good afternoon. the prime minister's top aide dominic cummings, is facing calls to resign after it emerged that he'd travelled more than 250 miles with his sick wife to be near relatives during the lockdown. downing street says that mr cummings drove from london to county durham to ensure that his young son would be properly cared for if he too became unwell,

and that his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. number ten also said mr cummings believes he behaved reasonably and legally. our political correspondent helen catt reports. social distancing, move that way. dominic cummings leaving his london home today. just days after senior advisor to the prime minister dominic cummings was filmed leaving downing street in march he developed coronavirus symptoms and self isolated but did it at a family property in durham more than 250 miles from his london home which has prompted accusations that he broke the rules. he should have done the right thing and resign but now he has not done borisjohnson must show leadership and remove him from office. we know from what has been said this morning on bbc that the government in london have been aware of this for weeks so why have we not been told about this and why has

borisjohnson not been told about this and why has boris johnson not recognised been told about this and why has borisjohnson not recognised that this is something that would be seen by millions of people as being unacceptable ? by millions of people as being unacceptable? dominic cummings is understood to have left london with his wife who had developed coronavirus symptoms and their young son after lockdown rules were put in place on march the 23rd. under government guidance anyone living with someone who has developed symptoms is told to stay at home for 14 symptoms is told to stay at home for 1a days. durham constabulary said in the 31st of march officers were made aware of reports on individual had travelled from london to durham and was present at an address in the city. the first said officers made contact with the owner of that address who confirmed the individual was present and self isolated in pa rt was present and self isolated in part of the house. in a statement, downing street said that as he was likely to become ill too, it was essential for dominic cummings to ensure his young child could be properly cared for. his sister and nieces had volunteered to help, so he went to a house near to but separate from his extended family in case their help was needed. the statement goes on, his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. mr cummings believes he behaved

reasonably and legally. downing street has also denied that mr cummings or his family were spoken to by police. earlier this month professor niall ferguson quit his role on the government scientific advisory committee after the telegraph reported that he'd broken lockdown rules by letting his married lover visit him at home. doctor catton called wood resigned as scotland was chief medical officer after visiting her second home twice. some conservative mps have come out in support of dominic cummings but the labour party have said the country deserves labour party have said the country d ese rves a nswe i’s labour party have said the country deserves answers and either wait more questions are still likely to be asked. helen is with me now. what has the reaction been this morning? the labour party say that this statement raises more questions thanit this statement raises more questions than it answers and it says in particular we are still unclear who knew about this decision and when and whether the prime minister in particular sanctioned this. it

points also to the apparent inconsistency between the downing street statement and that from durham police and there has been some high—profile support live from senior conservatives for dominic cummings. the chancellor rishi sunak and first secretary of state dominic rab who treated earlier it was reasonable and fair to ask for an explanation but it has been provided, to parents with coronavirus were anxiously taking ca re of coronavirus were anxiously taking care of their own child. they added those seeking to politicise it should take a long look at the mirror but of course the question for borisjohnson mirror but of course the question for boris johnson is mirror but of course the question for borisjohnson is not how this is seenin for borisjohnson is not how this is seen in westminster but how it is seen seen in westminster but how it is seen outside it. there's expected to be a big rise in the number of businesses unable to pay their rent, when the next quarter's payments are due at the end of next month, according to the accountancy firm, ey. the economic shutdown has led to widespread non—payment of commercial rent. many landlords were struggling even before the virus took hold, so it's a difficult time for them and their tenants, as our business correspondent katie prescott reports.

this cafe has been in the family for a0 years. in the heart of the city of london's iconic leadenhall market. it shut up shop, but the rent is still due. i'm just left in a position where i am so vulnerable as a business that, how can i pay? i don't have a bank account full of moneyjust to bankroll this while it's closed with no revenue. all of the tenants here are in the same boat. when the costs don't stop, but the revenue dries up, it makes things pretty difficult pretty quickly. and also to be honest, pretty scary. there's no guarantee that we are able to reopen a store like this. i mean, 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've 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've got costs too, they've also got staff to pay. and then a lot of properties are owned by investment funds so the rental income plays a very important part in paying people's pensions. it's an impossible situation. ideas have been put forward such as asking the government to underwrite rents for shut shops or a nine month holiday. but so far nothing has changed. in some cases landlords may well be much smaller businesses than the tenants who occupy their premises and so the landlords may be left in an even more severe position than the tenants are. i think landlords need to be talking to their tenants, finding out what is going

on with the 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 have not survived, because they willjust be left with loads of empty properties which isn't 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 for while the doors are closed. katie prescott, bbc news. businesses will be expected to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers in the coming months. the chancellor's said the furlough scheme will be in place until the end of october with companies to be asked to "start sharing" the cost from the start of august. the scheme currently supports around 7.5 million jobs.

