this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. calls for boris johnson's most senior adviser to resign after he's accused of breaking uk lockdown rules. dominic cummings travelled 250 miles to his parents‘ home when he had coronavirus symptoms — a source close to him denies any breach of the restrictions, but others say he has questions to answer. clearly serious questions that number ten are going to have to address, not least because the readiness of members of the public to follow government guidance, more generally, is going to be affected. engine failure was reported shortly before a plane crashed into a residential area

of karachi in pakistan. at least 97 people have been killed, but 2 passengers have survived. a two—week quarantine for most people entering the uk — with fines for those who don't self isolate. a new study says an anti—malarial drug promoted by the us president to treat covid—19 may increase the risk of death among infected patients. us democratic candidatejoe biden apologises for his comments about african americans who choose to vote for president trump. you got more questions, but if you have a problem figuring out whether you are for me or for trump, then you ain't black.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — first, prime minister, borisjohnson‘s top adviser is facing calls to resign after being accused of breaking lockdown rules. dominic cummings travelled hundreds of miles north from london, to his parent's home in county durham, when he had coronavirus symptoms. durham police confirm they spoke to his family about self—isolation guidelines and reiterated advice around essential travel. a source close to mr cummings denies he broke any rules. jessica parker reports. dominic cummings dashing out of number ten in late march. a few days later, it was confirmed he had developed coronavirus symptoms and was self isolating. now it has emerged that, at around that time, he travelled from his london property to his parents‘ home in durham 250 miles away. there is clearly serious questions that number ten

are going to have to address, not least because the readiness of members of the public to follow government guidance, more generally, is going to be affected by this sort of story, but i don't want to rush to condemn without hearing the whole story. it's prompted calls from opposition parties for the prime minister's chief aide to resign or face the sack. the reality is that borisjohnson's most senior adviser blatantly breached the rules that millions of people have been trying so hard to keep. it is the case that his position is totally untenable and he needs to resign or borisjohnson needs to step up and sack him. labour is demanding a swift explanation from downing street. the explanation from a source close to mr cummings is that the journey was so that his parents could help with childcare whilst he and his wife, unwell with covid symptoms, stayed in a separate building. the source denied that mr cummings had broken lockdown rules or that

police spoke to him. in a statement, durham constabulary said that officers had explained to the family the guidance on self isolation and essential travel. earlier this month, professor neil ferguson quit his role on the government's scientific advisory committee sage after the telegraph reported he had been visited by his married lover during lockdown. doctor catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical officer last month after making two trips to her second home. jessica parker, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. i'll correspondent helen catt. be clear about exactly w happened i'll be clear about exactly what happened here? we understand that dominic cummings and his wife went to durham to their parents'. his sister said she would provide childcare is what we understand for

this. it was in durham, 250 miles from london. we understand they were still able to look after their son, they were not too ill to do that once they got there, but they didn't have any other contact with members of theirfamily. have any other contact with members of their family. it is suggested there were a small number of people in downing street who didn't know where he was, that he was in durham and not london. downing street haven't responded to this at all yet. we don't know if borisjohnson himself was one of those people who knew where dominic cummings was because he himself was ill at the time. is there a charge of hypocrisy, that many people —— various people were having to resign... why it matters is that we we re resign... why it matters is that we were in these lockdown restrictions at the time, the government said how

important it was that we observe them. we are coming at a point now where we are nine weeks into lockdown restrictions. people are feeling angry and they are feeling upset that they haven't been able to see family and have had to stay at home. i think that is part of the reason it is so important now, particularly as the government is saying this is a pivotal moment of the pandemic when they still want us to observe lockdown rules, the worry is that people think there is more flexibility than i thought and therefore i can sort of chip away at those. those are the worries around it, around the fact it has emerged at this time. and also, was sanctioned by those in downing street? a source close to dominic cummings says they don't believe that he broke the rules. it will be interesting to see how it plays out. briefly on the playing out, presumably a lot will hinge on how much pressure builds within the governing party? as you would

