From their homes. These are the strongest forces of nature at work in a spectacular but destructive display, and the only option is to get out of its way. And a report from afghanistan on the dire conditions that the un says are leading to a humanitarian disaster. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It s newsday. It s 6. 00 in the morning in singapore, and it s 6. 00 in the evening in washington dc, where the us government has announced plans to relax restrictions on air travel for fully vaccinated nationals in early november. Travellers from brazil, china, india, and many european nations, including britain, will be able to board flights. Covid testing and contact tracing will be needed, but not quarantining. Near blanket restrictions were imposed 18 months ago at the start of the pandemic. Here s white house press secretaryjen psaki. We will be putting in place strict protocols to prevent the spread of covid 19 from passengers flying internationally into the united s
A spectacular but destructive display, and the only option is to get out of its way. And a special report from afghanistan on the dire conditions the un says are leading to a humanitarian disaster. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. It s newsday. It s seven in the morning in singapore, and it s seven in the evening in washington, dc, where the us government has announced plans to relax restrictions on air travel for fully vaccinated nationals in early november. Travellers from brazil, china, india, and many european nations, including britain, will be able to board flights. Covid testing and contact tracing will be needed, but not quarantining. Near blanket restrictions were imposed 18 months ago at the start of the pandemic here s white house press secretaryjen psaki. We ll be putting a place strict protocols to prevent the spread from passengers flying internationally. We require adults travelling to the united states be fully vaccinated. Obviously, this is the conc
This week. Thank you for getting up way too early with us this morning. Don t go anywhere, morning joe starts now. You had such love at the rally, they were there for one reason. The rigged election. They felt the election was rigged. That s why they were there. They were peaceful people, they were great people. The crowd was unbelievable. And i mention the word love, the love in the air i ve never seen anything like it. Former president trump speaking yesterday with fox news, continuing to frame what happened on january 6th in a far different light than reality. As we know, he directed many of those socalled great people the great people that were beating police officers with american flags, that our troops had fought to defend for 240 years. They used that american flag to bludgeon, nearly to death, police officers. Right. And he told them to go to the capitol and get tougher on congress, to stop the certification. He told them and, of course, don junior said something about, we re c
Really depends on what you mean by normality. Right. I want you to define it. Exactly the way. [ laughter ]. I ll be back tomorrow. We ll probably do this again. If i might, i might like to ask vice president pence to take over. You feel like you re back to normal? i think so. Grouchy fauci just like that. That s so cute. Good morning, welcome to morning joe. It s wednesday, may 5th. We have former chair of the republican national committee, now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. And white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. We have to get to this morning. Including house minority leader kevin mccarthy caught on a hot mic setting the stage for congresswoman liz cheney s ouster from republican leadership. President biden sets an ambitious new goal for vaccinating americans against covid19. The director of the cdc dr. Rochelle walensky will be our guest this morning. But first, a federal judge blasted former attorney general bill barr for his handling of th
dealing with power cuts and freezing weather. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the bbc has obtained secret recordings made by the daughter of the ruler of dubai in which she accuses her father of holding her in solitary confinement. sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoumon is a close ally of the united kingdom with extensive business interests here and he claims that princess latifa is safe in the care of the family. it s known that the princess tried to leave dubai in 2018 but was captured by troops and forced to return. last year the high court in london found that sheikh mohammed had ordered and orchestrated the abduction. our correspondent, nawal al maghafi, has the story. princess latifa, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the middle east sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, ruler of dubai. here she is skydiving. it looks like th