the french government has said it will mirror the 14—day quarantine that britain is introducing for people arriving from abroad. the measures will apply in the uk from 8thjune. the government in paris said it would take reciprocal action against any european country that required its citizens to self—isolate. in china, health authorities have recorded no new coronavirus infections for the first time since the outbreak began. the pandemic began in the central city of wuhan. the country has seen a sharp fall in locally transmitted cases in china, health authorities have recorded no new coronavirus since march as major restrictions on peoples' movements were introduced to help control the epidemic. the channel island of guernsey has become the first part of the british isles to remove virtually all its lockdown restrictions. guernsey has had no new cases of covidi9 for over three weeks; and all schools will be going back

to normal there — with distancing measures — from the 8th ofjune. but their bank holiday beaches have no visitors, and the islands must now weigh up whether to reopen their borders. robert hall reports. in a guernsey garden, eight—week—old charlie flood is meeting his widerfamily. until now, his grandparents have only had glimpses of him at a distance. today the family can hold charlie and hug each other for the first time since lockdown began. we are so fortunate because in england, they can't do that. it must be so, so difficult for them. we are just really, really lucky. it feels absolutely amazing. it has been a long time coming. and it feels so nice! i can't put him down! on the 16th of may, guernsey moved into phase three of the lockdown exit plan... guernsey families and friends can meet up under what is called a bubble system, gradually widening their contacts.

guernsey's success against covid—i9 is down to a community effort. social distancing combined with testing and tracing has brought new cases down to zero. in a weak‘s time, most lockdown measures will disappear completely. at the peak of when we were seeing most of our cases, we were regularly doing over 100, up to 126 some days, up to 180 tests a day. in uk terms, that is over 100,000 tests per day. injersey too the curve of new cases has flattened close to zero and life looks almost normal. shops, businesses and outside eateries have reopened, but social distancing measures remain in place and islanders have been advised to use masks if they can. beaches, though, remain mostly deserted and that sums up the dilemma now facing island governments. getting covid—i9 down to or close to zero is a cause for celebration. but the celebration

might be short lived. the channel islands know that they cannot remain within a sealed bubble indefinitely. they must open their borders if they are to slow the decline in their economies. latest figures from jersey show the island is losing £120 million a month from its economy. increases in testing and tracing might replace quarantine but even a gradual return of sea and air links could reverse the progress made. to keep it in a bubble and keep cases low, but at the same time if you do not have immunity then you do not really know what is going to happen as things open up. i think we should see it out, i think we should see it clear. then you've got to test people coming in and that is going to be the problem i think. as politicians and health experts debate their next moves, islanders are savouring their freedom. robert hall, bbc news, in the channel islands. the next news on bbc one is at 5:30pm. goodbye for now.

social distancing? move that way. you are supposed to be more than two metres apart. move out of the way. defend your actions, good afternoon. "there is some momentum," according to the premier league, that the season can restart next month. the provisional target was the 12th of june but in an exclusive interview with our sports editor dan roan, chief executive richard masters says although players are now back in training and the first step has been taken, there's still no date for when play can resume. you have to have plans and you have to have a staging post and i said earlier on, we have to be flexible. and we are not going to go back to playing until we have passed through contact training and we haven't decided to do that yet. there will be plenty of time for reflection.

