this is bbc news. the headlines. senior members of the uk's conservative party call for the prime minister's top aide to resign, as dominic cummings faces fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. he insists he acted "reasonably and legally" by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. but new reports suggest he was seen in the north east of england on two further occasions. the country cannot afford this nonsense, this pantomime, now. dominic should go and we should move on and deal with the things that matter in people's lives. police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters who are angry at china's plans to introduce tough new security laws. after weeks of increasing attacks, taliban and afghan government forces agree a three—day ceasefire to mark the eid holiday.

the duke of cambridge has revealed how becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mother's death. now, on bbc new, the travel show. on this week's travel show, your guide to the future of flying once the lockdown is over. hello and welcome to an almost deserted sta nsted airport just outside london. we are here to find out what the airlines and airports are planning to do to keep us safe

when we do start thinking about foreign holidays again. also, coming up this week: we meet the new york cabbie who has continued working throughout the lockdown. we head to cambodia to see the temple complex and tourist hotspot at angkor wat, totally deserted. and we discover some of history's greatest minds thought that the very best way to travel was to stay at home. here at stansted, there are normally 500 flights coming in and out every day. today, there are only nine. but flight numbers from the uk could be slowly picking up again. british airways and ryanair have recently announced plans to schedule up to 50% of their usual flight capacity from the beginning ofjuly. though they say, normal scheduling isn't likely to return until 2023.

of course, this is not going to be a normal summer. not for any of us. meanwhile, local travel restrictions are easing and some governments are even planning to reopen their borders to citizens of neighbouring countries, creating so—called travel bubbles. the whole purpose of us discussing the possibility of having a bubble of sorts between us, a safe zone of travel, would be so that you wouldn't have to have a quarantine attached. i think everyone would acknowledge that it would be prohibitive. safety, that underlies our guidance. and that means taking gradual, careful steps to help travel restart in line with what the science tells us. those bubbles are one way of kickstarting travel again. but when we do begin to fly, can we trust the airlines are doing enough to keep us safe? so here at stansted, they are using all of the space

to enforce social distancing. there are stickers on the ground to make sure that you stand in the right place. and when it comes to masks and gloves, well, they're not compulsory but they are very much advised. you can get your hands cleaned first. thank you very much. then, you get the mask. thank you. then put that on around your ears. and then the gloves. and you can even get your temperature scanned before you get to security. well, that all seems pretty straightforward and simple when you've only got nine flights a day. how easy will it be to maintain when there are many more passengers and many more flights? and also, when you actually get on the plane, how safe will that be? this week, the international air transport association announced a series of measures the industry should be taking to keep passengers and crew safe. etihad, based in abu dhabi, is just one of the airlines already

taking action to try and reassure passengers. they are currently trialling technology that allows them to monitor passenger's temperature, and respiratory rate, with the potential to detect covid—19. we have embarked on a huge sanitisation programme. what we're doing is actively encouraging people to check in online. it's all about limiting touch points throughout the travellers‘ journey. i want to ask about the middle seat because there seems to be some debate about that. does it actually make any difference? it is difficult to achieve the two metre distancing. for example, in economy, what we're doing is ensuring that the neighbouring seat is free. all of our aircraft have air filters which basically filter 99% of airborne microbes. effectively, the air quality on an aircraft is equivalent to what you would get in a hospital operating theatre.

to be able to not use an aircraft's full capacity, it's not economically sustainable in the long—term. the only way i suppose you could counter this is to double airfares and that's not viable. we would hope that the wearing of facemasks, as well as the many other measures, that that is going to be sufficient. because it is impossible to maintain social distancing on an aircraft. etihad is not alone in this efforts. delta will be spraying its cabins with a special disinfectant between every flight. the spray is electrostatically charged to ensure that no surface goes untouched. and hong kong airport has introduced decontamination tanks. the claim is they will kill any viruses or bacteria on your clothes or exposed parts of your body in only a0 seconds. but it's notjust technology that could be seeing us through this crisis. medical detection dogs may soon be in place at airports like this in an effort to literally sniff out passengers with the virus.

