and deadly mix. and key to all of this and the _ and deadly mix. and key to al

a continental europe, were in the milderair. a of continental europe, were in the milder air. a of cloud coming in on the south westerly breeze and some outbreaks of rain across scotland which will be quite heavy into northern ireland in northern england and wales through saturday. for scotland and northern ireland plus three showers in high across the area here as well. you'll see some patchy rain south into england and wales is going to the evening but the main feature of saturday evening sweater is that there are some firework displays and it will be very windy and these are some of the wind gusts in the overnight and into sunday, some gusts 16 and 70 mph on the coast seer with some high tides and some big waves, dangerous conditions in coastal areas and close to this area of low pressure pushing and plenty of showers overnight and into sunday, gradually during sunday, the showers in the wind will ease but it does stay blustery across the uk with some showers and western areas with thicker cloud, plenty of say spells to the east and still on the mild side of average. it wil

andrew murray thinks europe need more players to break there before then. l europe need more players to break there before then.— there before then. i think the next batch of ryder _ there before then. i think the next batch of ryder cup _ there before then. i think the next batch of ryder cup players - there before then. i think the next batch of ryder cup players come l batch of ryder cup players come from, that's one question you would probably ask of the european talks. where are the next lee west woods? there is no obvious answer to that, a couple of guys from denmark perhaps and maybe robert mcintyre the young scots player, but there's nobody really threatening that top 30 or a0 in the world. the american system which produces all of those great players over there is obviously coming to the fourth. england all rounder has retired from test cricket saying that the intensity of the format of the game can be too much sometimes. he made his to be years ago and was capped 6a times. the 3a —year—old beach 2,000 test runs and 100 wickets back last essential contract years ago an

so we try to look in europe, see if we can get something similar. it’s look in europe, see if we can get something similar. it's happening, because in order _ something similar. it's happening, because in order to _ something similar. it's happening, because in order to avoid - something similar. it's happening, because in order to avoid checks i something similar. it's happening, | because in order to avoid checks on the island of ireland, the brexit agreement with the eu included a compromise which means northern ireland continues to follow some eu rules unlike the rest of the uk. plants are just one of many types of goods that now need new documentation in order to be sent from britain to northern ireland. borisjohnson previously played down the idea that there would ever be a new —— new trade border in the i receive. another the rules are reality, it's affecting lots of everyday products, especially shipments of food. in the red tape is set to increase in april when a grace period comes to an end. the government is asking that you to push back the deadline by nearly two years

europe braces itself for around you. europe braces itself for a third wave — around you. europe braces itself for a third wave of _ around you. europe braces itself for a third wave of coronavirus - a third wave of coronavirus infections, with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. science advisers warn that some holidays overseas are extremely unlikely this year, because of the risk of bringing coronavirus variants back to the uk. protesters opposed to the lockdown march through central london, police have made several arrests. a volcano has erupted close to rhett kubik, the first eruption in that area of iceland for 800 years. now

but across southern europe, it's a different story — it's been an exceptionally hot week, with that heat now migrating westwards. the orange colours on this chart show places where temperatures will be well above the average. in parts of southern spain, we could be looking at temperatures as high as 47 celsius because high pressure is trapping the heat in place. but for us, low pressure is close by — that means some brisk winds, some rain at times but not all the time, and temperatures will struggle especially across northwestern parts of the uk. and here through friday, we will see some quite hefty showers working through — some heavy, some thundery, especially widespread across the far northwest of scotland. further south and east, many parts of england and wales will be dry with just the odd shower here. and while there will be big areas of cloud floating past, there will also be some good spells of sunshine. but it's breezy for all of us, especially windy up towards the northwest, and top temperatures in glasgow ofjust 17 celsius. could get to 22 or 23 across parts of eastern and

cool, fresh air across— contrasts in europe. cool, fresh air across the — contrasts in europe. cool, fresh air across the north _ contrasts in europe. cool, fresh air across the north west _ contrasts in europe. cool, fresh air across the north west but - across the north west but temperatures _ across the north west but temperatures into - across the north west but temperatures into the - across the north west but. temperatures into the high across the north west but - temperatures into the high 30s across— temperatures into the high 30s across eastern— temperatures into the high 30s across eastern areas. - temperatures into the high 30s across eastern areas. then - temperatures into the high 30s . across eastern areas. then humid temperatures into the high 30s - across eastern areas. then humid air -ot across eastern areas. then humid air got outied _ across eastern areas. then humid air got potted in — across eastern areas. then humid air got potted in across— across eastern areas. then humid air got pulled in across northern - got pulled in across northern germany�

