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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new quarantine rules for travellers to the uk. visitors face fines for not self—isolating. president trump demands us state governors reopen all places of worship this weekend. a passenger plane crashes into people's homes in the pakistani city of karachi, but there are at least two survivors. lawmakers in hong kong protest against china's new security law. but the territory's leader is backing beijing's right to impose it. it's not life as you would know it — in las vegas — but the entertainment capital of the world wants to get back to business. without the people, there is no
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party and economic impact of this eerily quiet and empty strip is rippling the city. —— rippling across the city. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering the top stories here in britain and globally. while much of europe and the world is slowly easing its lockdown measures anyone arriving in the uk from abroad could face a £1,000 fine if they fail to self—isolate for m days. the measures are being introduced to try and prevent a second wave of infection. the government will introduce the proposal from the 8th ofjune. the new measures won't apply to people coming from ireland, medical staff tackling covid—19 and seasonal agricultural workers.
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people will be expected to travel to their final uk destination by car, where possible, and not use public transport, unless absolutely necessary to get to where they will self—isolate. on arrival they should not leave their residence for m days and they shouldn't have people to visit except to provide essential support. they will also be encouraged to download the nhs covid—19 app at the border. with more, here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. soon, almost everyone arriving into the uk will, from next month, will have to self—isolate for two weeks, or face a £1,000 fine. most people on this flight from amsterdam into manchester think the travel quarantine is a good idea. we've just come off a klm flight. it was absolutely jam—packed full of people. and, erm, who knows who's got coronavirus? after some confusion, the government says only people
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arriving from the republic of ireland will be exempt. medical workers will as well and people like lorry drivers to transport goods. fruit pickers will not be able to travel away from the place they work. anyone who flouts the new rules could face a £1000 fine. the home secretary said it was the right time for this measure. as the transmission rate across the uk falls and the number of travellers arriving in the uk begins to increase, imported cases could begin to pose a larger and increased threat. is it fair to assume now that most summer holidays abroad will not happen this year? this is absolutely not about booking holidays. we have to be clear that we want to avoid a second wave, and that is vital. but the travel sector, already battered in the pandemic, will be hit even harder.
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airlines believe mandatory masks, gloves and temperature checks would be enough to get more flights moving safely again. like a lot of borisjohnson‘s strategy, it's make it up as you go along... the boss of ryanair says the quarantine is... bonkers and it can't be implemented. the people arriving in the uk, like heathrow and gatwick, they get on the london underground and gatwick express to get into london to wherever they are supposed to isolate, so the whole purpose is defeated. and this travel agent in surrey currently has no summer bookings. alistair says the quarantine could push him under. i think it will be a final nail in the coffin for mine and many other businesses, if this continues. travel companies say it's now vital that the government does bilateral deals with other countries with lower
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infection rates so some trips abroad can happen this summer. a passenger plane has crashed into a residential area in the pakistani city of karachi, minutes before it was due to land. 60 people have been confirmed dead, but at least two people have survived. the airbus a320 was en route from lahore in the north of the country when it came down in sight of the runway. 0ur pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has the latest. these are the moments just before the plane crashed to the ground. panic and chaos at the site where the plane came down. this residential area is just a short distance away from the airport. rescue workers combed through the debris, looking for surviving passengers and injured locals. this man, head of a major bank, was pulled out from the wreckage alive, but otherfamilies have been left distraught.
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translation: we pulled out a small child and his mother. they are both alive. then we found two dead bodies on top of the building. there might be a few more bodies up there, with the rest under the plane, but we just don't know yet. the muslim festival of eid is this weekend, and many of those travelling would have been hoping to celebrate with loved ones. karachi's health workers were already stretched, dealing with coronavirus. the city has been the epicentre of the country's outbreak. now a state of emergency has been declared in all major hospitals. the head of the airline said, in the pilot's last communications, he described a technical problem. they are now investigating what happened. there will be questions for airline authorities. there have been other crashes in the past, too. but first, for dozens of families, instead of eid festivities there will be funerals.
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secunder kermani, bbc news. the uk government's scientific advisers have released their advice, which underpins the plans for primary schools in england to re—open for some pupils, on june the 1st. it says the risk of a rise in infections is "very, very small, but isn't zero". 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has the latest on the government's plans for some schools, to reopen. helping families on this estate in leeds food, not lessons, needed now. for parents like daniel, with three kids to feed. there you go, enjoy. he won't be sending his six—year—old back in june. i understand where they are coming from but i genuinely can't take that risk. i don't want it spreading further than it has to be spread. so it's safer for my own child and other children if i keep him off. as families loaded up, some with older children worried about lessons missed.
