To curb childhood obesity. I want my life back, britney spears tells a us court, and astronomers find evidence of the cosmic dawn the moment when the first stars began to form. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Ministers are preparing to announce the latest update to england s traffic light system for travel abroad, and there s speculation that malta could be added to the so called green list, with no quarantine required on returning home. That s along with the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and minorca. The prime minister has hinted that in future, foreign travel without quarantine might be possible, for those who ve been double jabbed. Business leaders are hoping the government will relax restrictions on holidays, but any changes come amid rising concern, here and abroad, about the continuing spread, of the delta variant. Here s theo leggett. Summer is here. Travel companies and would be holiday makers are desperate for restrictions to be eased so people can g
Among young people. Amateur astronomers across the northern hemipshere are treated to a partial eclipse of the sun. And on what would have been the duke of edinburgh s 100th birthday, the earl of wessex talks to us about remembering his father. I think that we go ahead and we celebrate what might have been in his life, and i think we try to turn it into something that s very positive. The us presidentjoe biden will hold talks with borisjohnson in cornwall in the new few hours, at the start of his first overseas tour since taking office. The two leaders are meeting on the eve of the g7 summit and will agree a new atlantic charter, aimed at refreshing the relationship between the uk and us. But tensions about post brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland threaten to overshadow their discussions. Our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from cornwall. President biden arriving in cornwall late last night. His first steps on foreign soil since taking office, the start of a t
Coronavirus vaccinations and climate change. In other news. A convicted terrorist who was shot dead after the fishmongers hall attack in london in 2019 was lawfully killed, an inquestjury finds. The health secretary matt hancock rejects accusations by dominic cummings that he lied to the prime minister during the coronavirus pandemic, but admits lessons need to be learned. The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in england tops five million for the first time. Hello, good evening. Borisjohnson and joe biden have announced details of an updated partnership between london and washington following their first face to face talks since their first face to face talks since the us president took office in january they met in cornwall on the eve of the g7 summit agreeing a new version of the charter signed in 1941 by the predecessors. Now to well as my colleague kristian fraser. , , well as my colleague kristian fraser. , a,. Fraser. Good evening and welcome. We are on the eve
The week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament. A week that saw the worlds of money and politics collide. Dodgy contracts, privileged access, jobs for their mates this is the return of tory sleaze. The prime minister promises an independent review of lobbying and acknowledges there s a problem. I, indeed, share the widespread concern about some of the stuff that we re reading at the moment, mr speaker. An mp sanctioned by china takes her campaign against human rights abuses to her own government. And it s shameful that the government s compromised, even though it was good that it tackled genocide, excluded the uighur. Also in this programme: memories of prince philip, and the advice he offered politicians. When it came to the length of a speech, he advised, what the backside cannot endure, the brain cannot absorb. But first: david cameron once predicted lobbying would be the next big scandal. He didn t know then that he d be at the heart of it. Lobbyin