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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: as the uk considers plans for summer travel, the spanish foreign minister says british citizens will be allowed into spain without needing to quarantine from tomorrow. we'll allow british visitors to enter spain, just like the rest of the european union or schengen area, from the 21st ofjune, freely and without the need for a quarantine. a review into the two metre social distancing rule in england is due to conclude soon. the chancellor says he wants businesses to be able to trade again. particularly for the hospitality industry, for our pubs, for our restaurants, are keen to see if there are some changes that can be made. that's why we're reviewing the rule and, as i said, the outcome will be announced later this week.
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anti—racism protests have been held in cities in the uk for the fourth weekend in a row. three children have died and a woman is critically ill after a fire at their flat in paisley near glasgow. president trump's supporters gather in tulsa for his first campaign rally since the covid—19 outbreak reached the us. hello and welcome to bbc news. spain will allow uk travellers to enter the country "freely and without quarantine from tomorrow", the country's foreign minister has told us this evening. arancha gonzalez laya said discussions were continuing with the uk government about exempting spanish visitors from quarantine rules here. she told geeta guru—murthy that her country's decision
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is partly out of respect for the hundreds of thousands of british citizens who have second homes in spain. what we have done is we've made a decision, we will allow british visitors to enter spain, just like the rest of the european union or schengen area, from the 21st ofjune, freely and without the need for quarantine. we will, nevertheless, continue to apply a triple check. passengers will be checked for their origin, checked for temperature and we will be asking everybody to register so that we know we have a contact point where to trace them in case they get contaged with coronavirus. we want to make sure that we welcome visitors, but we want to do this in safety and security for them as well as for the spaniards.
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and you are announcing this unilaterally? has there been a deal the other way? we are discussing with the uk authorities to see if they would do the same on their side. we nevertheless are doing this out of respect for the 400,000 british citizens that have a second residence in spain and that are dying to benefit from their homes in our country. we want to make sure that we honour our commitment to treat british citizens who are, on an epidemiological basis, similar to other european union member states to continue to be able tojoin their homes in spain as from the 21st ofjune. so you still don't know whether those in spain who want to come to the uk will face quarantine, is that correct? that is correct, that's up to the british authorities. we do hope that they will be sensitive to the 250,000 spaniards that are also living in the uk and would very much like to enter the uk without a quarantine. but we also respect that countries
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look at entry or exit restrictions on the basis of their own data and on the basis of their own considerations. these are tough times, we don't have a vaccine or treatment yet, so we understand that we all have to remain cautious. we nevertheless want to welcome visitors, we urge them to remain vigilant, to follow sanitary recommendations and to make sure that, out of respect for them, theirfamilies, friends and neighbours, they behave so that we keep covid under check. spain's foreign minister. 0ur correspondent katie prescott gave me her reaction to the spanish foreign minister's announcement. i thought it was really interesting in the interview. she said she was speaking to britain on behalf of the people who own a second home in spain, because if you go there for a longer period of time, things from the uk side might change.
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what we are expecting here is on the 29th ofjune, a review of those quarantine rules. so you go to spain and come back, you will have to isolate for two weeks. but the 29th ofjune, we are expecting an announcement from ministers, especially on european short—haul destinations, spain potentially among those because of its popularity with brits as a holiday destination, you won't have to quarantine when you come back — there will be what they call an air bridge in place. we have to lift things here, not just for people who want international holiday but people who perhaps need to go away at home, and how can they do that to pubs and restaurants are still not sure when they will be able to reopen or how? we're hoping, again, for an announcement on that on the 4th ofjuly and that people will be able to book staycations from that period. if you want to go to wales, for example, there was an announcement yesterday that you will be able to go in a self—catering cottage
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from the 13th of july. but as you say, bars and restaurants, things people might like to enjoy when they go on holiday, may well not be opening as soon as that. so much i've spoken to say it takes time to put measures in place that they're going to be asked to do and we haven't had those guidelines yet from the government, although people are putting things in place that they think will be needed. so, yes, i think the unlocking isn't going to be as swift as people might hope. people have been able to meet each other more easily outdoors, so what is it likely to mean for campsites, for example, where it would be easier to socially distance, even if restrictions are lifted? we're starting to see campsites and caravan sites put measures in place to try and reflect those guidelines. as you say, it is easier to go on holiday, perhaps, to somewhere like that, but until we have a full announcement on it, i'm afraid,
