London on lockdown

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A new mutation of the coronavirus is spreading in the U.K. — and causing chaos at certain ports of entry as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. Plus, the historic nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland to be interior secretary.

The U.K. coronavirus mutation prompts more travel bans and major freight disruptions. The timing couldn’t be worse, London bureau chief Bill Booth says, as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico as his nominee for interior secretary. If confirmed, she’ll be the first Native American to serve in the position, managing the department that oversees the country’s tribal lands and has historically slighted Indigenous peoples in the United States.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	Hi, good afternoon. This is Tulu, Aurora Niko with the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Amy Britton calling me the post.
0:12.0	This is Peter J. Vincent from the Washington Post.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports. I'm Martine Powers.
0:19.0	It's Tuesday, December 22.
0:24.0	Today, the new coronavirus variant in the UK,
0:27.0	plus Biden's historic pick for interior secretary and what it means for our nation's land.
0:34.0	Yesterday afternoon, I was briefed on the latest data that chose the virus spreading more rapidly in London,
0:45.0	the southeast and the east of England than would be expected,
0:48.0	given the tough restrictions that are already in place.
0:52.0	Over the weekend, Boris Johnson and the British government
0:56.0	announced that London and a lot of south and southeast England were going into what they called Tier 4.
1:03.0	That means residents in those areas must stay at home,
1:08.0	apart from limited exemptions set out in law.
1:11.0	All non-essential shops were shut, the gyms, the nails, the lawns,
1:15.0	barbershops, all this other thing,
1:17.0	so that messed with Santa's plans for many families.
1:20.0	It is with a very heavy heart. I must tell you,
1:22.0	we cannot continue with Christmas as planned.
1:26.0	London Bureau Chief Bill Booth spoke to our editor and producer Lexi Dio.
1:32.0	Part of the reason for this was that they detected,
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