including in other countries. uk ministers are due to unveil further measures to help thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell tower disaster. six republican senators join democrats in voting to push ahead with donald trump s impeachment trial. and coming up this hour the perils of the zoom call a forlorn texas lawyer tells thejudge i am not a cat , as he s defeated by a kitten filter. good morning and welcome to bbc news. england s deputy chief medical officer says it s really worrying that there s lower take up of the coronavirus vaccine among ethnic minorities in the uk. in the past hour, professorjonathan van tam, has been answering audience questions about about vaccines and covid misinformation here on bbc news, and the asian network. it comes amid hesitancy in black and asian communities about vaccine uptake. i have concerns that uptake in the minority ethnic groups is not going to be as rapid or as high as in the indigenous white
let s start with starbucks, because the world s largest coffee chain has announced a sharp drop in sales for the first quarter. before global lockdowns were put in place, getting a coffee on the way to work used to be a ritual months. between october and december last year, starbucks global sales fell by 5%, which is larger than the 3.5% drop many analysts were predicting. however, one country bucking the trend was china, which is one of starbucks biggest markets. sales their rose by 5% during the first quarter period. joining me now from new york is hitha herzog, who s a retail analyst at h squared research.the most recent estimate for the sector puts the decline in value at 24% over the last year. this % drop in global sales, when hundreds of millions of people have been housebound in national lockdowns. why are sales of coffees not lower? it s a really good question and part of the reason why is because no one is walking into the source. you saw traffic drop into starbucks
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around, flowing in such a way that it is dragging or extending this weather front it is dragging or extending this weatherfront in the it is dragging or extending this weather front in the north atlantic and throwing it over the uk. there are clear spots, it is clear in the north east of scotland and it was last night for that viewing of the northern lights, quite clear in the south of the country but most others are stuck underneath the clouds and it is thick enough to produce fine rain, bits and pieces of drizzle. where the sun sticks around it is about 70 degrees this afternoon, not bad. tonight will be awfully cloudy in the north of scotland, outbreaks of rain too, milder in the western isles, 10 degrees while the sun sticks around it is about 17 degrees. winds will be light, a bit nippy first thing, around five degrees. tomorrow the high pressure is with us, often cloudy with a few glimmers of brightness here and there, almost anywhere. it is what it is, 17 degrees in