this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a senior aide to the uk prime minister, dominic cummings, faces calls to resign after he travelled hundreds of miles with his wife who had coronavirus syptoms during the lockdown. who cares? is a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys want. the government defended him, saying he wanted to stay with family to ensure he had childcare if he got symptoms of coronavirus. mrcummings is in 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. spain's prime minister says top—flight football will resume next month, and overseas visitors can visit the country from july. funerals take place in pakistan after a plane crash in a residential area of karachi kills 97 people. 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 250 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 two metres apart. forced on's senior adviser dominic don't like dominic cummings lecturing reported on social distancing. —— senior adviser dominic coming. he and his wife and a four—year—old child did not self—isolate when she fell ill, but travelled more than 250 miles to cou nty travelled more than 250 miles to county durham. it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys want. the government was my guidance on self—isolate and says... —— of the

government's guidance. ina in a statement, downing street set out to explain why borisjohnson‘s adviser didn't stay at home. it added... durham police say they made contact with the owners of an address when... downing street insist that at no stage was dominic cummings and his family spoken to by the police about this matter. where does this leave the government's stay at home that is now? is the advice now to parents that if you

don't have your own extended family nearby, even when you're ill with covert symptoms, you are allowed to leave your home, travel many miles across the country to be closer to your extended family? the important thing is everyone it remains in the same place walls they are locked down. —— whilst they are locked down. —— whilst they are locked down. that's exactly what happened with mrcummings. he down. that's exactly what happened with mr cummings. he was staying put and didn't come out until he was feeling better. but he did travel 250 miles from his london home, did he not? the guy that says if you live with children, keep following this advice the best you can. however, we are aware that not all these measures will be possible, depending on circumstances. senior ministers have rallied around to defend dominic cummings, but there have been calls for his resignation from some opponents. dominic

cummings should have done the right thing and resigned, and now boris johnson must show leadership and re move johnson must show leadership and remove him immediately. me that a lot of people who have been struggling throughout this pandemic and sticking by the rules, we've got ca re and sticking by the rules, we've got care workers moving into care homes, hospital staff staying in hotels, and they've struggled for not seeing theirfamily and and they've struggled for not seeing theirfamilyandl and they've struggled for not seeing their family and i that hearing by their family and i that hearing by the rules. he's broken them and it's just so irresponsible. this isn't just so irresponsible. this isn't just about dominic cummings. it's about the guidelines parents should follow. whether the rules that apply on your street also apply to downing street. iain watson, bbc news. and iainjoins me now. what shift has there been by the government on the guidelines today, perhaps to justify what has happened? certainly there is very straightforward guidance if you are suffering from the virus or its

symptoms, and that is to self—isolate for seven days. if you're part of the household, they sell household for —— they self—isolate for 14 days. he said it was perfectly possible if you don't have a local network of support to leave home even if you are your spouse leave home even if you are your spouse are leave home even if you are your spouse are ill and to travel 250 miles —— you or your spouse. if you have a child. they said the guidelines are flexible enough to allow that. but in most people's interpretation, there seems to be something which is a new emphasis. i think the potential danger for the government is this. they are trying to force down the so—called r rate. then we can start to ease more restrictions. so flexible that

somebody who is ill can travel the length of england, if they do that as flexibly as that, other people might think, my goodness, this is not as hard as we thought? might decide to do our own flexible interpretations, and i can make it difficult to keep the spread down. opposition parties have written to senior members of the civil service asking what? they are asking the country's top civil servant to take a look at this whole issue into investigation. effectively at the moment, you have two competing narratives. labour mps say he very clearly blow the rules. —— broke the rules. can you investigate this matter? was it a breach of effectively lockdown? and also they we re effectively lockdown? and also they were interested in knowing who knew about it at the time. i did ask at the press conference if the prime

minister approved a visit to county durham. we didn't really get an a nswer durham. we didn't really get an answer for that. we did durham. we didn't really get an answerfor that. we did get an a nswer answerfor that. we did get an answer that the prime minister has full confidence in dominic cummings and he was aware he was not self—isolating. it's not clear whether he was isolating and durham rather than london. nonetheless, it's those issues that the opposition want to push, but quite frankly, they just want to opposition want to push, but quite frankly, theyjust want to put pressure on the government because they think the vulnerable and boris johnson's trusted adviser. thank you very much. this man and his family would have to self—isolate for 14 days. tim, i hope you are fully recovered. yes, thank you very much. what happened ? recovered. yes, thank you very much. what happened? middle of march, my wife start having symptoms. high

temperature, loss of taste and smell, it's like a boulder in her lungs. we realise we had to stay at—home. we understood there was the 14 days lockdown. we pulled the children out of school, they missed the last week at school. we had friends help us get shopping done, things in the garden rather than going out. we understood we had to stick to that 14 day staying at home. how tempted were you to send the children somewhere else if that was an option or need? well, the kids wanted to go to the park. it's ha rd kids wanted to go to the park. it's hard saying they couldn't go to the park and meet their friends. difficult for them. what do you make of dominic cummings actions? he said he was trying to do the best by his child and make sure there was

