never look at what is happening in europe. —— now a look at what is happening in europe. as we mentioned, amid rising infections, a number of countries are re—introducing coronavirus restrictions. aru na iyengar reports. countries across europe are responding in different ways to the rapidly spreading omicron virus. belgium, as it emerges from a fourth wave of covid infections, is bracing for a fifth. theatres and entertainment venues will have to close their doors on december the 26th, their busiest time of the year. translation: i absolutely agree that we should not take _ risks with public health. but, with these measures, we threaten the mental health of a lot of people. in spain, the government of pedro sanchez has increased the vaccination roll—out, extending this to children under the age of 12. mask—wearing will become compulsory outdoors for the second time. and, in the netherlands, with shops, restaurants and cinemas closed by dutch people and businesses face a very bleak christmas. rising cases mean hospitals have had to cancel other types of surgery. the

even though we aren't in europe _ bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe any _ bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe any longer. - bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe any longer. we - bring it on, i think. even though we j aren't in europe any longer. we will call it something else. let's talk about that later on. good to have you both on, thank you very much for this first look at the papers. you'll be back in about 40 minutes' time. good evening, i'm tulsen tollett with your sports news. we start with football — and manchester city have moved 15 points clear at the top of the premier league with a 4—1 win at home to wolves. an own goal by leander dendoncker handed the hosts the initiative after 15 minutes, and they saw a second ruled out for offfside just befor half time. wolves didn't have a touch in the opposition penalty box until after the hour mark, and conor coady scored to level matters. but two goals from gabrieljesus either side of a riyadh mahrez strike handed pep guardiola's

germany bans british travellers and the netherlands goes into full lockdown — as europe ramps up its fight against the spread of omicron. the uk's brexit minister, lord frost, resigns — citing concerns about what he called the government's "direction of travel." and, coming up, the bbc is in nigeria — on the trail of one of the most feared and powerful organised crime groups in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary, sajid javid, has urged us all to be cautious in the run up to christmas and says he can't rule out further restrictions as the government continues to battle the fast—spreading omicron variant. mrjavid said seven people have now died after contracting omicron and it was already the dominant strain in england as well as in scotland. sanchia berg reports. # driving home for christmas...# to the sound of christmas songs, people queued this morning forjabs outside a chilly wembley stadium. omicron accounts for an estimated 80% of cases in london now. people are trying to protect themselves and their family christmas plans. i would prefe

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

governments around europe are imposing tight restrictions in reaction to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. the netherlands has announced a stringent christmas lockdown, in an attempt to prevent a new wave of cases. all non—essential, stores, bars, restaurants and other public places are to shut from sunday under the new measures. anna holligan reports from the hague. a final flourish of festive cheer before dutch cities shutdown for christmas. department stores and toy shops weren't ready for this level of footfall. while here, a beauty salon squeezed clients in for a last—minute shave. translation: it was nice to go to the city for a little _ while before the lockdowns. translation: it's too busy i everywhere but i have to come get presents before the christmas holidays. under the new measures outlined on saturday, all nonessential stores, bars, restaurants, and other public places are to shut from sunday. essential shops, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, must close by 8pm. and as previously announced, schools are closed until at least january 9. the prime minister delive

also a shortage of gas in storage across europe. i think that says we want to be developing our own domestic renewables and the uk has the best wind resources in the world. we advocate for 107% renewables because we need electricity mix and you add other technologies on. there is no security of supply risk at the moment, so it is a demonstration of having lots of different technologies works, but a third of renewables, we are confident we should keep pushing net zero to get us off international gas and on to more domestic resources. the message for the government is, we should be investing in more of the other technologies alongside renewables. it also storage of hydrogen and other things. it also storage of hydrogen and other thin95-— other things. obviously the government _ other things. obviously the government needs - other things. obviously the government needs to - other things. obviously the government needs to do i other things. obviously the - government needs to do more. other things. obviously the _ government needs to

let's turn our attention now to europe. the search continues for hundreds of missing people in western europe after record rainfall caused devastating flooding. more than 170 people have been killed across germany and belgium. chancellor merkel is due to visit affected areas later today. 0ur europe correspondent jenny hill has more. mud sloshing in ahrweiler, everything, everyone, is covered in a thick, sticky mud. there's no power, nowhere to buy food, not much mobile reception. but they're doing what they can. willie told us they've never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents' grandparents' time. "the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes," he told us. "people tried to save their things, went into their basements and, unfortunately, got trapped. i was lucky," he said, "i could get out the back of my basement." around 100 people have died in this district alone. many more are still missing. there was so little time to run, people tell us. look at the force of this flood. and the damage it left behind. the

