Summer holidays: Testing, quarantine and 'vacci-cations'
Travel journalists explain what some of the issues might be if you are thinking of going abroad.
China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party with a crowd of about 70,000 people in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen square. President Xi Jinping told the country that the Chinese people would not allow a foreign power to bully or subjugate them and that China would resolve the “Taiwan question” to achieve complete…
Newscast’s Adam Fleming talks climate change with the Duke of Cambridge at Kensington Palace ahead of the inaugural Earthshot Prize – his ambitious plan to showcase those working to save the planet. The full Prince William interview airs on 14 October 2021. Watch BBC One (at 23:35), BBC News Channel and BBC iPlayer. Listen on…
LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: Tesla head Elon Musk sells about $5bn (£3.7bn) of shares in the electric car manufacturer An original Apple computer, built by co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, sells at auction for $400,000 A robot that can autonomously give injections without needles has…
The lifting of almost all coronavirus restrictions on 19 July in England, needs to be done with the right messaging, the World Health Organization’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro has said. “I’ve been hearing from some that the mood in Britain is one of great relief that everything can be sort of stopped…
On November 2nd, a Chinese tennis star accused a top Chinese government official of sexual assault. Peng Shuai was one of the leading doubles players in the world. And since her allegations, we’ve heard nothing. Until an email was released – apparently from her – saying the allegations weren’t true. But many questions remain. Producer:…
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best tech news stories of the week including: Amazon signs a $8.45bn (£5.97bn) deal to buy MGM, the Hollywood studio known for releasing movies in the James Bond and Rocky franchises Uber and Lyft start offering free short rides to Americans travelling to get a Covid-19 jab A…