hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. first, a former conservative minister and current mp has been arrested on suspicion of rape. the sunday times says the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee and include four separate incidents at addresses in london, including in westminster, between july last year and january this year. the metropolitan police said a man in his 50s has now been released on bail. a conservative party spokesman said that all allegations of this nature were taken extremely seriously adding it would be inappropriate to comment further. let's cross to our political correspondent tony bonsignore who has more on this. tony, what do we know? well, obviously a limited amount we can say at the moment. let me tell you what we know so far. these allegations against a current mp and former minister according to the sunday times, these allegations made bya sunday times, these allegations made by a former parliamentary employee. the paper says she alleges the mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex, and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital. she is accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. now, we had a statement from the metropolitan police who say on friday the 31st ofjuly they received allegations relating to macro. at incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault and these offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in westminster, lambeth and hackney betweenjuly last addresses in westminster, lambeth and hackney between july last year and hackney between july last year and january this year. a man in his 50s was arrested on saturday, the 1st of august, on suspicion of rape and he's been released on bail to return on a date in mid—august. another conservative party saying anything about this? there were reports of the chief whip mark spencer had been aware of allegations and spoke to the victim. sources have told us that mr spencer hadn't known the magnitude of the allegations and a spokesman for the chief whip said he took all allegations of harassment and abuse extremely seriously and he strongly encouraged anybody who had approached him to contact the appropriate authorities. we've also spoken to the conservative party who say they take all allegations of this nature extremely seriously. tony, thank you. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster because of a continuing rise in coronavirus infections. 650 new cases were recorded on saturday. residents will not be allowed to travel more than five kilometres from their home. australia as a whole has registered a relatively modest 198 deaths from coronavirus, but there are concerns that the current restrictions aren't working. this is what victoria state premier daniel andrews had to say. the stay at home restrictions for metro melbourne will be enhanced. there will be additional limits to the four reasons to leave home. you will no longer be able to leave home or go any further away from your home than a five kilometre radius. you will not be able to be at any point more than five kilometres away from your home for the purposes of shopping for what you need. only one person will be able to go shopping once per day and they will need to secure the goods and services they need within a five kilometre radius. our correspondent in australia phil mercer has more details of the new restrictions. they are mostly centred around the city of melbourne which is the state capital, home to five million people. in the next couple of hours, these new restrictions will come into force. what they mean is there will be a night—time curfew. people will not be allowed to go beyond five kilometres of their homes as we've been hearing from daniel andrews, the state premier. people will only be allowed to go shopping once per day per household. there will also be restrictions on people exercising, so these are, by far, australia's strictest lockdown measures and they follow the worst week of the pandemic for australia as a whole. each day in recent, certainly in the last week and recent weeks too, victoria has been reporting hundreds of new infections and over the last week, dozens of people have died. now these numbers might not seem large by international standards, but in the australian context, they are big, they are significant and they have prompted the government in victoria to take these unprecedented measures of declaring a state of disaster. classified documents from within the british military raise fresh concerns about whether uk special forces may have killed unarmed civilians when they were fighting in helmand in afghanistan in 2011. the material was disclosed as part of a court case, following a bbc panorama investigation. the programme highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted fighting aged men even when they didn't pose a threat. the ministry of defence has denied such a policy existed. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is how elite troops target the taliban. controversial night raids with the aim to kill or capture enemy fighters. this shows afghan commanders on a mission with american support. but it was the same tactics used by british special forces during their time in helmand. last year, bbc panorama heard allegations the sas had killed unarmed civilians, with testimony from survivors ofa raid in 2011, who said the british shot family members when they posed no threat. we have blurred their faces to protect their identity. translation: they tied his hands in front of me. if you've tied someone's hands how can they fight? lawyers representing one of the afghan families are now challenging the ministry of defence here at the high court. they're trying to find out whether there was a proper investigation or whether there might‘ve been a cover—up, and they've just forced the mod to release these highly sensitive documents which show that there were serious concerns about the raid within the british military. in heavily redacted e—mails sent soon after the raid, one british officer asks, "is this about latest massacre?" another soldier replies with reports that two of the afghans were shot reaching for weapons. he says, "it's the eighth time it's happened," adding, "you couldn't make it up". while another e—mail highlights the anger of an afghan officer who suggests two men were shot trying to run away, and the other two men were assassinated. one mp says the documents warrant a fresh investigation. it is deeply alarming, it is deeply serious, and the government needs to come clean. if that does not merit some kind of enquiry, because you're talking about war crimes — potential war crimes, than i do not know what does. the british military‘s own report into the raid released to the court says the four men killed were all armed and one was a known taliban commander, who had been targetting coalition forces. in a statement the mod said... the mod recently closed down the unit investigating allegations of potential war crimes in afghanistan. about its transparency and the secrecy surrounding britain's special forces. jonathan beale, bbc news. india has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day. overall there's been 1.75 million cases and there are now fears the country could overtake the us and brazil to become the country with the highest number of infections. many states are imposing individual lockdowns for 15—day periods to help control the spread, but the indian government is stressing that mortality rates are low, at roughly 2%. earlier i spoke to dr ramanan laxminarayan. he's director of the centre for disease dynamics, economics & policy in delhi and is advising various indian state governments on their covid response. there are two countries, one which has the epidemic under control and the other is like brazil. mexico, the other is like brazil. mexico, the usa and india don't. in india it first started with states and places like delhi, which had early rise of cases and then it sort of starting to taper off on some of these places but now there is a new set of states which include many in the south. gujarat continues to have an epidemic and states, very large states, the size of brazil as far as population goes, which are now picking up the pace in terms of numbers of cases, and so this is expected to go on for quite a while yet. well, because the epidemic, , it's not within control partly because of the dense population and movement of people, which really can't be controlled, inadequate socially distancing, again which is a function of poverty. people not being able to do that even if they were asked to do so. and it's now entering places, parts of the country, which really don't have much by the way of public health infrastructure. and so one would expect to see the cases go up in the days to come. that the situation in india meanwhile in south africa the country has registered more than half a million cases of coronavirus making it by far the hardest hit country in africa. it now accounts for more than half of africa's diagnosed infections. the authorities say the rate of infection is increasing rapidly — and it's not expected to peak for another month. paul hawkins has the latest. mourning another life taken by coronavirus. 8,153 people have died from it in south africa, but it could be much higher. the south african medical research council says the number of people dying from natural causes from may 6 tojune 21 is 60% higher this year compared to the same period in 2019 and 2018. the government says there have been over 500,000 confirmed infections in the country — that is at least half of all the coronavirus cases on the continent — and a third of them are in gauteng province, where hospitals like thelle mogoerane are struggling to cope, as this member of staff explained. the staff is not there. we have a gross shortage of staff. it's chaos, it's crazy. nurses are testing positive as well, and it's a mess. in ourfacilities and in our hospitals, covid—19 cases are all over the place. there is no ward, by the way, that doesn't have a covid—19 person. so how are we coping with the spread of the virus? we are not. south africa imposed a strict lockdown in april and may that slowed the spread of the virus, but began a gradual reopening in june. despite that, cases have surged, the president pointing out however that... but that is of little consolation to south africans, with some saying the pandemic has exposed shortcomings in its health system. the cracks that have been there, even before coronavirus, are getting bigger every day. our health care system, public health care system, is failing our people, it's failing the entire country. it was not ready for this virus. the country has tested over three million people and brought in an aggressive early lockdown, but that is no guarantee of success against this deadly virus. paul hawkins, bbc news. new homes and hospitals will be granted "automatic" permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in england. the overhaul, which is being announced by the housing secretary robertjenrick, is the first since the second world war and will help speed up the building process. but the homeless charity shelter has warned against any changes that lead to "bad—quality" housing. tens of millions of americans are set to lose a weekly unemployment benefit after republicans and democrats failed to reach a deal on its extension. they would usually receive $600 a week — the equivalent of £1159. it was part of a wider package adopted in march as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close. the us general manager of tiktok has said the chinese—owned video—sharing app is "here for the long run", after president trump said he would ban it in the us. vanessa pappas told tiktoks more than 80 million us users in a video statement that its staff were building "the safest app" possible amid us concerns about data protection. jack kilbride reports. we have heard your outpouring of support and we want to say thank you, and we're not planning on going anywhere. fighting words from an application the us president is threatening to ban. tiktok, for millions of young americans, is a fun video—sharing app full of dances and memes, but for donald trump, it is a national security concern. we're looking at tiktok, we may be banning tiktok, we may be doing some other things, there are a couple of options, but a lot of things are happening, so we'll see what happens. the issue for the president is that the application is owned by a chinese company, bytedance, and there is a concern that the data it collects from users will be passed over to beijing. it is a concern that has seen india already ban the app and australia talk of following suit, but not everyone is as worried. there are real national security implications with our media networks. the question at hand is really is this a good way to go about it? and simply banning tiktok is not going to do anything for national security. bytedance denies the allegation and, according to some reports, have agreed to off—load the us operation of tiktok with microsoft taking over and assuming all responsibility for protecting the data of users, and there are questions about whether a ban would even work. you wouldn't be able to do it. unlike china or iran, where there is only one or two internet service providers, in the us, it is very, very difficult to be able to do that — there are so many telecom service providers. so even if you convince them to be able to do that, there is going to be a lot of loopholes and in all likelihood it will be very, very close to impossible to be able to successfully do that. but whether it happens or not, it is clear that the move is part of a bigger battle between washington and beijing. one that is also not going anywhere. jack kilbride, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. a former uk conservative minister and current mp is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. the australian state of victoria declares a "state of disaster" as the number of new coronavirus cases rises steeply. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians in afghanistan. russian health authorities are preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in october, according to the country's health minister. but, some experts are concerned at russia's fast—track approach. on friday, the leading infectious disease expert in the us, dr anthony fauci, said he hoped that russia and china were "actually testing their vaccines" before administering them to anyone. here's what we know about these vaccines, and others that are being worked on. one russian vaccine is being devised on by the moscow—based gamaleya institute and the second by the vektor state laboratory in siberia. there's no public data proving the vaccines' safety or success. two chinese companies sinovac and sinopharm, have launched final phase three trials. a third vaccine from can—sino biologics is being used to immunise the military. three western coronavirus vaccines are in final phase three trials. one from us biotech firm moderna, another by the university of oxford and britain's astrazeneca, and the last by germany's biontech with us pharmaceutical pfizer. earlier i spoke to professor dale fisher who is an infectious disease consultant at the university of singapore and he is also chair of the world health organisation's global outbreak and response network. he says it is unlikely any russian vaccine could have gone through the necessary phases of vaccine safety trials. so, phase one is the early first in humans studies, so there has to be a lot of preclinical work obviously first. so phase one might be a first in humans study with less than 100 people where you are reallyjust giving a small dose, may be of a slightly larger dose, and you're just looking for those early safety warning signs if you like. phase two would be some hundreds of people where you again might be looking at antibody responses and things like that, gaining more confidence that this is a safe and effective vaccine. phase three is where you really need more than 10,000 people and some of these studies that you mentioned are looking at 30,000 people and they only started rolling through july. the moderne one only announced its commencing recruitment last week so it's hard to imagine how any other vaccines have done that level of scrutiny. it's really quite irresponsible i think to not go through a good phase three study and they are all scheduled to be completed by the middle of next year. a record number of migrants reached the uk by boat last month. more than a thousand people made the journey across the channel — while hundreds more were intercepted by french authorities. simonjones reports. risking their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world. this group of migrants paddled across the channel on thursday on the day a record 202 people made the crossing in a single day. their boat dwarfed by passing ships. these pictures show the true scale of the issue. dubbed the migrant boat graveyard, this is a storage facility on the outskirts of dover where the inflatable dinghies intercepted in the channel are stacked up. more than 1100 people made the crossing last month bringing the total for the year to more than 3500, far higher than the whole of last year. on a recent visit to calais, the home secretary priti patel told her french counterpart that the number of crossings is unacceptably high. the uk has given the french authorities millions of pounds to try to tackle the issue. britain says france must take tougher action to turn the boats back at sea to act as a deterrent, but the french seem reluctant to do this claiming that migrants who don't want to be stopped on theirjourney to the uk are threatening to jump in the water. why have numbers increased? the weather is a big factor and coronavirus too. with fewer lorries carrying goods across the channel, the traditional route of stowing away has been replaced by taking to the water, but it's dangerous. four migrants died last year trying to cross the channel. the warning is that if this continues, they won't be the last. simon jones, bbc news. the us state of florida is bracing for the arrival of the storm isaias which is expected to hit miami shortly. isaisa has weakened to a tropical storm after lashing the bahamas, but forecasters warn that it could strengthen back to a hurricane before making landfall. florida governor ron desantis has urged people to be prepared. don't be fooled by the downgrade. we do think it will be upgraded back to a hurricane later on this evening. even if it's tropical storm force winds, you can pretty much be assured you are going to see power outages. that's certainly a 70 mile an hour wind, enough to take down trees and limbs that obviously interacts with power lines and so that will happen and people should be prepared for that. the us national hurricane centre says isaias has wind speeds of nearly 70 miles an hour. matt taylor has more. it's shaping up to be a very active atla ntic it's shaping up to be a very active atlantic storm season. it's our ninth named storm, usually you don't get that until october. it's a rainmaker than particular damaging winds but it could still cause destruction as it in and out of hurricane status during the next 2a hours. this might save blob of clouds whether rainfall is intensifying across the grand bahamas during the last 12 hours. and then that storm could just clip the florida coast as it works its way northwards through the rest of sunday into monday. it may not make la ndfall sunday into monday. it may not make landfall until it hits north carolina and then the storm will push on land across the atlantic states, may be moving across washington and new york. the main issue will be during the next 2a hours, but sickly on the florida coast. here we could still see hurricane force winds and the potential of a one metre storm surge causing widespread flooding. along the florida coast, owned land across the florida coast, owned land across the carolinas, towards new york, we could see 150 millimetres of rain which could cause flooding inland as well. but by which stage it would be much more of a decayed storm as the wind continues to ease. matt taylor there. a couple who run one of the oldest vineyards in the uk have been stunned by the response to their request for help after their business was hit by the pandemic. they asked for volunteers to look after their ten acres of vines and hundreds of people have volunteered to work for free. duncan kennedy reports. for russ and philippa, their vineyard was their life. ten acres and 11,000 vines, until covid—19 came. they lost staff and income and the two of them alone couldn't cope. it hits you. absolutely nothing we can do. so they had an idea. they put out a plea for help on facebook. 115,000 people read it and this is what happened. horn honks. morning. thank you all so much. hundreds of people offered to help for free. every day around 20 volunteers are turning up to carry out the work. it's hot and it's hard. why are you doing this? just to put a little bit back into the community, help somebody out. i thought it would be a nice way to give back, help out a local business. clearing leaves to leave grapes cleared takes hours of toil. we worked it out. you lot have got to pick half a million leaves. wow, i didn't know that! really? half a million? it'sjust something to help somebody, isn't it? help a fellow human being to make life a bit easier. and russ and philippa, well, they are almost speechless. it's like a big hug only 100 times better than a big hug. it's absolutely amazing that they've just come out and done this. i don't know if covid has changed the way that people think. everyone isjust helping everybody and i think maybe nobody has really asked for help and it seems that if you do so many people are just there saying please, we are here. more volunteers are due at the vineyard in the coming days on what is proving to be a vintage year here for kindness. duncan kennedy, bbc news on the isle of wight. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello there. fairly changeable looking skies across many areas this afternoon, sunshine one minute, cloud the next, maybe the odd heavy downpour as well but more sunshine between the showers across scotland, northern and compared to this morning and they could be heavy and sundry. frequent in northern ireland. western england and wales, much fewer in number which means there will be more towards eastern areas pushing through on the westerly breeze and it will be cool during the cloudier moments, nice enough when the sun is out, 17—23. into single figures away from the city centre tonight with clear skies for money. one or two showers continue in the west, rain close to the channel islands first thing. for most of us, a sunny start but then showers in north and west areas. the second half of the day, very much hit and miss. second half of the day, very much hitand miss. many second half of the day, very much hit and miss. many places staying dry, dry for longer through tomorrow and temperatures a little on the cool side for early august. 17—22. heat will return later in the week after a wet and windy spell midweek. hello this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines... a former uk conservative minister — and current mp — is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians in afghanistan. the australian state of victoria declares a "state of disaster" as the number of new coronavirus cases rises steeply. meanwhile, south africa records more than half a million virus infections — the fifth highest number in the world. now on bbc news, in the wake of the black lives matter movement, tara welsh investigates why black men are more likely to die in police custody than any other ethnic group in england. she meets the families that have lost loved ones and say the criminaljustice system is racially biased. and a warning there are some images in this programme which you may find disturbing. the death of george floyd under the knee of a white policeman has started a flood of protest around the world. outrage over an american tragedy. and tens of thousands of people in the uk have marched in unison. but what now? is it time for us to face our own ugly truth? get off my neck! in the uk, black people are also struggling to breathe and dying under the knees of the police. people think it's happening in america, it's not happening here. ijust want people to know that it's happening here all the time. my face was on the floor of a cell. half of my shirt is covered with blood and my breathing was cutting off. i didn't think i was going to survive. why are black britons more likely to be the subject of police force, to die in police custody? some officers are treating people as if they are subhuman. they are performing their discriminative behaviour within the police service and they should be removed. met police was institutionally racist. in some ways, it's got worse than it was 20 odd years ago. can this movement really end the injustice that has scarred generations? they chant: black lives matter! a night of protest in hackney, east london, after rashan charles, a 20—year—old black man, died following contact with the police. he loved football. he was a playful youngster. and then when he got older, he became a problem. and he needed additional guidance. i gave what i could. my father gave a lot of input into him. rashan was a proud father himself, of a daughter who wasn't even two
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first here in the uk, a conservative mp, and former minister, has been arrested on suspicion of rape. he has now been released on bail. according to the sunday times, the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee, who has accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. let's cross to our political correspondent tony bonsignore who has more on this. tony, tell us more about what is known so far. yes, what we know is these allegations against a current mp and former minister, according to the sunday times, they were made by a former parliamentary employee. now the paper says that she alleges that the paper says that she alleges that the mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital and she is accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. now we've had a statement from the metropolitan police who say on friday, the 31st ofjuly, they received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault. these offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in westminster, lambeth and hackney between july last year and january this year. a man in his 50s police say was arrested on saturday the 1st of august, on suspicion of rape and has been released on bail to return ata has been released on bail to return at a date in mid—august. has been released on bail to return at a date in mid-august. what are the conservative party is saying about this? the tory party chief whip mark spencer had been aware of allegations and had spoken to the victim. sources have told us that mr spencer hadn't known the magnitude of the allegations and a spokesman for the chief whip said he took all allegations of harassment and abuse extremely seriously and he strongly encouraged anybody who has approached him to contact the appropriate authorities. we've also spoken to the conservative party who say they take all allegations of this nature extremely seriously. all right, tony, thank you. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster because of a continuing rise in coronavirus infections. 650 new cases were recorded on saturday. residents will not be allowed to travel more than five kilometres from their home. australia as a whole has registered a relatively modest 198 deaths from coronavirus, but there are concerns that the current restrictions aren't working. this is what victoria state premier daniel andrews had to say. the stay at home restrictions for metro melbourne will be enhanced. there will be additional limits to the four reasons to leave home. you will no longer be able to leave home or go any further away from your home than a five kilometre radius. you will not be able to be at any point more than five kilometres away from your home for the purposes of shopping for what you need. only one person will be able to go shopping once per day and they will need to secure the goods and services they need within a five kilometre radius. that is at the victoria state premier. here's phil mercer with more on the new restrictions. they are mostly centred around the city of melbourne which is the state capital, home to five million people. in the next couple of hours, these new restrictions will come into force. what they mean is there will be a night—time curfew. people will not be allowed to go beyond five kilometres of their homes as we've been hearing from daniel andrews, the state premier. people will only be allowed to go shopping once per day per household. there will also be restrictions on people exercising, so these are, by far, australia's strictest lockdown measures and they follow the worst week of the pandemic for australia as a whole. each day in recent, certainly in the last week and recent weeks too, victoria has been reporting hundreds of new infections and over the last week, dozens of people have died. now these numbers might not seem large by international standards, but in the australian context, they are big, they are significant and they have prompted the government in victoria to take these unprecedented measures of declaring a state of disaster. classified documents from within the british military raise fresh concerns about whether uk special forces may have killed unarmed civilians when they were fighting in helmand in afghanistan in 2011. the material was disclosed as part of a court case, following a bbc panorama investigation. the programme highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted fighting aged men even when they didn't pose a threat. the ministry of defence has denied such a policy existed. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is how elite troops target the taliban. controversial night raids with the aim to kill or capture enemy fighters. this shows afghan commanders on a mission with american support. but it was the same tactics used by british special forces during their time in helmand. last year, bbc panorama heard allegations the sas had killed unarmed civilians, with testimony from survivors ofa raid in 2011, who said the british shot family members when they posed no threat. we have blurred their faces to protect their identity. translation: they tied his hands in front of me. if you've tied someone's hands how can they fight? lawyers representing one of the afghan families are now challenging the ministry of defence here at the high court. they're trying to find out whether there was a proper investigation or whether there might‘ve been a cover—up, and they've just forced the mod to release these highly sensitive documents which show that there were serious concerns about the raid within the british military. in heavily redacted e—mails sent soon after the raid, one british officer asks, "is this about latest massacre?" another soldier replies with reports that two of the afghans were shot reaching for weapons. he says, "it's the eighth time it's happened," adding, "you couldn't make it up". while another e—mail highlights the anger of an afghan officer who suggests two men were shot trying to run away, and the other two men were assassinated. one mp says the documents warrant a fresh investigation. it is deeply alarming, it is deeply serious, and the government needs to come clean. if that does not merit some kind of enquiry, because you're talking about war crimes — potential war crimes, than i do not know what does. the british military‘s own report into the raid released to the court says the four men killed were all armed and one was a known taliban commander, who had been targetting coalition forces. in a statement the mod said... the mod recently closed down the unit investigating allegations of potential war crimes in afghanistan. but these documents at the very least highlight concerns about its transparency and the secrecy surrounding britain special forces. jonathan beale, bbc news. india has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day. overall there's been 1.75 million cases and there are now fears the country could overtake the us and brazil to become the country with the highest number of infections. many states are imposing individual lockdowns for 15—day periods to help control the spread, but the indian government is stressing that mortality rates are low, at roughly 2%. earlier we spoke to dr ramanan laxminarayan. he's director of the centre for disease dynamics, economics & policy in delhi and is advising various indian state governments on their covid response. in india, it first started with places like delhi, which had an early rise of cases and then it's sort of starting to taper off in some of these places but now there's a new set of states which include the south. gujarat continues to have an epidemic and states, very large states, the size of brazil as far as population goes, which are now picking up the pace in terms of numbers of cases, and so this is expected to go on for quite a while yet. and why are numbers going up so dramatically in some states? well, because the epidemic, to be honest, it's not within control partly because of the dense population and movement of people, which really can't be controlled, inadequate socially distancing, again which is a function of poverty. people not being able to do that even if they were asked to do so. and it's now entering places, parts of the country, which really don't have much by the way of public health infrastructure. and so one would expect to see the cases go up in the days to come. south africa has now registered more than 500,000 cases of coronavirus, making it by far the hardest—hit country on the continent. it now accounts for more than half of africa's diagnosed infections. the authorities say the rate of infection is increasing rapidly and it's not expected to peak for another month. paul hawkins has the latest. mourning another life taken by coronavirus. 8,153 people have died from it in south africa, but it could be much higher. the south african medical research council says the number of people dying from natural causes from may 6 tojune 21 is 60% higher this year compared to the same period in 2019 and 2018. the government says there have been over 500,000 confirmed infections in the country — that is at least half of all the coronavirus cases on the continent — and a third of them are in gauteng province, where hospitals like thelle mogoerane are struggling to cope, as this member of staff explained. the staff is not there. we have a gross shortage of staff. it's chaos, it's crazy. nurses are testing positive as well, and it's a mess. in ourfacilities and in our hospitals, covid—19 cases are all over the place. there is no ward, by the way, that doesn't have a covid—19 person. so how are we coping with the spread of the virus? we are not. south africa imposed a strict lockdown in april and may that slowed the spread of the virus, but began a gradual reopening in june. despite that, cases have surged, the president pointing out however that: but that is of little consolation to south africans, but that is of little consolation to south africans, with some saying the pandemic has exposed shortcomings in its health system. the cracks that have been there, even before coronavirus, are getting bigger every day. our health care system, public health care system, is failing our people, it's failing the entire country. it was not ready for this virus. the country has tested over three million people and brought in an aggressive early lockdown, but that is no guarantee of success against this deadly virus. paul hawkins, bbc news. new homes and hospitals will be granted "automatic" permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in england. the overhaul, which is being announced by the housing secretary robertjenrick, is the first since the second world war and will help speed up the building process. but the homeless charity shelter has warned against any changes that lead to "bad—quality" housing. the us general manager of tiktok has said the chinese—owned video—sharing app is "here for the long run", after president trump said he would ban it in the us. vanessa pappas told tiktoks more than 80 million us users in a video statement that its staff were building "the safest app" possible amid us concerns about data protection. jack kilbride reports. we have heard your outpouring of support and we want to say thank you, and we're not planning on going anywhere. fighting words from an application the us president is threatening to ban. tiktok, for millions of young americans, is a fun video—sharing app full of dances and memes, but for donald trump, it is a national security concern. we're looking at tiktok, we may be banning tiktok, we may be doing some other things, there are a couple of options, but a lot of things are happening, so we'll see what happens. the issue for the president is that the application is owned by a chinese company, bytedance, and there is a concern that the data it collects from users will be passed over to beijing. it is a concern that has seen india already ban the app and australia talk of following suit, but not everyone is as worried. there are real national security implications with our media networks. the question at hand is really is this a good way to go about it? and simply banning tiktok is not going to do anything for national security. bytedance denies the allegation and, according to some reports, have agreed to off—load the us operation of tiktok with microsoft taking over and assuming all responsibility for protecting the data of users, and there are questions about whether a ban would even work. you wouldn't be able to do it. unlike china or iran, where there is only one or two internet service providers, in the us, it is very, very difficult to be able to do that — there are so many telecom service providers. so even if you convince them to be able to do that, there is going to be a lot of loopholes and in all likelihood it will be very — , very close to impossible to be able to successfully do that. but whether it happens or not, it is clear that the move is part of a bigger battle between washington and beijing. one that is also not going anywhere. jack kilbride, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. a former uk conservative minister and current mp is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. the australian state of victoria declares a "state of disaster" as the number of new coronavirus cases rises steeply. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians in afghanistan. russian health authorities are preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in october, according to the country's health minister. but, some experts are concerned at russia's fast—track approach. on friday, the leading infectious disease expert in the us, dr anthony fauci, said he hoped that russia — and china — were "actually testing their vaccines" before administering them to anyone. here's what we know about these vaccines, and others that are being worked on. one russian vaccine is being devised on by the moscow—based gamaleya institute and the second by the vektor state laboratory in siberia. there's no public data proving the vaccines' safety or success two chinese companies sinovac and sinopharm, have launched final, phase three, trials. a third vaccine from can—sino biologics is being used to immunise the military. three western coronavirus vaccines are in final phase three trials. one from us biotech firm moderna, another by the university of oxford and britain's astrazeneca, and the last by germany's biontech with us pharmaceutical pfizer. earlier i spoke to professor dale fisher who is an infectious disease consultant at the university of singapore and he is also chair of the world health organisation's global outbreak and response network. he says it is unlikely any russian vaccine could have gone through the necessary phases of vaccine safety trials. so, phase one is the early first in humans studies, so there has to be a lot of preclinical work obviously first. so phase one might be a first in humans study with less than 100 people where you are reallyjust giving a small dose, may be of a slightly larger dose, and you're just looking for those early safety warning signs if you like. phase two would be some hundreds of people where you again might be looking at antibody responses and things like that, gaining more confidence that this is a safe and effective vaccine. phase three is where you really need more than 10,000 people and some of these studies that you mentioned are looking at 30,000 people and they only started rolling through july. the moderne one only announced its commencing recruitment last week so it's hard to imagine how any other vaccines have done that level of scrutiny. it's really quite irresponsible i think to not go through a good phase three study and they are all scheduled to be completed by the middle of next year. a record number of migrants reached the uk by boat last month as more than a thousand people made the journey across the channel while hundreds more were intercepted by french authorities. risking their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world. this group of migrants paddled across the channel on thursday on the day a record 202 people made the crossing in a single day. their boat dwarfed by passing ships. these pictures show the true scale of the issue. dubbed the migrant boat graveyard, this is a storage facility on the outskirts of dover where the inflatable dinghies intercepted in the channel are stacked up. more than 1100 people made the crossing last month bringing the total for the year to more than 3500, far higher than the whole of last year. on a recent visit to calais, the home secretary priti patel told her french counterpart that the number of crossings is unacceptably high. the uk has given the french authorities millions of pounds to try to tackle the issue. britain says france must take tougher action to turn the boats back at sea to act as a deterrent, but the french seem reluctant to do this claiming that migrants who don't want to be stopped on theirjourney to the uk are threatening to jump in the water. why have numbers increased? the weather is a big factor and coronavirus too. with fewer lorries carrying goods across the channel, the traditional route of stowing away has been replaced by taking to the water, but it's dangerous. four migrants died last year trying to cross the channel. the warning is that if this continues, they won't be the last. simon jones, bbc news. clare moseley from the refugee charity care four calais told us more about the profile of the migrants. only 3% of migrants head for the uk. it's not the only destination and it's not like they all coming to the uk by a long shot. it's a very low number comparatively. the vast majority of people in calais that we need to come from syria, sudan, afghanistan, and iran and iraq and they the most dangerous countries in the world and you can find that on the internet. they are dangerous countries where they have faced persecution and torture so the things that they are running from our truly horrific. the stories that we hear are horrible. people whose families have been killed, who have suffered severe persecution, who have been tortured in libya, who have crossed the sahara with a death rate is even higher than the mediterranean. the things that we hear about are very, very serious and they are running for very good reasons. tony smith is the former head of uk border force. so generally controlled migration is a good thing and acceptable but what's not acceptable is uncontrolled migration, this is controlled because we don't have a capacity to do it. what we need is a safe third country returns agreement with france. at the moment there is the dublin convention which does mean that the home office return people to save third countries but we have to prove that they've already claimed asylum in a third country or where they entered the eu, we are not returning people frankly and the smuggling gangs know that and the supply chains know that and once they are on the water, once they are picked up by a uk vessel, they are picked up by a uk vessel, they are picked up by a uk vessel, they are within the jurisdiction of they are within the jurisdiction of the home office and we are obliged to consider the asylum claim, so what we need is a new international agreement with france and what i've been advocating as joint patrols with the british and the french which happens in other parts of the world, where officers from both countries can be on board and they can be returned directly to the point from which they departed once they are safe and well and then if they are safe and well and then if they have a case or a claim to come to the country they were headed for, that would be considered before they travel. if we don't do that scene, and we don't get that agreement soon i'm afraid these numbers are going to continue to rise, the smuggling gangs will continue to defeat border security and we are on the cusp of another significant influx of asylum intake. we are ill—prepared to handle it. a couple who run one of the oldest vineyards in the uk has been stunned by the response to their request for help after their business was severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic. losing their workers and income meant they couldn't look after their ten acres of vines duncan kennedy reports. for russ and philippa, their vineyard was their life. ten acres and 11,000 vines, until covid—19 came. they lost staff and income and the two of them alone couldn't cope. it hits you. absolutely nothing we can do. so they had an idea. they put out a plea for help on facebook. 115,000 people read it and this is what happened. horn honks. morning. thank you all so much. hundreds of people offered to help for free. every day around 20 volunteers are turning up to carry out the work. it's hot and it's hard. why are you doing this? just to put a little bit back into the community, help somebody out. i thought it would be a nice way to give back, help out a local business. clearing leaves to leave grapes cleared takes hours of toil. we worked it out. you lot have got to pick half a million leaves. wow, i didn't know that! oh, really? half a million? it'sjust something to help somebody, isn't it? help a fellow human being to make life a bit easier. and russ and philippa, well, they are almost speechless. it's like a big hug only 100 times better than a big hug. it's absolutely amazing that they've just come out and done this. i don't know if covid has changed the way that people think. everyone isjust helping everybody and i think maybe nobody has really asked for help and it seems that if you do so many people are just there saying please, we are here. more volunteers are due at the vineyard in the coming days on what is proving to be a vintage year here for kindness. duncan kennedy, bbc news on the isle of wight. you're watching bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator, and the business journalist — john crowley. that's coming up after the latest headlines and a full sport update. two nasa astronauts are hurtling back towards earth following an historic mission on the first commercial rocket. the dragon capsule, built by the us company space x, is due to splashdown in the ocean off the coast of florida. a successful landing would mean america can send its own teams into orbit again after retiring its shuttles in 2011. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. mission control: dragon spacex, separation confirmed. for bob behnken and doug hurley it is time to head home, the dragon capsule leaving the international space station, the first ever private spacecraft to carry astronauts back to earth. we are about to embark on the final portion of the journey. i've referred to some of our spacex friends as the hardest part was getting us launched but the most important part is bringing us home and so i look forward to the test objectives of not only separating from the international space station smoothly but then coming down to a nice splashdown off the florida coast. theirjourney began two months ago in a spacecraft owned by the us company, spacex. this move to the commercial sector marks a major change, opening up space to anyone who can pay for a seat. but the return will be a real challenge, with a fiery re—entry through the atmosphere. parachutes will then slow the spacecraft down, ready for an ocean splashdown in the gulf of mexico, the first water landing since the apollo missions ended nearly 50 years ago. there's a lot of reasons why splashing down is preferable but the disadvantage for somebody that has been up in space for a long period of time, it might be a bit unpleasant, and bob and doug are really tough and i am sure they will be fine but they'll look a little bit like i do after i go to disneyland and ride the teacup ride with my kids and i get off of that thing and i look green. mission control: dragon spacex depart burn zero complete. in the coming hours, this test flight will be complete mission control: dragon spacex depart burn zero complete. in the coming hours, this test flight will be complete and when is the spacecraft touches down, a new era in spacecraft will have begun. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. fairly changeable looking skies across many areas this afternoon. one minute cloud, the odd heavy downpour but the odd bit of sunshine in scotland and northern england compared to this morning. they could be heavy and thundery. frequent showers in northern ireland. showers are becoming fewer in number which means there will be one 01’ in number which means there will be one or two more in eastern areas pushing through on the westerly breeze which will keep it cool during those cloudy moments. nice enough when the sun is out. 17—23. away from the city centre is denied, with clear skies for many, one or two showers continuing in the west with rain close to the channel islands first thing. after a sunny start for most of us, showers in northern and western areas will develop into the second half of the day. very much hit and miss. many places staying dry for longer tomorrow and temperatures are going a little on the cool side for early august, 17—22, but heat will return later in the week after a wet and windy spell midweek. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a former uk conservative minister — and current mp — is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians in afghanistan. the australian state of victoria declares a "state of disaster" as the number of new coronavirus cases rises steeply. meanwhile, south africa records more than half a million virus infections — the fifth highest number in the world. now for a look at all the sport with jane. that the sport with jane. is including all the fallout from that is including all the fallout from the dramatic
allegations that the sas deliberately targeted fighting—aged men, even when they didn't pose a threat. the ministry of defence has denied it is another day of sunshine and such a policy existed. showers. when the show was come through, some heavy and thundery in the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and the north—west, it will feel cooler introduced the toughest lockdown than yesterday. measures so far. they include a night—time curfew, limits to it's sunday 2nd august. our top story: a conservative mp and former minister has been arrested exercise and shopping restrictions. this after a further over 600 cases on suspicion of rape. he has now been released on bail. according to the sunday times, the allegations were made we re by a former parliamentary employee, this after a further over 600 cases who has accused him of rape, were confirmed in the last 2a hours. sexual assault and coercive control. around 30 million unemployed americans have had theirjobless our political correspondent benefit stopped after republicans tony bonsignore and democrats failed to reach is in westminsterfor us. an agreement on extending the coronavirus relief plan. they would usually receive $600 each week — morning, tony, what can you tell us? the equivalent of £1159. with us now is drjeanine kraybill from the department good morning. the allegations made of political science against a current mp and former at california state university. minister according to the sunday nice to see you and thank you for times were made by a former parliamentary employee. the paper talking to us. this will have a significant impact on lots of says she alleges the mp assaulted families, isn't it? it most her, forced her to have sex and left certainly will and it may have an are so impact for several weeks. nancy her, forced her to have sex and left are so traumatised she had to go to hospital and she has accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive pelosi, the democratic house speaker in the house of representatives behaviour. on friday 31st ofjuly stated after a meeting with the police received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving administration that they were not necessarily on the same page. they we re necessarily on the same page. they were making progress but that does allegations of sexual offences and not mean they got to an agreement yet with this republican assault, allegedly occurring in administration so some experts in the us stating it could actually be westminster, hackney and lambert. a several weeks until there is some man in his 50 was arrested on sort of solution in terms of saturday the first of august on suspicion of rape and has been additional benefit that americans on released on bail to return in mid august. the tory party chief web unemployment will receive. why is there such disagreement?m reportedly had been aware of unemployment will receive. why is there such disagreement? it is really a disagreement about how it allegations and had spoken to the victim. sources say mr spencer had is that democrats and republicans not known if the magnitude of the wa nt to is that democrats and republicans want to reopen the economy. democrats are more cautious about allegations. he took allegations of harassment and abuse extremely reopening the economy, looking at the surge of cases that the us has seriously and advise anyone who approached him to contact had. republicans on the other hand are concerned that, if they continue appropriate authorities. the conservative party say they take all with the top payment of an allegations of this nature extremely additional $600 with unemployment, seriously. this is their argument that it might classified documents from within the british military raise fresh concerns about whether british special forces incentivise individuals to stay home may have killed unarmed civilians as opposed to returning to the when they were fighting in helmand in afghanistan in 2011. workforce and it is administration the material was disclosed wa nts to workforce and it is administration wants to open up the economy fairly as part of a court case, following a bbc panorama readily where the democrats on the investigation which highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted other hand are being more cautious fighting—aged men, even when they and that is also a philosophical argument in regards to how we should didn't pose a threat. approach opening up the economy and the ministry of defence has denied such a policy existed. lodging that with the concerns our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. having with the increased of coronavirus cases. where does public this is how elite troops target the opinion sets? you see a lot of taliban. controversial night rate with the aim to kill or capture americans wanting to see these enemy fighters. this shows afghan unemployment benefits being renewed. commanders on a mission with american support. but it was the there are differences of opinion in regards to how much those benefits same tactics used by british special should be. more of your conservative forces during their time in helmand. voices in the country are arguing last year, bbc panorama heard allegations of the sas had killed the top benefit should be closer to 200 additional dollars and democrats unarmed civilians. with testimony saying they should stay the same at from survivors in a raid in 2011, they said the british shot family $600 and that those benefits should members when they posed no threat. be running possibly into january with more conservative saying there translation: they tied his hands in should be running through the fall. front of me. if you tight someone's clearly this is a debate and will hands how can they fight? lawyers a lwa ys clearly this is a debate and will always matter for the thousands of representing one of the afghan families affected but crucially, families are now challenging the ministry of defence here at the high this is a presidential election year court, trying to find out whether and something like this i guess is there was a proper investigation or likely to play into the discussions between the two top candidates in whether they might‘ve been a cover—up. forcing the enemy is to terms of who was going to be in the white house by january next year. release highly sensitive documents most definitely. i think voters are which show they were serious concerns about the raid within really going to be paying attention british military. in heavily to how it is that republicans responded to this and democrats redacted e—mails one british officer responded to this and democrats asks, is this about latest massacre? respond to this because unemployed americans will be voting into the 2020 elections. donald trump is back another soldier replies with reports that two afg ha ns another soldier replies with reports that two afghans were shot reaching numbers are already significantly for weapons. he says... while down. his disapproval rating is well another e—mail highlight the anger above 50% and concerns about how ofan afghan another e—mail highlight the anger of an afghan officer who suggests he's the coronavirus and some two men were shot trying to run away and the other two men were assassinated. one mp says the viewing that they are just starting to talk about the extension of these documents warrant fresh investigation. it is deeply alarming benefits when they knew they were set to expire injuly and some and serious and the government needs arguing these conversations should to come clean. if that does not have been happening months prior and merit some kind of enquiry, because at the end of the day you're talking now it is really middle—class america hanging in the balance of about potential war crimes, than i do not know what does. four men this political fight and u nfortu nately this political fight and unfortunately the fight has become a killed were all armed according to very political and this economic documents released to the court. one response is indicative of that i think voters are going to be paying was a taliban commander. in a very close attention to how the statement they said... the unit has republicans, donald trump response and when donald trump and a joe biden debate, how biden articulates his economic outlay for the country. donald trump talking about the been closed down while the elections being postponed, is that investigation of potential war even possible? that would be crimes in afghanistan is ongoing. but this document highlights incredibly difficult. that is really concerns about its transparency and designed to strike fear and the secrecy surrounding region's suspicion in our electoral system. special forces. voting via mail in the us has been a jonathan beale, bbc news. practice that many states have been doing for several decades and the new lockdown measures have been announced in the australian state of victoria — other thing also is it has been they include a nightime curfew from 8pm until 5am, beginning from sunday evening. shown that that method of voting has the measures are the toughest ever less tha n shown that that method of voting has less than 1% of any type of seen in the country. let's get more on this fraudulent activity. so it is neil, with our correspondent phil mercer. good morning, to you. quite an it is incredibly rare. not only would you have to change the federal escalation. why has it happened now? law but you would have to have backin changes in the constitution which will require a supermajority of escalation. why has it happened now? back in march, australia closed its borders to international travellers congress to approve and a and over the months that followed, australians enjoyed a very strict supermajority of our states and that is incredibly unlikely to occur. you lot down. there was than an easy of have to remember that there are also restrictions are many people thought other offices under the ballot on australia had done really well in trying to contain coronavirus but in the election, a third of the senate the last few weeks in the state of and all of the house and they too victoria we have seen a very wa nt to and all of the house and they too want to see this election go wawrinka spike in infection. this forward. we have had presidential past week has been by far the elections through world wars, civil wa i’s elections through world wars, civil wars so it is highly unlikely and it deadliest week of the pandemic so farfor deadliest week of the pandemic so is unfortunate to hear. thank you far for australia. in the last 2a hours, more than 670 new coronavirus for your analysis. it will be interesting to see how it cases reported in the state of victoria. in the australian context, all unfolds. time for spot and lots these numbers are very big and very of people saying the fa cup final significant and authorities down was not there are now taking the extraordinary steps of imposing the quite the same. state of a disaster. it means there will be a night—time curfew between it was strange but still exciting. eight o'clock in the evening at five o'clock in the morning. people are arsenal were behind initially. not allowed to go more than three arsenal already held the record for fa cup wins — miles from their homes and this is and they extended it to 1a, very much an escalation into the with a 2—1victory over chelsea, which has earned them a place lockdown that the people of in europe next season. melbourne and more broadly in speculation over the future victoria will now face for at least of pierre—emerick aubameyang was put on hold, as he scored another six weeks as the authorities both arsenal's goals — but with no fans at wembley stadium, battle this wave of infections in this was a unique cup final, as our sports correspondent victoria. it is having a knock—on natalie pirks reports. effects in other parts of the country as well. people who lived in the sound of silence victoria are now finding it very on a summer's date. difficult to other part of the for a wembley final country is because other parts are like no other. extremely worried about what is this is the closest arsenal happening in victoria. many thanks. fans could get in a bar metres from the stadium, so near and yet so far. we would normally be there, new homes and hospitals will be all of us together celebrating. but we will be here instead. granted automatic permission to be built as part of reforms in england. at least hopefully, we can be loud enough to let the housing secretary announced new the players here as in here. homes, schools and doctors surgery the traditional hymn can be built on land for growth if was pre—recorded from the roof. # abide with me. the council agrees there is a need for it. but the homeless charity the pre—match act now shelter has warned that any changes a familiar sight. arsenal were in a record 21st could lead to better quality homes. final, but it was chelsea who flew out of the traps. two nasa astronauts are hurtling back towards earth following an historic mission on the first commercial rocket. the dragon capsule, pulisic pups the ball into the arsenal goal. built by the us company space x, but chelsea's record is due to splashdown in the ocean against arsenal is poor off the coast of florida. as was the error of theircaptain, a successful landing would mean pierre—emerick aubameyang made no america can send its own teams mistake from the spot. into orbit again after retiring its shuttles in 2011. arsenal were in the ascendancy and our science correspondent chelsea were dropping rebecca morelle has more. like flies. and as a goal—scorer limped away, drabble spacex, separation arsenal caught fire. aubameyang scores! confirmed. —— dragon. drabble spacex, separation confirmed. -- dragon. for doug hurley and bob behnken it is time to if aubameyang head home, the dragon capsule is leaving arsenal, leaving the international space station, the first ever private he was going out with a bang. space capsule to carry astronauts. frank lampard needed a plan, this was not part of it. a debatable second yellow card saw we are about to embark in the final them down to ten men. and when the whistle finally blue, the smiles pa rt we are about to embark in the final part of the journey. the hardest of mikel arteta said it all. down wembley way, the fans rejoiced. they may have dropped pa rt part of the journey. the hardest part was getting us lodged but the the ball in the league, most important part is bringing us but arsenal got home and i look forward to the test there in the end. objectives of not over separating from the international space station they dropped the cup that as well! smoothly but then coming down to a nice splash down onto the florida coast. the journey began two months eddie howe has told ago ina bournemouth fans that leaving the club was one of the hardest coast. the journey began two months ago in a spacecraft owned by spacex. decisions he'd ever had to make, this move to the commercial sector after they agreed to part company. the clubs five—year spell marks a major change. but the return in the premier league came to an end when they were relegated last weekend. howe said it was the right time for the club to have a change. will be a real challenge, with the his association with bournemouth, as a player and as manager, spanned 25 years. fiery re—entry through the celtic begin their campaign to win atmosphere. parachutes will then a record tenth successive scottish premiership title today. slowly spacecraft down, ready for an they're at home to ocean splash down in the gulf of hamilton this afternoon. the side most likely to stop celtic‘s run is rangers — mexico, the first water landing since the apollo missions and that they kicked off the season with a 1—nil win at aberdeen. nearly 50 years ago. a lot of ryan kent with the goal. reasons why splashing down is lewis hamilton will be favourite to win today's british grand prix, after he set prefera ble reasons why splashing down is preferable but the disadvantage is someone preferable but the disadvantage is someone who has been upping space the fastest ever lap at silverstone, to take pole position. for a long period of time, it might bea for a long period of time, it might be a bit unpleasant but bob and doug despite a little slip up during qualifying, he was in impressive are be a bit unpleasant but bob and doug a re really be a bit unpleasant but bob and doug are really tough and i am sure they will be fine but they will probably form at his home track. look a bit like i do after a ride in hamilton recovered from that spin to break the track record twice disneyland. i get off that thing and on his way to the 91st pole of his career. he was a third of a second quicker i look green. in the coming hours, than team mate valtteri bottas, and a full second ahead this test flight will be complete of red bull's max verstappen. and when is the spacecraft touches down, a new era in spacecraft would looking forward to see if hamilton have begun. rebecca morelle, bbc news. can make that his seventh win. so exciting! let's take a look at today's papers. a couple who run a vineyard the observer reports that government on the isle of wight have been plans to reopen schools in september stunned by the response have been called into question to their request for help after their business was severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic. by the head of the teaching union, losing their workers and income meant they couldn't look after their 10 acres of vines, the nasuwt, who says urgent action but after a plea on social media is needed to convince parents hundreds of people have and teachers schools will be safe. volunteered to work for free. our correspondent new homes, hospitals and schools duncan kennedy reports. will be given an automatic "green light" to be built, for russ and philippa, the vineyard according to the telegraph — as the paper reports government was their life. ten acres and 11,000 plans for the biggest overhaul of the planning system since the second world war. vines until covid—19 came. the lost "virus fears put lives back on hold," is the headline leading staff and income and the two of them the sunday express. the paper says millions of people alone could not cope. it hits you. will not go away this year due to concerns around coronavirus there is absolutely nothing you can and those living in popular uk destinations are also keen to stay inside in case tourists bring the infection with do. so they had an idea, that they would put out an ad for help. this them, the paper adds. so many more people holidaying in is what happened. good morning. the uk because it cannot go abroad. thank you all so much. hundreds of people offered to help for free. every day around 20 volunteers are that is putting pressure on the turning out to carry out the work. people living in the hot spots.