Hopes fade for UK-US travel corridor this summer - Daily Mail

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• Hopes fade for UK-US travel corridor this summer - Daily Mail
• UK reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases since Jan 30 - Times Now
• XR protesters arrested after dumping manure outside Daily Mail offices - The Guardian
• Britain records 22868 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths - Reuters UK

Hopes fade for UK-US travel corridor this summer - Daily Mail Posted: 28 Jun 2021 01:26 PM PDT Hopes are fading that a travel corridor between the UK and the US will be established this summer. Doubt has been cast as fears grow that Britons vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine will be barred from entering the States. It comes as EU countries continue to impose increasingly tough restrictions on Britons travelling to the continent over concerns about the Delta variant.  Officials involved in talks about the potential US UK travel corridor said they thought it was increasingly unlikely they would reach a conclusion by the end of July, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The officials added that the rise in cases of the Delta variant in the UK and the complexities of the U.S. political system were set to extend the talks into August and even September, the newspaper said. The matter is further complicated by the fact that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has yet to be approved in the US. The possibility of a travel corridor between the UK and the US looks unlikely this summer as concerns over the Delta variant and the unapproved AZ vaccine cast doubt on the matter. Pictured: Travelers wait in line at John F. Kennedy Airport last month in New York City This could mean that Britons who have been jabbed with the vaccine could be barred from entering the US until it is approved - a process which could take several months. One UK diplomat told the FT: 'AstraZeneca is proving a real problem. If the US doesn't recognise it, it means millions of Brits won't be eligible to travel if we agree to a new corridor.'  Britain's daily Covid cases more than doubled in a week today but deaths plunged 40 per cent — in another clear sign the vaccines have severed the link between infections and fatalities. The Department of Health posted another 22,868 infections in the past 24 hours, an increase of 115 per cent on the 10,633 recorded last week. It is the highest daily case number since late January when the second wave was dying down, and the biggest week-on-week surge in infections since October last year. But there were just three deaths registered today, compared to five a week ago. Daily Covid fatalities have ticked upwards in the past week, with an average of 17 victims now compared to nine in the middle of the month — a far cry from the levels seen in previous waves. In a clear sign of the 'vaccine effect', the last time cases were at around 22,000 and rising was in early December, when there were roughly 400 Covid deaths a day and the second wave was starting to spiral. There are currently on average 211 Covid hospital admissions each day across the UK, which is double the amount at the beginning of May. In early December, the country was averaging 1,500 daily hospitalisations. Meanwhile countries in the EU continue to impose tough restrictions on travelling Britons over concerns regarding the Delta variant despite the UK having one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. Earlier today, Spain announced it will only let fully vaccinated Britons or those who have had a negative Covid test enter the country after Angela Merkel called for an EU-wide ban on UK tourists.   Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the move just two days before the Balearic Islands are due to be added to the UK's green list - along with Malta. Pictured: German holidaymakers Majorca last week as Britons remain unable to travel to Spain German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured in Berlin in 2019) want a continent-wide ban on all British holidaymakers because of the Indian variant Spain joins Malta and Portugal in making late changes as Germany and France are expected to up the ante at today's EU Covid summit. Merkel and Emmanuel Macron want a continent-wide ban on all British holidaymakers because of the Indian variant. Malta has changed its policy to only allow UK arrivals who are fully vaccinated, while Portugal will require a 14-day quarantine for any Britons who are not double-jabbed.   Spanish PM Sanchez called Britain's Covid numbers 'worrying', citing its accumulated 14-day rate which is 'well above 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.'  Critics argue the Franco-German campaign to clamp down on Britain, which has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, is driven by politics not data.

UK reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases since Jan 30 - Times Now Posted: 28 Jun 2021 07:27 PM PDT A busy street in London following unlock of activities  | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP, File Image London: Britain has reported another 22,868 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since January 30 this year, according to official figures released on Monday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 4,755,078, according to the latest official figures. The country also recorded another three coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain to 128,103. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test, the Xinhua news agency reported. More than 44.4 million people in Britain have received the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine and more than 32.5 million people have received two doses, the latest figures also showed. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested Monday that there will be no early easing of the remaining Covid restrictions before the planned date of July 19. Johnson has announced a four-week delay to the final step of England's roadmap out of Covid-19 restrictions until July 19, amid a surge in cases of the Delta variant first identified in India. To bring life back to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Russia, the United States as well as the European Union have been racing against time to roll out coronavirus vaccines.

