this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the chief advisor to the british prime minister, comes under pressure, as he's accused of breaching lockdown rules — twice — but cabinet ministers defend his actions. mr cummings is, you know, in the public eye. but the reality of the matter is that a four—year—old child's welfare, ithink, is the important thing. after weeks of increasing attacks — taliban and afghan government forces agree a three—day ceasefire, to mark the eid holiday. funerals take place in pakistan after the plane crash in a residential area of karachi that killed 97 people. spain continues to ease its lockdown. tourists can travel to the country again from july and top—flight football

will resume next month. hello. welcome to bbc news. there are new claims about the movements of the british prime minister's advisor, dominic cummings, during lockdown. he's faced calls to resign — for driving more than 400 kilometres from london to the north—east of england after his wife developed coronavirus symptoms. downing street has defended mr cummings's trip to be nearfamily, saying it had been "essential" for him to ensure he had childcare. here's our political correspondent iain watson. you're supposed to be more than two metres apart. borisjohnson's senior advisor, dominic cummings, lecturing reporters on social—distancing, but his opponents accuse him of breaking the lockdown rules himself. when his wife became ill at the end of march,

he, she and their four—year—old child didn't self—isolate at their london home, but travelled more than 250 miles — to county durham. well, it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think. the government's guidance on self—isolation says... if you live with others and you're the first in the household to have symptoms of coronavirus, then you must stay at home for at least seven days, but all other household members who remain well must stay at home and not leave the house for m days. but in a statement, downing street set out to explain why borisjohnson's advisor didn't stay at home. "it was essential for dominic cummings to ensure his young child could be properly cared for," it says. "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." it added, "his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. mr cummings believes he behaved reasonably and legally. " durham police were made aware

he was there from the 31st and somebody spoke to his father. he confirmed dominic cummings had travelled from london and was self—isolating at part of the property. the police deemed no further action was necessary but did provide advice on security issues. so where does this leave the government's stay—at—home advice now? is the advice now to parents that if you don't have your own extended family nearby, even when you are ill with covid symptoms, you are allowed to leave your home, travel many miles across the country, and isolate closer to your extended family? look, the important thing is that eve ryo ne important thing is that everyone remains in the same place while they are locked down, which i think is exec to what happened in the case you are referring to with mr cummings. the prime minister will have known he was staying put and he didn't come out again until he was feeling

better. yes, but he did travel 250 miles from his london home, did he not? the guidance says if you are living with children, he following this advice to the best of your ability, however we are aware that not all these measures will be possible, depending, therefore, on circumstances. i'm adding those last few words. senior ministers have raised around to defend dominic cummings, but there have been calls for his resignation from some of his opponents. dominic cummings should have done the right thing, he should have resigned, but now that he hasn't boris johnson resigned, but now that he hasn't borisjohnson must resigned, but now that he hasn't boris johnson must show leadership and he must remove him from office immediately. you know, we've had a lot of people who have been struggling throughout this pandemic and sticking by the rules, we've got care workers moving into ca re got care workers moving into care homes, hospital staff staying in hotels, and the struggle for not seeing their family, they have adhered by their rules and he has broken them and it's just their rules and he has broken them and it'sjust so irresponsible. but tonight new

allegations. dom —— downing street denied reports that he had returned from durham last month after he recovered. in the observer there is a claim that he was seen about 30 miles from durham or self isolating. this isn't just about from durham or self isolating. this isn'tjust about dominic cummings, but about the guidelines that parents with virus symptoms should follow and whether the rules that apply in your street also apply to downing street. iain watson there. our correspondent nick beake has been examining the fresh allegations in the observer and sunday mirror newspapers. the first claim is that on easter sunday, if we cast our minds back to april 12, someone has told the newspaper that mr cummings and his family were, in fact, 30 miles from the property in durham where he was a p pa re ntly property in durham where he was apparently self isolating. so beforehand the assumption was he had been there, but this particular location barnet council, 30 miles away, and robyn lees, a retired chemistry