|j it is hard. why are you doing this? that is putting pressure on the people living in the hot spots. i am quite excited about lightbulbs this to help people out give back to the morning. this is in the observer community. i thought it would be this morning. a bit of a row going nice to help out a local business. on in the irish sea about the kind it takes hours of toil. we worked it of lightbulbs used in lighthouses and whether you switch to led and be energy efficient. some frustration out you lot have to pick half a million leaves. i did not know that. because of the view is that they are not quite as good because the really! it isjust something to help a fellow human being to make life a conventional lightbulb that is being bit easier. and ross and philippa used in lighthouses creates a loom we re of the light, according to people bit easier. and ross and philippa were almost speechless. it is like a that know more about this than i do which means a lot can be effectively big hug only a hundred times better. reflect of particles of water, in it is absolutely amazing that they have just come out and done this.|j do have just come out and done this.” do not know if has changed the way clouds and around the corners you see a lighthouse before the back you people think. everyone isjust can see the light from the helping everybody. it seems that if lighthouse before you can see the lighthouse. any changes that would you ask for help, so many people negate the purpose... a house of just saying, please, we're here. more volunteers are due in the lights, you could be a marketing coming days in what is proving to be officer. end the rise of the coffee a vintage year. duncan kennedy, bbc news. and —— prosecco. catering vans an awful lot of vines to pick. that shot from the air, you could see you providing stacks, alcohol, coffee. i they needed some help. a lot of people giving help. suitable weather have not seen much of it but this is on the isle of wight but not one of the many angles where our everywhere? economy is heading. these adaptations which may last way after after that exceptional heat that the virus. including people working some of you experienced on friday this cooler this weekend but there from home. on the sunday times, leg is still sunshine around where that sun is out through today it will feel pleasant but temperatures have dropped and it will be a sunny week because of a good show the trend, story, police forces are increasingly that they are keen for let's stay here in nottinghamshire us, if we have — cams, to be able to and will have a look at nottingham, notice the temperature trend here. pass on incidents of alleged keep things on the cool side for the next few days that the second half dangerous driving. so a kind of of the week, temperatures are set to climb across the country once again by the time we friday and saturday police, camera, action type thing we could be in the hot category once whereas we as motorists are being again, especially across the eastern asked to do our staff and critics half of the country. we will keep you updated as we go throughout the week. as i said today, it is nice argue this is asked being asked to do the work of the police and the when the sun is out, a little cooler when the sun is out, a little cooler when the sun is out, a little cooler when the cloud is with you and there police saying this is not the public will be some cloud showers around a doing the police'sjob but time through today thought will be a police saying this is not the public doing the police's job but the public are part of the solution in little wet every now and then. what every type of crime and the argument is now and then across parts of scotla nd is now and then across parts of scotland and northern england. they make, if we are all conscious outbreaks of rain showing up on the radar chart for the last few hours, a few showers and northern england, southern wells in the south—west as that we do that we could well and some about to return to northern ireland. through the day, collectively be safer. some people the outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern england will break up a will be very keen. some people have little bit and we will see sunshine as the car breaks up as well, showers get going again in northern a certain zeal. ireland, becoming heavy through the afternoon. further north we have here's matt with a look showers across scotland and the odd at this morning's weather. thundery one, more sunshine around a lovely start to the day for some and a little on the cool side when of you with a beautiful sunrise the showers are with you, 111—15 in there in northamptonshire stop and where we feel the sunshine it will the showers are with you, 111—15 in the west, 16, 17 in the east. be warm but a little bit cooler than similar temperatures in northern yesterday. you will notice that when ireland but here more frequent showers. to begin with showers in the showers come your way and there the western areas fewer here in the will be a scattering of them around. some wetter than others and some of afternoon, more showers further east in the afternoon and some may pass wettest conditions to start with, through civil thin through the damn start for much of scotland, middle part of the day, only a small heavy showers through northern england odds of wales as well. cloud chance and by and large for the final day of the here across scotland and northern england will thin and break and we will see sunshine develop between british grand prix it will stay the showers, there could be on the clear. a nudge below where we should heavy side through the day. a few be for this time of year. the showers we have this evening will showers spreading eastward through fade away for most of the night and central and southern parts of england and wales but you compared some will continue in the west but to what we saw further north this morning. and even though there is a with partly clear skies elsewhere, damn stuff that make start across generally light wind, a little the northern half, it does not look cooler tonight again and temperatures dropping to single too bad. showers could be on the figures in the countryside, some thundery side but most sunshine towns and city centre sticking to between and temperatures between 1a double figures. as we go through to and 17. northern ireland will seek frequent showers through the monday, rigid high—pressure, this pump on the isobars ahead of next afternoon and there will be some showers across england and wales. weather system means that for many the ones in the west will mean will be a dry day, a few showers around, mainly in the north and west western areas are dry and some and the temperatures down a little bit on the values today, peaking at showers may work their way through around 22 degrees. back to you both silverstone and so a small chance of in the studio. showers further east at the grand looking forward to those happy prix, overall the dry day with showers. it is 13 minutes before temperatures around 21 celsius. it will feel cool through tonight with seven, time now for the film review. many showers fading, you continuing in the west overnight and into the morning and a greater chance of temperatures dropping into single figures in the countryside tonight compared with recent nights. so as we go into the new week it will be a hello, and welcome to the film review with me, fresh start. almost tween weather mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home systems on monday, a rigid high—pressure building in between, approaching weather fronts out there are in the west and that means there will be some showers around, not as many as we see through today, and in cinemas. primarily they will be across western areas, many southern parts will stay dry throughout the day and temperatures down a little bit again after a fresh start compared to during lockdown, while everyone was watching movies today, 16, 22 degrees in the middle on streaming services, pa rt trailers for unhinged today, 16, 22 degrees in the middle part of the week we have to watch proudly boasted that the film for persistent rain in the would open in theatres injuly, north—west of the country, windy with studio head mark gill speu calling it the canary north—west of the country, windy spell as well through tuesday and in the coalmine for into wednesday and on tuesday some of the heaviest rain will be across cinema reopenings. western scotland and rain on an in america, where coronavirus offer northern ireland and northern continue to spike, unhinged has england, further south and east you inevitably had its release are will see sunny spells and delayed, along with potential blockbusters temperatures starting to rise once like tenet and mulan. again. it will be a thoroughly wet but here in the uk, day in western scotland with a fair the russell crowe actioner few inches of rain falling through is now testing the waters as a wide theatrical release, tuesday into wednesday but we will hoping to draw punters see the weekend with the rain easing back to the spectacle of big screen cinema. away and to give an idea of what is to come next week, after a bill come on, man, go! midweek, temperatures are climbing back into the hot level across many eastern levels by the end of the crowe stars as an aggrieved, week and weekend. nice for the overweight and aggressive ball of anger whose path crosses with caren pistorius‘s weekend and that is what counts. rachel, a mother in the middle of a messy divorce who is late just coming up to 18 minutes past getting her son to school and herself to work. six, let's have a look now at click. i'm pretty sure that truck's following me. he's road raging. why don't you just chill, man? after she honks him at a traffic light and then refuses to apologise for her perceived rudeness, he sets out to teach her a lesson, pursuing rachel, her friends and her family while blaming her for his violent retribution. hey! pull your window down! hey, welcome to click. hope you are doing ok. this week, we have something special for you. pitched somewhere between steven spielberg's duel you see, every so often and joel shumacher‘s we start investigating a subject, thinking it falling down, unhinged, will make a nice, interesting five—minute film, but then from director derrick borte, we tug on a particular thread is a nuts and bolts affair and it turns out there is something way bigger and way that does exactly what it says on the tin weirder going without ever really stopping to think about it. on than we thought. andy. talking of way weirder, whose phone is this? here's omar mehtab. i'm sitting here hey, mate. hey, how's it going? across from a friend. good, thanks. we note from the trailer so do you want to start off that the action is going by telling us what you were to involve crowe wreaking originally sent out to look at? mobile phone havoc in a diner and a giant truck running over a car, and that pretty much sums up the movie. a popcorn mix of interpersonal we wanted to find out craziness and big crunchy how online influencers, carbound carnage. the big personalities you see on social media, have been impacted during the pandemic. can you see him? it seemed pretty he's catching up. straightforward. yeah, and then things got it helps, of course, really interesting, right? that playing a character yeah, it did. with anger management issues is hardly a stretch we started doing a little bit for russell crowe, although unlike michael douglas's of digging and a pattern more interesting character in falling down, crowe starts emerged of influencers abusing crazy and then just gets worse. the trust of their millions of followers for their own financial gain. you can hardly call this an analysis of societal rage, but watching 90 minutes of head—banging pedal our story started here, to the metal big screen with some of the biggest social thrills, ijust found myself happy to be back in a cinema, media influencers in the world. a group called faze clan, succumbing to the magic famous for esports and of the big screen. entertainment. better bring your a—game. put your hands together cos you're gonna need it. for faze clan! they have 230 million also getting a wide summer followers, and were recently release this weekend valued at $250 million. is summerland, a film that could not be more different from unhinged in every respect. more people are watching, more people have time to watch more, and they want more even when they're done, because they're still we were expecting you an hour ago. on their phones, looking sorry. frank! for content to consume. this is miss lamb, your new guardian. i don't want him! here is the thing. we've all got to do our bit. the brilliant gemma arterton stars as alice lamb, a reclusive writer living in a south coast village during world war ii. alice is considered an oddity by the locals, a loner the majority of influencers who investigates and debunks don't have hundreds of millions myths and folklore, looking of followers and a slick ceo. for the facts behind the fiction. there are millions of i don't think it's very interesting. i wrote them. influencers who are sole when young evacuee frank shows up unexpectedly traders, and they're actually on her doorstep, alice able to make a living with only has no time for him, tens of thousands of followers. insisting that he be rehomed. the people who are famous but inevitably, a bond to you on instagram may not be grows between the pair, with alice warming to her the same people who are famous new charge as we learn to me on instagram, about the love and loss because there are millions of them, who have varying levels of followers that haunts her own past and influence. but those millions of mini and the possibility influencers depend on smaller brands, smaller deals, of magic in the future. was she the one you loved? would you think it was strange? and a lot less of them, no. and we found out that written and directed by olivier award—winning many of them have struggled playwright jessica swale, during the pandemic. zara mcdermott is one summerland is a lovely, influencer who sits in the middle ground. heartfelt film about matters of life and death that has its feet on the ground she has gotjust under 1.5 million followers, and its head in the clouds. and she works with a lot of mid—level brands. i've seen influencers taking in the central role, arterton, on jobs that i wouldn't necessarily see them taking who's also an executive on before the pandemic, producer, relishes the chance just because i think there's to play a character who doesn't care about what the outside a little bit of an air of, world thinks of her, preferring instead to find like, let's take as many jobs as we possibly can. refuge in her work. but this was the moment it he's not on his own. became so much more. right at the end of gugu mbatha—raw is perfectly the interview, zara said cast as the face that haunts something which took our investigation in an unexpected new direction. alice's memories, reminding her of what love once felt like, while a supporting cast including penelope wilson and tom courtenay ensures that so, since the pandemic began, even the smaller roles we found that we've received have heft. a really large quantity of e—mails from brands selling miss lamb! what i think is counterfeit what's most important, however, goods, and basically trying is that summerland is a film full of hope, something to get influencers to market these on their channels. and ijust believe that a lot of these brands are trying to exploit influencers we all sorely need right now. during this time, by offering them excessive amounts of money mrs litvak? for very small deliverables. who are you? mrs litvak, i'm very and not all of these sorry for your loss. influencers had turned these offers down. from the heart—warming to the horrific with the vigil, another new cinema release, this from the blumhouse label who gave us paranormal as you can see, i have my activity, the purge new wireless earphones in. and get out. i literally use my airpods every single day... and they're all wireless. written and directed by feature a first—timer keith thomas, the story plays out over the sound quality is banging, really good, and they connect the course of one night to any bluetooth device. during which a troubled young man is hired to keep watch over a recently deceased member of now, off—camera of zara's the orthodoxjewish community. interview, her manager, charli paton, told us that her e—mail inbox plagued with guilt and anxiety, was flooded by companies offering thousands to get them yakov discovers that mr litvak to advertise knockoff products. believed he was being pursued so we went to find out more. by an evil spirit, a spirit that now seems to have set its sight on yakov, contacting him through visions and cell phone calls, some of the slightly more refusing to let him leave this suspicious brands that reach out to us are often willing apparently haunted house. set largely in a gloomy to pay, and i know that they do actually pay, a lot more apartment where light money than the going rate is replaced by darkness visible, the vigil is in the industry, sometimes even at its best when suggesting rather than depicting up to three times the price its brooding horrors. that we'd usually charge there are a few perfunctory for certain promotions. jump scares here and there, but it's the atmosphere i think that they prey of dread, aided by a groaning soundtrack, that's on the fact that influencers and management companies don't the film's strongest suit. always do this due diligence. have you been enjoying it here? so charli was fed up of getting yeah. all these scam e—mails asking you see, normally we hire a working couple in the winter, them to promote knockoff there's a lot of maintenance. products and put their business and then there's a strip—down, at risk. emptying all the vans, giving them a good scrub... sounds great. so she wanted to find out — who was behind it all? there's a hint of dread, too, about make up, an atmospheric and there was just one product that kept on coming up again british psychodrama from writer director claire oakley. and again and again — knockoff apple airpods. molly windsor is ruth, and then we found out that even the biggest influencers a taciturn teenager who arrives in the world were being paid at a bleak off—season to promote these knockoff cornish caravan park where her boyfriend airpods. tom is working. lipstick smears on the mirror and strands of red hair each airpod comes on tom's clothes lead with a charging case ruth to suspect that and a charging cable. he's being unfaithful. so i'm going to check them out right now. their whole site is 70% but her own growing off, and use code kylie relationship with the for free shipping. charismaticjade suggests that if deceptions are at play, they may be internal rather than external. kylie and kendalljenner have a combined following a 337 she's got a bit of million followers on instagram, reputation, you know? and there they were promoting reputation for what? a company called nova play, whose earbuds seem to be like its central character, make up is an enigmatic riddle, an exact copy a film that slips seamlessly between genres. on one level, it's a coming—of—age story about someone discovering of apple's airpods. their identity and sexuality. but it's also haunted apple provided us a statement and by horror, with the eerie said that last year they sought the vistas of the caravan park reflecting ruth's inner turmoil, stalked by shadowy figures whose presence seems listing of hundreds of thousands of both threatening and elusive. knockoff product's. do you know a girl with long red hair? she's not ringing any bells. it was about this time crucially, oakley, making her that we started talking to some feature debut after helming e—commerce experts to find out several shorts, wants to keep the audience guessing, who was behind this wave musing upon how much of this of knockoff product and influencer promotions. and there was one word is genuinely mysterious and how that kept coming up — drop shipping. the issue of drop shipping much isjust in ruth's mind. is a relatively new phenomenon. it's a very, very fast—moving business model that's constantly changing. it's a strange movie, low on explanation, big on atmosphere. we're constantly seeing new entrants into the market, thanks to cinematographer new platforms that provide nick cooke, composer the service, so as regulators ben salisbury, and sound and enforcers, to a certain designer ania przygoda, extent, we're always trying play catch—up. all of whom lend to the air of unease. ruth, you don't need to go! ruth! we started searching and we found hundreds of people you can find make up on curzon saying they were making a fortune drop shipping. home cinema and then but what is it? a selection of uk cinemas over here's a little rundown. the drop shipper goes to an online chinese the coming weeks and months. marketplace, often aliexpress. they find a low—priced product, set up a website, and add the stars have their a huge markup. beginnings and their ends. for a few moments, somewhere in between, a few, very few may influencers are paid to promote the product and send you straight to the website. support thought. when you buy the product, it's shipped directly to you from china. the seller could be the late johann johansson was a brilliant composer who was oscar—nominated on a different continent for his scores for the theory of everything and never even see the product. and sicario. drop shippers don't hold any inventory, so there's no financial risk. he was also the director and it's important of last and first men, to be really clear. which played at the berlin film drop shipping isn't illegal. festival earlier this year and is now available on demand from bfi player. inspired by olaf stapleton's for example, here's cult sci—fi novel and narrated kevin david, whojust moved by tilda swinton, the film uses into his pretty sweet words, music and haunting new apartment in miami, and he gave us a very honest footage of abstract monuments from the former yugoslavia insight about the insane amount to evoke a vision of futuristic of money that drop shippers humanity on the brink of extinction. are actually making. you can have a massive business without ever going to china. the universal end right? comes in due course. like, i've personally sent growing out of a multimedia millions of dollars to china, project unveiled at i've, you know, gotten millions the manchester international and millions of dollars‘ festival in 2017 and completed afterjohansson's death worth of products. in 2018, last and first men i've never been to china. is a hauntingly elegiac work described by its creator those airpods i've as a film that straddles actually seen. the border of fiction and documentary, a meditation some of my friends have stores on memory and failed utopia doing hundreds of thousands contextualised through of dollars a month the literary mode of science fiction. selling those, right? someone will spend hundreds of millions, however much money it costs to create it, and then china will essentially reverse engineer it. some sharp drop shippers take advantage of that and they create massive, massive incomes by leveraging those trends. all right, well, i never thought i'd be saying the last mission so we contacted loads of drop shippers, and even chatted before mars, and yet to quite a few of them. here we are making less and there was one thing that really stood out preparations for the long journey. amongst them all. thank you. they're just like you and me. the future of mankind, some of them even work or rather womankind, out of their bedroom. is the subject of proxima, but the difference is, they're the story of an astronaut preparing for a lengthy stint making huge sums of money. on the international space station in service of so fast forward, i grabbed one of the products that took me to, it was a super bowl ring. a forthcoming mission to mars. i made $55,000 in that month, eva green is sarah, a french quit myjob, and then fast astronaut whose presence is not immediately welcomed forward, i made over $20 by matt dillon's mike, million in the last five years. who considers her little drop shipping dramatically more than a tourist. but during the gruelling changed my life. training procedure, sarah proves that she's more all we needed to do was look than a match for any man whilst on youtube at these guys also wrestling with the demands of motherhood and the prospect of saying goodbye bragging about how much money they're making, to her daughter. and sharing tips on how to get in on it. written and directed and, when we were going by alice winocour, who co—wrote through all these videos, the brilliant mustang, proxima is a quietly engrossing we found something incredible. tale of a woman following her dreams of the stars one guy was even showing other drop shippers a template letter while facing the consequences to copy and send influencers. of her actions on earth. it was that easy. and the template that like last year's lucy i give my students, that in the sky, in which natalie you can just copy and paste portman played an astronaut and use for yourself. unable to readjust to normal it's right here. life after leaving earth's instagram influencer reach out script. atmosphere, winocour‘s film maintains an intriguing balance and i'm going to say "hey", between the everyday and the name of that and the out of this world, person "my name is", and you're with green doing a terrificjob going to put your name. of portraying the warring that youtube explainer was pressures that her character must face in order stunning, and revealed so much. to achieve her goal. the professional looking e—mails charli showed us, at its heart is a palpable sent from the mysterious tension between the anxiety companies, were actually just from bedrooms around the world. she feels at leaving her child behind and the pride she takes and the shadowy drop shippers in showing her daughter that she, like her mother, were just entrepreneurs can do anything she wants. proxima all feels very real, trying their luck. like many things, you've got your good guys and you've not something that can be said got your bad guys. but the problem is, it's really easy to be a bad guy of flash gordon, which celebrates its 40th anniversary when you're an anonymous person with a 4k restoration, sitting behind a laptop. playing in selected cinemas before coming to disc. and gabriel told us how some drop shippers can easily scam people. i see stores that come and goes, they literally steal # flash! money from people. # ah-ha! # saviour of the universe!# one of the stores were selling iron man hat, a camp cult classic, which was like a real hat flash gordon looks even more that goes up and down, and they were selling bonkers now than it did back it for $29. when you go to alibaba in 1980, with the great and aliexpress, the selling max von sydow tearing up the screen as ming the merciless, price is what is real, while brian blessed delivers and those stores make millions of dollars within a month perhaps the most famous and they they just wipe line of his career. the entire store and with all his men, he they collect the money, couldn't even kill flash. they disappear and they don't gordon's alive? ship any products. and those stores are ah, they don't make ‘em literally, like, everywhere. so, from zara telling us like that any more. about the suspicious e—mails that's it for this week. she'd been receiving, i'm off for a few weeks now, but anna smith will be we delved into a world made here while i'm away with all possible only by the best new movies. thanks for watching the modern internet. and stay safe. now, a teenager in kansas can persuade an influencer in london to promote a product. are we dreaming? i'd like to think so. then that leads to someone in stockholm buying something from a factory in china which copies the design of a company in california. it's a truly global story. and i'm afraid that is where we have to stop for the short cut of this week's click, but do check omar‘s full investigation. it is on bbc iplayer right now. he also does more investigations on the trending podcast. don't forget that we live in social media, on youtube, facebook, instagram, and twitter, and you can trust us. good morning. we are @bbcclick. 00:29:53,477 --> 2147483051:51:41,453 thanks for watching, 2147483051:51:41,453 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and we will see you soon. welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and chris mason. our headlines today: a former conservative minister and current mp is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians while deployed in afghanistan. two american astronauts on—board the first manned commercial flight into space head home from the international space station. aubameyang works his wembley magic, leading arsenal to fa cup victory over chelsea, in an empty stadium, but the big question is, will he stay at arsenal? it is another day of sunshine and showers. it is a bomb the sun is out when the show is come through, it will feel a bit cooler than yesterday and it could be heavy and foundry in the north—west. —— thundery. it's sunday 2nd august. our top story: a conservative mp, and former minister, has been arrested on suspicion of rape. he has now been released on bail. according to the sunday times, the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee, who has accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. our political correspondent tony bonsignore is in westminster for us. morning tony, what can you tell us? this is what we know. the allegations are against a current mp former minister and according to the sunday times they have been made by a former parliamentary employee and it is sunday times says she alleges the mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left us all traumatise you to go to hospital she has accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. we have had a statement from the metropolitan police. on friday 31st ofjuly, they received allegations relating to four separate incidents relating to sexual offences and assault. in westminster, lambeth and hackney before july last year and january this year. a man in his 50 was arrested on saturday the first of august on suspicion of rape. has been released on bail to return on a date in mid august. the tory party chief whip it has been reported he had been aware of the allegations and spoken to the. mr spencer had not known to the magnitude of the allegations and a spokesman for him said he took all allegations of corruption and abuse extremely seriously and has strongly encouraged anybody who has approached him to contact appropriate authorities. the conservative party say they take all allegations of this nature extremely seriously. classified documents from within the british military raise fresh concerns about whether british special forces may have killed unarmed civilians when they were fighting in helmand in afghanistan in 2011. the material was disclosed as part of a court case, following a bbc panorama investigation, which highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted fighting—aged men even when they didn't pose a threat. the ministry of defence has denied such a policy existed. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is how elite troops target the taliban. controversial night raids with the aim to kill or capture enemy fighters. this shows afghan commanders on a mission with american support. but it was the same tactics used by british special forces during their time in helmand. last year, bbc panorama heard allegations the sas had killed unarmed civilians, with testimony from survivors in a raid in 2011, unarmed civilians, with testimony from survivors of a raid in 2011, who said the british shot family members when they posed no threat. translation: they tied his hands in front of me. if you've tied someone's hands how can they fight? lawyers representing one of the afghan families are now challenging the ministry of defence here at the high court. they're trying to find out whether there was a proper investigation or whether there might‘ve been a cover—up, and they've just forced the mod to release these highly sensitive documents which show that there were serious concerns about the raid within the british military. in heavily redacted e—mails sent soon after the raid, one british officer asks, "is this about latest massacre?" another soldier replies with reports that two of the afghans were shot reaching for weapons. he says, "it's the eight time it's happened," adding, "you couldn't make it up." while another e—mail highlights the anger of an afghan officer who suggests two men were shot trying to run away, and the other two men were assassinated. one mp says the documents warrant a fresh investigation. it is deeply alarming, it is deeply serious, and the government needs to come clean. if that does not merit some kind of enquiry, because at the end of the day you're talking about war crimes — potential war crimes, than i do not know what does. the british military‘s own report into the raid released to the court says the four men killed were all armed and one was a known taliban commander, who had been targetting coalition forces. in a statement the mod said... the mod recently closed down the unit investigating allegations of potential war crimes in afghanistan. but these documents at the very least highlight concerns about its transparency and the secrecy surrounding britain special forces. jonathan beale, bbc news. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and is imposing a strict lockdown in response to new cases of coronavirus. the measures, including a night time curfew, come into force tonight. let's get more from our correspondent phil mercer, who's in sydney for us this morning. if this seems pretty significant? it is these restrictions coming in about two hours time and it means the people of melbourne will be subjected to this nighttime curfew and there will be restrictions on people going shopping for food so these are the strictest lockdown measures australia has seen since the pandemic began and it follows the pandemic began and it follows the worst week of the coronavirus emergency that australia has seen and this is a very much centred in the state of victoria. it has been reporting each and every day hundreds of new infections and over the past week dozens of deaths. these numbers may not seem large internationally but in the australian context, they are very big, they are very significant and they have fronted the authorities in victoria to declare a state of disaster that covers the city of melbourne says a very strict measures and authorities say that will last for at least six weeks and this is a very serious attempt to bring the new coronavirus infections under control. it is very much, as we say, centred in the victoria. other parts of australia heavily restricting travel out of victoria. as the rest of australia looks nervously at what is happening in victoria. a few months ago, many australians could have been forgiven for thinking the coronavirus outbreak was under control in this country but how quickly things change. victoria now battling with hundreds of new infections each and every day and that state of disaster has been declared. six weeks is a significant period of time. i wonder how this has been viewed elsewhere andi how this has been viewed elsewhere and i wonder what prospect there is that these kind of measures could become nationwide? people in sydney, for example, are now forbidden to travel to the neighbouring state of queensland to the north. the authorities in queensland believe that sydney is a coronavirus hotspots. hundreds of new infections reported in victoria, here in new south wales, australia's most populous state, sydney is the state capital and it has been reporting around a dozen, perhaps 20 new coronavirus of new cases each day. very different from victoria but still the authorities are very worried that these infections could ta ke worried that these infections could take off and a serious situation could come to pass here in new south wales so much of australia on edge but certainly the people of victoria, 5 million people in melbourne, now getting ready for australia's strict as ever lockdown measures, extraordinary measures, including that nighttime curfew. two nasa astronauts are hurtling back towards earth following an historic mission on the first commercial rocket. the dragon capsule, built by the us company space x, is due to splashdown in the ocean off the coast of florida. a successful landing would mean america can send its own teams into orbit again after retiring its shuttles in 2011. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. mission control: dragon spacex, separation confirmed. for bob behnken and doug hurley it is time to head home, the dragon capsule leaving the international space station, the first ever private spacecraft to carry astronauts back to earth. we are about to embark on the final portion of the journey. i've referred to some of our spacex friends as the hardest part was getting us launched but the most important part is bringing us home and so i look forward to the test objectives of not only separating from the international space station smoothly but then coming down to a nice splashdown off the florida coast. theirjourney began two months ago in a spacecraft owned by the us company, spacex. this move to the commercial sector marks a major change, opening up space to anyone who can pay for a seat. but the return will be a real challenge, with a fiery re—entry through the atmosphere. parachutes will then slow the spacecraft down, ready for an ocean splashdown in the gulf of mexico, the first water landing since the apollo missions ended nearly 50 years ago. there's a lot of reasons why splashing down is preferable but the disadvantage for somebody that has been up in space for a long period of time, it might be a bit unpleasant, and bob and doug are really tough and i am sure they will be fine but they'll look a little bit like i do after i go to disneyland and ride the teacup ride with my kids and i get off of that thing and i look green. mission control: dragon spacex depart burn zero complete. in the coming hours, this test flight will be complete and when is the spacecraft touches down, a new era in spacecraft will have begun. rebecca morelle, bbc news. tomorrow rules are being relaxed to allow workplaces in england to open up again, marking a change in the government's advice to work from home. however, many businesses have confirmed they will not be asking staff to return to the office any time soon, which will impact shops and cafes that rely on trade from nearby workers. we can speak now to kate bell, who is head of employment rights at the tuc, and david abrahamovitch, founder of the coffee shop chain grind. how are your members are feeling about tomorrow? i think many people are feeling anxious. everyone wants to get back to work. but the government guidance has been pretty unclear. we still do not have a requirement for business to publish their risk assessments, the reassurance for people who have been shielding just is not clear and we do not have a proper sick pay that people so that —— that people live so they can know they can stay home if they are not feeling well. your business is reliant on people travelling fast and buying your coffee and if they are working in their back bedroom, they are not travelling pass? absolutely. there isa travelling pass? absolutely. there is a ecosystem of businesses depending on people getting the tubes and train into central london and consuming stuff. there is a whole industry to service them. 80% reduction in football in parts of london, it is pretty scary. —— footprints. how bleak has it been? we have ten locations, but those in places like liverpool street and london bridge, it really is a ghost town. as a londoner it scares me, let alone as a business owner. when you hear businesses like david's and everything they have been through, presumably you want people to go back into work as well. what would you say to workers who get into that office and are concerned that social distancing measures are not in place and concerned about hygiene or feel they do not want to raise their voice because they feel theirjob is vulnerable at the moment? everybody wa nts vulnerable at the moment? everybody wants people going back to work and businesses like david's, it is important to protect jobs businesses like david's, it is important to protectjobs but it is important to protectjobs but it is important to protectjobs but it is important to make people feel safe and they need to be able to raise their voices when they see people that are not saved. that is what we asked to require businesses to publish their risk management. people need to be able to speak up. of course, we would say the best way to do that is join the union so you have someone independent representing you. people should not have to work in unsafe places and it is important they talk to employers. employers should consult their employees to create their risk management. what more needs to be done? publishing risk assessment is that all? that is an important step but we need more support so that people who do need to self isolate and take time off work know they can do that and know they will have access to sickbay. 2 million people on and they do own enough. at the beginning of the pandemic matt hancock saying he could not live off that sickbay. but if people do fall eal, they need to note they can stay home. potentially people could be working from home into the next year. that must be so frustrating because it rips your business model from under your feet. we are lucky to have a diversified model. we sell coffee to have a diversified model. we sell coffe e o n to have a diversified model. we sell coffee on line but for those completely relied on the high street, not having people coming into the offices is a nightmare and i find it frustrating when you see billion—dollar tech business is telling that employees that no—one will be back in the office until 2021 because this is a fast—moving situation and i think there is no need to be making such long—term decisions like that because other people follow. these companies are building giant tower blocks as headquarters in places like king's cross and london bridge and they are doing that because there is an amazing ecosystem with staff to service their and employees. my message today would be that by the time that building is finished, if you want them to be a londoner for these people to come back to, you need to start getting people back into the office now because otherwise the mud that you chose for your headquarters is going to be unrecognisable. the station the londoner. doing perhaps have to get used to the fact that big cities will never be the same as they once were?” think there is a novelty thing going on with working from home at the moment in my opinion. there is a place for it and icy more flexible work moving forward but they must be value to face—to—face interaction and there must be value to chatting in the corridor by the left and the junior member of the team getting to chat with the boss and you cannot replicate that stuff. for sure, i think we will see some changes and there will be value in that. but the end of face—to—face communication is not now and i think we are seeing that be a little overplayed in the middle of this crisis. i wonder the extent to which this pandemic, and we do not know the timeframe on how things will pan out over the coming weeks and years. does it have the potential to change forever the relationship between employee and employer? i think we have some big changes and many things that people have been asking for regarding flexible working, we have shifted that in this pandemic and it is important we use that creativity to keep thinking about how to give eve ryo ne keep thinking about how to give everyone a decent working environment. i think it will continue to be important but government needs to put the right support in place for business and workers while we go through this so we do not have businesses forced to close earlier and people out of jobs. and that is another thing that could be put in place, an extension of thejob retention could be put in place, an extension of the job retention scheme and if we do see an extension of the social distancing measures, that may continue to be necessary while the changes to the wider world for some made. it has already cost billions and if they extend the scheme they arejust and if they extend the scheme they are just extending and if they extend the scheme they arejust extending jobs and if they extend the scheme they are just extending jobs that may eventually not exist anyway. does they not need to be a ritual taper to make sure business can then stand on their own two feet? obviously it depends on the course of the pandemic and where we are in october, november. but there are businesses that will have a viable future but may need more support to keep going. i think the government could support more tailored support to stop that sort of knock—on employment which we do not want to see and stop good distances going under. on that specific point of the furlough scheme and your desire to see specific help, have you got particular industries in mind or particular industries in mind or particular of money in mind? i was doing a phone in on radio 4 and there were people making that exact argument, in particular circumstances either economically around a small business or healthwise if they were looking after someone who is continuing to shield this by government advice because they see themselves as particularly vulnerable. what case are you making in specific terms to the treasury about where you think an extension to furlough would be justified was in mark for a long time we have been telling government that it needs a set of specific plans and we have asked them to bring together business, union and government to talk about what it should look like for retail, it will be different in aviation, different in manufacturing. how many schemes in europe where they are common, evenin in europe where they are common, even in normal times, to deal with downturns? on a business level you need to prove you have a viable business plan but a temporary shortfall in the pan —— demand and where you can make a specific case for your business, that is the right way to go. briefly, is there any appetite from government to entertain that argument? we're getting to the as we head into august, september, october that getting to the as we head into august, september, octoberthat this is going to matter. we hope business and government are listening. we have been making these arguments clearly a nd have been making these arguments clearly and i think everybody wants to avoid unemployment and they want to avoid unemployment and they want to avoid unemployment and they want to avoid the business going under and we willjust continue to make that case. kate and david, i hope your businesses begin to thrive again. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. good morning to you both. a lovely sunrise for some this morning and if you mist it, this morning and if you mist it, this was just down the road from us in london. and then we will see more of that sunshine through the day but for some of you we will be interrupted occasionally by a couple of downpours, a bit like yesterday although we started cloudier across scotla nd although we started cloudier across scotland and northern england this morning. this is where the bulk of the rain is a present, a few spots of rain and drizzle in wales in the south—west and a few showers scraping the north coast of northern ireland. what we will seize the cloud across scotland and northern england break—up more and more sunshine come through but there will still be some showers coming along during the afternoon. a few showers further south but in the north we do see the showers there is a chance of the odd rumble of thunder and flash of lightning but a brighter afternoon across scotland compared to this morning. the westerly wind which keeps thing on the cool side in the west of scotland, 1a, 15 degrees compared to 17 or 18 for some in the east. same in northern ireland but the showers are more frequent here through the afternoon. bright afternoon for northern england, wales and the south—west, a few showers will push eastwards, one or two could much the way through quite briefly at silverstone but overall a largely dry day for fans of the british grand prix. temperatures just down where they should be for this time of year at around 20, 20 should be for this time of year at around 20,20 one degree. and should be for this time of year at around 20, 20 one degree. and that will lead to a cool night. showers around during the evening across some eastern areas, they will fade away, a couple continuing overnight in the westernmost will have largely clear skies for a large part of the night and that means we will see temperatures drip down further than we have seen recently, perhaps down to single figures, chance of the rain very close to the channel islands. that area of low pressure will push into france and we are on this bubble of high pressure ahead of the next approaching weather system and that means more if you will stay dry for long, if not com pletely will stay dry for long, if not completely dry on monday. a few showers dotted around, chiefly ra m parts of scotla nd showers dotted around, chiefly ramparts of scotland and northern ireland i may be done parts of england during the afternoon temperatures are down on value, 16— 22 celsius. a little down on where we should be for this stage in august. later part of the week, an area of low pressure pushes in and it is good to target rain across parts of scotland and northern ireland in particular, windy conditions in particular and across western scotland where the rain will be most relentless, tuesday into wednesday we could see a few inches of rain. rain for northern ireland, northern england is in north—west wales. the further south and east, windy day turning a little bit warmer and a quick skip ahead to the end of the week because we could see the return of some very hot weather once again, particularly across parts of england and wales at the moment, a chance that they could work northwards into the start of the weekend. that is how it looks. but to you both, nina and chris. a little bit of everything there, relentless rain in scotland, my goodness. thank you, matt. the social media platform tiktok — which is known for its viral dance routines and lip—sync videos — could be banned in the us by president donald trump. it's due to fears the chinese—owned ap could be collecting and sharing users' private data. the us general—manager of tiktok insists it is "here for the long run". our reporter sophia smith galer joins us from our london newsroom. good morning to you. you know tiktok well. ostensibly this is a platform that young people used to make up dance routines and get their grandfather involved. what is donald trump concerned about? like you say it has gone from being a niche video app targeted to teenagers to a video platform so large it has become a campaign issue. like you say, tiktok is currently owned by a chinese company, bytedance although we know there are talks about byte da nce bytedance diverts thing it's u.s.—based bytedance diverts thing it's us. —based companies. but bytedance diverts thing it's u.s.—based companies. but as for president trump, we know that it is something that sells well at the moment with republican voters, we know that anti— china policy is something that really rallies the troops at the moment. is there any evidence and what has bytedance had to say about the allegation that tiktok is harvesting personal data? there is a paucity of evidence, certainly nothing new has come to light as of late to say that there is any security risk using tiktok in terms of data being shared with the chinese government. in terms of data privacy and intrusions there is nothing about tiktok that would be different to the other apps that we use such as facebook twitter or instagram. so no evidence to back up his claims. two issues here, whether it is the ethical thing to do to ban a social media platform but also the practicalities around it. could he do this if he tried? he does have the power of an executive order as president of the united states, an executive order does by pass legislature and judiciary somewhat but it does come underjudicial review and that means that an executive order can be cancelled, revoked or found, indeed, executive order can be cancelled, revoked orfound, indeed, to be judicially unlawful. some people in the us think it is because of the type of person using tiktok. younger people, perhaps left—leaning, who may not be supportive of donald trump politically. could there be something in that? there could be something in that? there could be something in that? there could be something in that. it is worth pointing out that president trump cannot dominate the conversation on social media like he is used to with facebook advertising. he has spent tens of thousands of dollars lately in facebook ads asking people to sign the petition to ban tiktok. political advertising is banned on that one maxim in terms of how politicians can try and control conversations on their it is very limited. if you do not have organic reach you struggle. and even if you banned tiktok via isps, we have seen in the past when there have been attem pts in the past when there have been attempts at this that there are ways of circumnavigating that easily.” am aware that india, which bans the app last month because of skirmishes on the india chinese border, and india and tiktok alongside other chinese owned apps because they were deemed a national security threat, i know that users struggle to access the app on a vpn. so it is a reality that if tiktok were to be banned in the us or any other country around the us or any other country around the world, even a vpn may not be enough. thank you very much. many hurdles for the president overcoming if he does want to ban the app and what a shame for the millions of people who use it. i have used it occasionally but my videos have not been viral. edgy content about packing biscuits into a tin. nothing middle—aged about that at all. packing biscuits into a tin. nothing middle-aged about that at all. no, not at all. coming up on breakfast this morning, we'll bejoined again by 9—year—old captain tobias — who has cerebral palsy — after finishing his incredible 52—mile charity walk. he'll tell us about the money he's raised, and crossing the finish line with olympian jessica ennis—hill. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: a former conservative minister and current mp has been arrested on suspicion of rape. the sunday times says the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee and include four separate incidents at addresses in london, including in westminster, between july last year and january this year. the metropolitan police said a man in his 50s has now been released on bail. a conservative party spokesman said that all allegations of this nature were taken extremely seriously, adding it would be inappropriate to comment further. there are fresh concerns about whether british special forces may have killed unarmed civilians when they were fighting the taliban in afghanistan. last year, the bbc‘s panorama programme highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted men of fighting age in helmand province who posed no threat. the ministry of defence denies such a policy existed, but further questions have been raised by classified documents disclosed as part of a court case. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and is introducing the country's toughest ever coronavirus lockdown measures. the restrictions, which come into force tonight, include a night time curfew, limits to exercise and shopping restrictions. it's after a further 671 cases and seven deaths were confirmed there in the past 2a hours. reforms to the planning system in england have been announced by the housing secretary robertjenrick, to speed up building projects. it comes after the prime minister pledged £5 billion to "build, build, build" to help soften the economic impact of coronavirus. but the housing charity shelter has warned against any reforms that lead to bad—quality housing. tens of millions of americans are set to lose a weekly unemployment benefit after republicans and democrats failed to reach a deal on its extension. they would usually receive $600 a week — the equivalent of a59 pounds. it was part of a wider package adopted in march as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close. two nasa astronauts are hurtling back towards earth following an historic mission on the first commercial rocket. the dragon capsule, built by the us company spacex, is due to splashdown in the ocean off the coast of florida. a successful landing would mean america can send its own teams into orbit again after retiring its shuttles in 2011. what a moment that is going to be. you could just look at those pictures forever. mesmerising. although they could send me off to sleep which would not be appropriate. a significant number of people who contract coronavirus say they are still suffering from debilitating symptoms, like extreme fatigue and limb pain — for months after. that's despite the average length of the illness being 1a days. we're joined now by one of our regular gps, nighat arif, who is in buckinghamshire this morning. good morning and nice to see you. are you well? good morning. i am good. iam rocking are you well? good morning. i am good. i am rocking the colours this morning. a terrific range of colours, fantastic. call it what you wa nt colours, fantastic. call it what you want but this idea that plenty of people are experiencing, it is not just a couple of weeks of potentially feeling very ill or for some people extremely ill but plenty of people now reporting that even if they have had relatively mild symptoms in that first period, a very long tail to this disease. this is an interesting phenomenon and i am thinking of other viruses that we deal with like glandular fever where patients can be left with sometimes cardio problems and other things. when sars‘s pandemic was over in eastern countries, lots of patients had scarring on that lungs and now we find a similar situation with covid—19. patient spending time in icu coming up with long—term fatigue and also patients will tell me, they cannot remember words very quickly and also cases that patients are left with high blood pressure issues, scarring on the lungs, secondary to covid—19 but the other big thing i am seeing is the mental health impact. whether that is connected to the fatigue experiencing is hard to know. a fascinating bit of research that we still need to get more information on. the thing to emphasise is still how little we know about this virus. it is new virus. we have woken up to it around february. we had 50 plus yea rs it around february. we had 50 plus years experience so this is relatively new so that that is why it is so important to engage. professor tim specter, has got an app where people can record symptoms and we are keen to know if there are any long—term complications. i really recommend you recommend that app. what... let drill down to the practical reality. if a patient comes to see you and says i think i have had covid but i am experiencing these long—term things like the brainfog, in these long—term things like the brain fog, in terms of the conversation you have with them, if they say i have been asked to be back at work but i am still struggling, where does that sit as far as struggling, where does that sit as farasa struggling, where does that sit as far as a doctor's note? if a patient is having a video telephone meeting with me, i would say do not be surprised if you have residual effects and be kind to yourself. particularly if you have been in itu, do not rush back to do anything because we could get pneumonia or secondary infections quickly. i am really is a doctor... did not that... but when it comes to doing a note for patients, my priorities, i am an advocate for the patient. if a patient tells me they are feeling all these symptoms, that means to me they are still recovering and we still don't know if they can still pass on the virus is only about my patients to be well enough so when they do go back to work, they can go back for a longer term which is going to be more beneficialfor the employer. at the minute, a lot of employers have been really fantastic and they are really taking note of what is going on and have been kinder to the employers. that is what i am experiencing. as an advocate of my patient, i will support them. thank you for coming on again and speak to you soon. that is really true, as soon as you start to be better you go back to 100 miles an hour but you have to give yourself some time. you feel you need to keep up or catch up so the psychology around all of it. we are learning all the time. an interesting that employers are becoming more understanding about long—term recovery. let's check in with a review of the big day in wembley. they had a lot of things happening but no fans. arsenal manager mikel arteta says the fa cup is part of his club's history, after they won the trophy for 14th time, extending their own record. they beat chelsea 2—1 in the final, to secure a place in europe next season. it was the first time the final had been played at wembley without fans, and chelsea were quickest to settle, christian pulisic putting them ahead after just five minutes. there's been much speculation about the future of arsenal captain pierre emerick aubameyang and they'll be even more desperate to keep him after he equallised with a penalty, and then scored the winner. he's clearly far better with his feet than his hands — he dropped the trophy, before eventually holding it aloft. it isa it is a double reward for us. it is really important for this club in every way to be in europe. we have dominated this competition and winning it is part of our history and fortunately i contributed to it and fortunately i contributed to it and we'll did it and i am so happy. eddie howe has told bournemouth fans that leaving the club was one of the hardest decisions he'd ever had to make, after they agreed to part company. the clubs five—year spell in the premier league came to an end when they were relegated last weekend. howe said it was the right time for the club to have a change. his association with bournemouth, as a player and as manager, spanned 25 years. celtic begin their campaign to win a record tenth successive scottish premiership title today. they're at home to hamilton this afternoon. the side most likely to stop celtic‘s run is rangers — they kicked off the season with a 1—0 win at aberdeen. ryan kent with the goal. lewis hamilton will be favourite to win today's british grand prix, after he set the fastest ever lap at silverstone, to take pole position. despite a little slip up during qualifying, he was in impressive form at his home track. hamilton recovered from that spin to break the track record twice on his way to the 91st pole of his career. he was a third of a second quicker than team mate valtteri bottas, and a full second ahead of red bull's max verstappen. england's cricketers made hard work of it but they won the second one day international against ireland, to take an unbeatable 2—0 lead in the series. adil rashid became the first english spinner to take 150 wickets in this format of the game, with ireland only managing 212 for 9. jonny bairstow was really impressive, hitting 82 offjust 41 balls, before england suffered a mid—innings wobble but they recovered to win by 4 wickets with 105 balls to spare. and that is your spot. it is funny the kind of phrases you associate with the english summer. torrential downpours and mid anything wobble.” wasjust about downpours and mid anything wobble.” was just about to say especially after the west indies with so many days washed out. coronavirus or not, some things never change. the coronavirus pandemic derailed hundreds of thousands of routine operations across britain, and the bbc has been told that the backlog is growing. it's because extra safety procedures mean surgery is taking much longer than it used to. our science correspondent richard westcott spent a morning with an operating theatre team at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge to see how the virus has changed the way they work. it is already one of the toughest jobs you can do but covid has made surgery even jobs you can do but covid has made surgery even tougher. what is it like working in one of those masks was make exhausting. it is not easy to hear everybody. we have been allowed to fill a morning of operations. this is surgery near the airwaves, mouth, throat and noses and that is where the virus can leave so even though the patients are isolated and tested negative, the team need multiple layers of protective gear. one of the biggest challenges is being heard through your mask. how much harder is it to do yourjob? it is much harder. saying things over and over again and we relying on anticipating each other‘s movements as well. and we relying on anticipating each other's movements as well. a good illustration is that even with the sealed mask, the glass is teaming. between operations, everything is cleaned and they change the ppe. it isa cleaned and they change the ppe. it is a well practised technique. then it is onto the next patient, then, he was meant to have her cancer operation in march. there are so many things going on in this world not just covid many things going on in this world notjust covid and when you have another illness, we need the support. covid-19 means everything ta kes support. covid-19 means everything takes longer. but even working flat out, the team can still only get through between half and two—thirds of the daily operations that they used to. i am assuming there is no way you can get back to where you we re way you can get back to where you were before with the number of patients? not at all. we just have to change the way to do things, the way we train. we cannot have as many trainees in the theatre and the volume of cases, the rate at which we do this has dropped. covid has changed the way surgeons have had to work and of those changes mean that across the country thousands of patients will have to wait longer for their operations. richard westcott, bbc news. a reminder there have knock—on consequences of the virus. even when in zero in, it takes so much longer. and it will be a long time before things return to how they were before. that's check—in now with matt for the weather. harrogate there looks beautiful. good morning to you all. some sunshine there but looming shower clouds just behind. staying in harrogate to show you what to expect in the week ahead. it could be interesting with temperatures dropping where they should be for this stage in august. mid week, most of us will see rain through the north and the west but look at the temperature trend towards the end. the wind switches from westerly to southerly, the heat will return across parts of the country particularly across the eastern half with temperatures above 30 degrees again. keep an eye on that over the next few days. it will not feel anywhere near as hot as that today especially as the showers go through but pleasant enough when you have sunshine on your back and there will be some of it around as well, especially through the afternoon. cloudy across parts of scotla nd afternoon. cloudy across parts of scotland and northern england where we have the bulk of the showers showing up on our radarfrom the last few hours, but she rain through wales, south—west england as well and a showers to the north of northern ireland to all that shifting eastwards so that will allow the cloud to break up with more sunshine and a few down pause. showers across the southern half of england and wales but some will stay dry throughout, similar to yesterday. it will feel cooler compared to yesterday, especially as the showers come through. 