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tensions and covid cases are rising in europe. as countries reimpose restrictions, there's anger over the handling of the pandemic. authorities in wisconsin will bring homicide charges against a man accused of driving his car through a holiday parade, killing five people. police say the man acted alone, and it wasn't a terrorist attack. britain's parliament votes through controversial plans for the future funding of social care in england. and we hear from the malaysian rapper whose music has been banned in mainland china. live from our studio in singapore.

elsewhere, manchester united will face the spanish side granada who've never been in europe in before. the draw for the semi's was also made, so if united make it through, they could face ajax — the team they beat to win the trophy in 2017. arsenal are in line for a possible meeting with dinamo zagreb, who knocked out tottenham. the champions league quarterfinal draw has also taken place with liverpool set to play real madrid in a repeat of the 2018 final. chelsea will take on porto, and defending champions bayern munich will play paris saint germain in a repeat of last year's final. the winner of that one will face either manchester city or borussia dortmund in the semi—finals. it means dortmund's erling haaland, one of the most in—form strikers in europe, will come up against the side his father used to play for. the numbers speak for themselves. so, of course, we have the best record in the world right now at his age. so, isaw record in the world right now at his age. so, i saw a few games, honestly, i didn't have much time, but i saw highlights come in the numbers in the cha

and asia into _ supply—chain comes from europe and asia into europe, and that is bogged down _ asia into europe, and that is bogged down by— asia into europe, and that is bogged down by the necessary import bureaucracy at our ports of entry. the antithesis is also true, so the stuff— the antithesis is also true, so the stuff we _ the antithesis is also true, so the stuff we sell into europe, which there _ stuff we sell into europe, which there is— stuff we sell into europe, which there is a — stuff we sell into europe, which there is a lot more then we get credit— there is a lot more then we get credit for. _ there is a lot more then we get credit for, that has the same issue in europe — credit for, that has the same issue in europe and after germany told france _ in europe and after germany told france to— in europe and after germany told france to get back in its box and allow— france to get back in its box and allow this— france to get back in its box and allow this to happen, then it seems to be _ allow this to happen, then it seems to be working quite well. bu

one of thoseissues europe was forjohn major? one of those issues where he is pulled into different may not is statesman and his party political hat? i different may not is statesman and his party political hat?— his party political hat? i think to a decree. his party political hat? i think to a degree- i _ his party political hat? i think to a degree. i think— his party political hat? i think to a degree. i think boris - his party political hat? i think to a degree. i think boris johnsonl his party political hat? i think to | a degree. i think boris johnson is a degree. i think borisjohnson is quite hard — a degree. i think borisjohnson is quite hard to a degree. i think borisjohnson is quite hard to pin down on covid. i think_ quite hard to pin down on covid. i think if— quite hard to pin down on covid. i think if he — quite hard to pin down on covid. i think if he wasn't prime minister and he _ think if he wasn't prime minister and he was _ think if he wasn't prime minister and he was a backbench mp i would suspect�

it is variable across europe. - uk. i haven't done this calculation. it is variable across europe. over l it is variable across europe. over ten to i2% in some of the scandinavian countries. parts of europe where the majority of health care workers have been vaccinated so i haven't done those calculations but thinking about how long it took from us from the 9th of december two now, almost heading towards a mid—late march, to get to four in ten, in some countries in europe are really below 8%, it will take some time. �* ~ , ., , , time. but the key really is the vaccination _ time. but the key really is the vaccination programme. - time. but the key really is the vaccination programme. that| time. but the key really is the l vaccination programme. that is time. but the key really is the - vaccination programme. that is what will help unlock europe the way potentially it will help unlock the uk? ., . . ., ., potentially it will help unlock the uk? ., ., ., , uk? the vaccination programme is the key measure — uk? the vaccination programme is the key measure in — uk? the vaccin

