with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show: i am in dubai, with visions of the future at the delayed expo 2020. if i scan my signature here i get augmented reality view of what south korea deems to be the future of mobility. and that includes flying cars. i take a dip and tumble. and i take a dip and tumble. and idiscoveran i take a dip and tumble. and i discover an artificial rainforest in what was once a desert. ., rainforest in what was once a desert. here - rainforest in what was once a desert. here we i rainforest in what was once a l desert. here we go! but first, in a difficult couple of years in the bible travel calendar, there has been one giant mega event looming. and of course, fitting for a giant mega event, would happen in the city of superlatives, dubai. nobody knew for sure it would happen, but it is. hello, expo 2020, or should that be, expo 2020, or should that be, expo 2021. it was delayed by a year, and for a place that relies so heavily on tourism,
in eastern england, patchy rain for northern ireland grazing into wales and the south west, and this area of rain, sleet and snow pushing down into the north of england. the winds will be lighter, there will be sunshine, but still feeling really cold. highs between two and eight degrees. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the us joins the growing list of countries restricting travel from southern africa amid fears a new covid variant found there could be more resistant to vaccines. two people are killed as storm arwen batters the uk with strong winds, rain and snow. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan says he s sorry for all the hurt that azeem rafiq went through during the yorkshire racism scandal. i played for yorkshire county cricket for 18 years, and if in any way, shape orform, i am cricket for 18 years, and if in any way, shape orform, iam responsible for any of his hurt, i apologise for that. and, the legendary us composer and songwriter stephen s
was in that they targeted and destroyed him. they bankrupted his family, he lost his house, they tried to send him to prison. how did that happen? we wondered that for years. we sat down with general flynn for an hour and he told us. here s part of that. the american people, they saw through this from the very beginning because it wasn t about mike flynn, it wasn t even about donald trump, it was about them and when the left and the media started to attack the presidency of the united states, the american people saw that this is an attack on us and thank god for me because and for my family and i, because the american people actually came to our aid. so in a funny way, the more i guess the more quiet i was because i just made the decision i wasn t going to say anything until this whole mess was over with the more that they beat on me, the more that the media came and attacked me and called me all sorts of names, people dug more and more into my life and dug more and
they bankrupted his family, he lost his house, they tried to send him to prison. how did that happen? we wondered that for years. we sat down with general flynn for an hour and he told us. here s part of that. the american people, they saw through this from the very beginning because it wasn t about mike flynn, it wasn t even about donald trump, it was about them and when the left and the media started to attack the presidency of the united statesr the american people saw that this is an attack on us and thank god for me because and for my family and i, because the american people actually came to our aid. so in a funny way, the more i guess the more quiet i was because i just made the decision i wasn t going to say anything until this whole mess was over with the more that they beat on me, the more that the media came and attacked me and called me all sorts of names,s, people dug more and more into my lifee and dug more and more into everything that surrounded what w
thursday but it will be a gusty day on thursday with showers around the coast and mostly dry and sunny but the showers will turn to snow and even at sea level across northern scotland later and it will be a chilly day if a fresh and crisp one for most. a brief list in temperatures from thursday to friday and outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds. the cold air pushes in and snow falls in the north of scotland but through friday night and into saturday we will see the really strong winds getting going. you can keep up to date with where the warnings on the website and we will have more tomorrow. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m holly hamilton. the post ole gunnar solkjaer era begins. manchester united take on villareal in the champions league tonight in their first game without their former manager. china responds to the controversy surrounding tenn