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Good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today: two doses of the main covid vaccines used in the uk are found to be highly effective against the indian variant of the virus. the former bbc journali5t martin ba5hir defends his panaorama interview with princess diana, but apologises to prince5 william and harry. frustration for the organisers of glastonbury festival as technical problems stop fans from watching a special online concert. and nul points fo...

This is bbc news, the headlines: the first international aid convoys have arrived in gaza — after the ceasefire between israel and hamas came into place and israel opened border crossings on friday. officials say reconstruction costs following almost two weeks of violence from both sides — will run to the tens of millions of dollars. meanwhile, the strength of the truce has been tested. there�*ve been violent clashes at one ofjerusalem�*s most sacred sights, the al—aqsa mosque. 20 pale...

Its 6:45am. we are at parliament hill lido. weve had to go for a swim and its currently zero degrees. i think the water is going to be like, i reckon it is going to be eight degrees. why do we do this? because you tell us to. james newmans rules. it definitely is. what was it like when you did it? it took five or six attempts until you started to think, this is actually amazing. the first few, they were horrible. mental health thing, i noticed even more, this lockdown, anxious all the time. worr...

I got up one morning, i was like, do the breathing, get in the water, it was just before lockdown. this was still open. get in the cold water. do my breathing. and later that day, like, my mind just cleared. i think weve been in forfive minutes or so? it feels great. it is the best buzz. it is amazing. how do you describe anxiety? for me, it is like worry, i worry about stupid stuff all the time. and ifind myself in my own head, take myself down a spiralling path and the next thing, im stressed....

Good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: the vaccine programme rolls on in england. more than a million 32 and 33—year—olds can now book their jabs. germany imposes a strict quarantine on travellers from the uk because of the rise in cases of the indian variant of covid—19. its back! after a year out because of the pandemic, eurovision returns.

# growing up is getting old.# covid situation in bulgaria put simply, eurovision is going to be the biggest gig of james�*s life and hes got a tactic to deal with that pressure. and its cold. its 6:45am. and we are at parliament hill lido. about to go for a swim and its currently 0 degrees. but i think the water is going to be, i reckon its going to be 8 degrees. ey—up, duck. why do we do this, guys? because you tell us to! james newman rules! indeed, definitely. what was it like when you fi...

All the time. worrying about stuff for no reason and feeling a bit depressed and stuff so ijust got up one morning and i was like right, the breathing, going to get in the cold water because it was just before lockdown, actually. this was still open. get in the cold water, do my breathing, and later that day, its like my mind just cleared. like five minutes or something. it feels great. like a buzz. its amazing. how do you describe anxiety? for me, its like worry, worrying about stupid stuff all...

I�*ll go to your show tomorrow, we�*ll see, i�*ll find out. rakugo comedy was invented by buddhist monks to make their teachings more entertaining. speaking english: there was a car accident, mother, father and children were all hospitalised, but a monkey was the only one left, with the police. the police said i wish this monkey could talk... it�*s a storytelling tradition that obviously resembles stand—up comedy, but this is some 200 years older. what would the father do?

Challenge in the middle east as the pressure on him is mounting to stop the fighting, somehow, between israel and hamas. a new round of rocket attacks in the air strikes erupted there just this evening. earlier this morning, biden told netanyahu by phone that he expected a significant de-escalation today, on the path to a cease-fire in the future. while this afternoon, one israeli military spokesman told our colleagues andrew michel that this prospect is unlikely. >> is there any side, have you ...

investigations are all about, a continuation of the greatest, wait for it, political witch hunt in the history of the united states. the current president for his part now facing on increasingly difficult foreign policy challenge in the middle east as the pressure on him is mounting to stop the fighting somehow between israel and hamas. a new round of rocket attacks and air strikes erupted there just this evening. earlier this morning biden told netanyahu by phone he expected a significant de...