teacher, has told the two newspapers that he was gobsmacked to see the top number ten a their on easter sunday. now, iwas number ten a their on easter sunday. now, i was able to talk to him this evening, and he said, yes, he stands by what he told the newspapers and he was able to, in his own mind, be sure that it was mr cummings because he took a note of the number plate, the card that the cummings family, he thought we re cummings family, he thought were using, and he was able to find a photograph online and the first five characters of the first five characters of the number plate mats, so to him it was a vehicle he saw with his own eyes matching a vehicle in a photograph with mr cummings on it. he is confident the man he saw was mr cummings, not at the property is that he was staying at, but 30 miles away. the second of the two new allegations denied, that is that on the 19th of april, mr cummings was spotted again in the north—east in durham, this is crucial because it was days after he had been photographed

in london, having apparently recovered from the virus. so the lockdown measures were still in place. if that is the case, why was he back in the north—east of england having a p pa re ntly north—east of england having apparently recovered from coronavirus. the labour party are talking about potential inconsistencies in the reaction from downing street and, specifically, we were told that mrcummings and his specifically, we were told that mr cummings and his family were ata mr cummings and his family were at a property near where his family are, so they were staying at a house near his extended family and apparently his sister was supplying them. they were saying this is part of his father's property. we haven't gotten exactly out of what it is like that, but the up what it is like that, but the up to —— mega update from the police in durham is that he was staying in a part of his father's property so that is something the labour party have seized upon, saying this shows another inconsistency in the story. that was nick beak there.

the taliban and afghan government forces are to observe a three—day ceasefire to mark the eid al—fitr holiday. the group has been increasing attacks against the afghan forces in recent weeks, despite hopes violence in the country would drop after the signing of an agreement between the insurgents and the us back in february. with me is our reporter, sodaba haidare. what are the details we know of this three—day ceasefire? what are the details we know of this three-day ceasefire? so the ceasefire was announced on one of the taliban's spokespersons twitter, it was sudden, surprising, but also very last minute. but it has been welcomed by the afghan of the ceasefire is that they won't carry out any attacks across the country during the three days of eid which comes off the back of the holy month off the back of the holy month of ramadan. this is to give the afg ha n of ramadan. this is to give the afghan people an opportunity to celebrate eid in peace and security. they have also said that they won't be attacking afg ha n forces if that they won't be attacking

afghan forces if they don't attack them. and also they have said that they won't cross or enter the territory controlled by the afghan government and afg ha n forces by the afghan government and afghan forces should be doing the same. as a mention just at the same. as a mention just at the beginning there, this is different between what we were reporting back in february, which is an agreement between the tal abyad and us forces. remind us what is going on there —— tal abyad. remind us what is going on there -- tal abyad. this seems to be separate. they have agreed to see size with the afg ha n agreed to see size with the afghan government before. it doesn't seem to be part of the deal. but the deal we know happened, the agreement, rather, happens between us and in february which meant they would pave the way for peace negotiations between the afghan government and the taliban, which has been delayed because ofan which has been delayed because of an escalation in violence. you might remember the attack on the maternity it'll and the other one on a funeral last week. but also lots of demands between the two sides with the taliban demanding 5000 prisoners to be released. it seems to be efforts to have the

peace negotiations take place. everyone will be welcoming this three—day ceasefire, but many will say it is only three days. there have been hopes for a ceasefire throughout the whole of ramadan, there has been hopes for a de—escalation a veillas in the last few months, just doesn't seem to be happening. yes. this was very last—minute. a lot of people in the country was saying that the afg ha n the country was saying that the afghan government suggested a ceasefire during ramadan and so can we have a longer period of time, which the taliban refused. this comes as a last minute thing and people in afghanistan are wondering why couldn't we know about this in advance? people who could, for example, prevent coronavirus and other things, health officials could have the opportunity to maybe go and carry out some test during eid, but as we know eid starts on sunday and it is very last—minute for people to be going on about that the all right, thank you very much. 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 under way. but the pakistan pilots' association says it doesn't trust the government to investigate properly. umer nan giana sent this report from the scene. this is exactly the site where where this pakistan international airlines plane crashed in karachi yesterday. as you can see, this is that street where this debris is all over the place. you can see one of the parts of the wings of the aircraft here, and there are parts of the engine and the body of the aircraft spread all over into the street. this is a very narrow street, about 20 feet wide or something. and we have been told by the eyewitnesses here that they were inside these houses when the plane crashed here. if we can show you a little bit of what happened to the house that was dragged right into the fireball. the owner of the house said that he was inside the house

