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? it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about 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 that 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. guernsey becomes the first part of the british isles to remove

nearly all its lockdown restrictions. spain has further eased its lockdown. tourists can travel to the country again from july and top—flight football will resume next month. 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. borisjohnson‘s senior adviser dominic cummings lecturing reporters on social distancing. 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 county durham. it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think. the government's guidance on self—isolate says...

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

family nearby, even when you're ill with covid 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 remains in the same place while they are locked down. that's exactly what happened with mrcummings. he was staying put and didn't come out again until he was feeling better. but he did travel 250 miles from his london home, did he not? the guidance 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 borisjohnson must show leadership and remove him immediately.

we have had a lot of people who have been struggling throughout this pandemic 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 their family and they have adhered by the rules. he's broken them and it's 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. earlier, our political correspondent, iain watson, told me how mr cummings' actions could impact it guidance. the whole household

needs to self—isolate for m days. the interpretation put forward by the transport secretary was that it is perfectly possible if you do not have a local network of support to happen and if you or your spouse are ill and to travel 250 miles to be closer to that network of support if you have a young child. he will say that the guidelines are flexible enough to allow that. but in most people's interpretation of what the guidelines were, stay at home, this seems to be something which is a new emphasis, and potential danger for the government, and they are under pressure politically, the danger is this, they are trying to down the reproduction rate of the virus, making sure it is beneath one, but if they are seen to apply their own restrictions incredibly flexibly that someone ill can leave home and travel the length of england, if

they are doing that, other people might think, my goodness, this is not happening as fast as we thought, we might decide to do our own flexible interpretation of the guidelines that make it more difficult to keep the spread of the virus down. now 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 and investigate. you have got to competing narratives. labour and the snp say he clearly broke the guidelines, and he works in downing street. and they are saying they are interested in you knew about it at the time. the prime minister had advised and approved the visit to county durham by his adviser, but we did not get an

a nswer to adviser, but we did not get an answer to that. we got an answer that the prime minister has full confidence in dominic cummings and he was aware he was self isolating but it's not clear to me whether he was aware he was self isolating and talent rather than london. nonetheless, it is those issues that the opposition want to push but quite frankly they want to keep the pressure on the government because they think they are vulnerable in they think they are vulnerable in the and borisjohnson‘s trusted adviser. the labour leader of durham county council, simon henig, joins us now. what is your view of what it wants eve ryo ne what is your view of what it wants everyone affected by coronavirus.” do think the government advice has been very clear on self isolating at home for those with symptoms right from march onwards in terms of

staying seven days and dates if there are any members of the family. "11; there are any members of the family. "14 days. there are certainly questions on that. that guidance is very clear. and across county durham, the vast majority of people have overwhelmingly abided by the guidance set out by the government in march. what sympathy though do you have with someone... let's not talk specifics because there is a child involved that someone who is worried about having the symptoms themselves and need support with childcare and feels the necessity is to travel the country. we all know there are lots of difficult cases right across the country, people who

have been unable to see members of the family, unable to see friends for a long period of time. there is also substantial guidance on the government's loan website in terms of things to help people when they are self isolating, but the government seems to be very clear in terms government website. it's one of the first things you come to in terms of staying at home for that period of seven or m days after symptoms first show, and there is no doubt that large numbers of people have abided, even though in many cases it has meant they have been unable to see family and friends. this has been a long haul and we are not out of it yet. what if there are not out of it yet. what if there are no laws broken, guidelines have been stretched or breached 7 no laws broken, guidelines have been stretched or breached? where does that leave mr cummings in regard to

his position as a very senior aide within downing street? it's inevitable that questions will be asked because after all we have seen the resignations of senior scientific advisers on public health officials over the last few weeks for breaches of different types, so i think it's inevitable that questions like this will be asked. my questions like this will be asked. my own worry is about the message is that the public. got to staying at home. to tracking and tracing. even those they have come into contact with and then staying at home. that is the only way we will reduce the number of cases and ultimately that

is the only way that the country will come out of the current situation, so this is important in terms the government guidance. i think the government guidance is right and it's important that everybody sticks to that guidance. what you say to somebody who gets up short and told they are also flouting guidance and they say if it's good enough for somebody advising the government, it's good enough for me? i do think that is a worry at the moment when the guidance and rules set out have been very clear. it's a positive that we have seen the vast majority of people across county durham abiding by that guidance would have through this period which is now over two months. it has been a difficult and challenging period for everybody, and there is no doubt the majority of people have abided by what they

are being told. it is really important that that carries on being the case as we move forward so that we can move out of this situation and we can start returning to normality. thank you for your time. spain continues to gradually ease its lockdown with its top football division, la liga, given the go—ahead to resume behind closed doors from 8th june. 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 tourists can

