Hello, and welcome to the programme. From monday, england and wales covid Border Controls will be significantly relaxed as people who have been fully vaccinated in the eu or us will not need to isolate when coming to england from an amber list country. Officials say the move will reunite friends and family who live abroad. The Uk Transport Secretary Grant shapps said the new rules will apply to all Travellers from the united states, the european union, as well as norway and switzerland. But france for now is not included, after being classed as amber plus. Passengers will need to have been fully vaccinated in america or the Eu Travellers will still need a test before setting off and another test two days after arrival. Northern Ireland has yet to decide whether to follow suit. Meanwhile the government says it will review again englands Traffic Light System for countries Around The World including france at The End of next week. Our transport correspondent, caroline davies, reports. Few
Face to face meetIng, a rebuke to chIna and russia. AirlIne bosses were hopIng the G7 Summit would be the begInnIng of a us Uk Travel corridor across the atlantic. But the Industry Hasnt been cleared for take off just yet. Plus, you cant exactly hold a g7 on an empty stomach. We speak with chef adam handlIng, whos prepared the menu for the summit. Ill have the Dover Sole with seaweed butter, thank you. Hello, im Christian Fraser live In cornwall on the eve of the G7 Summit. Laura trevelyan is In washIngton. Its been a day of high Level Diplomacy here on the english coast, with plenty of personal mixed In with the political. Theres been camraderie for the cameras, and closed door talks; friendly walks on the beach, and more elbow bumpIng than you can imagIne. And yes, a bit of news to boot. Christian . DurIng his first official trip overseas, President Biden announced the us plan to buy 500 Million pfizerjabs, to donate to lower Income nations. The news had been expected, and widely r
to work our way through. let me start with the michigan consumer sentiment index. headline number coming through at 76 point nine, broadly in line with expectations of 77. current conditions at 87, i had of expectations. at 75.tions you ve got the difficult situation i think the consumer has got to figure out. do i worry about the here and now and worry about the impact the virus is going to have over the next weeks and months, or do i think about what the vaccine is ultimately going to deliver? like the markets, i think the consumer is probably having to balance those factors out. kailey: i want to point out housing data as well. the housing market has been particularly strong. that does continue. a pace of 909,000, versus the estimate of 975,000. we are getting october personal spending data, and for more on that as bloomberg international economics and policy correspondent michael mckee to break it all down for us. michael:michael: it is may the most important number of a
new details on a possible coronavirus vaccine. edward. reporter: connell that is what is propelling the markets today. we have positive news out of two vaccine makers. the first one pfizer. the ceo of pfizer says they will have enough critical data in october to be able to submit for approval should everything go as expected. he has said this before but this is a little different because it comes as astrazeneca saw a minor setback of trials in their vaccine. the pfizer ceo says he sees americans start being vaccinated before the end of 2020. the u.s. government secured 100 million doses from pfizer this year with an option to get 500 million more next year. as of today, more than 29,000 people are in a phase three trial for pfizer. the fda hopes to have 30,000 volunteers and pfizer says it will be there next week on the way to 44,000 people. of those, 24% in the study are minorities. that is something that the fda wants to see. they want to make sure this works among a divers
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