1a degrees along the western coast of scotland, along the western coast of scotland, a b-17 along the western coast of scotland, a b—17 towards the east. the odd shower could come with thunder and lightning, showers free can hear through the afternoon. through wales, showers and the west, a few more towards the east and a few could get close to silverstone but by and large a dry day here with temperatures reaching 2a in the south—east corner. as we go through into the evening and overnight, showers fade, a couple will continue in the west into tomorrow morning but some clear skies around, cool air in place, a fresh start to tomorrow morning with temperatures in single figures away from some of the city centres. into monday itself we have a ridge of pressure building in and that will keep things drier. a few showers around, mainly in the west but most will have a day of sunny spells and temperatures down again compared to today between 16 and 22 celsius. i enjoyed the focus on harrogate there. and better weather on the weekend which is great. time now for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood. well, if you were watching last week, you would have seen ade in venice on the very first overseas travel show trip we've been able to do in a really long time. hopefully, we'll all be back out on the road sometime soon. but in the meantime, here are some more of our favourite travel show stories from the archive. they might even inspire your next trip, wherever that might be. well, i'm not going to lie, working on the travel show is a pretty sweet deal. not only do we get to travel the world, see amazing places, but we also, from time to time, get to meet truly inspirational people. and that's the focus of this week's programme. including the man whose family have pretty much dedicated their life to iceland's enormous imposing glaciers, but who is now charting their decline. but let's kick off with a woman who has a different life's mission — to help sick and injured elephants in thailand. and a few years ago, henry went to meet her. when it was opened in 1993, this was the world's first elephant hospital. and since then, they've treated over 4,000 elephants, and i'm here to meet some of them. the hospital aims to provide care for any sick or injured elephant in thailand. what kind of patients do you have? we have all kinds of illnesses, sicknesses, knife wounds, gunshot wounds. some have diarrhoea, constipation, cataracts. some have serious, like, cancer, you know, and tumour. the most difficult case are the victims of landmines. laughs. she's very friendly! this one belongs to murtala. the old one. because, you know, she is growing up, she is still young. yeah — oh, that's true. yeah. so every so often you have to do... yeah, softer inside. get a new one, get a taller... right. soraida started the hospital after seeing elephants die because there was nowhere to treat them. so i told myself "ok, that's it. if no—one is going to do it, i'm going to do it myself. there should be a place where elephants can be treated. because there's no elephant hospital." the hospital is funded by donations and treatment is provided for free. yeah! after medicine, get treaties! tourists can come here to see the elephants in their recuperation areas but there are none of the shows and rides you might find at elephant camps elsewhere in thailand. some have called for a ban on using these revered animals in the tourist industry, but soraida tells me that could also create problems. to ban them, then we have to have the solution where would these elephants be? you can't take 11,500 elephants back into the wild. how are we going to keep them, you know, in its natural surroundings and in a way to earn some money, you know, in order to treat them well? it's amazing to see elephants like these that would otherwise have died in the wild actually thrive here in the hospital. and spending time with soraida and learning the ins and outs of what goes on here has been an absolutely amazing experience that i will not forget any time soon. my name is andri magnason. i'm a writer. i live in iceland. i have written children's books, poetry, plays, science fiction and non—fiction. my grandparents were founding partners of the icelandic glacial research society and they went on a glacial honeymoon in 1956, for three weeks. so these are your grandparents? this is my grandparents. this is iceland's highest peak — this is 2119 metres and, uh... grandma's not even wearing a coat, is she? no, it's good weather there. so i slightly interrupted you — can i help you hang these up? yeah, please, help me. so i'm choosing what photos i would like to use in my book. i'll pop this one up here. andri, how does looking at these photos make you feel? well, they've always made me feel, you know, nostalgic, proud, but they're also a slice section of time — that is, this is the first generation that was able to enjoy glaciers, and we only have three generations that will live that period. so then the glaciers will go, and after 300 years, these photos will be totally alien to that generation, especially in iceland, when the ice has left iceland. when the ice has left iceland. yeah. andri wanted to take me somewhere to show me just how quickly the landscape is changing. about 10% of iceland is covered in glaciers but glaciologists now believe that all of iceland's glaciers will be gone in just 200 years. five years ago, when 0k glacier was no longer heavy enough to lift itself up and move, it was declared dead. the amount of ice here has decreased dramatically. researchers from rice university in america recently drew attention to the loss. they approached andri to write the inscription for the plaque, commemorating the dead glacier. it's a strange situation, because how do you memorise the sky or something? it's like something big, firm, eternal. and so here it says, "a letter to the future. "0k is the first icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. in the next 200 years, all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. this monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. only you know if we did it. august 2019, 415 parts per million of co2." that's the amount of co2 in the atmosphere, and actually the cause of the melted glacier. and that is rising, about 2—3 ppm every year. cat there with a man who is helping to memorialise iceland's disappearing glaciers. up next, back in 2018, lucy visited johannesburg to meet a very special lady who played a crucial role in south africa's history — from her kitchen, by cooking for nelson mandela. hi! really nice to meet you. mwah! i have heard amazing things about your talents as a chef so, talk to me. what are you going to make for us today? i'm making the simplest meal that you have ever had in your life. it's called crumbly meal — in our language, it's called umphokoqo — that one that mr mandela used to love it to bits. and he can not go a single week without eating this. yeah? he had to have this meal every week? yes. chuckles. how i do this? i would use crumbly meal, we got maize meal, and then this is a sour milk. sour milk. it has to be sourfor him, so much that when you talk about it and when he eats it, he must feel it in his mouth. so with water and salt, that is all — that's how simple it is. very simple — that's my kind of meal. i will add water, then i add salt. that's called umphokoqua — am i saying that right? umphokoqo. i can't say it! i'm just going to just nod. 0k. tell me what it was like cooking for mandela, just in general? well, it — at the beginning i felt intimidated, because i was going to cook for this... now, when i had to meet him, the first time, i was shaking — i must say, i was shaking and i was shivering. yeah, i bet you were! but he was so warm to me! when he received me in his house, he stood up for me and then he shake my hand and he asked me if — he said to me, "i know you are a great cook..." yeah. "..but can you cook our own home food?" that's when i said, yes. i didn't even hesitate, because i knew that now this is myjob, and then i got the job immediately. yes! so apparently when he went to london, we don't send him with food that we know. wherever he goes, in any country, but that particular year, that day, that week, hejust decided he's not going to eat, he's got a craving for his own home food while they were there already. then i got a call saying that "we know you are off, you are home. can you please go back to jo'burg?" and i had to cook this simplest dish for him. and what i did, me and my colleagues, we had to wrap it up nicely — it looked like a present — and then when we sent it to him, we had to write "the president's medication". and after that, i was called that. i smuggled food to him. laughs. you smuggled his favourite dish into the uk! yes. the meal is about to be ready. is he doing what i am doing now? would he hover? he can smell the umphokoqo and then, yeah. umphokoqo is coming. do you want to try? i'm going to try it. come on — it was one of mandela's favourite meals! i've got to give it a try! yeah. chuckles. that's quite yummy. thank you. mmm! mm! i can see why he liked it. i'm talking with my mouth full! both laugh. well, i'm afraid that's all we have time for on this week's programme. but coming up next week, carmen is back on the road injapan. she'll be reporting on how the pandemic is affecting ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. that's next week. but in the meantime, from me christa larwood and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye. good morning welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and chris mason. our headlines today. a former conservative minister and current mp is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians while deployed in afghanistan. two american astronauts on—board the first manned commercial flight into space head home from the international space station. aubameyang works his wembley magic leading arsenal to fa cup victory over chelsea in an empty stadium, but the big question is, will he stay at arsenal? and it's another day of sunshine and showers. it's going to feel nice enough when the sun is out but when those showers come through, some of them heavy and thundery in the north and west, it will feel a bit cooler than yesterday. good morning to you. just after eight o'clock. it's sunday 2nd august. our top story. a conservative mp, and former minister, has been arrested on suspicion of rape. he has now been released on bail. according to the sunday times, the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee, who has accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. our political correspondent tony bonsignore is in westminsterfor us. morning, tony, what can you tell us? morning, nina. this is what we know. the allegations against a current mp and former minister, according to the sunday times these allegations made by a former parliamentary employee and the paper says she alleges the mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital. she is accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control and in a statement the metropolitan police say on friday the 31st ofjuly, they received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault, alleged to have occurred at addresses in westminster, lambeth and hackney betweenjuly last addresses in westminster, lambeth and hackney between july last year and hackney between july last year and january this year. a man in his 50s, they say, was arrested on saturday the 1st of august on suspicion of rape and been released on bail to return on a date in mid—august. now, there are also reports of mark the tory party chief webb had been aware of allegations and had spoken to the victim. sources have told us that mr spencer hadn't known the magnitude of these allegations. a spokesman for the chief whip said he took all allegations for harassment and abuse extremely seriously and he strongly encouraged anybody who's approached him to contact the authorities. we've also spoken to the conservative party who say they take all allegations of this extremely seriously. tony, in westminster, many thanks. classified documents from within the british military raise fresh concerns about whether british special forces may have killed unarmed civilians when they were fighting in helmand in afghanistan in 2011. the material was disclosed as part of a court case following a bbc panorama investigation which highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted fighting aged men even when they didn't pose a threat. the ministry of defence has denied such a policy existed. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is how elite troops target the taliban. controversial night raids with the aim to kill or capture enemy fighters. this shows afghan commanders on a mission with american support. but it was the same tactics used by british special forces during their time in helmand. last year, bbc panorama heard allegations the sas had killed unarmed civilians, with testimony from survivors ofa raid in 2011, who said the british shot family members when they posed no threat. translation: they tied his hands in front of me. if you've tied someone's hands how can they fight? lawyers representing one of the afghan families are now challenging the ministry of defence here at the high court. they're trying to find out whether there was a proper investigation or whether there might‘ve been a cover—up, and they've just forced the mod to release these highly sensitive documents which show that there were serious concerns about the raid within the british military. in heavily redacted e—mails sent soon after the raid, one british officer asks, "is this about latest massacre?" another soldier replies with reports that two of the afghans were shot reaching for weapons. he says, "it's the eighth time it's happened," adding, "you couldn't make it up." while another e—mail highlights the anger of an afghan officer who suggests two men were shot trying to run away, and the other two men were assassinated. one mp says the documents warrant a fresh investigation. it is deeply alarming, it is deeply serious, and the government needs to come clean. if that does not merit some kind of enquiry, because at the end of the day you're talking about war crimes — potential war crimes, than i do not know what does. the british military‘s own report into the raid released to the court says the four men killed were all armed and one was a known taliban commander, who had been targetting coalition forces. in a statement the mod said... the mod recently closed down the unit investigating allegations of potential war crimes in afghanistan. but these documents at the very least highlight concerns about its transparency and the secrecy surrounding britain special forces. jonathan beale, bbc news. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and is imposing a strict lockdown in response to new cases of coronavirus. the measures, including a night time curfew, come into force tonight. our correspondent phil mercer is in sydney. backin back in march, australia closed its borders to international travellers and over the months that followed, australians enjoyed a very strict lockdown. there was then an easing of restrictions, many people thought that australia had done really well in trying to contain coronavirus, but in the last few weeks in the state of victoria we've seen a very worrying spike in infections. this past week has been, by far, the deadliest week of a pandemic so far for australia. in the last 2a hours, more than 617 new coronavirus cases reported in the state of victoria. now in the australian context, these numbers are very, now in the australian context, these numbers are very, very big and very, very significant. the authorities down there are now taking the extraordinary steps of imposing this state of disaster. it means, as you say, there will be a night—time cu rfew say, there will be a night—time curfew between eight o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning. people aren't allowed to go more than three miles from their homes and this is very much an escalation in the lockdown that the people of melbourne and more broadly in victoria will now face for at least another six weeks as the authorities battle this wave of infections in victoria. it's having a knock—on effect in parts of the country too. people who live in victoria are now finding it very difficult to go to other parts of the country because other parts of australia are extremely worried too about what's happening down there in victoria. reforms to the planning system in england have been announced by the housing secretary robert jenrick, to speed up building projects. in an article in the sunday telegraph, mrjenrick said new homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices will be allowed automatically on designated land in certain areas. it comes after the prime minister pledged £5 billion to "build, build, build" to help soften the economic impact of coronavirus. but the charity shelter is warning against any reforms that lead to "bad—quality" housing. tens of millions of americans are set to lose a weekly unemployment benefit after republicans and democrats failed to reach a deal on its extension. they would usually receive 600—dollars a week — the equivalent of £1159. it was part of a wider package adopted in march as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close. two nasa astronauts are hurtling back towards earth following an historic mission on the first commercial rocket. the dragon capsule, built by the us company space x, is due to splashdown in the ocean off the coast of florida. a successful landing would mean america can send its own teams into orbit again after retiring its shuttles in 2011. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. mission control: dragon spacex, separation confirmed. for bob behnken and doug hurley it is time to head home, the dragon capsule leaving the international space station, the first ever private spacecraft to carry astronauts back to earth. we are about to embark on the final portion of the journey. i've referred to some of our spacex friends as the hardest part was getting us launched but the most important part is bringing us home and so i look forward to the test objectives of not only separating from the international space station smoothly but then coming down to a nice splashdown off the florida coast. theirjourney began two months ago in a spacecraft owned by the us company, spacex. this move to the commercial sector marks a major change, opening up space to anyone who can pay for a seat. but the return will be a real challenge, with a fiery re—entry through the atmosphere. parachutes will then slow the spacecraft down, ready for an ocean splashdown in the gulf of mexico, the first water landing since the apollo missions ended nearly 50 years ago. there's a lot of reasons why splashing down is preferable but the disadvantage for somebody that has been up in space for a long period of time, it might be a bit unpleasant, and bob and doug are really tough and i am sure they will be fine but they'll look a little bit like i do after i go to disneyland and ride the teacup ride with my kids and i get off of that thing and i look green. mission control: dragon spacex depart burn zero complete. in the coming hours, this test flight will be complete and when is the spacecraft touches down, a new era in spacecraft will have begun. rebecca morelle, bbc news. it really is incredible, isn't it? worth checking out the bbc news channel to see that and hopefully safe return. a record number of migrants reached the uk by boat last month as more than a thousand people made the journey across the channel while hundreds more were intercepted by french authorities. the government has urged france to take tougher action, with one minister describing the number of incidents as unacceptably high, as simon jones reports. risking their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world. this group of migrants paddled across the channel on thursday on the day a record 202 people made the crossing in a single day. their boat dwarfed by passing ships. these pictures show the true scale of the issue. dubbed the migrant boat graveyard, this is a storage facility on the outskirts of dover where the inflatable dinghies intercepted in the channel are stacked up. more than 1100 people made the crossing last month bringing the total for the year to more than 3500, far higher than the whole of last year. on a recent visit to calais, the home secretary priti patel told her french counterpart that the number of crossings is unacceptably high. the uk has given the french authorities millions of pounds to try to tackle the issue. britain says france must take tougher action to turn the boats back at sea to act as a deterrent, but the french seem reluctant to do this claiming that migrants who don't want to be stopped on theirjourney to the uk are threatening to jump in the water. why have numbers increased? the weather is a big factor and coronavirus too. with fewer lorries carrying goods across the channel, the traditional route of stowing away has been replaced by taking to the water, but it's dangerous. four migrants died last year trying to cross the channel. the warning is that if this continues, they won't be the last. simon jones, bbc news. with us now is tony smith, the former head of uk border force, who is in turkey. and clare moseley from the refugee charity carelicalais. we will start with you, claire. why is this happening? we heard in simon's report on the weather plays a partand simon's report on the weather plays a part and also coronavirus may have increased the pressure? yes, the main effect of coronavirus in calais has not been the disease itself but the drop—off in services because the virus meant many other small ngos which support the refugees cut back on the services or pulled out and the french government itself cut back. so lack of access to food, water, basic things like phone charging has hit the refugees because of course they depend on us and ngos for their daily lives, so why the virus itself didn't play a part, they lost access to the things which help them get through. and also, tony, as simon was saying, there aren't the same numbers of lorries crossing the channel and so the way of getting across the water now we saw thousands of dinghies in the pictures there. yes, what we have seen as a displacement from lorries into small vessels over the la st lorries into small vessels over the last couple of years, actually. the numbers are getting greater. it's becoming more worrying for them i spent over 40 years working in the border force immigration service and ican remember border force immigration service and i can remember huge asylum influx is around 2001—2. they were coming on the ferries on those days as passengers and we had a huge increase in asylum infrastructure, housing in communities, it was a huge problem for successive governments and my worry is these numbers we are seeing now could lead to another explosion in asylum inta ke to another explosion in asylum intake which, i'm afraid, we are just not very well capable of handling in this country. why is it that the uk seems to be particularly appealing to migrants and for those who want to see the numbers go down, what is the solution? so there's lots of things written about the factor but essentially there are significant migrant communities from all over the world in the uk and they are able to help with managing asylu m they are able to help with managing asylum seekers. it's still an attractive proposition for migrants, they will pay money to come here. although of course, they are already in europe, in south countries, who are signatures to the 1951 convention is no reason why can't claim asylum in france or in other countries, but you know, the supply chains are still therefore that the migrants are still coming and the smugglers are only in this for the profits and want to make money out of it so the only way out of this is to break that cycle and to find a way of stopping the boats and that's what the government is trying to do but i'm afraid they are going to need to have a new international agreement, country agreement with france to enable us to do that and i think that's a problem we face right now. what we know about the profile of his migrants, where they are coming from and why? sorry, tony, we we re coming from and why? sorry, tony, we were just coming from and why? sorry, tony, we werejust going to coming from and why? sorry, tony, we were just going to ask clear.” would point out that only 3% of migrants head for the uk. it's not the only destination and it's not like they all coming to the uk by a long shot. it's a very low number comparatively. the vast majority of people in calais that we need to come from syria, sudan, afghanistan, and iran and iraq and they the most dangerous countries in the world and you can find that on the internet. they are dangerous countries where they have faced persecution and torture so the things that they are running from our truly horrific. the stories that we hear are horrible. people whose families have been killed, who have suffered severe persecution, who have been tortured in libya, who have crossed the sa ha ra in libya, who have crossed the sahara with a death rate is even higher than the mediterranean. the things that we hear about are very, very serious and they are running for very good reasons. if there are people who are entitled to seek asylum, granted asylum in europe, what can be done to stop them getting on the water to make sure this dangerous crossing at calais doesn't happen? i think what is clear is the policies followed at the moment don't work and all the policies followed for the last ten yea rs, policies followed for the last ten years, it's not making any difference. what we would like to see as a way that people can claim asylu m see as a way that people can claim asylum without having to risk their lives because these people are never broken the law before and they do not want to enter the country illegally, believe me. if there was a way they could have their claims heard in france and know that they we re heard in france and know that they were going to get a fair hearing they would not undertake this dangerous crossing. i think that would be so much betterfor everybody, better for us and them and it would end this horrible thing where we are seeing families, ordinary people risking their lives in boats and lorries. it would give us in boats and lorries. it would give us back control of the process, and so us back control of the process, and so much part of both parties. the same question to you, tony. what's come in practical terms, needs to change to discourage the number of people who are currently getting onto boats in france to try to get across to the uk? what rules need to change to ensure fewer are trying to do that? so generally, controlled migration is a good thing but what's not is uncontrolled migration, and this is uncontrolled because we don't have the capacity to do it. what we need is a safe country returns agreement with france. at the moment there is the dublin convention which means the home office can return people to safe countries but we have to prove that they've already claimed asylum in a third country or where they entered the eu and we are not returning people frankly and the smuggling gangs know that and supply chains know that and once they are on the water picked up by a uk vessel they are within the jurisdiction of the home office and we are obliged to consider the asylum claim, so what we need is a new international agreement with france and what i've been advocating as joint controls with the british and french which happens in other parts of the world, where offices in both countries can be on board and they can be returned directly to the point from which they departed once they are safe and well and then if they have a case or a claim to come to the country they we re a claim to come to the country they were headed for that would be considered before they travel. if we don't do that soon we don't get that agreement soon i'm afraid these numbers are going to continue to rise, the smuggling gangs will continue to defeat border security, and to be on the cusp of another significant influx of asylum intake we are ill—prepared to handle. thanks for talking to us this morning. thank you for your time. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. good morning. our weather watcher has got some sunshine on their back for their morning walk and it will feel quite pleasant today, but for some of you, be wary, there will be some of you, be wary, there will be some shower clouds around as well and when they come your way it will feel a bit cooler, as has been the case so feel a bit cooler, as has been the case so far today across parts of scotla nd case so far today across parts of scotland and northern england. here is where the bulk of the cloud is and where the rain has been falling during the last few hours, heavy bursts towards the grampians, few showers to the north coast of northern ireland but a few more will develop this afternoon after reasonably sunny morning. northern england, longer spells of sunshine, dry the further south you are. wales and the south—west turning brighter too after a cloudy start to the day so too after a cloudy start to the day so by the afternoon, intermittent sunshine and showers in scotland. cooler along the west coast, 14 degrees, may be 17—18. similar temperatures in northern ireland but showers become more frequent in the afternoon with the odd rumble of thunder. a bright afternoon for the south—west with only a few showers, greater chance of a shower this afternoon compared with a morning to the east. some of them spreading their way just close to the east. some of them spreading their wayjust close to silverstone at times, mainly during the middle pa rt at times, mainly during the middle part of the day in early afternoon but overall, it should be largely dry. great to see the impact of showers there. the south—east corner, 24 degrees. down three degrees on what we saw yesterday. overnight, showers and ease to fade, one or two continuing in the west. tonight, a slightly cooler night with temperatures away from the city centres will be down into single figures, just about for all. the freshener start to the new week but once we have low pressure moving into the bay of biscay, could bring some rain to the channel islands and this little ridge in the isobars is an area of high pressure which means fewer showers around tomorrow. still some across scotland and northern ireland and in the north and east of england in particular, but even here some places will stay dry throughout the day and nice enough when the sun is out. strong sunshine, but temperatures down on today, 16—22. that ridge of high pressure doesn't last long. low pressure moves into the north—west in the middle part of the north—west in the middle part of the week and notice how the weather fronts remain in scotland, northern ireland on tuesday and wednesday. tuesday particularly bet on the western half of scotland particular western half of scotland particular western highlands. we could see about 50—17 the limit of rain, 2—3 inches. —— 15—17. the further south and east you are, it will be dry and temperature starting to rise. if we skip forward towards the end of the week, the temperatures will rise further potentially with the return of some summer heat. particularly to the east. back to you both. nina was trying to turn a few off the programme one forecast early but i'm inviting you back. high temperature at the end of the week, we could have stopped half an hour, great news. thank you. we will speak to you later, definitely. there's fresh concerns around children returning to the classroom after a scientist advising the government suggested pubs in england may need to close so schools can reopen safely. it's after england's chief medical officer warned the nation had "probably reached" the limit of easing lockdown restrictions. so will trade—offs have to be made? we can speak now to the virologist dr chris smith. good morning to you. first of all, for people in the north—west who are now going through increased measures over the weekend, how worried should we be about the virus coming back? well, on the one hand it is a worry of course, but on the other hand, it's reassuring because it shows that the predictions that we made that the predictions that we made that we would see these ripples and local outbreaks is coming true, so we know we are predicting things correctly but also we are detecting these things and i'd much rather know about a threat i can detect and pre—empt and then act on rather than something which catches sight, which is what happened back in march. what do you make of the measures which have been put in place, for example, we can't visit relatives here and sit in the gardens of relatives but we can go to pub. for lots of people that does make sense. yes, it does sound a little bit incongruous, but what we know about the spread of the virus is 90% of the transmission events, in other words me giving it to you, those sorts of transmissions happen within the household setting, so happen within the household setting, so the interventions which are likely to be the most effective, when you got outbreaks like these ones on a local level, are going to be things which impact on that particular scenario, so people gathering under a roof, families getting together, extended families getting together, extended families getting together, extended families getting together, i think that's why the government have taken the approach they have. pubs come if people are sitting outside, they are going to the pub as a household unit, and then they are enjoying the nice weather outside the pub, the risk of transmission in that scenario is very, very low, certainly no higher than if they we re certainly no higher than if they were at home together, so i think that's why they've taken the approach they have. but some people are questioning the necessity of these measures, looking at the data i'm seeing the fact, yes, people with underlying health conditions are particularly susceptible but of healthy people are not quite as susceptible, some are arguing perhaps let the virus spread and as long as we protect the vulnerable that's the best thing to do. what would you say to that? the numbers have gone up, that's true, which has prompted this action. if you look at the cases declared last week it was about 4500. the cases declared this week, it was 5200, so it is up 13% injusta week, it was 5200, so it is up 13% injust a week, and the week, it was 5200, so it is up 13% in just a week, and the death rate hasn't changed. now, on the one hand you could say that quite reassuring that we are not seeing an increase in the death rate but remember cases today turn into mortalities in three orfour today turn into mortalities in three or four weeks because people today turn into mortalities in three orfour weeks because people don't catch coronavirus and then immediately succumb to it, so that's probably going to change. you are right to highlight the fact that most of the cases are occurring in the younger demographic, the data for this country, but also countries around europe, ireland for example, 60% of the cases are in the under 45 age group and in sweden, the 20—29 year age group accounts for more cases in a single age band that all of the other ages put together. so this does appear to be younger people transmitting the moment probably because they are at lower risk and therefore taking more risks whereas older people at higher risk are taking fewer risks. that may end up are taking fewer risks. that may end up being the pattern we carry on through as we go through this. that's interesting. how typical is this virus in terms of what we don't know about it? lots of other viewers are troubled by the fact they could be long—term implications to health that we just don't know about yet. is not always what happens with a virus? no, definitely not, and some doctors are describing this as a virus? no, definitely not, and some doctors are describing this as the weirdest infection they'd ever had to deal with and what is emerging is that whilst some people do get off almost scot—free, in fact maybe half the people have no symptoms whatsoever when they catch this thing, the other end of the wedge, a small but significant proportion of people have a very severe symptoms and may die but between those two extremes there are people who are now non—horner‘s, and there is a significant numbers of them who developing symptoms which resemble chronic fatigue state and we think this is something to do with how the immune system is stimulated by the infection and then responds to it and what we don't know at the moment is how long this will go on for. are these footprints left behind by the virus traipsing through your body going to be there indefinitely or will he effects slowly dwindle and disappear as the new response returns to normal? at the moment, it's too early to say. it's going to bea it's too early to say. it's going to be a long time until we have the full picture, isn't it? doctor chris smith, thank you very much for joining us this morning. i must recommend his brilliant podcast which is brilliant, the naked scientist. coming up in the next half hour we'll bejoined again by nine—year—old captain tobias, who has cerebral palsy, afterfinishing his incredible 52—mile charity walk. he was the star of breakfast yesterday morning and will be the staragain yesterday morning and will be the star again this morning no doubt. he'll tell us about the money he's raised, and crossing the finish line with olympian jessica ennis—hill. what a little legend. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with nina warhurst and chris mason. it's 8.30. here's a summary of this morning's main news. a former conservative minister — and current mp — has been arrested on suspicion of rape. the sunday times says the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee — and include four separate incidents at addresses in london, including in westminster, between july last year and january this year. the metropolitan police said a man in his 50s has now been released on bail. a conservative party spokesman said that all allegations of this nature were taken extremely seriously — adding it would be inappropriate to comment further. there are fresh concerns about whether british special forces may have killed unarmed civilians when they were fighting the taliban in afghanistan. last year, the bbc‘s panorama programme highlighted allegations that the sas deliberately targeted men of fighting age in helmand province who posed no threat. the ministry of defence denies such a policy existed — but further questions have been raised by classified documents disclosed as part of a court case. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and is introducing the country s toughest ever coronavirus lockdown measures. the restrictions — which come into force tonight — include a night time curfew, limits to exercise and shopping restrictions. it's after a further 671 cases and seven deaths were confirmed there in the past 24 hours. those are the main stories this morning. time now for a look at the sport. the fa cup final, i think my favourite moment last night was during the trophy celebrations when it ended up getting dropped and rolling around on the grass. yes, despite their experience with winning the fa cup, arsenal didn't seem winning the fa cup, arsenal didn't seem to be able to hold it up at the end. but they will be more determined than ever to keep hold of their captain after he led them ttheir captain o victory over chelsea in the fa cup final. the win secures arsenal a place in europe next season. it was the first time the final had been played at wembley without fans, and chelsea were quickest to settle, christian pulisic putting them ahead after just five minutes. aubameyang has been linked with a move away this summer, but there was no questioning his commitment yesterday. he equalised with a penalty and then scored a sensational winner. manager mikel arteta said aubameyang needed more experience with trophies, after he dropped the cup, before eventually holding it aloft. arteta says he wants to build a squad around him next season, but for now, he's happy to have yet another fa cup triumph. it is a double reward for us. it's really important for this club, in every way, to be in europe. we've done it through this competition, winning it. it's part of our history. it's 14 now. i contributed, we all did it, so i'm so happy. eddie howe wrote an open letter to bournemouth fans after leaving the club by mutual consent. he told them it was one of the hardest decisions he'd ever had to make. the clubs five—year spell in the premier league came to an end when they were relegated last weekend. howe's association with bournemouth as a player and manager spanned 25 years — but he said it was the right time for the club to have a change. celtic‘s bid for a record tenth scottish premiership in a row begins this afternoon, when they take on hamilton. their closest rivals last season, rangers, kicked off the season with a 1—0 win at aberdeen. ryan kent with the goal. lewis hamilton is favourite to win the british grand prix for a seventh time today. he broke the silverstone track record twice on his way to pole position — the 91st of his career. let's get more from formula 1 journalist chris medland. thank you for speaking to us. hamilton is aged 35 and breaking track records. do you see anyone stopping him, notjust today but also for the drivers championship ain? also for the drivers championship again? if i am also for the drivers championship again? if! am honest, no i don't. lewis is clearly the favourite for both the title and also for today, and also i would say for it next yea r‘s and also i would say for it next year's title as well. the regulations we're racing under have been frozen to raise money in the climate, so looks good. he could go and break the record next year. valterri bottas in the front row with him. max verstappen behind him on third. dc either of those two or the ferraris threatening him with this when? i can't see ferrari doing it. they look like they are struggling this season and have got a lot to do to catch up. max verstappen can be a threat sometimes when he gets a good start, but realistically it is a fight between the two mercedes drivers. if valterri bottas can lead the way, maybe there is a difference dynamic, but it is very unusual to see hamilton not reading... it is an iconic part of the british grand prix to have fans in their motor homes. what is it like without them? it has been very strange, to be honest. the circuit is set up for hundreds of thousands of fans. it is a massive space it covers, and it does feel very strange not having any fans does feel very strange not having anyfans around. does feel very strange not having any fans around. there are driving past, but the traffic has been great, which is one thing! but you don't get that buzz, that excitement. when the cheque flag drops, normally the fans would flood there, you would get lewis standing on it with a of fans below him. perez, one of the recent point drivers, tested positive for coronavirus and has not been racing this weekend. what has been the reaction to a driver not striving? there is no confirmation how he actually did pick up the virus, but he returned home. his mother had been injured and he wanted to visit her in hospital. he did follow the protocols in place. i think one of the things was it shows how well the particles are working. everyone was isolated that needed to be. —— protocols. in that sense, the protocols. in that sense, the protocols have worked, everyone was tested. what is it like with you trying to do yourjob being socially distant from drivers and having regular testing? there has been lots of testing. that is what i have got to look for a when i get into the track this morning. we are not really allowed to interact. everything is done by video conferencing, but you can still look at the window and see the f one ca rs. at the window and see the f one cars. you can get a sense of the atmosphere, but i am looking forward to when things pick up a bit more and we can talk to people face—to—face. and we can talk to people face-to-face. i am veryjealous. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. the tissue grand prix starts at two o'clock this afternoon and looking forward to see if lewis hamilton can win for a seventh time —— british. the seventh time for lewis hamilton. incredible. we ve become familiar with the common symptoms of coronavirus — a fever, dry cough, fatigue and loss of taste or smell. but a significant number of people say they still have debilitating symptoms months later. our reporter hannah gray has been speaking to three women who were diagnosed with the virus almost four months ago, but say the illness is still affecting their quality of life. my name is jane. i'm 46, and myjob is as an orthopaedic physiotherapist in south yorkshire. my name's sophie. i'm a programme manager for a small charity in sheffield. i'mjane. i'm a cancer nurse in sheffield. i'm also a phd student at leeds beckett university. i tested positive for coronavirus 126 days ago. so why do you think it is so important to be sharing your experiences now? because it's not gone away. because i know quite a lot of people for whom it's not gone away. and it is affecting our lives on a daily basis. it is a long, difficult, not... i'm not poorly enough to be in bed, but i haven't lived a normal day in 16 weeks. i think it'sjust so important now that we begin understand the gigantic spectrum that covid—19 is now starting to appear as, and especially for those of us who are suffering for a long time, i think we really need to raise awareness. how has covid—19 changed you as a person? covid—19 has made me less able to do what i love. so, i love running, cycling, and climbing, i love the outdoors. it has been really hard to maintain those things. so, in terms of your balance, of your mental health, not being able to do the things that make you happy has been really hard. you're desperate to get back to work, but what do employers need to understand? i think employers have got a lot to learn about covid because it's not a linear recovery. so you can actually feel better one day and absolutely debilitated the next. i'm giving my energy to my work and then i don't do anything else. it's like, i work and i recover from being at work. yeah, it has really changed my quality of life. are you confident that you're going to make a full recovery from this? you can't help having that worry in the back of your mind, "is this going to affect me kind of for the rest of my life? or is this something that, all being well in a few months‘ time, i'm just going to look back on as a memory?" i really want people to understand that this is an illness that needs to be taken seriously. and it's not something that necessarily hospitalises you, but it really does change your life and the way that you can relate to other people. and we don't know how long it's going to last for, and we don't know how we can get better. we're joined now by professor paul garner, from the liverpool school of tropical medicine, who has also had coronavirus. you can relate to the stories we have just heard there because you too have suffered from the so—called long covid as people are calling it. iama135 long covid as people are calling it. i am a 135 and everyday i wake up and hope to be better and everyday i feel unwell. i totally relate to what they are saying. it is really not a linear recovery, and how you manage it is actually really quite complicated. quite early on, ifound that if i overdid things, it would throw me back into bed. i am a very driven person, so it is very difficult to scale down my activities and what i did. what kind of symptoms are you still suffering from? i have a ringing in the years, a tingling down my arms, fatigue. i need to go back to bed three or four times a day. on sunday morning, i would normally go on a run, but today i might make a couple of kilometres down to the supermarket. ifi kilometres down to the supermarket. if i speak for a kilometres down to the supermarket. if i speakfor a long time on conference calls, my speech starts to go and i will get a headache. one of the important things for me is that i have problems related to fatigue. but there is a huge wide spectrum of different conditions that people have. how was your experience at the virus when you first had it? did you get a particularly bad blast of it? not particularly. i felt a particularly bad blast of it? not particularly. ifelt a bit particularly bad blast of it? not particularly. i felt a bit strange. i went home. i didn't feel much of it. i thought, i went home. i didn't feel much of it. ithought, i i went home. i didn't feel much of it. i thought, i am well, this will just pass me by. that was 19 weeks ago. and i became very unwell after ago. and i became very unwell after a week and had an episode where i collapsed with chest pain in my heart, and a racing heart, very unwell. and then i had 12 weeks where the disease just battered me, every few days it would come back and battering me. that is beginning to go, and i have got this fatigue. it is disturbing. it is notjust one set of symptoms, this tiredness. some of my friends have had... sorry to interrupt. our video connection to interrupt. our video connection to you has frozen, so i willjust see if we can re—establish that connection and perhaps we will continue to talk to you in just a moment. it is striking hearing the reflections there about how much people are suffering. and we talked to the doctor about it earlier, these long—term health conditions making it difficult, people going back to work. they go to work and they are set back days and days and days. it is very tricky for gps to know what to do. a doctor said they would encourage it until we know exactly what it means. you might think, with a gp believe us? when you are the professor, the the question i was about to ask him is what does this mean in terms of the research? i suppose the conclusion we have come to from the people we have spoken to is how many experts in this field acknowledge it? we would put those questions to him, but our technology has let us down. a couple who run a vineyard on the isle of wight have been stunned by the response to their request for help after their business was severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic. losing their workers and income meant they couldn't look after their ten acres of vines, but after a plea on social media hundreds of people have volunteered to work for free. our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. for russ and philippa, their vineyard was their life. ten acres and 11,000 vines, until covid—19 came. they lost staff and income and the two of them alone couldn't cope. it hits you. absolutely nothing we can do. so they had an idea. they put out a plea for help on facebook. 45,000 people read it and this is what happened. horn honks. morning. thank you all so much. hundreds of people offered to help for free. every day around 20 volunteers are turning up to carry out the work. it's hot and it's hard. why are you doing this? just to put a little bit back into the community, help somebody out. i thought it would be a nice way to give back, help out a local business. clearing leaves to leave grapes cleared takes hours of toil. we worked it out. you lot have got to pick half a million leaves. wow, i didn't know that! to be honest, really? half a million? it'sjust something to help somebody, isn't it? help a fellow human being to make life a bit easier. and russ and philippa, well, they are almost speechless. it's like a big hug only 100 times better than a big hug. it's absolutely amazing that they've just come out and done this. i don't know if covid has changed the way that people think. everyone isjust helping everybody and i think maybe nobody has really asked for help and it seems that if you do so many people are just there saying please, we are here. more volunteers are due at the vineyard in the coming days on what is proving to be a vintage year here for kindness. duncan kennedy, bbc news on the isle of wight. i wonder how much of a reward it would be to get a crate of what the final product is. and there are more than a few crates to come out of those vineyards! it is almost 12 minutes to nine. oh, i have forgotten where it was... nottingham, i think, forgotten where it was... nottingham, ithink, after six o'clock, and leicestershire next. leicestershi re o'clock, and leicestershire next. leicestershire has the best weather, it looks like. very good morning. not a bad start here at the moment. we will potentially see one or two shower clouds at the minute. let's focus on melton mowbray to give you a sense of this. temperature trends down a little bit as we start the week, but notice how those temperatures climb. by the time we hit the end of the week and the weekend, it looks like we could see the hot weather return, with some parts particularly in england getting above 30 degrees yet again. all places will see temperatures rise through this week. a little bit of wet weather at times. maybe not here in melton mowbray, but some showers around this morning. where you have got them, it feels a little on the cool side. sherry‘s most frequent in scotland and northern england. a few heavier showers. —— showers. a few more showers developing through the day. more have the showers return to the north and west of scotland. as we said, a bit wet sometime this afternoon. when showers to come, the odd flash of lightning, rumble of thunder. 17, 18 degrees possible in the east. heavy showers for northern england —— few heavy. we could hit around 23, 20 —— few heavy. we could hit around 23,20 4 —— few heavy. we could hit around 23, 20 4 degrees. showers pushing through the silverstone area for the grand prix as well. these will fade through tonight. one to continuing in the west, but clear skies for many, and slightly cooler in place and a fresh start to monday morning. temperatures away from the towns and city centres will be in single figures. we are between weather systems on monday. low pressure may bring some rain to the channel islands. another when approaching to ta ke islands. another when approaching to take us into tuesday. it means for monday most places will be dry. there will be a few showers around. not as many as today, but they still develop through the day as temperatures rise. not rising that much. 16 to 20 celsius. a degree or two down to where we should be at this stage in august. high pressure gives way to low pressure again. to say into wednesday, weather fronts sit over parts of scotland and northern ireland through much of the time, and it is in western scotland but will see heavier rainfall. the further south and east you are on tuesday, it should stay dry, breezy, interpreters on the rise. set to rise further later in the week. i am trying to work out how you pick your towns and cities to focus on. is there a dartboard in the weather office? all the weather watchers, they helped me pick out the story that —— their place that helps me tell the story the best. just to emphasise as well, that tuesday picture is pretty bleak, especially in the north, but it does get better it which the end of the week? tuesday and wednesday, you can see quite a bit of rainfall across the western highlands. not great if you're having a staycation there. but it will brighten up and turn better later in the week. good luck to all of those camping in scotland for the first time. in spite of the deal, isn't it? —— it's part of the deal. now, you may remember yesterday we spoke to captain tobias — who's been taking inspiration from the fundraising war veteran captain sir tom moore. tobias is nine years old, and has cerebral palsy, but that didn't stop him completing his second charity marathon since lockdown yesterday, cheered on by friends and family, and running alongside olympian dame jessica ennis—hill. let's take a look. cheering and applause. amazing. what a superstar. what an achievement. dodge a few people now. here we go, here we go, here we go. yay! what a fantastic picture. tobias and his mum ruth are with us again to tell us how they are feeling the morning after! and we can also speak to david vernon—edwards, director of the children 5 hospital charity which supports sheffield children s hospital, who tobias has been raising money for. good morning to all of you. tobias, uid starof the good morning to all of you. tobias, uid star of the show. -- you are the. i feel fantastic. this uid star of the show. -- you are the. ifeel fantastic. this morning, i have been looking at all the videos and footage from yesterday. and reading all the messages. they make me feel amazing. you are making us make me feel amazing. you are making us feel amazing. how was it to cross the finish line with jessica ennis—hill? the finish line with jessica ennis-hill? that was awesome. i told you i wasn't going to give her a head start. and you stuck to your promise. let's talk to you, ruth. yesterday, we were talking about your beaming maternal pride and that smile is still there. still proud of my boy and all he has achieved. it has been an honour and a privilege, really, to take him through this process and it is fantastic. you carried so many people with you along on your two marathons. what would you say to all of those people who turned out to applaud you and have given you so much support along the way? to my neighbours and friends, thank you for it clapping and cheering every step of the way. you are the best. to everyone locally, nationally and internationally who has supported me and donated, thank you. you are all awesome. david, let's bring you into the conversation. it is such a wonderful story. let's talk about the practicalities, the money raised. it is an extraordinary amount of money, but particularly useful at the moment given the prospect for charities to raise money during the epidemic has been usually reduced? tobias has done an amazing job. we are hugely grateful to him. i don't know about you, i couldn't run a marathon and to watch him do it all has been inspiring. it has been a very difficult time. incomes dropped by 60% because of covid—19. incomes dropped by 60% because of covid-19. can you highlight how important the money is and where it will be spent? the money is going to be split between us and another amazing charity chords tobias which is the school that tobias goes to. i have been talking to them about where they would like the money to go. we are working with them on a project to hopefully deliver some special spaces for children with complex needs so that when they come to the hospital, they experience is even better than it is at the moment. so, special spaces that they can be while they are waiting for an appointment and when they are having an appointment. the amount of money is extraordinary. it would be extraordinary if it is a few hundred pounds or even if it was £80,000. i'm 20 keep up with the total. it is a hundredth £38,000? and have to make sure that is the right amount because it is absolutely fantastic. we are so grateful for all of the donations from everywhere, and they are literally from all around the world. it is very humbling, actually. tobias, how does make you feel to think that you have raised all that money for the school and for the children's hospital in sheffield? i am very proud of my achievements. i am chuffed to bits that i raised so much money for my two favourite charities. it will make a huge difference to so many children's lives. there is so much about this that i love, but chuffed to bits as a hashtag is brilliant. i suppose the inevitable question, given tobias's exploits so far is, my goodness, what's next? the immediate next is a well earned rest. some days out. the running and be walking has been fantastic, but sometimes we would have liked to have gone on a day out. it's typical of hours every day, so we would do that instead. immediately, we are going to have a couple of days out. and then goodness knows what is around the next corner. tobias is not one to want to stop. you no more than anybody how much of the difference resources make to a hospital like the one in sheffield. what would you say to david about the support you have had their u nwa nted the support you have had their unwanted difference the money can make? we thank the hospital every day of tobias's life. they have been fantastic for us and they continue to be fantastic for us. the support that we get from the hospital is incredible. tobias genuinely loves going to appointments and he has had a couple of major operations. he calls them sleepovers and he is desperate to go for another sleepover, so we desperate to go for another sleepover, so we over desperate to go for another sleepover, so we over them a big gratitude. we are just out of time, but we are so grateful to you for coming back on. i have got a feeling, tobias, we have not seen the last of you. many thanks, and to you, ruth. that is it for today. enjoy the rest of your sunday and we will see you from six o'clock tomorrow. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a former uk conservative minister and current mp is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. classified documents released by the british military raise new questions about whether uk special forces killed unarmed civilians in afghanistan. the australian state of victoria declares a "state of disaster" as the number of new coronavirus cases rises steeply. meanwhile, south africa records more than half a million virus infections — the fifth highest number in the world. and the owners of one of britain's oldest vineyards threatened by lockdown raise a glass to the kindness of strangers.
