my name is tony giles and iam flooding. my name is tony giles and i am totally blind.nd backpacker tony giles visits the cradle of orthodox christianity in africa. that's in the travel show, in half an hour on bbc news. hong kong's suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to mainland china. the proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. the government had previously argued that the extradition bill would "plug the loopholes" so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. but critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to china's unfair justice system. hong kong's chief executive carrie lam said the priority now was to restore peace and order. after repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announced that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. we start argumentation with all sectors of society. do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. i want to stress that the government is ad

i'm sitting here with an amazing person, tony giles is here in the studio.eaf, but he has managed to travel to 138 countries around the world. good morning, everyone. the question i have for you right now, i'm sure a lot of our listeners are wondering as well, what are the main challenges you face doing this project you've been doing? one of the most difficult ones is getting money out of atm machines, cash machines. i have to find somebody i can trust. i have to check them out, listen to their story, how they're sounding, figure out that i can trust them and go to the cash machine with them. they help me to read the screen, i can press the buttons and put my information in, and once i get the money, i have to ask them, what denomination are these? i can't read a menu in a restaurant, so i have to have an idea of the national dish of each country i visit. in ethiopia it's quite easy, injera. probably one of the other biggest challenges for me is crossing borders. i have to hand my passport over to someone, and i don't know where that passport goes, and i hav

my name's tony giles. i'm from england. totally blind and severely deaf in both ears and i'm travelling around the world trying to visit every country. i have visited over 120 countries. every continent in the world, including antarctica. my mission is to visit every country in the world. i started off in december planning my recent trip and to start in each of, to the top of north africa and work my way through several countries to work my way into ethiopian. it's good, quite sweet. it is my passion, it is what i do. it is my passion, it is what i do. it makes me happy and it is the biggest challenge i can have. when i travel country to country i usually take public transport. when i get to the city i am visiting, the bus will pull up, stop. i usually wait for most people to get off. i get my back back and get my stick out. thank you. ifollow get my back back and get my stick out. thank you. i follow the get my back back and get my stick out. thank you. ifollow the people. ican hearthem. out. thank you. ifollow the people.

my name is tony giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now we're moving. i can feel the wind in my hair. i've spent the last 21 years travelling. i've visited over 120 countries. every continent in the world, including antarctica. my mission is to visit every country in the world. i started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided to start in egypt because it's at the top of north africa and work my way through several countries to get to ethiopia. 0k, i've got some fish. now i'm feeding the birds. it's my passion, it's what i do, it's what makes me happy. it's the biggest challenge i can get. i just want to be normal. i've got to be strong all the time. it's the only way i can travel. the only way i can cope. i've explored quite a bit of addis and i think it's time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. i really want to try to get to the rift valley and try to visit some of the lakes, get some of the nature and natural ambience. really get off the beaten track. we're going to the village,

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony gilesto more than 125 countries on his own and this time he is in ethiopia. join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow our journeys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. hello. the weather headlines may well be made by the fact that we have just experienced the warmest day of the year so far experienced the warmest day of the yearso far in experienced the warmest day of the year so far in way born in norfolk, but elsewhere there was quite a bit of cloud around, and they may not have completed the play at clifton in north yorkshire, and that was because this trailing portion of a weather front has gradually worked its way from west to east across many parts of the country over the past few hours, and we are not quite done with it just past few hours, and we are not quite done with itjust yet, because the pa rent

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony giles countries on his own and this time he is in ethiopia. join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow our journeys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. the story of today's weather across the british isles is a cold front with cloud and some rain spreading eastwards and cooler and fresher air following behind. shot from the scottish borders showing cloud and rain. ahead of the weather front hazy sunshine across eastern england lifting temperatures into the high 20s. the highest the uk has seen so far this year. even here there is a chance of showers and clouds later in the day. this is the position of the front. moving eastwards. behind it when you have cloud and rain expected to brighten up. sunny spells coming through. showers later coming back to northern ireland and western scotland. most of us through th

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony gileson his own and this time he is in ethiopia. join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow our journeys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. if you want to speeding up from iberia. by sunday, we will start to see cooler weather pushing into the west as low pressure takes an increasing influence. however, this afternoon, plenty of sunshine for south wales, through the midlands and increasingly into the north—east of england. temperatures will shoot up of england. temperatures will shoot up in the sunshine, perhaps up to 27 across eastern england in the afternoon. that will make it the hottest day of the year so far. in the north, clwyd, drizzly rain, showers for north—west of scotland and temperatures in the high teens. not a bad evening. the cloud will tend to thing and break before our next area of low press

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony gilesed to more than 125 countries on his own and this time he is in ethiopia. join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow ourjourneys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. the first half of the weekend and the first day ofjune brought a burst of heat and sunshine for some of us. scenes like this were repeated across many southern and eastern parts of the uk with a feed of warm airfrom iberia lifting temperatures to the west of london, close to 28 degrees, the warmest day of the year so far. as you can see that was not the story everywhere. further north and west was much cooler down to some extra cloud and outbreaks of rain. that cooler weather is going to spread across all parts of the uk over the next 2a hours or so overs. low pressure increasingly taking charge. this called frontier will eventually open the

