serves but i know many people will have been very disappointed. but as i say, i think it is very premature. the government has set up a task force to look at these issues and we are contributing that and putting our ideas in about how we can stage a restart of international travel over the summer months and i think that really needs to be the focus rather than talking in the press about the prospects of travel over the summer. you say premature but perhaps realistic, you know, bearing in mind that we have got new variants and we ve got many countries in europe going back into lockdown. the government has been very clear and we support the view that it is going to take a cautious approach into reopening international travel. it has already demonstrated that cautious approach as aviation was the only sector not to have its own road map just over a month ago. we are waiting for a report of the global travel taskforce on the 12th of april and the government has already been clear
hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the eu comission president, ursula von der leye, has faced criticism from the british government after suggesting that exports of the astrazeneca vaccine outside the eu could be blocked. a record breaking day on saturday that s what the government says on the number of vaccines administered in the country. nearly 850,000. but a warning that facemasks and some social distancing could be with us, for years. it comes as more questions are raised over whether people can plan forforeign holidays this summer. protesters clash with police in bristol after thousands demonstrate over plans to give the police more powers to deal with non violent protests. a snapshot of life in england, wales and northern ireland today s the deadline for millions of people to take part in a once in a decade census. some of australia has been hit by the worst flooding in a century. the australian prime minister has offered emergency funds to those affected. now on
i mjohn watson, i m john watson, coming up i mjohn watson, coming up in i m john watson, coming up in the sport, leicester city knocked manchester united out of the fa cup, joining southampton, chelsea and manchester city in the semifinals. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in australia, where heavy rains have triggered the worst floods for a century. thousands of residents in the state of new south wales have been told to leave home. forecasters are warning that more rain is expected. just to give you an idea of how saturated the ground is, take a look at these pictures, filmed at oxley island, about 250 kilometres north of sydney. the water simply has nowhere to go. and that s led to images like this a house, literally floating away. it s believed it belonged to a couple who were due to get married on saturday. the river is peaking nearly six metres above normal that s almost 20 feet. it s already burst its banks. our correspon
the worst flooding in a century, some of australia has been hit by severe flooding. the australian prime minister has offered emergency funds to those affected. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are geraldine scott, westminster correspondent at the yorkshire post and giles kenningham, political commentator & former conservative party press chief. lovely to see you both. tomorrow s front pages. starting with. the financial times reports on a last ditch appeal by the prime minister who will this week ask eu leaders to help stop the bloc banning exports of the astrazeneca vaccine. the guardian follow suit and says an eu ban on covid vaccine exports could delay the uk roll out by two months. below a striking image from today s protests in bristol the metro leads with the record number of covid jabs administered in the uk on saturday. in a deliberate dig at the european union the daily express also reports on the s
people are just out here enjoying the beach and it s a good vibe, but that want to shut it down at eight o clock, people will go somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and it is what it is. and as the un marks world water day, can south east asia s mekong river meet the growing demands of a rapidly developing region? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in australia, where heavy rains have triggered the worst floods for a century. thousands of residents in the state of new south wales have been told to leave home. forecasters are warning that more rain is expected. just to give you an idea of how saturated the ground is, take a look at these pictures, filmed at oxley island, about 250km kilometres north of sydney. the water simply has nowhere to go. and that s led to images like this a house, literally floating away. it s believed it belonged to a coup