this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest developments and analysis here in britain and globally. the uk prime minister's top aide dominic cummings insists he won't resign and defends driving hundreds of kilometres during the height of the lockdown. no, i have not offered to resign. umm... did you ever consider it? no, i have not considered it. president trump commemorates fallen us veterans on memorial day, but he's been criticised for his behaviour over the weekend. the uk government has announced it will begin to reopen retail venues in june,

as long as progress in containing coronavirus continues. and spain says it's going to reopen its borders, lifting the two—week coronavirus quarantine requirement for foreign travellers from july the 1st. welcome. if you're in the uk, there's one story everyone has been talking about all weekend. that's borisjohnson‘s chief aide dominic cummings taking a 400 kilometre trip to durham at the height of lockdown restrictions. today we heard from him in a rare public media appearance. he said he won't resign despite growing calls for him to and that he didn't regret his decisions. he says he took them because he and his wife feared becoming too ill to take care of their child. here's some of what he said. i can understand that some people will argue that i should have stayed at my home in london throughout. i understand these views. i know the intense hardship and sacrifice the entire country has had to go through. however, i respectfully disagree.

the legal rules inevitably do not cover all circumstances, including those i found myself in. i thought and i think today that the rules including those regarding small children in extreme circumstances allowed me to exercise my judgment about the situation i found myself in, including the way that my london home had become a target and all the complexity of the situation. i accept, of course, that there is room for reasonable disagreement about this. well, prime minister borisjohnson also fronted questions in the past hour at the daily coronavirus briefing. and is still standing by his man. i really feel that it would be wrong of me to try to... to comment further on what he has said, to make their minds up, i think he spoke at great length, to me he came across as someone who cared very much about his family and who was doing the best for his family. i think as he said himself, reasonable people may disagree about some of the decisions. that he took.

but i don't think reasonable people can disagree about what was going through his head at the time and the motivations for those decisions. as i say, my conclusion is that i think he acted reasonably, legally and as i said yesterday, with integrity and with care for his family and for others. the central accusation against mr cummings is a simple one. that he defied what we all saw as a clear and enforceable lockdown rule, "stay at home." and that you must stay at home especially if you have virus symptoms, because if you don't, people will die. despite that advice, while they were both concerned they may be infected, mr cummings says that he and his wife drove 400 kilometres to county durham to his parent's house to self—isolate because they needed child care support from family. but mr cummings stressed that he did not break the lockdown rules, at one stage even pointing to the part of the guidance that justified his actions. the guidance says,

"if you are living with children..." and i'm reading out the actual guidance. "if you are living with children, keep following the advice "to the best of your ability. "however, we are aware that not all these measures will be possible. "what we have seen so far is that children with corona appear to be "less severely affected, it's nevertheless important to do "your best to follow this guidance." now, it... and you know as well as i do, that there are... that the deputy chief medical officer has discussed this, if you have got small... if you've got a child that is four years old, and neither of you can look after him, the guidance does not say you have just got to sit there. so, i think i... as i have said, i think i have behaved reasonably in all of, given all the circumstances and the different things i had to try and weigh up. here's newsnight‘s policy editor lewis goodall‘s analysis of that.

he says... mr cummings also confirmed that towards the end of his isolation period in durham, he drove with his wife and child to barnham castle. he says it was to test his eyesight, which had been hazy for a few days, to make sure he could safely make the journey back to london. the journey isn't a short one. and mr cummings explanation has only lead to more questions. the bbc‘sjon sopel tweeted... and to add to the confusion. there's this tweet from james 0'brien at lbc...

here's mr cummings again. i'd been very ill on the sunday, the 12th, i said to my wife, "right, let's pack up the car and go back." i had been cleared by the doctors to go back to work. and she said and i think it was perfectly reasonable, "a few days ago you could barely stand up." "you said that your eyesight was weird and it seemed to be weird. "we should notjust embark on a 270 whatever it is mile journey and then "end up finding halfway through that you actually can't drive that far." so... "we should get in the car and make sure, see if you can actually drive." the only way to avoid this problem would have been to just say i'm going to stay in durham which i could have done that i did not think was the right thing to do. there has been support for dominic cummings but first. who is dominic cummings?

he is mrjohnson‘s closest political advisor in number 10 downing street. he's made his career by positioning himself as defying conventional wisdom and trying to upset the established order. he was the key architect behind the successful vote leave campaign of the 2016 referendum, known for coming up with the slogan "take back control." mr cummings was so prominent in that campaign that he was portrayed by benedict cumberbatch as the protaganist in the emmy nominated tv drama brexit: the uncivil war. dominic cummings actions and the defence by borisjohnson have prompted a massive public response. mp's have been posting some of the letters they've received. none are likely to be more powerful than this from john wilson. seven paragraphs of controlled fury. he writes...

