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 its acting to tackle the issue. And the worlds richest man, Amazon Bossjeff bezos, prepares to blast off to the edge of space. Good morning. The Prime Ministers 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 peoples 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 lon
Make their own concrete plans about how theyre going to tackle Climate Change and come back with an updated plan every five years. This is why cop26 is so important. It has been over five years since paris, so updates are due. As the president this year, the uk sees itself as a leader for Climate Change, being the first country to have an official Climate Change act. It has set out an ambitious ten point plan, including using cleaner Energy Sources like wind and nuclear, and pushing electric vehicles and zero emission public transport. The goal is to reach net zero by 2050. This means getting a balance. But, can it make good on these promises . Some of the recent decisions around coal, oil and gas seem to go against this. Remember this . The United States will withdraw from the paris climate accord. That was november 2021. President trump removed the us from the Paris Agreement. The country is one of the worlds biggest carbon emitters, so this move was really controversial. We are issu
Elsewhere in the territory. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. The consequences of a Ground Operation in the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. Catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic all round. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on gaza with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirby. We have not seen it. We certainly welcome the opportunity to see it. As i said, we cannot support a major offence in rafah the doesnt also include a credible, achievable an executable plan to take care of the safety and security of malt in a million gazans. To move on right now in a major way wit
As his opponents are either dead, in prison or in exile. The authorities have called on Security Officers to be vigilant, after vandalism at some Polling Stations on friday. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has more. Russias democracy is the best in the world the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man who has been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says, i trust him. But not everyone who came out today was voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a b
Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This,