praying when he heard this boom and he rushed out. and then he realised that some of his relatives who were present at this — were very close to the gate here — were badly burned. this is the engine of the aircraft that you can see here. and this skeleton you can see here was actually cars like this one. the security agencies, when they first moved in, and the rescue workers, they had to make a place for themselves to pull the bodies out of the rubble. if we can show you the point of impact where the plane first crashed was that house which is, like, 3—4 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. now to some of the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. more than five million people are now known to have contracted the coronavirus globally and there have been more than 340,000 reported deaths. more than 97,000 of those are in the us,

according to data from johns hopkins university. a report from the mexican government has found a 25% reduction in drug cartel activity since the start of the coronavirus crisis. however, there has been an increase in the number of murders, mostly gang related. this is thought to be because cartel members, with more time on their hands, have been settling scores. at least a0 church—goers in the german city of frankfurt who attended a service after the country's lockdown was eased, have been diagnosed with covid—i9. officials say they were following social—distancing rules. and one of the world's major pilgrimage sites, the church of the holy sepulchre, is opening its doors again on sunday, two months after it was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. visitor numbers will be limited to 50 at a time. spain will reopen to international tourism from july. the country is moving

towards the next phase of easing restrictions, with businesses able to open next week. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, says new horizons were opening up, and the government could guarantee that tourists would not run any risks. our correspondent, guy hedgecoe, is in madrid. it's obviously an enormous relief to football fans here and to the football industry, which is so enormous in spain, that things are going to resume. we don't know exactly under what conditions, clearly there will be a lot of restrictions. things won't be back to normal as they were before the lockdown. i think the fact that the league is going to resume with these 11 fixtures, which are remaining, is going to come as an enormous relief both economically and emotionally here in spain. there are some regions which are much more used to receiving

tourists, for example, down the mediterranean coast on the east and the costa del sol on the south, and that it is like madrid and barcelona. madrid and barcelona have been regularly hard—hit by the coronavirus. so clearly there might bea coronavirus. so clearly there might be a concern therefore people visiting. the government has said that the country will be open for business when it comes to tourism from the beginning ofjuly and that the country as a whole will be safe. prime minister pedro sanchez said that the hallmarks of spanish tourism, going forward , of spanish tourism, going forward, will be environmental sustainability and safety when it comes to the coronavirus. you watching bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines. the chief advisor to the british prime minister, comes under pressure, as he's accused of breaching lockdown rules twice, but cabinet ministers defend his actions. after weeks of increasing attacks — taliban and afghan government forces agree a three—day ceasefire, to mark the eid holiday. areas of the state of california, the most

populous in the us and one of the worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, have begun to move into the next phase of reopening, with various businesses deamed non—essential resuming business this weekend. casinos were one business that have reopened their doors over us memorial day weekend. the state's governor, gavin newsom, has faced criticism from relgious groups and president trump for allowing businesses to resume trading while continuing to prohibit places of worship reopening. the state governor is set to offer more detail on easing restrictions, incuding allowing hollyfood film and tv production to resume this monday. one of the toughest restiction for the sunshine state to abide by has been the ban on sunbathing on the beach. so as the state begins to ease restriction, let's speak to james gartland, he's the chief lifeguard for the city of san diego. good for the city of san diego. to you, thanks very much for good to you, thanks very much for that being with us. talk us through how the restrictions on the beach are working there. how are you, lewis, good to talk to you this evening. the restrictions are going well in san diego, we are getting

pretty good compliance from most people out there. we have restricted it to running, swimming, walking, surfing and active paddling, so you still can't sit on the beaches but it's going well. we do have our hands full, this is a crowded holiday weekend. is that frustrating for people — going to the beach but not being able to the beach but not being able to sit down and sunbathe? well, when we started out, we saw a lot of smiling faces, people were happyjust to get back on the beach and be able to be out there. that has started to wear off a little bit but people are still complying. there are certainly some outliers out there that area some outliers out there that are a little frustrated, but people are complying and they're happy to be able to use they're happy to be able to use the beach and they keep moving along, so there isn't a time of sitting and laying down. the police and lifeguards have their hands full warning people and keeping people moving. this is the first phase, what happens in the second phase of restrictions being eased ?