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

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

.— 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

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 suspectâ€

.— arriving from europe. looking at the lan arriving from europe. looking at the [an for arriving from europe. looking at the plan for the — arriving from europe. looking at the plan for the booster _ arriving from europe. looking at the plan for the boosterjab. _ arriving from europe. looking at the plan for the boosterjab. just - arriving from europe. looking at the plan for the boosterjab. just talk i plan for the booster jab. just talk us through that. it plan for the booster “ab. just talk us through that.— plan for the booster “ab. just talk us through that. it says it's got in a 'ust war us through that. it says it's got in a just war papers _ us through that. it says it's got in a just war papers which _ us through that. it says it's got in a just war papers which show - us through that. it says it's got in | a just war papers which show read vaccination programme in 2021. it's a matter of months after we will unvaccinated all adults, so pretty rapid plan to revaccinate people... vaccines will

, paint a equalfooting as manufacturers in europe, painta picture equalfooting as manufacturers in europe, paint a picture for us of what that looks like. at europe, paint a picture for us of what that looks like.— europe, paint a picture for us of what that looks like. at the moment we -a what that looks like. at the moment we pay 80% — what that looks like. at the moment we pay 80% more — what that looks like. at the moment we pay 80% more for— what that looks like. at the moment we pay 80% more for electricity, i we pay 80% more for electricity, say, than our competitors in germany, that is ongoing. in terms of this current energy crisis and wholesale prices, people would say it is a global problem but it is felt much worse here in the uk so we need government to address both the increase in wholesale prices we are paying with our competitors not paying with our competitors not paying as much, and these policy costs the government puts on our bills better when your competitors don't, they would be renewables, carbon and transmission costs, capacity charges that cost us today ar

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.

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

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

but since then, he's gone on to become one of the most prolific strikers in europe, with 2a goals for inter last season, helping them to their first italian title in 11 years. and the speculation around where lionel messi will play next season continues. the record six—time ballon d'or winner said that french side paris saint germain is just one possibility, after ending his 21—year association with barcelona, who cannot afford to keep him. well, fans in paris think they have their man. hundreds of them waited outside an airport in paris yesterday, hoping messi would arrive. there's been no sign of him yet, but plenty think he's on his way. the queen has congratulated team gb as the final olympians arrived back to heathrow, after the tokyo games came to a close yesterday. team gb enjoyed one of their most successful games with 22 golds and 65 medals in total, matching the achievement of london 2012. laura kenney, who won a gold and a silver, and also carried the flag in the closing ceremony, led the team off the plane with her husband, jason, now britain's most decorated olympian

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

europe beverly done this and.— there are some countries in europe beverly done this and. when you save ventilation, beverly done this and. when you save ventilation. a — beverly done this and. when you save ventilation, a lot _ beverly done this and. when you save ventilation, a lot of _ beverly done this and. when you save ventilation, a lot of people _ beverly done this and. when you save ventilation, a lot of people do - beverly done this and. when you save ventilation, a lot of people do not - ventilation, a lot of people do not know what you mean by that. i know that ventilation is a key factor, but how do you improve the ventilation in the school? simply o enin: ventilation in the school? simply oenin: a ventilation in the school? simply opening a window— ventilation in the school? simply opening a window is _ ventilation in the school? simply opening a window is not - ventilation in the school? simply opening a window is not an - ventilation in the school? simplyl opening a window is not an option ventilation in the school? simply . opening a window is not an o