childcare in place. should he succumb to covid—i9 too? childcare in place. should he succumb to covid-19 too? book, i have sympathy for him. as a parent, sip of the of anyone. but i think he's made a very, very bad decision. — — sympathy he's made a very, very bad decision. —— sympathy for anyone. i would like the government to be honest and acknowledge he made a bad decision rather than try to justify it. what is your concern for other people looking people at this decision, which was sometime ago, might have on people's actions? first i think it's very confusing because i think we both need to be clear and understood — — we both need to be clear and understood —— and they both. as soon as you start saying he could do this and that, it gets confusing. i think it's really disappointing, a real kick in the teeth for so many members of the public who have tried really ha rd members of the public who have tried really hard to stick to the guidelines. and people have made a lot more sacrifices than we have. it's really tough for people. so

when so many of the public are trying to do the right thing, you get the government adviser doing the wrong thing, the government justifies it. just want to make sure here that your criticisms of the government, mild criticisms of cummings, not because you have a different political strike. no, this is not about politics. i have sympathy for him or if he or his wife were unwell. this is about the government trying to justify what was a very bad decision. i'd like to see more honesty. i'd like to see someone saying, look, he got it wrong, he made a really bad decision. just be a bit more honest with the public. tim, thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much. spain continues to gradually ease its lockdown, with its top football division, la liga, given the go ahead to resume behind closed doors from june 8th. the country has been in a state

of emergency since mid—march, with one of the toughest lockdowns in europe. as well as the resumption of sporting events, the prime minister, pedro sanchez, has announced that overseas visitors will be able to enter the country from july. translation: every year, spain receives more than 80 million tourists. therefore i announce that from july, spain will be open to international tourism under security measures. international tourist can schedule their holidays from today. spain is tourism and tourism is safety. safety of origin and destination. therefore we will guarantee that tourists are not facing any risks and they will not pose a risk to our country. meanwhile mr sanchez‘s government is facing growing discontent over its handling of the coronavirus crisis. in madrid, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in cars and motorbikes to call for him and his deputy to resign over damage the country's strict lockdown has inflicted on the economy. tough restrictions remain in place

in madrid and barcelona, though they've been relaxed elsewhere. our correspondent in madrid is guy hedgecoe. these demonstrations today have been called by the far—right vox party, which has called on people notjust in madrid but in cities across spain to take to the streets in their cars so that they can maintain social distancing, and vox and its supporters are protesting against the leftist coalition government of pedro sanchez, which they say has handled the coronavirus crisis in an incompetent way. they say that it has also abused its use of a state of emergency which has been in place since the middle of march. now, the government of pedro sanchez rejects those accusations, and it points to the statistics which show that daily deaths, for example, from coronavirus are well below 100 and have been below 100 for the last few days. new infections have also stabilised, and the government is now embarking on what is a very gradual lifting

of the lockdown. 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 one—thousand 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. 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 term getaway, they

would be dealing with around 250,000 passengers, and that's before the 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 in position of quarantine. he understands public safety needs to be the number one priority. he feels there should be bills between uk and the other countries that have low rates of coronavirus infection to allow the travel industry to open up. the call for clarity is being echoed by passengers too, wondering if there's any chance they will be able to get away for a break abroad this summer. it reality, even if you are allowed to travel to say spain, for a couple of weeks for sun and sangria, when you get back you have that two weeks of quarantine to do. the way it will

work is you're going to have to declare before entering the uk where exactly you spend those two weeks. if not, you could face a fine of £100. if you don't respect the quarantine, you could face a fine of 1000 pounds in england. we are up here waiting to hear how the other nations will release that. the government's reasoning is 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 to resume in big numbers. for example, if possible we will have to have more temperature taken in planes. we will have to likely where face max and gloves —— face masks. travel is likely to be very different for some time to come. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, hello. actual football and english

premier league clubs train. in germany, the bundesliga is already back behind closed doors of course, with the leaders in munich closing in on with the leaders in munich closing inona with the leaders in munich closing in on a four—point lead at the top of the table. that is because you could see at the bottom by five goals to two. less than ten minutes remaining. second place dortmund kept the pressure on a 2—0 when. —— win. things were close when football was suspended in march. now pedro sanchez has announced that la liga can resume from june the 8th. players like lionel messi were back in group training at the start of the week. they were working on their own earlier and all players were tested for coronavirus, five

positive tests came back across the top two divisions. la liga teams have 11 games left this season. novak djokovic says he's proud to be done might bring together some of tennis's best players to take part ina tennis's best players to take part in a series of matches next month. djokovic will be taking part in the tour across the balkans from june the 14th to july the 5th. tour across the balkans from june the 14th tojuly the 5th. he will be joined by the likes of bulgarian grigor dimitrov to support humanitarian projects across the regions. silverstone says he's form s__ regions. silverstone says he's form s —— the boss of silverstone says he's confident games will go on in july, despite the government's new quarantine rules. stuart pringle says he's hopeful some sporting events will be of exempt. it's been ha rd events will be of exempt. it's been hard for their supply chain but he believes they will recover. we are a resilient team. i got some

