this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. boris johnson's most senior adviser, dominic cummings, faces calls to resign after he travelled hundreds of miles with his wife, who was sick with coronavirus symptoms during the lockdown. who cares if i do or not? it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not what you guys think. the government defended him, saying he wanted to stay with family to ensure he had childcare if he got symptoms of coronavirus. mr cummings is in the public eye, but the reality of the matter is a four—year—old child's welfare is the important thing. businesses will be expected to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers

from the start of august. and guernsey becomes the first part of the british isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions. the pakistan government launches an official inquiry to investigate the plane crash that killed at least 97 people, but the pakistan pilots' association says it has ‘no faith‘ in the official investigation. spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, says overseas visitors can visit the country from july and top flight spanish football will resume behind closed doors next month. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe.

the prime minister's top aide dominic cummings is facing calls to resign after it emerged he travelled more than two hundred and fifty miles with his wife who was sick with suspected coronavirus — to be near relatives during the lockdown. downing street says that mr cummings drove from london to county durham to be near relatives who could help with childcare if he too became unwell —— and that his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. mr cummings said today he'd done the right thing —— and believes he behaved reasonably and legally. the transport secretary grant shapps says that dominic cummings has the prime minister's full support. here's our political correspondent iain watson you're supposed to be more than three metre apart. lecturing

reporters on social distancing, but his opponents accuse him of breaking the lockdown down rules themselves. when his wife became ill, he did not self—isolate at their london home but travelled more than 250 miles to cou nty but travelled more than 250 miles to county durham to be with their sick four—year—old child. the government was my guidance on self—isolation says if you live with others and you are the first of the household to have symptoms, you must stay at home for at least seven days. all other household members who remain well must stay at home and not leave the house for m days. in must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. in a statement, downing street set out to explain why boris johnson's downing street set out to explain why borisjohnson‘s adviser it added... durham police say they

may contest with the owner address with some self—isolating, but it was adjusted that at no stage will dominic come and spoken to about this and matter. where did this leave the guidance now?m this and matter. where did this leave the guidance now? if you don't have your own extended family, even when you are ill with covert symptoms, you are allowed to leave your home, travel miles across the country. the important thing is it remained —— everyone remains in the same place whilst they are locked down, which is adeptly what happened with mrcummings. down, which is adeptly what happened with mr cummings. the prime minister will have known he was staying put and didn't come out again until he was feeling better. but he did

travel 250 miles, did he not? was feeling better. but he did trave1250 miles, did he not? the guidance as if you live with children, keeps following the advice to the best of your ability. we are aware that not all these measures will be possible, depending on circumstances. senior ministers have rallied around to defend dominic cummings. there have been calls for his resignation for some of his opponents. he should have resigned but he hasn't. borisjohnson must show leadership and must remove him from office immediately. we had a lot of people who have been struggling throughout this pandemic and sticking by the rules who have ca re and sticking by the rules who have care workers moving into care homes, hospital staff staying in hotels, and he's broken the rules and it's just so irresponsible. this isn't just so irresponsible. this isn't just about dominic cummings, but

about whether the rules apply to downing street too. ahead of the downing street briefing, i spoke to chris daw qc, who is a criminal barrister and author of the upcoming book ‘justice on trial‘. he explained the legal issues surrounding mr cummings‘ journey to durham. he potentially breaks the coronavirus regulations, which were imposed on all of us towards the end of march, which required you to stay at—home unless you had a reasonable excuse at—home unless you had a reasonable excuse to leave your home. that law, which applies to everybody, was accompanying at the time by government guidelines which were effectively that you must stay—at—home unless you have a

reasonable excuse. and so when it comes to a reasonable excuse, travelling 250 miles, when actively symptomatically there are people in the vehicle who were symptomatic with the coronavirus. that is so obviously not a reasonable excuse to travel or to leave home. they have a home. they could have self—isolated in their home as the rest of the us have been told to do. you can travel halfway across the country, that was the exact opposite of what the government was telling people to do. so potential breach of the coronavirus regulations, it seemed the police have chosen to take action, but all things must be put into the public domain. all this history, the police investigation, the report, the decision making around that, we have to ask the really big question here. if this was legitimate and if there was actually a belief that there was a reasonable excuse to travel this distance, why wasn‘t the public told that? he‘s a high—profile government figure. if you going to travel,

