with robert fagg, his opposite numberfrom dover. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: a return to testing and self isolation for uk arrivals, its among changes to come into force, in response to the new variant of coronavirus. in a ceremony to mark barbados s transition to a republic, the prince of wales has said that british history has been forever stained by the appalling atrocity of slavery. one of australia s biggest banks, westpac, has agreed to pay $80.6 million in penalties after the australian regulator alleged the lender had widespread compliance failures that included charging dead people for services.
we are probably the proudest people i know. and, no matter where i go in the world, i take that pride with me. no matter where we go, the world will know that we re basian to the bone. i ll be a basian till the day i die. this is still the only place i ve ever called home. barbados is one of the most prosperous and populated carribean islands. and its connection to britain can be traced back to 1627, when settlers first arrived. over 330 years later, in 1966, the queen travelled to bridgetown to mark barbados independence but the queen remained as head of state. then in 2020, barbados announced it would sever its british ties. sandra mason, who was then governor general, was unequivocal, saying, the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind and that barbadians want a barbadian head of state . and now it has one. the journalist daniel henry
opposite numberfrom dover. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: a return to testing and self isolation for uk arrivals its among changes to come into force, in response to the new variant of coronavirus. in a ceremony to mark barbados s transition to a republic, the prince of wales has said that british history has been forever stained by the appalling atrocity of slavery. we can now speak to saad omer who s director of the yale institute of global health. this new variant of know how dangerous it is, there are many, many questions and only time will tell us whether