We start with the travel industry. It s anticipating a much needed shot in the arm later today, in the form of an easing of uk travel restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated. It s expected that from july 19th, uk citizens who ve had both doses will be exempt from quarantine when returning from countries on the amber list. If confirmed it would effectively open up most of europe for travel in time for the school summer holidays. Paul charles is a former communications director of virgin atlantic and eurostar, he now runs the travel consultancy the pc agency. Welcome to you, thank you for being with us. What are you expecting from today s government announcement? this would be a government announcement? this would be a major government announcement? ti 3 would be a major boost for government announcement? ti 1 would be a major boost for the travel sector if the government gives the go ahead later on today to enabling those who have been fully vaccinated to go after more t
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejohn rentoul, who s the chief political commentator from the independent, and lucy fisher, the deputy political editor from the telegraph. Hello again to both of you. A quick look through those from pages, we will start with the metro which reports on the story that flights to belarus have been grounded by the uk and aircraft diverted from its airspace after the country was accused after the country was accused of state sponsored piracy. The move follows the detention of the belarussian opposition journalist roman protasevich whose flight was diverted to enable his arrest. The times reports that nearly 400,000 homes will be built on greenfield sites in the south of england over the next five years, according to a new analysis of planning policy. The i says downing street is braced for new claims about borisjohnson s handling of pandemic calling it the revenge of dominic cummings. T
welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start in moscow where president vladimir putin has been playing host to one of his most important remaining allies, china s president, xijinping. it s the chinese leader s first visit to russia since russia invaded ukraine last year. beijing still maintains that its position in the war is neutral and it s come up with a plan for peace talks between the two sides. mr putin who just days ago was accused of war crimes by international prosecutors said he was looking forward to discussing that plan. our russia editor steve rosenberg, has sent this report from moscow. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crimes suspect by the international criminal court. but that didn t stop china s president flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before, but never before has russia s president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine not going at all according to pla
tonight bringing us the context are amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. exactly 20 years ago today, us forces, with the uk and other allies, invaded iraq. the stated aim to rid the country s dictator saddam hussein of his weapons of mass destruction weapons that in the end were never found. it was part of the us s war on terror , started by president george w bush after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. let s remind ourselves those first moments of the war. on this day in 2003, the first raids were on the capital baghdad it was called shock and awe . it took the us just over a month to defeat iraqi forces and saddam hussain s regime collapsed. president bush declared iraq to be free. but rather than an end to conflict, it was the beginning of many years of bloodshed for iraq and the wider region. the failure to plan for the aftermath of the invasion led, in part, t
mitchell in munich for a global security conference. for the first time this year, the germans have not invited russia because of vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. we begin with my exclusive interview here today with vice president kamala harris. whether the u.s. with a divided congress will support ukraine for as long as it takes. we also talked about the 2024 campaign. starting with beijing s reaction today to president biden s speech about the shoot-down of china s spy balloon and whether the white house and president xi can reset their relationship. the president said that the three other objects were not a threat to the u.s. so why shoot them down? well, as the president said, we have approached this with the first priority being the safety of the american people, including civil aviation. so for those three as the president said, that was a big concern. the president s speech last night also made clear that after the chinese balloon incident, as it has been come t