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we won't know exactly what that will look like. 0ur our business correspondent katie prescott. the chancellor, rishi sunak, says the government will announce in the coming week whether the two metre social distancing rule will be relaxed in england. boris johnson has been facing increasing pressure from his own backbenchers and the hospitality industry, to ease retrictions to help businesses. but the government's scientific advisers say that being one metre apart carries up to 10 times the risk than being two metres apart. in the last 2a hours, 128 deaths linked to covid—i9 have been recorded in the uk — that takes the total of number of people reported to have died from coronavirus to 42,589. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo has the latest. when will the next pints be pulled in this pub in york? it needs to be safe, profitable and inviting — a tall order under current restrictions. we're a small historic street corner pub — lots of pinch points,
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narrow corridors. we're going to struggle with any sort of social distancing measures for that reason, really. 0ne metre might work, two definitely won't. we were hoping to hear yesterday, we need to be having concrete guidance about what is expected from us as licensees. two weeks today is the earliest that pubs will be allowed to reopen. the government has been alive to their concerns for some time. a review of the two metre rule is under way. and ministers now say a conclusion is coming soon. the outcome of that review will be announced this week. 0bviously, that's something that will make an enormous difference, i think, to many businesses who are keen to see a change. obviously, we need to go through that review, but i'm very understanding of the calls for action on that, particularly for the hospitality industry, for our pubs, for our restaurants, are keen to see if there are any changes that can be made. but the future of the two metre rule
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is crucial for schools, too. a relaxation would allow more children into classrooms, as northern ireland is planning. the uk's chief medical officers have now downgraded the covid alert level, opening the way to further easing. we're in a situation where we have a virus that is still circulating. this is key. so, in terms of it being safe, i would say no relaxation measure is 100% safe, but of course we are in a phase where we can cautiously start to relax measures. whether to relax the two metre rule is a key decision for the government, and one that's been a pressure point for some time. it's about balancing the scientific advice on the best way to keep coronavirus at bay with the impact of those measures on the economy. while the direction of travel does now seem clear, some tory mps say ministers haven't acted fast enough. if we don't get the economy moving now, which is why the two to one metre is so critical, then we will see companies simply calling it a day and putting people into unemployment, and that will change massively and i don't want that to happen. it will be awhile before pubs look like this again, but they — and many other businesses —
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hope they'll at least have the chance to start down that road. leila nathoo, bbc news. jo cox—brown is the founder of night time economy solutions. she and her team are working with 25 towns and cities across the uk, looking at how their night time economies can re—open safely. thank you very much forjoining us. the people you're working with, how important is it that this two metres is reduced to one metre? it's really important. all of the night—time economy businesses, the licensed trade, that this to me to roll his oi’ trade, that this to me to roll his orjust to one metre. we are looking at two metres, certain premises being able to open, we need to get into one metre. this is a matter of saving jobs. we are looking at about 30,000 businesses being lost every
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day. even with a one metre rule in place, what sort of provisions are businesses having to prepare for? business are having to pay for all kinds of things, staff training is one, they are having to rewrite all their policies for i ——, they are having to do new risk assessments, hitting people to queue outside, there are also having to look at new menus. when i opened a premises over ten years ago, it took six weeks in order to prepare. we are now only two weeks away from what the government is saying the opening time and therefore, it's not really enough time to prepare well, especially with all these additional things that we need to do. given they don't know what they are preparing for, what is their best guess? how are they trying to get ready? they are looking at retail, we are also looking at other
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countries and what they have done. they're also looking at current guidelines, operating with deliveries and off sales, and also there looking at hospitality, well—versed in managing customers and their safety in a variety of circumstances. so they are fairly well prepared to do that. however, there are so many unknowns at the moment, it's really hard to fully prepare. you mentioned jobs are at sta ke, prepare. you mentioned jobs are at stake, businesses could close, so how much of a burden is it to invest in screens, potentially, ppe, extra cleaning services on these is mrs? yeah, we are talking thousands of pounds here, and this is businesses that have not been training for 12 weeks, and if you remember right back to the start of lockdown, they we re back to the start of lockdown, they were shot down with only a day's noticed and so they believe don't have that money sat in the bank to prepare, so we have that money sat in the bank to