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with the pandemic impacting travel from europe, there will be little support for the visitors. the us are favourites to win with all 12 of their players ranked inside the world's top 21. ian poulter is no stranger to upsetting the odds on foreign soil though, he was part of the miracle in medinah back in 2012, the last time europe won in america. it's on you as an individual and a player to work out how you can harness what they are given and obviously they are going to be given 99.9% of the volume to the us team. so i think it's on each player to work out how he's going to use that energy. it spur them on to get the best out of them. it's different, we don't always have it that way and this is good to be a but i think there is the ability to use their juice. in netball, england have drawn level with new zealand in their three match series after victory in the second match in christchurch. the world champions held a narrow lead for the majority of the first half but the england roses rallied in the third quarter, and by the fourth they were in control. the final score was 55—

europe to stop the third l vaccines in europe to stop the third wave through vaccination alone. even if deliveries are reliable, it will still stake several weeks before the risk groups are fully vaccinated. only then can we talk about wider openings in society. in only then can we talk about wider openings in society.— openings in society. in france, there was _ openings in society. in france, there was a — openings in society. in france, there was a rush _ openings in society. in france, there was a rush to _ openings in society. in france, there was a rush to leave - openings in society. in france, i there was a rush to leave paris before a new lockdown measures came into force at midnight. the prime minister was keen to be seen getting the astrazeneca jab after days of debate in the eu about its possible side—effects. resulting in europe's medical regulator saying it is safe. in the uk, where infections continue to fall in many areas, around half the adult population has now been given a first dose. the prime minister borisjohnson returned to the hospital in london whe

that's because wholesale gas prices across europe and notjust the uk are spiking as economies around europe are rebounding after a series of lockdowns and there is so much demand to power economies again. the government have said that they are speaking to the energy industry. they won't comment on the proposals put forward, saying they are talking to industry to ensure they protect the needs of uk consumers. shill the needs of uk consumers. all ri . ht, the needs of uk consumers. all right, thank you. teenagers whose parents smoke are four times more likely to take up smoking, according to a new government campaign. doctors have urged parents and other caregivers to give up. in a new film issued by the nhs, health experts discuss the link between adult smoking and children taking up the habit. tim muffet has the story. our children are watching what we do much more than they're listening to what we say. so if we say to them "don't smoke cigarettes" and we're smoking ourselves, our behaviour is going to have a much greater impact. a new film from the nhs aimed at parents who smoke. an

uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sgt peppers lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... president biden announces the us will donate 25 millions of covid vaccines. the uk government takes portugal off the uk green list — meaning quarantine—free travel to the country will end on tuesday. the authorities in sri lanka are trying to contain hundreds of tonnes of oil which is pouring from a stricken cargo ship, adding to a major environmental disaster. the container ship caught fire two weeks ago, and huge quantities of plastic beads on board have already spread along sri lanka's western coastline, polluting prisine beaches and threatening the country's fishing industry, as secunder kermani reports. an environmental disaster that only looks to be getting worse. after a fire broke out around two weeks ago, this huge ship, the x—press pearl, is sinking. desperate efforts to tow it furt

. - 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 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

we have been seeing concerning situations in continental europe in - situations in continental europe in terms of cases starting to go up in some countries reintroducing lockdown policies. a slightly different from last year because last year we had a situation where italy and spain and other countries in europe were about three weeks ahead of us so when we saw waves they are we saw waves in the uk a little bit later. this time we have got a very successful vaccination campaign with high levels of protection amongst the vulnerable, so we may see cases rise a little bit but hopefully because we have that high level of protection for the vulnerable population we won't see a similar rise in hospital occupancy and rise in deaths. there is this feeling _ occupancy and rise in deaths. there is this feeling or _ occupancy and rise in deaths. there is this feeling or thought _ occupancy and rise in deaths. there is this feeling or thought that - occupancy and rise in deaths. there is this feeling or thought that for the british public it is a case of jab and go. what are your concerns over th

and how about in europe? you have got a very difficult discussion now within the european union for those jurisdictions, not least ireland, that have corporation tax rates below 15%. i'm sure the decision that is made today will be very successful. this is a train that has already started and anyone willjoin the train. and are you happy that it is at least 15%, that there is some negotiation to move potentially to up that 15% to a higher rate? it is clear now that we have a figure which is 15% or more and this is the basis for the talks with others, but we will try to make the whole success in the next days with the next meetings within the oecd and the g20 meeting in venice, so this is a good summer for those who are working for fairness. and it almost feels like this is an emotional moment for you. you have worked on this for years. and i imagine when you first floated this, it was a nonstarter. the americans would never go for it, the uk would never have gone for it. it is a very important moment for me. i

