border. lockdown restrictions in wales will begin to be eased from tomorrow with outdoor socialising and golf and tennis able to resume. in scotland, four adults from two households are now allowed to meet outdoors, including in private gardens. what do you make of coronavirus restrictions starting to be lifted in scotland and wales? do you think now is the right time? what will you be doing first? get in touch on twitter at annita underscore mcveigh or with the hashtag bbcyourquestions. in his first primetime address since becoming president, joe biden urges all americans to get vaccinated and targets the 4th ofjuly as independence day from covid i9. if we do this together, byjuly the 4th, there s a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighbourhood and have a cookout and a barbecue and celebrate independence day. a global study shows more twins are being born than ever before with one in every 42 children bo
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Bruce adamson has said he cant rule it out, as the basic human rights of children are being infringed with the controversial new benefits system. The uk government has insisted universal credit is working. Bbc reporting scotlands Morag Kinniburgh reports. A day of action in the leaf as in other parts of scotland. These protesters want universal credit stopped. They claimed the new all in one benefit is driving more people into debt. Dozens of those in work here also in poverty. I would like to see the government put a pause on universal credit. I would like to see them address the issues with it and rather than thinking of it as a cost saving exercise, which essentially it has been, i want them to look at the impact it is having on people. We want a fairer benefit for people. They say more people are relying on food banks, are being evicted from their homes. The long wait to receive the new benefit has been criticised, as has the complex online only application process. The childrens c
0k where are you from . Syria syria . Thereve been violent clashes in belarus as Alexander Lukashenko is declared the landslide winner of the countrys general election. And a metal detectorist says he was left shaking with happiness after discovering a hoard of bronze age artefacts in southern scotland. The find included a complete horse harness and sword. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Here in the uk, government ministers are insisting there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools, as they push ahead with plans for all children in england to return full time to the classroom next month. The uk education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has suggested that an upcoming study will support the governments position on reopening schools. Borisjohnson, whos expected to visit a school later, is understood to have made it clear that schools should be the last t