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prepare, so we are have that money sat in the bank to prepare, so we are working with businesses at the moment, particularly independence. we are saying, please don't spend huge amount on issue pair to reopen, use what you have got —— don't spend huge amount of money. there is quite a lot of investment going in behind the scenes, even in stocking of our restau ra nts. the scenes, even in stocking of our restaurants. this quite a lot of money that goes into buying all of those products fresh. jo cox-brown from the night time economy solutions, thank you very much for joining us. my pleasure. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster penny smith and chief sports reporter at the sun, martin lipton. just to remind you, just a little bit after 10:30pm — don't write in when we are a little bit late. people have been gathering at anti—racism rallies in a number
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of towns and cities across the uk, including london and glasgow, despite appeals to stay away due to the lockdown restrictions. chi chi izundu reports. black lives matter! for a fourth consecutive weekend, people have taken to the streets in the name of protest. black lives matter! the numbers aren't as large but the message is the same. if we don't fight for it, no—one's going to listen to us. we have a voice, so we have to use it. the uk isn't innocent, you know? so i am here standing with the whole world right now. with all of us together, hopefully we make enough noise made for the better. tomorrow is the anniversary of when the ship empire windrush docked in essex and it's been three months since the windrush scandal review was published, which detailed how some of those who came on that ship were told they were in britain illegally and in some cases deported decades later. we also need to ensure
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that they implement the home office review into the windrush scandal! cheering and applause the government currently in power at the moment implements the previous recommendations from the past — and those recommendations include the david lammy review, the mcgregor review, the angelini review and the home office review into the windrush scandal. say it loud, say it clear! in glasgow, despite police and the scottish government appeals to stay away because of coronavirus, people gathered in george square. these scuffles from cou nter— protesters controlled by officers at an otherwise peaceful event. the purpose is to send a message that glasgow says no to racism and fascism, glasgow says no to thuggery. the people gather here to celebrate, and we are also
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here to raise our voice that fascism and racism is not welcome in this city. there was a gathering in newcastle. and people demonstrated in coventry. nojustice, no peace! protest organisers say they are grateful that the prime minister has heard their call for change, but they'll keep protesting until that reform and change is tangible. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: as the uk considers plans for summer travel, the spanish foreign minister says british citizens will be allowed into spain without needing to quarantine from tomorrow. the outcome of a review of the two metre social distancing rule in england will be announced in the coming days. the chancellor, rishi sunak, says it's important for businesses to be able to trade again. three children have died and a woman is critically ill after a fire at their flat in paisley near glasgow. there have been no new cases
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of coronavirus in northern ireland since yesterday — and one death linked to the disease — according to the daily figures from the stormont department of health. 0ur correspondent clodagh rice is in belfast. well, these figures are published on stormont‘s department of health's daily dashboard. they relate to tests carried out by trusts in their labs, and this is the first time since their reporting started, since lockdown began, that there have been no new cases in the last 2a hours. now, there has been one more coronavirus—related death in the last 2a hours, but speaking on the news of zero new cases for the first time in the last 2a hours, we have, in the last few minutes, received a statement from the health minister here, robin swann. he says, we are continuing to make significant progress, forcing this virus into retreats, and he says that this is due to a massive, collective effort by people across northern ireland. but, he says, it's vital we maintain this progress and keep following public health advice
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around things like social distancing and washing our hands. we've also had a statement in the last few minutes from the chief medical officer here, dr michael mcbride. he says that we have undoubtedly made important strides forward and that the people of northern ireland deserve great praise for the sacrifices they have made in response to this virus, but he says that covid—19 remains a very real threat and that now is not the time to drop guard. so, this isjust one day with no new cases it will be interesting to see how this trend carries out over the next days and weeks ahead. clodagh rice in belfast. three children have died and their mother is critically ill, after a fire at their family home in paisley. the blaze broke out last night. 0ur scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie has been at the scene this evening. we know that the emergency services attended the flat and that upstairs
