against the standard rate of vat. and the travel show heads to madrid where a transport revolution is under way. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning. welcome to bbc news. police in northern ireland have arrested two men in connection with the killing of lyra mckee in londonderry. the pair, aged 18 and 19, have been been detained under the terrorism act. the 29 year old journalist, whose final moments were captured by cctv, was struck by a bullet as she was observing rioting in derry on thursday night. let s go to belfast now and speak to our reporter louise cullen. what more do we know about the arrests 7 what more do we know about the arrests? we know that these two teenaged men were arrested in londonderry this morning. the police have said they were brought there from belfast to the psni serious crime suite for questioning, and that process is continuing. yesterday they release the cctv footage showing their final moments. the footage appears to show a gu
a yacht across the pacific ocean. we start in northern ireland where detectives are questioning two men in connection with the murder ofjournalist lyra mckee. the 29 year old was shot dead as she was watching rioting in londonderry on thursday night, 21 years after the good friday peace agreement was signed. the suspects, who are 18 and 19, were arrested under the terrorism act. officials say they believe a dissident irish republican group, the new ira, was behind the killing. from belfast, louise cullen reports. a journalist, campaigner, beloved partner and devoted daughter. the police today said they d met lyra mckee‘s family to try to answer their questions and they said the killing had united the community against the dissidents. my broader concern is that what we re seeing is a new breed of terrorists coming through the ranks. and that, for me, is a very worrying situation. there is a real sense that what happened to lyra marked the sea change, and i want people to hav
hello, and welcome to the programme. scientists have expressed alarm about a new coronavirus variant which has emerged in south africa, describing it as the worst they ve seen so far. the new variant has 32 mutations far more than any previous strains. as a result, the uk government has announced that flights from six african nations are to be suspended and anyone arriving from these countries will need to go into quarantine from sunday. but from what we do know, there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective. i m joined now by our news reporter mark lobel. so talk us through the latest announcement when it comes to travel restrictions. the announcement when it comes to travel restrictions. travel restrictions. the uk read list travel restrictions. the uk read list was
hello and welcome to the programme. scientists have expressed alarm about a new coronavirus variant which has emerged in south africa, describing it as the worst they ve seen so far. the new variant has 32 mutations far more than any previous strains. as a result, the uk government has announced that flights from six african nations are to be suspended and anyone arriving from these countries will need to go into quarantine from sunday. from what we do know there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective. i m joined now by our news reporter mark lobel. what reaction has there been so far? all countries were cleared from the uk travel medallist three weeks ago but it was kept as a preventative measure and indeed it is being used as a six country travel ban. that has been cause
about a new coronavirus variant which has emerged in south africa, describing it as the worst they ve seen so far. so what do we know about the new variant? well it is early days 7 the new variant was discovered just 3 days ago genetic analysis shows it has twice the number of mutations as delta, the dominant variant worldwide, including around 30 changes to the spike protein which the virus uses to break into human cells. this makes it dramatically different from the original wuhan strain on which all current vaccines are based. crucially there is no evidence yet that the variant causes more severe disease or that it makes vaccines less effective. it will take two to three weeks before laboratory tests can show whether this is another defining moment in the pandemic or a false alarm. the uk government are taking no chances it s announced that flights from six african nations are set to be suspended and anyone arriving from these countries will need to go into quarantine f