expect, we have opposition parties coming out and saying we need explanations, labour saying we need a explanation, the snp members calling for borisjohnson to sack him. whatare calling for borisjohnson to sack him. what are backbenchers saying to borisjohnson him. what are backbenchers saying to boris johnson behind—the—scenes? saying, this is terrible, you can keep him on perspective we know that in normal times this is a downing street that is quite happy to set things out, but it will be interesting to see what goes on. and shortly we'll be speaking to the mirror's political editor, pippa crerar, who helped breka the story, and to dave penman, the general secretary of the fda, the civil servants unions. officials in pakistan are trying to identify the victims of friday's plane crash in a residential area of karachi, in which at least 97 people were killed. the airbus a320 was en route

from lahore in the north of the country when it came down near the runway. at least two passengers survived. it's unclear how many people on the ground died. freya cole reports. the bodies of victims side by side, pulled from the rubble in a rescue operation that went well into the night. so many didn't make it. they had little chance when the plane made its final call. the aftermath was catastrophic. the rows of black smoke, a signal of the distress and devastation. ambulances for to form a line. the wait is long in a health system already under strain. and for relatives outside, the weight feels

like forever. translation: we don't have any solid information. we are still hopeful as it has not been confirmed whether she is dead or alive. we are still waiting. nestled between homes, the wreckage awaits for a further investigation to determine what went so wrong. the uk government is facing more questions over its plans to introduce a 14—day quarantine for people arriving in the uk. from june 8th, travellers will have to self—isolate for a fortnight and could face fines of £1,000 if they break the rules. airlines and travel companies are worried it could damage their businesses even further. the government says the measures are being introduced to stop a second wave of coronavirus. let's speak now to karen dee, the chief executive of the airport operators association. we expect a couple of weeks ago when

this was first discussed. now, the guidelines are very clear, and what do you think of them? as industry, we totally understand the government's priority to avoid a second wave. i think what we are most disappointed about is that they had decided to adopt what we think isa had decided to adopt what we think is a simplistic blanket approach rather than going with something thatis rather than going with something that is more targeted at the level of risk that applies. this will have a really big damaging impact on the aviation sector and all of the sectors of the economy that rely on us. sectors of the economy that rely on us. it is essential that we move away from this kind of a blanket approach towards something more targeted. is anyone doing the targeting that you want? is there a model that you would say, do it like this country? there are lots of models out there and other countries are beginning to what we call bridges and the home secretary herself did refer to that in her

speech. we are really keen that this government allows us to develop those in conjunction with other countries where the risk is perhaps lower so that we can begin to open up lower so that we can begin to open up the aviation sector in a way that is safe for passengers and for everybody, all the staff working in the industry. and those error bridges are between countries. the idea is that they are between countries that have a low infection rate at the time, so you can feel fairly safe going to and from them -- air fairly safe going to and from them —— air bridge. in relation to the ball spinning in on june —— air bridge. in relation to the ball spinning in onjune the 8th, that will put a dampener on the idea of people going on holiday? —— rules coming in. people will be required to self—isolate for 14 days. there are some people for whom that will not be too much of a barrier, but

u nless not be too much of a barrier, but unless there are sufficient numbers of people who wish to fly, it is simply commercially unviable for an airline to put on a flight. i think oui’ airline to put on a flight. i think our concern is that what this does is it just prolongs our concern is that what this does is itjust prolongs the shutdown we have seen. at the moment, through this virus, we have seen passenger numbers to the uk down by 99%. really, the only flights coming in at the moment are repatriations or freight flights or a lifeline services. that's not a system we can prolong for an extended period. when you say you can't prolong it for an extended period, what do you see as the damage to airlines and airports? asi the damage to airlines and airports? as i said, we have only got i% of travellers, so all of our revenue is based on those people travelling. if you have only got i% of your revenue coming in and then most airports have fixed costs of 60, 70% if you