bud europe and defending this crown here at carnoustie-— at carnoustie. and the prize money has been increased, _ at carnoustie. and the prize money has been increased, said _ at carnoustie. and the prize money has been increased, said to - at carnoustie. and the prize money has been increased, said to be - at carnoustie. and the prize money has been increased, said to be the | has been increased, said to be the most lucrative on the women's tour which is no doubt grateful when the skin, what do you think you can do for that? ~ ~' ., skin, what do you think you can do for that? ~ ~ ., ., �* , for that? well, i know that it's been widely — for that? well, i know that it's been widely welcomed - for that? well, i know that it's been widely welcomed and - for that? well, i know that it's been widely welcomed and i l for that? well, i know that it's i been widely welcomed and i have for that? well, i know that it's - been widely welcomed and i have just witnessed it with my own eyes, going up witnessed it with my own eyes, going up to martin slumbers, the

well, _ continent of europe? thank you for having me. well, i— continent of europe? thank you for having me. well, i believe - continent of europe? thank you for having me. well, i believe that - continent of europe? thank you for having me. well, i believe that the i having me. well, i believe that the fact that we are trying to get back to normality in some of the activities that have now been taking place, that probably accounts for some of the increase in the numbers. and also the fact that people are somehow tired of all the covid—19 stress over the last year, that probably tends to get them to have different approaches and eventually not implement fully the recommendations of social distancing and all the others that somehow we have been having to deal with over the course of this. so i guess it is happening more or less across europe and hopefully we will manage to control it over the next couple of weeks. it is a different setting in different countries, but still there has been somehow this fourth wave that several countries are now facing. that several co

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that news comes on the day when uefa president aleksander ceferin has urged players across europe to get vaccinated as soon as possible. we should promote the vaccination, and we will. we already started to do it, but we don't have the power to force anyone to be vaccinated. but the promotion goes today and the video by my modest opinion is very good because there are only doctors speaking in the video and they explain from their point of view why vaccination is so important. and the draw has been made for next year's nations league. it's a complicated format, so let's just show you how the home nations came out. england have been placed in a tough group. european champions italy, who beat them on penalties in the euro final this summer, germany and hungary make up the four. wales have been drawn with poland, belgium and the netherlands. both england and wales would need to top their group to qualify for the semifinals. scotland face the republic of ireland, armenia and ukraine. and northern ireland will play greece, kosovo and one of cyprus or estonia. england will be hoping for an

and then being produced in europe and then being shipped outside of europe, among countries to the uk, so there is this very high demand, so it is understandable that there is an underline that is quite keen on ring fencing that for the domestic market really. i don't expect she wants to take that nuclear option, but it is also an option to encourage companies and countries to get around the table and discuss what are the options there. of course it is also a threat, and there is a question that has been raised whether that is the right way to go, what if that is discouraging companies from expanding their production capacity, if they are then may be faced with export bans, just saying you can't serve the market that you want to be serving and you might be having contracts with is not very encouraging to actually help companies scale up and situate their production sites within the eu.— situate their production sites within the eu. ., ,, i. ., ., within the eu. thank you for 'oining us. i'm joined by gwenfairjones, a retired nurse who is a volunteer at the deeside vaccination centre

champions of europe! that's who we are! champions of europe? brilliant, absolutely... look, it's brought us all back together. covid has gone out the window. it's just been amazing. amazing. well, that's not quite true. coronavirus meant only a limited crowd was allowed into the stadium in porto. witnessing a game where the rich boys of europe would play the even richer boys. and in the end, only a single goal would separate them. kai havertz doing the honours just before half—time. what a night for thomas tuchel. he only took over at chelsea injanuary, and now he's a champions league—winning manager. it's a huge step to arrive in the final. it's an even bigger one to fight your way through and make it all the way to the cup. it's a fantastic achievement, congratulations to everybody. some commiserations for manchester city. they've spent fortunes reaching their first champions league final, but still the big prize eludes them. for now, the european cup is heading back to england and to chelsea. blue really is the colour. 0ur sport correspondent 0lly foster is in p

so, scotland has recently been one of the warmest places in europe, believe it or not. through tonight, clear spells mean temperatures will dip down to 4 degrees in glasgow, maybe 3 in the southeast of england and east anglia as well. but generally speaking, another cloudy evening and night to come. tomorrow, high pressure still with us, so light winds, variable amounts of cloud floating around the uk. this is what it looks like early in the morning. notice just a suggestion of a weak weather front getting into scotland, so probably some rain there in the north of the highlands and the western isles. temperatures could get up to 1a degrees in the northeast of england, maybe around hull, this is where we're expecting the best of the sunny breaks. i mentioned how chilly it is in europe at the moment, take a look at these temperatures — berlin around 4 celsius, warsaw, just a couple of degrees above freezing. helsinki, similar weather, the same for moscow. it is not particularly warm across parts of the mediterranean as well. unsettled weather there around turkey and gre

