Last Friday in Washington next to no one (not even in the Biden administration) was expecting Monday’s announcement of the lifting of the US Travel Ban [BBC News]

Jon Sopel is my favourite international correspondent and he wrote a great piece on the BBC about his thoughts on lifting the US Travel Ban. " But last Friday in Washington next to no one (not even in the Biden administration) was expecting today's announcement. So what's changed?  The Biden administration is aware of the growing disquiet among European allies". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58628491