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year tens, i think, need to go back, but primary school, i think they are too young to be able to not get them to interact. if parents here were looking for greater certainty, today's inconclusive advice won't provide it. evidence weakest on how much children passed the virus on. looking at the other areas where the r rate is rising... at this primary school, few parents feel confident to return. in year six out of 46 parents, we had nine who would be willing to send their children back. in year one, we had one out of 60 parents that were willing to send their children in. and in reception, we had nobody. and teachers unions said tonight there is still too much doubt. nobody wants to get back to school more than i do and thousands of other head teachers, but we've got to make sure it's safe for the staff and the children before we do so. the science around this new virus is still emerging,
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and teachers and parents know that. while in england children are due to start coming back injune, scotland and northern ireland, based on the same science, have said they'll be waiting until august. i miss being in the classroom with children. this reception class would be stripped back before any return. the scientific models rely on good hygiene. i think that it is good they are looking into the science but that only goes so far. it's still quite a new virus, and really how much do we really know about it? i don't think there has been a long enough time period and i think, speaking to teachers and people who actually work in schools is probably equally important. with all of these questions, it's clear decisions will end up being local. ultimately, it will be for the schools to decide whether they are ready for this and whether parents have
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confidence that they will send the children back. for every child in class now, millions more missing out — on learning, on the safety of school, another risk to be weighed before any return. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, leeds. donald trump declared ‘places of worship‘ must reopen. he said churches, mosques and synagogues were essential venues. the president then sent this warning to state governors who did not agree with him. the governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now. for this weekend. if they don't do it, i will override the governors. in america, we need more prayer — not less. let's go to barbara who was
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listening to that statement by the president. it was not a press conference, he did not take questions. can he override the governors and i suppose it is another illustration he has with this battle going with some of them? i doubt it, it is doubtful he can override the governors, that he has the authority to do that but i do not think that was the point of his statement. he came out with a short announcement that sounded very confrontational. he presented himself as the protector and advocate of houses of worship saying that they were essential services and that they must be allowed to reopen this weekend and confronting the governors with that demand because in some states, the houses of worship are still under restrictions because of coronavirus. he also talked about houses of worship including mosques, synagogues, and churches but given some of the language he used i think was probably chosen to appeal to one of his very strong political constituencies which is white
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evangelicals. he said "wicker stores are open, abortions can be had, but we can't even go to church. was what he was announcing that the centre for disease control had issued its guidelines on how to safely go to church and other places of worship but he appeared to be using this as a way to make a statement that would appeal to people who are politically very important to him. and there have been cases of pastors who have kept the churches open where the congregations had become quite seriously infected with coronavirus. i think we should say the vast number of churches, synagogues, and mosques have followed the restrictions and gone to online services and have handled the situation responsively but there is a pocket of particularly amongst evangelicals who view this as a constitutional issue, that they have the right to religious freedom and that the governors don't have the right to limit what they're doing and that's the sort of backdrop i think to mr trump's announcement.
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and you are right in certain cases churches have been super spreaders in cases because people come together, the virus can be transmitted quite easily. you have doctor debra burris one of the top medical scientists working with mr trump, and afterwards and say we should work together with the governors, the states should look at what the particular health situation in their community is. they should be in touch with local health officials. if it is not rising, the number of cases that could be done with social distancing and in churches that can be taken, you have to protect the verbal ended by a case—by—case location by location basis because it is also true that a large number of congregants tend to be elderly and those are who are affordable. barbara, thank you. there has been strong international condemnation of china's proposal to introduce a new security law for hong kong. britain, australia and canada issued a joint statement which said introducing such a law, on hong kong's behalf without the direct participation of its people, legislature orjudiciary, would clearly undermine the principle of one
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country two systems. the us secretary of state mike pompeo condemned what he called beijing's "disasterous proposal", saying it "should be reconsidered". the law, which would be imposed by decreed, was submitted at the annual national people's congress, which largely rubber—stamps decisions already taken by the communist leadership. it will ban sedition, secession and treason which means any protests could be punished more severely than in the past. article 4 says beijing can embed national intelligence agencies in the hong kong government, to oversee its enforcement. beijing would be able to place the measure into the basic law — that's the mini constitution on how hong kong is run — effectively bypassing the territories' own lawmakers. pro—democracy reformists in hong kong's assembly mounted a small scale demonstration — waving placards to disrupt proceedings. earlier carrie lam — hong kong's chief executive —
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gave her backing to the draft law. translation: seen the alarming sign that we have terrorism. well, since lasser, we have seen the escalation of violence in relation to the anti—amendment bill protests. we have got home—grown explosives and there were firearms jeopardising home—grown explosives and there were firearmsjeopardising personal safety. and security. at the same time, people were advocating hong kong independence and self—determination. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — could we be seeing a return of professional football in england anytime soon? the bbc speaks exclusively to the english premier league's boss.
