Is confirmed as the host city for the 2032 olympic and paralympic games. And, he s known as the greek freak we l look at how this man has become the superstar of the nba finals. Its been seven months since the uk and eu agreed and signed the brexit withdrawal agreement in january 2020. Today, uk government ministers have been pushing to change one of the most contentious issues the northern ireland protocol. Under the protocol, a range of products 7 mainly food 7 have to be checked when they arrive in northern ireland from britain to make sure they re in line with eu standards. Because northern ireland has a land border with an eu state 7 the republic of ireland. The eu wants to prevent goods that don t match its standards from entering the eu single market through here. But today, the uk s brexit minister, lord david frost, said it needed a huge overhaul. He argues the current situation is damaging to the uk. The political itself requires there be no impacts or minimising impacts
High and they were dramatically exceeded. Thousands of adults in england are self isolating. The vast majority don t have covid, many though have been pinged by the trace and track app. And it may have come as a surprise to some of them to see this report from the times. It told us that investment minister,lord gerry grimstone, the bbc has confirmed this too. That s right an advisory tool. Then this morning the business minister paul scully did a series of interviews. He told times radio that self isolating after being pinged was a decision for individuals and employers. And that the app is there to allow you to make informed decisions. In a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this: we are encouraging people to isolate but they need to make their own informed decisions. The legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. Not everyone has the app for example and so it is not manda
Earth s atmosphere. Hello from tokyo, where after a year long delay, the olympics games are now just three days away. We re here at tokyo bay, in the south of the japanese capital, to bring you all the build up and then the sport when it gets underway, for the most controversial olympics for a generation, with tokyo hosting the games in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The olympic village, which hosts the athletes, has been hit by four coronavirus cases. Two south african footballers were the first to test positive there, followed by a czech beach volleyball player and an american gymnast. There ve also been cases reported among media and other personnel, and we ve just heard that 2 members of mexico s olympic baseball team have tested postive before they were due to leave forjapan. The city of tokyo has entered its fourth state of emergency as cases rise. But the international olympic committee insists that these positive cases do not pose a wider threat to the population. Let