he goes on... he gave the bbc his reaction to mr cummings' explanation. i got the distinct impression that the rules and the law are different depending on which side of the front door of number 10 downing street you're standing. i felt that there are different standards and different rules for people who are in that area. than for people like me and my friends and my family. well members of boris johnson's

cabinet have shown their support for mr cummings throughout. following mr cummings statement, foreign secretary dominc raab tweeted this... while chancellor of the duchy of lancaster michael gove said... but at least 20 conservative backbench mps have joined opposition and public calls for mr cummings to resign. so many people have expressed their concern about the manner in which mr cummings not only behaved in the interest of his son, which is understandable, but in the way that he floated flouted his own rules. there are thousands of people

all over the country who have had childcare problems. my inbox is absolutely bloated with white anger, with real fury from constituents from across the political spectrum, from across the different professions and jobs in north dorset. absolutely furious. that they have abided by the rules and regulations, as i urged them to do, as the government told them to do, to save the nhs and save lives and keep people safe. and they feel that they have been really taken or played for fools. i've always thought that dominic should be kept out of number ten, i'm sorry to say and ijust think that this will keep rolling on and getting worse until he goes. for his analysis of the situation i spoke with our political correspondent rob watson — and asked him whether mr cummings have put the questions to bed. sot the big question. you don't hold back, do you? i guess a simple way to answer

it is i think for those people who think that what mr cummings did was unreasonable, and exemplified the whole idea that there is one rule for people who live in downing street or work downing street and one rule for everyone else, i don't think his explanation will have changed many minds. for those who were more sympathetic to mr cummings, they will say yes, i think he has done some explaining for me. if you were to then expand that thought, what happens next, does he survive? i think that depends on two things. i think it depends on levels of public anger, that they continue to be high, a lot of emotion out there, a sense hypocrisy of the government does that feed through. from ordinary people to that members of parliament, particularly conservative mps. that will put pressure on the prime minister, and the second thing is what the government are hoping, now they want people to focus on the next stages in the virus crisis which is their hopes and efforts to ease the lockdown in the coming days and weeks.

and i don't know. i don't what will work out but those are the dynamics. that would be my next question. whether or not we think enough has been said today that the spotlight will now shift onto the main task at hand which is of course dealing with this pandemic? i think it probably will, in the sense that unless there are more details to come up about the particular trip then you can sort of see that news stories have a certain cycle and they run out. in a way i don't think that's necessarily the issue for the government because i'm sure things will start to move on, to the opening of retail outlets, but i think the issue that will be lurking for the government there is this issue of public trust and credibility. so you may see fewer

stories in the newspapers about what mr cummings has and has not been up to but i think what you might, i sort of a background noise of people saying why should i listen to the government on this? why should i stay and why should i follow this instruction? he didn't. i think that's the danger they face, rather than necessarily more twists and turns of this particular story. i don't know what you thought about this listening to borisjohnson an hour after dominic cummings spoke today, you got the sense that he really wanted to hammer home yet again that message of the government not to be overshadowed by what has happened today in the rose garden at downing street? of course. that's what governments do, right? they want the public to move on and thejournalists, the media, to move on to the area they are happy talking about. and that's perfectly understandable and in the case of something quite as serious as the covid—i9 crisis, obviously lots of people will agree. but i think what you will still have seen come in to uk politics in the last few weeks it has been

not just this crisis, but that increasing criticism of the government. when you have the initial crisis and by and large people rallied behind the government, opinion poll ratings are high, that sort of phase is over. people are and many would say it's highly legitimate, questioning the governments handling, did they do well enough on testing? did they do well enough and protective gear for health workers? was the uk too slow to bring in a lockdown? all of those sort of questions it is going back not quite to business and politics as usual, but it's a bit more of that. from the time the story of mr cumming's lockdown trip broke, the reaction from opposition parties has been strong with growing calls for his resignation or sacking. joining me now is labour mp and shadow policing minister sarahjones. good evening. thank you very much for joining good evening. thank you very much forjoining us. our you one of those voices that want him to resign or be sacked? well... yesterday, we had a

real test of leadership. with boris johnson and he failed. he had known that dominic cummings had broken a lockdown that showed no interest in it until it became a crisis. for him. andi it until it became a crisis. for him. and i think the very least the british public were expecting today was some kind of apology from dominic cummings. and they did not get that. he has no regrets. and i think what we wanted was a full account and what we learned today is that he broke lockdown rules twice. he went up—to—date to stay in a home that was not his primary home before he was sick or his wife was sick and he was sick or his wife was sick and he went to barnard castle and a notorious hotspot with his family by the river. both those things are clearly against the rules and to try and you know, spin the rules as if it's much more complicated are much