as the excitement builds for the start of the ryder cup tomorrow, team europe have been attempting to win over the home fans at whistling straits. the players appeared in �*cheeseheads�* — a nod to the local nfl side, the green bay packers. on paper, the usa, are favourites to win, with 9 of the top 11 players in the world on their team, but ian poulter is no stranger to upsetting the odds on foreign soil he was part of the miracle in medinah, back in 2012 the last time europe won in the united states. i think it is on each player to work out how he will use that energy to spur them on, to get the best out of them. it is different, we do not always have it that way and this will be a new one, but i think there is the ability to use theirjuice. andy murray will find out later who he'll face in the quarter—finals of the moselle open in france — it could be the top seed hubert hurkacz, who takes on lucas pouille this afternoon. murray moved into the last eight with a convincing win over canada's vasek pospisil, who's 47 places above him in the world rankings — after winning 6

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

as energy costs surge across europe, warnings that the uk government isn't doing enough to help consumers cope with sharp rises in gas and electricity prices. good afternoon. the bbc understands no further covid restrictions in england are set to be announced today. borisjohnson is meeting with his scientific advisers as he considers whether further measures might be needed to slow the spread of the omicron variant. it's expected he'll hear about the impact on hospital admissions and nhs staff sickness over recent days. further controls have come into effect today in northern ireland and scotland. the new measures there affect the hospitality and leisure industries. in scotland, nightclubs have to close for at least three weeks, and one metre social distancing and table service has been reinstated in hospitality settings where alcohol is served. table service has also resumed in hospitality venues across northern ireland. a record number of daily cases have been recorded in scotland, we will look at that data later in the hour. table service has also resumed in hospitality venues across n

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europe's top human rights body, the council of europe, has called it a huge setback for the protection of women in and outside the country. people have taken to the streets to protest the decision. the istanbul convention requires governments to put in place national laws against abuse, including marital rape and female genital mutilation. the main opposition party has said the pull—out means "letting women be killed". but turkey's minister for family, labour and social policies said the country's judicial system is strong enough to implement new regulations. bbc�*s orla guerin reports from istanbul. well, there is plenty of anger among the crowd here. these protesters believe that this change is going to drag them and turkey back in time and deprive them of key rights and freedoms. they have been pledging that they will resist but in turkey these days there isn't much space for resistance. turkey's main opposition party has some things up like this, ——turkey�*s main opposition party has summed things up like this, saying that women will now be kept as class and will be left

europe's top human rights body, the council of europe, has called it a huge set back for the protection of women in and outside the country. the bbc�*s 0rla guerin reports from istanbul. even behind the mask, the defiance is clear. this was the response in istanbul to president erdogan�*s decree issued in the dead of night, pulling turkey out of the landmark treaty protecting women and girls. this in fact proves that the government enables these men, enables these men in their violence towards women, domestic violence, abuse, sexual harassment and murder. i felt the biggest ache in my heart and it'sjust the biggest disappointment as a woman you can feel in turkey. well, there's plenty of anger here. these women believe the decree is an attempt to drag them and their country back in time, to deprive them of key rights and protections. turkey's main opposition party has put it like this, "women will be kept as second class citizens and left to be killed." it was a very different picture ten years ago. turkey was first to proudly sign up to the treaty, ironically called the istanbul co

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

and indeed across— of people across europe and indeed across the — of people across europe and indeed across the world, and instead of concentrating on more frontiers, more _ concentrating on more frontiers, more barbed wire, more surveillance and so _ more barbed wire, more surveillance and so on. _ more barbed wire, more surveillance and so on, notjust in this country but att— and so on, notjust in this country but all across europe, what we should — but all across europe, what we should be _ but all across europe, what we should be doing is looking at the causes _ should be doing is looking at the causes of— should be doing is looking at the causes of asylum in the first place? the environmental disasters, the wars: _ the environmental disasters, the wars, the — the environmental disasters, the wars, the abuses of human rights, the property. and what are we doing to ensure _ the property. and what are we doing to ensure that the european convention and the un conventions are actually adhered to and upheld? there _ are actually adhered to and upheld? there asylum seekers are

