this is bbc world news. the headlines: the flight data recorder from the plane that crashed into a residential area of karachi in pakistan has been recovered and will be this is bbc news with the latest handed to investigators, headlines for viewers in the uk pakistan international and around the world. airlines says. calls for borisjohnson's top aide to quit over accusations he broke uk lockdown rules, at least 97 people were but downing street say killed in the crash. a top aide to uk prime minister dominic cummings believes he behaved borisjohnson says he believes ‘reasonably and legally‘. he behaved "reasonably and legally" after accusations he broke lockdown rules by travelling hundreds he travelled hundreds of miles to his parents‘ home of miles at the end of march with coronavirus symptoms. to stay near his family. opponents say the uk prime minister should make a statement. the us democratic presidential he is responsible for his special advisers, he needs candidatejoe biden has apologised to get an explanation. for appearing to criticise african americans if they even considered voting for donald trump instead of him. i am surprised that he didn't know at the time. former vice president biden said his i would have thought he would have known at the time, remarks had been "cavalier". and did he sanction this? brazil‘s supreme court has authorised the release of a video investigators have recovered the black box data recorder of the passenger plane that crashed

in the pakistani city karachi killing at least 97 people. a two week quarantine for most people entering the uk, with fines for those who don't self—isolate. us democratic candidatejoe biden apologises for his comments about african americans who choose to vote for president trump. you've got more questions, but i tell you, if you have got 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. our top story — uk prime minister, boris johnson's most senior adviser is facing calls to resign after being accused of breaking lockdown rules. dominic cummings travelled hundreds of miles north from london,

to his parents‘ home in county durham, when he and his wife had coronavirus symptoms. in the last hour, we've had a statement from a spokesman for 10 downing street. it says that because his wife was infected with suspected coronavirus and the high likelihood that he would himself become unwell, "it was essential for dominic cummings to ensure his young child could be properly cared for." it goes on to say, "he went to a house near to but separate from his extended family in case their help was needed." and it says, "his actions were in line with the coronavirus guidelines. mr cummings believes he acted reasonably and legally. " the statement sais that at no stage were he or his family spoken to by police about the matter, however a spokesman for durham constabulary said they were made aware of an individual travelling from london to an address in durham, and that they had made contact with the owner of that address. our correspondentjessica

parker has this report. 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, 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. ed davey is the acting leader

of the liberal democrats. the prime minister needs to make a statement he is responsible for his special advisers, he needs to get an explanation. i am surprised that he didn't know at the time, i would have thought that he would have known at the time and did he sanction this? the prime minister himself say, yes, dominic cummings, this is ok? and therefore, the prime minister is the person, i think, should break the silence. our political correspondent helen catt gave us her analysis. a staunch defence from downing street, it is very strong language, the state they have issued. it was essential, the statement says, for dominic cummings to make this journey and ensure his tribe could be cared for and it says his actions we re be cared for and it says his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines and mr cummings believes he behaved reasonably. one of the questions that will rise over the course of the week is whether the

prime minister new he was enduring, because we know a small of people in downing street new that is where dominic cummings was stop those sort of coveringss questions —— questions are going to be asked. it is interesting we have a senior member of the cabinet running in behind mr cummings and there are other voices of concern on the tory side of the house. has been a lot of concerns on the opposition side and we had on the opposition side and we had on the tory side we had david liddington saying that he wanted to look at the detail of this, but he felt that there might be questions to be answered. it is going to rumble on for a bit, i think, it is not going to end quite here. couple of developments in the last moments on this. one is a tweet from the chancellor, rishi sunak, who says, taking care of your wife and

child is justifiable and says, taking care of your wife and child isjustifiable and reasonable and scoring political points over it is not. that is the government view and then the opposition, we have just got a labour press release. they have been rather quiet for the past couple of hours but we are getting the statement now which says, the lockdown rules were clear, if you or anyone in your household was suspected of having covid—i9, you must immediately self—isolate and not leave the house. however, the prime minister's chief adviser appears to believe that it is one rule for him and another for the british people. this will cause understandable anger for the millions of people who have sacrificed so much during this crisis. and the statement from the labour party goes on, number ten‘s statement also raises more questions thanit statement also raises more questions than it answers. we are still unclear who knew about this decision and when. whether this was sanctioned by the prime minister, and whether number ten is now