people are going to see him and that‘s what happened. people are going to report it to the police. did he not make... what if he‘d had a car accident? what if he had a breakdown? they would have been placed at risk by his actions. presumably those of the reasons those revelations were introduced in the first place. in order to risk the first place. in order to risk the infection spreading. people being told if they are ill, don‘t go to their second home. in terms of the police involvement here, durham police have said they spoke to people in the house after receiving this report. is that all they will have done or would there have been more involved in that the police across the country have been

policing this in a low—key and minimalistic way. this is quite an extraordinary piece of travel. this is not someone who‘s done an extra bit of exercise that may be driven a few miles when the encouragement was you should stay—at—home. this is someone you should stay—at—home. this is someone who has travelled very long distance. all the police would have done is having received a report, means they would have read reiterated the guidance. using police resorts to conduct a sort of wider investigation would not have been a proportionate amount of police time. the pakistan government has launched an official inquiry to investigate the plane crash that killed at least 97 people. the pakistan international airlines passenger plane was flying from lahore in the north of the country when it came down near the runway in a residential area of karachi. according to officials, only four people on the ground were injured. it comes as the pakistan pilots‘

association said it has ‘no faith‘ in the official investigation. our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani has the details. today, funerals are taking place for some of the victims of the tragedy, but dna tests are being conducted on the bodies of others before they can be handed over to relatives. amongst the dead, entire families. a man died ina the dead, entire families. a man died in a crash along with his wife and two children. my brother was around here after two months. he was due to celebrate his daughter todd —— daughter‘s fasting yesterday. he made all the arrangement and even paid for them. they did not know he would be buried today. you cannot understand how big the grief is, how big the tragedy is. there were to

serve if passengers. one made an aborted attempt at landing before ascending again and then crashing. the pilot‘s last communication with air traffic control indicate the plane‘s engines had failed. air traffic control indicate the plane's engines had failed. we have a lost engine. an investigation is under way and the findings are expecting in the month. pakistan‘s pilot association has expressed concern previous probes have not been thorough enough and called for a international and alligator to assist. secunder kermani, abc news. —— investigators. 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 1,000 pounds if they break the rules. france has said that visitors arriving from the uk will also have to self—isolate for 14 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. 0ur 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, at the start of the half—term getaway, they would be dealing with around 250,000 passengers each day. today, they‘re likely to see around 5000—6000 passed 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‘s questioning this blanket imposition of quarantine, he understands public safety needs to be the number one priority, but he feels there should be deals between the uk and other countries that have low rates of coronavirus infection, to allow the travel to allow the travel industry to open up. and the call for clarity is being echoed by passengers, too, wondering if there is any chance they will be able to get away for a break

abroad this summer. the reality is, even if you are out to travel to, say, spain for a couple of weeks of sun and sangria, when you get back, you‘ll have that two weeks of quarantine to do. the way it is going to work is, you‘re 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. then, if you don‘t respect the quarantine, if there is a spot check, you could face a fine of £1000 in england. we‘re waiting to hear how the other nations are likely to police that. now, the government‘s reasoning is that coronavirus cases are coming down here in the uk, and what they don‘t want to do is risk a 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‘re going to have to have your temperature taken in the airport, and on planes,

you‘re likely to have to wear facemasks and gloves. so the reality is, travel is likely to be very different for some time to come. the worldwide tourism industry has been badly affected by coronavirus, and many popular destinations are now trying to find ways to welcome visitors back. italy is planning to reopen its airports from the 3rd ofjune, and international charter flights to popular locations in greece are due to resume injuly. 0ur correspondent in athens, quentin somerville, explains. greeks have been able to come to the beaches for a couple of weekends now. but what about the rest of us? well, from the 15th ofjune, the greek authorities are going to welcome tourists back from all over the world without a quarantine. there will be some exclusions, though, countries with high infection rates, and at the moment that looks like britain, russia and the united states. greece has been very successful

