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capitol building in january. the yays 57, the names of a3. two—thirds of the senators present having not found guilty. the senate judges that the respondent, donald john trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the article of impeachment. seven republican senators voted with democrats by 57—a3 to convict mr trump while others openly condemned his conduct. meanwhile, he's put out a statement vowing to carry on fighting with his "beautiful, patriotic followers". and in other news, myanmar�*s military has named seven opposition campaigners they want arrested as the army performs night—time raids, following mass protests sparked by their coup.
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boris johnson says he hopes to begin lifting lockdown restrictions in england from next month beginning with schools, then non—essential shops, followed by pubs and restaurants. mrjohnson also said that people will have to learn to live with coronavirus, echoing a suggestion by his health secretary matt hancock that it could be managed like �*flu by the end of the year. some scientists have warned against easing restrictions too quickly even if the vaccination programme remains on target. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. day by day, thousands more injections to vaccinate people against coronavirus. by monday, the government is confident it will have met its aim of offering 15 million people their firstjab. on a visit to a vaccine manufacturer in teesside today, the prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about covid—19 being contained long—term. new therapies are being discovered the whole time, which are enabling us
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to reduce mortality, improve our treatments of the disease, so, yes, i do think that, in due time, it will become something that we simply live with. effective vaccines are crucial to allowing restrictions to be lifted. the government's promised a more detailed timeline soon. but borisjohnson gave some idea of the order in which things would open up. starting with schools, we very much hope on march the 8th, that's got to be the priority, our children's education, our kids�* education is our number one priority, but then, working forwards to getting non—essential retail open as well, and then, in due course, as and when we can, prudently and cautiously, of course, we want to be opening hospitality as well. but, some advising the government warn that, even with effective vaccines, a resurgence in cases can't be ruled out.
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i don't believe anyone expects we are suddenly going to lift all the social restrictions. i don't think really anyone�*s thinking that way. that we are going to just immediately lift them and not care what happens. but if, for some reason, we did choose to pretend it just wasn't here any more some point, then, yes, there is the potential to go back to a wave that is a similar size to the one that we are in now. a drink in the spring sunshine might feel a long way off, and downing street has dismissed as speculation talk that pubs and restaurants could be serving us outside by april, but the more people get vaccinated, and the more the government talks about living with coronavirus long—term, the more the pressure to get life back to normal will grow. if it's the same level as flu, we don't think for a second of locking down the country over flu. there will come a point when there will be a death rate from covid, but it's at a normal level, and we have to cope with that. obviously, we have to still try and prevent it, but we accept it. i think we have to. there is an acceptance in government that this lockdown must be the last in england, so, while ministers
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feel the frustration, they are proceeding with caution. jonathan blake, bbc news. now on bbc news — the travel show. coming up on this week's show — dubai's world expo plans. i've been told that when it's finished, it's gonna look incredible. the porter poet of cuba. the town that typewriters made. and what we all need right now — a little glimpse into our near future. it's golden time. golden time for me — i like the sound of that!
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hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from tokyo. now, it's been a long winter of restrictions here and around the world, but now there's the prospect of vaccines and, with them, hope that life can slowly begin opening up again and returning to some kind of normal. at the travel show, we have been doing our best to carry on, bringing you inspiration from all over the world — a little bit of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy moment in history. of course, tokyo was supposed to host the 2020 olympics and paralympic games last year. we are all keeping our fingers crossed that it will go ahead in 2021. at the moment, that's in serious doubt. if it doesn't happen, the likelihood is that it will be cancelled completely. and in that instance, the next big global event will be the postponed 2020
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world expo in dubai. as it stands, it's still on. lucy has been finding out how the authorities there are planning to throw open the gates to ticket holders from all over the world against the background of the current global pandemic. ad: see a futuristic - festival filled with ideas, new and radical! be there to see the alliance of art, music, fashion and science! this, you can't afford to miss! expo 2020 — over 190 countries coming together here in dubai in a vast new purpose—built exhibition space the size of a small city. a six—month global event showcasing advances in technology, sustainability and opportunity, and the whole thing was due to open in october last year. but thanks to the covid pandemic, nine months ago, the decision was made to postpone the opening of expo 2020 until october this year, a full year on from
