this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister's top aide — dominic cummings — is at number 10 downing street. senior members of the conservative party are calling for his resignation after further allegations 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 arrest dozens

of people participating in the first pro—democracy protests since beijing announced plans to impose a new security law on the territory. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu goes on trial for corruption charges just days after he was once again sworn in as premier. the duke of cambridge reveals how becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mother's death. 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. there's growing pressure from within the conservative party for borisjohnson's top advisor, dominic cummings, to step down, because of allegations

that he broke lockdown rules. he and the government say he acted "reasonably and legally" by driving more than 250 miles north from his london home to county durham for childcare reasons, when his wife had coronavirus symptoms. they've also dismissed as "inaccurate" claims he was seen in the north east of england on two more occasions. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. are you going to resign? did you leave the family home in durham while you were there? is it one rule for you and another rule for everybody else? dominic cummings facing more questions about his decision to travel more than 250 miles with his wife, ill with suspected coronavirus, to seek back—up childcare. now, some conservative mps have broken ranks to say it has to stop and he has to go. i think his position is untenable. it is because of dominic's slogans about these rules that mums and dads, grannies and grandpas across the country will have felt that they had to stay—at—home if covid—19 got into

theirfamilies, and of course they also care about their children. on the 23rd of march, boris johnson announced lockdown restrictions. the last time dominic cummings was spotted in downing street before developing covid—19 symptoms was the 27th of march. he returned to work on the 14th of april and spent the intervening time at a family property near relatives in durham. the transport secretary, grant shapps, said yesterday that he had stayed put. but fresh allegations claim that, on the 12th of april, he was seen at a tourist hot spot, barnard castle, 30 miles from where he was staying. and in durham once again on the 19th of april, after he returned to london, although downing street denies this. grant shapps was pressed to explain the apparent contradictions. as i understand it, the most important thing here is that dominic cummings and his family remained locked down. they did not then, as i think some of these stories start to suggest, move around. i also understand that it is not true that he came back. he came back on the 14th of april.

it is not true that he then returned to durham, i think there has been some sort of incorrect reporting. it is that sort of exchange which some tory mps now believe is losing the government authority and risks confusing the public health message at a crucial time. labour and the liberal democrats and the snp have all written to britain's most senior civil servant, sir mark sedwill, asking him to investigate. the british people have made sacrifices, extraordinary sacrifices, and the particular situation of dominic cummings, where there was someone in his household with the suspected symptoms of coronavirus, the guideline was very simple about not leaving home. the allegations we have seen are extraordinarily serious and they do need to be dealt with. labour has also called on the prime minister to take this afternoon's press conference, drawing borisjohnson directly into the row

about his adviser. let us go to downing street. as we understand it, dominic cummings is still inside, talking to be prime minister. it is not clear who is going to be making any statement for the government today. grant shapps was doing the morning political shows here, no comment from boris johnson himself. our political correspondent iain watsonjoins me now. these things tend to have a certain inevitability about them. where are we? if somebody becomes a story over a 10—day period, they effectively go. this is day three of dominic cummings, but the story of mps

talking privately is that tomorrow they are going to talk about easing lockdown restrictions. if questions are still there about what dominic cummings did and didn't do, that would overshadow the governmental message, but more than that, because they are talking about using restrictions, to do so they have to get control and we have to have people all over the guidelines. i'm sure all this is being discussed, in terms of what it looks like with dominic cummings not following them. we got private messages from people about this, and we have a message from someone who is usually an and doesn't speak out about the government very much, but they are saying that there inbox is full from their constituents saying they will follow suit in terms of what dominic cummings is doing, asking what

example mps are setting. in terms of guidelines, if you are ill and travelled the length of the country, if other people do that can the government to keep control of this crisis? some friends -- we were friends of mine say it is not clear, and some of the guidelines in the war are and some of the guidelines in the warare at and some of the guidelines in the war are at odds with each other, so there are potential wiggle room there, but other mps have inbox is filled with angry constituents. the government cannot lose trust and on something like this, with an even more complicated second phase of track, and test, i think this will be an issue. the westminster bubble issueis be an issue. the westminster bubble issue is not the issue, what is interesting in terms of the pressure

is that dominic cummings does not have a high opinion of some tory mps and some of those who have spoken out against him have a history of crossing swords with him in the past with the brexit issue. some of the names are speaking out are not surprising, but what is worse than thatis surprising, but what is worse than that is that caroline mills pointed out, she talked to the works about the scale of the anger about the constituents, and if she is doing that you can bet that five or ten other mps are saying the exact same thing and the whips will start to get this message that it is actually wider public that is notjust the people in westminster. the public falls into two categories, those who resent what he did all those who say, actually, why should i not do what he did? there will be some people out there who say that perhaps he did the best he possibly could for his child and perhaps we would have done the same, but i