here is a europe editor. cheering excitement ricocheted around the headquarters of germany's social democrats tonight, dismissed as political has—beens, not long ago, the smell of election victory, even if a narrow one, now hung in the air. results, though, still need to be confirmed. there he is, the man the social democrats hope will be germany's next chancellor, but this has been a very tight election, and the make—up of germany's next government is farfrom certain, despite the noise. translation: it is certainly going to be a long night, - but it's also certain that many german citizens voted social democrats. because they want a change in government and because they want their next chancellor to be called olaf scholz. confusingly perhaps, but because the vote is so tight, at a different party headquarters, the conservative candidate backed by angela merkel also claimed his right to try to form a government. although his party is looking at its worst election results since 1949. translation: we had 16

other questions being asked in poland and the rest of europe why poland and the rest of europe why poland did not learn what happened in the uk? we saw this new variant with its ferocious infectiousness taking hold in the end of last year, some people might ask why europe did not go into a stricter lockdown earlier? ., .,, , ., , earlier? there are those questions of course. earlier? there are those questions of course- they — earlier? there are those questions of course. they have _ earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been - earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been asked l earlier? there are those questions i of course. they have been asked for many months now but the government says it has been under increased or consistent should i say pressure from industry, from services, to open up and also society. the health minister himself said last night that people have a feeling already that people have a feeling already that covid—i9 has been beaten to a certain extent. they have become accustomed to it so you had these competing forces with the go

flash floods kill at least 70 people in western europe. thousands across germany, the netherlands and belgium have been forced to leave their homes with more heavy rain on the way. lebanon's prime minister designate gives up on trying to form a government, there are protests on the streets as the country's crisis deepens. we speak to survivors of abuse at the canadian schools recently found to have buried indigenous children in unmarked graves. we never talked about it, no. just kept silent. because we were afraid. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that's hit western germany and parts of belgium and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to climate change.

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. - parts of europe? at the must be a number of different factors. i - parts of europe? at the must be a | number of different factors. i think if you go to the netherlands, they're very upset about some of the restrictions of having riots and their other countries that have similar problems. the big advantage of and the united kingdom is that we got the vaccine out of the blocks very much quicker. you've seen the vaccine is waning from our systems of monitoring things and we've now vaccinated probably nearly 13 and a half million people with the third dose. the data i have seen from israel and within the united kingdom is virtually close to 98% protection against all forms of disease. clearly, it is very successful against stopping serious disease. is against stopping serious disease. is also stopping people catching it, from what we can gather and therefore, they cannot spread it. i think when it comes to international comparisons, is not easy to compare other countries directly because they are doing a million tests a day. and therefore, were going to find a lot of pe

europe in general is much faster and still in a safe way. there were some statistics recently which showed from the opening of the aviation industry that air travel in europe was at about 50% of the prequel rate normal whereas in the uk it was 16, one in six, so it is a really stark difference i went to see the uk start to benefit more from the success of vaccination programme and to get international travel opened up, still safely but were quickly. nonetheless lets talk about confidence which was mentioned did that report there. we were talking to people who just don't feel confident to go away, and i do wonder whether these changes will be enough to reassure the public and indeed if things were opened up more quickly, whether that would have the desired effect that you would like to see. ., , . ., . desired effect that you would like to see. ., , . , to see. consumer confidence is something _ to see. consumer confidence is something that _ to see. consumer confidence is something that is _ to see. consumer confidence is something that is v

well, it's clear that europe as a region is movingl that europe as a region is moving faster than several other parts of the world, despite it being through the world, despite it being through the tragedy of lockdowns and high death rates recently. but it's opening faster because it's being led by the need to get that economic growth going. travel and tourism contributes over 10% of europe's gdp, so it's vitalfor many countries like greece, portugal, spain and france to see tourism open far quicker than was expected. the uk, though. _ far quicker than was expected. the uk, though, looks like it might be a bit slower than parts of mainland europe at the moment at least. i think the uk is being too cautious. it could be opening far faster from may the 17th, but it's likely we're going to see some 15 or so countries open up to uk travellers directly on the green list that the prime minister and the cabinet is due to announce. it should be opening far more. we had pretty tough to restrictions in place in terms of form filling, testing when you come back into the uk, and what we're seeing is o