so, this is asher, one of the rescue dogs who's going to be helping in the fight against covid. he's got 250 million scent receptors in the nose. us poor humans have 5 million. that nose is going to be put to good use and going to save many, many lives. volunteers who were tested positive for covid—19 were given special socks to wear. the socks capture the odour of the virus which is then used to train the dogs. we are hoping that the dog will be able to make a good detection without becoming too close to the individuals. this is going to be quite smelly. if there is an odour on a person, they are going to be shedding these odours and the dog should be able to pick it up. for example, when working at heathrow, where there flights coming in from areas of the world where we know there is a current hotspot. the dogs will be able to detect, very rapidly, it takes .5 of a second for a dog to make a detection.

let's find out what our global guru simon calder makes of the situation. hi, simon. let's face it, it's going to be a long time before most of us are flying again, isn't it? that all depends who you talk to, actually. because you have, for example, in the middle of may, lufthansa suddenly coming out and saying, right, we're going to be flying a really, quite significant network from the first ofjune. you've had obviously, ryanair, the biggest budget airline in europe saying that they would be pretty much doing the same from the start ofjuly. and, it's a question of which airlines are flying where and most crucially of course, as we've been hearing, what sort of restrictions are in place, notjust for the airlines but crucially, for the passengers. i want to clear up a couple

of things that people have said. number one, by getting rid of the middle seat on the plane, you are making it safer. and number two, actually flying on a plane is safer because the air is circulated so we shouldn't worry about that anyway. what do you say to that? if you take the middle seat out of an aircraft, then you can reduce the distance between passengers from maybe 50 centimetres to one metre. a lot of people would say that in the course of a three hour flight, that's actually not going to make much difference but it would certainly make a lot of difference to the fare. if you take out a third of the passengers, the cruelty of fractions means that you would need to increase the price by 50%. and in terms of the way that the air circulates on aircrafts, yes, they do have very high quality air filters, up to operating theatre standards. if somebody next to you is sneezing and coughing, i'm afraid that the best filters

in the world aren't going to do you much good. the other thing of course is that while these things are starting and people are trying to be induced into flying, if you like, there could be some nice, good deals. but in the long run, would it make flying prohibitively expensive? it's depends on who you talk to. there are certainly, of course, going to be some increased costs. if you're a low—cost airline and you have to clean out the aircraft really thoroughly after a two hour flight, that's going to add to your returns. that's going to reduce the amount of time you have aircraft in the air and effectively cause losses in your business model. the extra costs at airports are going to push prices up. against that, you're going to see the airlines, the holiday companies, coming in with all sorts of deals to persuade us that, yes, it is a good idea to go travelling once again. and so, as it were for the brave, maybe for the foolhardy,

there will be plenty of bargains out there. but i think when things settle down, we won't see quite as many flights, we won't see the same range of opportunities that we have now, and we will certainly see higher prices because the only way that the airlines can recoup the billions of dollars that they have been losing over the past few months, is of course to push up the prices, and they will do that by keeping a lid on capacity. thank you, simon. stay safe. let's cross the atlantic now and speak to anotherfamiliarface here on the travel show. mike corey has been at home in lockdown in eastern canada. hello, mike. hello, how are you? fine. how severe have restrictions been where you are? things are different province to province. my province, brunswick on the east coast, we've only had about a hundred cases. we are taking it seriously but are slowly opening things back up. for example, parks have now been

opened locally and we can gather in groups of only ten, as long as we are outside and still retaining social distancing measures. but really you must be itching to get on the road again and travel abroad. what is on your list for the places you want to go next? i have plans to go to peru and of course, those are now on hold. that's one i'm itching to go to as soon as i can. i've got to find myself in the jungle sometime soon. it does give you a chance to explore your homeland, canada, some more. are you going to do that? yes, definitely. my province, brunswick, haven't spent a lot of time here in the past couple of years — i'm always travelling. for example, there are the highest heights in the world, 15 metres of vertical water goes up and down each day. i think as soon as i can, i'll be up there maybe getting my feet muddy in the ocean. i wish i was there too. we're going to stay on this side of the ocean for a moment and find out how new york's famous yellow taxi cabs are dealing with deserted streets and no passengers. you can see how empty the city is.