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flat in paisley around 9pm last night. a spokeswoman said six crews attended and were met with what she described as a well—developed place on the first floor. the three children who died, they were initially taken to hospital in glasgow, and they were named as 12 euros fee on a, eight—year—old alexanderjames and euros fee on a, eight—year—old alexander james and five—year—old philip gibson and we know that they are all siblings, all from the same family ——12—year—old fiona. the woman, the 39—year—old woman taken to hospital in paisley and is said to hospital in paisley and is said to be in critical condition, we understand she is the mother of those three children. she was taken to hospital in paisley and she is still there, we are told, in a critical condition and police have said that they are continuing their inquiries into the cause of the
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fire. alexandra mckenzie reporting from paisley. donald trump says his former national security adviser, john bolton, will pay "a really big price" for writing a book in which he alleges the us president asked for china's help to win re—election. the comments come after a judge refused a request from the white house to block publication on national security grounds. the president is preparing to hold his first rally for supporters since the beginning of march. peter bowes sent us this update from los angeles. it's hugely anticipated, this event, mostly by donald trump's supporters, and a lot of critics and a lot of concern about how it is going to unfold, concern possibly because of the protest but perhaps greater concern because of coronavirus spreading. tulsa in fact saw a peak in terms of infections there in the last week and lots of health experts in that city are concerned about many of these 19,000 people being in
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close quarters, indoors, shouting and screaming as they do with these type of rallies, exactly the kind of environment where the virus could spread very quickly. how badly, though, does president trump need rallies like that to get started ain? rallies like that to get started again? he needs them, i would say, very badly because he has made no secret of fact he has been itching to get back to these he seems to be very much at home in the kind of unfiltered atmosphere of a trump rally. he might be using a tele— printer but there's a lot of ad—libbed words there and is the environment that he seems to enjoy. it brings a very close to his most loyal supporters and very often, these events are televised by the american networks. you could say in a sense that it is free publicity for the president and especially as he moves forward and as we head towards the election in november. we have not seen that much ofjoe biden, of course, his opponent for the democrats over the last few months i think the trump campaign is
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hoping that if there are many more of these rallies, it will give him the edge that perhaps he has lost over the last few months. the edge that perhaps he has lost over the last few monthslj the edge that perhaps he has lost over the last few months. i was going to say, what are the democrats trying to do to make sure they are not left behind if these rallies are going to start again? the democrats have been treating coronavirus very cautiously. joe biden has for the most pa rt cautiously. joe biden has for the most part been hold up in the basement of his home. he has been up to one or two events but there's no indication at the moment that they are likely to try to copy, to mirror the kind of huge gatherings that donald trump is planning to do for the next few weeks and months, at least until the health experts say it is safe to get out and do that, so it is safe to get out and do that, so they are, on the one hand, trying to seemly do the right thing by being sternly cautious and do what americans have been told to do, in terms of not gathering in large groups, but they do have this huge dilemma in terms of putting the former vice president in a position
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where he can attract a huge audience. peter bowes in la. protestors in washington, dc have pulled down and burnt a statue of poet and jurist albert pike, who served as a confederate general. crowds cheered and chanted "black lives matter" as demonstrators used rope and chains to bring the statue down. police looked on but did not intervene. in a tweet, president trump said the police were not doing theirjob — and those responsible should be immediately arrested. youth charities in the uk say they have lost touch with thousands of vulnerable teenagers during lockdown. in many cases, outreach workers say they've only been able to reach 20% of the young people they were seeing before youth clubs were closed more than two months ago. but many teenagers who are in touch with youth services have said the lockdown has actually had a positive effect on them. anna adams reports. it is quiet at the moment, like. it's not normally like this. tamsir is 18, and he's enjoying lockdown. this part of coventry has seen
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some of the worst gang violence in the city. but right now, tamsir says, it feels quieter and safer than usual. one of my friends passed away, got killed in hillfields, and about two weeks after, one of my other friends got killed as well. if it wasn't for the lockdown, there would be more killings, there would be more attacks and stuff like that. so i feel like the lockdown has helped coventry young people in a big way, because they're not reacting out of anger straightaway and stuff like that. you see, this is where all the activity happens. one of his friends was killed in a drive—by shooting at 2:30pm here in hillfields, and another was stabbed to death at a petrol station just a mile away. they were both 19. # they don't know about the block life...#. tamsir‘s brother is a rapper. he was shot in the head seven months ago. he survived.