the next phase is we open it up to sitting but you must six but distance and wear a mask obviously, so that would be phase two of the lifeguard plan. the southern region lifeguards got together and put a plan together, so the next phase would be allowing sitting and allowing things like shore fishing and opening up the parking lot a little bit to keep the capacity to wear its manageable. is there a rough timeline on that? know, so the medical experts and the governor's office, the county folks, they're the ones that decide if timeline, and that is data driven. as so much, you have to be driven by the science but you're dealing with people and emotions and wanting to get out and taste of freedom, and they've had a bit of it, running and walking, they will want life to get back

to normal as quickly as possible now? absolutely, and businesses are starting to open up businesses are starting to open up as well. people are starting to feel a little bit more normal. but this is a holiday weekend and it is extremely hot here in southern california. it's a beautiful day and beautiful weather and it's a great beach weekend, but it's not a normal holiday beach weekend — you have to keep moving. it's open for you to come in, get your exercise, keep moving and get back home and comply with the stay at home order. good to talk to you, thanks for letting us know exactly what the situation is there. james gartland. thank you, sir, have a great night. the number of deaths due to coronavirus in new york state has fallen to 84, the first time the figure has been below 100 since lockdown began in march. new york has been the epicentre of the virus in the us. at the height of the outbreak last month, more than 800 people a day were dying. much of new york state has now begun a phased reopening, with long island set to start

reopening from wednesday. health authorities in china have recorded no new coronavirus infections for the first time since the outbreak began in the city of wuhan. the country has seen a sharp fall in locally—tra nsmitted cases since march as major restrictions on people's movements were introduced to help control the epidemic. france has set out details of the quarantine measures it is introducing on june the the quarantine measures it is introducing onjune the eighth when imposes restrictions on arrivals. —— britain imposes. the french foreign ministry said british visitors would be invited to self—isolate for fourteen days. it comes after the the british home secretary announced quarantine plans for most visitors to the uk from the same date. beaches across cyprus have reopened, as the mediterranean island nation gradually eases its lockdown. the country's health ministry issued strict social distancing guidelines for beach—goers. it comes days after a short

heat—wave in the region saw temperatures hit 43 degrees celsius. cyprus partially sealed its borders ahead of most european nations, managing to keep the number of coronavirus—related deaths to fewer than 20. lockdown has presented real challenges for many people's mental health. a new survey suggests young people are particularly affected, with two in five saying they're experiencing increased levels of anxiety. the report is published as part of mental health awareness week, as ashley john—baptiste reports. it's a lot of meals. everyone has been impacted by the coronavirus lockdown... it's, like, 300 people. ..yet despite challenges, many people are getting by through acts of kindness. jonni is a chef in london who's been furloughed, and now... i'm literally going to go home so happy today. ..he is using his time and talent for another purpose — to help rough sleepers. according to the mental health foundation, almost two thirds of adults say that being kind to others has a positive impact on their mental health... did you get extra waters?

..something thatjonni knows all too well. we're doing, like, 250 meals every day. it's definitely warming, for sure. it's nice to see that what we're doing is actually making an impact. being kind to anyone is going to make you feel better about yourself. yet while some are finding ways of coping, for many, the pressure of a national lockdown is taking its toll, particularly when it comes to young people. according to the prince's trust, 43% of young people say their anxiety levels have increased due to the pandemic, and nearly half say they don't feel in control of their lives. 16—year—old owen harding, from brighton, was struggling with his mental health at the start of the lockdown. soon after, he went missing from home. his mum, stella, has seen the impact. it's definitely important that we talk about it and we consider it.