we are very close to our european colleagues in germany, italy, spain etc. it was a confidence—building proof point that the germans can get there, they can put their league back on the pitch and back on television and we will be interested to see it. one man waiting to see what happens is the former tottenham manager mauricio pochettino, who says he's ready for his next challenge and he'd be happy to take a job outside the premier league's top six if he were to return to the english game. he's been out of management since being sacked by spurs last november and he's been heavily linked with newcastle if their propsed take—over goes ahead. he admitted to being scared when coronavirus broke out but believes the return of football would help some normality resume. football is going to help the people to move on and be distracted about this terrible virus. i am very positive about finishing the premier

league and initialling like the spanish and italian leagues, and i am very positive and i think we need to finish because that is going to benefit not only the clubs, the players and society, to start to introduce ourselves in that new normality. world number one novak djokovic says he proud to be bringing together some of tennis‘ best players to take part in a series of matches next month. with professional matches off until august, djokovic will be taking part in the ardia tour across the balkans from june the 13th to july the 5th. he'll be joined by the likes of world number three dominic thiem and bulgarian grigor dimitrov in the eight—man event designed to support humanitarian projects across the region. the boss of silverstone race track says he's confident formula one's british grand prix will go ahead in july, despite the government's new quarantine rules

for international travellers. stuart pringle says he's hopeful some sporting events will be exempt, and although the lockdown's been hard for the circuit and their supply chain, he believes they'll recover. we area we are a resilient team and we have incredible colleagues working incredibly hard to get out of this. there is a huge groundswell of support in the united kingdom for motor racing and silverstone hosted the first formula 1 championship 70 yea rs the first formula 1 championship 70 years ago and i have every confidence we will continue into the future. but we have been on a slow road to rebuild ourfortunes and having climbed a long ladder, it's feels like we are going down a long snake, which is disheartening. but we will get there, certainly having a british grand prix this year will aid that. and basketball legend patrick ewing has revealed that he has coronavirus. he's self—isolating in hospital. ewing's 57 now, he played in the nba

with the new york knicks for 17 seasons and is currently the head coach of the georgetown university men's team. he says he wants to share his diagnoses to drive home the message that the virus can affect anyone. that's all the sport for now. there's more from me and the team later. goodbye. thank you, we look forward to later. boris johnson's special adviser, dominic cummings, has insisted he behaved "reasonably and legally" when he travelled from london to county durham with his wife, who had symptoms of coronavirus, to be near relatives. he's been facing to calls to resign for making the journey in late march. mr cummings spoke to reporters as he left his family home this lunchtime. excuse me, guys. social distancing? move that way. create a path through. you are supposed to be more than two metres apart. move out of the way.

can you defend your actions, mr cummings, during the lockdown? it is not a good look, mr cummings. why do think it was reasonable to travel260 miles, mr cummings, when you might've had coronavirus? i behaved reasonably and legally. it is not a good look, though, is it, mr cummings? who cares about good looks? it is a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think.

not that many words there from dominic cummings as he got into his vehicle. but we will follow element on that story over the course of the afternoon. two more international news. “— afternoon. two more international news. —— two more international news. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, faces a growing political crisis after the supreme court ordered the release of a video in which he says he will replace law enforcement officials who are investigating his family. mr bolsonaro's sons are suspected of corruption. he denies trying to interfere with the federal police. katy watson reports from sao paulo. it might not look much, but its content is more explosive than brazil's famed soap operas. a video so widely anticipated by brazilians, it broke the internet when it was released. this cabinet meeting was filmed last month. it forms part of evidence in a supreme court investigation into claims by the former justice minister that mr bolsonaro wanted to replace the police chief with a friendlierface who could help him out,

and it's filled with foul—mouthed rants and accusations like this. translation: i've tried to change our security people in rio de janeiro, officially. and i wasn't able to. that's over! i won't wait for my family or my friends to get screwed! and because i can't change someone from security, that is part of the team structure. but i am. if i can't change them, then i will change their boss. and if i can't change the boss, then i'm going to change the minister. bolsonaro's sons are currently being investigated over alleged wrongdoing, including corruption and several times, jair bolsonaro made clear his position. translation: i have power and i will interfere in all ministries, without exception! but the video also revealed attitudes within the wider cabinet, like the environment minister ricardo salles suggesting that coronavirus was a good opportunity, with the press looking the other way, to simplify

regulations in the amazon. the first three months of this year saw deforestation rise more than 50%, so this video is evidence for many that the government is doing little to stop it. the allegations are explosive but they're also likely to bring out the deep political divisions in the country, with bolsonaro's fans remaining loyal. but the crisis within the government comes at the worst possible time. with a death toll soaring, grave—diggers in sao paulo, brazil's largest and worst—affected city, are working harder than ever to bury the dead. yet more grim milestones were reached on friday — the death toll rose to 21,000 and there were a further 20,000 new infections. brazil is now the second worst—affected country after the us in terms of confirmed cases. health systems across the country are struggling but experts don't expect brazil to reach the peak for a few weeks yet. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. i'm joined now from sao paulo by our latin america