. _ sitting across europe? we are definitely worried. of - sitting across europe? we are definitely worried. of the - sitting across europe? we are | definitely worried. of the good sitting across europe? we are - definitely worried. of the good news is, we know what to do. let's look at the positive side. portugal, spain, recently they're implementing what i call a vaccination plus spot. they are vaccinating their boosting, and also implementing the basic measures like masks, average 40% of the european population is wearing a mask indoor and evening percentage above that will have an immediate effect, much more attention will be paid to ventilation and finally, to new treatment protocols which will have to be standardised.— have to be standardised. austria wants to make _ have to be standardised. austria wants to make vaccinations - wants to make vaccinations mandatory. how wise is that we are already seeing people on the streets protesting about the new lockdown severe imposing?— severe imposing? confidence complacency _ severe imposing? confidence complacen

europe. we have long been concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we've seen it happen before and we see it happen again. us senators agree to extend the country's ceiling for two months, avoiding a possible default on the country's national debt. the un secretary general called vaccine in equity immoral and stupid and calls for a 40% of people in all countries to be vaccinated by the end of the year. newcastle united fans celebrate a takeover by a saudi lead consortium in a deal worth more than $400 million. and after ten novels and praise for his uncompromising work on the effects of colonialism, tanzania's abdul razat gurnah is shocked to win the 2021 nobel prize for literature. you know, these days you get these cold calls, i thought, this is another one of them. and i picked it up and this guy said, "hello, you have won the nobel prize for literature." and i said, "come on, get out of here!" hello, a very warm welcome in america and around the gl

no, not reall . get it over to europe? no, not really- they — get it over to europe? no, not really. they are _ get it over to europe? no, not really. they are smaller- get it over to europe? no, not - really. they are smaller producers, smothered growers, and a lot of those now right throughout the uk have turned their back on europe as a market, which they never thought they would do. they are just not geared up, they don't have the company infrastructure to cope with the vast amounts of paperwork. and of the extra costs, they are being priced out of the market. the south-west — priced out of the market. the south-west saw _ priced out of the market. the south-west saw a _ priced out of the market. the south—west saw a bumper summer for tourism, mechanically domestic market take up the slack. irate tourism, mechanically domestic market take up the slack. we have never seen — market take up the slack. we have never seen a _ market take up the slack. we have never seen a sales _ market take up the slack. we have never seen a sales like _ market take up the slack

lip similar results, the uk is no longer a standout in europe.— a standout in europe. up while we look at these _ a standout in europe. up while we look at these numbers, _ a standout in europe. up while we look at these numbers, we - a standout in europe. up while we look at these numbers, we are - look at these numbers, we are talking about rates rather than absolute numbers? this talking about rates rather than absolute numbers? this business of comarin: absolute numbers? this business of comparing countries _ absolute numbers? this business of comparing countries has _ absolute numbers? this business of comparing countries has been - comparing countries has been difficult but this is the analysis you were to comet since the start of the epidemic, experts have said look at age—adjusted all caused mortality rates, and this is that analysis. so you would pay more attention to that rather than the daily numbers and going on websites and comparing one country against another. but doesn't tell the whole story because 2020 is at the whole epidemic. authority the covid d

you know, in other regions, such as europe, and elsewhere. this is where we are looking at massive inequities emerging from.— looking at massive inequities emeruainfrom. ., , ., ., emerging from. what can be done to address these _ emerging from. what can be done to address these inequities? _ emerging from. what can be done to address these inequities? i - emerging from. what can be done to address these inequities? i think - address these inequities? i think all countries _ address these inequities? i think all countries should _ address these inequities? i think all countries should commit - address these inequities? i think all countries should commit to l address these inequities? i think i all countries should commit to the covax facility. we need multilateral thinking in terms of availability and administration around the world. we also want to ensure that pharmaceutical companies are ensuring that they have the flexibility available to make sure these vaccine supplies can be produced and available for countries around the world loca

