now on bbc news, the travel show. i am on a coast to coast trek across the south of the usa, exploring the places that have grown up along the sunset limited train line. myjourney started in the unique port city of new orleans, and continued across from louisiana to texas, and one of america s most distinctive national parks. this is the rio grande. welcome to the border! this week, as i continue my journey along the rail route, but off the beaten track, i find out how close we came to the end of the world. three, two, one, release. you and i have just started something that we can t stop. and discover a wonderland conjured from the imagination of a groundbreaking artist. i literally microwaved a microwave while it is microwaving. i m the only one in human history that has successfully pulled off this accomplishment. this is americana, but not as we know it. in the middle of the west texas desert, you can walk for miles and miles before you come across anything resembling a h
and number of councils and tourist areas have declared this summer a pump or success due to staycations. some occupancy rates have been running a very close to 100%. salisbury cathedral has had double the number of visitors as last summer. but nearly everyone in the tourist industry is worried what will happen next. duncan kennedy reports from bournemouth. from brighton to bournemouth, the south coast is just one area that has seen record numbers of tourists this summer. it has been so busy, even hotel managers like 0livia 0 sullivan have had to help clean rooms. been full pretty much since we started, probably about 96% occupancy. is it sustainable? i don t know. 0nce anything else opens up, i don t know if people will come back to the uk. but it s notjust beach resorts. here at salisbury cathedral, city break seekers have also been flocking in. has staycation saved the day for the cathedral? it has certainly made a huge difference. we are seeing people coming to salisbury a
to 14 will cover it. generally speaking, pretty much where we have been over the past few days, sunshine getting into northern ireland, the north west of england and scotland, with some sunshine up to 20, or if you don t down to 14 degrees. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for firing a spokesman from the foreign office as saying that due foreign secretary dominic raabjoined a meeting with us counterparts about the situation in afghanistan and emphasise the importance of like minded people to discuss arrangements for those people who are still in afghanistan and have not been rescued so far. he said that tell of that for the nationals and citizens with travel authorisations will be allowed to leave the country but mr rab also underlined that we have to judge them on their actions on whether people are allowed to spend safe passage to league. to leave. that is the latest on the afghanistan situation. the headlines. the
worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we don t have that guaranteed labour that we ve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. other areas of food production are also having problems. a shortage of meat processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. the government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at the end of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. now, thos