for the unvaccinated. and it seems to be by design. french president emmanuel macron has said previously his aim was to piss off the unvaccinated to try to get them to take the shot. other countries in europe are going even further. we know aus stree yan lawmakers have voted to make vaccines mandatory, the german government is looking to start a debate to follow suit, potentially. it s hard to imagine things looking any more different than they do across the english channel because the british government has already said that mask or that masks will no longer be required in school and that people can go back to their offices. later this week, mask mandates across the country will go away, so will the use of covid passports. they were required only for large events, nightclubs, that kind of a thing. the health secretary says the new mantra is, we need to live with covid like we live with the flu. the reason the government feels they can do that, rosemary,
and in northern ireland, students who are sitting exams with one of the largest exam boards out there are able to say they don t want to take one unit, if you are taking exams this summer, let me know what you think about the guidance being issued, do you think it will help, you can get in touch with me on twitter. and of course you can get in touch about any of the other stories we are covering today. french president emmanuel macron has said ahead of talks in moscow that he thinks a deal to avoid war in ukraine is possible and that it is legitimate for russia to raise its own security concerns. russia has massed troops on ukraine s border but denies planning to invade. moscow has made a string of demands, including that the nato defence
president macron will arrive tomorrow. he says there can be, there is the chance of a deal that can avoid a full scale war. he is the second such world leader along with president erdogan to see themselves as a mediator in this crisis, to bring russia and the west and ukraine together in some kind of agreement. ukraine was open to previous proposals that will be open to the suggestion as well but those demands you mention, this will always be the rub. russia does not want ukraine to everjoin nato and for the alliance to scale back its military operations. president macron has said ukraine s sovereignty is not up for discussion. there could be concession over the deployment of nuclear weapons but we do not know at this stage. here the foreign minister said yesterday do not listen to these apocalyptic productions, kyiv is prepared for any kind of scenario, whereas the
alliance rule out ukraine becoming a member. our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, explained the background to mr macron s comments. this is part of quite a sizeable diplomatic effort that is being staged in ukraine this week. today, there are fourforeign staged in ukraine this week. today, there are four foreign ministers arriving for talks with the government. president mccrone will arrive tomorrow, he is in a confident mood and says there is the chance of a deal that could avoid a full scale war. he is the second world leader oblong with the turkish president to see themselves as a mediator in this crisis, to bring russia and the west and ukraine together in some kind of agreement. ukraine was open to previous proposals, it will be open to the suggestion as well but those demands you mention, this will always be the rub. russia does not want ukraine to everjoint nato and for the alliance to scale back its military
west is seeing the window is far an invasion that could happen in the coming days or the following weeks. where there is some kind of consensus, although the tone is different, as the us is saying russia is 70% ready for a potential invasion whereas ukraine has always said russia does not have the troops, albeit it is an estimated 100,000 or so, troops, albeit it is an estimated 100,000 orso, not troops, albeit it is an estimated 100,000 or so, not enough to mount a full scale invasion. 100,000 or so, not enough to mount a full-scale invasion. full-scale invasion. does the fact someone like full-scale invasion. does the fact someone like president - full-scale invasion. does the fact someone like president macron l full-scale invasion. does the fact | someone like president macron is saying publicly that it is legitimate for russia to raise its own security concerns, does that help smooth the progress of any talks? . ., ., ., , help smooth the progress of any talks? ., ., .,, , , ta