europe opening up restriction free travel, the uk needs to be following in doing that soon. as the eu discusses how to tackle the delta variant, we ask how welcome british tourists will be this summer. also tonight. trouble in the black sea russia accuses britain of provocative actions, but borisjohnson says it was right for hms defender to travel through the disputed waters. almost 100 people are unaccounted for in miami, after a building collapsed in the middle of the night. and the cosmic dawn scientists say they found the first convincing evidence of when stars began to shine. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel silverstone is set to welcome back capacity crowds, with 140,000 on their way for the british grand prix next month.
russia accuses britain of provocative actions but borisjohnson says it was right for hms defender to travel through the disputed waters. a push for more electric cars but government climate change advisers say the prime minister is failing to back up his ambitious promises to cut emissions. junk food ads are to be banned on tv across the uk before 9pm. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: silverstone will be allowed a crowd of around 140,000 for the british grand prix the largest for a sporting event in the uk since the start of the pandemic. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. millions of people hoping to travel abroad this summer look set to be
11 Mar 2021
Vaccine passport proponent and ardent Remainer Tony Blair has blamed Brexit for the EU’s vaccine woes, claiming that had not Britain left, the bloc would not be “ten weeks behind” in inoculating hundreds of millions of people.
The UK was able to take advantage of its independence from Brussels bureaucracy by launching its own vaccine procurement programmes, while the European Commission insisted on controlling contracts with drugs companies itself, on behalf of the whole bloc. In the case of AstraZeneca, the drugs firm said it signed a contract with Britain some three months before the EU, which had a knock-on effect on vaccine production at European plants.
11 Mar 2021
The EU was forced to admit that the United Kingdom had not imposed a vaccine export ban, after earlier accusing the British government of blocking exports.
On Tuesday, European Council President Charles Michel had claimed Britain had “imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines”. Brussels itself can enact export controls to stop the export of vaccines from the bloc even if produced under contract for a non-EU country.
Downing Street had called for an apology and retraction. A European Commission spokesman told
The Guardian on Thursday that the EU’s powerful executive arm accepted the allegations Britain was banning vaccine exports were not true.
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