questioning the validity of the statement from durham police. at this afternoon's press conference, we will be expecting answers to these questions. that press conference, as you know, is now a daily event from downing street where either the prime minister or a senior member of cabinet and the scientific and help advisers give a nswe i’s scientific and help advisers give a nswers to scientific and help advisers give answers to the questions on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. that is the coronavirus pandemic. that is the statement from labour. they are obviously not going to let this rest and standing alongside the opposition parties in demanding a nswe i’s opposition parties in demanding a nswers to opposition parties in demanding answers to questions. we will come back to that in a few minutes. a pakistan international airlines spokesperson has confirmed that the flight data recorder has been recovered from site of the fatal airbus a320 crash on friday, in which at least 97 people were killed. the flight was en route from lahore in the north of the country when it came down near the runway

in a residential area of karachi. whilst at least two passengers survived, it remains unclear how many people on the ground died. it comes as the pakistan pilots‘ association said it has ‘no faith‘ in the official investigation. 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, billows of black smoke, a signal of the distress and devastation. ambulances are forced to form a line. the wait is long in a health system already under strain. and for relatives outside,

the wait feels like forever. translation: we don't have any solid information. we are still hopeful, as it is not yet confirmed that she is dead or alive. we‘re still waiting. nestled between homes, the wreckage awaits a thorough investigation to determine what went so wrong. freya cole, bbc news. i‘m joined now from islamabad by the bbc‘s sahar baloch. let‘s talk first about the black box recorder, what can we hope that will establish? that it will basically all the established because of the crash and also the communication the captain and the tower and they are being special is upon since yesterday and the crash happened and a lot of people are coming up with what transpired before the plane

crash landed. a lot of information will be clarified. as you said earlier in your report, a lot of people do not have faith in the official investigation. these are some of the things we are dealing with at the moment here as well as reporters also, because a lot of information is still up in the air, especially with regard to the number of casualties on the ground. when it comes to the passengers, around 97 have been confirmed dead and two are basically the survivors. but there are others, scores of people who have died on the spot. these are some of the figures that will have to be determined from the authorities. and going back to the question of the official investigation, can you explain more why people or some people don‘t have faith in the investigation? yes, pakistan has a very chequered history when it comes to aviation.

there have been in the past, in 2010, there was a private airline that crashed and then another airline crashed in 2012, and with pia itself, it has been a tragic tree of sorts in terms of airlines crashing in midair. in 2016, an airline carrying 47 people burned midairand it was airline carrying 47 people burned midair and it was coming from northern pakistan and was coming to islamabad. these were... whenever there was an investigation promised, chances where that nothing else came out of it and this time also, a lot of people are thinking, yes, it will ta ke of people are thinking, yes, it will take a month for the investigation as the aviation department has confirmed, but nobody is sure what will come out of it. as you mentioned earlier, the black box can clarify a lot of things but will have to be seen how much information we can get from it. thank you so much forjoining us. the british 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 two weeks and could face fines of £1000 if they break the rules. france has said that visitors arriving from the uk will also have to self—isolate for 1h days from the same date. airlines and travel companies are worried it could damage their businesses even further. the uk government says the measures are designed to stop a second wave of coronavirus. our correspondent simonjones is at heathrow airport and sent us this update. to give you an idea of how heathrow is currently being affected, normally at this time of year, the start of the half—time getaway, there would be around 250,000 passengers each day. today they are likely to see around five to 6000 pass through and that is before these quarantine measures have even been introduced. the boss of heathrow has this morning called for

clarity about what happens next. he is questioning this blanket imposition of quarantine and understands that public safety needs to be the number one priority, but feels they should be deals between the uk and other countries that have low rates of coronavirus infections to allow the travel industry to open up. and the call for clarity is being echoed by passengers too, wondering if there will be any chance to get away for a break abroad this summer. the reality is evenif abroad this summer. the reality is even if you are allowed to travel to spain for even if you are allowed to travel to spainfora even if you are allowed to travel to spain for a couple of weeks of sun and sangria, when you get back you will have that two weeks of quarantine to do. the way it will work is you are going to have to declare before entering the uk where exactly you will spend those two weeks. if you don‘t, you could face a fine of £100, and if you don‘t respect the quarantine, if there is a spot check, you could face a fine of £1000 in england, we are waiting to hear how the other nations are

likely to police that. the government‘s reasoning is that coronavirus cases are coming down here in the uk and what they don‘t wa nt to here in the uk and what they don‘t want to do is escape second deadly wave by importing coronavirus cases from abroad. but here at heathrow, things are likely to be very different when flights do resume in big numbers. for example, it is possible you are going to have to have your temperature ta ken possible you are going to have to have your temperature taken in the airport and on planes, you are likely to have to work —based masks and gloves. the reality is, travel is likely to be very different for some time to come. 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 have got to come see us when you come vp biden. i will. it is a long way until november, we have got more questions. you have got more questions, but i tell you, if you have got a problem figuring out whether you are for me or trump, you ain‘t black. it doesn't have anything to do with trump, it has to do with the fact that i want something for my community. take a look at my record, man! i extended the voting racks 25 years, i have a record that is second—to—none. the naacp has endorsed me every time i have ran. i mean, come on. take a look at the record. joe biden. a new study suggests the anti—malarial drug promoted by donald 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.

