south and across northern and western areas, could stay quite grey and chilly crossed some eastern coastal areas of both england and also scotland. double figure values in the sunshine, chilly where we have the cloud. could see a few showers across southern parts around the middle part of the week, otherwise it s dry and turning chilly by the end of the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the chancellor plans a £5 billion grant scheme in england to support high street businesses hard hit by covid i9. more than 20 million people in the uk have now received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. free rapid covid tests to be offered to families in england as children go back to school. violence at anti coup protests in myanmar. the un human rights office says security forces have shot dead at least 18 people. the coronation street actorjohnny briggs, who played mike baldwin in the itv soap, has died at the age of 85. now on bbc news, global questions. hello and welc
now on bbc news, global questions. covid 19 slammed the brakes on global tourism. but with vaccines now being rolled out around the world, there is optimism that international travel may soon take off again. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. covid 19 lockdowns have wreaked havoc on our economies, and one area that s been knocked sideways is the travel and tourism industry. one in ten people around the world work in the sector, and it accounts for $9 trillion of global gdp. has the travel industry been transformed for ever? and could some of the changes actually be good for us and the planet? that s global questions: travel in a post covid world. well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and our questioners join us live via video link. let me tell you who s in the hot seat this week giving the answers. paul theroux is an internationally acclaimed american author and explorer who s been described as the world s most perc
broadband and buildings and and we meet the teacher housing, it is enormous. we who s just won a million dollars in a unesco backed prize. have 50,000 water utilities for example across the country and have so many different concerns on the plates when it comes to it feels amazing and it really validates the work the teachers cleaning rivers and streams. put inside and outside the this legislation needs physical classroom every day. certainty for a lot of the state local entities, but they are the ones who are going to have to ultimately cultivate and harness this funding to lead to long term structural change. let s take a look at some other stories hello and welcome in the headlines. to the programme. in an unexpected move, the world s two biggest producers of greenhouse gases the us and china have agreed to co operate more closely on climate issues over the us plane maker, boeing, the next decade. has admitted liablity for the deadly crash two years ago in ethiopia o
president lukashenko of belarus is trying to engineer a confrontation with the european union in retaliation for the sanctions imposed on him and warsaw is warning that the very security of the eu is at stake. however, this crisis comes at a time when relations between the eu and poland s ruling justice and law party or pis are extremely strained. there are severe disagreements on a range of issues such as controversial changes to thejudiciary, lgbt rights and press freedoms. my guest is polish deputy foreign minister paweljablonski. why is poland finding it so difficult to integrate with its western partners and howjustified are concerns that it could exit the eu? deputy foreign minister paweljablonski in warsaw welcome to hardtalk. the migrant crisis on the belarus border is an eu wide problem. the polish prime minister has been meeting michelle, the president of the european council. mister michel said it s important to act quickly against belarus if necessary. what kind o
the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has asked the security council to urgently consider haiti s request for deployment now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me zeinab badawi from south africa where my guest has been described as one of the world s greatest living artists. william kentridge is versatile, hard hitting and his talents span many different genres. he is william kentridge and this is a major exhibition of his work in cape town. in 2020 i travelled to his studio and asked how south african politics influenced his art. william kentridge in johannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio injohannesburg. you were born in johannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti apartheid lawyers, wow did growing up under apartheid affect you? i think because my parents were both very much aware of and involved in legal questions around the anti apartheid struggle, from a young