more exceptional than it actually is, everyone understood what the rules were, he broke those rules for him, now not to showing any remorse, the prime minister not doing anything about it really is a very serious issue and it really does show that it's one rule for him and one rule for all the rest of us. do you want him to resign? would that appease... i think the prime minister needs to show the leadership that has been so lacking. d you wanting to be fired or to resign? to step down, absolutely. he has broken the rules twice that we know about and he shows no remorse at all. he's trying to imply his circumstances were more exceptional than everybody else and the key point is if all those people who had family members with covid—i9 had done what he did and travelled across the country, there would have been more deaths. that's a fact. people did the right thing and stayed at home, he broke the rules and for the government not to do

something about it, and instead for them to be trying to rewrite the rules respectively, he is weak and it adds to the sense that how are we going to police what comes next? it's very difficult for police to do that and i think he really does need the prime minister needs to sack dominic cummings. forgive me to enter up to but we are running short on time. i was keen to find out what your analysis was of what we have heard from durham police given the fa ct heard from durham police given the fact you are shadow policing minister. i want to read what they have said which is in line with national policing guidance. 0fficers explained the outlines and reiterated appropriate advice around the essential travel. in line with national policing guidance, officers explained to the family the guidelines around self—isolation and reiterated the appropriate advice around essential travel. did you accept that? yes, it was shocking the office of the prime minister over the weekend denied any conversation that happened with the

police. that was undermining the police. that was undermining the police and making theirjob harder. they did and exceptionaljob through this very difficult time, they are trying to do the right thing and it makes it much harder if people undermine what they are saying and trying to do by implying that maybe its 0k to travel across the country, maybe it's ok to drive, if your eyesight is not very good, all these things are not helping the police do theirjob and that's a real worry for me. thank you so much for joining us, appreciate your time. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come... we'll be in the us where commemorations are under way on memorial day and president trump is criticised for his behaviour over the weekend. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has said that the prime minister should reflect on his decision to back dominic cummings and "come to a different conclusion". here's some of what she said a little earlier.

i think he has come to the wrong judgment and the reason why i think that matters is that the consequences are potentially so serious. as we go into the next phases of dealing with this crisis, starting to lift lockdown restrictions and rely less on the letter of the law and more on guidance and appeal to people's good judgment, then trust in the advice we are giving and the reasons we are giving that advice is really important. and people, if they get any sense it's one rule for them and another for people in positions of authority it will become very difficult. the sacrifices people have made over the last few weeks are immense. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. the uk prime minister's top aide dominic cummings insists he won't resign and defends driving

hundreds of kilometres during the height of the lockdown. next to the us. the covid—i9 death toll there is nearing 100,000. it currently stands at 97,850, according tojohns hopkins university. today, though, it's memorial day there. that's an annual holiday that honours those who have died serving in the military. these pictures show president trump and the first lady participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the arlington national cemetery in virginia. from there, they went to baltimore, to give a speech. here's some of it. in recent months, our nation and the world have been engaged in a new form of battle against an invisible enemy. once more, the men and women of the united states military have answered the call to duty and raced into danger. tens of thousands of servicemembers and national guardsmen are on the front lines of our war against this terrible virus.

caring for patients, delivering critical supplies, and working night and day to safeguard our citizens. mr trump's trip to baltimore comes despite the mayor of the city having said this the day before. i would like to make one final plea to the president to revisit his travel plans. clearly ijust told all residents not to go out unless it is for essentialjobs. if they see the president go out for nonessential tasks, why can't they? it's the same reasons they should not take on tested they should not take untested medicine for the disease. it'sjust not smart. again, i hope the president cancelled his trip to the baltimore and shows true leadership by serving as an example to the people of our country. in contrast, the governor of maryland, the state baltimore is in, did welcome the president's visit, saying that now more

than ever we need to reflect on america's heroes. on that note, that's something the president has been accused of not doing over the weekend. this is an article in the washington post. here's a short selection of what mr trump retweeted over the weekend, tweets mocking the former georgia candidate for governor stacey abrams's weight, ridiculing house speaker nancy pelosi's looks, and one calling hillary clinton a very offensive word we won't repeat here. he also tweeted a conspiracy theory, long debunked, that a television host who he has feuded with may have killed a woman. it's notjust one newspaper. here's the new york daily news on sunday... the president has responded...