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony giles25 countries on his own and this time he is in ethiopia. join us next week as he explores the capital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow ourjourneys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. hello. if you want yourjune weather to come with sunshine and warmth, this isn't the forecast for you. but if you want some rain on the garden, well, we're in business, because during tuesday, most of us will see some rain at some stage of the day as a weather system coming in from the south—west extends that rain further north and east as the day goes on. already, as tuesday starts, some of that rain into parts of wales and south—west england. ahead of that, maybe a bit of sunshine in some spots to start the day. fairly chilly for some of us where you've been clear overnight. as low as mid single figures in places. so let's look at the story of tuesday's wea

my name is tony giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears.n the world. i started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided to get to ethiopia. we are almost near lalibela. just minutes to arrive at my home. it's all rocky, really rocky. i like this, this is great. really steep. quite difficult to walk along. if this is what lalibela is all like, this is going to be great. ok, this is my house. the place i'm staying tonight, for me, it's perfect. it's as rough as you can get, as off the beaten track as you can get, as basic as you can get. it is real africa, for me. and it wakes up all my senses. ok, this is the toilet? yes. bit of a walk, if you get caught short. it is nothing new for me. just a bit more difficult with the steps. ijust got to be a bit slower and take my time. if i get stuck ijust shout, there are people around here, they will come and help me. it's not a problem for me. i can smell it! i love it. part of the adventure. i'm skyping my girlfriend. happy birthday! # happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, # h

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony giles25 countries on his own and this time he is in ethiopia. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow our journeys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. hello. a mix day of weather is drawing to a close, the warmest day of the year thus far for some, 28 celsius, but at the same time others had a fairly cloudy breezy sort of day with showers if not longer spells of rain and will continue in that vein close by to the low centre to the western side of scotland into the wee small hours, plenty of showers. and a fresh feel to the night. a low of around ten to 12. we were looking around 16 or 17 last night. monday brings yet more cloud in rain and some shall we burst into northern ireland. quite a breezy day here as well. some of the gusts around a0 to 50 miles an hour. but come away towards the east side of scotland, down across the greater part of england and wales, still quite a breezy day in prospect,

and at 10.30, the travel show follows tony giles — an independent blind backpacker — as he heads to ethiopiarunners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. in an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldn't rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. dominic raab, who is also running to become conservative party leader, said he thought mr gove deserved a second chance. i'm not sure i want to be in the business of commenting on other candidates, but i think michael set out that he made a mistake, it was a long time ago. people willjudge it as it is. but i believe in a second chance society more generally. it is ultimately for mps and colleagues and members to decide. but i certainly don't cede barring him from this race in any way. do think it damaged tim? that's not for me to say first of actually i rather admire his honesty. and what do you think your fellow mps will make of it? and then we will talk about the members o

coming up on next week's travel show: we are back on the road again with our blind backpacker, tony gilespital, addis ababa, in the first of two special films. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow ourjourneys on social media. until next time, though, from me, lucy hedges, and all the travel show team here in new york, it's goodbye. hello, good morning. welcome to brea kfast. hello, good morning. welcome to breakfast. 0ur headlines today... liverpool are the champions of europe. jurgen klopp's team beat totte n ha m europe. jurgen klopp's team beat tottenham hotspur 2—0 in madrid to lift the trophy for a sixth time. we we re lift the trophy for a sixth time. we were crying on the pitch because it was so emotional, it was so big, it means so much to us. it was tottenham's first champions league final but they say it will not be their last. we didn't get thrashed, it could have been a lot worse. you might liverpool deserve it but i'm proud of my team. what might fears grow for four proud of my team. what might fears grow forfour uk proud of my team. what might fears grow for four uk

my name is tony giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears.e. ok. it is rocky. really rocky. it is really steep. quite difficult to walk along. if this is what lalibela is all like, this is going to be great. ok, this is my house. the place i'm staying tonight, for me, it's perfect. it's as rough as you can get, as off the beaten track as you can get, as basic as you can get. it is real africa, for me. and it wakes up all my senses. ok, this is the toilet? yes. bit of a walk, if you get caught short. it is nothing new for me. just a bit more difficult with the steps. ijust got to be a bit slower and take my time. if i get stuck ijust shout, there are people around here, they will come and help me. it's not a problem for me. i can smell it! i love it. part of the adventure. i'm skyping my girlfriend. it's ringing. happy birthday! # happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, # happy birthday darling—beautiful—lovely. .. # happy birthday to you. i miss you. all right, be good. bye. if i want to visit places that are quite tricky i try and find

my name's tony giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now we're moving.orld. i started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided i'd just start in egypt, the top of north africa, and work my way through several countries to to get to ethiopia. have a try of that. mm, it's good, it's quite sweet. yeah, right? it is my passion, it is what i do. it always makes me happy. it is the biggest challenge i can get. when i'm travelling country to country i usually take public transport. when i get to the city i am visiting, i hear people get ready on a bus. the bus will pull up, stop. i usually wait for most people to get off. i get my backpack, get my stick out. meskel square, yes? bye— bye. bye—bye, thank you. i follow the people. i can hear them so i know they're getting off. i'm looking for a phone shop. i will ask people is there a shop nearby i can buy a sim card if i haven't got one. you can show me? thanks. excuse me, mate, could you help me put my new sim card in my phone? i use a website called couchsurfing and ifind local people on the webs