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

in fact, beyond turkey, how are greek and europe's neighbours viewing this? for example on the islands of lesbos, cos, the five greek islands that have bore the brunt of the refugee crisis for the last six years, they are mostly concerned about any possible wave of refugees. people who live by the borders are mostly concerned that this might trigger another big wave of migration to europe. but turkey as well has been hosting large numbers of syrian refugees, about 4 million, and 117,000 afghan refugees, according to the united nations refugee agency. greece, according to our migration and asylum minister, has 40,000 afghan refugees, half of which are already identified, recognised as refugees, and 20% of these are waiting still for their asylum claims to be processed. it has been said that it is impossible to evacuate all allied afghans by august 31. this is in the context that nato has also said that we will need to, we will need an extension of that august 31 deadline. well, let's get more on this from washington. a couple of things here but one of the main

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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

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our europe correspondent nick beake reports. paris in the spring, a city where the mood is darkening. the french capital is descending into another lockdown, part of the effort to stop a third wave of the virus taking hold across europe. translation: i would say i am more pessimistic, - but that's just because we don't have an end date. the curfew is the same. we've been living like this for almost two months and it's like it's normal now, when it's not. it's all a bit sad. translation: when is this going to end? - what if next year we haven't found a way out of this? what if next year, we have lockdown number eight? that's what scares me. the rise in cases comes as europe faces a vaccination crisis. france and other big countries are once again using the astrazeneca jab after the eu drugs regulator confirmed its long—held belief that it is safe for use. at a news conference in berlin, the german health minister warned there is not enough of the astrazeneca vaccine in europe to prevent a third wave by itself. he also said a ri

widespread flooding in western europe. more than 65 people have died, mainly in germany, across the border in belgium, people in the city of liege have been urged to evacuate their houses. as foreign troops withdraw, the united nations warns of a humanitarian catastrophe coming to afghanistan. a korean palm oil giant has been expelled from the world�*s leading green certification body. the decision comes in the wake of a bbc investigation into the company�*s conduct. the korindo group, which has bought up huge swathes of asia�*s largest remaining rainforests, will no longer be able to use the forest stewardship council tree logo — a mark to tell consumers products are sourced from ethical and sustainable companies. the fsc said its relationship with korindo had "become untenable" and korindo�*s trademark licenses with fsc will be terminated from october. last year, the bbc obtained a report by the fsc from 2018, which found "evidence beyond reasonable doubt" that korindo�*s palm oil operation destroyed 30,000 h

compared to some of the other countries in europe, the uk is rolling out the vaccine very quickly. 1.3 million already vaccinated and it's not bad. there are logistical problems he heard about about the manufacturing and that shortage of glass vials for example and the need for the regulators to check every batch of the vaccine. it is difficult sometimes to get it done at the speed that everybody wants. of course he wanted everyone vaccinated tomorrow. but i think we have to bearin tomorrow. but i think we have to bear in mind that we were the first country to give approval for this vaccine. we had a vaccine transported and especial minister appointed to brought out the vaccine and we should be in a position where these things that were possibly foreseen in the past could have been dealt with by now. we would be a much better position to run it out soi much better position to run it out so i think there are logistical issues that could have been dealt they think is why we had all these people that these importantjobs trying to deal with that. i hope this temporary reduction in numbers

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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

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

. 50. pressure on health care systems across europe.— across europe. so, do you think government _ across europe. so, do you think government messaging - across europe. so, do you think government messaging shouldl across europe. so, do you think- government messaging should change, when it comes to wearing facemasks? because any body who goes out and about at the moment, we'll see decreasing number of people wearing facemasks, certainly on public transport here in the south—east of england, what is your view of that? i think we should do as much as possible to encourage people. it is difficult because when you release restrictions, the genie is out of the bottle and getting people to comply is tricky. we have seen real—world evidence in a study looking at 30 different studies around the world showing that facemasks are really effective and can reduce infection and the spread of infection by over 50%, so they do work. i think it is encouraging people to think about themselves and others in the way that facemasks can help along with the vaccines. va

the united states have beaten europe to reclaim the ryder cup. the americans, led by steve stricker, one x 19— nine in wisconsin. it is the 27th time the us team has won the ryder cup.

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. the united nations has warned hunger and fighting has made afghanistan one of the worst crises in the world. we are in the city, but in recent weeks this has become a frontline. the spaces that people can run two for safety are shrinking every day here. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that has hit western germany and parts of belgian and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least so many people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor, angel