i've been speaking to julia manchester, a political reporterfor the hill, to find out what she thought what she thought of the president's trip to baltimore. i'm not surprised he went to baltimore. remember throughout this entire pandemic, president trump, while following some guidelines, has kind of almost made guidelines for himself. we have seen that those around him have all worn masks, something his own coronavirus task force have recommended that all americans do. however last week we saw the president travelled to michigan and for most of the trip he did not wear a mask despite being asked to do so. so i'm not surprised that he went to baltimore despite being told not to. i think another good thing to point out about that is that it was a democratic mayor that asked him not to come, so i think he was, partisanship would have gone against that. i think this shows that president trump wants to not only make his own guidelines and rules about this pandemic, but he wants

to almost put on a front, he wants to show that the us is somehow getting back to normal. that he wants the us to open despite the fact that we are nearing or we are at 100,000 deaths from the virus. there also criticisms levelled at him playing golf, not really marking memorial day as he should. we also had a number of pictures coming in of people holding weekend parties. memorial day often signals the start of the summer holidays in america and this was the scene in missouri, bars packed as you can see with partygoers. clearly not social—distancing. i think we can also show you this, daytona florida. state police intervene to disperse unauthorised crowds that are gathered daytona, this was taken on saturday. incredibly difficult to implement social—distancing when you are seeing pictures like this in a number of states in america?

incredibly difficult and i'm actually 20 minutes south of daytona beach and i can tell you on i'm the shore right now, it's obviously raining right now here, so not many people on the beach. but yesterday there were lots of traffic and people moving in crowds, getting to be on the shore here and the united states, part of the united states and i think it shows that people seem to think that once two months has passed, they are able to go freely about and live their lives however we are still seeing local and government officials say hold on, let's put on the brakes right now. we need to continue to have these social—distancing measures, wear masks, be smart about this because in the south—eastern portion of the united states where we have seen a lot of states and cities start to open up earlier than other parts of the country, there could be a second wave in the summer or the fall so i think we will see the results, or i hope we don't see the results of this but we could see a very dire

picture here in a couple of weeks. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitterm i'm at babitatv. hello there. we've had warm sunshine today across england and wales, but the highest temperatures were in the south. over the next few days, though, we're going to see some of that warmer air recirculate around our area of high pressure, and increasingly that warmer air wafts its way northward. so, temperatures for many of us will be rising quite a few degrees. now, today's top temperature reached 27 degrees celsius in teddington in greater london. that's just into the 80s in fahrenheit. it felt warm in the sunshine with light winds, and just down the road from teddington, this is how the sunny skies looked in the hampton area about three miles away. now, towards the north west of the uk, it clouded over in both northern ireland and scotland through the afternoon, and this cloud is a cold front. it's been bringing some rain across northern ireland and scotland. as the front moves into our area of high pressure overnight, the front weakens.

so, we could see a few patches of rain perhaps getting into northern england and north wales, but it won't amount to much at all. for many of us, it will become dry overnight, and it'll be a mild night as well, with temperatures 10—14 degrees. tomorrow, our weather front continues to push southwards. remember its weak, so just areas of cloud working in across england and wales, and for some across central and eastern parts, there might be quite a nice sunrise to start the day. through the afternoon, the cloud thins further, so bright or hazy sunny spells getting through widely across england and wales, and it's going to be warm again, with temperatures in the low to mid—20s. now, for the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, there'll be more sunshine around through the afternoon. a fresher feel to the weather, but still feeling warm in the sunshine, highs of 17—20 celsius. for wednesday, the warmer air starts to recirculate and push northwards. now, this weak weather front could bring a few splashes of rain to northern ireland, but again not amounting to too much. the fresher air still with us across parts of central and northern scotland, but the slightly more humid air is in the south.

that's where we'll see sunshine and the warmer temperatures, temperatures reaching 20—25 degrees, with some of that warmer air wafting its way into northern ireland through the afternoon. 0n into thursday, the warmer air pushes northwards. now, in scotland, in glasgow, towards the end of the week, we could see temperatures up to 2a degrees. similar weather, actually, into the weekend ahead as well. as for further south, across england and wales, that's where we'll always likely see the highest temperatures, with temperatures peaking at around roughly 27 degrees celsius later on in the week in central england.

