this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 7.00: anthony used his huge online following to educate his followers about coronavirus safety protocols. both players feature in a bbc groups including right—wing activists have clashed with police programme this weekend, in central london as they gathered and spoke about the shock near parliament and the statue of sir winston churchill. of when the season shut down explosions, shouting it was a sad day. we where dead meanwhile, in trafalgar square, smack into lake at the heart of the protestors threw objects at police as they tried to contain the crowds. season, and adam was the guy who led another 181 people in the uk us. season, and adam was the guy who led us. he made a decision to shut the have died after testing nba down and we supported him as positive for coronavirus, players because we knew we was the bringing the total pioneers and the leaders in that space of making hard, crucial decisions that can affect and will affect a lot of people. holy moly. this is really happening. now it's really like almost like a wake—up call, and it was really serious. now, we can't ignore it any more. we can't just serious. now, we can't ignore it any more. we can'tjust pretend that this is not happening here. it's happening here, and it's proven to have happened and has hit the

country very greatly. so brilliance contributors on that programme. you can watch a little bit later on. it's on at half past seven, it's called the virus ‘the virus, the lockdown and the return of sport‘ can be seen here on bbc news at half past seven on bbc news. that's all from sportsday. plenty more to come throughout the evening, bye—bye. hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic.

i'm annita mcveigh. on today's programme, the world health organization says that up to 40% of coronavirus cases could be people with no symptoms. and how technology is helping in the fight against the virus. you can keep up to date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. first, there is growing evidence that a second wave of covid—19 has hit iran, which was one of the earliest epicentres of the virus, but despite the increase in cases, there is no new lockdown in place yet for the 80 million people living there. some cities have already been announced as red zones for infection. bbc persian had this report. could this be iran's second wave of coronavirus? the country was opened up from lockdown just about a month ago. and this is how it looks now in one city. buses are being used to transfer covid—19 patients to the capital of the province. it is one of at least nine provinces

where infections are rising rapidly. according to iran's ministry of health, this province in the south—east is now a red zone. the hospitals are full. their staff are overwhelmed. last week iran recorded the highest daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases since the first were reported four months ago. many local officials say this is a second wave of infections. but iran's president insists that the term second wave creates too much fear among people. there are no signs of social distancing here. shoppers and street vendors don't seem too worried. the authorities say this is the reason behind the recent spike, that people have ignored public health advice and travel to other cities. translation: in the last 24 hours,

we learned that about 60 or 70% of the new patients have travelled to other cities recently. this has happened during holidays, as we were expecting. as life begins to look relatively normal in large parts of iran, iran's official number of cases is 176,000, with over 80,000 deaths. but many including the iranian parliament believe the correct number of infections is eight or ten times more and the death at least twice as much. the president has warned that if people don't follow social distancing, the restrictions may be reimposed. but the economy, already badly hit by us sanctions and corruption, is on its knees. many say that iran can't afford another lockdown, even if the government wants to.

the who has admitted there is a big unknown about how many coronavirus infections are caused by people who don't have symptoms of the disease. one of its scientist had suggested it was rare for the virus to be spread this way, but the organisation now says up to 40% of infections could come from people who have no sign of being ill, and that could make the virus harder to stop, our science editor david shukman reports. this is a message from the government's chief medical 0fficer about coronavirus. if you or anyone in your house... for months, government advice has focused on symptoms, how you must isolate if you get them. you should all stay at home. but what about people who don't look as if they have the disease but are still carrying the virus? like paramedic chelsey mason, who had a test for coronavirus and expected to be clear. i felt absolutely fine.

i came into work and had the test done, and a couple of days later i got a call back saying it was positive, so really shocked because i had no symptoms whatsoever. so, how many cases are there without symptoms? a study at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge found that 3% of the staff are positive but didn't show it. in the us, at a care home in washington state, the numbers were higher. 56% of people with the virus had no indication of being ill. and on the diamond princess, a cruise ship offjapan, as many as 72% of positive cases showed no symptoms at all. if someone becomes infected, it may ta ke if someone becomes infected, it may take five days before they show any signs of illness. but in the 48 hours before the symptoms start, they could be passing the onus on. and there is a category of people who catch the virus, and that no stage have any symptoms at all may

be for ten days or more. no one really knows. have any symptoms at all, may be for ten days or more, no one really knows, and scientists are desperate to find out how much they can spread the virus. one of the first things i thought about was, oh, my god, i have done two night shift, i have come into contact with six or seven patients per night, i have been with my crew mate for 12 hours. as much as we minimise the risk, it is still there, and with me being positive and not knowing about it, i could have passed it on. working out if that is going on now is really difficult. the government is mainly testing people who may have symptoms. those who don't might slip through the net. so scientists in norwich want to test the entire city. 100,000 people. they say it is the only way to discover who is spreading the virus. if you don't realise you are ill, as we come out of lockdown, and people are going to have more contact than they did previously, the risk from those individuals is likely to increase.