think the anger being expressed behind—the—scenes i get into the whips and, off the record from some ministers, it means that the pressure will be applied to downing street in terms of channelling the public was my views are notjust street in terms of channelling the public was my views are not just the views of conservative mps who may or may not like dominic cummings. thank you very much. israel's prime minister, benyamin netanyahu, has arrived at court injerusalem at the start of his corruption trial. in a televised address at the court, he said the case against him was aimed at "toppling him, in any way possible". he is the first serving israeli prime minister to face criminal proceedings. the trial comes a week after he was sworn in for a record fifth term. china's foreign minister, wang yi, has warned that certain us interests are pushing for "a new cold war" following the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

speaking at a press conference in beijing, the country's top diplomat said china and the united states would lose from confrontation, and insisted both sides must find a way for peaceful co—existence. translation: it has come to our attention that some politicalforces in the us are taking china us relations hostage and pushing our two countries to the brink of a new cold war. china remains prepared to work with the us in the spirit of no conflict or confrontation, mutual respect and win—win cooperation and build a relationship based on coordination, cooperation and stability. i call on the usa to stop wasting precious time and stop costing people's lives. another flashpoint between the us and china is hong kong, after beijing announced plans to impose a new security law on the territory. us secretary of state mike pompeo

has described the draft law as a "death knell" for the city's freedoms. police in hong kong have today fired tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators rallying against it, in the first pro—democracy protests since the coronavirus outbreak. police say 120 people have been arrested. john mcmanus has the latest. demonstrators are on hong kong's streets again in scenes reminiscent of those prior to the pandemic. they have been prompted by china's decision to impose a new security law. police were out in force, charging those who had gathered and using water cannons and tear gas to disperse them. dozens of people were arrested by the authorities after they defied warnings against unauthorised assemblies. one of the main concerns for protesters, the ability

of beijing to bypass hong kong's systems and potentially have its own security services in the territory. translation: all freedom and rights guaranteed by basic law are gone. the mainland can simply enact a law without the agreement of the hong kong people or legislative council. how can we accept this? if you believe injustice, you can't accept this. 200 politicians from across the world have issued a joint statement, criticising the draft law. but it has been backed by the territory's leader, carrie lam, who says it is necessary to protect national security. that could set her and protesters onto yet another collision course. i'm joined now by professor steve tsang, director of the china institute at soas university in london.

let us start with what is happening in hong kong. do you think we are looking at the ends of the previous arrangement? that we are at a major crossroads? yes, we are definitely ata crossroads? yes, we are definitely at a major crossroads. perhaps we should go even further to say that it is potentially a game changer. the real issue here is that this new security law is about the chinese government not being able to get what it wants through the system in hong kong and has decided that it would therefore bypass the institutions in hong kong to get its way. what does that mean for the pro—democracy movement is there? if china can actually relocate people from the territories to the mainland, they have got their intelligence services operating in

the territories as well, as the new law allows, that effectively takes over hong kong as it is no part of a homogenous china? it means that the promises that were made in the silent petition agreement of 1984 and the hong kong basic law and now been put to the back seat and the chinese government is saying that it will be prepared to do whatever it ta kes to will be prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure that hong kong told a wine that beijing lays down. —— toes the line. in reality, the chinese secret service have been operating in hong kong for years, so the formal acknowledgement is that they will be allowed to access in hong kong is codifying eerily —— an arrangement already in place. what about the wider issue of a new cold war? the relationship between the us

and china has been fractured over the last few years. the economic resilience of that relationship, even despite all the tariffs, has not changed that much. i was seeing that last year us firms continued to batter china's consumer markets, 14 billion dollars in their markets last year. yes, i think there is a lot of resilience in the economy between the united states and china andindeed between the united states and china and indeed between the west and china, ido and indeed between the west and china, i do a lot of that will continue for quite a while. but the warning by the chinese foreign minister about a new cold war, i think it is also very real. we have to bear in mind that a cold war can only happen with both sides taking parallel attitudes towards each other and it is easy to simply blame it all on donald trump, but the

reality is that back in 2013, the chinese leaders started the process by bending western ideas like democracy, secret society or constitutional rights in china. those terms are now no longer allowed to be taught on chinese campuses. the worst, under previous leaders, got china wrong. the leader of china was not someone who could be shaped by opening up trade, it was a misjudgment on the part of many countries? the chinese leader is certainly not somebody who can be trained by the western leaders to behave more like a western democratic leaders. he goes his own way and actually goes further than a

lot of people within the communist party would like to do. he is going to be heaped —— he won't want to make sure that the communist party in china will not be challenged. thus he will make sure. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the uk prime minister's top aide, dominic cummings, is at number 10 downing street. senior members of the conservative party are calling for his resignation after further allegations he breached lockdown rules. police in hong kong arrest dozens of people participating in the first pro—democracy protests since beijing announced plans to impose a new security law on the territory. the trial of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on corruption charges is starting, just days after he was once again sworn in as premier.