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the original date. well, a lot of the countries that are participating in the expo were impacted quite severely by covid—19, and so it really was the sort of collective decision, under the guidance of the bureau of international exhibitions — which is our governing body — to postpone. but what is also given us is time — this extra time that we've got is to work with the countries on issues and subjects and sort of the programme they want to bring to the expo that is relevant to a post—covid world. the united kingdom isjust one of over 190 nations exhibiting here, all hoping to showcase the very best of what their countries have to offer. ok, so i have arrived at the uk pavilion. as you can probably tell, still a work in progress, it's still under construction and if i'm being honest, it's looking a tad unimpressive at the moment. but i have been told that when it is finished, it's gonna look incredible. so let's go and meet the man in charge. so we've got a few more months
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to go, but we will be ready well in advance of expo and we will be looking really forward to welcoming everybody to the site. and what can people expect? what can people get excited about when it comes to the uk pavilion? so the uk pavilion is basically for us a hub to showcase the best that the uk has to offer. it's a really beautiful building but really what is equally as important is what goes inside it. so what we're gonna have is focusing on uk innovation and technology. and this is a really, really special building — it is based on stephen — one of the last pieces of work that stephen hawking did, which is about his breakthrough message, and the idea is if we could communicate with another species in outer space what would we, as this planet, sent across? and the building is a very interactive one and all the guests that come across pull out their smartphone and are able to donate a word. and we built this artificial intelligence system in the background, and the same word then goes into a much larger poem that's being written by that a! system and that cone, the poem will be displayed there for everybody to see. we want to bring the world together to look at the global
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challenges that we all face — whether it is dealing with pandemics, or whether it's about climate change and sustainability. this provides a great opportunity for us to be able to do that. there is no doubt that a lot is riding on the expo — not only in terms of international prestige for dubai as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, but also financially. it was originally forecast up to 25 million people would visit the expo, with the majority coming from abroad, leading to thousands of new hotel rooms being built. but filling them will now be reliant on how many of us are able — and happy — to travel again towards the end of the year. currently, the uae is on the uk's banned list for travellers because of a recent increase in covid cases here. tickets for this year's expo haven't gone on sale yet but with the future of the tokyo olympics still hanging in the balance, nadia says that not only could expo be the first big—scale global event to go ahead in 2021, but also that its message will now be even more relevant.
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under the sort of banner of connecting minds, creating the future, we've realised that our three themes of sustainability, mobility, and opportunity are even more relevant today than they were even pre—covid. and so, you know, the experiences that the visitors will go through when they come, particularly in our thematic pavilions, really resonate with the moment — a moment in time in a post—covid world. lucy in dubai. and a glimpse of things to come, once we can start moving again. next, to a totally different part of the world. horn beeps. soft latin music played on guitar.
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luis has written thousands of poems about different cities around the world, which he describes as if he has only just seen them. and to this day, he has never left cuba. luis dropped out of school in 1958 and studied maps. but due to the us embargo against cuba, they quickly
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became out of date. but he managed to stay in touch with world events by chatting to tourists while working as a porter at the trinidad bus station.
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still to come on the travel show — the long legacy of italy's top typewriter tycoon. and i meet the robot that can see the future, apparently.
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i find that a bit ominous, but i guess the takeaway is don't be greedy! next this week, we are in italy, and here is a name that might ring some bells with literary types. it is 120 years since adriano olivetti's typewriter company transformed the little town of ivrea, near turin, into a pulsing industrial hub. that was a long time ago, of course, but the town's tourism chiefs are now looking to that golden age as a source of new inspiration. before the pandemic, we took our cameras to check it out.
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paradise, a place where the employers and the employed are believed to enjoy the best of all possible worlds. in these foothills of piedmont, a worker who has entered camillo�*s kingdom has all but entered the kingdom of heaven. this is camillo olivetti's empire today — an empire which has distributed over most of the world and employs over 50,000 people. the 20 men here at ivrea have become 1a,000. they are the largest typewriter manufacturers in the world
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and yet, typewriters are only one quarter of their business. since the beginning, camillo and his son adriano, who followed him as head of the company, have given great thought to the human side of their operation. even from the first days, olivetti and his blacksmith partner used to set an hour aside each day for the worker who had family or money or health problems. they always had time for the employee who wanted a job for his wife or son, or needed a loan to buy
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a home orfurniture.
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after one year of restrictions and lockdowns, we are all anxious to know what is going to happen in our lives and our travels in the near future. well, south korea may provide some answers. last year, i went to its capital city, seoul, to find out about a very ancient and booming tradition of fortune—telling. a stroll on one of seoul's main streets gives a clue about the importance of fortune—telling in south korea. dozens of cafes offer a look into the future through tarot cards, palm and face reading, and saju, an ancient form of divination which uses the cosmic energy of your time and date of birth to predict your luck. you were born in summertime, ok.
