and pope francis visits a migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos. hello and welcome to bbc news. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary, because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to travel. they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self isolate until they receive their negative test result. but the travel industry has strongly criticised the move, with one industry executive saying, the introduction of pre departure testing with little warning is a hammer blow . nigeria is to be added to the uk government s travel red list. from tomorrow morning, anyone arriving into the uk from a red list country will nee
that we are the parliament that licensed cash for questions. that was the warning from my guest on political thinking this week chris bryant who chairs a house of commons standards committee. his words won him the plaudit of being the parliamentary speech of the year. he also secured a government u turn and a change into the approach and standards. now, chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn t suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england, and he was, at university, a student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you ve now made me seem very odd already! in the words of stephen sondheim, i ve went from careered to career. i ve made you interesting rather than odd! orweird. we are going to explore the interesting and the weird, perhaps. we are going to examine happy and sad. let s start with that speech. i,
a problem of the middle east. | not a problem of north africa not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. and we meet the three friends who have danced their way into a hollywood marvel blockbuster. as a dancer, to get that chance to be a part of something that i love watching so much, like, if someone told me that, you re going to be in a marvel movie, doing a bollywood dance scene, i would never believe them. hello and welcome to bbc news. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary, because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to depature. they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self i
migration is not a problem of the middle east. not a problem of north africa. not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. at least 1a people have been killed after a volcano erupts on the indonesian island ofjava for the second time in less than a year. good afternoon. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to depature they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self isolate until they receive their negative test result. but the travel industry has strongly criticised the move with one industry executive saying, the introduction of pre departure
burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. private boats have joined the greek coastguard, picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the greek army has also been helping get tourists to safety. no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. the fires have been burning for five days. the country s deputy fire chief says the fires in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as greece is suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days, making it the longest since records began. katie piercefield holmes is on holiday in rhodes and told me about her experience. it is all a little bit chaotic, really. last night, you could see there were fires off in the distance, there was ash falling but everything was normal and today was normal up until about lunch time when the sky turned orange. i had gone to the gym and came up to