back now to the controversy surrounding dominic cummings, boris johnson's most senior adviser. let's take a look at the timeline of events around mr cummings' trip to durham. 0n the 23rd of march, prime minister boris johnson announced the uk would be placed into lockdown with strict limitations on travel. the government guidelines stated: "you should not be visiting family members who do not live in your home." 0n the 27th of march, boris johnson tested positive for coronavirus. three days later, on the 30th of march, downing street confirmed that dominic cummings was suffering from coronavirus symptoms and self—isolating. a day later, durham police said it was "made aware of reports that an individual had travelled from london to durham and was self—isolating at an address." newspaper reports say witnesses saw dominic cummings in barnard castle, around 30 miles from durham, on the 12th of april.

two days later, on the 14th of april, mr cummings was photographed back in downing street. and on the 19th of april, newspaper reports say a witness spotted mr cummings in bluebell woods near durham. let's talk to our political correspondent, nick eardley, who is in downing street. some confusion on my part on whether dominic cummings is there inside with boris johnson or just dominic cummings is there inside with borisjohnson orjust in his office with staff. do we know? not for sure if he is meeting with the prime minister, but i do know both are in there. borisjohnson is working from downing street this weekend. dominic cummings pours my car is in there, —— his car is here, he has been in there for three hours. we don't know if it is crisis talks on what dominic cummings has

been up to, whether he broken or bent the guidance, or if he is just infora bent the guidance, or if he is just in for a normal weekend. it is fair to say that this is anything but a normal weekend for the downing street operation because the last thing we want to be talking about at the moment is whether one of the top aides to the prime minister has open the rules. it is a crucial week coming up in the uk. the cabinet meeting tomorrow to discuss where it can meeting tomorrow to discuss where it ca n start meeting tomorrow to discuss where it can start moving to the next phase of the response to coronavirus, which would see school starting to return, which might see some nonessential shops opening up. that is what borisjohnson wants to be concentrating on. instead there is this whole furore over dominic cummings and what he did and did not get up to and what rules you may or may not have broken i do a lot of pressure building on borisjohnson and downing street to basically make and downing street to basically make a decision to potentially sack dominic cummings. on friday night

downing street said they were not going to comment on this at all. did the prime minister know where they we re the prime minister know where they were isolating? we don't know for sure, it is one of the outstanding questions. the ministers we have heard from over the last couple of days haven't known the answers to this. we have a daily press conference, that is in an hour and a half, but i am sure the question will be asked again. it was asked this morning and grant shapps did not know the answer. 0ne also knew that dominic cummings was self isolating and the message from downing street this whole time is that he went to durham because he was seeing his family, they had child care for his young son, but what ministers have said is that whole time he stayed at home, he followed the guidance once he was in durham, but that these are some

outstanding questions. firstly, did his wife have symptoms when they travel to there? we believe so. and secondly, did you leave the house? that is crucial. he was apparently cited 30 miles away from durham and whether he can square that circle, either explaining why he was there 01’ prove either explaining why he was there or prove that he wasn't. thank you. greece will reopen its islands to domestic tourism tomorrow, the latest in a series of measures ending lockdown restrictions. it closed its borders early, and has had only 171 deaths from coronavirus. but greece's tourist industry, which makes up at least a fifth of the economy, has been badly hit by the pandemic, as quentin sommerville reports. the parthenon is a landmark, not just for greece, but the entire world. for the last few months it, along with western civilisation, has been closed to visitors. this week, it reopened.

social distancing means new markings on these ancient stones. and new plastic defences on the ramparts. for greece there is no greater symbol, but for now this is mainly a symbolic reopening. on any given day there would usually be 20,000 visitors here, but today barely 100. foreign tourists can return here without quarantine from the middle ofjune. for the moment it is mostly locals. the fact that it is open makes me feel hopeful, but cautiously so. 0ur government reacted well and quickly and the results show. greece hasn't been overwhelmed by the pandemic, only 170 deaths. lockdown is easing here. the mainland's beaches are open and from monday its islands will be as well. for now, tourists from high infection areas, the us,

russia and the united kingdom, will not be allowed in, but that will change as the virus weakens, says the country's tourism minister. everybody has been under stress. i think this vacation process is a healing process, especially for this year. tourism is the bedrock of the greek economy. back at the acropolis it is slow going. yanis hasn't had a customer in days. it's about time to accept the world has changed and now we have to start learning new things. one of them is to be able to understand that the acropolis at some times in the year is going to be like this as well. the acropolis is a monument to endurance, a fitting place to take the first cautious steps out of the pandemic. a once in a lifetime storm is battering large parts of australia's west coast.