it's always important that we talk about mental and emotional health, lockdown or no lockdown. young people perhaps haven't developed into the calm adult human beings that we've become. their hormones are all over the place. sometimes, things seem really, really huge to them. they might make snap decisions. their mental health might deteriorate more quickly than somebody who's older. almost two thirds of people around the uk surveyed for the mental health foundation said that when people are kind to them, their mental health improves. for many, it has a vital role during the lockdown. we are calling for a much kinder society, one that really protects and really prioritises our mental health. and that would mean notjust tracking economic progress, but also measuring our health and well—being. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. a large fire has engulfed parts of the popular

fisherman's wharf in san francisco. the area is closed due to the coronavirus lockdown, but there are fears for homeless people who use the building for shelter. freya cole reports. overlooking the northern waterfront of fisherman's wharf, the glow of claims and a thick plume of smoke. by the time fire crews arrived to the warehouse, the blaze was out of their control. it took a huge effort to get the upper hand. we have roughly 50 fire apparatus and 150 firefighters. authorities say the warehouse is vacant at night but admit there are fears for homeless people who are known to use the building for a place to sleep. doctor next to the wharf is a world war ii liberty ship. authorities needed resources from the ground and in the water to save the historic vessel. if we're looking for one

positive to come out of this tragic event, saving an historic world war ii vessel at the beginning of memorial day weekend is something we should all be proud of as a community. authorities say their priority now is to check if anyone was inside and how the fire started. freya cole, bbc news. just before i go: an alligator who survived world war ii in berlin and was rumoured wrongly to have belonged to the nazi leader adolf hitler has died in moscow zoo aged 84. saturn was gifted to berlin zoo by the united states in 1936 and escaped the zoo being bombed in 1943. it remained a mystery where he had spent the next three years, before arriving in moscow in 1946. his keepers say he loved being massaged with a brush, and was able to crack steel feeding tongs and bits of concrete with his teeth if irritated.

that's it from me. you can get me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. goodbye. we saw gale force wins across the north and the west of the uk today, lots of showers in england and wales, much of england and wales, much of england and wales stay dry with plenty of sunshine and most of the rain was in western scotland. extremely wet, over three inches falling on saturday. sunday, less windy, a lot of cloud around in the morning thanks to this weather front ringing outbreaks of rain to the north—west at high pressure will build in across the south, so that will turn things dry through sunday afternoon. we start the day with temperatures in double figures for most because we start with quite a bit of, around, still a start with quite a bit of, around, stillafair start with quite a bit of, around, still a fair old breeze. quite wet, western scotla nd breeze. quite wet, western scotland in towards north—west england, cloud breaking up with increasing sunshine especially in england and wales and into

the afternoon in northern ireland. these are the mean wind speeds, quite fresh out there but nothing as strong as what we had on saturday. with slightly lighter winds, more sunshine again in the south, temperatures will creep up to 22 or 23. temperatures will creep up to 22 or23. high temperatures will creep up to 22 or 23. high teens further north. on sunday night, the winds turn lighter still as high pressure builds in, turning drier with lengthy clear skies, bit of cloud in the far north of. under those clear skies with light winds, temperatures could drop into single figures for northern and western areas and one or two spots in the east could see ten or11. spots in the east could see ten or 11. the bank holiday monday, bank high pressure. these weather fronts in the north—west will bring in thicker cloud, a stronger breeze for western parts of northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and outbreaks of rain, much of and wales will be dry, plenty of sunshine, light winds, much warmerfor all, especially in the south—east, where we could see 25 or 26 in the afternoon. moving out of

monday into tuesday, we start to these weather fronts move a little bit further south—eastwards, a very weak feature but it could introduce more cloud into parts of england and wales as we go through the day. sunshine making a return to the north and west of the country but there will still be glimmers of brightness further south too, and that will help push temperatures up to the mid—twenties. as it is, a warmerair mid—twenties. as it is, a warmer air mass, highs of around 16 or 17 in the north. we will see a bit more cloud at times and the odd spot of rain as we move through the week. for scotland and northern ireland stop before england and wales, with the high pressure dominating, dominating, it's going to be warm and sunny.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister's closest aide — dominic cummings — is facing further allegations that he breached lockdown rules. earlier, he and the government insisted he'd acted "reasonably and legally" by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus — so his family could help with childcare. the taliban in afghanistan have declared a ceasefire for the three days of the muslim festival of eid. the militant group had stepped up its attacks in recent weeks but now says they will restrict themselves to defensive operations. the afghan president has ordered the army to respect the truce. funerals have been taking place in pakistan for some of the victims of friday's plane crash in karachi, in which 97 people died. the government has launched an official inquiry but the pakistan