is no longer in government. now out of office, my grandfather never makes it to iraq and instead spends the next week meeting arab leaders to discuss recent developments. onjune 21st, my grandfather returns to beirut. retracing my grandfather s steps has brought me closer to him in many ways, and closer to the truth, but i still need to unlock the key moments of his final week. i m trying to be very, very careful here, because these are very old newspapers. i see the mention of his name, whether it s in the coup or other news.
the british prime minister borisjohnson has confirmed a delay to stage four of his roadmap out of the coronavirus pandemic in england. instead of lifting all restrictions onjune 21st as previously announced, mrjohnson said it would be put back untiljuly 19th. the delay is over concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant of the virus. he said it gives the vaccination programme a chance to reach millions more people in england. i to reach millions more people in england- in england. i am confident we will not need in england. i am confident we will not need more in england. i am confident we will not need more than - in england. i am confident we will not need more than fourl will not need more than four weeks and will not need to go beyond july 19. it is unmistakably clear that vaccines are working on the sheer scale of the vaccine rollout has made our position incomparably better than in previous weeks. but now is the time to ease off the accelerator. because by being
this is bbc news, the headlines: president biden has said he will lay down red lines to his russian counterpart in their meeting on wednesday. speaking after a summit of nato leaders, mr biden acknowledged that he faced a tough opponent in vladimir putin. he insisted the us would respond if russia acted against its interests. the bbc understands that the british prime minister borisjohnson and his australian counterpart, scott morrison, have agreed the broad terms of a trade deal. a formal announcement is expected on tuesday about what would be the first trade agreement negotiated from scratch since the uk left the eu. meanwhile, borisjohnson has confirmed a delay to stage four of his roadmap out of the coronavirus pandemic in england. instead of lifting all restrictions onjune 21st as previously announced, it s being put back untiljuly 19th, because of concerns about the delta variant first identified in india.
gabe friedman, from the jewish telegraphic agency. the british prime minister boris johnson will announce later on monday whether or not covid restrictions in england are to be lifted onjune 21st. it would ve seen an end to social distancing rules and the full re opening of hospitality venues but there are reports that a delay of up to four weeks is being considered. the main concern is the increase in cases linked to the delta variant first detected in india. our health correspondent jim reed has been looking at the data. drinks and socialising outside this afternoon. tomorrow, the government must decide whether to lift all remaining lockdown rules in england from june 21st, perhaps scrapping that limit of six people inside. the growth of the delta variant first found in india has made that call more difficult. scientists think it may spread 60% faster than the older kent or alpha version. speaking on the andrew marr programme, a government adviser
later trials will focus on allegations of corruption and breaking the official secrets act. prosecutors have begun questioning the seven members of the medical team who treated the argentine football star diego maradona before he died. a board of experts looking into his death decided he had received inadequate care. maradona died of a heart attack last november at the age of sixty, weeks after surgery to remove a blood clot. britain s prime minister, borisjohnson has confirmed a delay to stage four of his road map out of the coronavirus pandemic. instead of lifting all restrictions onjune 21st as previously announced, mrjohnson said it would be put back untiljuly 19th. the delay is over concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant first identified in india. borisjohnson said the delay would give the vaccination programme a chance to reach millions more people in england. i m confident we will not need more than four weeks.