schedule their holidays from today. spain needs tourism and tourism needs safety. safety of origin and destination. therefore we will guarantee that tourists will not face 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. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of madrid 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 8thjune, travellers will have to self—isolate for two weeks and could face fines of £1,000 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. 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, 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. but 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. the reality is, 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 will 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 £100 in england. we are up here waiting to hear how the other nations will police 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 do resume in big numbers. for example, it's possible we will have to have more temperature taken in planes. we will have to likely where face masks and gloves. 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 june 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 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, but just 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. funerals have taken place in pakistan for some of the victims of friday's plane crash in karachi, in which 97 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 nangiana sent this report from the scene. this is where pakistan's

plane crashed yesterday. you can see, of the aircraft and parts of the engine and body of the aircraft. it is already a very narrow street, 20 feet wide or something, and we have been told by eyewitnesses said that way were inside these houses when the plane crashed here. ifi inside these houses when the plane crashed here. if i can show you of what happened to the house, the owner of the house was inside the house praying when he heard this bang. he rushed out and realised that some people close to the gate we re that some people close to the gate were badly burnt. this is the engine of the aircraft. and the skeleton

that you can see what was actually because, like this one. when they first moved in... if we can show you the point of impact when the plane first crashed, it was that house which is 3— full houses from here. this is where the plane first hit. and then itjust crashed into the street. and on the impact it went into a fireball and 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 (tx sot) when you come to see us, come to new

york. we have got more questions. when you come to see us, come to new york. we have got more questionsm you have a problem, figure it out. and you ain't black. it has nothing to do with trump, i want something from my community. take a look at my record, man! i have a record that is second to none. everyone endorses me every time i run. come on! take a look at the record. daniel lippman is a political reporter for politico. speaking from washington, he told us how the trump campaign is taking advantage of this. the trump campaign is spending $1 million on ads making fun of biden for this mistake. they have tried to get black people to vote for the president. they think he has a winning message although historically the trends are very much against him. the only thing he has going for him is that he did

pursue criminaljustice reform bill that made it into law and has helped thousands of people, but democrats will always harken back to trump's remarks in cha rlottesville will always harken back to trump's remarks in charlottesville where trump basically praised people marching on the streets. what impact though as a comment like this are likely to have on joe though as a comment like this are likely to have onjoe biden's prospects? it encourages him to pick and african—american female running mate. he has already said his vice presidential pick would be a woman and he is considering several african—american women. so that encourages him to do that. but i do not think there will be long—term damage because the new cycles in the us are so quick and people still have the pandemic to deal with so in a week or two most people will not have remembered this. we heard joe biden say, come on, look at my track

record. what is his potential appeal to black voters? african-americans traditionally vote for democrats but they do not want to be taken for granted, and especially from a 77—year—old white man who supported legislation, the 1994 crime bill which a lot of african americans did not like, it tightened criminal sentences, so you do not want an old white man deciding who is black or not. but the appeal is that he is a trusted messenger, and also the fact that he served an african—american man lorelie for eight years as vice president, so that love of barack 0bama in the democratic party and among african americans and the fact thatjoe biden was his right—hand man, he was number two, that is a big part of the appeal. what black

voters wa nt big part of the appeal. what black voters want particularly than in the selection from the winning candidate, be itjoe biden or anyone else? they want someone who will listen to their concerns and also address the vast economic damage that the pandemic has had on the african—american community, and one last point is that african—americans have been harder hit by the coronavirus, so joe biden have been harder hit by the coronavirus, sojoe biden has to be seen as a good person to lead to adjusters disparities. —— are just close. —— are just close. in china, health authorities have recorded no new coronavirus infections for the first time since the outbreak began the city of wuhan. the country has seen a sharp fall in locally transmitted cases since march as major restrictions on people's movements were introduced to help control the epidemic. the number of deaths due to coronavirus in new york state has fallen below 100 for the first time since late march when lockdown began. in his latest briefing, governor andrew cuomo said the number of deaths recorded

in the last 24 hours was 84. new york has been the epicentre of the virus — at the height of the outbreak last month, more than 800 people a day were dying. 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 covid—19 for over three weeks and all schools there will be going back to normal with distancing measures from 8th june. but the island must now weigh up whether to reopen its borders. tourism there has been making a loss of £120 million 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 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 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—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 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 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 see it out, but then you've got to test people coming in and that is going to be the problem. 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 stav. the evening showers should clear away. as we head and into tomorrow though, less windy and that rain should peat out so dry for many. high pressure will build on from the south as we move into tonight and tomorrow, no pressure to the north of the uk. tonight raine eases for time across scotland, another band of rain and cloud pushes and. a bit more cloud generally across england and wales but the reason cloud

should stop temperatures falling below 10 degrees for most of us. we start cloud should stop temperatures falling below 10 degrees for most of us. we start cloudy —— sunday off in a damp cloudy note, rain peters out, a damp cloudy note, rain peters out, a bit of sunshine appearing across eastern scotland and north—east england, northern ireland and england, northern ireland and england and wales because the winds will be lighter and more sunshine, and warmer too. it stays dry, sunny and warmer too. it stays dry, sunny and warmer too. it stays dry, sunny and warm for many of us for the bank holiday monday, very warm in the south—east.