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a third wave of coronavirus is beginning to sweep across the european union. france and switzerland are extending restrictions from saturday, while polish health officials say the british variant of the virus is so rampant a three week lockdown is necessary. infections have surged as europe s vaccine roll out has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. here s simonjones. facing a third wave fuelled by a faltering vaccine programme with delays in supplies and scepticism about the jab. much of europe is seeing a rise in infections. in germany there is a warning it is likely the country will have to apply an emergency brake and reapply lockdown measures. just 8% of the german population has had a first dose of vaccine. translation: ., ., translation: there are not get enou:h translation: there are not get enough vaccines translation: there are not get enough vaccines in translation: there are not get enough vaccines in europe - translation: there ....
party, the party of yachts and country clubs and billionaires whose goal is to pay zero in taxes so they don t have to foot the bill for you or anyone to drive on the road. that party has aggressively branded itself as the working class party for years. and republicans do that because it works. white working class americans began voting in large numbers in the 1960s and 70s, pushed largely in the gop camp not by their own desire but the democrats moving on civil rights. but the push, the glopping up of whis voters who had for a long time been democrats, republicans mopping up those voters helped to secure one florida man s presidential victory. people refer to the donald who was born with $317 billion in his golden pockets and who had a golden toilet as a working class billionaire, bananas but it still works. and the con remains in full effect. the most significant political change in the past decade has been that the heart and soul of the republican party, we are a ....
pushing to get the 50 votes needed for the legislation to pass. we are determined to get the american rescue plan across the finish line. we don t care how many amendments they have, how many hours, how many days, we re going to get this done because this is about, you know, getting vaccinations in people s arms and financial help to people and kids back in school safely. we re going to be talking to that senator stabenow ourselves. in the meantime, if successful, the bill will head back for one final vote and on to president biden s desk for his signature. the final version of this bill includes a third round of stimulus checks, $1,400 for those who qualify, billions of dollars in funding to state and local governments and, again, $300 a week in jobless benefits until september, with a tax relief provision, 11th hour compromise that sparked this heated exchange on the senate floor overnight. suddenly, if you re on unemployment insurance, you don t have to pay tax ....
care home residents in england will be allowed to have face to face visits from next week with one regular visitor for the first time in nearly a year. the government has published details of how the visits will work. they can take place indoors, and visitors will need to be tested but not necessarily vaccinated. our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. this has been the ritual for gillian lay them and jacqueline for months now. masks on, they make their way to visit their father michael in his barnsley care home. he has dementia. on monday, rather than behind a screen, just one of them will be able to sit with him, hold his hand but not hug. she can come in next week. don t bang on the door, don t. it may be a step forward but he s been making his frustration at not being able to see all his family clearfor a long time. this was a visit a few weeks ago. the only touch possible through thick rubber gloves. he gets really frustrated, and he is like walking ....
but there are concerns it could lead to some ignoring the rules. leigh milner reports. victoria park, broadway market in hackney and around the corner, london fields. a great day for a bike ride a picnic, not so much. we want to make sure that lockdown is eased at the dates that the government said, and my message is, please, the regulations are still in place. picnics and meet ups are not allowed until the 8th of march, but it didn t stop people here at high beech near loughton. i ve been driving around here for about half an hour, and it is absolutely packed. can everybody remember to keep their distance? for the owner of this cafe, a long line is great for business, but hard to manage. today has been extra special. as you can see, we re really busy. we are asking people to distance themselves. it is not actually working at the moment, but i will go back and spread them out again. throughout the day, many people enjoy the sunshine across london. please keep 2m . dis ....