SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: UK flight ban on devices to be announced.

The UK is due to announce a cabin baggage ban on laptops, tablets and DVD players on certain passenger flights, after a similar US move.

It is understood the UK restrictions may differ from the US Department of Homeland Security’s ban, although details have not yet been released.

Flights from 10 airports in eight Muslim majority countries are subject to the US announcement.
US officials said bombs could be hidden in a series of devices.

The UK’s Department for Transport refused to comment on reports of the ban.

But BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said the expected move was “obviously part of coordinated action with the US”.

I hope this is a sign that US/UK relations are still improving, despite the recent flap.