as you said, these new rules which come in from next week, widening the exemptions. previously it was newquay citizens who had been double jab returning from an amber list country didn t have to quarantine and that has been extended to fully jabbed eu and american citizens. there are some concerns, critics have worried about whether that could open the door to people coming in with a lower level of protection, a vaccine that the uk does not approve, for example. the foreign secretary talked about these being high trust countries and said it would only apply to people who have been given a vaccine approved either by the european court us or uk regulators, ruling out people who had the chinese jab. there are also concerns about how to stop people for generally saying they ve had two jobs, there were some reassurance from dominic raab on that as well and he said it is done digitally for
than the president wants to see. he is about to announce that all government workers be vaccinated against covid 19 or be required to submit to regular testing. tote against covid-19 or be required to submit to regular testing. we have a lot of people submit to regular testing. we have a lot of people not submit to regular testing. we have a lot of people not vaccinated. - submit to regular testing. we have a lot of people not vaccinated. the - lot of people not vaccinated. the pandemic we have now is the pandemic of the known vaccinated. please, please, get vaccinated. protect yourself and your children out there. it is important. shall there. it is important. all americans there. it is important. all americans are there. it is important. all americans are being advised to wear face mats again indoors and public spacesin face mats again indoors and public spaces in parts of the country with substantial or high transmission rates, 67% of counties, up in 24 hours from 63%. some
for rainfall, the country was an average of 6% wetter. and 2020 was the eighth sunniest year recorded in the last 100 years. new defences are under construction, like this tidal barrier in lincolnshire, to cope with future storm surges. but the reality is flooding is having a devastating impact now, with some homes being flooded again and again. changes that seem small are having a very big effect on people s lives. what s interesting about this report is there is lots of data. so there are lots of temperature records and percentage changes. but what we are seeing are the impacts, the impacts to us as humans, to our businesses, to ecology across the uk. it really is being played out in front of our eyes. come rain or shine, the world will be heading to glasgow later this year for the united nations climate summit. we will find out if governments can rise to the challenge of cutting emissions to stop the worst effects of climate change.
we can see very clearly from our observations that the uk s climate is already changing. so climate change isn t something that is just going to happen in 2050, or we need to worry about towards the end of the century. we are seeing this very clearly in our observations now. the report compared the most recent three decades with the 30 years before, and found on average the uk was 0.9 degrees hotter. for rainfall, the country was an average of 6% wetter. and 2020 was the eighth sunniest year recorded in the last 100 years. new defences are under construction, like this tidal barrier in lincolnshire, to cope with future storm surges. but the reality is flooding is having a devastating impact now, with some homes being flooded again and again. changes that seem small are having a very big effect on people s lives. what s interesting about this report is there is lots of data. so there are lots of temperature records and percentage changes. but what we are seeing
is already experiencing disruptive climate change with more rainfall and sunshine and higher temperatures. silverfor team gb at the tokyo olympics as mallory franklin finishes second in the women s canoe slalom final. from monday, travellers arriving in england, scotland and wales who ve been fully vaccinated in the eu or us won t need to isolate when entering from an amber list country. in the united states, president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated or face more testing. latest government figures show that half a million fewer people are now on furlough as life gets back to normal after the lockdowns. let s return now to our main story the impact of climate change already being felt across the uk with heavier rainfall, more sunshine and higher temperatures. that s according to the state of uk climate report 2020 from the met office.