shutting down our borders completely to travel across europe would seem to travel across europe would seem to me to be based on an understanding of the level of these other variants in those countries. but we also need further analysis to see how the existing vaccine is being used in the united kingdom can being used in the united kingdom can be used against these. for example the south african variant, we know that the vaccine is being rolled out in the uk have at least 50% efficacy against them, and it is likely that the death rate, for example if you do get the illness, the new variants, will not be as high. in other words you have some immunity, which is still relevant to this new variant. i which is still relevant to this new variant. ., , ., , ., variant. i was wondering when you saw those pictures _ variant. i was wondering when you saw those pictures of _ variant. i was wondering when you saw those pictures of the - variant. i was wondering when you saw those pictures of the various i saw those pictures of the various protests, notjust in london on saturday but in germany and

i was travelling to europe in there. i was travelling to europe in the next few months, i would make sure that i had complaints of health insurance as well. until this is i doubt. belt and braces. belt and braces. good advice, ithink. rene, from calvin, who asks my daughter is british and attends university and amsterdam. what will change for her asa amsterdam. what will change for her as a result of brexit? well, good news. she is already living and studying in the netherlands so she would follow under the withdrawal agreement, so that is good news. this means basically nothing will change for her after the transition period if use continues to live and study in the netherlands. she will still be entitled to student finance and statutory tuition fees. so this applies even if she starts a new course after the 31st of december, 2020, so that is good news for new students. unfortunately, then it will get much mark e. so hopefully because she is already there, that isa because she is already there, that is a big advantage.

in terms of speed of vaccination roll—out in the uk and europe, europe, is there a real risk that the numbers will spike upwards again?— risk that the numbers will spike upwards again? there's always a risk, upwards again? there's always a risk. there _ upwards again? there's always a risk, there is _ upwards again? there's always a risk, there is a _ upwards again? there's always a risk, there is a risk— upwards again? there's always a risk, there is a risk of _ upwards again? there's always a risk, there is a risk of variance i risk, there is a risk of variance taking hold, there is a risk... i think we have seen a case of a worker in china who is not protected and has got covid for the second time. that could be with a different variant, it could bejust time. that could be with a different variant, it could be just because the immunity had waned, or it could be that although it has a population figure when you get a percentage of protection in the population, at— 90%, it is not every individual. some individuals will remain at risk. it is a matter of keeping the population le

health organisation's regional director for europe. he pointed out that while cases are high, authorities know how to handle the situation and what measures to implement. we are definitely worried. of the good news is, that we know what to do. let's look at the positive side, portugal, spain, they are recently implementing what we call a vaccination plus. they are vaccinating and boosting and also implementing the basic measures like masks, average 48% of the european population is wearing a mask indoors and any percentage above that will have an immediate effect, much more attention to be paid to ventilation and viability, to new treatment protocols which have to be standardised. we are hearing that austria wants to make vaccinations mandatory. how wise is that when you've already seen people out on the streets protesting about the new lockdown that they are imposing? vaccination centres, confidence, complacency and convenience. mandatory vaccination has to be really a last resort. you have to be sure that all the axis values are remo

sol absolutely key to the us's interest in europe. so i suspect absolutely key to the us�*s interest in europe. so i suspect there is a bit of a feeling in thejoe biden white house as well that making all of these threats about the pond about the northern ireland protocol that actually makes it difficult to get the sort of global collaboration we need with our european allies, rather than going for that sort of relationship that maybe britain should be focusing a bit more on building those close relationships post—brexit. i building those close relationships post-brexit— building those close relationships ost-brexit. ., , ., post-brexit. i cannot see the word breaks in the _ post-brexit. i cannot see the word breaks in the article _ post-brexit. i cannot see the word breaks in the article but _ post-brexit. i cannot see the word breaks in the article but don't - breaks in the article but don't forget — breaks in the article but don't forget the guardian did not mention breck_ forget the guardian did not mention breck to— for

the trade with europe dropped off a cliff. if it is epidemic effect why does it only apply to europe? if we want to operate in that market and we are going to have to open up somewhere on the continent and you had the same trading arrangement as last year? absolutely. that could have happened in birmingham. that would have happened in birmingham. after a year, particularly for small business expo to europe global britton remains a work in progress. half a million fake delivery texts are expected to be sent by fraudsters in the uk this week. the public�*s being advised to take extra care when clicking on links and inputting information — in what's predicted to be the busiest ever week for anti—fraud agencies. last christmas saw a record number of parcel delivery scams being reported, and this year has already seen ten times that amount. our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, has the story. tis the season for gifts, last—minute purchases and late deliveries. morecambe and wise, october 1970. and what would b