XR protesters arrested after dumping manure outside Daily Mail offices - The Guardian Posted: 27 Jun 2021 01:12 PM PDT Six climate activists have been arrested after protests in which manure was dumped outside newspaper offices in central London. Seven tonnes of fertiliser was dumped outside the west London building that houses the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, i, Independent and Evening Standard on Sunday. The offices of the Daily Telegraph at Victoria were also targeted. Campaigners from Extinction Rebellion said they had singled out the Daily Mail because it "suppresses the truth from the public" on the climate emergency. A banner reading "Free the press" was also strung up on scaffolding outside Northcliffe House, the building that houses the newspaper. The group also attempted to pour several tonnes of manure outside the Telegraph's offices in central London, but were stopped by the police. In a statement the environmental protest group said it wanted to send a message to "the four billionaire owners of 68% of the UK's print media" and was demanding "an end to media corruption that suppresses the truth from the public for profit". Police said the group, which arrived about 6.40am on Sunday, emptied manure from a truck before climbing scaffolding on the outside of the building. Five people were arrested for an offence under section 148 of the Highways Act. Four of them were also arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage. About 8am, a 54-year-old man attempted to empty manure outside the Telegraph offices on Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria. "He was arrested for an offence under section 148 of the Highways Act and on suspicion of dangerous driving," police said. All six remain in custody. The environmental group launched a day of protest sharing photos and video on social media of protesters carrying placards and waving flags, marching through London and gathering in Parliament Square. Speaking for the group, Gully Bujak said: "For the British public, who've seen the criminal behaviour of this government and their cronies throughout the pandemic, the conclusion must surely be clear: the arenas of power in this country are rotten, and where the billionaire-owned press is concerned, corruption is the business model. "It's time they cut the crap and stop acting as though they are providing a noble service to the public, while greenwashing the climate crisis and stoking the culture war to divide people." Police tackled a number of different protests across London on Sunday. Elsewhere, people walked along Regent Street during a #FreedomToDance march organised by Save Our Scene, in protest against the government's treatment of the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrators marched from the BBC headquarters down to Parliament Square, in protest against Covid-19 restrictions on the hospitality industry. In a statement shared on Instagram, Save Our Scene said: "We are representing thousands of musicians, events staff and venues tomorrow, so please remember that when you come. "[Our] message to the government is to open the whole industry without any further delay, so we must communicate that without giving any reason to divert attention." On Saturday police arrested three people and three officers were injured during anti-lockdown protests during which thousands of demonstrators gathered in central London and hundreds of tennis balls were launched at the Houses of Parliament. Thousands of protesters – many carrying anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine placards – marched through London towards Parliament Square. They threw hundreds of tennis balls, some bearing messages, over the fences around the Houses of Parliament and let off flares and threw tennis balls outside Downing Street to chants of "shame on you" and boos directed at No 10. Meanwhile, in Hyde Park, officers were photographed trying to remove anti-vaccine stickers from their vans. At the end of the day of protests, the Met said a total of 23 people had been arrested. Extinction Rebellion said four female members were arrested on Friday at one of its east London warehouses where they had been creating art for the Free the Press march on Sunday.

Britain records 22868 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths - Reuters UK Posted: 28 Jun 2021 08:13 AM PDT People queue outside a mass vaccination centre for those aged 18 and over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, June 20, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) - Britain recorded 22,868 new coronavirus infections on Monday, up from 14,876 a day earlier, and three deaths, lower than the 11 reported on Sunday, official data showed. Daily positive cases have been rising in Britain for a month but a rapid vaccination programme appears to have weakened the link between infections and deaths, with daily fatalities remaining around 20 or lower. The data also showed that 44.45 million people have had a first dose of the vaccine and 32.58 million have had two shots. Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Alistair Smout Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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