Head overseas in the first legal foreign holidays for months. Ijust want i just want to ijust want to get to the villa, get out in ijust want to get to the villa, get out in the ijust want to get to the villa, get out in the sun! the weather has been so awful out in the sun! the weather has been so awful in out in the sun! the weather has been so awful in the uk. As fighting between israel and palestinian militants enters its second week, the us urges both sides to ensure the protection of civilians. And prince charles says plant a tree to mark the queen s platinum jubilee next year. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel back on track, horse racing s the first sport to welcome back spectators, with lockdown restrictions being eased. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news at one. Borisjohnson has urged people to exercise a heavy dose of caution as many covid restrictions are lifted across england, wales and much of scotland. The changes come amid growi
Off the uk green list. For travellers who d hoped to get to one of the very few options for european holidays, it s a bitter blow i m gutted, really. But, anyway, it is what it is. I understand. But we can t quarantine. We are trying to change flights as i stand. But it s not likely that i ll be able to go. Greece, along with spain, france, and italy, all remain on the amber list, meaning ten days quarantine on return, and two covid tests. As the travel industry reacts with dismay, we ll be asking if this is a foretaste of a stop start summer for british holiday makers. Also tonight. The squalid barracks in kent where hundreds of asylum seekers got covid. The high court says the government broke the law by putting them there. The mother of a 14 year old boy stabbed to death in birmingham pays tribute at the scene where he died. Fears that a burnt out cargo ship off the coast of sri lanka could spill hundreds of tonnes of oil into the sea. And a double century on his debut for new zeal
Hello, welcome to bbc news. The biden administration has unveiled its plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. To start, they will distribute 25 million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80 million by the end ofjune. Of that initial batch, i9 million will be allocated to covax, the global facility designed to distribute vaccines fairly. The remaining six million will go directly to countries experiencing surges and neighbours. They include mexico, canada, south korea, and ukraine, among others. President biden s national security adviser, jake sullivan, has outlined the criteria for vaccine distribution. We ve received requests from all over the world, and a number of important factors went into our decision about how to allocate these first 25 million vaccines. These factors included achieving global coverage, responding to surges and other specific urgent situations and public health needs and helping as many countries as possible who r
Hello and welcome. The biden administration has unveiled plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. They ll distribute 25 million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80 million by the end ofjune. Of that initial batch, 19 million will be allocated to covax, the global facility designed to distribute vaccines fairly. The remaining six million doses will go directly to countries experiencing surges and to us neighbours. They include mexico, canada, south korea, and ukraine. President biden s national security adviser, jake sullivan, outlined the criteria for vaccine distribution. We ve received requests from all over the world, and a number of important factors went into our decision about how to allocate these first 25 million vaccines. These factors included achieving global coverage, responding to surges and other specific urgent situations and public health needs, and helping as many countries as possible who ve requested vaccines. I ve bee
From india that vaccines are effective against this variant. Thousands take advantage of the new travel rules and head overseas in the first legal foreign holidays for months. Ijust want to get to the villa. She laughs. Ijust want to get out in the sun. The weather s been so awful in the uk. As fighting between israel and palestinian militants enters its second week, the us urges both sides to ensure the protection of civilians and says it s working intensively to try to bring an end to the conflict. The government condemns a series of anti semitic incidents in london and parts of essex, describing them as intimidatory and racist. And swapping cake and fizz for spades and saplings prince charles is encouraging people to plant a tree for the queen s jubilee next year. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has urged people to exercise a heavy dose of caution as many covid restrictions are lifted across england, wales and much of scotland. The changes come amid growing