Is confirmed as the host city he is known as the greek freak, the superstar of the nba finals! welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, the uk, and around the globe. Injanuary 2020, the uk and eu agreed and signed the brexit withdrawal agreement. But today, uk government ministers have been pushing to change one of the most contentious issues the northern ireland protocol. Under the protocol, a range of products mainly food have to be checked when they arrive in northern ireland from britain to make sure they re in line with eu standards. Because northern ireland has a land border with an eu state the republic of ireland. The eu wants to prevent goods that don t match its standards from entering the eu single market through here. Today, the uk s brexit minister, lord david frost, said it needed a huge overhaul. He argues the current situation is damaging to the uk. The protocol itself requires there to be no impact or minimised impact on the everyday lives of people of norther
Through one and a half million hectares of land in siberian region. Very welcome to tokyo, where for the next three weeks bbc world news will be broadcasting from the stunning location high above tokyo bay, to bring you the very latest on what is arguably the most controversial olympic games for a generation. A games delayed a year and now proceeding in a global pandemic. And with just four days to go until they get underway, the olympic village has been hit by a fourth coronavirus case. So far, two south african footballers, a czech beach volleyball player and an american gymnast have all tested positive for covid i9. 62 cases in total have been reported among the athletes, media, contractors and other personnel. All of this is a concern for the japanese public, especially in tokyo itself where cases continue to rise. But the international olympic committee insists that these positive cases do not post a wider threat to the population. We heard from some people in tokyo how they feel
The fully vaccinated can go to nightclubs and mass events. A report by mps says former pm david cameron lacked judgement in the way he lobbied the government over the now collapsed firm greensill capital. More than 400 migrants crossed the english channel to the uk yesterday, a record number. The home office says it s acting to tackle the issue. And the world s richest man, amazon bossjeff bezos, prepares to blast off to the edge of space. Good morning. The prime minister s former chief adviser dominic cummings has launched a fresh attack on borisjohnson over his handling of the pandemic. Speaking to the bbc in his first broadcast interview since leaving number ten at the end of last year, he accuses mrjohnson of putting his own political interests ahead of people s lives. Mr cummings has claimed that borisjohnson resisted tightening coronavirus restrictions again last autumn because the virus mainly affected the elderly. He said that the borisjohnson had messaged him to say that he no