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those residents have started to come back to their homes. once it was declared safe. but now, this has put a spanner in the works. it is the fifth eruption that scientists obscene in the reykjanes peninsula in the past three years. they had started to monitor the increase in seismic activities back in november and they are going to have to do continue to do that now so there is real concern. i mean, it was a shocking and surprising christmas for people living in the area back in december and this will be a pretty surprising start to the new year as well. pretty surprising start to the new year as well-— pretty surprising start to the new year as well. megan, let's go live to recce bit _ year as well. megan, let's go live to recce bit now. _ live now to reykjavik where we can speak to hallgrimur indredason, a journalist at iceland's public broadcaster, ruv. thank you very much forjoining us. just tell us the alert went out at 3am in the morning there? yes. 3am in the morning there? yes, that's true- _ 3am in the morning there? yes, that's true. seismic _ 3am in the morning there? yes, that's true. seismic activity - that's true. seismic activity started underneath grindavik so everybody was evacuated and since
that? ., , you thinkjoe biden will handle that? . , ., ., that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth — that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth enough _ that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth enough regular- that? certainly, we thought it would be a smooth enough regular visit. be a smooth enough regular visit before the cheerleaders headed onto the 74th nato summit, but certainly president biden's decision to send cluster bombs, cluster munitions to ukraine really has put a spanner in the works of this diplomatic meeting. rishi sunak came out yesterday, rightly so, condemning this because, as we know, the uk is a signatory to the 2008 un convention which bans the use and the creation of these cluster munitions, along with 123 other countries. the us, russia and ukraine are not signatories to this. on the front line there will be some
i am sold - want more? yeah! i am sold already. | want more? yeah! - i am sold already. what's want more? yeah! _ i am sold already. what's actually auoin to i am sold already. what's actually going to happen _ i am sold already. what's actually going to happen at _ i am sold already. what's actually going to happen at 12 _ i am sold already. what's actually going to happen at 12 minutes - i am sold already. what's actuallyl going to happen at 12 minutes past six if you _ going to happen at 12 minutes past six if you are going to bring us back— six if you are going to bring us back down_ six if you are going to bring us back down to earth with some talk about_ back down to earth with some talk about things accosting, it is serious _ about things accosting, it is serious and effecting peoples lives, now specifically you are looking at holidays — now specifically you are looking at holida s. ., , now specifically you are looking at holida s. ., . now specifically you are looking at holida s. ., , ., ., ., holidays. holidays and air travel. for many people _ holidays. holidays and air travel. for many people struggling - holidays. holidays and air travel. for many people struggling with | holidays. holidays and air travel. i for many people struggling with the cost of living, the cost of food, fuel and household bills, less money to spend on holidays so people are looking for deals and they cannot necessarily find them. welcome to the breakfast airways departure lounge. despite its name we've usually been stood here talking about travel restrictions, quarantine, testing, traffic lights and even places that are totally closed for british travellers. but not anymore. with summer right around the corner, holiday rules are a lot simpler. but could high inflation put a spanner in the works? spending on travel agents was 3.5% down in april compared