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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 18th August 2021
5. Qantas has said all of its employees must be vaccinated against Covid-19, making it the latest global airline to mandate jabs for staff.
Frontline workers including pilots, cabin crew and airport staff must be fully vaccinated by mid-November.
4. The United Kingdom said yesterday that it aims to start negotiations for a trade agreement with India by the end of the year.
A trade accord with India is seen as a key target for post-Brexit Britain but Boris Johnson reluctantly called off a trip to the capital Delhi in April this year after COVID-19 cases spiraled across India.
3. The central bank governor who fled Afghanistan this weekend has said he wished the country had been left with more time to plan for the withdrawal of US troops.
Ajmal Ahmady said it was the Americans' right to leave, even though most Afghans wished they had stayed.
2. Nando's says it will lend some of its staff to its suppliers to help "get things moving" in the supply chain after shortages hit some of its shops.
The restaurant group has had to shut around 50 outlets temporarily after apparently running short of its staple fare: peri peri chicken.
1. Job vacancies have hit a record high of 953,000 in the three months to July as the UK's labour market continues to "rebound robustly".
The unemployment rate fell to 4.7% in the three months to June, while the annual growth in average pay was 7.4% according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).