in controlling the pandemic, fewer than 170 deaths. so, it wants to tread very carefully. it needs to reopen its beaches, and as of monday, the greek islands will reopen again, too. but it has to take a very cautious approach to this. it realises business won't be the same as before, butjust these small, incremental changes, letting people get back to the beach, get in the sea, is very important to regaining that life we once had. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, evening to you. hi there. english premier league clubs continue to train ahead of up potential restart next month. the bundesliga is already back in germany behind

closed doors with by munich hoping to reopen a four point lead at the top of the table. it is half—time in their match. you can see munich have their match. you can see munich have the lead by two goals to nil. there we re the lead by two goals to nil. there were also... by germany, things were very close at the top of the spanish top when football was suspended in march. pedro sanchez has announced that la liga can resume from june the 8th. players are just to point ahead and back and group training. they have been working earlier in the month after being tested for the virus went five positive tests came back across the top two divisions. la liga teams have 11 games left to

play the season. with professional to mess on hold until august, the us 0pen could be one of the first to return —— professional tennis. dan evans said he would love to see it ta ke evans said he would love to see it take place even behind closed doors. the us tenants association hope sold it in new york from august the 31st. —— hopes to hold it. we could get back going. it could be an amazing spectacle if it goes ahead even when no one in the stadiums. federer, nadal or whoever is playing the final. how good that would look in yea rs final. how good that would look in years to come. the boss of silverstone says he‘s confident formula 1‘s british grand prix will go ahead in july, formula 1‘s british grand prix will go ahead injuly, despite the uk government‘s new quarantine rules. stuart pringle says he hopes some sporting events will be exempt and although it‘s been hard for the

supply chain, he believes they will recover. we are resilient team. i got some incredibly colleagues and certain —— incredible colleagues working incredibly hard. there's a huge support in the united kingdom for racing. 70 years ago. i have every confidence we will continue into the future. we've been on many slow roads to rebuild our fortunes. but i'm very confident we will get there,. basketball legend patrick ewing has revealed he has coronavirus. he self—isolating in hospital. ewing is 57 now. he played in the nba with the new york knicks 17 seasons and is currently the head coach of georgetown‘s men‘s team. he

says he wants to share his diagnosis to drive home the message that the virus can affect anyone. that is all of the sport for now. back to you, sean. in the spanish capital, madrid, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets — in cars and motorbikes — to protest against the government‘s handling of the coronavirus crisis. they‘re calling for prime minister sanchez and his deputy to resign over the country‘s strict lockdowns and the damage they‘ve inflicted on the economy. tough restrictions remain in place in madrid and barcelona, though they‘ve been relaxed elsewhere. staying in the uk, 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 40 this cafe has been in the family for a0 yea rs. this cafe has been in the family for a0 years. in the heart of the city of london‘s iconic market. it shut up of london‘s iconic market. it shut up shop, but the rent is still due. i‘m just left in a position where i‘m just left in a position where i‘m so vulnerable as a business, how cani i‘m so vulnerable as a business, how can i pay? i will have bank accounts full of money to bankroll this while it close and we‘ve no revenue. full of money to bankroll this while it close and we've no revenue. all of the tenants are in the same boat. when the cost don't stop, but the revenue drives up, and make 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 and there is no footfall. these are not returning anytime soon. their landlord was unavailable for comment but said...