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines. new quarantine rules are to be brought in for travellers to the uk. visitors will face fines if they don't self—isolate for 1h days. a passenger plane has crashed into people's homes in the pakistani city of karachi, but there are at least two survivors. before covid—19 nevada boasted one of the fastest growing economies in the us. population, employment, almost everything was growing. now even as the desert state starts to reopen, the only things growing are the unemployment rate and the anxiety level that goes with it. sophie long reports. the party that once raged here is over. the big question is — will revellers ever roll back into town? tourism is to las vegas what the automotive industry
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is to detroit, what music is to nashville, government to washington, dc. without it, without the people, there is no party. and the economic impact of this eerily quiet and empty strip is rippling across the city. at the peak of the great recession, our unemployment rate in southern nevada was about 13—14%, very high by historical standards. as you and i sit here today, that unemployment rate is roughly 30%. so even if we bring two—thirds of those employees back online we are going to have an unemployment rate that is substantially higher than we've seen historically. the global pandemic has completely cleared the entertainment capital of the world. new york, new york, paris, and the venetian, 160,000 hotel rooms, almost all of them and t.i hotel rooms, almost all of them and t. i love what i do so what you do
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and what you work. it makes you happy. gladys is a housekeeper at the palacio. i hope i come back, when i don't know,... to feel safely back to work? that's what the union has an asking to do the guidelines so that they can do the things to protect us when we go back to work. people here are conflicted. they're desperate to return to work, but they're scared to do so. not everyone will get the chance. this casino would normally be full of more than 4,000 people and the sounds of the 800 slot machines spitting out coins, the clickety clack of roulette wheels spinning. but now all you can hear is the air—conditioning system. and the problem is that even when casinos are allowed to reopen their doors, until tourists feel safe enough to board planes in order to walk through them, they will remain varying degrees of empty. nobody's ever been
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through this before. so we have all these analysts and stuff saying it will take 1.5 to two years to recover, but this has never happened. but, quite honestly, 30% of those people could lose their jobs permanently. las vegas is starting to reopen. there are already scenes reminiscent of the lives we used to live and further preparations are under way. well, you can see the lights are on. we are testing. we're making sure that everything is operable, or operating. we're testing new equipment. we will be fogging the area every day, almost like ghostbusters—style, with disinfectant. and our staff, we're preparing and training our staff to wear ppe, to make sure they are all safe. it's tight, but we're still in business. elvis impersonators are squeezing back into their jumpsuits and are ready to follow the new rules — aware that only fools rush in. i'm normally very, you know,
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you walk in, shake, and "where are you from?" sometimes the bride, "elvis, i love you. could i give you a hug?" so to have that stand off now that we have to do with people, it's going to be — that's sad, but you have to still do it with a smile and make them feel... and congratulations to them. hats off for saying "hey, you're open, we're on our way. we're you know, so these first couples, what a great thing. they're like we want to get married, we love each other. so we're here to rock their world and celebrate, and lift them up and say good for you. # viva, las vegas!#. irene and douglas, the first couple to offer living proof that the coronavirus can't conquer love. sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. congratulations, you are married. congratulations and good luck. now, in other news,
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the boss of the premier league says it has done everything possible to persuade players it's safe to resume training — but ultimately it was their prerogative if they didn't wish to do so. richard masters told the bbc that curtailing the season was still a possibility, but the resumption of germany's bundesliga gave him hope the same could happen for the premier league. he was speaking to our sports editor dan roan. it may be hard to believe but this was the last time the premier league was the last time the premier league was in action. 2.5 months after wester city's win over aston villa, players have had to wait until this week to start an initial phase of noncontact training entity in first interview since the start of this crisis, the man in charge told me about his hopes for a resumption of the season next month. about his hopes for a resumption of the season next monthlj about his hopes for a resumption of the season next month. i since there is some positive momentum behind it. we have gone back to training but it is only our first step, all the cubs working in the community is, the hundreds of thousands ofjobs the premier league supports, all those potentially at risk as with other industry sectors. i believe we have response will do to try and get back