this is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest developments and analysis here in britain and globally. the uk prime minister's top aide, dominic cummings, insists he won't resign and defends driving hundreds of kilometres during the height of the lockdown. no, i have not offered to resign. umm... did you ever consider it? no, i have not considered it. president trump commemorates fallen us veterans on memorial day, but he's been criticised for his behaviour over the weekend. the uk government has announced it will begin to reopen retail venues

injune as long as progress in containing coronavirus continues. and spain says it's going to reopen its borders, lifting the two—week coronavirus quarantine requirement for foreign travellers from july the 1st. welcome in. the uk has announced it will begin to reopen retail venues injune as long as progress in containing coronavirus continues. the prime minister, borisjohnson, made the announcement a few minutes ago. today, i want to give the retail sector notice of our intentions to reopen shops, so they, too, can get ready. so, i can announce that it is our intention to allow outdoor markets to reopen from june the 1st, subject to all premises being made covid—secu re, as well as car showrooms, which often have significant outdoor space and where it is generally

easier to apply social distancing. we know that the transmission of the virus is lower outdoors and that it is easier to follow covid—secure guidelines in open spaces. that means we can also allow outdoor markets to reopen in a safe way that does not risk causing a second wave of the virus. then, from the 15th ofjune, we intend to allow all other nonessential retail, ranging from department stores to small independent shops, to reopen. again, this change will be contingent upon progress against the five tests and will only be permitted for those retail premises which are covid—secure. countries across europe are continuing to ease their coronavirus lockdowns. on monday, gyms and pools began reopening in spain, germany, iceland and italy. spain has also announced it will lift a requirement for foreign

tourists to undergo a two—week quarantine from july the 1st. under current restrictions, visitors from abroad must isolate themselves for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. spain's foreign minister had previously said the measure would be relaxed injuly without specifying the date. greece has also begun lifting quarantine restrictions in an attempt to boost its flagging tourism industry. greeks are once again able to travel freely to the country's islands. the return of domestic travel is an important step towards restarting the wider tourism industry, which makes up at least a fifth of the greek economy. ferry services to the islands are operating with reduced capacity to ensure social distancing and passengers are having their temperatures checked. here's what greece's deputy foreign minister had to say about the easing of restrictions. greece can say it coped with the covid—19 crisis pretty well.

we had 160 people dead out of a virus and only 2000 incidents occurred in the country. so, we actually believe that we have contained what has been the first wave of this crisis, of this pandemic, and now it's time to start to open up. from today, we open up restaurants and bars. thank god we are living in a country that has pretty much good weather, so we can use the outdoor spaces in order to gather since the indoor places are still closed. and from june the 15th, we are going to open the international flights. in germany, the numbers of new virus infections have fallen sharply over the past month. swimming pools, shops, bars, restaurants, museums and churches have reopened, though social—distancing rules remain in place. chancellor merkel‘s office is considering extending social distancing for another month until the 5th ofjuly,

leading to disputes between regional governments who want the rules relaxed sooner and allies of chancellor merkel who warn that scrapping them risks a new wave of coronavirus infections. iceland eased its national alert against the coronavirus on monday. now public gatherings of up to 200 people are allowed and night clubs and gyms will reopen. icleand limited the virus spread through a meticulous test and trace strategy and a full lockdown. it has confirmed 180a infections and ten deaths. coronavirus tests have been performed on 58,841; icelanders. that's more than 16% of its people, a greater proportion than in almost any other country. castles and swimming pools in the czech republic have also been allowed to reopen. restaurants and bars are allowed to start serving customers indoors from monday as long as they wear a mask. these can be lowered only while eating or drinking. but how easy is it to have your favourite pint of beer while wearing a mask?

0ur prague correspondent rob cameron went to his local brewery to experience the new rules. the czech republic has the highest per capita beer consumption in the world. so, pubs and restaurants and breweries were hard hit by this crisis. this is my local brewery, and a few weeks ago, they were saying they may have to tip hundreds of thousands of litres of beer down the drain. now in the end, they didn't do that. they've stayed open, and from today they can once again serve food and beer inside, which is obviously a crucial source of income for them. but there are of course rules and regulations. now, as a journalist, i'm allowed to lower my mask in the course of myjob. but as a customer, i'm supposed to keep it on and only lower it when i take a sip. and i'm then supposed

to put it back up again. now, those rules and regulations have only been in place for a few hours, and the question is how many people are going to obey them. but despite the rules, this is after all a big day in the land that brought you lager. india has partially restarted domestic air travel as part of a gradual return to normality after two months of coronavirus lockdown. but dozens of flights were cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers across the country. the authorities said the flights were withdrawn because of restrictions imposed by some states affected by the virus. the flight confusion comes as the country recorded it highest daily total of 7000 new infections, taking the total number of confirmed infections to almost 140,000. 154 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, with the majority in maharashtra, the state hit hardest by the virus. more than 4000 people have died across the country so far. not all states supported the lifting

of flight restrictions, and some have introduced mandatory quarantine for those arriving. divya arya reports from delhi. there are far fewer people and orderly queues. this is delhi airport, considered the busiest in the country. the flights are resuming after being completely shut down for two months. 600 flights are resuming across cities around the country today. various measures have been put in place. at the airports, baggage and passengers is being screened before they go in and also they themselves are going through thermal screening and the staff has been given face shields and masks. for many passengers, this comes as a big relief. i'm going to my husband's place, so i'm going after almost three months. it is a good feeling, but of course we are very scared. i'm sanitising my daughters every second.