uk business rents for the second quarter of this year is due ——are due in a month‘s time and accountancy firm ey expects a steep rise in the number of businesses that will refuse to pay. following the impact of covid—19 and the necessary lockdown measures in the uk, nonpayment of commercial rent has become widespread. with landlords struggling even before the virus took hold, it‘s a difficult time for them and their tenants. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. this cafe has been in the family for a0 years in the heart of one of the city of london‘s iconic market. it shut up shop, but the rent is still due. i am that in the position where i am so vulnerable as a business that, how can i pay? i don‘t have a bank account full of money to just bankroll this while it is closed with no revenue. all the tenants are in the same boat. when the costs don‘t stop but the revenues rise up, it makes things pretty difficult pretty quickly.

and also, to be honest, pretty scary. there is no guarantee that we are able to reopen a store like this. there is no footfall here. these offices are not returning any time soon and those are the people we sell to. their landlord, the city of london corporation, were unavailable for comment, but said, "we fully understand that tenants are experiencing exceptionally difficult times. we have offered three—month rent deferrals to selected tenants and we continue to review the measures in place and are proactively considering further support ahead of thejune to september quarter." what‘s going on with rent at the moment is a real mexican stand—off. many businesses like these say theyjust can‘t and won‘t pay. landlords argue, well, they have got costs too, they have also got staff to pay. and then a lot of properties are owned by investment funds. so the rental income plays a really important part in paying

people‘s pensions. it is an impossible situation. ideas have been put forward, such as asking the government to underwrite rent for shut shops or a nine—month rent holiday. but so far, nothing has changed. in some cases, landlords may well be smudge smaller businesses than the occupiers of the premises. the landlords may be left in a much more severe position in the tenants are. i think landlords need to be talking to their tenants, finding out what is going on with their tenants‘ businesses and seeing what arrangements can be made. because, ultimately, landlords don‘t want to find that at the end of this they have suddenly got a lot of their tenants just simply no longer exist and haven‘t survive because they will be left with a lot of empty properties which is not going to help anybody. the government says it has put unprecedented support in place for businesses, including loans and rates relief. and it urges landlords and tenants to find solutions that work for both parties.

so it is up to them to work out where the rent burden should when the doors are closed. katie prescott, bbc news. the owner of the london restaurant milk and honey, jonathan downey has been campaigning for a better settlement for businesses in the hospitality industry. tell us how all of this afflicts your business. i own milk and honey in soho and we have been paying close to £4 million in rent in soho. we were forced to close in mid march and we have not been able to open since and went open this year because of the nature of the space, it isa because of the nature of the space, it is a cosy venue and distancing is very difficult. we have asked our landlord for a rent—free period to see us landlord for a rent—free period to see us through this difficult time and we will come out of the other side and come out as a rent paying te na nts side and come out as a rent paying tenants and they have categorically refused and want everything in the way it is normally paid. we don‘t have that cash so after 18 years,

paying rent there, £4 million, nearly, it looks like we will not be reopening of milk and honey when this lockdown is finally lifted. that will be sad and we can com pletely that will be sad and we can completely feel your pain. what you think should happen? should the government force landlords like yours to give you a rent holiday? yes, i think the government has taken some extra merry measures to support businesses and protectjobs and they need to keep doing that. we need a level playing field for a negotiation tenants to landlords and need a national solution for the national read from and we have got. at the end ofjune, if the... will bea at the end ofjune, if the... will be a rent apocalypse and businesses cannot pay their rent and if they cannot pay their rent and if they cannot close the pay their rent, we will lose 2 millionjobs. if cannot close the pay their rent, we will lose 2 million jobs. if we do not have a national rent solution soon, then at least 50% of hospitality businesses, pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants, in my sector,

will not reopen and that will be drastic and will lead to the loss of 2 millionjobs. drastic and will lead to the loss of 2 million jobs. jonathan, drastic and will lead to the loss of 2 millionjobs. jonathan, i am afraid we have got to move on, would i appreciate you have put it out so crisply and cleanly to us, the problem you face. let‘s get more on the story that uk prime minister, boris johnson‘s most senior adviser is facing calls to resign after being accused of breaking lockdown rules. something downing street denies... let‘s speak now to dr george rae. he‘s the north east chair of the british medical association and joins me now... thank you for talking to us. i suppose that when dominic cummings, at the very end of march, drove from london to durham, he was driving into your patch. well, our patches the north—east of england and what i would say is that covid—19 is hitting the north—east of england almost hardest, to be perfectly candid, in england. we have the highest rate of positive test results and also very tragically,

