Its been a quiet year for hollywood, but the awards season is underway with female directors making history as three women are nominated for Best Director. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk over ten million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, new variants are emerging too first here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is t
You up to date on the it is time now for the travel show. Coming up on this weeks show an uphill struggle for europes ski resorts. The Lift Closures changed a lot things so people came here for Cross Country skiing. Gorgeous view. The Italian Village trying to stay on its hilltop. And the show that must go on in dubai. I have no safety, i have no harness. I cannot have mistakes. Hello and welcome to the show where its pretty safe to say, 11 months on from the start of the pandemic, travel to and from the uk has pretty much ground to a halt. Laughs. And if youre like me and you just cant wait for the opportunity to get back on the road again and see more of the world than your own front garden, then why not stick with us . We will be updating you with how the Travel Industry is trying to cope with the pandemic, plus, a bit of inspiration for things to see and do once those Travel Corridors are reinstalled and we can perhaps start exploring again. But first, its that time of the year whe
The uk government is being urged today to address Border Delays by the manufacturers association, make uk. Customs paperwork and checks introduced since brexit are leading to some disruption of imports and exports, according to their research out today, with produce going to waste because of delays. Make uk found 61 of businesses are facing supply Chain Disruption either importing or exporting to and from the eu, and nearly a third are having their Supply Chains impacted in both directions. Companies are also struggling to prove the uk origin of their goods in order to qualify for zero tariff access. Ben fletcher is director of policy and engagement at make uk. We were warned there would be weeks of difficulty, Teething Troubles, et cetera, is this not what it is . I troubles, et cetera, is this not what it is . Troubles, et cetera, is this not what it is . I think one of the critical not what it is . I think one of the Critical Issues not what it is . I think one of the Critical Issue
Between here and there. The bill faces an uncertain future in the senate. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. Some senators have already vowed to vote against it. If it does move through the senate, joe biden has said he will sign it. Proponents of the bill argue tiktok is a National Security threat and the apps 170 million us users are vulnerable to data theft by the Chinese Government. The priority is National Security and chinese access to millions of american s minds. Thats what the primary issue is. There are trade offs with that though. The former President Donald Trump used to back the idea but he changed his tune, saying while it poses a security and privacy concern, banning the app would be a boon for facebook. Which he called an enemy of the people. With that, a National Security, free speech and youth issue also becomes a campaign issue. Protesters took to capitol hill on wednesday in support of tiktok.
Calendar. Trumps new reality from the courtroom to the campaign trail back and forth. A perfect example he keynoted that g. O. P. Dinner in alabama a day after pleading not guilty to four Felony Charges in d. C. That stemmed from alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election results. Here he was railing against that last night. So this ridiculous indictment against us, its not a legal case, its an act of desperation by a failed and disgraced Crooked Joe Biden and radical left thugs to preserve their grip on power. They want to do anything they can to preserve it. In the 24 hours between arraignment in d. C. And that fiery speech last night, special counsel jack smith filing a protective order against trump seeking to prevent him from publicly disclosing details related to the d. C. Case for fear of compromising witnesses after trump posted that ominous warning on social media. Well show you again, he simply said if you go after me, im coming after you. Now, trumps indictm