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to business to protectjobs and move forward. but with unresolved rows with hopes of a player safety, the use of neutral stadia, and whether vocation should be scrapped, from appointive hurdles remain. i've see you have to have contingency plans. curtailment is still a possibly and so what would happen in that environment is something we have yet to discuss. contact her in concert next week but with six cases of the virus among premier league, players... they held me with the footballers union to the increased risk to black, asian and minority ethnic players. with done everything we can to make training possible —— save you and there for your family. we have put in testing programmes in different protocols in order to protect you and your livelihood and we think it is safe to return. the decision ultimately we have to respect those players who don't want to return to training him at that is
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their prerogative. if you were a foot bar, would you play?|j their prerogative. if you were a foot bar, would you play? i thinkl would. i have been in the meanies, i flits into the advices and i would be comfortable to do it. last weekend, the bundesliga began the first major week to resume. as here, they would have to be use to play without fans but for how long? nobody knows the answer to that question. i think you have to plan accordingly, take it step—by—step. at the moment there is so optimism we will see fans backgrounds next season. the premier league one back —— will be back to being self come at the premier league at its best until we get fans back. with the financial crisis facing cash—strapped close in the week, can tough fight clubs do more to about the rest of the football family? our clu bs a re the rest of the football family? our clubs are facing significant financial losses. 0ur clubs are facing significant financial losses. our support for the rest of the game is unprecedented across european football and we are very committed to that. michael competitions the premier league is waiting to re—emerge from its force shutdown.
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where and when the action will resume remains unclear. dan roan, bbc news. before we go, one of west africa's best known musicians, mory kante, has died at the age of 70. the guinean singer was a distinguished player of the "kora" — a west african harp — but he is probably best know for his ‘80s hit song yeke yeke. mr kante's son said his father's death was the result of untreated health problems. guinea's president, alpha conde, said african culture was in mourning. i'll leave you with a listen to mory kante, and yeke yeke music.
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there has been a lot of sunshine around today but also a lot of wind and rain particularly across scotla nd and rain particularly across scotland and northern ireland. gale force winds, vicious gusts of wind in fact enter the course of the weekend that is where the worst of the weather will be in the north—west of the uk. the reason for it is this spending area of a weather system, it is a low—pressure storm site sweeping us that will eventually be pulling away second half of the weekend. but as far as saturday is concerned we are certainly going to be feeling the effects of it. to the course of the night at remains very windy with reina times across western scotland. windy in northern ireland and the north of england. elsewhere clear skies with a few showers and a breeze there in the south with
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temperatures of 10 degrees. here is the weather map for this we can this is saturday and you can see the blood pressure is close northern scotland, white lines, those isobars meaning that winds are racing to the centre that will pressure, strong gusts through the course of saturday, strong for the time of the year and that rain continues. a lot of rainfall in western parts of scotland. to the south that will be lots of sunshine around scattered fair with the clouds quickly zooming across the sky carried by the strong gusts of wind and even in the south, winds could exceed a0 mph and in this time there it will take twigs and branches off trees. a real bluster on the way for many of us. eventually saturday night into sunday, that low—pressure pulls away into scandinavia. the winds died down, and high pressure starts to build in from the south. that means that the weather isn't working fine for most of the country on sunday, temperatures picking up to 20
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degrees across the midlands and you can see through the course of monday and also into to say that high—pressure continues to build across the uk. monday a lot of fine weather across the country but across the north—west, we are expecting wind and rain, not particularly heavy or strong, but it will be notable. however in the site that will feel like summer with temperatures up to 25 degrees and the indication is as we go through the indication is as we go through the week, those temperatures will only rise. i will not be surprise of next week temperatures at least in the south and central areas of the uk hit the high 20s.
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in the city of karachi. officials have so far confirmed 60 deaths, but at least two people have survived. the british government has confirmed that from june the 8th, people arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for 1a days because of coronavirus. anyone breaching the rules will be fined 1,200 dollars. there's been international criticism over china's plan to introduce a new security law in hong kong. the european union, britain, australia and canada said it would undermine the territory's autonomy. the us secretary of state said the law would be disastrous. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has announced emergency funds of more than 130 million dollars to support recovery from cyclone amphan. the storm's left around a hundred people dead. now on bbc news, another chance to see some of the uk government's latest briefing on coronavirus, held earlier today at downing street.
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