pro—rata, the deaths of the north—east of england are higher than any other area in england. therefore, whatever we do, we have got to have in mind the continued protection of the public health and very much the suppression of covid—19. very much the suppression of covid-19. and so, on the story about manik cummings, the prime minister‘s chief adviser, —— dominic cummings. you waiting for your details to assessing your own mind whether this was a legitimate journey or not?|j come as a doctor, would not want to be commenting on whatever any in particular individual has done. as far as my colleagues are concerned in england, they are concerned about any risks if people were travelling indiscriminately and against the rules which have been set as the

present time. for example, what you are risking, for example here to northumberland, the yorkshire dales, and even down in the south of england in cornwall and devon, what you are risking is potentially clusters or outbreaks of the coronavirus. and if that happens, then you could very well find in certain areas that that leads to a real instigation of more cases of covid—19. you have got to think, what are the hospital facilities there? what are the itu beds there? what are the amount of beds that they have in that part of england that have got oxygen available and so for? everything that is done at the present time, we know the rules and a lot of people are finding it tough at the present point, and we know very tragically, and i know in the north—east of that we have got many single—parent families, young women who are isolated in their

flats and the kids cannot get out to frequently and wants to visit their families, and there are inherent dangers. if you do move outside of your area, you can take the virus in. there are people who are vulnerable, whether it is due to their age, their ethnicity, ethnicity, underlying health conditions, so whatever happens, we have got to be aware of the public health. we have got to be aware of the fact that whatever we do, we are trying to make it such that we do not have a second wave in the autumn and that the public was my health is absolutely paramount in everything that we, as individuals in society, must do. i suppose it is fair to point out that danny street have said today that dominic cummings —— downing street, he did take actions to mitigate spreading the virus that he and his wife were suffering by then. he self isolated on the

property, they had food left outside, they didn‘t come into contact, even with other members of the family. again, i don't want to comment on dominic cummings, that would be very wrong of me. but there are many people who want to go to visit members of their family in other parts of england. i mean, i am a scot, my family is up in scotland and innumerable reasons, i cannot go up and innumerable reasons, i cannot go up to scotland. i would love to go to scotland. but even if the rules in scotland where the same as they we re in scotland where the same as they were in england, i would not do it, because at the present time i think everybody realises that as we gradually take off the restrictions, what you are allowed to do at the present time is to actually go outside and social distance and be with one of your friends and ensure that by doing that, we are not spreading the virus. there are many many difficult, hard decisions that as members as the british public

will going to have to take. if we do not take those and go out without regulations that are forthcoming at the time, we have to remember the public health. we have got to remember that they could be a second wave and do not want a second wave. we have got to be thinking about the letter a re factor we have got to be thinking about the letter are factor and everybody knows about that. certainly here in the authoring and where we are heading readily hard, this is something that we think about as far as the future is concerned when we do not take restrictions. the advice that will be actually forthcoming.. doctor, thank you very much for joining us. and this afternoon we‘ll be answering your questions about the coronavirus with a focus on vaccines and testing. answering them will be dr kate broderick and dr andrew proctor. send in your questions by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the hashtag ‘bbc your questions‘.

that‘s coming up at three o‘clock this afternoon here on bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello, a lot of sunshine today, but it is very blustery, particularly across the northern half of the uk. in fact, gust of wind in places are in excess of 50 mph, mostly where the showers occur. to the south you have got sunshine, but it is also very breezy. the temperatures will get up to around 20 degrees in london, that is the exception, for most of us it is closer to around 16 01’ most of us it is closer to around 16 or 17 most of us it is closer to around 16 or17 in most of us it is closer to around 16 or 17 in that wing of the atlantica in western scotland, where it is raining heavily, only around seven celsius. the rain will continue across the north west tonight but the winds will be using and certainly by early on sunday morning they will be much lighter. temperatures overnight will be hovering around about ten or 11 degrees, and then tomorrow, in the morning in the north they will be

cloud and some spots of rain, but thenit cloud and some spots of rain, but then it should dry out and there will be a bit of sunshine around, the best of the sunshine, though, will be across wales and the south. it will feel warmer and the winds 00:29:10,942 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 will be lighter as well. goodbye.