i have the news we have to home quarantined, but it's not clear. it is not clear anything about that. many passengers complained of confusion as state governments have been reluctant to resume air travel. india resumed train travel two weeks earlier and has since seen a surge in cases. these trains, which were limited in number, were meant for passenger traffic and for migrant workers wanting to go back home. now, state governments have put in place compulsory quarantine measures for these passengers as they arrive at their destinations. the aviation sector has estimated $11 million in losses, loss ofjobs and a reduction in passenger traffic due to the two—month lockdown. divya arya, bbc news, delhi. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come, we hearfrom one couple waiting for their surrogate baby currently stranded in ukraine due to coronavirus restrictions. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has lifted the nationwide state of emergency imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

while restrictions had already been eased in most of the country, they had remained in force in the capital, tokyo, and surrounding areas. here's rupert wingfield—hayes. after seven weeks, the state of emergency here in tokyo is about to be lifted. the panel of experts who've been advising prime minister shinzo abe met here in tokyo this afternoon, and they decided that the infection rate is below the 0.5 per 100,000 level, which is the rate at which they think it is safe to start reopening the city. as you can see, most people haven't actually waited. it's a monday afternoon here. well, if you'd come here over the weekend, it's been great weather here in tokyo the last few days, and this place was jammed. like everywhere else in the world, people are bored. they want this to be over. what's remarkable, though, is here injapan, we've never really had

the sort of lockdowns that have happened in cities in europe and north america, and yet, at the same time, japan has managed to keep the infection rate, but more importantly, the mortality rate from covid—19 very, very low. as of yesterday, the number of people who've died from the disease here injapan was just 830. why that is is not clear. there are lots of theories. there are, for example, people talking about the fact that everybody here wears masks. this is not a new thing that's just happened in the last few weeks. for years and years — decades — here injapan, if you get a cold, if you get a cough, it is normal for you to wear a mask. there are many cultural customs injapan that may have contributed to the stopping the spread of infection. people, for example, don't shake hands — they bow. people take their shoes off when they go into buildings. hygiene levels here are generally very, very high, and there's one other thing that people have been mentioning as perhaps significant — japan has, by far, the lowest level of obesity in the whole of the developed world.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. let's go to the ukraine now. the bbc has been told that there are now more than 100 newborn surrogate babies stranded there following restrictions brought in because of the coronavirus. that's nearly three times the number we reported a week ago. ukraine is one of the world's leading destinations for commercial surrogacy. some of the babies are stuck because flights have been cancelled, and countries that oppose surrogacy have refused to help. 0ur correspondent jonah fisher reports. manu is eight weeks old and has never met his parents. he was born to a surrogate in ukraine and is one of more than 100 babies left stranded here by the coronavirus. this is where manu should be sleeping. his biological parents have prepared a room, ready for him

13,000 kilometres away in argentina. jose and flavia decided to try surrogacy in ukraine after years of failed pregnancies and fertility treatment. but just as they were about to travel to kyiv for manu's birth, disaster struck. ukraine closed its borders and argentina cancelled all commercialflights. this is the other side of ukrainian surrogacy. this woman is a student from a poor part of the country. two weeks ago, she was paid $16,000 after she gave birth to a healthy boy for an american couple.

unlike most parts of the world, that's completely legal here. do you love that baby? hello, hi, hi, hi, jose and flavia. how are you doing? we helped to arrange a video call so manu's parents could see their son. and this is 0lga, and manuel. hola! he sings softly in spanish.

after ten minutes, manu dozes off to the sound of his father's voice. jose and flavia are now pinning their hopes on catching a special flight from argentina to europe. manu is taken back to the room where he sleeps with 30 other babies. all of them waiting for this to be over. and for their parents to come and claim them. jonah fisher, bbc news, in kyiv. a 5.6—magnitude earthquake rattled new zealand's north island early monday, but failed to crack prime ministerjacinda ardern's trademark composure as she conducted a live television interview. take a look at this. we are getting a bit of an earthquake here, ryan. quite a decent shake here. if you see things moving behind me... the ground moving behind me... the ground moving a bit more than most. has it

