this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm. portugal is removed from the uk green list. for travellers hoping to get to the only mainstream option 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. international travel is being scapegoated. the government says it s all about safety. we simply don t want to take the risk as we come up to 21 june and the review of the fourth stage of the
quarantine free travel to portugal will end on tuesday, as the government moves it off the uk green list. for travellers hoping to get to the only mainstream option 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. we ll be getting the reaction from the travel industry and asking whether this is a foretaste of a stop start summer for british holiday makers. also on the programme. a firearms officer tells an inquest he thought the fishmongers hall
this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm. portugal is removed from the uk green list. for travellers hoping to get to the only mainstream option 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. international travel is being scapegoated. the government says it s all about safety. we simply don t want to take the risk as we come up to 21 june and the review of the fourth stage of the unlock. ~ , . , , .,
quarantine free travel to portugal will end on tuesday, as the government moves it off the uk green list. for travellers hoping to get to the only mainstream option 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. we ll be getting the reaction from the travel industry and asking whether this is a foretaste of a stop start summer for british holiday makers. also on the programme. a firearms officer tells an inquest he thought the fishmongers hall
serious. he is with a group called concerned veterans for america. they were funded lavishly by the koch brothers. it was to privatize the v.a., to essentially abolish the v.a. it is the second largest agency in the government. it provides service to 20 million american veterans. and because the vfrpts .a. is essentially a single payer system, it is a conservative fantasy to kill it off. but the koch brothers picked it as a project and funded pete hegseth and his veterans graoup to make that a mainstream option for republican politicians. a lot of republican candidates came out in support of privatizing the v.a., thanks in large part to intense lobbying