translation: we are football players i but we're also citizens of myanmar. i we know people have relied on each other in this moment, so people from sport are participating in this revolution, too. the us is the only country to impose sanctions on myanmar�*s military so far. with the rest of the world still wondering whether to follow suit, the protests and the arrests go on. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. hello. still a fair bit of lying snow around and icy conditions today. it is turning gradually windier and milder. there is the threat of freezing rain. rain falling across northern england and scotland into sub zero air could bring some really icy conditions here. winds gusting 60 to 70 mph, big waves around the irish sea coasts, the western isles for instance as well. 12 degrees in belfast.

contrast that with further east still, fairly chilly, up to about 3 celsius in norwich. windy wherever you are through the day. east anglia and the south—east remaining dry for a good part of the day. this evening and tonight, rain sweeping across england and wales, followed by clearer spells and scattered showers in the far north—west. overnight lows, 5 to 10 degrees, significantly warmer than we had during the daytime over the past week or so. monday morning, early rain clears from southern and eastern england. still showers for parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. sunny spells developing and temperatures between about 8 to 14 degrees. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: british prime minister borisjohnson comes under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers

however urge caution. we won't be able to give certainty unless it is based on the evidence that we have got that the vaccine is doing itsjob. so far, the prognosis is pretty good but we had to keep monitoring it has the roll—out proceeds. rolling out to the under—705 in the uk. more than a million people aged between 65 and 69 are to be offered a coronavirus vaccination. president trump suggests he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of inciting insurrection in his impeachment trial. democrats are furious with the verdict. despite the results of the vote on donald trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted, and i believe he will be convicted, and i believe he will be convicted, and i believe he will be convicted in the court of public opinion. thousands of protesters in myanmar return to the streets for a ninth day of demonstrations against the military coup.

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!

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 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 ticketholders 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 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 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 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. 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.

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 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.

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. 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.

file: this little town has i become a kind of industrial 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 14,000. they are the largest typewriter manufacturers in the world 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 a home orfurniture.

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, 0k. 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 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?

thank you. there are an estimated 300,000 fortune tellers in south korea and it's a booming business, worth almost us$4 billion — no wonder many people are keen to learn its secrets!

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 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 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. 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. this feels quite serious now. 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.

massive changes in the next few days, a reminder of how extreme the weather has been in the last week — braemar got down to —23 celsius, the lowest february temperature for over 60 years. this morning, freezing rain in parts of scotland. this is perth and kinross, and you can see this window caked in ice. tricky conditions out there, and still a lot of snow in parts of the scottish borders. this time next weekend, we are looking at temperatures climbing to as high as 17 celsius. that change is starting today. the mild weather is lurking behind this weather is lurking behind this weather front here. there will be strong winds. this hook of cloud

will get into the hebrides, bringing very strong winds over the next few hours, gusts reaching 75 mph. blow before the rest of western scotland, northern ireland and parts of north—west england as well. miles across western areas with temperatures climbing to 12 celsius in belfast. in eastern scotland and east england, it remains cold. rain pushes east overnight. it will be slow to clear in the south—east and south of england. showers in western scotland and northern ireland later. the wind are gradually calm down. overnight temperatures mild. in the week ahead, there will be fluctuations daily in temperature, but the wind will be coming often from a south—westerly direction, so the weather will be on the mild side. rainford east anglia and

south—east england that will tend to pull away. cloud elsewhere, mist and fog patches over the hills, and showers for northern ireland, north—west england and scotland. on monday afternoon, highs of around ten and 1a celsius. much milder nation well. that mild weather will be with us on tuesday. this cold front is bringing rain east. showers and sunshine follow. the winds will drag in less mild air. temperature is above average for the time of year. we will continue to see those fluctuations day by day, but into next weekend we could see temperatures go as high as 17 celsius as we pull up southerly winds from north africa. that's your weather.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines: it is 2pm and i am tim wilcox. borisjohnson under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers, however, urge caution. we won't be able to give certainty unless it is based on the evidence that we have got that the vaccine is doing itsjob. so far, the prognosis is pretty good, but we have to keep monitoring it as the roll—out proceeds. rolling out to the under—705. more than 1 million people aged 65—69 are to be offered a coronavirus vaccination. president trump suggests he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of his second impeachment trial. democrats are furious with the verdict. despite the results of the vote on donald trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted,

and i believe he will be convicted in the court of public opinion.