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please be patient. but after next year could be much better, from 2022 to here, 2029. it's a golden time. golden time for me — i like the sound of that. yes, it's very nice. so do you get lots of young people coming in? yes, mostly we have young customers. young people come for — about relationships, they want to know boyfriends, what he thinks, what they think, and about their career. because saju is not some energy, it decides your destiny. wow. thank you so much. speaks korean. saju has become a form of entertainment for koreans but the pressure of modern
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lives and competition for education and jobs also compel many koreans to seek reassurance in traditional clairvoyance. most of them take it with a pinch of salt. was it a good reading? and was it a good match? are you still with your boyfriend?
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thank you. there are an estimated 300,000 fortune tellers in south korea and it's a booming business, worth almost us$a billion — no wonder many people are keen to learn its secrets!
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metal, water, wood, fire and earth are the five elements that students need to learn about. looking at the board, it is not that straightforward. how long do you have to study to become a saju professional? as is often the case in south korea, tradition has blended with technology. the high—tech industry
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was quick to grasp the appeal of fortune—telling and dozens of apps now offer instant predictions. this app here has been downloaded 10 million times and there is even an english version. ok, so let's see what my fortune is today. oh, dear. it does not look good! "you need to learn how to fight temptations. temptations are all around you." well, that doesn't sound good! local artists also take inspiration from the traditional culture of fortune—telling. this buddha robot uses artificial intelligence to dispense personalised prophecy. it is slightly disconcerting, being this close to the robot and when i move my head, she also moves her head. hello! the artificial intelligence
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recognises people's faces and they analyse age, gender and their feeling. and based on the daily information, it makes a sentence that it says to the person in front. speaks korean. so she just said "where there is greed, there is fear, so if you are not greedy, you have nothing to fear" — i find that a bit ominous! but i guess the takeaway is don't be greedy! so for now, fortune tellers in south korea have a bright future to look forward to — if only their crystal balls could predict when we will all be able to travel the world again.
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great memories from my trip to south korea there, before any of us had ever heard of coronavirus. well, that's it for this week but coming up next time — lucy is back with some of our favourite trips around south asia, including the time henry got stuck up a tree in kerala. i think i'm going to rip my pants! this is tough! and a white—knuckle ride to remember down pakistan's hunza river. i have not seen ed for almost 2.5 hours. and don't forget you can catch more of our recent shows on the bbc iplayer, and we are on social media too in all of the usual places. but for now, let's cross our fingers and hope some better news in the coming months. see you soon. bye— bye.
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the temperatures in the isles of scilly reached 10 degrees celsius on saturday evening and that's the first time we've had double figures in the uk in a week. so, the sun is now setting on this spell of bitterly cold weather. for all of us in the week ahead, it will be much milder. we'll notice it by day and by night in what will be quite a blustery week. already, as sunday begins, milder air is nudging into westernmost parts. for many of us, it's one last cold morning as temperatures hover close to freezing. there is a bit of wet weather moving in from the atlantic and, for scotland and northern england, there's a chance of seeing some freezing rain, rain that freezes instantly as it hits the surface and that could make things treacherously icy in some spots as we go through sunday.
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so, do have that in your mind if you have to be making a journey. for all of us, it will be cloudy and there will be outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards as the day goes on and it will be windy, particularly around the irish sea coasts, the eastern side of northern ireland, western scotland, into the outer and inner hebrides. we are going to see some gusts up to around 70 mph, so some big waves, and if you are outside, you will notice it feeling much milder. whereas across the eastern parts, well, it is still another cold day but not quite as cold as it's been and temperatures will continue to rise as we go through sunday night. cloud and outbreaks of rain still across parts of england and wales going into monday morning. elsewhere, some clearer spells and a few showers. these are the temperatures as we start off on monday morning. many of us did not even reach that for a high in the past week. so, the air is coming from a different direction, low—pressure dominating things now, pulling in air from the southwest, but it's on that flow,
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we will get these wet and windy weather systems at times. but, again, this flow is from a different, warmer direction and lifting temperatures above the average for this time of year for some of us. still a bit of rain affecting parts of the eastern side of england as monday begins. some showers pushing from southwest to northeast elsewhere but, for many of us, a large part of the day will be dry. some breaks in cloud and a few sunny spells. 13 celsius in london, 9 in glasgow. it stays mild for the rest of the week. and it will be blustery but what a different week from last week!
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welcome to bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: the former president has been acquitted of inciting a mob to attack the us capitol. democrats failed to get the two thirds majority they needed. the charge related to the storming of the capitol in january. the senate's republican leader mitch mcconnell voted to acquit, but pulled no punches in condemning mr trump. president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. in a statement, donald trump said the democrats had been given a free pass to transform justice into myanmar�*s military leaders release a list of seven opposition campaigners they want to arrest as the army
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steps up night time raids on civilians.

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