wa nt to have fixed costs of 60, 70% if you want to keep the airport running. that is commercially unviable. you can't do that for a long time, so businesses are working really hard to conserve cash and restructure and make sure they are in the best position that they can be, but it is not something they can continue for a long time. thank you so much for joining us. joe biden, the presumptive democratic presidential nominee, has expressed regret for suggesting that african—america ns — in his words, "ain't black", if they are considering supporting president trump in november's election. he made the comment to a black radio presenter after being asked whether he'd choose a black vice—presidential running mate. listen, you've got to come see us when you come to new york, vp biden. i will. it's a long way until november. we've got more questions... you've got more questions. but i tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you are for me or trump, then you ain't black. it don't have nothing to do with trump, it has to do with the fact that i want something for my community. i would love to see...

take a look at my record, man. i extended the voting rights act 25 years. i have a record that is second to none. the naacp has endorsed me every time i've run. come on, take a look at the record. a new study suggests the anti—malarial drug promoted by president trump as a treatment for coronavirus may in fact increase the risk of death among infected patients. the research published by the medicaljournal, the lancet, shows that those who were treated with hydroxychloroquine had a higher risk of death and heart problems than those who were not. last week, mr trump announced he was taking the drug. let's get more now on the story that dominic cummings, the most senior adviser to borisjohnson, is facing calls to resign after being accused of breaking lockdown rules. mrcummings is underfire for travelling hundreds of miles from london to country durham to self—isolate at his parents' home when he had coronavirus symptoms. durham police confirm they spoke

to his family about self—isolation guidelines and reiterated advice around essential travel. a source close to mr cummings denies he broke any rules, claiming that the family stayed in a separate building. pippa crerar is the daily mirror's political editor and she's one of those who broke the story. tell us more about the detail. there still seems to be some confusion about exactly what state he travelled on, exactly what the explanation is for the travel and so on. it seems that number ten or sources close to him say he needed help with childcare for his four—year old son. the disease can be very debilitating. what is not clear, and the last we saw of dominic cummings was the day that boris himself tested positive and was self isolated, we sought dominic

cummings running out of number ten. it looks like at some point over the following couple of days, he and his wife and child drove the 250 miles to his parents' property in durham, andi to his parents' property in durham, and i understand his sister lives there, and they stayed in a separate building so his sister could help with childcare. the problem is, it looks like he broke two big lockdown bills. one is that if you are self isolating then you should absolutely stay at home, even to get yourself seed, you should rely on neighbours to do it for you. even if he had not... —— sets. food. the second roulette looks like he broke is that he travelled across the country during lockdown. those rules still apply that you are not supposed to

travel far and you're certainly not allowed to stay overnight. it looks like he broke those two rules. number ten latched onto this comment by the deputy medical officer in which she actually made a week after... two weeks after, sorry, dominic cummings went to durham. it isn't actually written in the guidelines, as far as we have been able to see. as an excuse, it looks at the very best like he bent the rules. but it comes down to is what the public will be thinking about the public will be thinking about the spirit of those rules and how it looks like what is happening now is that it looks like what is happening now is thatitis looks like what is happening now is that it is one set of rules for them, and everyone has been co nsta ntly them, and everyone has been constantly praised by the government for staying at home and put texting the nhs and most vulnerable people from this disease,, one set of rules for them and one set for dominic

cummings. to avoid any such perception, others have resigned. the scientific adviser neil ferguson, we had that case three or four weeks ago. and also scotland's chief medical officer. can i ask you to put your political editor hat on at the minute rather than your reporter hat. surely what matters here is not what the snp shout about him being sacked or what the liberal democrats shout, but what those inside the government and their backbenchers say? i had several m essa 9 es backbenchers say? i had several messages from ministers including cabinet ministers, private messages, saying they thought it was absolutely untenable, that's the excuse absolutely untenable, that's the excuse that has been put forward, the reason that has been put forward , the reason that has been put forward, is really not sustainable when, as you say, others have left.