the upshot is that keeping a safe distance still matters, and where you can't, governments around the world are recommending face coverings in case you have got the virus and don't know it. almost 300,000 children in india could die due to severe malnutrition and lack of access to essential life—saving services over the next six months according to a study byjohn hopkins university. the rise in hunger has been made much worse by the coronavirus lockdown, with the country's daily wage earners suffering the most. millions have lost theirjobs and are struggling to feed theirfamilies. this report comes from delhi, where malnutrition levels among children were already among some of the highest in the world. too much hunger, too little food. withjobs gone, it is a fight for survival. hunger was always an issue here, but this desperation is new. for these children just

outside the capital, delhi, even one meal a day now feels like a triumph. this baby is just one—month—old. his parents rely on daily wages to buy food, and like millions of others, they lost work after the government announced a lockdown in march. translation: we used to cook rice and vegetables before the lockdown. our children ate well. now they remain hungry because we have no money and no work. children under five are vulnerable to severe malnutrition. india is the worst in the world, with one in five children affected, and that might have become much worse. this is almost a perfect storm for malnutrition in this region, with a very vulnerable population,

a decline in quantity and quality of diet and without the access to the essential services that children need to prevent and treat malnutrition. for children who were already malnourished, these months have been even harder. translation: this mother says she has lost weight during the lockdown, and her condition could worsen because there is little support. fore more than 445 years the indian government has won a child development scheme to provide nutrients and vitamins to children under the age of six. most of the more than i million centres shut down during lockdown. some of them are trying to home deliver a much smaller quantity of seafood supplements at a time when they are most critical

of food supplements at a time when they are most critical for young child ren's development. now it is ordinary citizens who have stepped up. like here, where one hot meal a day is delivered to 500 children in the past two months. but it is hardly enough. translation: i can provide one or two meals, but children need breakfast, lunch and dinner. they are not getting the nutrition they need. despite a surge in coronavirus cases, the lockdown is easing. the government has a huge dilemma. how to stop the deadly spread of the disease and protect the most vulnerable, particularly children, from hunger and even starvation. they haven't yet found all the answers. that's it for now. her mind or you can that's it for now. her mind or you ca n follow that's it for now. her mind or you can follow me on twitter. had to the bbc news website for the latest information. thanks for watching.

hello. it is a bit of a weekend of mixed fortunes out there. for some of us, sunny and warm conditions lasting through the weekend, elsewhere, some torrential downpours. this was the scene a little earlier in staffordshire. some earlier in staffordshire. blue sky and some fairwea cloud some blue sky and some fairweather cloud around there. through the rest of the weekend, we are expecting a mix of some blue sky and sunshine, it will feel quite warm and humid, but also some thundery downpours. that is courtesy of the area of low pressure. this cloud swirls around, it's a deep area of low pressure, moving up to the uk out of the bay of biscay. there are showers around that area, warm and humid air out there as well. as we head on into this evening, a showery theme, particularly close to that area of low pressure to the south—west. for parts of wales and south—west of england, potentially heavy and thundery showers.

some hail and some squally winds associated with some of these thunderstorms. fewer showers as we push across more ireland and northern ireland as well. perhaps one or two. a brighter end to the day compared to how we started the day for the north of england. still quite cloudy for scotland this evening, a few showers towards the east, cooler under the cloud in scotland. elsewhere, we have got that humid air sticks with us tonight elsewhere. temperatures round about 11 to 14 celsius. a mild start to sunday. tomorrow promises something pretty similar to today. some sunshine around for many of us, cloudier for the north—east of england and eastern scotland, cooler under the cloud. in the sunshine, once again, it's been quite warm or humid. generally too low, possibly even the mid—20s for some of us. again, that threat of some heavy downpours working into parts of wales and south—west england, potentially a few for north—west england and northern ireland. they will still be lingering around

on monday, low—pressure starting to ease away but we still have got it closeby on monday, so another day of sunny spells, some warm and humid conditions bulding through the day, again, that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, especially towards the west. further east, we will see fewer of those really heavy showers. temperatures still reasonably warm, 18—24 celsius. showers lasting through the first half of this coming week but it does look drier towards the end of the week. 00:14:27,676 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 bye— bye.