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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. meanwhile the british prime minister's chief adviser is reported to have broken lockdown guidelines by travelling to his parents‘ home to self—isolate when suffering with coronavirus. 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. how the pronunciation of spandau ballet star tony hadley‘s name helped a quiz contestant strike "gold", and win thousands.
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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, 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. that is $1200. 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. people will be expected
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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 anyone arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for two weeks. most people on this flight from amsterdam into manchester thought it was 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 now says only people arriving from the republic of ireland will be exempt.
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medical workers will too and people like lorry drivers who 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 during the pandemic, will be hit even harder. airlines believe mandatory masks, gloves and temperature checks would be enough to get more flights moving safely again.
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sadly, it's 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 unimplemental. —— and un—implement tilt. 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 of isolation 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 low infection rates so some trips abroad can happen this summer. tom burridge, bbc news.
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meanwhile it's being reported that dominic cummings — who's a key adviser to prime minister borisjohnson — broke lockdown guidelines while suffering from the virus. a source has confirmed that mr cummings travelled from london to durham, nearly 420km away in the north of england, when he had coronavirus in march. the source close to dominic cummings has denied the report. but they have denied newspaper reports that police spoke to mr cummings or that there was any kind of ‘investigation‘. 0ur political correspondentjessica parker is at westminster. no denied that he did break the guidelines in the first place? this story has emerged this evening from the mirror and the guardian who have done a joint investigation and they are as you say reporting dominic cummings they say was investigated by police after breaking the government to‘s lockdown rules. to give context of his back on the 30th
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of march that we heard dominic cummings, the prime minister's chief adviser, had developed symptoms and was self isolating at home. what the mirrorand was self isolating at home. what the mirror and the party and are reporting is that on tuesday the sist reporting is that on tuesday the 31st of march, durham constabulary we re 31st of march, durham constabulary were made aware reports that an individual had travelled from one to durham and... feet mirror and guardian posting a joint statement... they confirmed that the individual in question was self ice and in—house in line with national police and guidance, they explain the guidelines around self—isolation and reiterated the appropriate advice around a central travel. we are trying to get in touch with durham police ourselves was a but thatis durham police ourselves was a but that is what the mirror and the guardian report this evening. we heard a source from dominic cummings saying that he did chapel to county durham when he had the coronavirus
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but they say it is not sure that the police spoke to him or there was any kind of investigation. the source denies he broke any of the lockdown guidance because he and his wife stayed in a separate building we are told and they were there so that his pa rents told and they were there so that his parents could help with childcare while he and his wife are both ill with symptoms of coronavirus. as you say clearly we are being told that he did travelled there, the suggestion though that perhaps this was within the guidelines, that there wasn't any kind of investigation. it was at the time that new restrictions had come in in terms of the very limited reasons people were being allowed to therefore weave their home in order to crack down on the virus so you are allowed to get basic necessities, exercise, seek medical assistance and provide care or assistance and provide care or assistance as well, a list of reasons contained in the legislation. i know the story is just broken but where people allowed to stay in another residence not their own in other words, another
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location apart from their primary residence? i am still reading through the legislation from the time at the moment for some it says in relation to children who don't live in the same house as their pa rents, live in the same house as their parents, they can continue existing arrangements but that is a different, referring to a different situation. we are hearing from the source close to dominic cummings is he stayed in a separate building and they were there so the parents could help with childcare this does highlight that there can be some complexity and different interpretations of the rules which of course did raise a lot of questions at the time for people as to what was and not allowed. this is the first time we have seen officials advisers fall file because although obviously the source close to dominic cummings is suggesting that what they did was potentially not breaking the rules, denied they broke any of the lockdown guidance, you had doctor catherine cold wood, scotla nd you had doctor catherine cold wood, scotland bonsai chief medical 0fficer scotland bonsai chief medical officer who resigned her post after visiting her second home and then
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you might remember as well professor neil ferguson quit the sage committee after he was found to have been visited during the lockdown by his married lover, that was reported at the time. —— scotland's chief medical officer. you get the since there is some confusion about what there is some confusion about what the rules do and don't allow at the moment. what we are hearing is a denial that mr cummings has broken any of the lockdown rules but i think we need to closely study some of that legislation from the time. jessica with the latest on that story. thanks very much. 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 enroute 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.
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at the site, panic and chaos. 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. 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
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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. 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.
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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. 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.
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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, 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,
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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 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. there has been strong international condemnation of china's proposal to introduce a new security law for hong kong. britain, australia and canada issued
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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 country two systems. the law, which would be imposed by decree, was submitted at the annual national people's congress, which 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 four 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. earlier carrie lam — hong kong's chief executive — gave her backing to the draft law. translation: we have seen the alarming sign
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that we have terrorism. well, since last year, we have seen the escalation of violence in relation to the anti—amendment bill protest. we have got home—grown explosives, and there were firearms jeopardising 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. this morning at the maker and engineer for spain caring this morning at the maker and engineerfor spain caring mr this morning at the maker and engineer for spain caring mr gandhi spotting landed in delhi. the president of india brought to the plane to solemnly witness this trick
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on dee's final return from the put quote benefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it is become the first country in the road to approve a change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a p0p extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration of our buts for some reason with her tear grass in the crowd and we do not know why. the prelaunch which will is is... in the last hour, east timor has become the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a buddy birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now at least, it is to celebrate. —— time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. new quarantine rules are to be brought in for travellers to the uk.