incredible colleagues it working incredibly hard to make sure we can chart out of this. there is a huge support in the united kingdom for racing. silverstone hosted the first ever world championship a few years ago andi ever world championship a few years ago and i have every confidence that we will continue into the future. but we've been on a slow road to rebuild ourfortune. but we've been on a slow road to rebuild our fortune. feels but we've been on a slow road to rebuild ourfortune. feels like but we've been on a slow road to rebuild our fortune. feels like we are going down a very long slope, but i am very confident that we will survive this. the nba has confirmed it in talks with disney to restart the us basketball season in orlando, florida. all matches would take place from late july at disney's espn wide world of sports complex. players would also be based at the site. nba season has been on hold since the 11th of march. that is all

your support for now. back to you. good to see you, thank you. funerals have taken place in pakistan for some of the victims of friday's plane crash in karachi, in which ninety seven people died. flight data and cockpit recorders have been recovered and an investigation into the cause of the crash is underway, but the pakistan pilots' association says it doesn't trust the government to investigate properly. bbc urdu's umer nan—giana sent this report from the scene. this is where pakistan's plane crashed yesterday. this is that streetwear debris is all over the place. you can see one of the parts of the wings of the aircraft. there are of the wings of the aircraft. there a re parts of of the wings of the aircraft. there are parts of the engine in the body of the aircraft in the street. it's a really narrow street, about 20 feet wide or something. we've been

told inside these houses when the plane crashed here —— they were inside the houses. it was trapped right in the fireball. he was inside the house praying when he heard the boom and rushed out. then he realised some people present were close to the gates there... this is the engine of the air aircraft. the rescue workers there pulled the bodies out of trouble. we can show you the point of impact where the plane first crashed. it was that house, which is three to four houses from here. this is where the plane first hit and then just crashed the street. it went into a fireball in

the whole place caught fire. joe biden, the presumptive democratic presidential nominee, has expressed regret for suggesting that african—americans were not black if they consider voting for 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 to see us when you come to new york. i will. is a long way until november. we got more questions. if you have a problem figuring out whether you're ready for me ortrump, figuring out whether you're ready for me or trump, you ain't black. has to do with the fact that i want something for my community. has to do with the fact that i want something for my communitylj extended something for my community.” extended it 25 years. i have a re cord extended it 25 years. i have a record that is second to none. the naacp has endorsed me every time i've run. look at the record.

daniel lippman is a political reporter for politico. he joins us from washington. he's done it again, daniel. what does this present for the trunk campaign. they amounts they spend -- they've announced their making fun of vita for this mistake. they are trying to get black people to vote for the president. they think he has a witty message, although historically, the trains are very much against him. the only thing trump has going for him is he pursued a criminaljustice form that made it into bill. he's helped thousands of people. but democrats will always go back to trump's remarks and charlottesville where he basically praised people marching on the streets. what is this likely to have onjoe the streets. what is this likely to have on joe biden's the streets. what is this likely to have onjoe biden's prospects? the streets. what is this likely to have on joe biden's prospects? at it encourages him to pick an

african—american female running mate. he's already said his best president will pick will be a woman. he's considered several african—american women, like come all of harris and stacy abrams —— kamala harris. i don't think there'll be much damage because people still have the pandemic to deal with. in a week or two, i don't think most people will remember this. we heard joe biden say to look at his track record. what is his appeal to black voters? african—americans appeal to black voters? african—america ns traditionally vote for democrats, but they... especially a 77—year—old white man who has supported legislation like the 1994 crime bill, which a lot of african—americans did not like. it tightens criminal sentences. you don't want an old white man deciding

who is black or not. i think the appeal is that he is a trusted messenger and also, you have the fa ct messenger and also, you have the fact that he served an african—american man loyally for eight years as vice president. that love of ba rack eight years as vice president. that love of barack obama and the democratic party, particularly among african americans, and the fact that joe biden was his right handyman and was number two, that is a big part —— right—hand man. was number two, that is a big part -- right-hand man. what will black voters wa nt -- right-hand man. what will black voters want particularly in this election from the winning candidate with yellow i they want somebody who will listen to their concerns and address the vast economic dammit that the pandemic has had on the african—american community —— an economic damage. african—americans have been much harder hit and joe

biden may not be scene is the best person to lead. good to talk to you. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. you are watching 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. 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—19 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 up to 100, 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. as politicians and health experts debate their next moves, islanders are savouring their freedom. robert hall, bbc news, in the channel islands. 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. gust wind in place are and excessive 50 miles an hour, mostly whether showers occur. to the south, you get sunshine, but it's also very, very breezy. the temperatures will get up to around 20 degrees in london. that's the exception for most of us, it caused her to 60 or 70 —— 16 or 17. only around 11 celsius. that rain will continue through the course of tonight, but the winds will be easing in on sunday morning,

they will be much lighter across the uk. temperatures overnight will be hovering about 10—11d, then tomorrow in the morning in the north, we will have clouds and spots of rain, but thenit have clouds and spots of rain, but then it should dry out. a bit of sunshine around. the best of the sunshine around. the best of the sunshine will be across wales and the south. it