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At the beijing winter olympics, heavy snow has disrupted the skiing schedules. the heavy snowfall came after a week of criticism of the dry conditions, which saw more than one million metric tons of fake snow being produced for the various events. 27 skiers were scheduled to take part in the slopestyle qualifiers, now postponed to monday. among them is home favourite eileen gu, who picked up the big air gold medal on tuesday. the north korean leader kimjong—un has made a rare public appearance...

Need to agree upon some common metrics to determine how and when its safe to start lifting restrictions. >> were still tragically in this fight. i think when you look across the country right now, you see cases declining quickly all across the country. almost every state, you look week over week cases have decline declined sharply. were a good way through the wave. new jersey, maryland, were down 1,000 cases. its a low level. depending on how you measure that, its a long struggle. this is a viru...

Telling the country tourism industry to get ready. because he says the doors will open in two weeks time. take a listen. >> its almost two years since we took the decision to close the borders to australia. national security committee has decided decide the australia will reopen borders to all remaining visa holders on the 21st of february. of this year. >> so visitor, tourists will be allowed in. provided they have a visa and are double vaccinated. and poining out it was just last month that th...

Russia and try to find a solution. there have been concerns from france and the us about a continued build—up of russian troops. they have accused russia of having 110,000 troops on the border. in response, president biden said he has offered 3000 american troops, the first of which arrived in poland yesterday. one of the key points is they are concerned about the fact that president putin has moved strategic drills that were meant to happen in autumn, they have been moved towards february and...

Said he looked forward to welcoming those double jabbed from 21st february. australia has had some of the worlds strictest border controls during the pandemic. in march 2020, it barred all non—australians and limited the flow of returning citizens. the chinese tennis player peng shuai has told a french newspaper that international concern over her wellbeing is based on "an enormous misunderstanding". the three—time olympian sparked global concern last year when she disappeared from public vi...

Standards of food in europe and the uk and we could and should trust each other that would make a difference. that would be one thing that would be important and also we need to have a very, lighter touch on these border controls in the sense of its about going back to the checkout person, if you could deal with it quickly and get people through, then you can deal with the queue. light touch, i think the borders would be helpful. thank you very much- — borders would be helpful. thank you very ...

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Pushed, there has to be some sense that is ready for diplomacy. >> great analysis. ambassado ambassador steven pfifer, thank you so much. really appreciate your time. >> thank you. all right much more from ukraine at the bottom of the hour. but first, lets go back to rosemary church in atlanta with the days other news. good to see you, rosemary. >> you too, thank you so much, michael. we will catch you very soon. so after two years of tight pandemic border controls, more countries are welcomin...

You were part of the white house team and you worried about border controls. and carol referenced the covid rules put in place by the trump white house, title xlii, restricting asylum access. and that is now affecting the ukrainian refugees. most are going to europe whereas the white house points out they want to be closer to home so that they can get back into their homeland, but some who are relatives here are trying to get in and mothers and children have been turned back. and of course it wi...

Hello and welcome to the global guide. as travel restrictions ease worldwide many cities are gearing up for a bumper season, reopening museums and galleries showing off new and improved infrastructure and finally, after almost two years, running big events again! first up, australia has had some of the tightest border controls of any country in the world during the coronavirus pandemic. but finally, the country has reopened to fully vaccinated terrorists, family visitors and business travellers....