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feeds has found that many sponsors have barely posted about the beijing winter olympics compared with last summer s games in tokyo. french giant atos, for example, tweeted about the olympics last year dozens of times on its twitter accounts, yet has posted almost nothing in the lead up to the games in beijing. i don t think that any of them as global brands can afford or are willing to insult the chinese government or the chinese people, they feel they re walking on a tightrope. the problem that many of these companies face that do business in both china and here in the us is actually pretty simple. they don t want to offend either side. so best not to say very much. that s what zumretay arkin from the world uyghur congress found when she approached the olympic partners. some of these companies, you know, always promote their own company and values, saying that they re aiming for inclusivity and human rights and all these beautiful values. but when it comes to china, it sjust, it s cra
member with me. but i don t want that, i want privacy. the labour mp rosie cooper, whose parents are both deaf, has proposed new laws, which the government is now backing. deaf people can do anything but you have to help them by removing communication barriers. remove those communication barriers and the world is their oyster. that is what today will begin. once passed into law, government departments will be required to report their use of bsl, and a panel of bsl users will be set up to advise ministers and officials. it s hoped this will lead to bsl being more widely used in public settings, like this monthly signed service at manchester cathedral, and more interpreters being employed as a result. scotland already has a law promoting the use of bsl. there are campaigns for similar changes in wales and northern ireland. the new law in england is being described as a watershed moment for the deaf community, and the hope is that the estimated
will still need to be worn in shops and hospitals and public transport and vaccine passes will still be needed in cinemas and theatres and for large events. mark drakeford has said they have been able to ease the restrictions because the peak of the omicron wave has passed here and the number of cases has been reducing more rapidly than the rest of the uk. the next review into the covid measures, into masks and passes, will be on the 10th of february. scientists have warned the government that allowing large numbers of people in lower income countries to go unvaccinated is reckless and could lead to new covid variants. more than 320 experts have written to the prime minister, calling for urgent action. they say more than three billion people globally have not had a first dose. tensions over ukraine remain high with russia s foreign minister this morning saying his country s interests couldn t be ignored, while insisting moscow did not want war. earlier, presidentjoe biden warned
what i want to see is sue gray s report in full and the investigation finished as quickly as possible because we are in this situation where the whole of government is paralysed because the police are now looking at what the prime minister was getting up to in downing street. downing street says they are not involved but the liberal democrat leader has suggested there had been a stitch up, which could damage politics for generations. sue gray and her team had been speaking with the met to try to figure out what could and could not be put in the public domain. but that process has now been thrown into chaos. the cabinet office was caught by surprise by the statement this morning and now it is not totally clear what can be published, and when that might happen. i think the sue gray report is independent, the government are not interfering with it which is exactly as it should be, and i m completely