premise of the question, yes google was hiding informationhe from its users, he effectively conceded. it was for their own good. according to feinberg, google didn t want to lead people down pathways that we would not find to be authoritative information. authoritative information. you ve heard that phrase a lot in the last year. authoritative information is the opposite of misinformation, or disinformation, or worse, a conspiracy theory. it s really important. all you are allowed to see is authoritative information. it s worth knowing in this and many w other cases, what is it? in this case, where did google get the authoritative information? in this case, they got that information from a group led byo a noted man of science, the nama sounds familiar, he almost single-handedly stopped all public speculation about the lab leak early in the pandemic. he did this in one swoop bye organizing a letter to the land standing as a known fact, there was no possibility of this virus, t
Making him the 12th serving us president to have met her majesty. Hello and welcome to bbc news. There s disappointment for thousands of holidaymakers this afternoon as it s understood that portugal is to be added to the government s amber travel list on tuesday meaning that going there is legal, but officially advised against and people must quarantine on their return. And the bbc has been told no new countries will be added to england s green list of destinations that people can travel to without quarantine. There had been speculation that some spanish and greek islands could be added to that list today, as well as malta, finland and parts of the caribbean. But the government says it needs to be cautious. Our political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster for us. Good to see you. Bring us up to speed with these developments. Bad news for speed with these developments. E:c news for travellers, ben. Speed with these developments. E5. C news fortravellers, ben. Portugal, whi
the president talked about the progress and the challenges still ahead. the fact is that nearly 85% of seniors have had at least one vaccination shot. and the wide cross section of the nation trusts the vaccine regardless of race or ideology. now, we need to make the same progress for those under 65 years of age. there are a lot of younger people. especially those in their 20s and 30s who believe they don t need it. but i want to be absolutely clear, you do need to get vaccinated. this as nbc news has learned the biden administration is telling states any vaccine doses left unordered will be offered to other states. the u.s. has added another 1 million fully vaccinated americans from this time yesterday with a total of 105.5 million. while pfizer head albert bourla tells cnbc when a booster shot may be needed. we do expect the booster likely will be needed somewhere between 6 and 12 months. and this is based on all of the evidence that we ve seen collectively and remain
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and tom newton dunn, chief political commentator with times radio. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the front page of the metro looks at the row over lobbying of politicians involving the collapsed firm greensill capital. it echoes the words of labour leader sir keir starmer who accused ministers of a return to tory sleaze . in the wake of the greensill row the telegraph focusses on the crackdown on senior civil service officials who have been asked to declare any paid second jobs by the end of this week. meanwhile as the treasury select committee looks into lobbying the is headline reads. uk lobbying watchdog is, lobbyist . the daily mail s front page reports that the prime minister himself was lobbied by the saudi crown prince in a bid to buy a top english football club. away from greensill the guardian warns th
help for key workers living with long covid. and a nail biting day for nasa as it aims to land its perseverance rocket on the surface of mars. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there s been a marked decline in levels of coronavirus infections in england since january, say scientists tracking the epidemic. a study by imperial college london found that infections have fallen by two thirds across england since the latest lockdown began, with an 80% fall in the capital itself. but it warns that levels are still high, particularly among primary school age children and young adults, with one in 200 testing positive between the 4th and 13th february. that s similar to levels seen in september. katharine da costa has the details. friends and family kept apart. many businesses kept on hold. lockdown has taken its toll on all of us, but researchers say it has helped to take infection levels in england down to those last seen in september. imperial college s react survey looked at