my name is ricardo rosillo. i've been a new york city cab driverfor 15 years. ever since the lockdown, business has been slowing down and it has affected us cabdrivers because normally, we would usually make around 30 rides a day and now, you could only make around ten rides per day. so this right here is the heart of times square. yeah, so this is one of the busiest places in manhattan and as you can see, it's completely empty. they got thousands and thousands of people here. it is crazy how, because of the virus, it has affected ourjobs and it has affected everybody. the only reason that i'm out here is because i'm a little bit younger than other cabdrivers, so that makes a big difference.

i've heard that a lot of cabdrivers have passed away, you know, because they are in their mid—50s, so i think that most of the cabdrivers that are out here now in new york are mostly young — in their 30s or, you know, 40s and they feel more secure. a couple of friends of mine have passed away. i was afraid of getting infected and infecting others — you know, my family members orfriends. but, you know, i needed to make a living. i have sanitation products and alcohol. i always wipe down the seats after i pick up a passenger. so this right here is park avenue. before the quarantine, you should see it at this time. at 3:00 in the afternoon, there is a lot of people hailing cabs. people coming out from work,

kids getting out from school. most of the passengers that i pick up now are nurses, doctors — essential workers, basically. so there was one lady that was very generous to me. she had the courtesy to give me $50, just for going less than three blocks. she was surprised that i picked her up. nobody had picked her up for at least 30 minutes because she looked elderly and they thought she would have the virus. people feel that as an essential worker, i should deserve a better tip, so they've been really generous to me that way. now, lockdowns remain firmly in place in some countries but are beginning to ease in others. it's been amazing to see some of the creative ways people have been getting used to their reduced circumstances. and some taking a new, more philosophical view of travel.

in berlin, for instance, local group window flicks are projecting films for people living in apartment blocks to enjoy. berliners from all over the city can apply online for a viewing. plays trumpet. ecuador, baghdad, london and new york have all seen musicians serenade their neighbourhoods. in some places, it has become a regular fixture. band plays somewhere over the rainbow. even cartography has a place in this. the urban design site citylabs has been asking people to send in personal maps showing their new, limited horizons. since the beginning of april, we've been running a project where we're inviting readers to send in maps of how their worlds have changed under quarantine. they're using this extraordinary moment as a chance to explore

their own homes and neighbourhoods and communities in ways that are fresh, in some ways. i mean, despite how, like, gratingly familiar our quarantine lives feel a lot of the time. maps are really strange objects. we think that they're just representations of the world but actually, they're very much showing what we want to represent. so a map of a town might include all of the castles and it doesn't include all of the council estates. so when people go off and make maps, the really nice thing about that is that they are highlighting the bits of the world that they think are important. i think the process of actually making a map, of sitting down and drawing, portraying a place that's important to you, or that, you know, you have some thoughts or feelings about, it really amplifies that whole experience and kind of forces

you to sort through what you're seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling and even desiring about a place. whenever we travel to a place, we travel at a certain time. new york in 1920 is very different to new york in 2020, and i think imagining how new york is going to be in 2021 could actually be really helpful. it will help us put ourselves in other people's shoes, take ourselves out of our own particular lockdowns and imagine what the world more generally is going through what it's gonna be like at the end of this. there's quite a lot of evidence in different fields to show that the more you know about something, the more you enjoy it. the philosophers socrates and immanuel kant both argued it's actually better to read books about a place if you want to learn about it, rather than going off.