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visitors will face fines if they don't self—isolate for 1h days. the british prime minister's chief adviser comes under pressure following claims he broke the rules around lockdown by leaving his home to travel to visit his parents. 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. i asked barbara plett usher if president trump has the powers to order the reopenings.
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and why he was doing this now. i doubt it, it's doubtful he can override the governors, that he has the authority to do that but i don't 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, houses of worship are still under restrictions because of the 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 evangelicals. he said, "liquor stores are open, abortions can be had, but we can't even go to church." so, 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
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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 that the vast number of churches, synagogues, and mosques have followed the restrictions and gone to online services and have handled the situation responsibly but there is a pocket of those — 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. and you are right in certain cases churches have been super spreaders because people come together, the virus can be transmitted quite easily. you had dr deborah birx one of the top medical scientists working with mr trump come on and afterwards and say,
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"yes, 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 can be done with social distancing in churches. there are steps that we can take, but you have to protect the vulnerable and do it on a case—by—case, location—by—location basis." because it's also true that a large number of congregants do tend to be elderly and those are people who are vulnerable. barbara plett usher. 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 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 in action. two and a half months after leicester city's win over aston villa, players have had to wait until this week to start an initial phase of non—contact training,
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and today, in his 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. i sense there is some momentum and positivity behind it. we've gone back to training but it's only a first step. it's step by step. all of the clubs' work in the communities, the 100,000 jobs the premier league supports, all of those are potentially at risk, as with other industry sectors, and i believe ultimately we have a responsibility to try to get back to business to protectjobs and to move forward. but, with unresolved rows among clubs over the safety of players, the use of neutral stadia and whether relegation should be scrapped, plenty of hurdles remain. you have to have contingency plans. curtailment is still a possibility, so what would happen in that environment is something we are yet to discuss with our clubs. contact training could start next week but, as six cases of the virus among premier league clubs revealed, some players have refused to train over their concerns. today the premier league held a meeting with the footballers union
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to discuss the increased risk to black, asian and minority ethnic players. we have done everything we can to make return to training as safe as possible for you, and therefore for you and your family. we've put in place testing programmes and all the different protocols in order to protect you and your livelihood, and we think it's safe to return. the decision, ultimately, we have to respect those players that take the decision not to return to training — that is their prerogative. if you were a footballer, would you play? i think i would. i've listened to the arguments. i've been in the meetings, talked to the medical advisers and i would be comfortable to do so. last weekend, the bundesliga became the world's first major league to resume. as in germany, football here will have to get used to playing without fans, but for how long? nobody knows the answer to that. i just think we have to plan accordingly. we have to take it step by step. at the moment, there is still optimism we will see fans back in grounds next season. the premier league will not be back to being itself, at its best,
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until we get fans back through the turnstiles. with an unprecedented financial crisis facing cash—strapped clubs in the football league, could the top flight do more to bail out the rest of the football family? 0ur clubs are suffering significant financial losses. our support for the rest of the game is unprecedented across european football, and we are very committed to that. like all sporting competitions, the premier league is waiting to re—emerge from its enforced shutdown. when and whether the action will resume remains unclear. dan roan, bbc news. a quiz contestant missed out on a huge cash prize — becausejudges claimed he had mispronounced the name of singer"tony hadley". of singer "tony hadley". muhammad shalehan was denied the top $10,000 until the spandau ballet star lent him his support. colin paterson reports. # you are gold... never has there been so much interest in how to say the name
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of spandau ballet's lead singer. tony hadley. muhammad shalehan works for singapore's underground railway and needed some money to pay off loans, so he decided to try and win a $10,000 "name the celebrity voices" competition on his local radio station... gold 905. for weeks, people had been trying to identify the 1a voices. muhammad listened for hours each day and was sure he'd figured it out, but on air was told he had got one wrong. two weeks later, he was baffled to hear another contestant give exactly the same names and win. the station told him that his answer... tony hadley. ..was a mispronunciation. infuriated, he e—mailed a recording of his on—air appearance to tony hadley‘s manager, and received this video message. i have listened back to the tape and, as far as i'm concerned, you pronounced my name absolutely correctly — tony hadley. you might have said it with a slight accent. after originally offering muhammad
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a $5,000 goodwill gesture, gold 905 have today backed down and given him the whole prize. thanks to help from mr tony hadley. it has been so great. what does it mean to you to get justice? ijust want to be an inspiration to others to go with what you believe in. the money will come in handy, as muhammad and his wife are expecting a baby later this year. they know it's a boy and have not completely ruled out giving it the name tony or hadley. colin paterson, bbc news. let's wait and see. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @ bbctimwillcox. well, there has been a lot of sunshine around today but also a lot of wind and rain particularly across scotland and northern ireland.
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gale force winds, vicious gusts of wind in fact through 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 spinning area of a weather system, it is a low—pressure storm sideswiping 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. through the course of the night it remains very windy with rain at 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 temperatures of 10 degrees. here is the weather map for the weekend — this is saturday and you can see the low pressure is close northern scotland, white lines, those isobars meaning that winds are racing to the centre that low pressure, strong gusts
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through the course of saturday, strong for this time of the year and that rain continues. a lot of rainfall in western parts of scotland. to the south, there will be lots of sunshine around scattered fairweather 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 of year, 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 die down, and high pressure starts to build in from the south. that means that the weather is looking fine for most of the country on sunday, temperatures picking up to 20 degrees across the midlands and you can see through the course of monday and also into tuesday 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 south that will feel
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like summer with temperatures up to 25 degrees and the indication is as we go through the week, those temperatures will only rise. i will not be surprised if next week temperatures, at least in the south and central areas of the uk, hit the high 20s.
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