stopped, prime minister? 0r moving a bit more than most. has it stopped, prime minister? or is it still going? yes, hejust stopped. you working wanting to continue the interview. we are fine come awry. not under a stationary light or anything. she did not dive for cover there. you've been watching outside source and thank you forjoining us. you can keep up—to—date with all the stories on the bbc news website and of course more detailed analysis of the coronavirus pandemic around the world and here in the uk. get in touch. i'm on twitter. see you again $0011. hello. this is your latest sports news. the government has given permission for elite players from all sports to have some contact and training which sees the return of things like tackling that will allow

clu bs to things like tackling that will allow clubs to prepare for competitive fixtures. 0ur sports corp. correspondentjoe wilson reports. under lock down so far this is what professional training has looked alike. individuals practising their skills. coaches can wash my dishes but essentially it is solitary. well, the two metre barrier no longer applies. remember the old days? training won't look like this again straightaway those of initially clusters of just two again straightaway those of initially clusters ofjust two or three individuals will be allowed by the government accepted practice has to be realistic. the dcms statement reads... imagine rugby for example without physical contact. there has thus far been no return to training in premiership rugby at all. sports in

this stage will have to adhere to guidelines and limitations. for example changing rooms should still be closed and equipment cannot be shared and positive covid—19 tests must be immediately reported. and it is still the individual‘s right to t is still the individual‘s right to opt out. remember even in the first stage and separated sessions some have chosen not to return to training grounds. this is a new directive and not an order. staying with a return to football and one of the biggest derby robberies in spanish at the root get the season restarted there on the 11th ofjune. the chief of the leak hopes that realities and savea will meet behind closed doors in a match he wants to bea closed doors in a match he wants to be a tribute to all those who have died. meanwhile lionel messi and his barcelona team—mates have been trending ahead of a possible return and they have a two point lead at top of the table over it rheometer and are still involved in this

season's champions league. the german league was the first major league to return after the coronavirus shut down and one of the biggest games in the calendar they are biggest games in the calendar they a re ta kes biggest games in the calendar they are takes place on tuesday but will second—place dortmund to be able to hold off rabbit league leaders bayern munich with no fans in their home ground. it is the biggest game since the league returned but can anyone stop bayern munich in their quest for an eighth straight title? well, sitting just four points behind them art borussia dortmund who are hoping to reignite the title race when they meet on tuesday. dortmund have won both games since the restart with the form of this play are the isa confidence is aplenty in the camp. we tried to play our best football as a team because i know how high quality we have in our team so it is about getting that out in the game. and so

when we do that, we create chances. we play like a fantastic team. munich have had a 100% records as the league resumed with robert lewandowski scoring his 27th goal of yet another prolific campaign in the win saturday over frankfurt.|j yet another prolific campaign in the win saturday over frankfurt. i think after this game we have still six or seven games to go after this game. so we are in a good position right now. but of course it will be an important game for sure. the bavarians dished out a 4—0 beating to dortmund earlier this season and what was their manager's first game in charlotte with the absence of the famous yellow wall, what are the chances of a different outcome? after the home advantage will be taken up because dortmund when that place is full, 80,000 voices, the yellow wall will be empty. the atmosphere that it is famous for is not there. and that will probably

help bayern munich. dortmund don't have that huge home crowd to chew them on in this classic so it may be an advantage in the short term a nyway an advantage in the short term anyway and i must think of the past in the leak. the eyes of the football world will be on dortmund with the outcome going a long way to deciding the decimation of the title. promises to be a great match. the leak is very much back then in germany while clubs across the rest of europe are stepping up their preparations for the potential return of football next month. not the case though for the women's super league which has ended immediately. the outcome of the league title which sees chelsea trilling city by just league title which sees chelsea trilling city byjust a point must —— blush promotion and location are to be decided. they been expecting for some time this news and there will be disappointment and sadness generally but it will not come as a great surprise. most of them agree this is the right decision and

sensible and the fa says this comes after overwhelming feedback from clu bs after overwhelming feedback from clubs who are united in a sense in this agreement that they could not really continue. at least 45 games and 36 championship games left unplayed but still to decide now where the clubs will finish in the table and there are decisions to be made by the main fa board regarding matters around relegation and promotion and how to decide final league placement for those clubs who had games in hand. so there are some big decisions to come but we do know for certainty is that clubs will not play any more games this season. let's round up some of the day possibly other stories. united's hopes of keeping this striker on gato are looking slimmer with the chinese side shanghai keen for him to return when his loan spell ends at the end of the month. he was signed on a short—term loan deal in

january and has scored four goals. ac milan's is a has injured his calf in training with reports suggesting the injury could be career threatening to the swede but milan told bbc sport they will have tests on tuesday. the more striker for united joined milan on a three year deal in december. and george kruis says he is not closing the door on international rugby board despite announcing he is leaving saracens to move to the japanese side panasonic wild nights. the rfq does not normally select players based abroad but they have not ruled out selection of those players who move overseas from saracens. and staying with rugby and three players are looking for new clubs, the australian trio were released from