so kant has this famous saying where he argues "i don't have time to travel. i want to know too much about the world." and then you could just picture him sitting at home in his armchair, surrounded by travel books, and that was his way of doing it. now, if you've ever been to cambodia, chances are that you will have dropped in on angkor wat. it's the world's largest religious site, a vast ancient buddhist temple complex that attracts 2.5 million people every single year. that means it's rarely empty. crowds get there early to see the sunrise and stay for days, spending plenty of money in that part of the country as a result. but, of course, coronavirus has had an impact. income from tourism has dropped more than 99% since 2019. the angkor wat temple,

it really shows the peak, you know, of architectural and engineering skill, you know, of our ancestors. we even put it in the national flag of cambodia as well. as you could see, around ourselves, we don't see any tourists! chuckles. ifeel quite sad, you know? yeah, i have not come to this temple for now a0 days. i really missed those day, you know, where i brought people to here, you know? we got to deal a lot with our life situation at the moment, so many people lostjob. of course, we have had some crisis before but nothing was ever bigger than this, so this is, like, the hardest hit ever.

so far, cambodia has reported fewer than 150 cases of coronavirus. but the crash in international tourism has badly affected the local economy. in nearby siem reap, many businesses are closed. here is the psar chas. it is the most well—known market in the city where tourists would come for shopping, for woodcarving, t—shirt, silver, silk. yeah, normally these stores are opening but at the moment, every store is closed. back at the temple, some work has been able to continue... we use water, so that's when water, when it flows, it can't go inside, not on — in the stone.

..and fewer sightseers have actually made the job of some conservationists a little bit easier. site managers are also working on a new bicycle trail and a new welcome area, but many of these projects rely on income generated from ticket sales. for the people whose livelihoods depend on tourism, the end of the crisis can't come soon enough. of course that we pray that the coronavirus will be vanished from our planet soon, so that people can come once again. and a massive thank you to everyone who spoke to us there at angkor wat.

i really and truly hope that tourism returns to cambodia as soon as it possibly can. thanks, mike! take care. that's is it for this week. we'll be back in a few weeks' time with a brand new show. but until then, take care, stay safe and goodbye. hello. after a mostly cloudy and in some places damp start to sunday, it will be brightening up a bit as we go through the afternoon, certainly keeping more cloud on the eastern side of england than we had yesterday. very much on the plus side, it is not as windy as it was yesterday. the winds gradually ease further as we

go through the day. any rain that we had at the start of the day will slowly die out and that is because high pressure is now building across the uk, so that is going to settle things down, certainly for the bank holiday, bringing a good bit of sunshine. these weather fronts mayjust bring some rain to the north—western parts of the uk. this is how your afternoon is shaping up, that patchy rain towards north—west england and west scotland slowly dying out. brighter skies at times for eastern scotland, brightening up in northern ireland. slowly seeing some sunny spells develop across england and wales, but especially into wales and south—west england. these winds are average speed. gusts are higher, around a0 mph. they are certainly down from yesterday and it is going to fuel the warm air out there, particularly where yesterday was very windy and wet in western scotland. now, as we go into tonight, the winds are far lighter across the uk, largely clear skies

with a touch of cloud in northern scotland, some fog patches around south—west wales and the south—west of england. but, under clear skies, temperatures are on the way down so most others will end the night in single figures. into the bank holiday tomorrow, you can see a lot of fine weather out there through much of england, wales and eastern scotland. northern ireland and western scotland will have morning sunshine, cloud increasing and some outbreaks of rain very slowly moving in as the afternoon goes on. the warmest parts of scotland and northern ireland near 20 degrees, it is low to mid 20s across much of england and wales. high pressure is still around for much of the week ahead, though a weak weather front does try to move further south early on tuesday. it will introduce more cloud. a selection of locations in the week mayjust see a chance of rain into northern ireland and northern and western scotland, most of england and wales will stay dry, meaning no rain, reflecting most of may.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. senior members of the uk's conservative party call for the prime minister's top aide to resign, as dominic cummings faces fresh allegations that he breached lockdown rules. he insists he acted ‘reasonably and legally‘ by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. but fresh reports suggest he was seen in the north east of england on two further occasions. the country cannot afford this nonsense, this pantomime, now. dominic should go and we should move on and deal with the things that matter in people‘s lives. china‘s foreign minister accuses some politicians in the united states of trying to push the two countries to the brink of a new cold war.