and the tiny elephant shrew, a mammal thought to be extinct, ofa too many lebanese, he was the father now rediscovered, in east africa of a nation. it was very clear that his dream did not become a reality. in mali the president and prime minister have been arrested — in an apparent coup attempt, by soldiers. france says — it'll make face masks compulsory — welcome. in shared offices, from the beginning of september, to stop the spread of coronavirus. we're going to start with that court decision and the tiny elephant shrew, on the assassination of lebanon's a mammal thought to be extinct, former prime minister, rafik hariri in 2005. now rediscovered, in east africa. the un—backed court has convicted a hezbollah member of involvement in the killing. three others suspects have been acquitted. here'sjudge david re delivering his verdict in the netherlands. the trial chamber is therefore satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that mr ayyash possessed the requisite knowledge that the welcome. explosive device was liable time now for our global to create a public danger. coronavirus update. the world health organization chief has sent a letter to all member that is also the only states asking them to join conclusion that is reasonably available multilateral vaccine efforts. from the evidence. have a listen. the same evidence establishes beyond reasonable doubt his knowledge and his intention to murder mr hariri with explosive sharing finance supplies tragically materials. the trial chamber therefore and globally is in each countries find mrs ayyash guilty national interest. no one is safe beyond reasonable doubt as a co—perpetrator of the intentional homicide of mr rafiq hariri. until everyone is safe. as new diagnostics, medicines and vaccines come through the pipeline, it is rafik hariri's death was a watershed moment for lebanon. critical that countries do not it led to rival alliances that shape politics today. before we go any further — repeat the same mistakes. we need to lets re—cap on the attack in 2005 with our middle east editorjeremy bowen. prevent vaccine nationalism. but already countries are acting individually to secure these for their own citizens. 0n the 14th of february 2005, a for example the australian government said today it's signed massive bomb blew up the motorcade a deal with the company astrazeneca, who are developing a vaccine with oxford university in the uk. of rafik hariri, who was campaigning the prime minister said, "the oxford vaccine is one for reelection. it killed rafik hariri in 21 others. 0ne for reelection. it killed rafik hariri in 21 others. one of the first to reach him was his the uk itself has also placed early orders for this vaccine, long—suffering bodyguard, who wants along with five others. that means it has a potential justice. to start with, i could not stockpile of 340 million doses. the race to secure a vaccine for a single country tell if it was him from his face. i was evident as far back as march, when the german paper dee velt was reeling. some of the guys told reported that the trump me to check his face, his back or his head to see if it was him. but i administration had offered a german could only tell it was him from his medical company large sums wedding ring. at the funeral, his of money for exclusive access to a covid—19 vaccine. angela merkel later confirmed her government had seen off the attempt ‘early on. supporters are already accusing you can find a list of all vaccines currently syria's president. threatened for in development on the who‘s website. 138 of these are in the early stages of development. questioning syria's right to there are 29 vaccines dominate lebanon. rafik hariri chose in clinical trials — his words carefully when i asked that‘s when they are tested on humans. them who ran lebanon. assuring that six are in phase 3 trials — that‘s widespread testing on large numbers of people in different regions. them who ran lebanon. assuring that the security and stability, but in and today we heard that one of these — developed by the chinese firm political business, that is a course sinopharm — might be ready before the end of the year. here‘s the bbc‘s kerry allen. correction between syria and the lebanese. the f sinopharm has said that it is expected by the end of the year to they have influence. the most have a vaccine for covid—19 on the market and ready to go. the chief of powerful force in lebanon they have influence. the most powerfulforce in lebanon has denied sinopharm has said that this vaccine the accusation that it's been carried out the assassination. is currently undergoing phase three perhaps in the orders of its allies trials in the uae and these are clinical trials, ones that are being syria and iran. its leader refused carried on humans. expected the to allow the arrest of the four vaccine will be very safe. so much in fact that he himself has actually indicted his brother men who been injected with doses of the otherwise would be in court to hear vaccine and said he has experienced the verdict. thejudge convicted salimjamil ayyash no side effects. it is a lot of of a terrorist act, assassination discussion in china about how and the murders of 21 other victims. affordable the vaccine is going to he was tried in absentia alongside be, because he has said it‘s going three other hezbollah members. to be under 1000 yuan, so hundred 44 all their whereabouts are unknown. us dollars, or £110. that‘s not as a fifh suspect — a hezbollah commander — was dropped from the indictment after he died in syria in 2016. expensive for it was her audience, however prosecutors but it may not be as affordable to a described him as "overall controller of the operation". lot of people in small communities in china, and there are some concerns about that. if he wants before if he wants the judge said the assassination was life returns to normal. ‘undoubtedly a political act'. this bbc article looks at some of the issues in rolling but he came to this conclusion. out a vaccine globally. "what we‘re pretty clear about is any initial vaccine demand is likely to outstrip supply, so choices will need the trial chambers of the view that to be made." syria and his brother may have had motives to eliminate mr rafik hariri and some of the satellites. but and tightening lockdowns to control the virus case numbers there was no evidence that the his will have to continue. we‘ve seen that today in france, brother leadership had any which as you can see from this involvement in rafik hariri's murder graph, has seen the number of new cases increase and no direct evidence of syrian over the last few weeks. involvement in it. it‘s been announced that author and non resident scholar from next month, masks at the carnegie endowment will have to be worn at work. think tank, kim ghattas was quick here‘s lucy williamson. to point out. "verdict did not exonerate hezbollah leadership. the government has been expanding its precautions over the last few weeks and months. masts are now compulsory in shops and offices, it has given permission to local the prosecution's case authorities to make masks compulsory was centred around mobile phone records which they said showed in some crowded streets. there are hundreds of places across france the suspects were tracking mr hariri where masks are compulsory out in before his assassination. public, but there's another move however the evidence again. the government has been was entirely circumstantial — thinking about it for some time, the which was difficult to prove — work minister that unions today to as anna holligan explains. talk about it and when she came out it was confirmed. she said the the way this was carried out was a government was planning to implement this policy from the end of august sophisticated, it was done in a way that kept the disparate parts when everyone gets back from holiday separate from each other. so they and kids are back to school, parents could not necessarily have known go back to work. that's the real about the plan. so, for example, the crunch time. she said this policy cove red crunch time. she said this policy purchase of this truck that was covered pretty much all shared loaded with explosives that was office spaces. notjust the open plan offices but anywhere were more bought and detonated by the suicide bomber on valentine's day 2005, the than one person is working, including core doors, changing recruitment of a 22—year—old man in rooms, meeting rooms. it's going to a mask to appear in this diversion bea rooms, meeting rooms. it's going to be a real change for many people at work. and also what is clear from video that was shared by the the government says, is the cost assessments allegedly on the day of benefits. europe‘s not the only his killing. all of these parts put region which is seeing a resurgence in the virus, having previously got together in thejudges it under control — his killing. all of these parts put together in the judges said actually, the only person who was we‘re also seeing that in asia. today the regional who officials proved beyond reasonable doubt was said: "what we are observing involved due to links between his personal mobile phone and a network of mobile phones that were involved. his own phone, and the phone part of this network was him. his own phone, and the phone part of this network was him. the trial was held at a special un—backed court in light sen dum — a small town outside the hague. some of the victims‘ families as an example of that — were there to hear the verdict. you may recognise saad hariri— south korea is having to tighten rafik‘s son there. he served three terms social distancing measures as prime minister himself. after a spike in cases. and he spoke afterwards. many of these cases have been linked to churches. for the first time, i can say here‘s its prime minister. in lebanon, in the political assassination of the former prime minister orthe president, we had like many presidents and many former translation: 12 high-risk facilities including nightclubs, karaoke, but prime ministers were killed either phase and internet cafes, and indoor public facilities will be suspended. and we never had any... for churches in the seoul truth of what happened. metropolitan area, only online services are allowed and other gatherings and activities are i think today... prohibited. if we can make it back i mean everybody's expectation was much higher than what came out. but i believe that the tribunal control now we will consider raising the social distancing to level three. and that would have a large came out with a result impact on our economy and people‘s that is satisfying. livelihoods. in other parts of the world we accept it. the virus has never quite been brought under control. cases in the americas region have as well as saying he was now reached almost 11.5 million satisfied, saad hariri also and more than 400,000 people have hit out at hezbollah — died, the world health organization says. saying they must assume the biggest drivers responsibility of his are the united states and brazil. father's killing. brazil has been one of the countries worst he said it was "clear hit by the pandemic, with nearly 3.5 million cases that the network responsible and more than 100,000 deaths. katy watson‘s been speaking to is from its ranks." and he added "we will not rest until the vice president of the country. the punishment is carried out." so — two possibly conflicting messages. paul adams is in beirut — and helps put that of course we regret the deaths of into context for us. more than 100,000 brazilians, but the important thing to realise is that the organisation that was accused of involvement in the death of rafik hariri 15 years ago, even the government did everything that we could. we were successful in if one member of that organisation has not been found guilty, his brother has gone from being notjust adapting the curve of the pandemic a military force in the country, but with the catastrophe of our public to the dominant political force too. hospitals. because in the beginning everybody was afraid that we would you cannot rule or do anything in have people dying in the halls of this country economical politically our hospitals, and this did not without the cooperation of his brother. that means that if you are happen. we also had a lot of someone measures to mitigate the economic brother. that means that if you are someone who has served two terms as prime minister and have another shot and social problems. i think we are in the future, frankly, you're going to have to make another deal with doing a good job. president ball his brother in the future. for organisation that you probably scenario has made it clear how he believe in your heart of hearts was felt about social distancing, pushed involved in the death of your back on the wearing of facemasks, he father. that's a pretty extra in a himself has had and so has the first situation for any politician to be lady. people feel the leadership in but it is a measure of what you just does not care. you have to understand the nature of the described as the complexity and brazilian people. brazilian people sometimes the byzantine nature of are not a very disciplined one. it's lebanese politics. impossible to come down and say ok, you have to do this and that. she blee marl art is a lebanese international lawyer. india is still reporting more he's called the verdict than 50,000 new cases a let down injustice. of covid—19 each day. here's why. and it‘s putting incredible it is clear that the presence of pressure on the country‘s syria had very strong motive because medical infrastructure. for example, hospital beds are in short supply. he had refused to submit to the in india, there is roughly only half a bed available for every 1,000 people. syrian diplomats. in this tribunal to 15 years hasn't found a few hours for comparison, in the united states there are 2.8 hospital beds to 15 years hasn't found a few hours to go question the person who was per thousand, while japan has around 13 hospital beds for every 1,000 people. murdering so strong, is a dereliction of duty. 15 years since rafik hariri's death — conditions in the eastern state and lebanon is very much a country of bihar are particularly stark, with more than in crisis, on many fronts. 100,000 confirmed cases. here‘s dr kumar gaurav, to remind us, here's a top officials at one of the hospitals there. paul adams in beirut. almost literally two weeks ago to the minutes, which continues to overs ha d ow the minutes, which continues to overshadow everything here, plus the fa ct overshadow everything here, plus the fact that we are about to go into another coronavirus lockdown in the most of them are not very severely next couple of days, plus the fact that late last year, this country has been spiralling into an affected. most of them are in appalling economic crisis, combined quarantine. they are getting with political paralysis. the events that happen just over 15 years ago medicines. we are taking good care do seem to most people a little bit of them. if there is any problem we remote. in the uk tens of thousands advise them to get hospitalized. of students are scrambling for university places after a u—turn in some places though — by the government yesterday, the virus does seem to be on monday, allowed them under control, for now. higher grades at a—level. wuhan in china was the place with many courses already full, the first coronavirus some students remain unsure about their academic future. cases were diagnosed, and where the first big the government was forced to abandon lockdown was enforced. the computer modelling it had based exam results on, after an outcry when 40% of entries were downgraded. there‘s some flashing images coming up we should warn you — wales and northern ireland also reversed their policies. bra nwen jeffreys reports. but have a look at this. this video was taken at the weekend, at a party at the maya beach water park. natasha is still looking you can see hundreds of people enjoying themselves — for a place to study medicine. but there‘s very little evidence of any social distancing, and it her hopes had been in tatters seems no—one is wearing a mask. and now results downgraded wuhan was in lockdown betweenjanuary and april — by computer have been replaced and apart from one brief outbreak, by top grades from her teachers. has been largely coronavirus i'm very pleased about the u—turn free ever since. the government has made one last thing to mention. a second major coronavirus because i feel more secure my future conspiracy theory video has just but it has been a stressful couple been launched online. of days because i thought i had its predecessor, called ‘plandemic‘, got into university. appeared at the beginning of may. good afternoon, you are through to clearing. despite efforts to remove it, users constantly re—uploaded the clip. now they‘ve released a follow up. and olga robinson from bbc monitoring‘s disinformation team has been watching it. calls to clearing the students checking their place is secure. the courses have been filling up at this university this is part two of the conspiracy is honouring every offer. the legal situation i do not theory video, what has it been think is entirely clear but my understanding is that if you were made an offer saying? yes, this the second and you've met that offer then universities would be obliged to adhere to it. instalment of the plandemic video, in this film the various experts that is what we're doing at manchester met. i think it is more challenging suggest the coronavirus pandemic was if you have not had an offer but want to apply to clearing planned by a government and the on the basis of the teacher sat world health organisation, and the grades, i think that billionaires like bill gates. and situation is less certain. he says that students need they are trying to create this to weigh up their options. pandemic in order to push their vaccination agenda, and then talk to a school or college, talk to the universities but do potentially profit from a vaccine we really want students later on. and then the film is 75 to put their life on hold? they've been through a lot in the last few months. minutes long, so quite a lot of room today a promise from the un, iversities minister. for speculation. he repeated some of the misleading claims about the today, a promise from the universities minister. students that have taken a different course from the one banner eligible origin of the virus suggesting repeatedly that it is artificial and for be that their primary offer or insurance are eligible to change their mind and reversed their decision. was produced in a lab, and in however i think the first port addition to that the film spent of call must be talk quite a lot of time talking about to your institutional university and think about what is right for you. since results day a lot has happened and attacking fact chequers and media organisations that debunked and some students have already compromised. a warning today to universities claims in previous instalments in the film. this is quite difficult to in england, students from poorer areas must not be the losers. this is a serious risk and i think stop spreading around, wasn‘t it? all of us are determined to try to prevent these unprecedented circumstances have the platforms, youtube, from having the most impact facebook, etc it been any better this time? indeed social media on students who can least afford companies have been extensively to navigate their way through it and the least able to navigate their way through it. criticised for their handling over the first instalment of the film campuses are deserted now because they only started taking it but universities have to manage down after it had reached over 8 numbers like never before. million people. on several social making them as safe as possible. media platforms. but looks like this time around they were a little bit more prepared to take action, and also warned their users that they to belarus, the disputed president, might be accessing potentially harmful information. even before alexander lu kashenka, they released the video with all has threatened to take measures warnings on twitter suggesting that against anyone who joins if you click on the link, when you a new council formed by the opposition. click on the link you receive a this is the announcement of the formation of the council — warning saying that you are about to it says its goal is to organise access potentially unsafe the transfer of power using lawful means. information and misinformation. and on facebook we noticed a straight it was set up by the main opposition after that the film started candidate in the election, streaming online that links to it svet lana tik hanov skaya. she's had to flee the country — started disappearing and also some we'll hear a bit of the promos had fact checking more from her later. this is what mr lukashenka told the state—owned news agency labels. they were a little bit more in response: prepared, but the people behind the viral, first viral clip, they announced and promoted the release of the second instalment so the meanwhile, in this televised cabinet situation was a little bit different meeting mr lukashenka said this time. thank you. he's deployed the military at the country's western borders — adding the units are on full alert. now to a developing story in the us, where cost—cutting he's previously accused initiatives at the us postal service nato of deploying tanks have been suspended until after at the border with belarus, the november presidential election. a claim the organisation has the democrats accused the trump denied. administration of devising it's now nine days since the cutbacks to derail mail—in mr lukashenka claimed victory voting and disenfranchise voters in the presidential election, seeking to vote safely and protests continue. here you can see during the pandemic. protesters gathering outside a prison in minsk, where svet lana tik hanov skaya's anthony zurcher is in washington. husband is being held. it's his birthday — he and other opposition figures so what is going on here, anthony? were imprisoned before the august the 9th election, prompting ms tik hanov skaya to run for president. the latest, us postmaster general, here's the message announced that any cutbacks planned she released earlier. are going to be suspended until after the november election. clearly reflecting pressure a post office was coming under from reflecting pressure a post office was coming underfrom critics reflecting pressure a post office was coming under from critics who said that this was all done in order he one person controls everything. to combat you mentioned, undermine 0ne he one person controls everything. mail in voting. the reason people one man escape a country in fear for we re mail in voting. the reason people were saying that is because donald trump himself is called into 26 years and one person is system in question largely unsubstantiated the opportunity from all allegations about male in voting for logic, and last week he said he did belarussians. my the opportunity from all bela russians. my husband the opportunity from all belarussians. my husband asked me to not want any additional funds for bring you this message, he end of the post office because he thought that‘s what would be used for. the political prisoners are injail, increasing voting. you‘re seeing but he asks you to keep moving forward. do not sit back up into them trying to back down from that, everything you can to make the best trump himself saying he wants to of our country. protect the post office yesterday and now you have this move by the meanwhile, the momentum post office itself to suspend any of continues to build with a general strike — these changes. seems quite today postal workers are reported to have joined the action. and so have performers at remarkable to spend this amount of the belarussian national theatre — time debating postal services in a you can see them here holding up their resignation letters in front of the culture minister. mature democracy like america is. they heckled him, shouting "shame" and gave him a day to reinstate the argument here that trust in the the theatre's director who was fired election will be undermined, do you for expressing support for the protests. think that has artie happened or not? i think that is something that there also seems to be some dissent building within the political class. is ongoing here. donald trump, even four years ago was questioning the bela rus‘s ambassador to slovakia legitimacy of the election that he says he's handed in his resignation. here's what he told ended up winning, and here again not the bbc‘s today programme. having ironclad guarantee that he ido i do not see this on the would accept the result of the election, yesterday at a rally in minnesota he said the only way he geopolitical basis, these protests saw himself losing this election is are not against the east and they if there was fraud, so he is laying are not against the east and they are not against the east and they right out there that he does not are not against the west. these view the election as legitimate, workers and all belarussian people, particularly one where he seems to be trailing and very well might the demand of the authority to hold lose. even though people have the issues with the post office it‘s their dignity and demand fair pretty beloved, survey saying elections. but there's uncertainty about what will happen next — americans have favour the post and part of that uncertainty lies to the east in moscow. the german chancellor angela merkel spoke with the russian president office. a government run service vladimir putin today — here's what the kremlin had to say that people in particular rural afterwards: "the russian side stressed that any attempts areas rely on notjust for ballots but for receiving government checks, prescription drugs and that sort of thing. unwittingly touched and electrified rail here when he criticised it. interesting stuff, remember, mr putin spoke with belarus' president alexander thanks, anthony. lukashenka over the weekend, stay with us on outside source — and offered assistance. here's mason clark from the us still to come, a coup attempt think tank, institute in mali sees soldiers arrest for the study of war. the president and prime minister. we‘ll bring you the latest. they are not anti—russia, they are cruise ships lying at anchor off the south coast of england during the coronavirus pandemic have against the security state in the become an unlikely abuses of the security forces and tourist attraction. duncan kennedy reports that sort of thing. that's a from weymouth. definite risk that the kremlin runs that if he interferes in belarus to pf°p up that if he interferes in belarus to prop up lukashenka, it will make the it's it‘s become a parking bay for the protest seem anti—kremlin. it is british cruise industry. actually maintaining its higher court ratings of vladimir putin in we counted ten ships today, giant, the last few years. he still gleaming and empty vessels. assessed that the kremlin has left they are here so they don‘t have to pay the birthing fees in ports, the key interest in belarus, but but these mega ships have now become major attractions. there is a risk that led to mere not something else to come allow an overthrown lukashenka, are and see, isn‘t it? something different. they should be out cruising, losing belarus to a more western but what can you do with orbit uncontested. this going on? it's a bit of a risk here's abdu jalil for the passengers. abdura sulov in minsk. jon holland has been on 14 cruises in the past few years and cannot bear to see them idle. after days of mass protests, they most of them i have been on, announced that they have set up a most ones, it‘s a tragedy, isn‘t it? counsel for what to do next. lukashenka, has called in an attempt it really is. to seize power and take adequate it will be about two or three years before we get back on measures against those who join it. them. but councilmembers are saying that the ships have become so popular special boat trips are they will not violate any laws or taking people around them in what has become a kind of maritime they will not violate any laws or the constitution. they do not have museum. mass protests, but the opposition is each vessel still has about 100 crew members on board to keep them maintained and stop them taking the shape of strikes. i spoke drifting in rough weather. but whatever the to one of the workers whose factory weather, these ships we nt to one of the workers whose factory went on strike and they said many of are currently going nowhere. their co—workers are afraid to do in british people usually their co—workers are afraid to do in the movement because they're concerned they could lose their jobs, they can lose their salaries, take around 2 million and it is not clear how long this cruises every year but because of covid—19, these vessels are stuck. movement will last step the to see ships bobbing around weymouth harbour opposition, desperately need support is quite unprecedented, of these workers who could tip the so the focus moves on to how we find solutions. balance of power in this country. the cruise industry is a £10 billion industry for the uk so it‘s vital it gets going. this line of liners arrested by soldiers for what are currently the pride of britain‘s cruising fleet, appears to be an attempted coup. it but it‘s currently a fleet, and industry, of course. is not clear how the socialistic part, but it comes in the middle of a political crisis for the president duncan kennedy, bbc news, weymouth. was been under increased pressure to step down. let us go straight to her africa editor. hello, will do we know it has been happening?m africa editor. hello, will do we know it has been happening? it come from a government spokesman and he this is outside source live will be in thejob from the bbc newsroom. from a government spokesman and he will be in the job for much longer our lead story is... let‘s return to that humour in the prime minister were developing story in mali, where the president — ibrahim boubacar keita — and the prime minister — both arrested by the military a have been arrested by soldiers in some sort of mutiny. number of arrests and other single the leaders of the protest movement which has been out on the streets in the days prior to this said it was officials —— senior. it looked like "not a military coup — a mutiny with two of the military but a popular insurrection" — barracks with soldiers shooting and saying the president "did not want to listen to his people". some talk of disputes over pay and connectivity issues have been thenit some talk of disputes over pay and then it became pretty clear that this was something more serious. it hampering our efforts to speak 110w this was something more serious. it now looks as though this is in full swing which is being widely from bbc afrique. condemned by the international community, including the african union but it comes at a time where what do we know about what is happening on the ground now? what we they have been in a political chaos know is that what seems to be a coup situation for many months now. after disputed elections, allegations of committee they are saying it‘s not a corruption and jihadist rebellion coup, is taking place right now in the country. the president and the and communal violence has gotten much worse of the years and the prime minister have been arrested. they are now detained, a city 15 km soldiers are occurring now with the huge number of protesters were saying that we really do need a from where the first gunshots took change at the top to sort out the place this morning. they are being insecurity. if this is happening is taken over there to respond to you just spell it out there, what does this mean? what happens next? questions. the military, the that is the big problem because a soldiers are saying, is not a very similar thing happened back in military coup but looks a little bit similarto military coup but looks a little bit similar to the same scenario that happened eight years ago when that 2012 and many were angry that the government has mishandled the president was ousted after ten years rebellion was taking over parts of the north of the country and they in power. and what do we know about what has prompted this? it seems ousted the president and that led to them taking over the north of the country in the same jihadists are it‘s a man in the army. a colonel. causing havoc over west african now. where is no evidence if he is linked so, it's a huge task to take on the leadership of have an to the movement of the 5th ofjune, a coalition of the opposition. completely ousted and have an enormous challenge probably because of the problems that they face but started two months ago to also because this growing insecurity demonstrate against the authorities. and although thorough celebrations down the streets, many people will to maturity against the poverty, be wary and will rememberjust how bad things god after the last coup only 35% of molliens have access to d'etat, it led to the french ministry to push them out of the electricity. towns in the north, but they are still very, very strong, carrying .. they theyare they are thinking that the out attacks and their sometimes threatening to go beyond those president has turned the election countries as well. so, very worrying and has placed candidates in parliament. briefly, how much times. what is the international popular support to think these response and reaction so for? all actions will have? i was presented a along come the international community said the problems, the french programme today, and we aired footages french programme today, and we aired foota g es of french programme today, and we aired elves should sit down and talk about footages of the population happy and singing, and clapping to the them. he had these protests that have gotte n soldiers going there. it seems that them. he had these protests that have gotten bigger and bigger, we then had a mediation and presidents thousands of people were expecting this moment to happen, why? because come into west african incident look, you can talk this out, you do they‘ve been demonstrating as i was telling you earlier about the fact not need to top of the president that they think the president is not through protests, you can form a competent for thejob. that they think the president is not competent for the job. thank you. coalition government. but, the lets return to our top story — the verdict in the trial protesters of the people behind the in the assassination of lebanon‘s purchasers say no, we are going to former prime minister, rafik hariri. stop freddy thinks of the flow of his eldest son is bahaa hariri. and he‘s been speaking to my colleague matthew amroliwala the —— removal of the resident and here on bbc world news about the verdict. across the world, from europe to to me, he was not only my father, to america, from concern from russia as well, the african union which is me, too many companies i believe he was the father of a nation. we were firmly against coup d'etat was it will not recognise the country that very close. he wanted to take is led by someone who is catered to lebanon from a country to a unified coup there have been maintained that nation. it was very clear that his this could lead to a more peaceful dream did not become a reality. the region. is this a way this can be courts made sure that this reality comes to light. it's crystal clear the start of something better for to the court that there is in direct the start of something better for the region two so, what kind of evidence that this political act, mission for now but i'll be working they talked about the meeting that towards trying to sort out the happened, they talked about when leadership they can really turn this crisis around. they came to him he was very at a he let's get the latest from our africa editor will ross. told him three quarters of the opposition, and one quarter not. and syria cannot keep on interfering. and he asked for the full elephant true none is a small mammal information to the mac implementation of this. he believes related to an elephant erect that it was on its way to become a unified nation. when you read the underage trunk like nose and it is been rediscovered after 50 years is judge say explicitly that the a lota leadership was not involved, the been rediscovered after 50 years is a lot a species, it was found alive syrian government was not involved, and well and scientists attempted to what did you make of those comments? get it out of hiding with a bit of as we know in the structure was peanut butter, oatmeal and geese. you may not think by now that we would know all about the animals and extreme the clear. he was accused of all accounts, but the most important pla nts would know all about the animals and plants that we share the planet to me it was very clear that there with, but is not the case. you still don't have a handle on exactly how was no political vacuum. when this many animals and plants are out happened. this act happened, there and how many might be going extinct. there are some that may be actually the receipt political living there under the radar, especially very tiny ones like this situation that was extremely little elephant that would fit on charged, and the decision the court the palm of your hand. it seems to is very clear that the decision of be good news for this little creature that the scientists of god the assassination happened after this very charged environment out there on an expedition in the between the third meeting, his meeting with the minister. it's very found evidence that they're living in this rocky area to habitat and clear it's a political act, a they didn't seem to be doing quite well and therefore away from human political assassination. can there be justice until this man development in agriculture that may political assassination. can there bejustice until this man is actually detained, because as you interfere their habitats so, then well know, as everyone knows this was a trial with the four defendants that for conservation but many to in absentia. the onlyjustice which political back is time and go to have now, as you know we have a full these tiny elephant and see but that economic collapse, we have a full habitat was in there no less financial collapse. and we have the precious than these other bigger disaster that happened in beirut, charismatic creatures, the tigers, you know that disaster led to the the pandas who seem to get all of death of over 200 people, still counting and still morning these the pandas who seem to get all of the conservation money. so, this is a part of a wider at families. i have colleagues, they escaped but some members of my colleagues died. all of this —— effort to look for these animals accumulation is the responsibility, it falls on this marriage, this and birds and the like. the more we relationship between his brother and discover about the biodiversity of the warlords. whoever supported them the planet, the better we are equipped to do so and we can save in the last 15 years. lebanese are in full divorce between them and the princess animals from nature. that configuration. talking about the newly rediscovered a reminder of our top story.... elephant shrew, right, with the latest news out of miley. we'll keep a government spokesperson in molly you up—to—date with that. he can has confirmed catch me anytime at twitter. this is to the bbc a government spokesman in mali has outside source on bbc news. confirmed to the bbc that both the president and the prime minister have been arrested by the military. the coup attempt is reportedly being led by a colonel and comes hours after a mutiny — in which senior military personnel were detained by disgruntled junior officers. earlier, there was gunfire at a military base near mali‘s capital, hello. thankfully, did not look like bamako. this all day long and ray certainly don‘t forget you can get did caught a pretty intense downpour in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i‘m @lvaughanjones there one of many there to be had across the southern half of the british isles into the north west of scotland, and between the accrual of cloud, it produced a wet start of hello once again. two sacraments northwest of england thankfully, it did not look like this all day long india continue to do so to the small in the area of telford. hours of wednesday and there is a ridge of high pressure the tubs and but ray certainly caught a pretty intense downpour settles things down on a warm night there, one of many there to be had across the southern half of the british isles. in all parts but is very obvious so too up into the that the infant night, there's more north west corner of scotland, in between that curl clouds and wind and rain in the of cloud, it produced a wet start of quarter of both england and wales. two tuesday across the northwest of england, disolving into showers so, iurge quarter of both england and wales. so, i urge you to get out there and and continuing so to do do things pretty quickly because into the small hours of wednesday before finally dying away as a ridge there really is no escape, this is of high pressure topples an area of significant rain evidence across the british isles, of north and most areas of england settles things down on a warm night in all parts but it‘s very obvious that the end of the night, and wales, most of northern ireland brings more clouds and wind and rain was already seen that rain but the in to the southwestern quarter best for coming in scotland and of both england and wales. staying rather murky at times. that so, wednesday i urge you to get out sets the tender of abuse the of the there and do things pretty quickly next few days torts we can. blood because there really is no escape, this is not showers, this is an area of significant rain, pressure dominating and seemingly unusually windy towards the end of gradually driving its way ever further north and around tea time the week and there will be spells of most areas of england rain at times. having said all of and wales, parts of northern ireland that, it will not be a wash—out on will have seen that rain. thursday, as one or of rain makes the best of the sunshine its way through the northern isles staying there in scotland and becomes a glorious summer state away from rather murky of rain makes its way through the coasts at times. northern isles and becomes a that sets the tenor what we expect glorious summer stayed warm one too and to receive the arrival of more wet and windy weather towards parts to see over the next few days. of your day, it keeps it out west low pressure dominating and seemingly unusually windy towards and that it rained quite gusty, and the end of the week and there will be spells of rain at times. bringing in that gust on friday rick having said all of that, it will not be a wash—out on it's windy here, if you're close to thursday, as one or of rain makes blood pressure there across the its way through the northern isles and becomes a glorious summer state of rain makes its way through northwestern court of scotland, three windy conditions was certainly the slow in that little centre. we are northern isles and becomes a glorious summer stayed warm one too and to receive the arrival of more wet and windy weather towards parts pursuing this up existing facilities of your day, it keeps it out west and that it rained quite gusty, and bringing in that gust on friday, it‘s windy and that exposing locations across here, if you‘re close to the western areas of 40, 50, 60 mph 00:28:32,181 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 in that i will finish off the week. pressure there across the northwestern court of scotland, three windy conditions was certainly slow in that little centre. we are pursuing this up existing facilities and that exposing locations across the western areas of 40, 50, 60 mph in that i will finish off the week. hello, i‘m lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. an international court — convicts a member of the militant group hezbollah — of assassinating the lebanese prime minister, rafik hariri, 15 years ago. mr hariri‘s son gave this reaction. the tribunal came out with a result thatis the tribunal came out with a result that is satisfying. we accepted. some breaking news in the past hour, in mali the president and prime minister have been arrested — in an apparent coup attempt, by soldiers. and in the us — the embattled postmaster general has suspended policies that led to claims he was planning to disrupt postal voting in november‘s presidential election.
the programme tonight. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing which killed 22 people — hears that a0 minutes after the explosion only one paramedic had arrived at the scene. this breaks international law in a specific way. this breaks international law in a specific way. a government minister admits a new bill to amend the uk's brexit deal with the eu will break international law. heading towards the point of no return — andrew lloyd webber warns of the damage done by the pandemic on theatre and the wider world of arts. and this is what an earthquake in england looks like. bedfordshire is hit by a quake measuring 3.3 — the epicentre was leighton buzzard. and coming up on bbc news. dealing with discipline. england's nation's league preparations in copenhagen are overshadowed, as gareth southgate is left with decisions to make against denmark. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. tougher restrictions are being imposed in bolton in greater manchester after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the town. bolton now has uk's highest infection rate. restuarants, pubs and cafes have been told they can only do takeaways from today and they must close by 10pm. meanwhile, the government isn't ruling out reducing the number of people who can meet in groups in households in england. the rise in cases across the country is being largely driven by a big increase in cases among 18 to 30—year—olds. the health secretary, matt hancock, has urged them to observe social distancing. it comes amid a continuing rise in new cases and a jump in the daily death toll. the latest government figures show there were 2,420 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported across great britain, in the latest 2a hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 2,193. 30 deaths were also reported of people who'd died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that means on average in the past week, 11 deaths have been announced every day. that takes the total number, across the uk, to 41,584. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. new rules in bolton mean that cafes like this won't be allowed to have customers sitting in. it will be ta ke customers sitting in. it will be take away only. the owner gill says because of these restrictions she will have to close until further notice the news for me devastating, we we re notice the news for me devastating, we were locked down for over three months, we were starting to build trade back up. i know they say we can do take away but unfortunately my shop isn't a shop that take away works. this pub and micro brewery will only be allowed to serve customers who take their drinks away with them. we have one eye on possible future event, so it is frustrating, disappointing, buzz you have to take it seriously, and try and get through it again. local people we spoke to weren't surprised by the new intervention. it is to be expected, really, to go back to where it was, really, to try and stop it. i mean it is rife in bolton, isn't it at the moment. and stop it. i mean it is rife in bolton, isn't it at the momentm is like the virus is getting more each day and people are not listening, not wearing face coverings and they are still large gathering. it is good for the health and safety but not for the economy, they are just get back on track.. the new rules will be enforceable by law, no eating or drinking in pubs 01’ law, no eating or drinking in pubs or hospitality venues and all to close at ten. ten. socialisings by people in their 30s and 30s is said to bea people in their 30s and 30s is said to be a factor in the rise. i call the secretary of state matt hancock. the health secretary explained why young adults should take every step to avoid infection. while young people are less likely to die from the disease, be in no doubt that they are still at risk, the long—term effects can be terrible. and of course, they can infect others. research by the bbc for the week to september 4th shows bolton with the highest number of cases in the uk, 122 per 100,000 lacing. next was bradford with 71, then blackburn with darwen with 63, 0ldham 61 and birmingham salford rochdale caerphilly and burnley all with 60 cases per 100,000. there is mounting cowen tain in birmingham after a sharp increase in virus cases in recent days, local officials say one factor was people getting together over the bank holiday weekend and forgetting social distancing rules. they have warned additional restrictions are looking likely, in some areas booking tests is difficult and today one of the system bosses tweeted apologies to anyone who couldn't get apologies to anyone who couldn't get a test, she said laboratory processing was the pinch point. ministers say they are working flat out to boost capacity but with case numbers rising, widespread and rapid testing is as important as ever. the first local lockdown in wales has just come into force. no—one can now leave caerphilly county without good reason. family and friends living apart will no longer be able to meet indoors, stay overnight, or form extended households. the government says the restrictions could last until october. 0ur wales correspondent, hwyel griffith joins us from caerphilly. yes, that new lockdown has come into place, we have moved to the county border, and for now, on, anyone found to be crossing in and out of caerphilly with good reason could face a £60 fine, if they are caught. now, these measures are familiar to some, travel restrictions in wales with were relaxed only a couple of months a be now trips have been cancelled people have been told if they are holidays they will have to be cancelled, that is because of a rapid rise in cases which has shown no sign of slowing. six weeks' ago caerphilly was officially clear of coronavirus. now, it is at the centre of one of britain's biggest outbreak, so what went wrong? house parties and people mixing in each other‘s homes are being blamed. most cases are among young people. who stand accused of flouting social distancing rules. we are more likely to go out and see friends, more likely to break the rules if the option is there, but i mean, eve ryo ne option is there, but i mean, everyone has been going out. you can't point the finger at one demographic. people need to look at their actionings and people have forgotten what it is like and what damage it can do, how many people have lost their lives. the lockdown won't mean a shut down of pubs, cafes a nd restau ra nt, won't mean a shut down of pubs, cafes and restaurant, the evidence suggests that isn't where the virus has been spreading. but people can no longer meet indoor, and caerphilly has become the first place in wales where masks are mandatory in shop, the rule also be enforced. people who thought coronavirus was no longer a threat should sit up and take notice, people in those communities, who see behaviour taking place, who see and hear house parties, well, if they are going to tell the police about those we expect enforcement action to be taken. while businesses can stay open, keeping their customers may be harder, sarah only fully reopened her spa four weeks' ago, the last 24 hours has brought a flurry of cancellation. it is still a lot of people who are two or three orfour miles away a lot of people who are two or three or four miles away who are in a different county, we are seeing the impact of that on today's business for example. this is the first local lockdown in wales but with cases rising in neighbouring counties, there are warnings others may follow with within days. despite a rise in cases, intensive care units remain quiet. our medical editor fergus walsh has been back to one london hospital that he visited at the peak of the pandemic. our medical editor fergus walsh explains. so this is one of the bays of our intensive care unit that was full in april, may with patients with coronavirus. for weeks now london's university college hospital has hardly seen any coronavirus patients, across its 500 beds. what a difference from when we filmed here at the peak. then, the intensive care unit had to double in size, to cope with the influx. now, it is empty of covid patients. but confirmed cases of covid infection have risen four fold since mid july. as this graph shows, it is mostly people in their 20s and 30s who are testing positive. those figures showing who is getting coronavirus help explain why this and other intensive care units are not filling up intensive care units are not filling up with covid patients, the young are generally at low risk from the virus. but there is concern if it spreads further in the community, things could change here, in the coming months. we are used to any way having more people come to hospital with respiratory virus infections in the winter, the worry is the sort of people who get infected are the sort of people we saw previously, the older population, the people with other risk factors for doing baldly and ending up in hospital. france has seen an even bigger spike in cases than the uk. that is having an impact in hospitals. in april, french covid hospital patients peaked at more than 32,000. and then fell steadily. but the numbers have begun to creep up again to nearly 5,000. covid deaths are rising too. shielding of those with health vulnerabilities may need to be reintroduced here if cases spike. it isa reintroduced here if cases spike. it is a difficult ambulance, to safeguard those most at risk while keeping society functioning. we have to protect our children's education as much as we can, because the impacts of that will last for decades. we have also got to protect and encourage the economy in ways that won't actually unnecessarily increase the death rates. the nhs is open for business, but uch says many patients are still too scared to come to hospital because they fear catching coronavirus. it is one of the many hidden costs of covid. our health editor hugh pym is here. new cases are up, mainly among the young, the intensive care units remain very quiet, why do people need to worry? well, yes, sophie, average daily reported deaths remain low compared to early in the pandemic, average hospital numbers as we saw there in the pieces remain very low compared to before. but ministers are concerned there are although it is not inevitable they will go up because we have seen more cases they might do based on what has happened in france and spain with younger people maybe infecting older members of theirfamily people maybe infecting older members of their family or those who are vulnerable. that is why we have seen the tough new rules being imposed in bolton, that is why the scottish and welsh governments have brought in their own restrictions in certain areas and that is why the government at westminster isn't ruling out the possibility of tighter new rules on the numbers who can visit other people's houses, possibly even being announce tomorrow because it is household transmission which seems to be the worry at the moment. now, ministers and officials will hope if people keep to social distancing rules, the lid can be kept on the veers but there is no guarantee of that. thank you huw. young people — particularly 17 to 21—year—olds — account for a large number of the recent positive coronavirus cases. and that includes students — many of whom are preparing to start the autumn term. today, the five universities in greater manchester have written to students with an official reminder of their responsibility to the local community and a warning that they could face sanctions if they fail to stick to safety guidance. 0ur education editor, bra nwen jeffreys reports. across manchester students are returning, 100,000 in this city. think campus will feel different. some new, others like rhys staying on, the start of term is normally party time, when students meet up with friends. it is very easy to do that and to make plans like that and not think what we are doing, oh my goodness it is out of order. you started university and you meet new people and you are excited. and of course people are silly, they are badly behaved when they are in that mind celtic so it will be difficult. in term time this canteen would be humming with students, university campuses are very social place, they bring together thousands of students from all over the country. and that is why scientists are warning there is why scientists are warning there isa is why scientists are warning there is a very high risk of an outbreak. it is not just is a very high risk of an outbreak. it is notjust about how students behave when they are here, but also about how they behave in the community. so in these bags are mask for every student arriving, a nudge, salford university, like others, will ask them to sign up to a code of behaviour. to keep everybody on campus safe but also, recognising that when they leave campus they need to be careful to keep other people safe within the cities of salford and manchester. the first freshers at manchester metropolitan, teaching will be in small study groups, because tracing covid cases is crucial. students can pass it on even with few symptoms, so, all five universities in manchester are issuing a joint warning. the stu d e nts issuing a joint warning. the students are not observing social distancing, if they are partying, if they are mixing households, we will absolutely act to ensure they understand the way to behave. but those living next to students say big parties have started in the last week. they need to be very strict guidelines and we need proper policing because the problem is once the parties starts, in a way the damage is done, if there is going to bea damage is done, if there is going to be a spread of the virus it is too late. they are not adhering to the numbers game, and they should, really respect, respect one another's potential vulnerability to covid. stu d e nts covid. students bring money and jobs to cities, but also this autumn extra risks to manage. bran well geoffrey, bbc news, manchester. the time is 6:16pm. our top story this evening. concerns over the sharp rise in coronavirus cases particularly amongst the young as parts of greater manchester are placed under tight new restrictions. and coming up, it's not often you hear the words earthquake and leighton buzzard in the same sentence, but thatis buzzard in the same sentence, but that is what has happened here today, no reports of any injuries but we will be reporting on what happened. we hear from lucy we hearfrom lucy bronze on we hear from lucy bronze on why she is coming back to manchester city. the public inquiry into the manchester arena bombing three years ago has heard that forty minutes after the blast, only one paramedic had been in the room where it had taken place. 22 people died in the attack outside the ariana grande concert. the public inquiry into the manchester arena bombing three years ago has heard that forty minutes after the blast, the inquiry has been asked to investigate whether the delays in getting to the injured made a difference to the number of people who survived. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. come round this way. in the chaotic moments after a bomb went off at manchester arena, people started to call 999. there's an explosion at manchester arena. is anybody injured? that injured man wasjohn atkinson, who later died and today it emerged that he only received full medical attention after more than an hour. the issue of whether he could have been saved is significant. evidence suggest emergency services failed to coordinate with each other properly on the night. the enquiry will need to consider whether that is so and, if it is, why that occurred and whether life was lost as a result of any failure. as is beyond obvious, even the loss of a single life due to such a failure would be com pletely to such a failure would be completely unacceptable. only three paramedics went into the fourier where the bomb exploded and only one stretcher was used with injured people brought out on barriers and hoardings. communications between police forces on the night was ineffective. because the arena is connected to a railway station, british transport police were supposed to be in charge, but they did not have a plan in place and did not coordinate with greater manchester police who themselves did not even know there was a concert on that night. gmp did not declare a major incident for nearly three hours. btp did so much earlier, but did not tell the other force. half an hour after the blast, the btp control room had this conversation with an officer at the scene. although ambulances did arrive outside the arena, most paramedics remained away from the place where the bomb exploded. the first fire engine did not arrive until more than two hours after the blast. 22 people were killed in the attack. the youngest a child ofjust eight yea rs the youngest a child ofjust eight years old. the bereaved families are learning much of this detail for the first time and say they are finding it extremely distressing. a government minister has said a new law, due to published tomorrow, will change what was agreed as part of the uk's divorce deal with the european union and break international law. brandon lewis said the bill would go against parts of the treaty related to the arrangements for northern ireland in a specific and limited way. former prime minister theresa may warned the change could damage trust in the uk over future trade deals with other states. it comes as a new round of trade negotiations with the eu got underway today. here's our chief political correspondent vicki young. mrjohnson, are we going to get a deal today? are we confident? you promise to get brexit done in the uk has left the eu, but now boris johnson's team is in a familiar place, trying to negotiate another deal and this time it's about how we will trade with the eu from january. progress is slow, but round eight of the talks started today. progress is slow, but round eight of the talks started todaylj progress is slow, but round eight of the talks started today. i am confident that our negotiating teams and the eu negotiating teams are all focused on getting a good outcome both for our friends and partners in the eu and for us in the united kingdom. but there's another row brewing over the withdrawal agreement. yes, the one that was signed, sealed and delivered last year. it agreed that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules, that would mean extra paperwork, checks and ta riffs mean extra paperwork, checks and tariffs for some goods moving between great britain and northern ireland. now the government is introducing its own law so that uk ministers can decide how to apply the rules without the eu's agreement. the disapproval from this former prime minister was obvious. the government is now changing the operation of that agreement. given that, how can the government to reassure future international partners that the uk can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations of the agreements it signs? another conservative mp got this remarkable admission from the minister. yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way. that's not the kind of thing you hear very often in the house of commons. and he's not the only one who is surprised. the labour leader told me that the government should not be acting in this way. at the moment what the government is doing, which in my view is wrong, is reopening old arguments that have been settled. the deal is there to been settled. the deal is there to be had. let's negotiate, get that deal. that's what the public want, and move on. ministers insist the new law they want to introduce simply clarifies what was agreed with the eu last year and does not rip it up completely. but even the government's top lawyer doesn't see it like that. he resigned today because he thinks the plans are in breach of the government's obligations under international law. eu and uk officials will continue their talks tomorrow with the british government accused of going back on old deals while they try to work on a new one. the british—iranian national nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was arrested in iran four years ago, has been told she is to face a new trial on sunday. she appeared in court today on an unspecified new charge. she was arrested on a visit to tehran in 2016, accused of espionage and sentenced to five years in prison. her family and the british government have repeatedly called for her release. the composer and theatre impresario, andrew lloyd webber, says the pandemic has caused so much damage to theatre and the wider arts that they're now approaching the point of no return. he has called on mps to name a date when productions can get underway again. here's our arts editor will gompertz. beverley knight performing at the london palladium in july. beverley knight performing at the london palladium injuly. the concert was put on by andrew lloyd webber as a way of persuading the government to allow theatres to fully reopen. but it was all to no avail. the show did not go on. and so, today, he was in front of a select committee of mps once again making his case for theatres. we just simply have got to get our arts sector back open and running. britain is the leader in world theatre in my view, in many ways, and we really, really have to use this opportunity not only to say we wa nt to this opportunity not only to say we want to get the sector open but to demonstrate to the world how it can be open. a musical like phantom of the opera takes months of preparation before it can be staged, hence the call for more theatre owners asking for the government for a date in the future when it thinks reopening might be possible. that way, they say, plans at least can start to be put in place. andrew lloyd webber isn't just start to be put in place. andrew lloyd webber isn'tjust arguing for his own shows and theatres, he's making a much broader point about theatre in general and particularly its economic value to city sentence. you close les miserable is, the local book shop closes as well and the coffee shops and he argues if you have dark theatres you have city centres that turn into ghost towns. he is also worried about regional theatres, many of which rely on the annual pantomime to survive. if it can't be put on this christmas, they will need a significant share of the government's emergency funding.“ we are very careful we can probably la st we are very careful we can probably last until christmas, but without this funding, it will be a very, very difficult situation for us and for the artists we work with and the orchestra that we host as their home. it's a very sad sight. this is her majesties theatre, where the phantom of the opera opened and should be playing now and it is ridiculous that britain, the country where so many people have come to in the 50 plus years i've been in the theatre, come to see theatre that we are dragging our heels. the live music business has also been hit ha rd music business has also been hit hard with the boss of the reading festival telling the select committee that he thought mass testing was the most likely loop —— route to reopening on the government said it was working flat out to re—secure said it was working flat out to re—secu re a said it was working flat out to re—secure a world—class performing arts. the england defender lucy bronze has rejoined manchester city on a two—year deal. she's back with the women's super league side after leaving lyon in the summer at the end of her contract. the right back has made 70 appearances for england and scored eight goals. there was an earthquake this morning in southern england. the quake with a magnitude of 3.3 was felt in parts of buckinghamshire, bedfordshire and hertfordshire with people saying houses shook as if there'd been an explosion. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is leighton buzzard this evening. well, sophie, this was quite a jolt across bedfordshire and buckinghamshire. no reports of any injuries or major damage and the police were quick to make light of it. thousands of people have said they cannot believe they have lived through an earthquake. it was 9:45am this morning and dottie and sadie we re this morning and dottie and sadie were happily listening to the radio when this happened. in another house, this woman was in the middle of her virtual pilates class. it just felt like there was an earthquake? she's right. it was an earthquake. we heard a big roar and the shaking of the house. steve jones was another who felt the magnitude 3.3 quake at his home in leighton buzzard. the whole house shook and there was a thumping and i thought the chimney stack would fall through the house, but it hadn't. the house opposite was also rattled. just like thousands of others in bedfordshire and buckinghamshire, stopping many in their tracks. but with no reported injuries or damage, thames valley police soon caught the prevailing mood, tweeting... extra resources have been drafted in to clea n resources have been drafted in to clean up the mess created by the duty inspector's coffee. it was a bit of a shock. others saw this lighter side of the shaking. bit of a shock. others saw this lighter side of the shakinglj bit of a shock. others saw this lighter side of the shaking. i can't believe that leighton buzzard has had an earthquake. i'm a london girl and i've moved here and we've got earthquakes. it's ridiculous, but there you go. britain gets one or two of these events per year. a shudder in the shires for what is being called this quake, rattle and roll. duncan kennedy, bbc news, leighton buzzard. time for a look at the weather here's nick miller. this forecast is topped and tailed with warmth, very warm in the sunny —— southern parts of the uk and the lower mid 20s and on the satellite pictures you could see more sunshine around compared with yesterday but this cloud in north—west scotland is making for a very wet end to the day and the rain from this weather front is going to move south as we go through the night and into tomorrow but it's a cold front with a leading edge of cooler and fresher air although behind it there will be sunshine again. so again, wet end to the day in north—west scotland and the day in north—west scotland and the rain will move south across scotla nd the rain will move south across scotland and into northern ireland and parts of northern england and north wales as the night goes on. south of that is where temperatures are the highest tonight and another quite warm and muggy night to come. tomorrow if you're looking for rain, not much left on the weather front as it works further south through england and wales are not clearing southernmost areas until late in the day. it does brighten up and for much of the day for northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland it is dry with sunny spells and a few blustery showers in northern scotland. the cooler and fresher air behind the weather front brings temperatures into the mid and high teens range for most of us into the afternoon, and bear in mind tomorrow evening and night with clear spells it will be much cooler than the past few nights we have had. there is a ridge of high pressure a cross had. there is a ridge of high pressure across the sport thursday with sunshine to start, some cloud building and is another atlantic weather system gets closer chance of patchy rain in northern ireland and scotla nd patchy rain in northern ireland and scotland and it will be turning wet and windy here for us on friday as this front moves in, so heavy rain in parts of scotland and northern ireland but this front will weaken as it moves south and into the weekend. 0ver as it moves south and into the weekend. over the weekend the chance of seeing rain at times especially in scotland but for much of the uk looking dry, getting warmer at the weekend and potentially very warm for some of us at the start of next week. weekend and potentially very warm for some of us at the start of next week. goodbye from the time to join the news teams where you are.
