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England overhauls its Covid travel rules

International travellers who have been double vaccinated will no longer have to take a Covid pre-departure tests from October.

The international traffic light system is being simplified in England, with double-vaccinated travellers no longer forced to take Covid's pre-departure tests from October. But will this help revive a flagrant travel industry here in England? Travel writer Simon Calder tells us more. Also the Russian election gets underway Google and Apple have removed a tactical voting app. Opposition activists have accused the tech giants of bowing to pressure from the Kremlin, and we get reaction to the move from Leonid Volkov, who ran jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's campaign in 2018. And the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Rebecca Kesby finds out how scientists are using genetic material from wild plants to make agricultural crops more resilient to climate change.

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