borisjohnson when, as you say, others have left. boris johnson relies when, as you say, others have left. borisjohnson relies very heavily on a couple of very key aides, of which dominic cummings is number one. he will be relying on dominic cummings even more heavily as he would do normally and would go to any length to keep him. ultimately, with a majority of 80, it doesn't really matter how many backbench tory mps shout about it or how many cabinet ministers privately say to number ten. if boris johnson ministers privately say to number ten. if borisjohnson wants to keep dominic cummings, he will. the difference will come if the public feel that what has been presented as a people's government isn't actually a people's government isn't actually a deeper‘s government because of one set of rules for dominic cummings and one set of rules for everyone else. if his actions are interpreted asa else. if his actions are interpreted as a green light to do what they want, for them to see their parents

and grandparents... don't forget, there are people there who —— like people here who were not able to go to loved ones' funerals. there are people who haven't seen their families for months and months. people will feel very angry about that, and if they feel that dominic cummings's actions have given the green light to visit themselves, to go and travel across the country, and transmission starts spreading again, then it is more thanjust a political scandal. it is something that, actually, is going to impact on all of our lives. thank you so much for talking to us. during that interview, we got a statement in for the durham police and crime commissioner. durham is the location to which dominic cummings drove. the

police and crime commissioner, also former chair of the police federation, said given the whole ethos of the guidance and regulations was designed to reduce the spread regardless of reason, by travelling to county durham when no to be affected was most unwise. to beat this crisis we need to be selfless as many have been. the response by the people of durham have been exemplary which makes this most frustrating and concerning. and we arejust most frustrating and concerning. and we are just right now getting a statement for number ten —— from number ten. it says, statement for number ten —— from numberten. it says, owing statement for number ten —— from number ten. it says, owing to his wife being infected with suspected coronavirus and the high likelihood that he himself would become unwell, it was essential for dominic cummings to ensure his young child could be properly carried for. his sister and nieces had volunteered to help, so he went to a house near to,

but separate from, his extended family encase their help was his sister shopped for the family and left everything outside. at no stage was he or his family spoken to by the police by this matter as was being reported. his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. mr cummings believes he behaved reasonably and legally. that is the statement from number ten. dave penman is the general secretary of the fda, the union for senior civil servants. thank you so much forjoining us. what do you make of this row right now? it is clearly a matter of public concern. a member of the government's scientific advisory body and the special adviser to the prime minister has apparently, and i say apparently because clearly there are say apparently because clearly there a re facts say apparently because clearly there are facts that need to be

established, has apparently broken the rules. for thousands of families, consequences... as i just read any statement from downing street, mr cummings does not believe he broke the rules. ultimately, this isa he broke the rules. ultimately, this is a matter for the he broke the rules. ultimately, this is a matterfor the prime minister. asa is a matterfor the prime minister. as a special adviser, he is accountable only to the prime minister. the prime minister appointed him and under the ministerial code, the prime minister is accountable to both parliament and the public for it the conduct of the special adviser. in the circumstances we have got quality prime minister has to make a decision and decide whether there is an issue here or not and he also has to rebuild public confidence as the ministerial code suggests that he should. do you think there is a clear direction in which that decision should be made? is your mind already made up or do you have

some sympathy with the story that we have just heard, that his wife was ill, he was worried he would develop symptoms, they did this in a responsible way in a building that was not the same building as his elderly parents, and so on foot that isa elderly parents, and so on foot that is a matter for the elderly parents, and so on foot that is a matterfor the prime minister to make a decision on. there is legitimate public interest in whether dominic cummings broke the rules are not but there will be many families up and down the country to face very similar circumstances and interpreted the rules and a very different way. i know of families where both parents have been suffering from debilitating consequences of the disease and having to look after family and not able to rely upon extended family members because they couldn't travel. this wasn't a set of guidelines, this was the law. it was quite clear from the prime minister when he said, this is not guidance,

