hello, good to have you with us. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights from this sunday. the need for testing will be re evaluated every three months and could be reinstated if a new variant emerges. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us, where a more than a million people have died from covid. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about this latest announcement. the timing of this cannot be better for americans getting ready for their summer holidays. it means if they want to leave the country and travel to europe, they don t have to worry about getting stranded abroad. that was certainly something that the airline industry had been lobbying the administration about, saying it was creating hesitancy amongst americans who were nervous that they would then be out of pocket if they got stuck overseas with a positive
neatly to the i. some various suspects to the next specific wheezes they re trying to line up according to the bullet points, the front page of the i. according to the bullet points, the front page of the i. already we had david frost yesterday front page of the i. already we had david frost yesterday saying - front page of the i. already we had david frost yesterday saying that l david frost yesterday saying that the prime minister should expect a coup of some sort after the autumn. if he doesn t serve up bucket loads of red meat to the tory right in the intervening period. we are now seeing johnson s enemies on both the right and the centre exploring options. one they are looking at here is getting a local party chairs to hold a vote. if they can do that and mass then that would enable a trigger to borisjohnson s leadership and we know already the option is available to change the rule of the back bench, 1922 committee so that the year of protection borisjohnson has is t
that the first deportation flight can go ahead as planned next week. elsewhere, the guardian says the prime minister s new food strategy doesn t contain plans to tackle rising prices, obesity, childhood hunger or climate change with the quote missed opportunity . but the telegraph says the announcement on monday will include changes to planning laws to create more farms and increase production of fruit and veg. as well as the opportunity for poultry workers to be brought in from overseas on short term contracts. meanwhile, the i claims borisjohnson faces a new plot from conservative rebels to remove him, with the paper reporting nadhim zahawi could be a replacement. a very different story involving the prince of wales in the sun, which claims a secret deal will see strictly come dancing come live from the buckingham palace ballroom later this year. and the daily star reports on britney spears wedding. should have been the happiest day of her life. she married fiancee sam
hayfever sufferers, be in the low 20s. not good news for hayfeversufferers, it be in the low 20s. not good news for hayfever sufferers, it is the peak of the grass pollen season with high levels across many parts of england and wales. heading into the weekend, and wales. heading into the weekend, and that low pressure will slowly pull away from the uk, the winds will ease. it will still be quite windy for many of us on saturday, probably the windiest of the next couple of days with gales in the far north of scotland. again some sunshine and showers, most of them again in scotland and northern ireland, and the temperature is again reaching 22 degrees. the second half of the weekend, the winds won t be a strong and it will be a dry day in scotland and northern ireland. may stay completely dry for much of england and wales. if anything it is cooler with highs of 21 celsius. with highs of 21 celsius. darren, thank yom that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from