the british government admits its new brexit bill falls foul of the withdrawal agreement. the president of the european commission says upholding last years deal is a prerequisite for further talks. on average a new book on donald trump has been released every day, for the last 188 weeks. and still they're flying off the shelves. katty and i are clearly missing the boat on this trend. hello i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the chief executives of nine drug companies around the world published a statement in the wall streetjournal today promising they won't push through a coronavirus vaccine before it's ready and safe. in theirjoint statement, the heads of the world's biggest drugs companies — the companies that are actively working on a vaccine — said they would "only submit for approval or emergency use authorisation after demonstrating safety and efficacy through a phase three clinical study." the unusual public response was designed to counter public misgivings, in the past week president trump has repeatedly promised a vaccine would be ready before the election on november third. thomas cooney is the director—general of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers, which represents the companies who signed the pledge. we can expect some results of this large clinical trials may be by the end of october, but you still need to look at the data, you still need to look at the data, you still need to validate the data and i think it is fairly unlikely that we will have the vaccine approved or in particular, distributed at large scale before the end of this year. let's speak now to a vaccinologist — dr saad omer, he's director of the yale institute for global health and joins us from new haven. what you think of this timetable, that we could have a vaccine that is ready and safe and put out before november the 3rd? it is plausible but not probable. the involvement is still going on and even if it is completed fairly soon, you're going to have the time for a second and a reasonable level of follow—up after that before you can be assured of these initial safety and efficacy, so, this is within the realm of possibility and it is not probable, the high probability that it will be a little bit after november one. most of us are not experts in how vaccines are made, we are all learning about them right now. explain to us what is happening in these trials in these last few months. what is it that takes a long? there are a few things, you have to have enough people to observe the efficacy against the actual disease. we were looking at antibodies and initial safety and therefore, the sample size which is based on a number of events, number of transmissions or disease events that will happen in the trial, then let us calculate the total of people that need to be enrolled. how many events a re that need to be enrolled. how many events are happening, under the conservative assumption of even modern efficacy and there is a committee, an independent committee called the data and safety monitoring board which reviews that even the data that is confidential to investigators, most, if not all of the investigators are blinded to, they make a decision on whether the trial should continue or if there's any trial should continue or if there's a ny safety trial should continue or if there's any safety events are more likely, is it so good that you need to stop the trial right now and give it to everyone. these are some of the decisions that are made these kinds of committees. bulges into those in the administration that say the public benefits i getting this out early in the midst of a pandemic in the winter far outweigh the risks? well, we have to know the risks. so, yes. it is imperative to speed it up, but there is no reason not to follow time—tested steps because those of the things that ensure that the vaccines that are delivered, to a huge proportion of the population are not just effective, a huge proportion of the population are notjust effective, but also safe. and if it comes down to trusting you damage public trust in a vaccine, what happens then? well, to paraphrase an expression from south asia, it will be a joyless sin. you will roll out a vaccine that doesn't have enough uptake and therefore, i would say that it is best to follow the usual well—known procedures. it is ok and reasonable and desired to speed up the process by finding process efficiencies, but bypassing the usual process that are there to guarantee efficacy and safety is going to go. let's put some of those comments to cassie smedile —— deputy communications director for the republican national committee. she's in washington. could you objectively say that this is smart politics? because on the problems of the uk government has faced here is that it has promised things but not delivered. so, donald trump are together all the pharmaceuticals, they've done things they've never done before and yet he pecks into a date that of the scientists say is not deliverable. your last guestjust said scientists say is not deliverable. your last guest just said that scientists say is not deliverable. your last guestjust said that it is not deliverable but it will have something probably by the end of the year and that is what the president is targeted. through operation warp speed, using the best in the brightest of private industry in working with scientists in the fda and other professionals to put everything on this is the number one priority, notjust in our country but around the world. to make sure that we get the best in the brightest minds to make sure that this is notjust but also been safely is a priority and that is a president trump is underscoring. some seem to be saying that it is another thing that it is going to be with us by november the ist and i think that is what is making people think that is what is making people think this is political and as a doctor was saying, undermining confidence in the vaccine emit making people using it you have people like joe biden who are saying that i do not know, i do not know. that is not helpful. we should all be on the same team here to help get out be on the same team here to help get our country and our world through his pandemic and that shouldn't be political. you're absolutely right. but if it wasn't for the president putting the priority on making sure efrain had access to all the information they needed to do these trials and to get these tests going, we wouldn't be anywhere close to a vaccine right now, we'll be looking at what happened and the barack obama administration but they sent by the grace of god, we didn't have a big topic of sars because that will administration totally failed oi'i will administration totally failed ona will administration totally failed on a vaccine. let me put this to the polling. but it is fascinated by, the number of people who said they would take it just the number of people who said they would take itjust immediately, just 2196 would take itjust immediately, just 21% of people, but significant number of americans, 65 to 58 would see it as something that would be rushed through. it is gone faster than is typical for a vaccine but thatis than is typical for a vaccine but that is because the need for it is so that is because the need for it is so unprecedented as well. i do not think that paul is getting to whether people are comfortable with that but yes, this is faster than is what we would take for a new piece of medication. we know that the place is slow walking the drugs and is notorious for that mb everyone needs to be working together to get this to the american people into the world so that we can all get back to some semblance of normal. you are right in that it is unprecedented, the quickest previous time it's been four years and this would've been one year so four years and this would've been one year so this is operation warp speed. but, given the people and of some of the vaccine and given that people want to make sure that it is safe, why even take the risk that it is seen to be political by putting out a date of november the ist. that undermines peoples confidence. it inevitably makes people think oh, what happens on november one. all of the election and that is why the vaccines coming out of being announced on november one. why not just take that off the table? yeah, thatis just take that off the table? yeah, that is something that their campaign would lay people to be talking about what it's really important, i just heard talking about what it's really important, ijust heard secretary underscored this in a prior interview, but important is if we have a vaccine, that will mean that men throughout the proper trials in the fda approval, and the private industry standards as well as the government standards using all science is if we have a vaccine, that will mean that men throughout the proper trials in the fda approval, and the private industry standards as well as the government standards as well as the government standards using all sciences and experts agree that this is ready for market. that is what is important to know. and anyone who would think any time trying to undermine the trustworthiness of people who have committed their lives to the health and safety of not just americans, but around the world, is just doing it for political purposes. right, briefly, but he think of the fact that nine big pharma companies felt the need to put this in the wall streetjournal saying that they would not release it until it was safe and ready. absolutely. that is them trying to push back against this political narrative you heard secretaries say that we welcome that. i think there were the ghost out that. i think there were the ghost our earlier conversation about how quickly this is all come together, people are not used to seeing that and we are so glad to know that we have the best in the brightest minds in the world working on this to help get us safe and effective vaccine and we can all get back to work get her kids to school and back to our lives or truly the underlying priority for all of us. we really appreciate you coming on the programme. would trust in the organisation changes, i think the thing that stands out from that is how much trust has collapsed and the cdc. because the announcements that they have made and also when you look at that, there is greater trust or what donald trump is saying them at the national media is saying. it is interesting, that has fallen across the board, the more that we all talk about this and the more we get experts on television programmes and across our radio and internet, the less people are prone to trusting us in the think i take away from this is back in march, i suspected a lot of people do with the cdc was. it is not a government body that is talked about very much. it is not a like the epa, many people do not talk with the cdc in their normal lives they were not afraid of the back in march. but because the cdc has risen in profile, almost like every other organisation in the united states, it has become subject to politicization. the more they hear about it the more they think it is either pro or anti—trump and the other trusted and trusted. and what was relatively obscure is not well known and now every single organisation in the united states is politicized. people either love it oi’ politicized. people either love it or they don't really think it is pro trump or anti—trump. or they don't really think it is pro trump oranti—trump. i or they don't really think it is pro trump or anti—trump. i would love to see those figures for england. public health england would see an equal collapse in confidence as well. the number of coroavirus cases across europe has been rising in recent days. here in the uk, the latest government figures show there were 2460 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported in a 2k hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, was 2199. the rise in cases across europe is said to be largely the result of an increase in infections in young people and that's true in england — where around half of new cases in recent weeks have been diagnosed in people in their 20s and 30s. now, the public health effort is to reach younger people with messaging — we'rejoined from oxford by behavioural psychologist katie orkin. a few weeks ago, we are being encouraged to go to pubs, we are being told to go back to the office and now you're saying that we are defectors need to be more responsible. it is important to know that we have very good news on messaging. many adhere to the lockdown and also on this programme in february and it was sega's it when going to stick to the lock down and we saw that people overwhelmingly did. i think the issue may be that it may not be com pletely issue may be that it may not be completely clear at this time. we do know that there are risks and your behaviour can pose risks to others, but the government messaging has not been completely clear at the moment and how you avoid them. we know that people need simple structural rules to make it easy to do the thing that is for others there's been some recent polling suggesting that other people think guidance on some issues like wearing masks on public transport is clear, over half of people think that it is not clear on how many people you can meet and they have actually said that advice is unclear. so i think people would adhere to messaging if a clear message is put across. se boris johnson was saying that they have to stop the uptake into the order generation. what do you make of this messaging from the health secretary? pass and get on and you can pass it oi'i pass and get on and you can pass it on before you had any symptoms at all. 5, do not kill your grandma. is that a good message, do not kill yourgran. that a good message, do not kill your gran. there are risks to others, but does not give you a clear message of what you can do to avoid killing your gran. you should wear masks and doors at all time in dorset on time and any gatherings, that would be a particular clear message that would give you something to act on in order to avoid risking your gran's health. and particularly for social gatherings are involved. and particularly for social gatherings are involvedlj and particularly for social gatherings are involved. i wonder whether actually having him talk about it helps very much. my sun is about it helps very much. my sun is a university student to spend the summer a university student to spend the summer working on a message programme for students at his university and how you can encourage them to wear masks and social distance you can present them with as many public—health officials as you like, basically all the people and it will not make very much impact, as much very success with younger people. in a range of areas, smoking, exercise, diabetes, management, showing people really influenced by hearing from others who are like them who are, who they can relate to and also who struggled and overcame the struggles. that's true for all sorts of people but we know that young people are particularly influenced by their peers and voting is a good analogy, there've been a lot of studies on youth voter turnout and the trade to get influencers who are relatable for young people, giving them to give messages and other figures to give messages and other figures to give messages and the people who are relatable to young people definitely improve voter turnout among the youth vote. thank you very much. you look young, you should go out and do one of the tick—tock videos. for those watching on bbc world news — we'll be right back the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing, in which 22 people were killed, has been told that — a0 minutes after the blast — only one paramedic had entered the room to help the injured. our correspondent fiona trott was at today's hearing. greater manchester police did not know that that pop concert was taking place that night. the fire brigade, the first fire engine arrived two hours and six minutes after the explosion and as for the ambulance service, the inquiry heard the first a0 minutes after the explosion, only one paramedic was actually actually at the scene where the bomb went off in 2a minutes after the first request, a british transport police officers are to control, you're going to hate me, but where are our ambulances, please. control replied, we do not know, we are calling them again. fiona trott reporting. the inquiry chairman will make a report once all the evidence has been heard over the next six months. the british government says a new brexit bill to be published tomorrow does breach commitments it made to the european union in the withdrawal agreement signed in january. the new uk internal market bill will refer to post—brexit customs and trade rules in northern ireland. downing street said it would only make "minor clarifications in extremely specific areas" — but critics say the government is trying to change an agreement that became international law when the uk left the eu injanuary. the government's most senior lawyer, sirjonathanjones, announced his resignation in light of the bill. he is the sixth leading civil servant to announce his departure this year. the uk's former prime minister theresa may who negotiated the bulk of that withdrawal agreement said breaking international law would do untold damage to the uk's reputation abroad. the government does not changing the operation of that agreement. given that, how can the government reassure future international partners that the uk can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations of the agreements it signs? responding to backbench conservative mp bob neill‘s question whether the changes would breach international law — here's what cabinet minister brandon lewis said. yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way. we are taking the power to disapply the eu law concept of direct effect, required by article four in a certain very tightly defined circumstance. let's speak now to bob neill — conservative mp and chair of thejustice select committee — who joins us from chislehurst it would seem on the face of it that we have a significant admission that from the government stipulate it troubling the mission. you cannot do that by breaking the terms of the international agreement that we signed and entered into international law. it is a frank admission but it would not be in the country possible is best interest to go down. they did this in good faith and if that good will reciprocated on the other side, if the eu was intent on pushing elements that were contrary to the government, then they reserve the right to operate unilaterally. that does not fit very well with the explanation that this is actually dealing with very minor technical matters. the students seem to fit together. it would have to be something pretty fundamental, would need to commit somebody and didn't say sorry, i'm going to walk away from this unilaterally. that is not the appropriate way forward. site interrupt, but if the eu was not prepared to meet the uk government halfway on fishing rights a level playing field, wouldn't that be may be in the interest of the uk government to take action that it thinks is in the british best interest. all government must all act in accordance with the law, it is basic as that. if you believe in the rule of law and we maintain as a country that we do, then you have to go country that we do, then you have to 9° by country that we do, then you have to go by the laws that you have signed up go by the laws that you have signed up to and that includes honouring agreements. sometimes, the agreements. sometimes, the agreements do not work out as well as we would like in that kind of be an excuse for walking away from them. certainly a reason for continuing to work hard in the joint committee, as are doing in this case, boy must not do so situation where a deal to the rule of law is somehow negotiable and that applies on either side. think the question is is it thinks that the country did that were so egregious that it permits them skirting the lawns particular case? or whether that is outweighed by the principle that if you ever break an international treaty, other countries and i trust you again in the future the potential ramifications could spread many years hence, no matter what the specifics of this bill was. we haven't heard anything egregious come to the category. you would have to have some strong evidence and narrative to go down around which does inevitably run the risk and the people that you want in your trade agreement going forward, someone that i would support, they will be more wary of doing that if they think you might change her mind did not stick to the letter of the deal if he didn't speak to you. trust is a very important thing in the international relations and in trade deals, as it is anything else and it's easily destroyed. thank you very much or drink us and that is the question. it may cost, the reassuring thing, the interesting thing is the commission president saying that it is a prerequisite or supporting the withdrawal agreement and all the talks may be off if brussels deems that they breached that agreement. if you went into a us book shop today you would probably find there is an entire wing given over to books on donald trump. we have had a pre election avalanche of new books in recent days. there's disloyal, the book that was mostly written in prison, by his former personal attorney michael cohen has an initial print run of 600,000 copies. mary l trump's book ‘too much and never enough — which sold a record 1.35 million in its first week and from the other side, the fox news presenter sean hannity‘s ‘live free or die' — which sold over half a milliom copies and has been in the ny times best sellers list four weeks in a row. and next week katty we get bob woodwards book rage. so, all we had to do is come up with the book there was either massively pro—trump are massively anti—trump we could with our dayjobs, retired to the south of france. she would tweet it to all of his followers and i would be rich. here is the example for you, for trump i would be rich. here is the example foryou, fortrump sun, i would be rich. here is the example for you, for trump sun, be better off. he has come up with notjust one but two pro—trump books in the past year. he is been busy matter of someone past year. he is been busy matter of someone else's. on the bestsellers list, there have been here is my little fun fact, one trump related book every single day for the past 180 days. amazing, isn't it? if you are out there and free tomorrow, just give me a ring. tomorrow. we can have it to you by the end of the day, promise. we work fast. you're watching bbc news. hello. it's been quite a humid day out there, but for some of us, very warm. in fact, all parts of the uk recording somewhere with a temperature above 20, but some spots into the mid—20s saw plenty of sunshine across parts of eastern scotland, whereas in the west, it's been turning wetter. this cold front is about to move south across the uk into tomorrow, and that's bringing cooler and fresher air with it. now some rain then for scotland and northern ireland to end the day, running in the parts of northern england and north wales as the night goes on. it's to the south of that where we hold onto a lot of cloud, and mild, muggy air with some spots around 15—16 celsius as we start the day tomorrow. this is a cold front, this area of cloud and rain weakening all the while as it moves further south during the day, not a whole lot of rain left on it. won't clear from the south of england until right at the end of the afternoon. but behind it, you've got the sunshine — and it is a cold front, so behind it, you get the cooler, fresher air moving in with a few blustery showers moving through northern scotland. now the wind just tilting around for a west—northwesterly out of the south—west today. and that is that fresh air moving in. but where we see temperatures today into the low 20s, they'll be down towards the mid—to—high teens. so still very pleasant where you get that sunshine through the afternoon, but bear in mind with largely clear skies that's been going through wednesday evening, it will be a much cooler night into thursday morning, with temperatures quite widely into the single figures. with an area of high pressure nosing in for thursday, that brings a lot of fine, settled weather. a good deal of sunshine to start the day, there will be some cloud building and probably more so towards the west, especially towards northern ireland, north west england, and western scotland. another atlantic weather system pushing a weaker front end which will give some patchy rain and a fresh new breeze once again. and temperatures for the most part on thursday are in the mid—to—high teens. now there will be a stronger weather front initially coming into scotland on friday, so expect stronger winds and heavy rain moving through scotland on friday, through northern ireland, again feeding down towards parts of northern england and north wales later in the day. whereas to the south of that, you stay dry with heavy showers running into western scotland — again, temperatures running into the mid—to—high teens with something warmer by the end of the weekend. you're watching bbc news. i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories: president trump hints to a covid vaccine being released before the election — only if it's safe, drug companies warn. meanwhile, his re—election campaign is facing a surprise cash crunch, according to us media reports. also in the programme: students return to campus as covid cases soar in younger people. we'll hearfrom one london university about how they're preparing for a new term like no other. and why painting eyes on the rear of a cow is a great line of defence against predators. you will know this. in american politics, money matters. it really matters. in 2016, the two presidential candidates raised and spent a cool $1.5 billion. so, going into this year's election, the fact that donald trump had a lot more campaign money thanjoe biden was a big advantage. but a new report in the new york times suggests mr trump's financial lead has evaporated. between the start of 2019 and july of 2020, the trump campaign raised $1.1 billion. it's already spent $800 million of that. $11 million reportedly went on super bowl ads, $160,000 of it went on planes to fly aerial banners. yeah, andi yeah, and i think this is completely reasonable. $300,000 of campaign money has been reportedly spent on branded chocolate bars. hershey chocolates, nonetheless. which may be why today, mr trump said he's willing to spend some of his own fortune to beat joe biden — something he was a little reluctant to do last time round. if we needed any more, i'd put it up personally, like i did in the primaries last time. in the 2016 primaries, i put up a lot of money. if i have to, i'll do it here, but we don't have to because we have double and maybe even triple what we had a number of years ago, four years ago. meanwhile, the biden campaign is raising money fast. during the month of august alone, it brought in over $300 million. but a word of warning — money doesn't always lead to victory. in that 2016 election, hillary clinton outspent donald trump — and who won the white house? mario parkerfrom bloomberg newsjoins us now. mario, thanks very much forjoining the programme. your organisation is partly responsible, thanks, for some of the reporting we have on this, including that donald trump is thinking of spinning $100 billion of his own money on his own campaign. is it indication the campaign is in financial trouble? it is an education the campaign is not discoverable as he thought it would be. earlier in the year, he had intermittently over joe biden be. earlier in the year, he had intermittently overjoe biden and the democrats. that has since evaporated because of the burn rate of the trump campaign, their coffers, and joe biden has been getting a boost since the democrat national convention. getting a boost since the democrat national conventionlj getting a boost since the democrat national convention. i think i'm right, in saying that it would be unprecedented, wouldn't it, for a sitting president, an incumbent president, to spend their own money ona campaign president, to spend their own money on a campaign to get reelected? you're absolutely right. in 2016, of course, then upstate candidate trump spent $66 million of his own money. this is unprecedented for a sitting president to have to chip in, essentially, to his own campaign. again, he is going to spend upwards of $100 million. to those of us over here who thinks of campaign spending in tens of millions of dollars rather than hundreds of millions of dollars, what does this money go towards and why‘s it so important to the running to the election? towards and why‘s it so important to the running to the election7m towards and why‘s it so important to the running to the election? it very important right now, and just speaking with some of her campaign sources and republic and strategists, they did not see the point of the campaign spending so much money earlier this year when people are not paying as much attention. this is when money is very crucial for advertising in key swing states like north carolina or michigan, wisconsin. you want to be able to stay on the airwaves, paste after knock on doors and distribute literature, so that's what one of the money goes to —— paste after knock on doors. they spent money on a complete that makes magnetics pouches, so that fundraisers would not seek elite recording. who is responsible for these spending decisions? —— seeker and record him. a lot of this fell on the previous campaign manager, brad parscale. president the made a change earlier this summer. bill stepien has stepped in. stepien is spending the money were he thinks the money will be the most well used. mario, thank you very much. i can see why it is important. don't you watch the penny of it more when it is your own money? and do you actually spend it? last time, he said he was going to spend... 12,000! guess where 12 million of that 66 million dollars went to? trump hotel is. and his airline, his private plane. yeah, let's see how much he actually foresaw. —— he actually forks out. to california now, where the devastating wildfires continue to blaze. authorities say more than two million acres has been burnt, an area larger than the state of delaware, if that goes any way to put the mind—boggling numbers into context. firefighters say the one of the fires, el dorado — that's the one that was reportedly started by a gender—reveal party — is less than 5% contained. all this when california is experiencing a record—breaking heatwave. it is scorching in la at the moment. joining us now from san berna rdino county is chris martinez from cbs news. chris, tell us a little bit about where you are and what it is like there. we are in an area called monrovia, this is a foothill community, and there is anxiety here. the reason is what you see on top there — a lot of smoke. the fire is burning on the other side of the mountain. that fire, 0% contained, has mostly burned in a first area, but we are expecting some strong powerful winds here, the santa ana winds, to blow into this area tonight, so areas where i am standing, they are told to get out in case the wind pushes the fire here. and this isjust one, as you mentioned, of many, many fires burning right now to the state of california. how many? how many are actually burning and are still to be putout? according to the governor this afternoon, he says they were more than 900 fires burning throughout california. some of those very small. really, we're looking at 25 very large fires or fire complexes, which is when you have a lot of small fires the makeup one large fire, but you said it off the top there. more than 2 million acres of burned this fire season in california and the fire season does not hit peak still until october. all of the last year, we less than 300,000 acres that burned at this stage, so this is a historic fire season already and officials are very concerned about how much more we are going to see before it is all over. chris kamara is different this time? —— chris, what's different this time? different from previous yea rs ? this time? different from previous years? really, what we've had is a couple of heat waves, one in mid—august, another one, as you mentioned, the peak of that was last weekend, and we continue to have imports of the state just these persistent drought conditions that just, for some parts of california, have not subsided. last year, we had somewhat of a mild summer compared to what we had this year but this past weekend, we had record setting triple digit temperatures and parts of california, which certainly is not helping firefighters. and scientists and officials, they all point to climate change, they'll say there is a directly between the fires notjust this there is a directly between the fires not just this year and in the past few years to climate change. notjust because we have had more acreage burned this year. what we have been seeing growing over the past have been seeing growing over the pa st two have been seeing growing over the past two years, these fires, they burn much hotter, faster than ever before, and they are certainly worried this is something that is assigned to come as we move onto the years. 0k, chris martinez, on the ground from monrovia, california, for cbs. thanks for joining ground from monrovia, california, for cbs. thanks forjoining us. you're pointing out the red woods don't usually burn. they don't tend to catch fire. as chris was saying, they don't have the moisture which tends to stop the fires from spreading. and it is still so hot out there. we are a couple of weeks from uk universities returning. and i would think there are a good many vice chancellors out there, who are looking at the experience here in america with some trepidation. we have seen a number of big outbreaks on us campuses — up to 1,000 infections at one university. for many kids, it's the first time away from home, a chance to make friends and, in some cases, breach the guidelines. as we discussed earlier in the programme, 17—to—21—year—olds make up a large percentage of the recent coronavirus cases. some have symptoms, some don't. and what you see in the us is the direct impact universities have on the wider community that surrounds them. so let's bring in professor patrick bailey. he is the provost of london south bank university. good to have you with us. tell us, what is the start of term going to look at your university? it's going to look very different, christian, from what incoming undergraduates might only be expecting full of those in the first year largely begetting enrolled, the enrolment is entirely online, but they're going to be lots of activities and interactions but they will be remote and by computer. adjust to set i think another important context of this, we are hoping and expecting that almost all of the students will come into the campus and briefly meet the tutors, meet each other while the social distancing going on, because they have to feel part of the university and have to feel they are kenny to know their tutors. —— getting to know. they are kenny to know their tutors. -- getting to know. the issue here in the united states is they may have social distancing on campus, they are wearing masks — my son's university, they are wearing masks around the campus — but you have classes and after classes. it is very difficult to control what is happening in the evening. how are you going to monitor that? we are really trying to engage the students on so many different levels. there are lots of communications that are going out through social media, through e—mails, through the website, to get them engaged with their responsibilities. it is very much a joint cultural agreement that they are coming onto campus to follow the guidelines we provide, and we are expecting, they will regionally reasonably — — reasonably reasonably —— reasonably expect the camps will be as safe as it can be. but we are also clearly indicating to that they should not be socially mixing outside the classes that we are running. and we have to enter a social contract and see how we can make that develop and work, and peer pressure is going to be huge here.|j get that, and i applaud what you're trying to do, but that's going to be difficult, isn't it? i was thinking back to my university and a huge hall of residence. i have some empathy, i have to say, for students who have taken on their student houses, an awful lot of expense, and being told they can come for a few days but can really do a lot of this from home. one of the things that is absolutely clear is you cannot get all the education you would need at degree level and these higher levels only by remote contact. there are many things, nurses, engineers, scientists, who need to develop the practical skills that will go alongside that. i rememberalso, think back to your university days, christian, is not just think back to your university days, christian, is notjust about learning the information. you get them from a book. it's synthesising stuff, solving problems, hearing new ideas, so it has to be very interactive environment once you teach at a higher education level.” canjust teach at a higher education level.” can just about remember my university days. just ask neck it was only about five —— just! -- just! it was only about five yea rs -- just! it was only about five years ago. professor bailey, think you very much. here, though, giving fines. some students getting kicked out of the college and not getting their money back. that is $35,000 for some of them. if you don't have enforcement, it's really difficult. it's that socialising aspect of it thatis it's that socialising aspect of it that is so hard to police. life right now is changing we have to get used to a new pace. i've got pretty used to the new normal at the hairdressers. masks as standard, visors on the hairdressers, card instead of cash. but there is one beauty salon in the north west england who clearly didn't get the memo. skin kerr — i love that... i've done enough advertising for them! they put posters in its window stating that masks are not being worn by staff — as "you can't catch what doesn't exist". merseyside police said officers would visit the salon to remind staff of their responsibilities around covid—19. you can't catch what doesn't exist! they could write a book, it would go to number one on the bestseller list. live free and die. is that not sean hannity‘s book? list. live free and die. is that not sean hannity's book? yes. the chief of rochester police, alongside other senior staff in the department, have announced their retirement following criticism of the city's handling of the death of daniel prude, who was restrained by officers using a hood back in march. his family released the footage last week. there have been days of protests since. they have been ongoing since. the sri lankan navy says a burning oil tanker off the country's east coast has started leaking diesel, triggering fears of a major environmental disaster. the supertanker new diamond is carrying a huge amount of crude oil and diesel. these pictures show the sri lankan air force dropping fire fighting chemicals on to the stricken tanker. a story we have followed a lot on this programme. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran, she's been told she has to face another trial after being brought before a revolutionary court on tuesday. the charity worker is nearing the end of her five—year sentence for spying charges, which she has always denied. the british foreign office said the new charge, which has not been made public, was "indefensible and unacceptable". stay with us on bbc news. still to come: it's a frightening new world for waiters. you are going to get there! we'll speak to a restaurateur about customers who seem to be short on manners. there was an earthquake this morning in england. the epicentre of the quake — with a magnitude of 3.3 — was in leighton buzzard, in bedfordshire, where people say houses shook as if though there'd been an explosion. the quake was also felt in north buckinghamshire. there've been no reports of any injuries or serious damage, and police have been quick to make light of it. our correspondent duncan kennedy has the story. it was 9:a5am this morning, when dottie and sadie were happily listening to the radio, when this happened. in another house, this woman was in the middle of a virtual pilates class. it just felt like there was an earthquake? she's right. it was an earthquake. i heard a great big roar and the shaking of the house. steve jones was another who felt the magnitude 3.3 quake at his home in leighton buzzard. the whole house shook. and there was a thumping, and i thought our chimney stack had fallen through the house, but it hadn't. the house opposite was also rattled... ..just like thousands of others in bedfordshire and buckinghamshire, stopping many in their tracks. but with no reported injuries or damage, thames valley police soon caught the prevailing mood, tweeting... it was a bit of a shock. others, too, saw the slighter side of the shaking. i can't believe that leighton buzzard has had an earthquake. i'm a london girl, i've moved here. we've got earthquakes. it's ridiculous, but there you go. britain gets one or two of these events per year, a shudder in the shires for what's being called this quake, rattle and roll. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in leighton buzzard. you're watching bbc news. shouting, tantrums, angry outbursts — it sounds like how you might describe your average toddler, but, no, this is how some customers are apparently behaving in restaurants since lockdowns were lifted. doesn't sound very pleasant, does it? no, it doesn't. bars, cafes and restaurants around the world have been forced to completely re—jig their operations in recent months. hand sanitiser, masks, ordering online while in the venue — it's all the way of the world now. but there's one thing that's nowhere to be seen, at least among some guests, and that's good manners. so what's going on? natalia ribbe is the co—owner of barletta in margate and joins us now. it's really depressing, this, isn't it? it costs nothing, good manners. what are you experiencing?” it? it costs nothing, good manners. what are you experiencing? i mean, i think people have not interacted with people in a while, even though we've been open since the ath of july, and we are just finding a real lack of disrespect, a lack of respect. people are forgetting please and thank you and when we get things wrong, we are try to make the mistake right and they are really quite aggravated, or there's these new rules we have to abide by to not only make sure that they feel safe but also the other guests in the room feel safe, and we get a lot of pushback on that, which is really unfair. unfortunately, we had a lot of issues with drunk people in the restaurant. you can't really control drunk people. running around the restaurant, making people feel uncomfortable. i had one woman the other week who yelled at me for ten minutes, yelled at me, like i had done something really terrible to her, and was because she had got the wrong ice cream. goodness me! no! get over it. do you think people are taking out the fact there are some rules now in place that they have to follow, that they are taking that on you as if it is your fault somehow? i think it is all very new and people are trying to get used to it. we have seen people adjust to the new digitisation of menus, and that had some teething issues, sol new digitisation of menus, and that had some teething issues, so i think people are agitated because they just want everything to go back to normal and they are not realising we also wanted to go back to normal but we need their help in order to get there. we are having problems with your line, natalia. ithink there. we are having problems with your line, natalia. i think we have lost natalia! which is a real shame, because i wanted to hear about the ice cream, being yelled at for bring the wrong type... is she there? adding she is there.” the wrong type... is she there? adding she is there. i don't know what happened. quickly, you have said you have never felt as what happened. quickly, you have said you have neverfelt as much like being a server done next servant as you dude coming back after the time of conant —— being a servant as you do coming back after the time of covid. i love my re sta u ra nt the time of covid. i love my restaurantjob. i the time of covid. i love my restaurant job. i love the time of covid. i love my restaurantjob. i love interacting with people, meeting people, and taking people on a journey as, you're a guest in my house, and unfortunately, that's been taken away a little bit. but don't get me wrong, we have some absolutely incredible guests that have got us to this summer, that are regular, that take care of us, that say thank you and are so grateful and so kind is being reopened, but you unfortunately are members people treat you and disrespect you, and that really makes it difficult to come to work sometimes —— unfortunately you remember.” come to work sometimes —— unfortunately you remember. i have witnessed it, don't get me wrong, and it really upsets me people behave like that, but it really i cannot believe how cheap it was! why people are so upset, i have no idea. with that, people were grateful to have this incredible scheme that really did help a lot of restaurants get bums on seats, but we we re restaurants get bums on seats, but we were working twice as hard. i have a friend who has a cafe and she was have a friend who has a cafe and she was working seven days a week, double shifts, no break and it was like a lack of respect for all the work that goes into it. i like to think about restaurants as, imagine you are hosting christmas dinner every day. that is ourjob. so we have a lot to think about and if you are being rude and not nice and not appreciative of it, i don't want to invite you to christmas dinner again. quite right! be considerate, people. be considerate. and if you see, natalia, beg your pardon, natalia, to her. especially if you got ice cream. do not complain about theice got ice cream. do not complain about the ice cream! i know everyone is stressed, but she'll out, guys. natalia, thank you so much for joining us. you gotta watch your back in life. and that is especially the case if you're a cow in botswana. farmers there found their cattle was regularly being attacked by lions from behind. "ah—ha!, said researchers. "what if we paint large eyes on the cows' backsides to help protect them from predators?" after all, lions are experts in the art of ambush, so being seen by their prey early can lead to them abandoning the hunt. after four yea rs of studying this scheme, the scientists found that cattle painted with fake eyes were significantly more likely to survive than unpainted cattle within the same herd. i bet you have not heard that news anywhere else! they did this in 2015. you know if you call that? hindsight. oh,, on stop hindsight! i'm wasted on this programme. i really am. hello. at this time of year, we often get a greater degree of uncertainty in the longer forecast based on what's going on at the atlantic and particularly regarding tropical weather systems. these two areas of cloud here, this is the west coast of africa, two more tropical weather systems on what is a very busy atlantic hurricane season. and whilst it may seem a long way away, where they go, how far north and east, how they interact with existing weather patterns does inject greater uncertainty in our forecast the further you go into the future, particularly in the seven—to—ten—day range which we do tend to look at in this forecast. so we can only ever offer the very latest best thoughts about how that's looking, but it may change from one day to the next. here's a go at how things are looking over the next week or so, starting with wednesday's forecast. this area of cloud and patchy rain working south across england and wales. it's a cold front, behind which there's sunshine, a few showers in northern scotland. there is cooler and fresher air compared with the rather humid but warm tuesday that many of us had. and with clear skies, for the most part, overnight and into thursday, we end up with a much cooler night than the last few nights as well where temperatures are widely into single figures and lower than this in the countryside. so, by thursday morning, it'll all feel very different out there, but we have a finger of high pressure across the uk and so that does mean a fairly settled and, well, particularly to start the day, sunny day to come. now there will be some cloud increasing and there is another weather front just fringing towards north—western parts here, particularly in north—west scotland, you might see a few showers running into north—west england and into northern ireland. and temperatures after being in the 20s, just now in the mid to high teens. quite a deep area of low pressure, close to iceland, looking at the big picture on friday, will drive a much more active weather front into scotland and northern ireland and there will be some heavy rain and quite strong winds associated with this as well. some of that rain feeding in towards parts of northern england, perhaps north wales, but this weather system then tending to weaken as it does so. behind it, some showers into western scotland, south of that we're dry, a few spots getting to 20, most will not. so here comes another cold front southwards across the uk overnight and into saturday, weakening all the while, barely any rain associated with that. high pressure trying to build in behind, but, very briefly, even so, there's quite a bit of fine weather around on saturday for england and wales, perhaps staying that way into northern ireland, though there may be some rain heading in later. but more particularly another dose of quite heavy rain arriving in towards particularly north—west scotland on saturday, again with fairly brisk winds as well. some potentialfor quite hefty rain totals to come through parts of the north and north—west of scotland into the weekend as this weather front hangs around here, whereas the further south you are, under the influence of high pressure, so it's likely to be a sunnier picture here. now some sunny spells too into northern ireland, still some rain into northern parts of scotland. now the temperatures by sunday — you may have noticed the wind arrows just starting to come up from the south. look how many of us are round about 20 or indeed above. a warming trend into next week, again this is the longer part of the forecast, but there's some degree of agreement in the computer forecast that we'll be into a flow of air coming in from the south around high pressure in the continent and that at least into the start of the week is going to lift temperatures quite widely across the uk. potentialfor warm spots in england, though, a few to maybe approach the upper 20s. we'll keep an eye on that and do watch the next weather for the week ahead. tonight at ten — the latest evidence of the spread of coronavirus, as 200,000 residents of bolton face tighter restrictions. among the new rules — restaurants, pubs and cafes are told they can only offer takeaways — and they must close by 10pm. it's frustrating, disappointing, but you've got to take it seriously. we were just beginning to build ourselves back up, albeit slow, but now we're going to go right back to day one. ministers say the rise across parts of the uk is largely driven by people aged 18 to 30 who are accused of failing to observe social distancing. we've seen all across the world how a rise in cases, initially among younger people, then spreads, leading
lesbos. and we'll take an in—depth look at the continuing row between australia and china — with journalists expelled from beijing — and now chinese academics having their visas withdrawn in australia. the european union is threatening to take legal action against the uk over its controversial new brexit bill. the uk government wants to ignore parts of last yea r‘s withdrawal agreement, specifically on issues concerning northern ireland. the eu says that would be unacceptable. this is the european commission's vice—president maro sefcovic in london today. he flew in for emergency talks with the senior uk cabinet minister michael gove. they don't appear to have resolved anything. when those talks concluded the european commission issued a very sternly—worded statement, saying... the commission says the proposed legislation... we'll explain why the eu believes that to be the case in a moment, but first, here's chris morris on that statement. the message from the eu is very clear. and i spent several years covering the eu in brussels, wading through statements of incredibly dense and dull prose. this was pretty strong. when it comes to the eu, that is a strong, that was strong language as strong as they normally use. the row here is all over northern ireland — and a protocol that comes with the withdrawal agreement that the uk signed. northern ireland, is part of the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. and there have been no border checks or any type since a peace deal in 19905 — that ended decades of violence. and avoiding a hard border is seen as key to maintaining the peace. the eu thought both sides had agreed on a solution to that problem last year. now it's all in jeopardy again. our chief political correspondent vicki young explains. it is agreed that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules. that would mean extra paperwork, checks and tariffs for some goods moving between great britain and northern ireland. now the government is introducing its own law so that uk ministers can decide how to apply the rules without the eu's agreement. earlier today the uk government published a legal opinion saying. and the cabinet minister involved in today's emergency talks, michael gove, has spoken briefly to the media. this is what he had to say. i hope that across the house of commons there will be a recognition that we have an obligation to northern ireland in order to make sure that they can continue to have unfettered access, but of course we as a government have an obligation and to the joint agreement of her car and permitted in such a way the implement the games of the good friday belfast agreement are absolute secured and enhance in the future. the european union disagrees on this point completely. as our brussels correspondent nick beake put it this was the "most scathing part" of the eu's statement... here's katya adler with more on the mood in brussels. there is a sense in brussels that they were trying to push the eu into they were trying to push the eu into the corner. not going to give them a subsection of walking out of these trade negotiations is how one eu deponent put it to me. make no mistake, the mood here is very bad indeed. in reading and blood that did not go as the eu had hoped. the you wanted to get reassurances, guarantees from the government that in the end it with respect that withdrawal agreement, that breaks a divorce deal signed last year in full. it did not get that. so now the eu's chief trade negotiator in london today is starting conversations with eu leaders come out with the european parliament to see exactly what they want to do next. although this is reasonably predictable. it would have known this kind of reaction was coming. so there would have known this coming so there would have known this coming so why have they chosen to go this route? a very good question. i think they will have to assume they did know this was by design, not by accident because of course they had also as the warnings from their own legal department, the chief legal officer resigned. so if it is by design what is all about? i think are two theories basically amongst watchers at westminster and that's number one this was an attempt by the uk to try and put pressure on brussels in the trade talks that have been continuing about the future relationship, and if so that pressure does not seem to be working very well. the other theory of course is that the uk and four shots and in some of those around him want to collapse the talks, they don't wa nt to to collapse the talks, they don't want to post brexit trade deal with the european union, it would rather go for something much more pure, a harder brexit as it has been termed in the past. we talked many times about those in the uk to support borisjohnson about those in the uk to support boris johnson and his about those in the uk to support borisjohnson and his brexit agenda, i would imagine many of them are overly concerned with this approach, it matches previous moves by boris johnson earlier on in the process. of course, i mean, i'm fully aware that lots of people, particularly around the world would think what on earth is going on? the uk government must have known it was going to upset the eu, there would upset allies of the united states, for goodness' sake also of that two former prime ministers who were also conservatives and supporters of brexit saying goodness gracious, we are trashing our reputation abroad for being reliable and law—abiding. so why is it all happening? it's a bit like in other countries, and the key is domestic british politics. that is simply that mrjohnson and some of those around him that were pa rt some of those around him that were part of the vote leave campaign are thoroughly aware that the vast majority of people who voted leave in 2016, and who voted conservative in 2019, and some remainders as well, they are not bothered by any of the stuff. the idea of the eu issuing threats to the uk that it's not living up to its agreements, i think mrjohnson tends to take the view that an awful lot of his supporters just won't care. whether that's a wise approach to governance and diplomacy is another matter, but i think that is driving a sense that an awful lot of their supporters will still be perfectly onside society here in the uk. stay with me. the british government is also facing criticism not only at home but abroad as well. top legal spokesperson for the labour party has released this statement... as the opposition from the uk. we are seeing some evidence of that in the us. the speaker of the us house of representatives has issued her own strongly—worded statement. have a listen. don't mess with the good friday accords. this is something that as americans we are very proud of our participation in, recognition of nobel status given to what happened there, president clinton being so much a part of it. george mitchell and others on both sides of the atlantic. nancy pelosi's party, the democrats, currently control the house. ifjoe biden wins november's election they will hold the white house too. and she's issued this warning to the uk. what were they thinking? whatever it is, i hope they are not thinking of aukus is, i hope they are not thinking of a uk us bilateral trade agreement to make up for what they might lose. it's up to the people of the uk, for them to decide if they want to belong to the eu and the rest. that's their judgement, that's belong to the eu and the rest. that's theirjudgement, that's their decision that's to be respected. but don't think you were going to get a reward if you undermine. evidently the stakes are pretty high with this approach were boris johnson. the stakes are pretty high with this approach were borisjohnson. i wonder if your recession the interactions of conservative mps, do any of them have concerns about this 01’ any of them have concerns about this or believe in their man? what an interesting question. it's well known that the politics and public opinion in most countries is immensely parochial. people are focused on the kind of local backlogs, who is up and down it was going to win the next election. the fa ct going to win the next election. the fact that britain reputation around the world to stick a lot of damage asa the world to stick a lot of damage as a result of the way brexit has been handled since we 16 does not tend to percolate through that. that said, i mean several conservative mps but don't worry i'm not coordinating them if they happen to be watching, are absolutely livid and that includes brexiteers. why? because they do think this idea that britain should be seen around the world as not reliable, that does not stick to agreements, they think that that in itself would not work very well for brexit. if you're going to try and strike new trade agreements, we heard from nancy pelosi there, you can see how that would be problematic. i don't think there's any doubt that the majority of conservative mps are still behind borisjohnson. are the extremely worried about the government performance and what comes next? and this truly astonishing dagger drawn stand with the eu, you bet they are worried. is the idea that this legislation will be passed and then in place should the uk needed, or is the idea that legislation will only be voted on if the trade talks between the uk and the eu completely collapse? tricky question. let me try and answer and as i understand that the process of passing it into law will begin next tuesday. we will see what level of opposition there is inside the governing conservative party. as i understand it the idea behind this is that you would only have to enact this legislation if there was not a trade deal between there was not a trade deal between the european union and the uk, but of course the real difficulty that the british government is in his presentation only and the reason so much fun of it was made on social media, if you didn't like this agreement and contents were happen in case of a no deal. why did you sign up to it and passing through parliament, and why did you campaign? but as i say at this moment there's no sign of the opinion that it's really causing the conservative party immense damage. so watch this space. thank you for taking the tricky questions on. helping us out as ever to understand the twists and turns of the brexit story. more now on these shocking wildfires on the us west coast. at least seven people have died, and tens of thousands have had to evacuate. and we're seeing some terrifying and extraordinary images. this is the golden gate bridge in san francisco. the smoke and ash has turned the sky this apocalyptic shade of orange. here's one resident. 1115. crazy. 11:15am and it's like the middle of the night, almost. there are still a number of fires in california that are not under control. these pictures are near the town of el dorado. this is the fire that was started by a firework at a gender reveal party. well this one's is far from over — less than 20% of the fire has been contained. from california to oregon further up the coast. we're told several small towns have all but been destroyed. the fires are being driven by strong winds and record temperatures. and this satellite image gives you an idea of the scale of what's happening across the coastal region. in california, these are already the worst fires ever recorded in a single year — remember last year there was a really serious fire season? the fires in 2020 have burnt an area twenty times the size of where we'd reached on this date in 2019. this graphic tweeted by the state's firefighting agency cal fire is also helpful. there have been more than 7,500 fires — and remember september and october are the most serious months — so these are early days. this is what it looks like on a map — also from cal fire. the agency says around 3 million of the state's 12 million homes are at high risk. over 2 million acres have been affected in total. there are more than 111,000 firefighters tackling the fires across california, but the sheer number and ferocity is taking a toll. it'sjust stretched it's just stretched resources thin across the state. so with the worst conditions i've seen in my career, it's going to be an historic season in california. not much we can do to stop them, we are really any protection mode trying to protect the life and property because they are burning down homes, and so all the manpower is protecting those structures and the life, and helicopters and air tankers are doing what they can to slow the fire down. to 0regon now, where the situation is also dire. this is a map from the state authorities in oregon — there are 37 active fires, and nearly 700,000 acres have been burned through. and there still could be worse to come. oregon's governor has said. i have no complaints. unhealthy, my family is healthy. and with this 66 years old guy i have gone through ups and down so many times, this is just one more time. the shares coming through going to a level three can we get out to make grab some papers. this is what i've got. this is what i've got. needless to say as we're watching all of this play out — the issue of climate change is central. here's what one bioclimatologist quoted in the new york times. then there's barack 0bama. he's tweeted. .. and here's what the governor of california said earlier this week. i quite literally have no patience for climate change deniers. it is simply follows completely inconsistent. the point of view with the reality on the ground, the facts as we are experiencing them. you may not believe in intellectually, but your own eyes and experiences tell a different story, particularly out here on the west coast of the united states, and particularly here in the state of california. president donald trump declared the fires in california major disaster at the end of august — that freed up federal aid money. but he's also been critical of the state's forestry practices — in 2018 he said poor forest management was responsible for the fires. this week, as the situation has escalated, he's had little to say. let's go live now to cbs's lilia luciano who is in phoenix, 0regon. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us what you've seen please. thank you for having me. i am standing right in the middle of an rv park, it part of trailers a bunch of people who lived here in this area have lost absolutely everything. this is one of five towns that was completely leveled. almost to its entirety. the federal government is estimating now that the fire that caused this cost about 600 homes were destroyed about 600 homes and we just met some folks that a single mother who is living with her son in this trailer for about 20 years, and she has nowhere to go. there was a lot of hispanic, latino families here. working that have nothing to start with her to start from. i met a have nothing to start with her to start from. i meta man have nothing to start with her to start from. i met a man that does not have access to his property to see its conditions so you can start taking photos to provide to his insurance. to taking photos to provide to his insurance. t0 even taking photos to provide to his insurance. to even get that process started. and what's interesting is all of these people i've spoken with are staying with family members because they have family members or access to some to go. of course you add to the trauma and tragedy of the property loss and the loss of life that's been happening, the pandemic. their shelters both provided by the state and by the counties. where people are going to do because they we re people are going to do because they were evacuated oi’ people are going to do because they were evacuated or because they know they lost everything. but you are grouping people in these areas in the middle of a pandemic so the situation is worse than i think any time before that i've covered wildfires. it looks absolutely terrifying from the scene behind you is one of complete destruction. what have you heard about the moments as the fire approached ? have you heard about the moments as the fire approached? how quickly it came upon the people. it takes 15 minutes, that the time that people have to evacuate and to think about what to bring with them. to decide and most people have told me i grabbed my child or my dog, i spoke with them, an elderly woman yesterday who lived in a nursing home where about a0 people had to be evacuated. it was completely burned to the ground and she was telling me about the photos of her husband, her late husband that now she regrets not having been able to take. but over here people were being told by police to get out, to get out and they were still trying in this area where i'm standing, still trying with buckets of water and fire hoses to do the best they could to protect their property or to stop the fire. of course that's inevitably a com pletely of course that's inevitably a completely destroyed the area. most people ran out with the shoes they we re people ran out with the shoes they were wearing, the clothes they had on. it'sjust no were wearing, the clothes they had on. it's just no time to decide. 15 minutes maximum. thank you very much for bringing us up to date. lilia from phoenix, 0regon for bringing us up to date. lilia from phoenix, oregon with cps. china has accused the united states of racial discrimination after washington said it had revoked the visas of 1000 chinese students and researchers. the us said the visa holders had ties to the chinese military — something china contests. it's the latest example of how tension between china and the west is manifesting itself in many different ways. and we're going to look at another example now. every thursday we make a report for the bbc news website which looks in depth at a story we ve covered through the week. and the latest one picks up on the themes from that story from the us. relations between china and australia are worsening. chinese academics have had visas withdrawn by australia. these australian journalists have had to leave china. and china 5 language is sharp. translation: do not do things to harm the cultural exchange between the two countries, that damage the mutual trust. this is much more than a regulation diplomatic spat. here 5 why the china australia row matters. there have always had political differences — but australia and china found common ground in a hugely valuable trading relationship that gives china imports and australia income. one australian academic says it's " unravelling at a pace that could not have been contemplated just six months ago. lets see at what the deterioration has looked like. at its heart we have australian concerns about chinese actions — and chinese anger and retaliation in return. australia has criticised china's treatment of uighur muslims. but most incendiary of all — australia wants an international investigation into how covid19 began in china. china's response to all of this undoubtedly shaped by the knowledge that its australia's biggest trading partner. it knows it's value. and so has placed an 80% tariff on australian barley. its also confirmed that high profile host for chinese—controlled broadcaster cgtn, and australian citizen, chung lay, has been detained on suspicion of "endangering china's national security". but there 5 an irony here — while falling out over covid19, the virus has prompted a chinese stimulus package which in turn has increased demand for australian commodities. so while they re arguing, they re trading furiously. but how long will that be tenable given the political rhetoric? and why are both sides willing to risk it? well let's be clear on one thing — both sides have their eyes wide open. geoff raby is a former australian ambassador to china. on chung lay's detention he says: "it's not an accidental or random equally, australia knew full well that its positions on huawei and covid19 would go down badly in beijing. why are they doing it? well this is abc's bill birtles on having to leave china. you just got the general sense from the whole process that this was all pa rt the whole process that this was all part of a bigger political game. what is this particular clinical game? so what is this bigger political game? well, it's no less than a grand struggle between china and the west. it's about how we organise the global economy, how countries are held accountable — and it's also about the west's belief in the morality of its actions. prime minister scott morrison told australian radio. that's the rub — this economic marriage of convenience worked while the west kept the criticism down and china limited its assertiveness on the world stage. neither are keeping their side of the bargain now. china scoffs at the idea america and its allies can hand out lectures on how to behave. and this is useful from reuters on australia. it says: "the government of scott morrison has reached a stark new view of china: it's not just a top trading partner, and that's why this isn't any old diplomatic row. it's about how the west handles a chinese government that not only wants to be a major player in this political game — but wants to decide the rules as well. at stake is the global balance of power. all of our reports on the bbc news youtube page if you search for outside source, you can find it very easily. and a reminder of some of the main stories we have been covering, and california and oregon the wildfires continue to escalate very seriously, we already have a situation where the wildfires are the most is to directly make serious on record, and we heard that and epico put it wiped out. also keeping a close eye on the situation in the greek island of lesbos. we've had two consecutive fires in a huge migrant camp that was home to 13,000 people. it has been completely destroyed and so all of those people now need alternative accommodation. we hear how to thousand of them aren't living on both of them provided by the greek authorities we also know several hundred unaccompanied children have been flown to germany, and germany is calling other eu member states to ta ke calling other eu member states to take in some of the thousands who need help. the same eu member states know about this being overcrowded a nyway know about this being overcrowded anyway add had not chosen to intervene before this week. we will see if they now do after the fires. hello again. it really has been a mixed bag out there today. some people were able to make the most of the fine weather, this picture was taken in cornwall, but for the north it was quite a different story across the uk. cuyler cloutier, a lot of cloud streaming in as well and across other parts of scotland with some rain too. iran continues through the night in the northwest of in particular a few spots of rain for northern ireland and more cloud coming into england and wales. they continue to strengthen across the northern half of the uk so a lot warmer last night. best of the weather tomorrow across england and wales with lower pressure to the north, these weather fronts wales with lower pressure to the north, these weatherfronts bringing some rain into scotland and northern ireland. running at a higher pressure that is keeping it generally fine for the south. a band of rain moving into scotland and northern ireland, quickly in the morning of that ring can be quite heavy over the hills eventually it arrives to cumbria through the afternoon. the rest of england and wales dry with sunshine at times and temperatures up to 20 degrees once again. coolerfurther north temperatures up to 20 degrees once again. cooler further north and blustery showers who may have your showers for northern scotland where the winds could be touching gale force at times. the area of low pressure pushes the weather front southwards as he goes south into high—pressure and weakens all the while. another weather system streaming in from the atlantic and this is mainly affecting scotland and northern ireland on saturday, we started some showers will be swamped by thickening cloud and upwards of rain coming in for the atlantic and a strengthening window two. much quieter it generally dry day with some sunshine and temperatures getting into the low 20s at best in the southeast. they will get a bit warmer through the rest of the weekend. for a start we've got rain on saturday night, for northern ireland and scotland with strong winds or rain into sunday morning, they can split up to the northwest of scotla nd they can split up to the northwest of scotland threatening to some flooding here. such are developing elsewhere in the sunshine and southerly breeze temperatures make it into the mid—20s. some warmer weather on the way early next week. look at that weather front looking in the northwest threatening some rain. high pressure across central parts of europe and tap into some of that heat that we've got here as well. briefly early next week temperatures could be as high as 30 celsius. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. brussels is saying it would be an extremely serious violation it will ta ke extremely serious violation it will take legal action unless the uk backs down from its plans to break international law. we will have all of this. this is pretty strong when it comes to that it is a strong language. of this. this is pretty strong when it comes to that it is a strong language. in greece, and efforts continued to find shelter for migraines after a second fire in two days at a camp in lesbos. the uk state wa nts days at a camp in lesbos. the uk state wants to ramp up to millions of coronavirus tests at bay when it's currently struggling to do a fraction of that. the government insists it's serious about the idea. clarifying the new technology when it can be rolled out nationwide. the greek authorities continue to work to provide shelter for thousands of migrants who are stranded after a second fire in two days at a migrant camp on the island of lesbos. this second fire wiped out any remaining tents in the moira camp — most of it had already been burnt down on tuesday night. this was the scene around the camp today. people are having to shelter under the trees in the day — and are sleeping on the streets and in parks at night. the fires still are not out every few hours another one starts. the thick smoke filling the air and burning my eyes. just imagine this spreading out across this entire area destroying the lives of 13,000 people, homes, livelihoods, gone in an instant. it is like a bomb has hit the entire area. this was the scene outside the camp today. people are having to shelter under the trees in the day — and are sleeping on the streets and in parks at night. also today around a00 unaccompanied teenagers and children have been flown to mainland greece. this crisis affects all of the around 13,000 people who lived in this camp — it was more than a times its intended capacity. the greek government says around 2,000 people will be temporarily housed aboard three ships — and they're working on emergency accommodation for everyone else. here's more from bethany bell in lesbos. refugees and migrants here near that camp are bracing themselves for another night out in the open, some sleeping on the side of the road and others saying they will stay in the olive groves and field round about. through the day they have been waiting for some deliveries of food and water every so often you see people lining up. police saying go back if they try to cross the line out into the main town. and there is one man who tried to cross the police line and the priest said go back, go back to michael bent. there isa back, go back to michael bent. there is a lot of worry around the population about what will happen with all the refugees who are letting rough and there is no particular desire to see another camp built here. many of the refugees and migrants say they simply want to go somewhere else. they want to move on and have a better chance of assistance somewhere else. but, many of them say be have been here for a very long time. and they really have no perspective of what is happening. the main fire is out but some small fires every so often start burning. even here where i am standing which is some distance from the camp, a fire had to be put out by the local fire had to be put out by the local fire brigadejust a little fire had to be put out by the local fire brigade just a little while ago. this is a tense situation and many wishing it was over. it's still unclear what caused the first fire to start — but we know it happened hours after reports emerged that 35 people in the camp had tested positive for covid—19. the government says the fires were started by migrants who were angry at quarantine measures that were being introduced. there are alternative accounts. bbc persian's parham gobadi is in lesbos. he says ‘several refugees told me they believe "far—rigt greeks" set the camp on fire after the rumors of the coronavirus spreading throughtout the facility.‘ he then posted these pictures of canisters that refugees claim were used to set the camp on fire. at this stage we don't know what started the fire. on the issue of covid, this is how the un is trying to contain the outbreak. 35 cases of covid—19 have been tested as positive and we need to ensure that these individuals are actually provided with medical advice and this is being done by the ministry of health and support and we need to create the confidence of the local community that any covid—19 would be spread and this is why we need the cooperation of all to isolate and organise the settle m e nts to isolate and organise the settlements very quickly and this is why we are asking for this corporation on the ground but also by all means possible and all to provide this message that it's in the interest of all that these conditions are provided now. the eu has offered to help. its foreign minister tweeted: "with the european commission and other eu member states that are ready to help, we need to quickly clarify how we can help greece. that includes the distribution of refugees among those in the eu who are willing to take them in". meanwhile the german government is under pressure at home. these are demonstrators in berlin and frankfurt who want the government to house more migrants. here's one of them. this situation is such that the people there can simply come here today as if instead of having to go through hell and that is why we are here. we are seeing the city of frankfurt and so does the city of germany and they have room. of course there are others who oppose germany welcoming more refugees. and the eu has previously tried to resettle migrants from the overcrowded mediterranean camps among different member states, but only a minority have been transferred. and quota system was rejected by a group of member states. so we'll need to wait to see the response from across the eu. go and see the actual response. the uk has added some more countries to its list of places requiring people to quarantine after visiting. grant shapps the transport secretary tweeted "...we need to remove portugal" .. as well as "hungary, french polynesia, and reunion from the travel corridor list to keep everyone safe. if you arrive in england from these destinations after aam saturday, you will need to self—isolate for 1a days." more than 2.5 million british holidaymakers visit portugal each year making it one of the most popular summer holiday destinations. you may have seen in that tweet, some parts of the country are exempt from the measure — anyone visiting the islands of madeira or the azores won't have to quarantine. and arrivals from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. now did you see yesterday the uk announcing a plan for millions of covid tests to get done every day? it's being called "operation moonshot". well today the government been faced with plenty of questions about this — how much will cost? is the costjustified? can this even be done? being three. here's the health secretary. it could mean that theatres and sports venues contest audience members on that day and let them know that a negative result. what places could be opened up to all those who test negative that morning. and isolating or quarantining after travelling abroad, they will be tested and released. now there's no shortage of doctors pointing out that it's unclear how the government possibly could increase testing to such a large scale. bear in kind, it's failing to meet demand at the moment. this week the head of nhs testing tweeted her "heartfelt apologies to anyone who cannot get a covid test". "laboratory processing" she says "is the critical pinch—point". bear in mind the uk is doing in the region of 200,000 tests a day — not several million. the whole idea of a "moonshot" may of course trigger memories of the government's previous promise to build a "world—beating" track and trace system with an app as its centre piece. that fell flat when the app didn't work well enough to roll out. (biv)the government did hit its own earlier target for carrying out 100,000 tests a day — but only by counting testing kits sent out in the mail — which may, or may not, have actually been used. so there's some scepticism about this moonshot. and plenty of it coming from opposition mps. we are piloting this approach right now and verifying the new technology and then it can be rolled out nationwide. missed a speaker i'm going to depart from a script here because i heard the naysayers before andi because i heard the naysayers before and i heard the people on the other side company and we will never get testing going and they are the same old voices. if, and it's a big if, conducting millions of tests a day does prove possible, it's going to be expensive. the british medicaljournal says suggest this would cost 100 billion pounds — well over 100 billion dollars. that's only 30 billion below the whole of the national health service's budget. and assuming it's possible, assuming the government finds 100 billion pounds, there are still complications. this is david spiegehalter who's a leading authority, on statistics. statisticians are just banging their heads on the wall at this because mask screening always seemed like a good idea, yes, let's test everybody. but the huge danger is false positives. no tests are perfect. it is not a simple yes no thing. and if you only have 1% false positive is all the people who are not infectious enjoy taking the whole country at a 600,000 people. one sobering element of this is that borisjohnson considers this moonshot the uk's "only hope for avoiding a second national lockdown", according to the british medicaljournal. the sort of test involved could be for saliva — or a pin—prick to the finger. jenny harries, is deputy medical officerfor england. everybody knows we are living in unprecedented and having ambitious plans to try and get us all back to a degree of normality is actually really good for us but there are two aspects. the economic side of this and for politicians administers to weigh up the benefits of that. on the technical side there are a numberof the technical side there are a number of tests the technical side there are a numberof tests in the technical side there are a number of tests in the pipeline and they are being evaluated currently. i think the fact that there will be technical solutions to provide a test and relatively in some cases is reasonable. i think perhaps some of my professional colleagues have highlighted that actually the implementation of that is quite challenging as well. so the idea that you have some sort of like to relocate or something it is not unreasonable at all but in a reasonably short timeframe. scotland has followed england and is introducing the rule of six for social gatherings from monday. but unlike england — only two households will be able to meet either inside or outside and children under 12 won't be included in the restricitons. the first minister, nicola sturgeon also announced that customers in cafes and restaurants will be required to wear face masks when they're not eating or drinking. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. glasgow and surrounding areas are the epicentre of the latest outbreak here. but with coronavirus cases rising across scotland, right across scotla nd rising across scotland, right across scotland new restrictions are being brought in. following england and going further. a maximum of six people limited to two households allowed them together indoors and outside. it started off with many restrictions and put more on and going back and forth. we have been dealing with this for the last few months and it's not been a problem, it will not be a problem to go back to it either. we experienced harsh restrictions at the peak of this i think if that's what people think we need to do that's how it is. there are limited exemption for discovering things like organised sport and places of work and children under 12 will not count towards the limit. the first minister said the new restrictions would be hard for people to hear. after six long hard months we are still asking the public to make a lot of difficult sacrifices. that is unavoidable given the nature of the challenge we face. i want to be clear that when we still face a battle to keep covid—19 under control we are in a stronger position than earlier in the year. they will also be changes the hospitality making it mandatory for customers to wear face coverings when moving around. they are compulsory for staff to wear them as well. as restaurant owners say they will do whatever is required to keep their doors open. it's great to being reopened. so what ever restrictions we will gladly comply with them all to keep going and keep folks safe and well and to keep this social aspect of life going. hundreds of thousands of people have now downloaded scotland's corbett contact tracing app. the aim is to try and stop the number of positive cases accelerating and writing further. —— rising further. tributes have been paid to bana the star from bond to adventurers who has died at age 82. three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus hit a railway bridge near winchester in hampshire. duncan kennedy reports: there was nothing left of the top deck of the bus. sheared off after hitting the railway bridge. more than 70 children from the school in winchester were on board. many said the impact sounded like a massive bang. bull —— those on the upper deck was this 1a—year—old here comforted by her father. we suddenly hit the top of the tunnel because it's a double—decker bus and it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened at the bottom i think they were ok but they all sat in on top of everyone and there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. the roof got ripped off and linda got smashed and best came through the window and smoke and people were screaming. this was what was left of the roof. the back end of the bus was also torn off. and many windows caved in. it's only when you are up close to the cmu see the full extent of the damage has been completely ripped off. police say the driver involved was not hit and are helping with the inquiries. officers say they want to find out why he took this route. that bus does not fit through this bridge and i cannot think of a bus route would have been drawn to take a bridge but it's too late for the bus. the bus is operated by stagecoach who started an investigation. this warning sign on the bridge appears obscured by the trees and may form pa rt obscured by the trees and may form part of the inquiry. when they pulled the bus out of the tunnel bed that —— damage became clear. this morning these seats were full of children. they now lived through a terrifying experience of what should have been an ordinary school morning. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? the uk is insisting it will not withdraw the legislation that overrides a key agreement despite the european union demanding it and scrapped by the end of the month. there's been another large fire at beirut‘s port, just over a month after a massive explosion devasted the area. bbc arabic has the latest. citigroup has become the first major wall street bank to appoint a woman to the top role — jane fraser will become its next chief executive. bbc business has more. berlaus now — the opposition leader maria koles—ni—kova continues to fight the authorities. all week we've been following her extraordinary situation. she's organised many protests after the disputed election in august — including this one. on monday she detained by masked men in minsk. that night she foiled an attempt to deport her to ukraine by ripping up her passport at the border. now she's seeking to open a criminal case against the kgb and belarussian police. in a statement filed by her lawyer, she says: "it was stated that if i did not voluntarily leave the republic of belarus, i would be taken out anyway, alive or in bits. there were also threats to imprison me for up to 25 years." the bbc‘s sarah rainsford has more. the bbc has more on this. this is a really need to find move yet again from maria who is essentially asked for criminal charges to be pressed against those who detain her. she says they kidnapped her and held her illegally and they threatened her with death. maria koles—ni—kova is currently in detention under suspicion of state treason. she's one of three women who joined forces to challenge president alexander lukashenka in august's election. to no—one's surprise he was declared the resounding winner — but many disputed the result. and as a response, these opposition figures formed a coordination council. as of today, everyone pictured here has either been arrested or have fled the country. there is still one member of that council not pictured who remains free. it's this woman, the investigative journalist and nobel laureate svetla na alexievich. supporters visited her home on wednesday after she said masked men had tried to break in. the former presidential candidate andrei dmitriev is one of those supporters. here he is on president lukashenka's tactics. "what is happening today in the country is incredible pressure on the coordination council, this is absolute lawlessness, and this is being done for two things: first, so that lukashenko can say, during his upcoming visit to russia too, that he has no one to talk with in the country. and the second, of course, is to scare those who come out today to peaceful protests. more than a0 protesters were arrested during wednesday's protests. but people are still coming out to demonstrate. here's sarah rainsford again. certainly there are more important —— protests planned by this weekend it's usually to send a protest which is their biggest gathering it's also to know about the movement in better with this is it's not really led by specific people it's very much an organic process and the streets have not been called for specifically by a position so it's that has its momentum and continue and the noble prize winning author. she has said it's not the coordination council that has risen up against alexander and she says it's an entire nation and she says it's an entire nation and everyone who is detained there will be hundreds more willing to ta ke will be hundreds more willing to take that place. so even she still free but she is now being protected by ambassadors, diplomats, and journalists to make sure she is not detained which is something she says she is now very wary of. how do you reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050? our planet is heating up fast, with greenhouse gases causing temperatures to rise. to tackle this, the uk aims to cut its emissions to almost zero by 2050. now a new climate assembly has a plan how to do this. launched by sir david attenborough, people from all walks of life across the country were asked for their views on combating climate change. leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the government listens because, as it's going now, climate change is a big issue and there's going to be big effects in my lifetime if we do nothing about it. there are also lots of little contributions that each person can do on a day—to—day basis, and i would like to think that everyone, as they look at this report, will say, "right, how can i as an individual improve my carbon emissions?" this report looks at every aspect of our lives. it recommends stopping the sales of the most polluting vehicles and making public transport greener and cheaper. for food, local produce is suggested, as is reducing the meat and dairy we eat by up to a0%. and the assembly members don't want to ban air travel, but they do say taxes should increase the further and more often we fly. energy was also looked at, and offshore wind farms got the biggest backing. nuclear power, though, had much less support. experts say getting public insight is invaluable. the really exciting thing about this support is that it's not generated by a group of boffins in a room coming up with recommendations to government. this is real people dealing with real issues and coming up with practical suggestions. what's exciting is it doesn't look alarming. this looks like a really sensible set of steps overall. this reports comes as the uk is dealing with the impact of coronavirus, but the assembly members say a green recovery is vital. i think when moving forwards, rebuilding the economy, the climate definitely has to be taken into consideration and i think it's actually quite a good opportunity to implement some of the ideas we have in our report. a greenerfuture means big changes, and the uk's commitment to cutting emissions is legally binding. this report should reveal which policies may or may not receive wider public support. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the actress dame diana rigg has died at the age of 82. she became famous for her role as emma peel in the tv show the avengers. more recently she appeared in game of thrones. she also played many classical roles on stage. sarah campbell looks back on her life. with a little help from a stuntman, as emma peel in classic tv series the avengers she was clever and cool. a new kind of heroine. she was not just she was notjust physical she was also pretty well equipped, intellectually she was as clever as a mum, computers, she very self—sufficient. she had been brought up in india and then at a yorkshire boarding school. you're full of surprises, contessa. so are you, mr bond. she was a bond girl in on her majesty's secret service, the only one to get the spy to the altar, though she was shot dead shortly afterwards. theatre of blood proved she could do comedy. with i be interfering with his majesty's obligations? laughter. she was a formidable stage actress know to be at the theatre. her final performance was as may be you. she appeared in greek tragedy. i'm thinking their opposite robert olivier. there was a contemporary drama like that bbc mother loved. an episode of doctor who written especially for her playing opposite her daughter rachel starting. she resurrected regular etc —— yorkshire accent resurrected regular etc —— yorkshire a cce nt of resurrected regular etc —— yorkshire accent of her childhood. i have i've known a great many clever men. i've outlived them all. you know why? i ignored them. in game of thrones she played their sharp tongue agreement thorns. a distinguished actress whose career stretched over more than half a century. thank you for watching. it's really has been a mixed bag out there today. some people were able to make the most of the fine leather. this picture was taken in cornwall. further north it was a different story across the uk. cloudy erica my lot of cloud streaming as well. plus other parts of scotla nd streaming as well. plus other parts of scotland we have seen some rain as well. that rain continues through the night into the northwest of scotla nd the night into the northwest of scotland in particular. a few spots of rainfor scotland in particular. a few spots of rain for northern ireland and some more crowd coming into england and wales as well. wind is continuing to strengthen across the northern half of the uk so we will be more warm that it was last night in scotland and the northeast of england. the best of the weather tomorrow will be across england and wales with no pressure to the north and the weather from bringing wales with no pressure to the north and the weatherfrom bringing rain into scotland and northern ireland mining into high—pressure keeping it fine further south. a band of rain moving into scotland and northern ireland quickly in the morning and he could be heavy over the hills eventually it arrives into cumbria through the afternoon. the rest of england and wales is dry with sunshine at times and temperatures getting up to 20 degrees once again. cooler north and blustery showers for nine in scotland and the wind could be touching dearfull at times. area of low pressure pushing the weather fun south as it moves into high—pressure and weekends so there's not much rain. another weather system streaming in from the atla ntic weather system streaming in from the atlantic and it's affecting scotland and northern ireland on saturday and we will start with showers with thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain coming in from the atlantic. england and wales again much more quiet and generally dry with sunshine and temperatures getting into the low 20s at best in the southeast. it may get a bit more warm to the rest of the weekend. for a start we have rain on saturday night and not in ireland and scotla nd night and not in ireland and scotland with strong wind and rain into sunday morning towards the northwest of scotland threatening writing. more in the ray of sunshine developing elsewhere and in the sunshine ina developing elsewhere and in the sunshine in a southerly breeze and temperatures may get into the mid—20s in easton england. but there is some warm weather on the way early next week. still got the weather front collecting in the northwest of scotland threatening rain and high pressure across central parts of europe and we are going to tap into some of that heat we have got here as well. briefly next to the temperatures could be as high as 30 celsius. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. the eu has given a blistering response, to britain's threat, to overide the brexit withdrawal agreement. brussels says it would be "an extremely serious violation" — and says it will take legal action, unless britain backs down. we'll have all the analysis. this was pretty strong when it comes to the eu, that was a strong language. people are saying images like this in san francisco look like something out of blade runner. smoke from the wildfires completely obscuring the sun. crazy. 11.15 in the morning and it's... ..like the middle of the night. in greece, efforts continue to find shelter for thousands of migrants — after a second fire in two days at a camp on lesbos. and we'll take an in—depth look at the continuing row
the uk economy grew by 6.6% injuly, say official figures, but it remains far below pre—pandemic levels. and this year's great north run will take place this weekend — but with a very different look. it is a downloadable app and when you run it measures the distance and then you get messages. sting comes on, says you can't stop the great north run and it is support for people to say, run 13 miles wherever you are. and coming up in sport on bbc news: powering through — victoria azarenka ends serena williams‘ hopes of a record—equalling 24th grand slam at the us open. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. tougher lockdown restrictions are expected to be announced in birmingham because of a jump in coronavirus cases. the latest weekly figures show the city has one of the highest infection rates in england — with around 80 cases for every 100,000 people. other parts of the west midlands — including solihull and sandwell — may also be included in the measures. other parts of the west midlands — including solihull and sandwell — here's our health correspondent, anna collinson. fears have been growing that coronavirus is once again spreading. new restrictions are expected to be announced for birmingham and other parts of the west midlands. the city had avoided tightened measures a few weeks ago. the council hopes that will be a wake—up call. but cases have continued to rise. will be a wake—up call. but cases have continued to riseli will be a wake—up call. but cases have continued to rise. i think it would be a good idea but they have to be absolutely clear and they have to be absolutely clear and they have to protect business this time as well. it is strange because we have already got used to the lockdown, come out of the lockdown and it feels like we will probably go back into it, so at least we are prepared this time. it is like don't go to work, catch a bus to work, don't catch a bus to work, it is confusing and people are not going to listen for that. the conservative mayor for the west midlands insists the new measures will not be as restrictive this time round. we must not fall into the trap of thinking it is a local lockdown and everything is back to where we were in the dark days of march and april. this is about a what is the appropriate action for that because of the increase in infections, and we want to protect as much as possible of the return to normal life as we can. birmingham has 85 cases per 100,000 people. bolton has the highest rate of new infections in england with 160 cases. the average is 16. new figures from the office for national to sticks suggest the number of infections has increased particularly amongst those age 3a and under but many in that age group are frustrated that they are being blamed. people work in the retail and hospitality industry and just in general customer facing industries. of course we are going to come into more contact with people and have more contact with people and have more risk of spreading the virus. newcastle and gateshead council have confirmed they will be placed on the government's coronavirus watch list for increased support, due to be announced later today. the leader of my council has written to every single resident, so a letter should be with many residents today if not by tomorrow at the latest and every business as well. we have got some great businesses in gateshead who are working with us, really responsible, but actually reminding everybody that this is far from over. there are concerns about sunderland and south tyneside with hospital suspending visiting. areas on the watchlist get additional resources including extra testing. an increasing demand has led to local shortages with some people being directed to sites hundreds of miles away. one man in scotland was told to travel to ireland. the rise in covid cases has not yet translated to a significant increase in hospitalisation or deaths, but it is hoped people who think twice about what they get up to this weekend ahead of tighter measures being introduced on monday. anna collinson, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, phil mackie, is in birmingham. the situation in birmingham has been for some concern for some time. we saw figures rising in the beginning of august and there was a creep to a level of about 20—30 cases per 100,000 back in the last ten days that has rocketed to 80 cases per 100000 and we have been told by all the local authorities that there will be an announcement today of greater restrictions. i understand that will be around households meeting so going further than the rule of six, which is going to be introduced nationwide on monday. perhaps stopping different households meeting at all, indoors. the problem in birmingham is, although there are pockets where there is a slightly larger outbreak it is basically everywhere across the city has had an increase in cases and they think that is largely because people are meeting indoors, large numbers of people having parties orfamily large numbers of people having parties or family gatherings, and thatis parties or family gatherings, and that is how the disease is being spread. it is worrying and solid hole where the numbers have gone up to around 60 and then sandwell and wolverhampton, they are hovering around 40, so potentially greater restrictions there, too. look how quiet it is in the city centre. people are still not returning to offices. before lockdown this would have been a very busy area but, outside in the suburbs, that is where the disease is spreading. at a point this week there had been no coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the west midlands for seven days for the west midlands for seven days for the first time since before the pandemic but admissions are rising again and we know that four hospitals across birmingham and solihull have seen seven patients on ventilators. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, is here. we've heard there about the picture in various parts of the country that are seeing an increase — but what's the story generally? we are getting lots of data and it is pointing in the direction of cases going up. the office for national statistics has estimated almost 40,000 people are infected in homes across england. to give you more context, that is about 3200 new infections every day. one in 1400 people. it looks at wales, thinks the rate there is more like one in 2600 people. another thing to look out for today is the r number, the ability of how fast the disease can spread but in the meantime another study today has come out and said that it thinks that across the uk, there are 10,000 more people sick with coronavirus now compared to a week ago. so what does this all mean? re back in march and april at the peak of the virus? it can feel like that when you look at the cases and see 6000 a day, but we are not there. it is important to say that. that is based on testing just the sickest people, hospital patients and the best guess is that there we re and the best guess is that there were 100,000 cases a day, then, so the numbers we are at today is an increase, this is not good news but still the numbers are relatively low. wales is to follow england and scotland in banning indoor gatherings of more than six people from monday. face coverings will also become compulsory in enclosed public spaces. 0ur wales correspondent, tomos morgan, is in cardiff. as lockdown begins to ease, it has been easing in different ways and at different speeds across the different speeds across the different devolved nations and that difference has been confusing for many. in wales, there was government says the science shows that keeping the two metres was enough in indoor spacesin the two metres was enough in indoor spaces in shops. facemasks are only mandatory on public transport and recommended in areas where social distancing could not be maintained for those over 11 such as in the school corridor for example and they we re school corridor for example and they were reluctant to take that further but now the rate of infection is increasing, so does the need for further safety measures. as coronavirus numbers increase across areas of the south wales valleys, so too do measures to curb the disease. facemasks are now recommended across the local authorities of rhondda cynon taf and neighbouring merthyr tydfil. but from monday they will be mandatory across the whole of wales in shops and public indoor spaces. today, for the first time since things started to improve, we are back with 20 out of 100,000 people in wales suffering from coronavirus. we have reached a threshold where we think, in a precautionary way, requiring people to wear face coverings will help us to clamp down on the spikes that we are seeing in some parts of wales, and prevent us from having to take even more intrusive action in the future. it is a significant change on welsh government policy, who have, until now, stuck to two metres social distancing as the main deterrent against the virus. it is a welcome decision here in pontypridd, but one that has also raised questions about why the devolved nations could not have been more unified from the start. i think it is ridiculous. the countries, they are not sticking together. everybody is doing a different thing and they shouldn't, it's wrong. there is no wonder this is not going away. why is it different in one country to another? we are all going through it. everyone has got covid in different areas, so why should wales be different to england? also announced today is a limit of six people from four different households meeting up indoors from next week. there will be no change on a limit of 30 meeting up outdoors. children under 11 will not be part of either of those restrictions. from monday also, in scotland, the rule of six applies, but from two households, and that is for both site inside and outdoor spaces, with children under 12 not part of the total. in england, social gatherings of more than six people, again inside and outside, becomes illegalfrom next week, with some exemptions. while in northern ireland, six people from two households can meet indoors. the maximum number of people meeting outside has been halved from 30 to 15. after a steady decline, with a varied approach to easing restrictions across the uk, it now seems that as the threat of a second wave becomes more of a reality, so does the chances of a more joined up approach to restrictions between the four nations when it comes to tackling the spread at home. that report was by tomos morgan. the government's long—awaited coronavirus contract tracing app will be launched across england and wales on september 24th. businesses are being urged to put up posters featuring a qr code, which people will be able to scan when they arrive at venues. let's talk to our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. is this different from the original app that we were expecting? the original app was shelved back in june. it was based on a different kind of method. it didn't use the apple and google tool kit which was made available to lots of countries as long as they concentrated on privacy. that made it very difficult. it didn't work properly. that was shelved. they went down this new route that is more privacy focused but it has taken a long time to get there, and this time there is more emphasis on these qr codes enabling people to log details when they are out and about. exactly how is it going to work? once people have downloaded this app, if they get close to somebody who later reports a positive test, they then getan reports a positive test, they then get an alert telling them that they, too, need to self—isolate but also, they will have this ability to scan aqr they will have this ability to scan a qr code when they visit a pub or restau ra nt a qr code when they visit a pub or restaurant and that will keep a record of who has been there, and thenif record of who has been there, and then if someone at that place registers positive it will be easier to co nta ct registers positive it will be easier to contact people and tell them what they need to do. many thanks, rory cellan—jones. the rise in coronavirus infections has sharpened concerns over the safety of leisure events, as governments renew warnings about the spread of the virus. public health officials in southampton have ordered the cancellation of the international boat show which was due to open in the city today. the new restrictions on social gatherings are also having an impact on lettings, as duncan kennedy reports. it is meant to be the showcase for the british boating industry but last night it was cancelled. 230 exhibitors had set up here, hoping to sell millions of pounds worth of boats over the next ten days. but not any more. this was about us and them supporting the boat show and it is devastating, disappointing for everyone. fair line yachts based in northamptonshire employs 250 people and had dozens of clients lined up to spend money on vessels like these. the local council said the event was too high risk, as other areas of britain were seeing covid spikes. this legislation that comes on monday, for me, is about teenagers gathering to party. it is not about grown—ups trying to run businesses. 20,000 people had been expected at the show. many turned up today unaware that it had been called off. did you know they sure had been cancelled? called off. did you know they sure had been cancelled ?|j called off. did you know they sure had been cancelled? i did not know, i had not heard about it. they cancelled it last night. because of covid. i did not know that. the local council said the event was simply too high risk and would break the rule of six. we are seeing in areas like leicester and liverpool how quickly the situation can change from a low rate to a high rate and therefore i think it would be risky to have this event over ten days in southampton. i absolutely understand that people will be incredibly disappointed about that decision being made so close to the event occurring. but this isn'tjust about the cancellation of two boat shows. this affects the whole industry which now makes around £1.5 billion for the british economy and employs something like 30,000 people. and the new rule of six goes far beyond boats. emma runs a business catering company on the isle of wight. she says that she cannot make money with that small. rule of six and hospitality is going to quite difficult. 0ur businesses are based on an outdoor seated cafe, accommodation that seats 14 and outside catering that relies on weddings and big groups and, without that, we have no trade now. from weddings to watersports, the new counter covid measures are changing business and personal lives. fighting the disease whilst keeping the world open is a dilemma that will not yet go away. duncan kennedy, bbc news, southampton. the economy grew by 6.6% injuly, the third month in a row that activity increased as lockdown restrictions were eased. but it has still only recovered just over half the output lost because of anti—virus measures. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity has this report. july was the month when this once prohibited activity, drinking and eating in pubs and restaurants, was finally allowed again. just as banning drinking and eating out shrunk this part of the economy from april untiljune, lifting the ban helped activity recover, jumping by 140% injuly. construction companies and sites like this were running at and sites like this were running at a quarter of normal capacity in the spring, but now staff are back from furlough ina spring, but now staff are back from furlough in a sector where activity soared by 18%. i think local businesses really appreciate seeing the construction industry at the forefront of the recovery, of the bounce back. it is palpable, the city is coming back to life, led by the construction industry. in construction, as in the rest of the economy, extraordinary growth in july is nowhere near enough to make up july is nowhere near enough to make upfor july is nowhere near enough to make up for the extraordinary shrinkage from april to june. the up for the extraordinary shrinkage from april tojune. the economy is bouncing strongly but the line on the right of the chart shows it had barely recovered half of the output it lost. i think it will take the rest of this year and next before we recover the lost ground. for 2020 we will still have an economy which could be one tenth smaller, 10% smaller, than what we had in 2019, which has implications forjob prospects and the wealth and opportunity for many people. as people left home and flock to campsites in record numbers over the summer campsites in record numbers over the summer holidays, they were blissfully unaware that employers, anticipating the end of the furlough scheme in october, were giving notice that they plan to make more than 300,000 people redundant. it does matter is being warned that if it does not extend furlough for the hardest—hit sectors, it does not extend furlough for the ha rdest—hit sectors, many it does not extend furlough for the hardest—hit sectors, many more will lose theirjobs. we need a recovery plan, the same spirit of consensus approach about the rescue plan for a recovery plan now, and what is being proposed at the moment is totally inadequate. we will do skills and capacity, put families at risk, consumer spending will go down. like other city centres, bearing in‘s city centre is quieter than normal and the bounce back is already slowing down. the worry is that as the furlough skin ends and job losses rise, many more people will have less to spend, slowing the economy further and risking a second wave of economic illness. it is 19 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. tougher lockdown restrictions are expected to be announced in birmingham because of a jump in coronavirus cases. the latest weekly figures show the city has one of the highest infection rates in england. and this year's great north run will take place this weekend — but with a very different look. and coming up in sport on bbc news: standing in solidarity — the american football season gets under way in kansas city with players united in the fight against racism. it's six months since the world health organisation declared the covid—19 outbreak a global pandemic. in total there have been over 28 million official cases around the world. the death toll associated with the disease is now over 900,000 people. 0ur correspondents in the world's three hardest hit countries — the us, india, and brazil — report now on the situation where they are. we start with nada tawfik in new york. six months on, and the united states is still struggling to keep infection rates downn in certain places. the mid west has been the hardest hit recently, with iowa, north dakota and south dakota the latest hotspots. here in new york, the state once most affected, the infection rate has stayed below 1% for more than a month. it has allowed for an easing of restrictions. now, health officials are warning americans not to become complacent as a second potential wave looms, and there has been increased scrutiny over the president's handling of the crisis. president trump admitted that he downplayed the threat to the public as early as february, to avoid panic. india now has consistently the highest number of new coronavirus cases in the world, every day. back in march, it was one of the countries that had imposed quite a stringent lockdown relatively early, and in those initial months it had seemed as though this had at least slowed the spread of the virus. but health experts say not enough was done then to aggressively track and test and that's why the country has not been able to curb the spread of covid—19. its graph remains on an upward trend, and it is growing steeper as the economy opens up further. earlier this week, metrorail systems were opened up in cities across the country. later this month gatherings of up to 100 people will be allowed. schools and universities remain closed and international travel still has not been allowed. here in brazil the transmission rate has started to slow and the death toll has started to fall but it has been a long time coming because, for months, more than 1000 people were dying a day, and much of the criticism has been pinned on presidentjair bolsonaro, who, from the very beginning has tried to downplay the virus. meanwhile, regional governments have imposed quarantine and closed public spaces and schools. but the mixed messaging has been criticised. people not knowing which guidelines to follow. now restaurants and bars have started to reopen, but scientists have cautioned, against saying that the worst is over here in brazil. now, the headlines have been very much focused on brazil. this is the largest country in the region. but other countries are suffering also. in argentina, they are seeing cases rise and, in peru, they have registered the highest per capita death toll of almost any other country in the world. katy watson reporting. attempts are continuing to find shelter for almost 13,000 migrants who remain stranded after their camp on the greek island of lesbos burned to the ground. france, germany and the netherlands have offered to take in a small number of unaccompanied children. eu officials have promised to rebuild a camp on the island for the migrants, but the suggestion has met with opposition from local people. bethany bell reports. sheltering in a cemetery in the olive groves, these migrants have been sleeping rough for three nights ever since the refugee camp where they were living was burnt to the ground. this person from afghanistan said the fire started at night. suddenly we saw that the tents are going to burn. we did not bring anything with ourselves, just our blanket. wejust run. the police are not letting migrants leave the area. not even when their children are sick. ok, but here is problem. you must go back. so they are stuck with little access to food or medical care. excuse me, we are not animal, you know. we are human. these migrants have got nowhere else to go, so they are just sitting by the side of the road. some of them have built little shelters out of blankets but conditions are pretty grim. there is no running water and it is very difficult to wash. i have five children and we are living here in a very bad situation, because at night it is very cold and we have nothing. i answered scared here in moria, every time panic attacks continue. my baby is also little, all my babies, every time they are sick. we need help, please. the greek authorities say they have secured tents to house the homeless migrants, but locals on the island are strongly against plans to build a replacement camp. the migrants want to leave and the islanders want them to go, but without european agreement, solutions remain difficult. bethany bell, bbc news, lesbos. the uk has struck its first major post—brexit trade deal after signing an agreement in principle with japan. the international trade secretary liz truss says it's an historic moment. let's speak to our correspondent, dharshini david. just how significant is this deal? i think we have got a problem with the line to dharshini, we might try to come back to her later.|j the line to dharshini, we might try to come back to her later. i can hear you now. can you hear me? go—ahead. hear you now. can you hear me? go-ahead. i am sorry, technology is not always your friend, but it has been a friend for the trade deal as far as been a friend for the trade deal as farasjapan and been a friend for the trade deal as far asjapan and the uk is concerned, most negotiations happens with mostly over the internet, as most meetings are at the moment, an historic day, the first deal signed in the post brexiteer and a big sigh of relief across the business community, they say it means we know 99% of goods sold from the uk into japan will not attract carrots or extra charges and even though the deal is very similar to the one that has been existing already between the eu and japan, there have been benefits on financial services and cracking down on things like music piracy —— will not attract carrots. the international trade secretary liz truss was very keen to celebrate this deal. well, this is an excellent deal for the united kingdom. it goes significantly beyond what the eu have agreed, it's our first as an independent trading nation. and what i'd describe it as is a british shape deal. it has particular benefits for the tech industry, for the creative industries, food and drink. what we've also agreed is a pathway to the trans—pacific partnership, so that will also give the uk access to a much wider market across the pacific. how they are those benefits? ultimately, 0.07% of gdp in 15 yea rs, ultimately, 0.07% of gdp in 15 years, a tiny fraction of what we stand to lose if we forego our current relationship with the eu, and the majority of benefits will go tojapan, a key and the majority of benefits will go to japan, a key reason why they have been keen to sign this. a key moment, but perhaps more symbolic. it's the biggest half marathon event in the uk, raising millions of pounds for charity every year. but this weekend the great north run will look very different. the event was cancelled because of the coronavirus, so now a virtual version will be held, with 16,000 people taking part all over the world. alison freeman reports. it was quite warm when i did it. it's quite hilly, particularly when you're in a robotic suit, because you notice every little bump and slope, and i was pregnant, 16 weeks pregnant, so a combination of all of those factors did make it tough. every year, there are amazing stories of bravery and overcoming adversity, and claire lomas' great north run journey is one that stands out. paralysed from the waist down, she completed the course in a robotic suit in 2016. but in the year the 40th race was meant to be run, things are going to be a little different. there is a downloadable app, and when you run, it measures your distance, and then you get messages, sting comes on and says you can't stop the great north run, and alan shearer, seb coe, steve cram, paula radcliffe have alljoined in, and the support, just to say to people run 13 miles wherever you are. claire's one of 16,000 people around the country and the world taking part in the virtual race. we spoke to a few of them to find out why. andy might win the prize for the most beautiful location for his great north run. i've been living the last 20 years, working and living here in colombia, so i'm in the andes, the foothills of the andes around me here, so i thought running the great north run in colombia with these headphones on, listening to geordies egging you on, was going to be the maximum of strange, so i went for it. gavin's reasons for taking part in southampton are a little closer to home. a virtual great north run was a fantastic way for me to potentially motivate myself. i weighed nearly 21 stone, struggled to walk a mile, let alone do anything else. covid probably made the decision for me, a, because of the health implications and b, because we were due to have a baby injune. and in buckinghamshire, ian's fundraising doesn't just depend on his running performance. if i double my target, the beard that has grown during lockdown will disappear. it might not be the experience everyone had hoped for, but they are going to give it their all. i will miss the crowds, because there's nothing like actually being at the great north run, and it's making me want to go back again. really good luck on sunday, and well done on all your fundraising as well. yeah, good luck everyone. great, i love these stories. alison freeman, bbc news. time for a look at the 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withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire. three children are in hospital with serious injuries. and wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in human history according to a stark new report from the world wide fund for nature. hello. good afternoon. the health secretary matt hancock has defended the government's ambition to carry out millions of coronavirus tests every day. leaked official documents show that the prime minister's so—called "moonshot" programme aims to carry out three million tests a day by december, and up to ten million early next year. experts have expressed concerns about laboratory capacity and say the technology for rapid tests doesn't yet exist. it comes as the number of positive tests jumped 43% in one week, at the end of last month. dominic hughes reports. is mass testing for coronavirus the key to opening up the economy, and is it even possible? these are the questions being asked in the wake of borisjohnson‘s plan that would see perhaps 10 million tests per day by next spring, with results delivered in minutes. we are developing new types of tests which are simple, quick and scalable. they use swabs or saliva. they can be turned round in 90 minutes, or even 20 minutes. the so—called operation moonshot, to deploy mass testing, will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. for instance, it could mean theatres and sports venues could test audience members on the day and let in those with a negative result. but there are real doubts over whether the plan is even realistic. the current system is already struggling to deliver around 175,000 tests a day. experts say the practicalities of testing millions of people shouldn't be underestimated. you are thinking about a football stadium that has approximately 70,000 people who may wish to attend. you may well have people queueing from early in the morning for an evening football match, simply to get 70,000 people tested and through the gates without having crowding outside. there is also the cost involved. documents linked to the british medicaljournal suggest a price tag of around £100 billion. even some of those involved in advising government believe the idea is flawed. i think talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have in the here and now. there is a pattern that each time the government has failed on testing, it's announced something yet more ambitious in the hope of distracting us from the present problems. wash your hands, cover your face. this new government campaign is a reminder that basic hygiene is still the key to stopping the spread of the virus, and while mass testing technology does exist, it's not yet been rigorously assessed. avoiding false negatives — tests that wrongly indicate you are free from the virus — will be crucial. the latest figures on testing illustrate some of the challenges faced in the here and now. more than 9,800 new people tested positive for covid—19 in england in the week to september the 2nd. that's an increase of 43% in positive cases on the previous week — the highest weekly number since test and trace was launched at the end of may. whatever happens with what the government is calling its moonshot testing plans, they are unlikely to be in place much before the spring. that raises the prospect the new guidelines on socialising — the rule of six — and maybe even something more restrictive, will still be with us at christmas and beyond. dominic hughes, bbc news. our health editor hugh pym gave me the latest on the government's plans to increase testing capacity. what the government is saying is that this is relying on a new generation of testing. we heard from matt hancock there in dominic's piece, based on rapid results, saliva tests and so on, which are now being trialled. and they could deliver the means for doing something quickly for someone going into work or going to a theatre, or a football stadium, or whatever. it does seem very, very difficult to envisage how this will come on as rapidly as they want it to do, and how it will work when there are so many problems with people getting tests at the moment, reporting difficulties getting something close to home, being sent miles from their home or not getting a test at all. i think the interesting thing from the leaked documents in the british medicaljournal, and other things we have heard today, is that the prime minister really feels very strongly, achievable or not, that this is a way forward, back towards some sort of normality. there is other data out today as well that reminds us just how far behind an awful lot of other health conditions have fallen because everybody has been so focused on coronavirus? yes, once the covid pandemic developed in march, and the severity of it was known, the nhs cleared the decks right around the uk so that there was room for covid patients. but a lot of routine, non—urgent surgery, procedures and appointments were cancelled. and now we are beginning to see the backlog in recent data. this is from nhs england and shows that more than two million people were waiting then, more than 18 weeks, that's the target, for a non—urgent operation, a hip or knee replacement, that sort of thing. that is more than half the total waiting list. we haven't seen a number like that since records began in 2007. 83,000 of those were waiting more than a year. to put that into perspective, it was only 2000, back in february. nhs england do say they are making progress on bringing back diagnostics. there are more cancer patients being seen than in march. but certainly there does seem to be a long way to go. just to let you now that later this afternoon at 1630 we'll be answering your questions on coronavirus. we'll be speaking to virologist and lecturer in global health dr elisabetta groppelli. send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email us on yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. the number of people allowed to meet up in scotland has been cut to six from two households amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic accelerating. first minister nicola sturgeon announced the measure at lunchtime. it comes as a new contact tracing app called protect scotland became available to download. james shaw is in glasgow. so, ithink so, i think the new measures nicola sturgeon is talking about take effect immediately? that's right, what nicola sturgeon said in a scottish parliament earlier on this afternoon was that she wanted people to start following these new guidelines straightaway even though they won't actually come into law until monday, so it includes this measure reducing the number of people you can meet together either indoors or outdoors down to sex and additional measures which are a bit different from england, regarding hospitality venues, clubs, restau ra nts, hospitality venues, clubs, restaurants, cappers, people moving around, customers and staff will have to wear masks and also a delay in plans to open up some areas for example theatres, live events, spectator sports, all those changes are put on hold and what nicola sturgeon said was she knew that these developments would be hard to hear but she said they were necessary. “— hear but she said they were necessary. —— six. hear but she said they were necessary. -- six. to help reduce transmission but also to simplify the rules as much as possible this new limit will apply both indoors in houses, pubs and restaurants, and also outdoors including in private gardens. there will be some limited exceptions for example for organised sports and places of worship and also any children under 12 who are pa rt of also any children under 12 who are part of two households meeting up won't count towards the limit of six people. it's perhaps significant that the measures in scotland bring it quite closely into line in some respects with england but there are several important differences, so the six people meeting in scotland can only be from two households. that doesn't include children under 12. but in england, they can be from a number of more households but the thing to take away from this is scotla nd thing to take away from this is scotland and england are slightly more aligned now than they were before these changes. yes, indeed, thank you very much, james, in glasgow. we will talk about these new changes, scotland, england, exactly as james was saying. the exchanges come into happenstance on monday. the revd professor gina radford; she was the deputy chief medical officer for england until 2019 and is now a vicar in devon, who's been advising the church of england about covid guidance guidance for churches. a good afternoon to you. in terms of the broad picture, if i may, because we've had the changes in scotland announced only today, fresh changes in england from monday, your thoughts about the impact that this is having on everyone's lives, but also whether these changes are appropriate? i think unfortunately these changes were inevitable because you just have to see what's been going on in the last few weeks in terms of the numbers of cases. particularly the sharp rise in cases. and it's notjust the cases in terms of the actual positive rate of all the tests done. it's also the fa ct of all the tests done. it's also the fact that this is now across the country, so not localised for a few areas. we are seeing a much more general increase in the number of positive increases. so the government had to do something and i think what you are seeing is an appropriate response limiting social gatherings to no more than six and just reminding us all about the importance of the basic message of hand hygiene, face masks and social distancing. yes, i'm interested whether you think there should have been even greater emphasis on that for the last few months, because at the very beginning of this, it feels like a long time ago, that really was all we heard about, hand washing, over and over again. that message got lost, not touching your face, all the things we talked about so much. with your medical background, is that something which can't be talked about enough?” think you are right, we all need to be reminded about it. having said that, you have to find that right balance whereby you are not going on about it so much that people start switching off. it is a bit of a balancing act one needs to do, but the bottom line is for the foreseeable future the mantra of hand washing, facemasks and social distancing has to be part of our life and needs to be second nature for all of us. and in terms of the role you occupy now, as i understand it, churches are allowed to open but they don't have to open. i know there's a lot of variation depending where you live. what is your feeling about those churches that haven't felt able to open at a time when people really might need them or might like them? i think you'll find the majority of churches are open, at least there is a church locally that's open. but i think we also need to be very mindful of the different contexts in which some of oui’ different contexts in which some of our churches have elderly congregations or local circumstances whereby the local priest and the parishionersjust whereby the local priest and the parishioners just feel this isn't the right time to open. but it's not just about coming into the church building for services. we have all been doing various things like services, live screening services, ensuring people have access to worship, and all the sort of community pastoral care. that's been going on all the time. so, you know, the opportunities for people to worship and to have that pastoral support exists, just in some areas it isn't the right time or expelled locally is not the right time for that local church to open yet. yes, i'm sorry we can't talk about that longer. very interesting to have been with us but perhaps we'll speak again. many thanks. i'm afraid we must turn to other matters. it's a busy day in relation to brexit, as well. the eu says it has serious concerns about uk moves to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. emergency talks are taking place between eu officials and the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove. the goverment says it's trying to protect the internal market and the northern ireland peace process. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jessica parker. my my goodness, some of these meetings going on today, jessica, that's where you would want to be a fly on the wall. you certainly won't and two sets of meetings going on today. scheduled one is about the future relationship with the european union, trade talks between michel barnier and the uk market boss negotiator lauder frost, but also his unscheduled emergency talks on interpretations of the past. the withdrawal agreement, the agreement signed, sealed and delivered with the eu all about the terms of divorce. it's afterwards you are saying the government produce these plans to essentially hand ministers powers to modify parts of that agreement. they say to ensure that should talks not resolve certain issues, the internal market can remain free and flowing in the uk and the peace process can be protected as well, but it's caused major discomfort in european union circles and also amongst some conservatives as well. we've already had some criticism from former conservative leaders theresa may and sirjohn major and this afternoon in the house of lords, lord howard was the house of lords, lord howard was the latest to stand up and landmass the latest to stand up and landmass the government. my lords, does my learned friend simply not understand the damage done to our reputation for probity and respect for the rule of law by those five words uttered by his ministerial colleague in another place on tuesday? words which i never thought i would hear uttered by a british minister, far less a conservative minister. how can we approach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards, when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? he was referring thereto something the northern ireland secretary said in the house of commons earlier this week which raised some eyebrows and the temperature of the trade talks going on, saying that, yes, these plans the government were putting forward would break international law but only in a very limited and specific way. what on earth is going on here? well, some people suspect there is some sabre rattling from there is some sabre rattling from the government, trying to provoke the government, trying to provoke the european union to come to terms with them and one conservative mp suggested to me earlier that that had succeeded because of his emergency talks now are going on between the joint committee, michael gove and his counterpart in the european commission talking about the withdrawal agreement this afternoon. i think that meeting will have concluded a short while ago. 0thers have concluded a short while ago. others might say this is an honest attempt to make sure there is a safety net should the talks not resolve various issues around this, but certainly the two talks are very much linked to each other because brussels has said if they feel the uk is not honouring what has come in their view, been agreed in the past, that's going to make forging a future relationship a very difficult one. all right, jessica, thank you very much, for now. let's stay with us. with me now is our reality check correspondent, chris morris. a man well versed in everything going on in brussels as well and, my goodness, here we are, extraordinary times, the mood is fascinating, chris, and two separate meetings today. as jessica said, one process designed to look at what we've agreed in the past and how you implemented and the other about what we might negotiate in the future. let's look first at the joint committee, this essentially is the committee, this essentially is the committee which are supposed to implement the withdrawal agreement, the divorce deal which took us out of the european union. it's got various parts to it. there's the financial settlement, the divorce bill, which took time to negotiate, how will that be paid? citizens' rights, gibraltar, various things are looking at, and one of the other things they are looking up, is resolving disputes. if there is a dispute about how to implement, its this committee which is supposed to do it, but it's got special responsibility and that's what's releva nt responsibility and that's what's relevant this week for the northern ireland protocol. ithink relevant this week for the northern ireland protocol. i think that's the most important part of what the joint committee is doing and obviously this publication of the internal market bill has thrown a cut amongst the pigeons because it shows the interpretation of how you implement the withdrawal agreement is very different. —— cat. that difference of opinion has been there for quite a long time. back in march i think it was, michael gove told mps he sees the joint committee as an opportunity to develop the protocol, in other words, an opportunity to develop the protocol, in otherwords, perhaps changed a bit which is what this legislation is trying to do. the eu's position has always been very firm, the withdrawal agreement is 110w firm, the withdrawal agreement is now an international treaty, and you cannot change it unilaterally, so that's what that meeting here in london today has been about. yes, and the emergency talks as we've been saying, regular talks, nonemergency talks going on involving michel barnier and david frost. yes, we've heard more about those in the last few months, the negotiations on the future relationship, this week is the eighth round of those talks. to begin with, they were held because of covid—19 remotely on video link which didn't help things but even 110w which didn't help things but even now they have become face—to—face i think it's common knowledge they haven't exactly been going swimmingly. it's worth remembering what these negotiations are about. we talk about trade talks, the centrepiece, and we know what the problems are there. the issue about fisheries, state aid, the amount of government support that can be given to businesses, but it's notjust about that but about things like security cooperation for example. what we have done previously has been done within the eu, how would you please for example exchange information? all that is wrapped up in these talks and that's the problem that if the emergency talks say implementing what we've already agreed is going badly it's going to make it far more difficult to agree in the next few weeks, really, on this whole gamut of issues in these negotiations on the future relationship, so that's why the two have become intertwined and why it's important they are not trying to play one off against each other, but they are importantly linked. yes, absolutely. we will talk again soon, i'm sure. thank you very much, chris morris. three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus hit a railway bridge near winchester in hampshire. the roof of the bus was sheared off. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is there. duncan. jane, the bus hasjust been cleared from the tunnel and you can see the full extent of the damage. this is a double—decker bus, it looks like an open deck tourist bus and the roof, as you said, has been com pletely and the roof, as you said, has been completely sheared off. the workers here, the emergency services, are making it secure before they tow it away for fuller investigation. it was packed with children at the time of this incident this morning including children on the top deck who which is where most of the serious injuries took place and the police are now questioning the driver of this double—decker bus. there was nothing left of the top deck of the bus. sheared off after hitting a railway bridge. the bus had more than 70 children on board. many on the top deck. those on board said the impact sounded like a massive bang. among those on the upper deck was 14—year—old zoe. we suddenlyjust hit the top of the tunnel, because it's a double—decker bus, and it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened down the bottom, i think they were all ok, but on the top it all fell in on top of everyone. there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. children have spoken of screams and panic when the vehicle hit the brick built bridge. the bus slowed down to let a car go through and then the bus went in and the roofjust got ripped off and the window smashed and dust came in through the windows, smoke, and lots of people were screaming and like, worried they'd die. police say three children were seriously hurt, though not with life—threatening injuries. 12 more sustained minor cuts and bruises. officers say they've spoken to the driver, who was not hurt. that bus doesn't fit through the bridge. i can't think that a bus route would have been drawn to take it through a bridge that is too low for the bus. all the pupils went to the henry beaufort school in winchester. the head teacher said she was relieved that more people weren't hurt. well, the head teacher also said counselling was available for any other students involved and she herself didn't want to speculate on the cause of this accident. if you look at the bus behind me you can see upstairs all the twisted polls, some of the seats have been damaged and children spoke of this huge bang when the bus hit the bridge, com pletely when the bus hit the bridge, completely taking off that roof. the bus itself will be taken away by a truck in the next few minutes, it's being secured right now, but the police themselves have said many of the children here have had a lucky escape and they want to find out why this bus was on this route and went under this bridge that was clearly too low for the circumstances. duncan kennedy, thank you very much with the latest in winchester in hampshire. following that bus crash earlier this morning. the time is edging up to 25 minute passed two. sad news to bring you from the world of the arts and entertainment. the death has just been announced the dame diana rigg. across stage and screen, film and television, as well, a long career. the avengers, alongside patrick magee, and diana rigg is appearing on our tv screens even now because she is in the new series of all creatures great and small which you might‘ve seen on channel five, so still working right up channel five, so still working right up until the end. she has died at age of 82. her daughter, rachel stirling, went on to be an actress, as well. a long family line in the way of the arts, that's all we have been told at this stage. the news announced in the last few moments. the death of dame diana rigg at the age of 82. and we will doubtless talk more about her long career over the course of the afternoon. now we turn our attentions to climate change. a tax on frequent flyers and banning cars from city centres are among the climate change solutions members of the public have come up with, as part of the uk's first citizen's assembly on the environment. more than 100 people looked at the changes needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. 