their international and domestic contracts after refusing to take a pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic. their club kept us as a situation has reaffirmed the view of the whole squad without them.|j spent a lot of time left them over the years we were to supported us in the years we were to supported us in the goal and we like having them around but it is something that happens. everyone has a decision to make in the pandemic and they have made theirs butjust reaffirms all the guys who were here really want to be here and have a lot of proof. looking forward to putting on those cleats in the jersey again. and there was another charity golf event in the us with tiger woods and bill mickelson pairing up with nfl stars peyton manning and tom brady and the former patriots quarterback tom brady showing just how it is done. this is him just casually making an eagle on a par five. this is him just casually making an eagle on a parfive. he might be one of the most talented sportspeople on the planet but could he be in need here of a new air of trousers after a bit ofa here of a new air of trousers after a bit of a malfunction shall we say?

get the latest news at our website and for me and the rest of the team thank you for watching and we will see you again very soon. hello there. most of us will have a dry week coming up with spells of sunshine. it's going to get a bit warmer as well. the reason for that is over recent days, thejet stream has been dredging up some warm air from the subtropics and moving it over to the uk. that warm air is going to get incorporated into an area of high pressure, which will tend to recirculate it and push it northwards with time. so, it will be getting warmer for quite a few of us. i'll take a look at what has been going on. on monday, we had lots of sunshine across the uk, but across the north west, we ended the day with this stripe of cloud working in, which was a weather front, a cold front, that brought some rain to northern ireland and scotland as well. now that front continues to journey southwards, and we pick up the weather front across parts of england and wales on tuesday. this stripe of cloud, a very weak weather front, so not a great deal of rain,

if any, falling from it. and, indeed, as we go through the afternoon, cloud will thin and we should see some bright or hazy sunny spells coming through across england and wales. it's there that we have that air that originated from the subtropics, so temperatures low to mid—20s and feeling a tad on the humid side. further north, for northern ireland, scotland and northern england, a fresher feel to the weather, but still warm in the sunshine. highs up to 20 degrees or so. now as we head through tuesday night, our cold front starts to push a little bit further southwards. we get fresher air, so it will be a cooler kind of night across the north of the uk, with temperatures just dipping down into single figures. but quite warm and a little on the muggy side across southern parts of england and wales, 13, 14 degrees. the high pressure stays with us on wednesday, but as it shifts position, some of that warmer air will start to recirculate and push its way northwards. so, this is how the weather looks on wednesday. again, for most of england and wales, it's a dry story with spells of sunshine developing through the day. any cloud, perhaps an odd spot of rain in northern ireland,

moving away with the weather brightening up into the afternoon, and it'll start to turn warmer here as well as the day goes by. still feeling a tad on the humid side for england and wales, but fresher air still with us there in scotland, where it might turn a little bit cloudierfor a time. by thursday, that warmer air will be reaching further northwards across the uk, maybe a few showers from a week weather front clearing northwards from scotland, and then it's dry pretty much across the board. dry and getting warmer, as well. temperatures in belfast, 20 degrees, and 22 in edinburgh, but we could see highs reach up to around 27 degrees across inland areas of england. and for friday, it's another fine and dry day coming up, and again that warmer air continues its journey northwards. so, in the sunshine, it's going to feel that bit warmer across northern ireland and scotland. temperatures in edinburgh could reach around 24 degrees. some warm weather there for the moray coastline, northern highland, and again the warmest air will be across inland areas of england, the mid, perhaps the high 20s. 0n into the weekend,

it's a dry weekend coming up with high pressure still with us and its warm as well. glasgow seeing temperatures up to 24 degrees celsius for a time over the weekend. across england and wales, again, lots of sunshine around, a little bit of patchy cloud and temperatures well up into the mid—20s quite widely. now beyond that, into next week, high pressure is still influencing our weather, but the atlantic is trying to push weather fronts in from the west. and just how quickly that happens will determine whether we do eventually see a change in our weather, but what we know for sure is this dry weather is going to last for quite a few days yet to come.

tonight at 10 — no apology from the prime minister's top adviser as he defends his decision to drive hundreds of miles during the lockdown. dominic cummings said there were "exceptional family circumstances", and rejected the idea that he'd undermined the government's own instruction to stay home. in this very complex situation, i tried to exercise my judgment as best i could. i believe in all circumstances i behaved reasonably and legally. and the prime minister once again gave his support despite the anger of many, who say it's one rule for mr cummings and another for tens of millions of others. of course i...