what‘s going on with rent at the moment is a real mexican standoff. many businesses say they can‘t and won‘t pay. landlords have cost too —— too. the rent and income plays a really important part in paying people‘s pensions. it‘s and impossible situation. ideas have been put forward, such as asking the government for a nine month rent holiday. so far, nothing has changed. in some cases, landlords may be more well—off than the te na nts. may be more well—off than the tenants. so the landlords may be left in and even more severe position. i think landlords need to talk to their tenants and find out what is going on with their

businesses and seeing what arrangements can be made. because ultimately, landlords don‘t want to find that at the end of this, they suddenly got a lot of their tenants simply no longer existing and haven‘t survived because they‘ve just been left to pay for properties, which is it going to help anybody. the government says it has put unprecedented support into these businesses, including loans and rates relief. it urges landlords and rates relief. it urges landlords and tenants to find solutions that work for both parties. so it‘s up to them to work out where it should fall while the doors are closed. katie prescott, bbc news. the channel island of guernsey has become the first part of the british isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions. guernsey has had no new cases of covid19 for over three weeks, and all schools there will be going back to normal with distancing measures from the 8th ofjune. but the island must now weigh up whether to reopen its borders. tourism there has been making a loss of 120 million pounds a month since the pandemic began.

robert hall has more. 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 and it must be 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. 0n 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—9 is down to a community effort. social distancing combined with testing and tracing has brought new cases down to zero.

in a week‘s time most lockdown measures will disappear completely. at the peak of when we were seeing most of our cases we were regularly doing upto100, 126, some days up to 180 tests a day. in uk terms that is over 100,000 tests per day. injersey, to the curve of new cases has flattened close to zero and life looks almost normal. —— in jersey too. 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—19 figures 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 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 to keep cases low, but at the same time if you don‘t have immunity, you don‘t really know what is going to happen as things open up. i think we should sit it out, but then you've got to test people coming in and that is going to be the problem now. i think we should sit it out, but then you‘ve got to test people as politicians and health experts debate their next moves, islanders are savouring their freedom. robert hall, bbc news, in the channel islands. in china, health authorities have recorded no new coronavirus infections for the first time since the country has seen a sharp fall in locally transmitted

cases since march as major restrictions on peoples‘ movements were introduced to help control the epidemic. you are watching bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. a lot of sunshine around today but there is also quite a few blustery showers about and across the northern half of the uk winds have been howling in the last day or so especially around western scotland, the pennines, the highlands as well, and on top of that heavy rain. this is the low pressure that has brought the rough weather to northern parts. still close by so it is making its presence felt but the south of the country is closer to the high pressure so you have two extremes with the rough weather in the north but further south it is not quite as windy although it is still quite blustery and here we are closer to the high pressure. winds in the north in excess of 50 mph through the afternoon

and through the midlands in excess of a0 mph. temperatures vary from the high teens to maybe 20 in london. much fresher off western scotland. the rain and wind will continue for a time through this evening. rain may last all through the night through western scotland and rather a lot of it. patchy rain extending into the lake district and parts of yorkshire and to the south it is going to be dry. it starts off dry and sunny in the south but you can see in northern area is always a bit more cloud. that cloud and any rain should eventually fade so most of us are left with a decent day on sunday. the best of the weather closer to the high pressure in the south so we have 18 in plymouth and 22 in london. sunday is going to feel warmer because the winds will feel lighter. high pressure builds from the south next week but it is always on the edge of us and we are expecting weather fronts

to brush the north—west of the uk so that means northern ireland and western scotland in for some and rain on monday but the vast majority of the uk is in for sunshine and with southerly winds those temperatures will be rising back up to 25 in london and 20 in newcastle in the week ahead so if you like the warm weather it‘s looking very promising with temperatures climbing and there is a possibility they could hit the high 20s sometime next week in the south. goodbye.

hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines:

a senior aide to the uk prime minister faces calls to resign after he travelled hundreds of miles with his wife — who had virus symptoms — during the lockdown. the government defended him, saying he wanted to stay with family to ensure he had childcare if he got symptoms of coronavirus. businesses will be expected to pay a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers from the start of august. and guernsey becomes the first part of the british isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions the pakistan govenrnment launches an official inquiry to investigate the plane crash that killed at least 97 people — but the pakistan pilots‘ association says it has ‘no faith‘ in the official investigation. spain‘s prime minister, pedro sanchez, says overseas visitors can visit the country from july and top flight spanish football will resume behind closed doors next month

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