phil mercer reports. weather forecasters warned that australia's entire west coast was at risk from a monstrous storm. it's the remnants of tropical cyclone mangga that is combining with a cold front to lash coastal areas with destructive winds, heavy rain and abnormally high tides. the weather bureau said the storm was dynamic and complex. satellite images have shown the scale of the threat. waves up to eight metres have been forecast. despite the temptation, surfers have been told to stay out of the water. thousands of homes are without electricity after strong winds brought down power lines. residents have been urged not to go outside. properties have been damaged and roofs torn off buildings. perth, a city of 2 million people, hasn't been spared.

the wild conditions might not ease for another day. inland areas were blanketed by clouds of dust, whipped up by the winds. australia is a land well used to nature's extremes, but, once again, its resilience is being tested. you are watching bbc news. the duke of cambridge has revealed he has found parenting "overwhelming" at times and says having children brought back the emotions he felt following the death of his mother. speaking candidly in a new bbc documentary which hopes to encourage men to open up about their mental health through football, prince william shares the impact being a father has had on his own wellbeing. 0ur correspondent

sean dilley has more. when you've been through something traumatic in life and that is, like, your dad not being around, my mother dying when i was younger, your emotions come back in leaps and bounds. the duke of cambridge speaking about his struggles with parenting as a father of three. i've definitely found it very, at times, overwhelming. me and catherine particularly, we support each other and we go through those moments together and we kind of evolve and learn together. prince william opened up in a conversation with former professional footballer marvin sordell for a documentary, football, prince william and our mental health, which will air on bbc one on thursday. marvin sordell quit football last year after a successful career that saw him play for the england under—21 team, bolton and burton albion. when he retired at 28, he pointed to his mental well—being, describing football as a beautiful game with an ugly persona. sordell, who has previously spoken of his poor mental health and his suicide attempt in 2013, says being a father

has been difficult. it was the hardest time of my life. i found it really, really tough. and i grew up without my father and i've not had a father to look up at, and now i've got a child and they are looking up to a father and i don't really know how i'm dealing with this. i really struggled with my emotions at that time, you know. the programme features conversations with footballers and fans and managers from all walks of life. prince william says he wants his emotionally—charged documentary to kick off the biggest ever conversation on mental health through football. your dad would be very proud of you, he would. as your mum would. i appreciate that. you'll make all the right decisions, i know you will. i can see the kind of man you are and you will be absolutely fine and you will be a great dad. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello there. it's an improving story this bank holiday weekend in terms of the weather. yesterday, parts of the north west

of scotland through the highlands saw nearly 3.5 inches of rain. despite cloudy skies this morning, it's certainly an improving picture and it will slowly brighten up as the afternoon continues. you can start to see the cloud breaking up quite nicely in this weather watcher picture from dorset. the reason being, high pressure is starting to build now from the south—west and that will dominate over the next few days. this weak where the front into the north is still breezy at the moment, but the winds will slowly die down as we go through the day and any cloud and drizzle will tend to ease. it has been a cloudy start but generally we're seeing that cloud breaking up over the rest of the afternoon and there will be a little more sunshine coming through. lighter winds than yesterday and with more sunshine and lighter winds, as a consequence it will feel a little warmer. so temperatures through the afternoon perhaps peaking from ten to 22 degrees, that's 72 fahrenheit. as we move through the evening and overnight the winds will fall lighter still and the high pressure

continues to dominate. there will be some clearer skies, little bit of patchy mist and fog and favoured spots for that are are close to the coast of south—west wales and south—west england. we'll need to keep an eye on that first thing on bank holiday morning. elsewhere we're looking at temperature sitting at around seven to 11 degrees. as we move into bank holiday monday, dry, settled and sunny for many, certainly the best of the three days through the weekend. yes, there are some whether fronts pushing into the far north—west and by the end of the day could bring cloud and outbreaks of rain into northern ireland and western scotland. shouldn't spoil the day too much, ahead of it those temperatures will peak at highs of 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit across the south—east, may be high teens for scotland and northern ireland. those weak weather fronts continue to put across the top of the high but it's fairly powerful so it'll be a weak affair, it's not really going to produce that much in the way of rain, may be more in the way of noticeable cloud as we go

through tuesday and into wednesday. you can see a little more cloud around, it stays dry,