correspondent, katy watson. katie, a fascinating report and i am glad to have you here to fill in some of the questions that arise. where do think this will go in terms of the actual politics, the revelations of an attempt to shift people who are coming inconvenient? i don't think this video was a surprise to brazilians, he is very resolute in how he feels, he is a very different president and is known for his controversial comments. what this does is confirms, really, to all of brazil exactly how he feels, exactly how he wa nts to exactly how he feels, exactly how he wants to lead. it is notjust these allegations of political interference, but it also reveals how the cabinet works as a whole, all of the... it is two hours of comment after comment, foul—mouthed, it was pretty explosive. i think

what it also shows is how the cabinet's dealing with or not dealing with coronavirus. it feels like the cabinet is at sea at a time when it really needs to be working together, working with state governors, the cabinet was very rude about that during that two—hour meeting, and instead of working together, they are very very much a pa rt together, they are very very much a part and that is a problem for brazil at this time. yet and is there recognition from the president of the virus at last? you mention that the death toll was above 20 21,000 now. you'll like he is still clear that the economy needs to get back to normal. that is the line he goes down and he is continuing to talk about that. the poorest brazilians are the ones who will suffer if the economy slows down for months on end and he talked about

the and criticised the state governors here in sao paulo and in rio who have brought in tougher measures, lockdown and quarantine. that is something he is going to stick with and nevertheless, the numbers, yes, keep going up. this video was released just before we saw yet another thousand deaths in 24 saw yet another thousand deaths in 2a hours and around 20,000 cases of infection. the numbers keep on rising at an ever faster rate. the political crisis here in brazil, especially for the last 12 or 15 hours, has overtaken that. katie from sao paulo, thank you. 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. 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 to new york, 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. 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. wind half of the uk. is howling in the last day also. wind is howling in the last day also. on top of all of that when, some heavy rain. this is the low pressure that has brought some rough weather to northern part in the last they also and is still close by so is making its presence felt. you have two extremes, you have the

rough weather in the north and we will see the cloud cover across scotland, northern ireland and say, the lake district, but further south, it is not quite as windy. it is still quite blustery, here we are closer to the high pressure. the gust of wind in the north are in excess of 50 mass per hour during the course of the afternoon, in the midlands, in excess of a0 and that is strong enough to take some tweaks and branches of trees. the temperatures into the afternoon will va ry temperatures into the afternoon will vary from the high teens to 20 in london and much fresher there of western scotland. the rain and wind will continue for a time through this evening and the rain may actually last through the night in western scotland and rather a lot of it. some patchy rain also extending into the lake district and part of yorkshire too, to the south it is going to be dry. it starts off dry and sunny in the south, but you can see open areas in the morning, a lwa ys see open areas in the morning, always a bit more cloud. that cloud and any rate linked to it should eventually fade in the day and most of us are left with a decent day on

sunday for soppy best of the weather is close to the high pressure in the south. we have 18 in plymouth and 22 in london. sunday is also going to feel warmer because the winds will bea feel warmer because the winds will be a much lighter. that high—pressure winds as we head into next week and it builds in from the south and it is on the edge of us and we are exciting weather fronts toothbrush the north—west of the uk and means that northern ireland and western scotland in for some cloud and rain on monday. the vast majority of the uk is in full sunshine and southerly winds, those temperatures will be rising, perhaps 25 in london and 20 expected in newcastle. actually, the week ahead, if you like the one weather, it is looking very promising. the temperatures will keep on climbing and there is a possibility they could hit the high 20s sometime next week in the south. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: boris johnson's special adviser, dominic cummings, faces calls to resign after travelling hundreds of miles to stay near family during lockdown. he insists that he behaved " reasonably and legally". it is not a good look, though, is it, mr cummings? who cares about good looks? it is a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think. opponents are calling for the downing street advisor to stand down. engine failure was reported shortly before a plane crashed into a residential area of karachi in pakistan. at least 97 people have been killed.