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well, this is one of the most diverse and deprived areas in the whole country, and these streets here have been much quieter than usual during lockdown. and with so many teenagers forced to stay indoors, a lot of them have said that this has given them time to really focus on themselves. unique lives two miles away. she wants to be an actress, but she's just lost herjob in a hotel. i need the money to get places. my mum's not always going to give me money as i'm 18 years of age. so that's a real struggle. i have applied for some jobs, like asda and that. i think i've actually seen who my true people are. that's a real deep one. i've seen who actually checks up on me. now that i'm in lockdown, i think it's a blessing in disguise. georgia is doing her a—levels. she says the time out has given her a new perspective. it gives me time to think for myself. this lockdown‘s actually made me realise that i'm the only person that can help myself get to where i need to be in life. kushan singh is a youth worker. he's worried some teenagers might start breaking the rules. on a friday evening here,
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we have 80—100 young people attend. we're not going to be able to have sessions like that for the foreseeable future. it's safety in numbers for a lot of the young people that live in this area and that's when it becomes, is it going to be the criminal world that starts hosting those young people? and that's our biggest fear. but tamsir wants to use lockdown to make his parents proud. at the end of the day, they have come to this country and they want to see their kids do something better than they have. i want to show my parents that, listen, iwill do something different. anna adams, bbc news, and over the last year, 17—year—old greta thunberg has become one the most famous climate campaigners in the world, but for the last three months, she's been in lockdown at home in stockholm. she believes there are important lessons to be learnt from the coronavirus pandemic — and the black lives matter protests — that could help in
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the fight to tackle climate change. she's been speaking to our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt in her first major interview since the coronavirus pandemic struck. this isn't the greta thunberg the world normally sees — a teenager doing a jigsaw in the quiet of her locked—down flat. greta says she hopes coronavirus will change the way the world approaches the climate challenge. it shows that, during a crisis, you act and you act with necessary force. it feels like the corona crisis has sort of changed the role of science in our societies, that we are suddenly starting to understand that, "oh, yeah, we actually have to listen to the experts. that's actually something we depend on." she's been following the black lives matter movement and sees an important link between action on climate and action on other issues, including racism. it is always the fight forjustice.
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and it feels like we have passed some kind of social tipping point, where people are starting to realise that we cannot keep looking away from these things, we cannot keep sweeping these things under the carpet, these injustices. the growing appetite for protest she says she is seeing around the world gives her hope for the future. we can see an awakening in the last couple of years, where people are starting to find their own voice, to sort of understand that they can actually have an impact. in a few weeks' time, she'll be back at school, but the teenager says she will not stop campaigning on climate. i will definitely continue to be an activist. the need for that is not going to reduce, unfortunately. so don't expect greta thunberg to fade into the background. this weekend sees the annual summer solstice, which is traditionally
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it's the summer solstice this evening, at 22:43 to be precise, and is traditionally marked at stonehenge — but this year, the historic site is closed because of coronavirus. normally, thousands of people gather there every year to celebrate. tomorrow, though, you'll still be able to see the sun rise, as english heritage will be live—streaming it on their website. the uk will be treated to 16 hours and 38 mins of daylight. make the most of it tomorrow. the weather forecast now with nick. hello. most of us have avoided the showers today. there is a greater chance of catching them tomorrow, after overnight rain tonight, and edging in toward western parts of britain, it will sweep east across the uk throughout the night and will be accompanied by strong southerly winds as well. not reaching the far northeast of scotland, far southeast of england until early in the morning, and overnight temperatures holding
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in double figures. so, tomorrow, we'll have some morning rain across parts of eastern england. it pushes north across scotland and through the northern isles into the afternoon. behind the rain, though, it brightens up. there's some sunshine, yes, but there are some showers around. anywhere could catch a shower, but most likely, most frequent towards northern ireland, northern england and scotland, where some will be heavy, possibly thundery as well. and it'll move through fairly quickly on very brisk south—south—westerly winds, gusting higher than this — these are average speeds. some gusts around 30 to 40 mph. it will be a bit cooler where you get most frequent showers and stronger winds tomorrow, but where you see most of the sunshine, through central and eastern parts of england, the low 20s. hello, this is bbc news, with me, martine croxall. the headlines: as the uk considers plans for summer travel, the spanish foreign minister
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