iam when he said, this is not guidance, i am instructing you to follow these rules. it is really important that the prime minister makes clear whether there is one rule for those at the top and one rule for everyone else. this is about integrity and honesty, not just about else. this is about integrity and honesty, notjust about dominic cummings, but also the prime minister. this is a bank holiday weekend across much of the country, but still, the message to the public is, observe the rules in spirit and letter? it is really important because everyone is having to make decisions every single day after months of lockdown. the signals and m essa 9 es months of lockdown. the signals and messages from the top are absolutely critical in terms of how the public are likely to respond. i think having this with sources close to him making statements, and now we have a statement from number ten, it really isn't good enough. it is also about integrity of the highest office in the land. as a special adviser, the prime minister is

directly responsible for the dominic cummings under the ministerial code and he is responsible to parliament and he is responsible to parliament and the public. he needs to make clear what his view is of the situation given that he appears to have known this and why he has decided to... thank you forjoining us. you're watching bbc news. it's a bank holiday weekend, and with warm weather on the way, lots of us may be tempted to get out and about. but we're being urged to put safety first, after beaches and parks were packed earlier this week. it sparked concerns some people weren't following social distancing rules. tim muffett has been looking at the plans being put in place to ensure tourist spots aren't overrun. fresh air and a sense of freedom. this is my first time out. i have been in lockdown since early march, which is nine, ten weeks, and ijust decided this would be a good place to come

because it's so open, and i feel relatively safe. i'm gloved, i'm masked — i'm free, i'm free! dunstable downs in bedfordshire, like so many places, seems so appealing. enjoying the outdoors is now allowed, and in england you can drive to a place of your choice to get some fresh air. but another message also remains in place — to stay at home as much as possible. this video was made by councils across lincolnshire, but in skegness this week, the closure of car parks, toilets and restaurants didn't put some visitors off. i've come from nottingham. seems pretty quiet considering, obviously, it's lockdown, so we're trying to do our best to social distance. at the end of the day, the government have said can do it. we've brought our own food so we can just sit and amuse ourselves, really, and not interfere with anybody. like other train operators, east midlands railway is grappling

with social distancing. only 20% of seats can be used. we've got key workers we need to be able to provide a service to. it's really important that people who don't need to travel essentially stay away to allow key workers to use the services available to them. in warwickshire, you have to buy a car park ticket for some country parks in an effort to control visitor numbers. west midlands police have released this video. this gathering needs to stop now, so if you can make your way out the cul—de—sac, that would be appreciated. thank you. a crowd of more than 100 people had to be dispersed. the biggest gathering this police force has encountered during the pandemic. particularly with a lot more young people now, this pressure to congregate is starting to grow, and that's got to be an area we've got to police carefully. enforcement is a last resort in this particular set of circumstances, but enforcement is going to be appropriate and i think we've shown with the over 400 fixed penalty notices issued already, we're not afraid to use that power. the rnli has warned there will be

no lifeguards on any beaches this weekend. for many tourist resorts, it's a difficult but important message — please, save your visit for another time. tim muffett, bbc news. a video of an 88—year—old grandmother from kidderminster dancing has been viewed nearly 30 million times all around the world. ruth rudd agreed to help raise the profile of her granddaughters' local football team by appearing on the social media platform tiktok. and ruth says she can't believe the amount of attention she's been getting... look at that outfit. i'm just absolutely amazed. an elderly 88, little bit disabled lady... fame like this — for doing nothing? it's absolutely surreal! i haven't done anything marvellous dancing. i've just been an elderly lady making a fool

of herself. keep on dancing. rough seas around many western coasts of the uk. it is another windy day across the uk. heavy and persistent rain coming into western parts of scotland. turning drier and brighter this afternoon for northern ireland. more rain this evening. for england and wales, it is a case of scattered and heavy showers moving quickly west to east on strong winds. thus in excess of a0 miles an hour now. some spots seeing wind over 50 miles an hour here. tonight, it stays very breezy out there. rain running back into parts of scotland. a few showers into wales. temperatures not going down to far. the wins continuing to ease a bit, and some cloud around. at he vein in western scotland. all of that is slowly dying out and

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