0ur planet is heating up fast, with greenhouse gases causing temperatures to rise. now the uk's first climate assembly has a plan to tackle this. launched by sir david attenborough, the assembly brought together people from across the country to give their views on combating climate change. this report covers every aspect of our lives. it recommends stopping the sales of the most polluting cars. forfood, the suggestion is that we reduce the amounts of meat and dairy we eat by up to 40% and the assembly members don't want to ban air travel, but they do say taxes should increase the further and more often we fly. leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the government listens because, as it's going now, climate change is a big issue and there's going to be big effects in my lifetime. there are also lots of little contributions that each person can do on a day—to—day basis, and i would like to think that everyone, as they look at this report, will say, "right, how can i as an individual improve my carbon emissions?" energy was also looked at, and offshore wind farms got the biggest backing, while protecting forests and planting trees was also widely supported. the report has a vision for a greener future and will now be submitted to parliament. it should reveal which policies may or may not receive wider public support. rebecca morelle, bbc news. let's talk to someone part of that people's assembly. hello, mark. i'm very interested to hear how this all worked and how engaged you work with the world of climate change and all thoseissues the world of climate change and all those issues before you took part in this. before i took part in it i was aware that it was an issue, but i didn't really do much about it myself apart from the usual recycling side of things but when the latter came to the door offering the latter came to the door offering the chance to do it, i had to grab it with both hands because i realised you don't get a chance like this to shape your children's and grandchildren sutures so ijust had to go for it. how intense was it? you had only six weeks and you were given masses of information that you then had to diejust and think given masses of information that you then had to die just and think about and come up with ideas? that's right. 108 assembly members and all the experts from around the country in theirfields the experts from around the country in their fields and they absorbed the information and we got a chance to go back to them and ask them more questions and then we got around in small groups of 12 around the table and we came up with what we think would be solutions and we could recommend and push back towards the government to say this is what we recommend we do. it's a recommendation. how much optimism do you have that some of these issues will be taken on board and followed through? i'm very optimistic to be honest. i've been part of a launch this morning and we heard the committee members talking and they all seem to be fully on—board with wanting to take things forward so fingers crossed we will get some great things out of it. if people feel overwhelmed by the topic, what would you say are the simple things perhaps we can all do to try to play oui’ perhaps we can all do to try to play our part? i think you've just got to try to be completely conscious of everything you consume, because one of the big points i found, in participating, every single thing that we consume affects the climate. we've just got to not be as wasteful any more and i think that's the first thing, not to be as wasteful. that's something to live by. thank you very much. i'm sorry we can't talk longer but great to have you with us. thank you very much indeed. he was one of the 108 people involved in that climate assembly. we were just pause and catch up with the weather prospects now. we are beginning to see a bit more cloud developing from the atlantic, the best of the sunshine towards the south—east of england. these are the temperatures by the early evening, a little bit cooler than it was yesterday especially across northern areas where the windsor picking up a bit and rein a setting in the north—west of scotland. it stays wet actually overnight, some rain possible further south but generally speaking, it should be fair elsewhere. wince continuing to freshen especially across the northern half of the uk. quite a bit warmer here than it was last night. that wet weather continues in the north—west of scotland. we will see that band of rain, heavy over the hills, moving down across scotland, northern ireland, eventually into cumbria, the recipe men in wales still dry at this moment, deborah is making 20 degrees. coolerfurther north with some heavy blustery showers across northern parts of scotla nd showers across northern parts of scotland and the winds gusting at 45 miles an hour. should be warmer as we head further into the weekend, but for scotland and northern ireland, a bit more rain. hello, this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: plans for a huge increase in covid testing in britain — 0peration moonshot hopes to do ten million daily tests by early next year. many scientists are sceptical. the so—called 0peration moonshot to deploy mass testing will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. any social gathering in scotland will be limited to six people from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. the eu says it has serious concerns about the government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire — three children are in hospital with serious injuries. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, good afternoon. the return of fans to scottish sports stadiums has been delayed until october 5th at the earliest. first minister nicola sturgeon has pushed it back by three weeks, due to a rise in covid—19 cases. two scottish premiership test events — aberdeen v kilmarnock and ross county against celtic — will go ahead on saturday as planned with up to 300 spectators at each, but any further pilots will be judged on a "case to case basis". rule changes in england which now limit events to a maximum of 1000 spectators has forced cambridge united to move their league two opener behind closed doors. their match against carlisle on saturday at abbey park was due to hold 2,000 fans. but with just half that number now allowed in, the club has cancelled all tickets in the interest of saftey and fairness. horse racing faces a £300 million loss if spectators aren't allowed back — that's according to the head of the racecourse association. the return of fans to sporting events in england is under government review once again because of rising coronavirus infection rates. the sport's already suffered several hundred job losses and fears for more serious disruption come after health officials told doncaster racecourse to cut short the test event there, and stop fans from attending the final three days of its st leger meeting. spectators were allowed forjust one day, before a retrurn to behind closed doors racing — and the government's new cap of a thousand spectators at sporting events will cause further challenges the bigger sites will find it harder than the smaller sites. we are about to finish the flat season in the next eight to ten weeks. we are going to do a jump season where traditionally the crowds are smaller in the winter. for some smaller sites, a thousand is probably workable for that. for the big sites, it will be much more difficult because we rely so heavily on revenue, hospitality attendees. four time world champion sebastian vettel is going to race for aston martin in formula one next season — that's the team currently known as racing point. he leaves ferrari after six years and will partner lance stroll whose dad owns the team. vettel believes he can build something special with them and says his only motivation is to race at the front of the grid. serena williams says she's looking forward to facing her friend victoria azarenka in the semifinals of the us open, after surviving a scare to keep her hopes alive of a record equalling 24th grand slam title. she lost the opening set to bulgaria's svetana pironkava before making it through to the last four. serena says she feels like she's getting stronger as the tournament goes on and is getting better at dealing with what her opponents have in mind. some of these matches, you know, you're playing serena, so it's like, close your eyes and hit as hard as you can add it doesn't matter. so i have to adjust to that. and i start to adjust to that later on. i'm like, ok, now you know what's going to happen. so now ijust have to go into matches knowing that this is going to happen and just kind of adjust to that area. i saw it earlier. and azarenka was in great form in her quarterfinal, dropping just one game against elise mertens — the 16th seed. azarenka's a two—time grand slam champion but is unseeded in new york. she says she nearly quit the sport before the pandemic because of personal reasons, but eased into the last four by winning in just over 70 minutes. there'll be commenatry on the women's semi—finals on bbc radio 5 live tonight. and plenty of excitement around the men's draw too. with novak djokovic gone, what an opportunity for one of the players outside the so—called big three to win a slam. the top seed left is austria's dominc thiem — yet to win a major. he beat alex de minore in straight sets. he faces daniel medvedev next. some breaking rugby news this hour. an eight team tournament involving the six nations as well as fiji and georgia has been announced. a friday night clash between ireland and wales in dubin will kick off the autumn nations cup, which will be played over four weekends in november and december. group a will include england, ireland, wales and georgia. whilst france, scotland, italy and fiji will be in group b. that's all the sport for now. good afternoon, you're watching bbc news and we will talk more about the news that came through just in the last few minutes. in the last few moments, it's been revealed that the actress dame diana rigg has died at the age of 82. a long and remarkable career. she became famous for her role as mrs peel in the tv show the avengers and more recently starred in game of thrones. she had a long career in the theatre as well. sarah campbell looks back on her life. diana rigg, with a little help from a stuntman, as emma peel in the 60s tv series the avengers. clever, cool and cat—suited, she was a new kind of heroine. but she wasn'tjust physical. she was also pretty well equipped intellectually. she was as clever as a man at computers. she was very self—sufficient. diana rigg had been brought up in india and then at a yorkshire boarding school. you're full of surprises, contessa. so are you, mr bond. she was a bond girl in on her majesty's secret service, the only one to get the spy to the altar, though she was shot dead shortly afterwards. theatre of blood with vincent price proved she could do camp comedy. you'll find we've made several slight alterations in the text and one rather large. will i be interfering with his majesty's obligations? i sincerely hope so. and nell gwyn in a morecambe and wise christmas special sealed her popularity. but will you love me when i'm old and ugly? of course i do. why is it that men can't spend ten minutes alone with an actress without mentioning love? she was a formidable stage actress, notably at the national theatre. her finest performance was as the murderous greek tragic hero medea. pick up this sword and creep towards the starting line. is she mad and whiles indeed? she appeared in greek tragedy opposite helen mirren. i pray you, sir, take patients. and in shakespeare's king lire opposite laurence olivier. no, george, darling, you telephoned me. because to was contemporary drama like the bbc‘s mother love. plans must be accelerated down to make an episode of doctor who written especially for her starring her daft, rachael stirling. she resurrected the yorkshire accent of her childhood. i cannot bear to look at sick people. i have known a great many at sick people. i have known a great ma ny clever at sick people. i have known a great many clever men and i have outlived them all. you know why? because i ignored them. and in game of thones she played the sharp tongued queen of thorns. no, you are a dragon. diana rigg, a distinguished actress whose career stretched over more than half a century. dame diana rigg who has died at the age of 82. let's speak to the actor simon callow good afternoon, thank you for speaking to us all swiftly here on the bbc. your thoughts on the life and long career of diana rigg. yes, indeed. it was a unique career as you have rather brilliantly said. it was a rare actress who has been an absolute sex symbol and television superstar but who is also —— has also played a long list of roles, all of which she brought this very particular kind of wit, of wonderfully droll, dry quality. she was a wonderfully entertaining person, you know. an evening with diana was a wonderful time, filled with gossip and sharp, sharp, clever remarks. she was a brilliant woman. was she very good fun to be with? that the impression you're giving. very much so, yes. but not, you know... laughter and working right up until the very end because people listening to you might realise that she is in creatures great and small which is airing right now. yes, it is, i have to say, a big shock that she is gone. nowadays, she has gone early. people do not diet that age nearly as much as they used to and i would expect her to have many, many more yea rs of expect her to have many, many more years of wonderful performances. did you actually get to work alongside her as well as having all those fun evening is that you talked about? no, i neverdid, but evening is that you talked about? no, i never did, buti evening is that you talked about? no, i never did, but i often met her socially and, in fact, i interviewed her once. it was the very first interview that i ever did and we we re interview that i ever did and we were getting on very well during the interview and then out of her handbag rolled a tampon and itjust electrified us both. she carried on boldly through the interview. she was just not a woman who could be easily faced, i can tell you. given that you interviewed her, and i know actors get asked this all the time, but could you judge whether she preferred film or theatre? did she have a preference? i don't believe she did. but she had a wonderful mid—career renaissance. it was the almeida theatre where she was, as it were, rediscovered and jonathan kent and particularly ian mcdiarmid encouraged her to play a huge range of roles and she was spectacularly versatile, absolutely remarkable actress and, you know, that was lucky because it doesn't always happen to people to get a second wind like that. she had started with the royal shakespeare company, she was a classical actress really through and through but would do anything to which she brought, as i feel, these wonderful qualities of wit and kind of penetration. whoever it was who said she was very sharp intellectual was absolutely right. it's funny you mention that, i was lucky enough to see that production of who's afraid of virginia woolf, a long and gruelling players anyone knows, but it was a fantastic performance and really reminded you that she was just as capable on stage as she was on screen. absolutely, absolutely. she wasjust a complete and rounded actress. she was a wonderful embellishment to our profession. what did she think of the fact that her daughter followed in her footsteps, the fact that her daughter followed in herfootsteps, rachael the fact that her daughter followed in her footsteps, rachael stirling? she was delighted. probably not at all surprised either. rachel is keeping the torch burning for her, as it were. simon, thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. many thanks for your reminiscences of meeting the remarkable dame diana rigg. her death has been announced at the age of 82. it is quarter to three. as universities and colleges begin their academic year, the government has set out new guidelines to try to prevent coronavirus outbreaks. the guidance — for england — says face to face tutoring should be used only for priority courses, and that students shouldn't return home in the event of a local rise in cases. dan johnson reports. this is the normalfun of the freshers fair. new city, new friends, new things to sign up for. all part of the university experience, which will be more difficult this year. there is a direct appeal for students to stick to the rules. please, for the sake of your education, for your parents‘ and your grandparents‘ health, wash your hands, cover your face, make space and don't socially gather in groups of more than six now, and when term starts. six is the limit for social gatherings, so no big house parties, but accommodation blocks are more complicated. the guidance says classroom teaching is safe, mixed with online learning. cambridge has announced all students it accommodates will be tested weekly, regardless of symptoms. there is a warning that is of limited use. if there is an indication that a local health protection team is working with a university because there has been a case, the likelihood of you finding more cases than is higher. so the really important message here is be guided by the health professionals, by the health protection teams, as to when that is a useful intervention. students who get ill are being urged not to return to their home towns and risk spreading the virus further. exeter has signed a contract for rapid testing of those with symptoms. we hope that by having a testing programme alongside all those other effects, it will enable us to get as close as possible to a proper exeter experience, and we hope that our students who come this year will end up with the same sort of memories on the same sorts of opportunities are students who came in previous years. memorable it will be, one way or another. there is recognition that so many young people moving and mixing will produce more cases. but there is reassurance, too, that the risks are currently limited. in society, and community at the moment, the number of cases is still very low. there are outbreaks in various places and rising rates, but the chances of a person going to university and having coronavirus this week and next week, probably, a very, very low indeed. at the moment, the risk is extremely low. face masks, social distancing and re—jigged timetables will limit numbers to keep campuses say. it will be what happens beyond lectures that determines the impact of student life on the next stage of the pandemic. tim quine is the deputy vice chancellor at the university of exeter. very good afternoon. good afternoon. these new guidelines are only out today and you must be very close to older students returning. there enough time for you to digester and act on all of this? well, fortu nately, act on all of this? well, fortunately, dfe has been in dialogue with us over the development of the guideline so we have been able to feed into that. through the russell group in exeter‘s case, we have been able to give feedback and in response to sage reports, to identify areas where we have concerns, where we think we can go beyond what was in initially imagined, so we are already well advanced in our university approach to making sure we can deliver this core mission of the university about education while fulfilling our priority which is to keep our students, our staff and really im porta ntly keep our students, our staff and really importantly our communities safe as we possibly can. of course. does that mean that a large proportion of your teaching will have to be online? yes, we have a three track approach to making sure that we can address really high quality education with this safety. 0ne round culture in the community, one round rest mystic magnets, and one round rest mystic magnets, and one round rest mystic magnets, and one round testing and tracing. the regulation risk, we have a risk pyramid. we have moved quite a lot of our activity, i learning and teaching online. in a major investment, over the summer, teaching online. in a major investment, overthe summer, in teaching online. in a major investment, over the summer, in a project we cold enhance, because we think the process of putting more of our teaching online will actually called enhance a lot of our teaching and make the resources more accessible to also cannot fit around the normal timetable. students can go to work at their own pace and it will significantly allow us to use life teaching time which will still bea life teaching time which will still be a very integral part of teaching here ina be a very integral part of teaching here in a more interactive way so that the delivery of curriculum of a standard lecture will now be ca ptu red standard lecture will now be captured in a podcast or in a recorded lecture and the face—to—face time will be more focused on discussion and answering student questions about things they have not understood or throughout the assessment, so i think it will bea the assessment, so i think it will be a different experience. it will have a major component that will be digital, but i think it will be a stunning experience and, obviously, it will still be the same great lecturers involved in teaching, the same academics doing their work. do you and to all the staff feel a degree of pressure to get that online side of things right and get it engaging because their students are paying thousands of pounds a year and some of them might think, yeah, what may paying for your? we we re yeah, what may paying for your? we were really keen to make sure that were really keen to make sure that we had a good understanding of what stu d e nts we had a good understanding of what students are looking for in the quality and the navigation of online environments, so part of the investment we have made over the summer was to recruit over 100 of our current students to be what we call digital learning analysts and they are giving us advice on the quality of the experience, how they are finding the navigation of our virtual learning and we have also taken on about 18 recent graduates who are digital learning developers working alongside academics to perch the digital resources up, so we feel they are well attuned to the needs of stu d e nts they are well attuned to the needs of students and that takes some of the load off academics because they have done an amazing job over the summer. not only have they been preparing for this year but they have also marked around 60,000 scripts online because wiese switched our entire assessment programme to be online rather than cancelling it or any other approach that we could have taken. well, all the best for the new academic year. thank you very much, the deputy vice chancellor there at the university of exeter. a new report by the wwf says wildlife populations have fallen by more than two thirds in less than 50 years. the report warns that nature is being destroyed by humans at a rate never seen before and that what it calls a catastrophic decline, shows no sign of slowing. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. wildlife is dying out at a rate which has never been seen before in human history, according to today's report. from the arctic to the warm seas of the caribbean, to the gardens of britain, it's happening faster than all the predictions and its global. the living planet report carried out every two yea rs assesses more than 20,000 creatures all around the world, species in all groups of animals on every continent are being lost. what we have seen is a wholesale destruction of some of our most important natural assets in the space of one human lifetime, 50 years. and this is a trend only increasing and accelerating and that's why we have to stop now and start to address it. intensive agriculture is one of the key drivers. these are huge banana plantations in ghana and it's a monoculture. wildlife is being driven out, so people around the world can eat the fruit whenever they like. it's the same story elsewhere. in the amazon, a football pitch of rainforest is lost every minute, cleared as grazing for beef cattle and to plant soy which goes into animal feed. and a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. but it is possible for food to be intensively produced working with nature and that's what's happening here in wiltshire. it's a very good hunting ground for birds of prey. david butler's farm isn't organic, but still a haven for wildlife. the grey partridge, here filmed in a different location, has declined by 85% since 1970 but is thriving on his farm. it's a nice wildlife habitat. he believes agriculture has to be balanced with nature. if we have no fertility in our soil, if we have poor air quality, if we have poor water quality, then we are not going to have high yields of crops and we are not going to have healthy animals and healthy food and that directly feeds through to people. 0il pours from a tanker shipwrecked off mauritius last month. this is about people destroying systems that we ourselves depend on, rather than just wildlife. humans are managing nature for their own benefit, whether it's for grazing animals orfor building on and it's having a dramatic impact all over the world. scientists say we can see this now by the pandemic we are living through. research suggests the emergence of covid—19 could be linked to bats. we are fairly confident that the driving forces which have led to the spread of that virus came through a combination of expansion into habitats, illegal wildlife trade, the removal of wildlife, and we are going to see those threats increase, so we've had a clear warning that impacts on wildlife overseas directly affect us at home. but the report says we can stop and even repair the damage, but it will need unprecedented conservation action and radical changes in how we produce and consume food. much more coming up after 3pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. for much of the country, is staying dry through the rest of the day. there is cloud coming in for north—western parts of the uk, turning wetter as well. cooler than it was yesterday. these are the temperatures as we head into the early evening, particularly chile across the northern half of the uk with the breeze picking up a bit and we have that rain in the north—west as well. through the night, we will see that wetter weather continuing across the north—west of scotland and many other areas will be dry. for better cloud around overnight in the wind continues to freshen particular across the northern half of the uk, so it will not be as pulled as it was last night, a significant change for eastern scotla nd significant change for eastern scotland in the north—east of england. into friday, a weather front and an area of low pressure brings wet and windy weather to the northern half of the uk. further south still dominated by high pressure so it is dry and that pattern will continue into the weekend as well as we will see in a moment. this band of rain moves down across scotland, northern ireland, heavy rain over the hills in the west. eventually that pushes into cumbria through the afternoon of the rest of england and wales still dry at this stage, some sunshine at times and temperatures perhaps making 20 degrees. coolerfurther north where it is windier as well, heavy, blustery showers in northern scotla nd heavy, blustery showers in northern scotland with wins gusting to 45 mph. that weather front takes rain southwards across northern parts of england and wales and then it peters out. the next weather system is sweeping in from the atlantic and, again, that will mainly affect the northern half of the uk where we start saturday with some showers in northern and western scotland. that gets swamped by thickening cloud, the wind is picking up, north—western area turning wetter once again. england wales again look mostly dry, sunshine at times and temperatures sneaking up to 21 celsius. through the rest of the weekend, a spell of wet and windy weather on saturday night for scotland, perhaps northern ireland, and then more rain on sunday pushes up and then more rain on sunday pushes up towards the north—west of scotland, threatening flooding as well. elsewhere, though, increasing amounts of sunshine, wind is beginning to drop a bit and tebbit was responding to the sunshine maybe even into the mid 20s across the centre of england but it will likely get hotter still as we head into early next week. i weather front still loitering in the north—west of the uk, an area of high pressure across continental europe and we will tap into some of that heat and see temperatures rising everywhere next week and briefly in the south—east to produce could reach 30 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines. 0peration moonshot. the government defends its ambition of reaching ten million coronavirus tests a day, but scientists question whether its achievable. the so—called 0peration moonshot to deploy mass testing will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have in the here and now. social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. the eu says it has serious concerns about the government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire. three children are in hospital with serious injuries. the actress dame diana rigg, famous for her role in the avengers and james bond, has died at the age of 82. hello. good afternoon. the health secretary matt hancock has defended the government's ambition to carry out millions of coronavirus tests every day. leaked official documents show that the prime minister's so—called "moonshot" programme aims to carry out three million tests a day by december, and up to ten million early next year. experts have expressed concerns about laboratory capacity and say the technology for rapid tests doesn't yet exist. it comes as the number of positive tests jumped 43% in one week, at the end of last month. dominic hughes reports. is mass testing for coronavirus the key to opening up the economy, and is it even possible? these are the questions being asked in the wake of borisjohnson's plan that would see perhaps 10 million tests per day by next spring, with results delivered in minutes. we are developing new types of tests which are simple, quick and scalable. they use swabs or saliva. they can be turned round in 90 minutes, or even 20 minutes. the so—called 0peration moonshot, to deploy mass testing, will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. for instance, it could mean theatres and sports venues could test audience members on the day and let in those with a negative result. but there are real doubts over whether the plan is even realistic. the current system is already struggling to deliver around 175,000 tests a day. experts say the practicalities of testing millions of people shouldn't be underestimated. you are thinking about a football stadium that has approximately 70,000 people who may wish to attend. you may well have people queueing from early in the morning for an evening football match, simply to get 70,000 people tested and through the gates without having crowding outside. there is also the cost involved. documents linked to the british medicaljournal suggest a price tag of around £100 billion. even some of those involved in advising government believe the idea is flawed. i think talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have in the here and now. there is a pattern that each time the government has failed on testing, it's announced something yet more ambitious in the hope of distracting us from the present problems. wash your hands, cover your face... this new government campaign is a reminder that basic hygiene is still the key to stopping the spread of the virus, and while mass testing technology does exist, it's not yet been rigorously assessed. avoiding false negatives — tests that wrongly indicate you are free from the virus — will be crucial. the latest figures on testing illustrate some of the challenges faced in the here and now. more than 9,800 new people tested positive for covid—19 in england in the week to september the 2nd. that's an increase of 43% in positive cases on the previous week — the highest weekly number since test and trace was launched at the end of may. whatever happens with what the government is calling its moonshot testing plans, they are unlikely to be in place much before the spring. that raises the prospect the new guidelines on socialising — the rule of six — and maybe even something more restrictive, will still be with us at christmas and beyond. dominic hughes, bbc news. 0ur health editor hugh pym gave me the latest on the government's plans to increase testing capacity. what the government is saying is that this is relying on a new generation of testing. we heard from matt hancock there in dominic's piece, based on rapid results, saliva tests and so on, which are now being trialled. and they could deliver the means for doing something quickly for someone going into work or going to a theatre, or a football stadium, or whatever. it does seem very, very difficult to envisage how this will come on as rapidly as they want it to do, and how it will work when there are so many problems with people getting tests at the moment, reporting difficulties getting something close to home, being sent miles from their home or not getting a test at all. i think the interesting thing from the leaked documents in the british medicaljournal, and other things we have heard today, is that the prime minister really feels very strongly, achievable or not, that this is a way forward, back towards some sort of normality. there is other data out today as well that reminds us just how far behind an awful lot of other health conditions have fallen because everybody has been so focused on coronavirus? yes, once the covid pandemic developed in march, and the severity of it was known, the nhs cleared the decks right around the uk so that there was room for covid patients. but a lot of routine, non—urgent surgery, procedures and appointments were cancelled. and now we are beginning to see the backlog in recent data. this is from nhs england and shows that more than two million people were waiting then, more than 18 weeks, that's the target, for a non—urgent operation, a hip or knee replacement, that sort of thing. that is more than half the total waiting list. we haven't seen a number like that since records began in 2007. 83,000 of those were waiting more than a year. to put that into perspective, it was only 2000, back in february. nhs england do say they are making progress on bringing back diagnostics. there are more cancer patients being seen than in march. but certainly there does seem to be a long way to go. susan michie is a professor of health psychology and director of centre for behaviour change at university college london. very good afternoon. good afternoon. this is a huge ambition on behalf of the government. what do you make of it? i have concerns about it. one of my concerns is about raising expectations, that probably won't be fulfilled, we had expectations raised by a world—class beating up many months ago, millions of pounds are spent on it, and that's got nowhere. and the other problem is how it's being solved is the numbers that are going to be done and the numbers aren't the issue. the issue, as ever with testing, is who is being tested, where are they being tested, and also how do you interpret the results? these test results are going to have what's called false positives and negatives, people who think they are not infectious but actually are, and also those who aren't infectious to think they are, and then have to isolate. we need much more information. these technologies have not been developed yet. they haven't been evaluated in the way vaccines and medication has, and we can't have a situation where we have these incredibly extravagant promises and an abstract way, to make people feel better, and distract from the total failure of the current test, trace and isolate system which everybody knows is, at the moment, our best way of getting out of this pandemic. so why do you feel, if you think that's the best way of doing it, why is there not be political will and drive behind that to make it work to the best of its ability? many scientists have been asking that question because over the last few months, as it's been obvious, every stage of that system is not delivering, the government have been told by many quarters that the contracts and the funding should go to those who have got the expertise and the trust, which is the local public health and primary care setup. we are joined public health and primary care setup. we arejoined up, we share data, and already we've shown we are the only ones who are getting the results needed. so then the question is why the government not to that? carrying on giving these eye watering amounts of money to private contractors and organisations and companies that don't have a track record and doing this, and they are doing badly and are not trusted and the conclusion that i think people are coming to is that it seems to be ideology is driving policy and practice, not science. and not what is going to be best in terms of the pandemic. i mean, we are told the prime minister is absolutely convinced of this idea could work in the sense if you can get mass testing you really can get society up testing you really can get society up and running again, if you could mass a test perhaps people are going into a music venue, that music venue could thrive and survive in right now it has an economic cost. that's one tiny example. is there any truth in the notion that big testing on scale could help things get up and running? we have the same message about the app. the app is going to save the situation. it was going to get us out of a pandemic. you know, look where we are with that. i think what needs to really be thought about is trust. we absolutely need to trust the government in terms of the way forward in this pandemic because the trust has got to be built up because otherwise it undermines adherence and we do need people to adhere to the advice that's being given out and i don't think this sort of pr distraction kind of announcement of plans that have come through a consultancy company, it hasn't come from the experts, the public health professionals, the scientists. it's come through a consultancy company. it seems to be more about public relations and presenting in a good light, rather than collectively tackling the problems we face. why not try to put everything to make the test, trace, isolate system work, because that's what's going to stop the nhs being overwhelmed? that's what's going to save lives and build trust, make what we have work before going on to try to do something even more ambitious. for now, thank you very much indeed. thank you. just to let you now that later this afternoon at 16.30 we'll be answering your questions on coronavirus. we'll be speaking to virologist and lecturer in global health dr elisabetta groppelli. send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. the number of people allowed to meet up in scotland has been cut to six from two households amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic accelerating. first minister nicola sturgeon announced the measure at lunchtime. it comes as a new contact tracing app called protect scotland became available to download. james shaw is in glasgow. the restrictions that she is talking about are very similar to the ones that we know about in england already. so a maximum of six people from two households meeting together either indoors or outdoors, a couple of refinements compared to what's happening in england. so nicola sturgeon said if hospitality settings, so cafes, pubs and restaurants, people moving around, that's customers and staff, would have to wear masks. there will be some exceptions to these rules for things like funerals and weddings, essentially nicola sturgeon saying it is unfortunate that these tightening measures have to happen but it is, as she sees it, a necessity. i can confirm that we intend to change this so that a maximum of six people from two households will now be permitted to meet together. to help reduce transmission but also to simplify the rules as much as possible, this new limit will apply both indoors in houses, pubs and restaurants, and also outdoors, including private gardens. there will be some limited exceptions for example for organised sports and places of worship. also any children under 12 who are part of two households meeting up won't count towards the limit of six people. now, one more positive development, need contact tracing up which is now up and running, last time i checked, 150,000 people had downloaded it so far today. the actress dame diana rigg has died at the age of 82. she became famous for her role as emma peel in the tv show the avengers, and went on to appear in on her majesty's secret service and game of thrones. she also played many classical roles in theatre. sarah campbell looks back at her career. diana rigg, with a little help from a stuntman, as emma peel in the ‘60s tv series the avengers. clever, cool and cat—suited, she was a new kind of heroine. but she wasn'tjust physical. she was also pretty well equipped intellectually. she was as clever as a man at computers. she was very self—sufficient. diana rigg had been brought up in india and then at a yorkshire boarding school. you're full of surprises, contessa. so are you, mr bond. she was a bond girl in on her majesty's secret service, the only one to get the spy to the altar, though she was shot dead shortly afterwards. theatre of blood with vincent price proved she could do camp comedy. you'll find we've made several slight alterations in the text and one rather large. will i be interfering with his majesty's obligations? i sincerely hope so. and nell gwyn in a morecambe and wise christmas special sealed her popularity. but will you love me when i'm old and ugly? of course i do. why is it that men can't spend ten minutes alone with an actress without mentioning love? she was a formidable stage actress, notably at the national theatre. her finest performance was as the murderous greek tragic hero medea. pick up this sword and creep toward the starting line of pain. is she mad and wild indeed? she appeared in greek tragedy opposite helen mirren. i pray you, sir, take patience. and in shakespeare's king lear opposite laurence olivier. no, george, darling, you telephoned me. there was contemporary drama like the bbc‘s mother love. plans must be accelerated. nothing must interfere. an episode of doctor who written especially for her starring her daughter, rachael stirling — she resurrected the yorkshire accent of her childhood. kindly do not claw and slobber at my crinoline. i cannot bear to look at sick people. i have known a great many clever men. i've outlived them all. you know why? i ignored them. and in game of thrones she played lady 0lenna, the sharp tongued queen of thorns. no, you're a dragon. diana rigg, a distinguished actress whose career stretched over more than half a century. dame diana rigg, who has died at the age of 82. earlier i spoke to actor simon callow who knew dame diana rigg. she was a wonderfully entertaining person, you know, an evening with her was a wonderful kind of evening filled with gossip and sharp, sharp, clever remarks. she was a brilliant woman. what she very good fun to be with? that's the impression you are giving. very much so, yes, yes. working right up until the end because people listening to might realise that she is in all creatures great and small which is airing right now. i know, it is, i have to say, a big shock that she is gone and nowadays she's gone early. i mean, people don't die at that age nearly as much as they used to and i would have expected to have many, many more years of wonderful performances from her. did you actually get to work alongside her as well as having fun evenings you talked about? no, i never did, buti often talked about? no, i never did, buti ofte n m et talked about? no, i never did, buti often met her socially. in fact, i interviewed her once, the very first interviewed her once, the very first interview i ever did. we were getting on very well with the interview and then out of her handbag rolled a tampon... laughter she carried on boldly through the interview. she was not a woman who could be easily fazed, i can tell you. given that you interviewed her, i know actors could asked this all the time, but could you judge whether she preferred film or theatre? did she have a preference? i don't believe she did but i think she had a wonderful mid—career renascence, at the almeida theatre when she was rediscovered. jonathan kent and ian mcdiarmid encouraged her to play a huge range of roles and she was spectacularly versatile, absolutely remarkable and that was lucky because it doesn't always happen to people who get a second wind like that. she started at the royal shakespeare company, classical actress, through and through, but thrilled to do anything to which she brought all these wonderful qualities of wet and penetration that whoever what said she was sharp intellectual it was absolutely right. it's funny you mention that, i was lucky enough to see that production of who's afraid of virginia woolf? and that's a long and gruelling play as anyone knows, but it was a fantastic performance and really reminded you that she was just as capable on a stage as she was on screen? absolutely, absolutely. she was just complete rounded actress, a wonderful embellishment to our profession. what did you think of the fact her daughter followed in her footsteps, rachael stirling? she was absolutely delighted, you know, probably not at all surprised either. rachel is keeping the torch burning for her as it were. and that was the actor simon callow remembering dame diana rigg who has died at the age of 82. the eu says it has serious concerns about uk moves to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. emergency talks are taking place between eu officials and the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove. the goverment says it's trying to protect the internal market and the northern ireland peace process. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jessica parker. my my goodness, these are fraught times? yes, a lot going on today and i think we are now in the period this afternoon when we are waiting and lauder frost, for the uk site, michel barnier arrived for the talks short while ago to talk to david frost about those future talks on various different levels with officials, but the two had negotiators meeting face—to—face at the moment. there have been some unscheduled talks which are now over between michael gove and his european commission counterpart and one days been looking at is what's already been agreed in the divorce settlement, the withdrawal agreement. that's where a lot of attention has been this week after the government published plans that would potentially hand ministers powers to modify parts of that agreement should downing street say, asa agreement should downing street say, as a safety net, should talks not resolve certain issues, they say this bill will help keep the internal market free and flowing and protect peace in northern ireland. of course, they've been accused of overwriting an international treaty potentially, which has caused disquiet in the european union circles hence today's emergency talks, but also disquiet on the conservative benches as well and we've heard for some pretty senior people in the conservative party. theresa may and sirjohn major had criticised the government over this. today in the house of lords, lord howard also criticised the government. my lords, does my learned friend simply not understand the damage done to our reputation for probity and respect for the rule of law by those five words uttered by his ministerial colleague in another place on tuesday? words which i never thought i would hear uttered by a british minister, far less a conservative minister. how can we approach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards, when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? so strong words there from lord howard. the third conservative leader to criticise the government on this matter. he was referring to words from brandon lewis, the northern ireland secretary, who earlier this week in the house of commons in a remarkable admission said what the government had planned would break international law but only ina would break international law but only in a limited and specific way. the government doesn't seem particular put off by the criticism it has been under, pushing ahead with this bill next week. it will be up with this bill next week. it will be up infront with this bill next week. it will be up in front of the house of commons. there are conservative mps who are pretty unhappy about it, not all of them necessarily will stick their head above the parapet and rebelled, and some are hoping that this bill can be softened a little bit going forward so it doesn't cause quite so much discomfort but, downing street very much insisting it's a safety net, there to protect the united kingdom. some suspect ministers are doing a bit of sabre rattling here trying to bring the eu to the table but others wonder whether there are those within the government or conservative backbenchers who would be happy with the idea of not reaching agreement on a future trade and reverting to wto terms. it will be interesting over the next few hours to hear what's gone on in these two sets of talks today and whether there has been progress or whether there has been progress or whether things have gone backwards. yes, let's see what emerges in the coming hours. thank you very much for now, jessica parker, at westminster. three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus hit a railway bridge near winchester in hampshire. the roof of the bus was sheared off. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy was at the scene. the bus is under the bridge behind me and the roof was completely sheared off. it was a double—decker bus and it's likely most of those serious injuries were among children on that a project. police say they are now questioning the driver involved. there was nothing left of the top deck of the bus, sheared off after hitting a railway bridge. the bus had more than 70 children on board, many on the top deck. those on board said the impact sounded like a massive bang. among those on the upper deck was 14—year—old zoe. we suddenlyjust hit the top of the tunnel, because it's a double—decker bus, and it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened down the bottom, i think they were all ok, but on the top it all fell in on top of everyone. there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. children have spoken of screams and panic when the vehicle hit the brick built bridge. the bus slowed down to let a car go through and then the bus went in and the roofjust got ripped off and the window smashed and dust came in through the windows, smoke, and lots of people were screaming and like, worried they'd die. police say three children were seriously hurt, though not with life—threatening injuries. 12 more sustained minor cuts and bruises. officers say they've spoken to the driver, who was not hurt. that bus doesn't fit through the bridge. i can't think that a bus route would have been drawn to take it through a bridge that is too low for the bus. all the pupils went to the henry beaufort school in winchester. the head teacher said she was relieved that more people weren't hurt. the head teacher also said that support is available for all the stu d e nts support is available for all the students involved and she didn't wa nt to students involved and she didn't want to speculate about the cause of this accident. duncan kennedy there in winchester. let's just pause and ta ke in winchester. let's just pause and take a look at the weather prospects. we are beginning to see a bit more cloud developing from the atlantic, the best of the sunshine towards the south—east of england. these are the temperatures by the early evening, a little bit cooler than it was yesterday especially across northern areas where the windsor picking up a bit and rein a setting in the north—west of scotland. it stays wet actually overnight, some rain possible further south but generally speaking, it should be fair elsewhere. winds continuing to freshen especially across the northern half of the uk. quite a bit warmer here than it was last night. that wet weather continues in the north—west of scotland. we will see that band of rain, heavy over the hills, moving down across scotland, northern ireland, eventually into cumbria, the rest of england and wales still dry at this moment, deborah is making 20 degrees. cooler further north with some heavy blustery showers across northern parts of scotland and the winds gusting at 45 miles an hour. should be warmer as we head further into the weekend, but for scotland and northern ireland, a bit more rain. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: 0peration moonshot — the government defends its ambition of reaching ten million coronavirus tests a day, but scientists question whether it's achievable. social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people, from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. the eu says it has serious concerns about the government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire. three children are in hospital with serious injuries. and the actress dame diana rigg, famous for her role in the avengers and james bond, has died at the age of 82. sport and for a full round up, over to the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the return of fans to scottish sports stadiums has been delayed until fifth october at the earliest. first minister nicola sturgeon has pushed it back by three weeks, due to a rise in covid—19 cases. two scottish premiership test events — aberdeen v kilmarnock and ross county against celtic — will go ahead on saturday as planned with up to 300 spectators at each, but any further pilots will be judged on a "case to case basis". rule changes in england, which now limit events to a maximum of 1000 spectators, has forced cambridge united to move their league 2 season opener behind closed doors. their match against carlisle on saturday at abbey park was due to take place in front of 2,000 fans. but with just half that number now allowed in, the club has cancelled all tickets in the interest of saftey. horse racing faces a £300 million loss if spectators aren't allowed to return — that's according to the head of the racecourse association. the sport's already suffered several hundred job losses and there are fears for more serious disruption after doncaster racecourse was told by health officials to close its doors for the final three days of its st leger meeting. some of these matches, you know, you're playing serena, so it's like, close your eyes and hit as hard as you can and it doesn't matter. so i have to adjust to that. and i start to adjust to that later on. i'm like, ok, now you know what's going to happen. so now ijust have to go into matches knowing that this is going to happen and just kind of adjust to that earlier. staying in the us, the nfl will be the last major sport in the country to return, since the covid—19 outbreak, with the defending super bowl champions kansas city chiefs hosting the houston texans tonight. it's the first game since february. the league's introduced strict health and safety protocols, including the wearing of masks in the bench area. it's been left up to the 32 teams and local officials to decide if it is safe to allow spectators into their stadiums. there will be around 17,000 at the arrowhead stadium in kansas city, which is less than a quarter of its capacity and the players are getting used to the new procedures. getting tested every day, you know, having the lock is spaced out, different schedules, having a bubble where we watch films, you know, we have our own material things and towels and things like that, and eve ryo ne towels and things like that, and everyone else has been following the protocol so it's been going well. that's all from me for now. 0n the website, there's the latest from this afternoon's premier league manager news conferences ahead of the new season which gets going this weekend, plus live updates from stage 12 of the tour de france where slovenia's primoz roglic is the overall race leader. i'll have more a bit later. that is all your support for now. thanks very much. see you later on in the day. let's bring you a couple of lines coming out of those brexit meetings. we've been talking about that a lot today. and some pretty strong words coming out from the eu commission. they are saying that if the brexit bill were to be adopted would constitute an extremely serious violation of the withdrawal agreement and of international law, very strong comments. also the commission saying it doesn't accept the argument that the aim of the d raft the argument that the aim of the draft bill is to protect the good friday agreement. in fact, it takes the view that it does the opposite. it says, overall, the uk, talking about possibly mending the withdrawal agreement of course, which is signed, the eu commission says on brexit the uk has seriously damaged trust between the eu and the uk and it is now up to the uk government to re—establish that trust. so very strong words coming out there. one final item in relation to all of this, we have two separate brexit conversations going on today, of course, but the commission saying withdrawal agreement contains a number of mechanisms and legal remedies to address violations of the legal obligations which are contained in the text. it says the european union won't be shy using these. so mechanisms and legal remedies to address any violations and the european union won't be shy in using them, but a very strong words around them, but a very strong words around the whole issue of trust. they are saying the uk government is broken trust and it is up to the british government, the uk government, to re—establish that trust. we have been hearing from several really very senior members of the conservative party who expressed a lot of concern about this idea and we've been hearing from michael howard, the former leader of the party, and from sirjohn major, former prime minister among others expressing concern, so there is very strong comments coming out in the last few moments from the eu commission. we will doubtless have more reaction to that and more from westminster and from brussels in the course of the afternoon. a minute's silence has been held at the site of the stonehaven train derailment, in which three people died last month. an interim report released this morning found the accident in aberdeenshire was caused when the train struck rock and gravel washed onto the tracks. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been at the crash site today. this is a very remote location and engineers had to build 900 metres of road and bridge to get specialist equipment onto site. but this morning, just over four weeks after this crash occurred, in a slow and delicate process, the first of those two engines and four carriages, which derailed were lifted. it comes on the day when network rail released the interim report which says the crash was caused by the train hitting a pile of washed out rock and gravel. there was of course very out rock and gravel. there was of course very heavy rain in the hours before the crash occurred and network rail admits the impact of climate change on the network is accelerating faster than previous assumptions. it says it needs to get better at predicting and reacting to extreme weather events at a local level. it says it also has to look closely at the earthworks, the cuttings, the embankment around the network itself. the areas most at risk of failure from slippage are being targeted for action but network rail says in this report it is not economically viable to strengthen all substandard track—side slopes. strengthen all substandard track-side slopes. lorna gordon in aberdeenshire. a huge migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos was all but destroyed in a fire on tuesday night — now a second one has wiped out what was left. what was last week the only shelter for more than 12,000 refugees is now a wasteland. mark lobel has the latest. hundreds of unaccompanied children leave for greece's mainland from theirfire ravaged camp on the island of lesbos. just as new fires began destroying parts of the camp that had been spared the initial onslaught. the greek government says the original fire was caused by protesters after 35 residents who had tested positive for coronavirus were isolated. strong winds then fanned the flames in a tinderbox where families crammed into a space meant to house just a quarter of the 13,000 men, women and children who were placed there. these new fires at europe's largest refugee camp have opened up old wounds. after afghanis, syrians and iraqis headed for a new life in europe, a deal struck four years ago with turkey has was meant to offer accommodation there. but the problem was pushed onto greek shores is the closest destination. and now look. the truth of the matter is that people on the greek island welcome the refugees years ago but after so many years of continuous flows, there has been a lot of fatigue in local communities. the german government is under pressure at home to a urgently house more migrants. demonstrators in berlin and frankfurt insist there is room. translation: the situation is such that the people there could simply come here to live normal lives instead of having to go to hell. that's why we are here, we are saying the city of frankfurt has a room and so does germany. and now another challenge. as the coronavirus pandemic pushes the problem of migration further into the open. could it also make it more difficult for economically strapped countries to open their borders and keep the pandemic at bay? mark lobel, bbc news. more than a year after fire ravaged the cathedral of notre dame in paris, tourists have been welcomed back into its crypts. visitors will have a chance to view an exhibition about the building's history. restoration work paused during the pandemic, but specialists around france have been working on art and furniture saved from the fire. as universities and colleges begin their academic year, the government has set out new guidelines to try to prevent coronavirus outbreaks. the guidance — for england — says face to face tutoring should be used only for priority courses, and that students shouldn't return home in the event of a local rise in cases. dan johnson reports. this is the normalfun of the freshers fair. new city, new friends, new things to sign up for. all part of the university experience, which will be more difficult this year. there is a direct appeal for students to stick to the rules. please, for the sake of your education, for your parents‘ and your grandparents‘ health, wash your hands, cover your face, make space and don't socially gather in groups of more than six now, and when term starts. six is the limit for social gatherings, so no big house parties, but accommodation blocks are more complicated. the guidance says classroom teaching is safe, mixed with online learning. cambridge has announced all students it accommodates will be tested weekly, regardless of symptoms. there is a warning that is of limited use. if there is an indication that a local health protection team is working with a university because there has been a case, the likelihood of you finding more cases then is higher. so the really important message here is be guided by the health professionals, by the health protection teams, as to when that is a useful intervention. students who get ill are being urged not to return to their home towns and risk spreading the virus further. exeter has signed a contract for rapid testing of those with symptoms. we hope that by having a testing programme alongside all those other effects, it will enable us to get as close as possible to a proper exeter experience, and we hope that our students who come this year will end up with the same sort of memories on the same sorts of opportunities are students who came in previous years. memorable it will be, one way or another. there is recognition that so many young people moving and mixing will produce more cases. but there is reassurance, too, that the risks are currently limited. in society, and community at the moment, the number of cases is still very low. there are outbreaks in various places and rising rates, but the chances of a person going to university and having coronavirus this week and next week, probably, is very, very low indeed. at the moment, the risk is extremely low. face masks, social distancing and re—jigged timetables will limit numbers to keep campuses say. it will be what happens beyond lectures that determines the impact of student life on the next stage of the pandemic. the headlines on bbc news: 0peration moonshot — the government defends its ambition of reaching ten million coronavirus tests a day, but scientists question whether it's achievable. social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people, from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. the eu says it has serious concerns about the government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. we have a few more details about that story because the statement has been issued by the eu, it seems to express more than serious concerns, some very, express more than serious concerns, some very, very strong language and amongst what's just been put up here on the website, the vice president saying that the timely and full implementation of the withdrawal agreement which the prime minister borisjohnson agreement which the prime minister boris johnson and the agreement which the prime minister borisjohnson and the government agreed to and which the uk houses of parliament ratified less than a year ago is a legal obligation. the european union expects the letter and spirit of this agreement to be fully respected for violating the terms of the withdrawal agreement would break international law and undermine trust and put at risk the ongoing future relationship negotiations and there have been some very, negotiations and there have been some very, very strong words. that's a lengthy statement but there has been some brief and very strong words coming out of that meeting this afternoon and the eu talking about the uk government breaking trust and saying it is up to the government to try to restore that trust following on from that emergency meeting, which, on the british side, involve the cabinet officer michael gove among others but a very, very strong words coming out of that and huge disquiet there. putting it politely on the part of the eu. doubtless much more to come on that, more political reaction and perhaps more from brussels as well, but some very strong words about the fa ct but some very strong words about the fact the british government signed up fact the british government signed up to that withdrawal agreement and is expected to abide by it. so further reaction to that as soon as we get it. a new report by the wwf says wildlife populations have fallen by more than two thirds in less than 50 years. the report warns that nature is being destroyed by humans at a rate never seen before, and calls it a catastrophic decline, shows no sign of slowing. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. wildlife is dying out at a rate which has never been seen before in human history, according to today's report. from the arctic to the warm seas of the caribbean, to the gardens of britain, it's happening faster than all the predictions and its global. the living planet report carried out every two yea rs assesses more than 20,000 creatures all around the world, species in all groups of animals on every continent are being lost. what we have seen is a wholesale destruction of some of our most important natural assets in the space of one human lifetime, 50 years. and this is a trend only increasing and accelerating and that's why we have to stop now and start to address it. intensive agriculture is one of the key drivers. these are huge banana plantations in ghana and it's a monoculture. wildlife is being driven out, so people around the world can eat the fruit whenever they like. it's the same story elsewhere. in the amazon, a football pitch of rainforest is lost every minute, cleared as grazing for beef cattle and to plant soy which goes into animal feed. and a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. but it is possible for food to be intensively produced working with nature and that's what's happening here in wiltshire. it's a very good hunting ground for birds of prey. david butler's farm isn't organic, but still a haven for wildlife. the grey partridge, here filmed in a different location, has declined by 85% since 1970 but is thriving on his farm. it's a nice wildlife habitat. he believes agriculture has to be balanced with nature. if we have no fertility in our soil, if we have poor air quality, if we have poor water quality, then we are not going to have high yields of crops and we are not going to have healthy animals and healthy food and that directly feeds through to people. 0il pours from a tanker shipwrecked off mauritius last month. this is about people destroying systems that we ourselves depend on, rather than just wildlife. humans are managing nature for their own benefit, whether it's for grazing animals orfor building on and it's having a dramatic impact all over the world. scientists say we can see this now by the pandemic we are living through. research suggests the emergence of covid—19 could be linked to bats. we are fairly confident that the driving forces which have led to the spread of that virus came through a combination of expansion into habitats, illegal wildlife trade, the removal of wildlife, and we are going to see those threats increase, so we've had a clear warning that impacts on wildlife overseas directly affect us at home. but the report says we can stop and even repair the damage, but it will need unprecedented conservation action and radical changes in how we produce and consume food. a tax on frequent flyers and banning cars from city centres are among the climate change solutions members of the public have come up with, as part of the uk's first citizen's assembly on the environment. more than 100 people looked at the changes needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. 0ur planet is heating up fast, with greenhouse gases causing temperatures to rise. now the uk's first climate assembly has a plan to tackle this. launched by sir david attenborough, the assembly brought together people a plan to tackle this. this report covers every aspect of our lives. to give their views on combating climate change. it recommends stopping the sales of the most polluting cars. forfood, the suggestion is that we reduce the amounts it is that we reduce the amounts. it recommends stopping the sales of the most of meat and dairy we eat by up to 40% and the assembly members polluting cars. leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. don't want to ban air travel, but they do say taxes should increase the further and more often we fly. obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the government listens because, as it's going now, obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the government listens "right, how can i as an individual improve my carbon emissions?" what is exciting is it does not look alarming, it looks like a sensible set of steps overall. the report has a vision for a greener future and will now be submitted to parliament. it should reveal which policies may or may not receive wider public support. wildfires are still burning out of control along parts of the west coast of the united states. the governor of the state of oregon has said they could bring about the greatest loss of life and property in the state's history. in california, smoke and ash have turned the sky a dark orange. three people are known to have died in one county. tim allman reports. this is san francisco in the middle of the day. the city by the bay almost unrecognisable. look at the golden gate bridge. the same colour as the dark orange sky surrounding it. smoke and ash blocking out the sun making it feel like the end of the world. 11.15. crazy. 11.15 in the morning. and it's like the middle of the night almost. they are saying it's coming all the way from oregon, which is hundreds of miles away. it looks like the apocalypse right now. it's like night time in the daytime. in los angeles, the sky is a more normal colour but the smoke is still there. a hazy mist enveloping most of the city and this is the reason. just one of the fires burning out of control here in california and also further north. this was a trailer park in the town of medford, oregon. there's not much left of it now. the fire has ripped through it. destroying property, destroying lives. sheriff is coming through going, "level three, get out. get out". and, yeah, grabbed some papers and stuff. this is it. this is what i've got. what you are wearing right now? this is what i've got. i'm so sorry. for oregon, this has been described as a once in a generation event and it's a similar story for neighbouring states. this fire season is unprecedented. the flames continue to burn. tim allman, bbc news. archaeologists in mexico have unearthed more than 100 mammoth skeletons at a construction site for mexico city's new airport. bison, camels and horses have also been found. experts say that the animals — who lived between ten and 25 thousand years ago — are likely to have become trapped in the mud of an ancient lake. now, here's a new concept from japan that might have you on the edge of your seat — the transparent toilet. now, here's a new concept from japan that might have you on the edge of your seat — the transparent toilet. this unusual new public toilet block has been erected in a park in tokyo. the glass cubicles are almost completely see—through but thankfully, the walls turn opaque as soon as you lock the door. just in case you were wondering — it doesn't need any further debate, does it? time now for a look at the weather. hello there. for much of the country of stays dry to the rest of today. more cloud coming in from the atlantic and north—western parts of the uk is turning colder as well. cooler than yesterday. these are the temperatures as we head into the early evening, particularly chile across the northern half of the uk with the breeze picking up a bit and the rain in the north—west as well. through the night, we will see the wet weather continuing across the north—west of scotland, many other areas will be dry. a fair bit of cloud around overnight and the wind continuing to fashion, particularly across the northern half of the uk, so it won't be as cold as last night. significant change for the north—east of england and eastern scotland. friday, a weatherfront, low— pressure scotland. friday, a weatherfront, low—pressure to the north bringing wet and windy weather to the northern half of the uk. further south, high pressure so it is dry and the pattern will continue into the weekend, and we've got this band of rain moving across scotland, northern ireland. heavy rain over the west. the rain pushing into cumbria through the afternoon. england and wales, dry at the stage with some sunshine at times and temperatures making 20 degrees. further north where it's cooler windier as well. 45 miles an hour. the weather front takes the reins southward across northern parts of wales and then peters out. the next weather system sweeping in from the atla ntic weather system sweeping in from the atlantic and that's mainly going to affect the northern half of the uk. where we start yesterday, some showers in northern and western scotla nd showers in northern and western scotland getting swamped by thickening cloud, the wind picking up, and the turning letter once again. england and wales looks generally dry, some sunshine at times and temperatures at 21 celsius. through the rest of the weekend, a spell of wet and windy weather on saturday night for scotla nd and northern ireland in continental europe. we are going to tap into the heat. briefly, in the south—east, temperatures could reach 30 celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines: the eu demands the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. the european commission warns it's ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the government's plans had damaged trust between them. operation moonshot — the government defends its ambition of reaching ten million coronavirus tests a day — but scientists question whether it's achievable. the so—called operation moonshot to deploy mass testing will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have in the here and now. social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people — from no more than two households — as fears grow about infections there. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire — three children are in hospital with serious injuries. wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in human history — according to a stark new report from the world wide fund for nature. the actress dame diana rigg — famous for her role in the avengers and james bond — has died at the age of 82. the eu has demanded the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. the european commission said it was ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the government's plans had damaged trust between the two parties. it follows emergency talks between the two sides this afternoon. in a statment issued in the last half hour, the european commission said... in response, the uk attorney general said... joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jessica parker. you jessica parker. cannot imagine a more vociferous response you cannot imagine a more vociferous response from the eu. we have been waiting for white smoke this afternoon after these emergency talks between michael gove, the cabinet office minister and his eager counterpart from the european commission and certainly from the european commission perspective these talks do not seem to have alleviated their concerns at all and instead the rcn they will not be shy of using legal action if the uk does not withdraw these plans by the end of this month. if ever any hope these talks would calm things down that doesn't seem to have happened. we haven't heard directly from michael gove but perhaps we will hear from the michael gove but perhaps we will hearfrom the government michael gove but perhaps we will hear from the government shortly as did the interpretation as to how those talks have gone but what is important to remember is while they have been discussing how to interpret the past and differences there there have been talks about there there have been talks about the future relationship with the european union, particularly trade talks. michel barnier has been meeting with lord frost this afternoon and the eu has made it pretty clear that if the uk doesn't, in their view, one of the past, then it will be very difficult to forge a future relationship. the transition period ends at the end of this year on december the 31st. the uk has been following eu regulation since we left the european union earlier this year and will end at the end of this year and will end at the end of this year and will end at the end of this year so ever trade deal isn't in place we would revert to world trade organisation rules so that is what is at stake here so what is crucial is to hear from those trade talks once they have concluded this afternoon to see whether any progress has been made or what has been going on elsewhere in terms of this argument of what the uk government is trying to do, whether it has impacted the trade talks to the extent there has been no progress this week to the extent things may even have backwards. but there is anxiety is well within the conservative party. yeah, downing street has been trying to say that what they are trying to do with this bill that was published yesterday is to ensure that you should talks not resolve certain issues around northern ireland and internal market trade that ministers will have the power to ensure they are trade is free and flowing to protect the peace process, an argument the european commission is not accepting. ministers have been very open, brandon lewis the northern ireland secretary seeing what they plan to do in terms of handing ministers those powers could break international law potentially but what we have had from the government this afternoon is their view, while it isa this afternoon is their view, while it is a difficult circumstance, the uk parliament is sovereign, but it has caused great discomfort among certain people in the conservative party, very senior people, theresa may and sirjohn major both criticised the government and in the house of lords this afternoon lord howard the former conservative leader voiced his disapproval as well. my lords, does my learned friend simply not understand the damage done to our reputation for probity and respect for the rule of law by those five words uttered by his ministerial colleague in another place on tuesday? words which i never thought i would hear uttered by a british minister, far less a conservative minister. how can we reproach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards, when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? whether conservative rebellion is brewing, i spoke to a number of mps today who are pretty unhappy with the plans but of course boris johnson has an 80 strong majorities of d oze ns johnson has an 80 strong majorities of dozens of mps would need to rebel against the government to vote down the spill. what some conservatives are hoping is the government might soften its position, and end the bill to some extent to make it more palatable to them, but i think downing street looked to be pressing ahead as planned. the bill is going to be making its way through parliament at the beginning of next week with a second reading and there are conservative mps who are perfectly happy with what the government is trying to do. thank you. let's speak to our correspondent in brussels, nick beake. this is a fast story and as the european commission has published that statement giving an alternate and to the uk to withdraw this proposed legislation we have had a statement from the government saying it is important to remember the fundamental principle of parliamentary sovereignty, essentially saying that parliament is in charge when it comes to domestic law and can pass legislation which is in breach of the uk's treaty obligations. how is that likely to go down in brussels? you are right, this is very fast moving, and the statement we have had from the european commission in the past half hour is scathing of the past half hour is scathing of the british position. beforehand the powers that be in brussels were talking about serious concerns. they have really gone up another level. ifi have really gone up another level. if i take you through some of the detail of the statement he made after the meeting between michael gove and one of the vice presidents of the commission, the statement says that if this were to be adopted this would be an extremely serious violation of the withdrawal agreement and of international law and says it wants the uk to withdraw this proposal by the end of this month, seeing the british government need to do a u—turn on this and it says the eu is aware that there are legal remedies to address these violations and it will not be shy in doing so and we know late last night the remaining 27 member states of the remaining 27 member states of the eu were given this legal opinion and they said there are various options you can take so the ball is in the eu's court. how to respond to this beyond the strongly worded statement. with me now is our reality check correspondent, chris morris. so, lots going on, bit of a sense of crisis in uk—eu relations, and now two different high—level meetings in london on the same day. chris is here to explain. you have the joint committee which has been beavering away for several months which is about implementing what has been agreed in the past and thejoint committee what has been agreed in the past and the joint committee is what has been agreed in the past and thejoint committee is important because it is looking at for example the deal which took us out of the european union which is the withdrawal agreement, the divorce bill, if you like, and that is about several things, not just bill, if you like, and that is about several things, notjust northern ireland, it is about the financial settlement, it is about how that money gets paid to the european union, it is about protecting the rights of citizens, eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens in europe and the uk and uk citizens in europe and the focus at the moment certainly is about northern ireland and the implementation of the northern ireland political because that is the debt where both sides said there is work to be done. we know we have seen today the cat being thrown among the pigeons. the eu seeing withdraw that before the end of this month or we reserve the right to ta ke month or we reserve the right to take legal action against you but the government has put out its own statement from the cabinet office this afternoon saying we respect the established principle of international law that you stand by your treaty obligations but it emphasises it is important to remember the fundamental principle of parliamentary sovereignty so it is saying in the end parliament is sovereign. the problem with that is that there is a very clear argument to say you have signed an international treaty. you cannot see it was a previous government. it was this government that saved the withdrawal agreement including the northern ireland protocol into law and less than a year later it seems to be seeking to change some of the details. at the same time as this real crisis is going on about something signed i year ago there are trade talks going on about our future relationship. how is what is happening in one sphere going to impact on those? i think quite significantly. we have had the negotiations on the future relationship, being led by michel barnierfor relationship, being led by michel barnier for the relationship, being led by michel barnierfor the european relationship, being led by michel barnier for the european union relationship, being led by michel barnierfor the european union and by david frost for the united kingdom. there have been eight round of talks so far and the eighth round is taking place this week but it has been overshadowed by the release of the details of the single market legislation. the main thing these talks are trying to do asserted to future relationship for trade before the end of this year because if there is no free trade agreement, evenif there is no free trade agreement, even if it is only a basic one, we will be trading with our biggest trading partner from the 1st of january with no formal trade agreement, but it is also about things like co—operation on internal security. as members of the eu begins to freely exchange information on things like numberplates or suspects being wa nted numberplates or suspects being wanted in various countries. all that information was exchanged and police on both sides value that but you need an agreement to work out how that data is going to be exchanged and the problem is that the row over the northern ireland protocol and the single market bill really blows up, and the bubbles are right up there, the letter is about to come of the saucepan, all this other stuff gets put into question, thatis other stuff gets put into question, that is the difficulty. there are going to be cool head seeing we have to work with each other in the future because we are next door neighbours that this is a very difficult moment in that process. thank you. the health secretary matt hancock has defended the government's ambition to carry out millions of coronavirus tests every day. leaked official documents show that the prime minister's so—called "moonshot" programme aims to carry out three million tests a day by december, and up to ten million early next year. experts have expressed concerns about laboratory capacity — and say the technology for rapid tests doesn't yet exist. it comes as the number of positive tests jumped 43% in one week, at the end of last month. dominic hughes reports. is mass testing for coronavirus the key to opening up the economy, and is it even possible? these are the questions being asked in the wake of borisjohnson's plan that would see perhaps ten million tests per day by next spring, with results delivered in minutes. we are developing new types of tests which are simple, quick and scalable. they use swabs or saliva. they can be turned round in 90 minutes, or even 20 minutes. the so—called operation moonshot, to deploy mass testing, will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. for instance, it could mean theatres and sports venues could test audience members on the day and let in those with a negative result. but there are real doubts over whether the plan is even realistic. the current system is already struggling to deliver around 175,000 tests a day. experts say the practicalities of testing millions of people shouldn't be underestimated. you are thinking about a football stadium that has approximately 70,000 people who may wish to attend. you may well have people queueing from early in the morning for an evening football match, simply to get 70,000 people tested and through the gates without having crowding outside. there is also the cost involved. documents leaked to the british medicaljournal suggest a price tag of around £100 billion. even some of those involved in advising government believe the idea is flawed. i think talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have in the here and now. there is a pattern that each time the government has failed on testing, it's announced something yet more ambitious in the hope of distracting us from the present problems. wash your hands, cover your face... this new government campaign is a reminder that basic hygiene is still the key to stopping the spread of the virus, and while mass testing technology does exist it's not yet been rigorously assessed. avoiding false negatives — tests that wrongly indicate you are free from the virus — will be crucial. the latest figures on testing illustrate some of the challenges faced in the here and now. more than 9,800 new people tested positive for covid—19 in england in the week to september the 2nd. that's an increase of 43% in positive cases on the previous week — the highest weekly number since test and trace was launched at the end of may. whatever happens with what the government is calling its moonshot testing plans, they are unlikely to be in place much before the spring. that raises the prospect the new guidelines on socialising — the rule of six — and maybe even something more restrictive, will still be with us at christmas and beyond. dominic hughes, bbc news. just to let you know that later this afternoon at 1630 we'll be answering your questions on coronavirus. we'll be speaking to virologist and lecturer in global health dr elisabetta groppelli. send your questions using #bbcyourquestions or email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk the number of people allowed to meet up in scotland has been cut to six from two households — amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic accelerating. first minister nicola sturgeon announced the measure at lunchtime. it comes as a new contact tracing app called protect scotland became available to download. james shaw is in glasgow. the restrictions that she is talking about are very similar to the ones that we know about in england already. so, a maximum of six people from two households meeting together either indoors or outdoors, a couple of refinements compared to what's happening in england. so nicola sturgeon said in hospitality settings, so cafes, pubs and restaurants, people moving around, that's customers and staff, would have to wear masks. there will be some exceptions to these rules for things like funerals and weddings, essentially nicola sturgeon saying it is unfortunate that these tightening measures have to happen but it is, as she sees it, a necessity. i can confirm that we intend to change this so that a maximum of six people from two households will now be permitted to meet together. to help reduce transmission but also to simplify the rules as much as possible, this new limit will apply both indoors in houses, pubs and restaurants, and also outdoors, including private gardens. there will be some limited exceptions for example for organised sports and places of worship. also any children under 12 who are part of two households meeting up won't count towards the limit of six people. now, one somewhat positive development, the new contact tracing app which is now up and running, the last time i checked, around 150,000 people had downloaded it so far today. the actress dame diana rigg has died at the age of 82. she became famous for her role as emma peel in the tv show the avengers. more recently she appeared in game of thrones. she also played many classical roles on stage. sarah campbell looks back on her life. diana rigg, with a little help from a stuntman, as emma peel in the ‘60s tv series the avengers. clever, cool and cat—suited, she was a new kind of heroine. but she wasn'tjust physical. she was also pretty well equipped intellectually. she was as clever as a man at computers. she was very self—sufficient. diana rigg had been brought up in india and then at a yorkshire boarding school. you're full of surprises, contessa. so are you, mr bond. she was a bond girl in on her majesty's secret service, the only one to get the spy to the altar, though she was shot dead shortly afterwards. theatre of blood with vincent price proved she could do camp comedy. you'll find we've made several slight alterations in the text and one rather large. will i be interfering with his majesty's obligations? i sincerely hope so. and nell gwyn in a morecambe and wise christmas special sealed her popularity. but will you love me when i'm old and ugly? of course i do. why is it that men can't spend ten minutes alone with an actress without mentioning love? she was a formidable stage actress, notably at the national theatre. her finest performance was as the murderous greek tragic hero medea. pick up this sword and creep toward the starting line of pain. is she mad and wild indeed? she appeared in greek tragedy opposite helen mirren. i pray you, sir, take patience. and in shakespeare's king lear opposite laurence olivier. no, george, darling, you telephoned me. there was contemporary drama like the bbc‘s mother love. plans must be accelerated. nothing must interfere. an episode of doctor who written especially for her starring her daughter, rachael stirling — she resurrected the yorkshire accent of her childhood. kindly do not claw and slobber at my crinoline. i cannot bear to look at sick people. i have known a great many clever men. i've outlived them all. you know why? i ignored them. and in game of thrones she played lady 0lenna, the sharp tongued queen of thorns. no, you're a dragon. diana rigg, a distinguished actress whose career stretched over more than half a century. a tax on frequent flyers and banning cars from city centres are among the climate change solutions members of the public have come up with, as part of the uk's first citizen's assembly on the environment. more than 100 people looked at the changes needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. our planet is heating up fast, with greenhouse gases causing temperatures to rise. now the uk's first climate assembly has a plan to tackle this. launched by sir david attenborough, the assembly brought together people from across the country to give their views on combating climate change. this report covers every aspect of our lives. it recommends stopping the sales of the most polluting cars. forfood, the suggestion is that we reduce the amounts of meat and dairy we eat by up to 40% and the assembly members don't want to ban air travel, but they do say taxes should increase the further and more often we fly. leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the government listens because, as it's going now, climate change is a big issue and there's going to be big effects in my lifetime. there are also lots of little contributions that each person can do on a day—to—day basis, and i would like to think that everyone, as they look at this report, will say, "right, how can i as an individual improve my carbon emissions?" energy was also looked at, and offshore wind farms got the biggest backing, while protecting forests it is not generated by a group of boffins in a room coming up with recommendations to government, this is real people dealing with real issues and coming up with practical suggestions. what is exciting as it doesn't look alarming, it looks like a sensible set of steps overall. the report has a vision for a greener future and will now be submitted to parliament. it should reveal which policies may or may not receive wider public support. rebecca morelle, bbc news. official figures officialfigures are official figures are starting to be released on coronavirus at this time of day. the uk has recorded 2919 confirmed cases of covid—19 and that is compared with 2659 a day earlier. that has gone up by about 250 in the previous 24 hours. those are the latest figures we have from the government. i would like to go back to that issue of the public‘s recommendations for changes that can be made in order to help the environment. phillip dunne is the chair of the environmental audit committee and joins me now. people will be wondering what sort of force those suggestions have. what was unusual about the set of recommendations was that it was put together by ordinary members of the public relatively randomly selected. the obviously have to have some interest but it is not a special interest but it is not a special interest group, it is not a bunch of activists or people with vested interest, this is a snapshot of uninformed public, so from that point of view i think it gives a perspective which we do not normally get in parliament. we get approached as individual mps by lots of people but not in quite such a well—informed way so i think it will provide a degree of focus on issues of what the public like to think about the different measures which member is like mine will be pressing the government to make to move the agenda forward to achieve zero carbon britain. they seem to be fairly radical in some of their proposals. one woman said she is a frequent flyer and she wants regulations to stop her from flying so much, is that people are asking government to make restrictions in order to help the planet.” government to make restrictions in order to help the planet. i think what was interesting to me was that there was also a very strong desire for fairness, fairness between generations, fairness between people living in urban and rural areas, generations, fairness between people living in urban and ruralareas, and also it was important that there should be a cross—party consensus. they did not want this to become a political football. they see they did not want this to become a politicalfootball. they see it they did not want this to become a political football. they see it as being an issue above politics. once it comes to parliament and we have to make legislation that you cannot ta ke to make legislation that you cannot take politics out of it but the fact the public are prepared to consider issues which might not necessarily be in the best personal interest but they realise that in the interests of the community and the planet as a whole was an interesting perspective. was there anything they found that surprised you?” perspective. was there anything they found that surprised you? i was quite surprised by the degree of support for onshore wind. i represent a very rural area. onshore wind in the west of england has been hotly contested in the last 20 years or so so hotly contested in the last 20 years orso soi hotly contested in the last 20 years or so so i thought the fact there was a wide acceptance for that was quite encouraging unsurprising. we are going to have to leave it there. thank you so much. now it's time for a look at the weather. we are beginning to see a bit more cloud developing from the atlantic, the best of the sunshine towards the south—east of england. these are the temperatures by the early evening, a little bit cooler than it was yesterday especially across northern areas where the winds are picking up a bit and rain setting in the north—west of scotland. it stays wet actually overnight, some rain possible further south but generally speaking, it should be fair elsewhere. winds continuing to freshen especially across the northern half of the uk. quite a bit warmer here than it was last night. that wet weather continues in the north—west of scotland. we will see that band of rain, heavy over the hills, moving down across scotland, northern ireland, eventually into cumbria, the rest of england and wales still dry at this moment, temperatures making 20 degrees. cooler further north with some heavy blustery showers across northern parts of scotland and the winds gusting at 45 miles an hour. should be warmer as we head further into the weekend, but for scotland and northern ireland a bit more rain. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the eu demands the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. the european commission warns it's ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the government's plans had damaged trust between them. operation moonshot — the government defends its ambition of reaching 10 million coronavirus tests a day — but scientists question whether its achievable. social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people — from no more than two households — as fears grow about infections there. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire — three children are in hospital with serious injuries. wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in human history — according to a stark new report from the world wide fund for nature. the actress dame diana rigg — famous for her role in the avengers and james bond — has died at the age of 82. more now of the demand from the eu that the uk government withdraws its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. the european commission said it was ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the government's plans had damaged trust between the two parties. it follows emergency talks between the two sides this afternoon. in the past few minutes, the uk government have had this to say. they said parliament would not be acting unconstitutionally in enacting the uk internal market bill. joining me now is david herszenhorn, chief brussels correspondent for politico. good afternoon to you, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. so, a scathing response from the european commission. does this surprise you, or where you expecting this? no, this is quite a strong statement, exceptionally strong, but it is not a surprise. the eu is rather taken it is not a surprise. the eu is rather ta ken aback by it is not a surprise. the eu is rather taken aback by this aggressive effort to breach the withdrawal agreement. you know how ha rd withdrawal agreement. you know how hard everyone worked, including borisjohnson hard everyone worked, including boris johnson last year, hard everyone worked, including borisjohnson last year, to get hard everyone worked, including boris johnson last year, to get that withdrawal agreement done so that there would be a brexit with a deal. the uk got out of the eu as promised, as agreed, onjanuary 31, so this is really being seen as quite a provocative betrayal of all that work that was done last year. as you mentioned before, the eu has put out this strong statement, not only calling it a breach of trust but very poignantly saying it is now up but very poignantly saying it is now up to the uk government to restore that trust. if that trust isn't restored, it is hard to see how they make much progress in negotiations over the future relationship and a future trade deal. and yet you had the immediate response from the government, which was essentially to say that the uk parliament is sovereign. there is no question it is, but i would ask, looking at that statement as you read it, ok, but will the sovereign parliament of the united kingdom violate international law? it has the ability to do so, there is no question parliament can legislate, but there are ways that any government can take action unilaterally. this is a proposal to do so. that would in fact violate international law that would break the agreement as the eu understands it was made last year, and what they have warned on the eu side, they will use all the remedies available to them, obviously that is a potential legal fight down the line. i don't think anyone wants to be in that nor is there time to hash that out before the december 31 deadline for the transition ending. but in fa ct for the transition ending. but in fact the uk can act in a sovereign fashion. that doesn't mean there sovereign actions are all legal.” wonder what you think of the european commission's tactics here? because threatening legal action, putting down an ultimatum of that has to be a change of policy before the end of the month, it gives the uk government no way of backing down gracefully. well, in fact there is not much else they could do, right? what can they say if in fact they are faced with a situation where there would be a clear breach of the withdrawal agreement as it was devised by both sides? again, some crucial aspects of it, we know boris johnson personally negotiated with leo varadkar, then prime minister in ireland, so for the eu not to respond would be seen as an extraordinary display of weakness. there is no question they had to do this. there isn't a whole lot of room for manoeuvre. as you say, a lot of tough talk going on, underlying all this of course are the very hard negotiations over a free trade agreement. very, very serious disagreement still on concrete things, like access to fisheries, like the so—called level playing field, the eu insisting it can't necessarily do a deal with the uk like the one it did with canada, because canada is not located right next door. so will there be these kind of protections for the eu and its businesses to know that regulation will not be so much more lax in the uk, that eu businesses are ata lax in the uk, that eu businesses are at a competitive advantage, but these are core disagreements. playing out in a different meeting, with michel barnier, those talks are not going well and each one related to the other. i don't think we can see this as disconnected. so if this breach of trust isn't resolved, in some ways you might say this is a tactic by borisjohnson's government to provoke the eu a bit, bring out this tough response in hopes that as they resolve that they gain some momentum for the trade talks, but at the same time it could very well poison these talks. i think the eu is also mindful that this proposal, this law, is not uncontroversial within the uk itself, there are folks in northern ireland who are very upset about it and the commons will likely debate these internally. you will see mps in the uk talking out against any proposal for the united kingdom to violate international law. that will be an internalfight on international law. that will be an internal fight on the british side. what we have seen in the past is the eu then step back, we had years of this, whether eu steps back and lets britain carry out its internal fight, its internal dispute. the difference here is there isjust fight, its internal dispute. the difference here is there is just not a lot of time. december 31 it's really right around the corner. at that point, the transition is over and if there is not a deal on the future relationship, the uk is out without protections, having to fall back on wto rules. obviously some people excited to see that happen. maximum sovereignty for the united kingdom, but a maximum sovereignty for the united kingdom, buta real maximum sovereignty for the united kingdom, but a real risk. very good to get your thoughts, thank you so much. let's go back to our top story, and the new rules set out in england and scotland, restrictng the number of people gathering indoors and outdoors, to six. these new rules have led to many questions about what that means for our day to day lives. to answer your questions, i'm joined by dr elisabetta groppelli, a virologist and lecturer in global health at st george's university of london. good afternoon to you. we have got lots of questions, as you can imagine, the rules are changing yet again, so people wanting to know what they mean for their personal circumstances. let's kick off with this question from michael, who asks what to the new restrictions mean for children's parties? are they effectively cancelled ? for children's parties? are they effectively cancelled? right, well, in england children are part of the accounting when it comes to the rule of six. so parties can go ahead, only if there is a maximum of six human beings of any age. so this applies obviously from both indoors and outdoors. larger numbers are only allowed if already there is a household larger than six, or if there is a household plus a bubble, but this also means that if for example there is a birthday party coming up, the household that already has two adults and four children, basically they cannot have any other guests and they will have to celebrate by themselves. so not a com plete to celebrate by themselves. so not a complete ban on them but certainly the rule of six applies to that. ok. this question from amanda. she says my son is 13, he is now part of a bubble at school, he and his friends are all in the same class all day, does this mean they can get together outside of school, for example sitting next to each other at the cinema, or do they still need to socially distance outside of school? right, so very much the guidelines are about where we are, and so children are at school, they can form groups large of six full stop however outside, groups larger than six, even if it is the same people, cannot be formed for social reasons. the exception is for example they can go and play sport together if they are part of a trading setting. very much the accent here is allowing school interactions take place and work interactions, however very much limiting anything else, which means social interactions, evenif which means social interactions, even if it is the same people. and that sort of principle applies in england, scotland, in all the four nations effectively? for the groups of the rules of six, there are some slight differences when it comes to scotland, but yes, in scotland it is up scotland, but yes, in scotland it is up to six, sorry, up to two households going up to six, but the rules in terms of school are very similar. ok, thank you. darren has contacted us, saying surely testing those without symptoms is just as higha those without symptoms is just as high a priority as testing those with? he goes on, it is those without symptoms who are most likely to be spreading unknowingly. this is interesting, isn't it, following on from the press conference yesterday, and what we were talking about yesterday, about the feasibility of mass testing, and the desirability. absolutely, so currently in the uk you can get a test only if you have symptoms. science and virology actually tell us that viral spread can occur up actually tell us that viral spread can occurup to actually tell us that viral spread can occur up to three days before symptoms even start. however, we have also seen that people are the most infectious, so able to transmit the virus, when they do actually start developing symptoms. and this has been interpreted used for actions in different ways in different countries, and the uk, possibly because it has been quite experienced challenges since the early days of the pandemic, and there challenges, still that you can to the idea of you are most infectious when you have symptoms, and therefore we are giving the priority to testing those. i have to admit, asa priority to testing those. i have to admit, as a vest, that hope that testing people, people who are coming into contact with someone who is positive but they do not have symptoms yet, actually will be able to get a test soon. so that is what you would like to see? yeah, very much so. i think the science does tell us that transmission can occur before or without symptoms, and it might not be the majority of the events, and it is ok that we need to prioritise, but if capacity does increase that much that has to be taken into consideration. a question, in light of the new six person restriction, what impact will it have on bars, cafes and restaurants? bars and the hospitality industry are still allowed to be open. however, rule of six, it means that groups of up to six, it means that groups of up to six people can go to pubs and restau ra nts, six people can go to pubs and restaurants, but then these groups have two behave independently to stop they cannot mix or interact socially, and this will be i think not only self disciplined, so the people who go into pubs and restau ra nts people who go into pubs and restaurants but also the pub landlords having to enforce this, maintaining the distance are not mixing within the groups. so again, we can go to the pub but we need to be careful about the numbers, and up to six, or we can sort of go in a larger number, if that is what household is. ok. ian asks, in the absence of shielding, and with increased restrictions now in place, how should clinically extremely vulnerable people protect themselves? so, at the moment in the uk and also this doesn't change from monday, you do not need to shield according to the previous guidelines and the previous advice. however, even though shielding is still deemed not necessary at the moment, which is honestly a good thing, this might change, and it is certainly one of the first key things we will have to change if transmissions keep increasing. but at the moment it seems like the uk government is confident that not only the situation right now but the measures that are going to come into place on monday will make shielding not necessary , monday will make shielding not necessary, at least for the moment. most important i would ask people who have received the vulnerable letters are still allowed or able to get local volunteers to support. so it is about allowing people in vulnerable positions to make a decision for themselves and be also benefiting from these services. thank you. amanda asks, how long will the rule of six have to be enforced for it to make a significant difference to reducing the spread of the virus? and she is asking that question that is being asked by so many today, is christmas cancelled? right, ok. how long is a really legitimate question but a very difficult one to answer. so, with the previous experience earlier in the year when it came start making restrictions and applying restrictions, we have always needed to actually have, wait at least three orfour to actually have, wait at least three or four weeks before we actually saw a nice change in the trend of new infection or hospitalisation, so it is likely that certainly two or three weeks would be necessary, but more like three weeks, to see if the change in the trend. however, we also need to ta ke the trend. however, we also need to take into consideration that we are going into a very risky season, which is autumn, when we know that all the respiratory viruses are likely to spread, and so with it will also be a higher risk for the coronavirus, and therefore most likely when it comes to thinking beyond four weeks, and thinking about christmas, it is likely that these measures about socially distancing and the rule of six will still be in place for a few months. as far as christmas cancelled? i think we will be allowed to celebrate in some way, but possibly not as well as we did in 2019. ok, thank you for that. and finally a question from james, who asks, given that 17 to 21—year—olds are responsible for the latest surge, how safe is it for university stu d e nts to how safe is it for university students to arrive from all corners of the country? yes, the start of the economic year all the time is notorious for resulting in all sorts of infections, and respiratory viruses, and obviously this year there is also the risk of the coronavirus. the most important thing is actually that the students follow a bsolutely thing is actually that the students follow absolutely the rules before coming to university, so they have actually minimised potential exposure to the virus. of course then when they come on campus, the universities have been quite busy in the past few months to make university life covid—secu re at the past few months to make university life covid—secure at all sorts of levels. but of course university life happens on and off campus, so it is very important, and the students will absolutely be on top of symptoms, contact tracing and will take responsibility about keeping themselves safe and therefore keeping everybody else say. lots of very useful advice, thank you so much. three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus hit a railway bridge near winchester in hampshire — the roof of the bus was sheared off. our correspondent duncan kennedy was at the scene. the bass is still under the bridge behind me, and you are right, the roof was completely sheared off. it was a double—decker bus. it is most likely most of those serious injuries were among those children on the upper deck. the police say they are now questioning the driver involved. there was nothing left of the top deck of the bus, sheared off after hitting a railway bridge. the bus had more than 70 children on board, many on the top deck. those on board said the impact sounded like a massive bang. among those on the upper deck was 14—year—old zoe. we suddenlyjust hit the top of the tunnel, because it's a double—decker bus, and it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened down the bottom, i think they were all ok, but on the top it all fell in on top of everyone. there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. children have spoken of screams and panic when the vehicle hit the brick—built bridge. the bus slowed down to let a car go through and then the bus went in and the roofjust got ripped off and the window smashed and dust came in through the windows, smoke, and lots of people were screaming and, like, worried they'd die. police say three children were seriously hurt, though not with life—threatening injuries. 12 more sustained minor cuts and bruises. officers say they've spoken to the driver, who was not hurt. that bus doesn't fit through the bridge. i can't think that a bus route would have been drawn to take it through a bridge that is too low for the bus. all the pupils went to the henry beaufort school in winchester. the head teacher said she was relieved that more people weren't hurt. the head teacher also said that support was available for all the stu d e nts support was available for all the students involved, and that she didn't want to speculate about the cause of this accident. duncan kennedy reporting there. each year in the uk, around 6,000 people die by suicide. the who estimates the global figure to be almost 800,000 every year. the scale of the problem is enormous. but there's still a lot of stigma, and this stops people talking about it openly. on world suicide prevention day, we hear the stories of three people who came close to suicide, but decided they wanted to live. as soon as you see or hear that word suicide, jesus, people panic around you. it is nice to talk about it, just knowing it is not going to hurt anyone. talking about it, it does make it smaller. i struggled to relate to the tragedy of my life. i didn't have any feelings, apart from humour. did i wa nt to feelings, apart from humour. did i want to kill myself? ijust wanted everything to stop. what stopped me was my sense of humour. this is ridiculous. and the dog was something to look after. one, two, three, four. like so many people, childhood wasn't easy. i would make myself get easy, like, so i wouldn't cry. i would hit myself, things like that. i didn't know it was called self—harm. things like that. i didn't know it was called self-harm. at 20, i overdosed. i was found by my family. they were, and are, fantastic. as soon as i'd done it, i was fighting. i wanted to live. did everything i could to stay awake. it came from my heart, the desire to survive. i felt it in my whole body. for the first time in my whole life, i did actually reach out. i picked up that phone. i said to her, i want to die, i don't want to do what i'm doing, please don't let me die. she stayed with me, we made a deal, we had to ring each other throughout the night. she kept me safe through to that morning. i can't even remember her name. do you actually want to die, or is it you just want to get away from the pain? there are many battles to fight in this war that is mental health. protect yourself and push ahead. i now have a degree in history and politics. i am alive!” feel quite proud of myself. one foot in front of the other. do the right things. allow yourself to love yourself. one foot in front of the other. the stories of tj, sally—ann, and sam. this film was produced by the organisation living words. you can watch a longer version of all their stories at livingwarriorsfilms.com. and if you are experiencing emotional stress, help and support is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline a minute's silence has been held at the sight of the stonehaven train derailment. an interim report found the accident in aberdeenshire was caused when the train struck rock and gravel washed onto the tracks. lorna gordon has been at the crash site today. this is a very remote location and engineers have to build 900 metres of road and a bridge to get specialist equipment on site, but this morning, just over four weeks after this crash occurred, in a slow and delicate process, the first of those two engines and four carriages, which derailed, were lifted from the tracks. it comes on the day where network rail release that interim report, which says the crash was caused by the train hitting a pile of washed out rock and gravel. there was of course very heavy rain in this area of the hours before the crash occurred, and network rail admits the impact of climate change on the network is accelerating faster than previous assumptions. it says it needs to get better at predicting and reacting to extreme weather events at a local level. it says it also has to look closely at the earthworks, the cuttings, the embankments around the network, the network itself. the areas most at risk of failure from slippage are being targeted for action but network rail says in this report it is not economically viable to strengthen all the substandard track—side slopes. more than a year after fire ravaged the cathedral of notre dame in paris, tourists have been welcomed back into its crypts. visitors will have a chance to view an exhibition about the building's history. restoration work paused during the pandemic, but specialists around france have been working on art and furniture saved from the fire. now it's time for a look at the weather. for much of the country, it's staying dry through the rest of the day. there is cloud coming in for north—western parts of the uk, turning wetter as well. cooler than it was yesterday. these are the temperatures as we head into the early evening, particularly chilly across the northern half of the uk with the breeze picking up a bit and we have that rain in the north—west as well. through the night, we will see that wetter weather continuing across the north—west of scotland and many other areas will be dry. a fair bit of cloud around overnight, as the wind continues to freshen, particularly across the northern half of the uk, so it will not be as pulled as it was last night, a significant change for eastern scotland in the north—east of england. into friday, a weatherfront and an area of low pressure brings wet and windy weather to the northern half of the uk. further south still dominated by high pressure so it is dry and that pattern will continue into the weekend as well as we will see in a moment. this band of rain moves down across scotland, northern ireland, heavy rain over the hills in the west. eventually that pushes into cumbria through the afternoon, the rest of england and wales still dry at this stage, some sunshine at times and temperatures perhaps making 20 degrees. cooler further north where it is windier as well, heavy, blustery showers in northern scotland with winds gusting to 45 mph. that weather front takes rain southwards across northern parts of england and wales and then it peters out. the next weather system is sweeping in from the atlantic and, again, that will mainly affect the northern half of the uk where we start saturday with some showers in northern and western scotland. that gets swamped by thickening cloud, the wind is picking up, north—western areas turning wetter once again. england and wales again look mostly dry, sunshine at times and temperatures sneaking up to 21 celsius. through the rest of the weekend, a spell of wet and windy weather on saturday night for scotland, perhaps northern ireland, and then more rain on sunday pushes up towards the north—west of scotland, threatening flooding as well. elsewhere, though, increasing amounts of sunshine, wind is beginning to drop a bit and temperatures responding to the sunshine, maybe even into the mid 20s across eastern england but it will likely get hotter still as we head into early next week. a weather front still loitering in the north—west of the uk, an area of high pressure across continental europe and we will tap into some of that heat and see temperatures rising this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines the eu demands the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. but the government insists parliament is sovereign — and can pass laws which breach the uk's treaty obligations. operation moon shot, the government defends its ambition of reaching ten million coronavirus tests a day, but scientists question whether its achievable. the so—called operation moonshot to deploy mass testing will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have
hospital waiting lists for operations and treatments hit record levels in england, as the impact of the pandemic is felt. screaming. terrified school children in winchester, moments after the roof of their school bus is ripped off in a tunnel. three were seriously injured. orange skies along a vast stretch of the us west coast, as dozens of wildfires burn through forests and towns, fanned by strong winds. you're full of surprises, contessa. so are you, mr bond? and from bond to the avengers, in a career spanning more than 60 years. tributes to dame diana rigg, who has died at the age of 82. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, serena williams bids to move a step closer to winning a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title on ladies semifinal night at the us open. good evening. the eu has issued an ultimatum over brexit, telling the uk it must withdraw its plans for a law to override key parts of the brexit divorce deal, or trade talks could collapse. the blunt warning came after talks in london today. brussels has threatened legal action if britain doesn't back down, saying the proposed bill would be a serious violation of international law. but tonight the government said it would not budge. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster. sophie, we left the eu many months ago now, but still to be resolved, not just how we ago now, but still to be resolved, notjust how we do business with the huge trading bloc in future but also how this special arrangements for northern ireland are to function in practice will stop the eu's officials came to london today, demanding an explanation, demanding more information and understanding from the government after days of provocative moves from ministers here, but rather than anything approaching peace talks, the day ended with an angry stand—off. after months of comings and goings, could the moment to get a decent long—term deal with the eu almost be gone? the bloc hates the government's latest plan to rewrite some of the treaty that was signed and sealed with brussels last year. i came here to express serious concerns that the european union has over the proposed bill. that will be the nature of our discussions today. good morning, it's a lovely day. ministers want the power to change parts of the law agreed with brussels last year over what happens in northern ireland. but they've even admitted the plan breaches international law and that appalled the eu — coming to london for an explanation. farfrom making peace, the talks ended with anger and threat. the eu demanded the uk withdraw these measures from the draft bill in the shortest time possible, and in any case by the end of the month, saying the withdrawal agreement contains a number of mechanisms and legal remedies, which the eu will not be shy in using. in other words, if you don't budge, you'll hear from our lawyers. yet forget about the uk side backing down. ministers are sticking to their claim their action is fully justified. vice president sefcovic also requested that the uk withdraw its internal market legislation. i explained to the vice president and we could not and would not do that and instead, i stressed the vital importance of reaching agreement through the joint committee on these important questions. so until the stand—off is resolved, talks about the trade deal that matters so much are at risk. is there a way... brussel‘s chief negotiator was in town today too, but the chances of progress are plummeting. of course this has been a long old process but the signals are bad and the atmosphere is tense. the eu are riled by what they see as the uk's provocation this week. it's notjust the eu that has a big problem with the government's proposals. they would have to pass the green and the red benches of parliament. listen to the house of lords today — can you imagine the plan getting through? the rule of law is not pick and mix. this stinking hypocrisy chokes our country's reputation and destroys our government's ability to lead at home and make agreements abroad. even a former tory leader, a brexiteer, has serious fears. how can we reproach russia or china or iran when their conduct falls below internationally accepted standards when we are showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? some tory mps share some of the eu's concerns, but the chance of the government backing down right now seems zero. trust and confidence are and will be key. and confidence he calls for? that's in short supply. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let's speak to our europe editor katya adler, who's in brussels tonight. what is the view there tonight? is the trade deal doomed? you really cannot separate this war of words and will that's raging between the uk and the eu over this legislation, the internal market bill on the one hand and the trade negotiations on the other, because the mood in one very much affects the mood in one very much affects the other. so today, when we heard the other. so today, when we heard the government is refusing to change the government is refusing to change the legislation, then obviously that makes the eu think about how its future negotiations can continue. the eu has threatened legal action, but it has stopped short of threatening to press that nuclear button of walking out of trade negotiations altogether and why is that? we know the eu is furious. first of all it would still like a trade deal with the uk this autumn but also brussels feel it's being bounced by the government, provoked into walking out of trade negotiations. we don't want to give them that satisfaction is how one eu diplomat put it to me. and so, instead of walking out of the negotiations, despite the legislation arguments on the one side, despite a huge amount of issues that separate the two sides on the trade agreement, despite time and trust really running out between the two sides, it seems neither the eu nor the uk want to be the first ones to walk out of the negotiating door. tonight, we heard that negotiations will continue here in brussels on monday but of course with a huge black cloud hanging over them. katya adler, thank you. hospital waiting lists for routine operations and treatments in england are now at a record high. more than two million people are having to wait over 18 weeks to be seen — and more than 80,000 are having to wait for more than a year. the sharp rise in waiting times shows the heavy toll that the pandemic has had on the nhs. almost all non—urgent surgery — like hip and knee replacements — was stopped in march, to make more space for coronavirus patients. but there has been some positive news, with more cancer patients now starting their treatment. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. carol is a casualty of the covid crisis. a year ago, she went on the list for a knee replacement, but when the virus struck, she was informed it had been postponed indefinitely. now she's been told it won't be until next year. the pain, when i walk, is constant. the minute i start walking i have quite a sharp pain in my knee. she understands the pressures on the nhs, but says each day things get more difficult. i just feel really frustrated, on behalf of everyone who's in the same situation. there are lots and lots of people who are all waiting and feeling the same way as i do. and we're all in a lot of pain. the charity versus arthritis said the latest figures were appalling. they show that injuly in england, 2.15 million people were waiting longer than the i8—week target for routine operations — the highest since records began in 2007. of those, 83,200 had waited more than a year. 21,600 cancer patients started treatment injuly, which was higher than in may. non—urgent operations were also cancelled in scotland, wales and northern ireland, as the nhs focused on coronavirus patients. hospitals are trying to get things back on track. at luton, they're doing routine lung function checks on patients in their cars. usually, these take place inside the hospital, but the risk of airborne virus transmission indoors means that's now very difficult, so the patients simply stay in their vehicles to do the checks. a waiting list of 1,000 has now been nearly cleared. we have eliminated our backlog, i'm happy to say. as a result, we need this less. so going forward, i don't envision we'll need to do this as much as we have done in the past. and patients say they are happy with the system. tojust come here, drive in, get it done and drive home again is very good. it's efficient. hospital trust leaders say things are improving, but the task isn't easy. we're working under some really difficult constraints, because of covid. for example, the need to constantly change cumbersome personal protection equipment, the need to create socially distanced wards and waiting rooms, this is complicated and difficult. in june we featured the story ofjock, whose hearing is impaired. he was waiting for a procedure which had been postponed in march. cochlear implants. what does that mean? it means i hear better. today, we heard he's still waiting. like others, his family is trying hard to get a new date. hugh pym, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 2,919 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported across the uk, in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 2,532. the deaths 01:14 people were reported — that's those who have died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week, 12 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number, across the uk to 41,608. france has recorded almost 10,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours — its highest ever single day total since the start of the pandemic. the number of people in intensive care has also risen to just over 600 — the highest number since the end ofjune — but still a long way off the peak reached in april. the french government is meeting tomorrow to consider tighter restrictions, including local lockdowns. travellers arriving in england from mainland portugal will have to isolate for two weeks from saturday morning. quarantine—free travel is still allowed from the portuguese islands the azores and madeira. there are also new restrictions for those travelling to england and wales from hungary and the island of reunion. but people arriving from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. scotland has followed england and is introducing the rule of six for social gatherings from monday. but unlike england, only two households will be able to meet either inside or outside, and children under 12 won't be included in the restrictions. the first minister nicola sturgeon also announced that customers in cafes and restaurants will be required to wear face masks when they're not eating or drinking. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. glasgow and surrounding areas are the epicentre of the latest outbreak here, but, with coronavirus cases now rising across the country, this evening, people in the city are absorbing the new restrictions being brought in scotland—wide, imposing a limit of six people from two households who are allowed to meet. in terms of, like, gatherings and so on, i don't think it's particularly beneficial, especially because young people are getting targeted, like myself. they've said, "oh, they are selfish, "they don't care about other people," but, in reality, people just want to return back to a normal way of life. i don't mind masks and stuff. like, it's a small inconvenience for me. children under 12 will not count towards the six—person limit. there'll also be limited exemptions for organised sport and places of worship. the first minister said the new restrictions would be hard for people to hear. after six long, hard months, we are still asking the public to make a lot of difficult sacrifices. that is unavoidable, given the nature of the challenge we face. however, i want to be clear that, while we still face a battle to get and keep covid under control, we are in a stronger position than earlier in the year. there will also be changes to hospitality, making it mandatory for customers to wear face coverings when moving around. this restaurant owner says they will do whatever is required to keep the business going. it's great, being reopened, so whatever restrictions come into play throughout, you know, we will gladly comply with them in order to keep the thing going and to keep folks safe and well, and to keep the social aspect of life going. hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded scotland's new covid tracing app since it was launched last night. the aim now to try to reduce transmission rates and stop the number of cases accelerating. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. stricter lockdown measures are to be reimposed in parts of northern ireland, including belfast, ballymena, and three other postcode areas. there must be no mixing of households in private homes, with some exceptions such as childcare and medical visits. in private gardens six people can meet, from two households. the measures will take effect next week. thousands of migrants have spent a second night sleeping out in the open on the greek island of lesbos, after fires broke out on tuesday night and destroyed their makeshift camp. authorities are investigating whether the fires at the camp — the biggest in europe — were started deliberately. from there, mark lowen reports. in this scorched wasteland of mangled memories was taqi mohammedi's home. temporary, overcrowded, but it was all he had. and then the inferno took hold. that moment, very, very bad moment. bad moment, very, very bad moment. the emotion is too much as he leads the way to where his shack stood. and this is all that's left. the ruptured remains of family life. every breakfast, water, hot, and tea. when the fire hit, taqi ran here frantically looking for his wife and son. he found them safe up on the mountain. next fire, maybe i burn, maybe my wife burn, my kids burn. maybe. the fire on tuesday night tore through moria, destroying europe's largest migrant camp — suspected arson after the authorities tried to isolate those with coronavirus. two days on, it still smoulders, fanned by winds. the fires still aren't out. every few hours, another one starts. the thick, acrid smoke filling the air, it's burning my eyes at the moment. and just imagine this spreading out across this entire area, destroying the lives of almost 13,000 people. homes, livelihoods, gone in an instant. it's like a bomb has hit this entire area. how quickly the flames leap, a frenzy to get another blaze under control. the camp, four times over capacity, has emptied. but they have nowhere to go, streaming out into lesbos island, now under a state of emergency. migrants bedding down wherever they can. sheltering in the shadow of a police truck, a group from congo. the policemen inside look the other way, as europe has, too, for years, while moria's despair mounted. we left our country, congo, to find safety, arienne tells me, but the opposite, we are in danger here. the fire took everything, including my documents for my asylum interview. the only thing we saved where our lives. the welcome has faded here, greece angry at being left by europe to shoulder the migration burden and now facing another crisis. translation: we want them to leave, go out of the country as they want. we sympathise with them but we are bringing up our children here. it is us or them, we cannot coexist. this is taqi's new refuge, as europe decides what to do with them. here, at least, fire is comfort, where little else is. mark lowen, bbc news, lesbos. 15 children have been injured — three seriously — after their school bus crashed into a railway bridge in hampshire. the pupils were on their way to the henry beaufort school in winchester when the accident happened this morning. duncan kennedy sent this report. screaming and shouting. these were the chaotic scenes in the tunnel moments after the accident. get out! dozens of frightened and injured children on the top deck of the bus whose roof has just been ripped off. these pictures were sent to us by one of the children's parents. zoe was one of those on the upper deck. it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened down the bottom, i think they were all ok, but, on the top, it all fell in on top of everyone. there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. the roofjust got ripped off in the windows smashed and dust came and the windows smashed and dust all came through the windows, and smoke, and lots of people were screaming. there was nothing left of the top deck. more than 70 children from the henry beaufort school in winchester were on board. it's only when you are up close to the scene that you see the full extent of the damage and how the roof has been completely ripped off. police say the driver involved wasn't injured and is now helping with their enquiries. officers are asking why this route was taken. that bus doesn't fit through the bridge. i can't think that a bus route would have been drawn to take it through a bridge that is too low for the bus. the bus operators, stagecoach, are also investigating. this 12—foot warning sign on the bridge seems somewhat obscured by the trees and may form part of the inquiry. i do not want to speculate on the circumstances leading up to the incident, but our thoughts go out to all those that have been affected. support is now being offered to students who lived through this terrifying ordeal on what should have been an ordinary school run. duncan kennedy, bbc news, near winchester. an interim report into last month's train derailment near stonehaven, in aberdeenshire, says that the industry needs to get better at predicting and responding to extreme weather. the report — carried out by network rail — was published as a minute's silence was held at the site, and the wreckage of the train was lifted off the track. three people died when the aberdeen to glasgow service was derailed, after hitting debris which had fallen onto the tracks after torrential rain. the investigation is ongoing. wildlife populations have fallen by more than two—thirds in less than 50 years, with nature being destroyed at a rate never seen before. that's the verdict of a report by the conservation group wwf, which says the catastrophic decline shows no sign of slowing. our environment correspondent claire marshall reports. from the ocean... ..to the mountains. the rainforest. .. ..and the british countryside, wildlife is dying out at a rate that's never been seen before in human history. today, we are the asteroid that is causing many, many species to go extinct. a new documentary by sir david attenborough looks at the facts of extinction. what's different is that it's happening simultaneously in the amazon, in africa, in the arctic. it's happening not at one place and not with one group of organisms, but with all biodiversity everywhere on the planet. a separate major study published today confirms its happening faster today confirms it's happening faster than all predictions. the living planet report, carried out every two years, assesses more than 20,000 creatures all around the world. and what we've seen is a wholesale destruction of some of our most important natural assets in the space of one human lifetime, in 50 years, and this is a trend that is only increasing and accelerating. that's why we have to stop now and actually start to address it. intensive agriculture is one of the key drivers. there is little room for wildlife on this banana plantation in ghana. and, in the amazon, a football pitch of rainforest is cleared every minute for beef and soy that goes into animalfeed. a third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. and this destruction has consequences. this isn't just about saving this isn'tjust about saving exotic creatures in remote places. research suggests the outbreak of covid—19 is linked to humans going more deep into the world, coming into contact with animals carrying diseases, like bats. doctor mark everard has worked for decades studying how humans and wildlife interact. if we completely continue to override nature's disease—buffering services, we can expect more of these diseases and who knows what they will do? this one is bad enough, but... are you worried about that? i am absolutely worried about that. evidence now shows we can stop and even repair the damage. it would take radical conservation projects and a profound change in how we produce and consume food. i do truly believe that, together, we can create a better future. i might not be here to see it, but, if we make the right decisions at this critical moment, we can safeguard our planet's eco—systems, its extraordinary biodiversity and all its inhabitants. what happens next is up to every one of us. sir david attenborough ending claire marshall's report. wildfires are sweeping across a vast stretch of the us pacific coast, burning through forests, towns and homes. at least seven people have died in california, washington and oregon. unprecedented heat waves, dry conditions and intense winds are fanning the flames. the governor of oregon said she was prepared for the "greatest loss" of human life and property. david willis is live from california. david. sophie, they are used to wildfires in this part of the world but people here have never seen anything quite like this. millions of acres of land across three separate states have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in what officials here are calling "historic wildfires." across the american west, historic wildfires are devouring everything in their path. unnaturally hot weather, combined with bone dry conditions and warm winds have created a meteorological perfect storm, leaving firefighters inundated. record high temperatures this last weekend led to this series of fires on the outskirts of los angeles and they have already burnt more than 20,000 acres of land, despite their best efforts of hundreds of firefighters. and, throughout california and all the way up the pacific coast, dozens of fires just like these are currently burning out of control. the fires have turned day into night and the skies around san francisco's iconic golden gate bridge into the same colour as the structure itself. in oregon, entire towns have been destroyed and the state's governor is warning the death toll there could be higher than from any previous fires on record. everything is gone. we tried to take as much as we could but we didn't think it would be this devastating, so we left a lot behind. we ended up losing more than we thought we would. among the dead in neighbouring washington state is a one—year—old. his parents became caught ina one—year—old. his parents became caught in a vicious inferno. this is all remains —— that remains of their car. i was out into a coma and headed back home and i sawjust a little bit of black smoke... -- in tacoma. this man was on his way home when he saw his neighbour's home ablaze. governors in california say the fires are a tangible sign of the effects of global warning. with no hint of rain in the forecast, he is calling for outside help in fighting them. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. from next week, you may see covid—secure marshals on the streets of england — people who are being recruited to enforce the government's stricter rules on social gatherings. they'll have no formal powers and will be paid for by local authorities. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has been finding out how the new role will work. street marshals at work in cornwall over the summer. the prime minister has spoken of having covid—secu re marshals all over england. but what will they do and who will pay for them? this is what boris johnson said yesterday. we will boost the enforcement capacity of local authorities by introducing covid—secure marshals to help ensure social distancing in town and city centres. today, we got more details of the marshal plan. they'll be no extra money from government. marshals will have to be funded by local councils from existing budgets. but if a council can't afford them, or doesn't think they're a good idea, there won't be any their area. over the past six months in the covid crisis, we've seen borisjohnson make announcements on the podium at number ten and, then, within days, row back and wash his hands of responsibility for delivering projects and schemes the ground. and schemes on the ground. if boris is going to make announcements that require councils to deliver something, then they've got to give us the resources in order to be able to do that. leeds introduced a marshal scheme when lockdown restrictions were eased. the government says, so far, marshals have had responsibilities including directing pedestrians, cleaning touch points, like buttons at road crossings, and preventing mixing between groups. preventing mixing, but they will have no enforcement powers. they would have to call in the police. since lockdown was lifted, officers around the country have had to deal with illegal gatherings and people flouting the rules. and, today, one police leader predicted that some rule breakers would simply ignore the marshals, who are armed only with the power of persuasion. june kelly, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the actor dame diana rigg, who's died at the age of 82. she had been suffering from cancer. her career on stage and screen spanned more than half a century. she was best known for her roles as the feisty emma peel in the avengers, and as james bond's wife in on her majesty's secret service. our arts editor will gompertz looks back at her life. diana rigg as the incredibly stylish, unsha keably cool, thoroughly independent emma peel in the 1960s hit spy—fi series the avengers. she wasn't one to stand for any nonsense, on—screen 01’ off. so, when she discovered she was being paid less than the cameraman on the show, she decided to have a word. i don'tjoin generally the main body of feminism, but i have always said that i thought equal pay gets you a long way to be treated equally by a man. misterand mrsjames man. mister and mrs james bond! from agent peel to 007‘s mrs, the only woman to make