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this is bbc world news, the headlines... scientists at imperial college in london have begun human trials of a new candidate for a vaccine against the coronavirus. if it works, it could be cheaper and easier to manufacture in mass quantities. a us appeals court has ordered
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a federaljudge to drop the criminal case against president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn. mr. flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi over contacts with russia just before donald trump took office. the international monetary fund says the coronavirus pandemic is damaging the world economy even more than it previously forecast. it predicts that global output this year will shrink by nearly 5% and russia has held its delayed victory day parade, marking 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany in world war two. those of the latest headlines here on bbc world news. those of the latest headlines here on bbc world news. four and a half thousand staff at airports across the uk look set to lose theirjobs. managers at swissport — the company that employs everyone from baggage handlers to check—in staff — say the loss of revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic is to blame.
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from manchester airport, our business correspondent sarah corker reports. they handled your luggage after you checked in, manage freight and security even de—ice planes. swissport is a vital link in a familiar name at our airports. but the firm says to survive this crisis it needs to cut more than half of its uk workforce. macon is an aircraft dispatcher and union rep at east midlands airport. i'm really worried. obviously, we knew that some kind of redundancies were coming. but not on the scale that they've put out today. with things as they are in the aviation, and get as they are in the aviation, and get a struggle to get anotherjob. global travel restrictions and quarantine rules have crippled the aviation sector. entire fleets were grounded for a time. and demand may not turn back to
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pre—virus levels until 2020 for. this was gatwick today. swissport handles flight at most international and regional airports across the uk. including operations at gatwick, he think and here at manchester. at the runways and the skies have been eerily quiet for months now. and a letter to staff the companies chief executive that they've coped with crises in the past but it's never seen anything like coronavirus. and major airlines including british airways and virgin atlantic have already announced they plan to cut tens of thousands of jobs. the announced they plan to cut tens of thousands ofjobs. the industry has repeated its calls for the government to do more. volumes will be much, much lower for government to do more. volumes will be much, much lowerfora government to do more. volumes will be much, much lower for a long time. and even when they do recover it could well be the lower level than we saw even last year for the next three or four years. short travel may come back sooner because obviously travelling domestically doesn't involve the complexity of borders or quarantine. unions
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have warned that the scale of these latest job losses could warned that the scale of these latestjob losses could threaten the very survival of regional airports. and the way we move around has changed. at manchester airport today only a trickle of planes were taking off and landing. and this is an industry shrinking and adapting to the new reality that fewer aircraft are in the skies. charity say they fear that undocumented workers are too afraid to seek help. despite reassurance or government the hospitals will not carry out immigration checks. report by eight london migrant rights charity says the governments and policies are a risk to public health. illegal migrants live on the margins in our society. working the informal economy staying under the radar. she came to london ona under the radar. she came to london on a student visa but when she tried
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to renew it she was denied and says the home office never returned her passport. after years of homelessness, she started cleaning houses for a living. but now covid—i9 has pushed her to the edges of poverty and destitution. covid—i9 has pushed her to the edges of poverty and destitutionlj covid—i9 has pushed her to the edges of poverty and destitution. i had to stop working and didn't have any money. i almost didn't have accommodation because i cannot live without accommodation. and if i leave where my getting a go?|j without accommodation. and if i leave where my getting a go? i can't go on the street. she's managed to pick upa go on the street. she's managed to pick up a few cleaning jobs but says her employers are now paying a third of the wages they were before the pandemic. the houses i worked in they are quite massive. you you go from nine you don't leave until five oi’ from nine you don't leave until five or six. and they only pay you £30. in other undocumented worker that she fears contracting the virus but if she gets covid—i9 and she won't seek medical help. two years ago i've been hospitalized they said to me they are going to get the report and they will submit it to the home office. and that is very scary for me because i am not ready to go
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home yet. we have a close friend and we lost him because of this virus. and he didn't go to the hospital because he didn't go to the hospital because he was scared. and then they find him dead in his own flat. its concerns over the inability of the undocumented to protect themselves oi’ undocumented to protect themselves or seek help that is led to a group of over 60 charities to call for the government to offer legal status to all undocumented migrants. on public health grounds. we are calling for all undocumented migrants to be given leave to remain. because we do feel it's the humane thing to do and it would protect notjust feel it's the humane thing to do and it would protect not just them feel it's the humane thing to do and it would protect notjust them but society at large as well. the home office told us that illegal migrants are not eligible for mainstream benefits. however coronavirus treatment is available for free on the nhs regardless of your immigration status. local authorities may provide the basic safety net when children are involved. rightly or wrongly undocumented migrants are here to stay. and during this global
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pandemic the need for everyone to access health ca re pandemic the need for everyone to access health care and support is more vital than ever. first minister nicola sturgeon has announced a major easing of restrictions in scotland next month if the virus continues to be controlled. the easing starts on the 29thjune where most non—essential shops, many indoor workplaces, visitor attractions including zoos, outdoor sports courts and playgrounds can reopen on the 3rd ofjuly, the five mile travel distance will be relaxed, most self—catering holiday homes and second homes can be used from the 6july outdoor hospitality such as beer gardens can reopen. two households can meet indoors from 10 july organised sport could take place from 13th july. and onjuly 15th pubs & restuarants can reopen and so can hairdressers. nicola sturgeon made the annpuncement in the scottish parliament this lunchtime.
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let's speak to james rusk thank you very much for your time. what is your reaction to the first ministers announcement? it was obviously, not really welcome news. simply because business doors turned off our lights, that will be four months, the opening date that has been proposed by the scottish government. it's obviously, a massive shock to the system. we understood the reasons why and the seriousness of the unpaid within the nation but it didn't make it any easier. it comes welcome to everybody. obviously this is about people and our teams don't do particularly well sitting on their hands. our job do particularly well sitting on their hands. ourjob is to make people for great. ourjob is to make people for great. ourjob is to make people feel great that what hospitality is about. we are going to have to take our time to get out of this. we are social animals. and we will manage our way out of this ina we will manage our way out of this in a really safe manner. it's very much a consumer and business lead hand in hand approach to build that customer confidence back.
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good news. your pictures come back. help me understand the process to get from where you are now to a situation where you are now to a situation where a customer comes into one of your establishments for the good times that you want to give them. our business is about people and it's about engaging with our teams at 1st. and also our customers and then looking at the environment we have to prepare. we needed to be a safe environment, to make sure that people are confident. we need to look at the guidance fleet not guidelines that are ever—changing. we've got three weeks from today and is the messaging goes through we will be constantly looking at what's going to be needed. also listening to what the customers are looking for. when we closed our doors we had this incredible experience, we were serving great food, we were serving great drinks and this incredible atmosphere. what we want to do is be able to translate that and also
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keep within the guidelines so our customers are safe and also our staff are safe. we wish you and all of your staff the very best as you move towards reopening. happy anniversary to my wife as well because it's tomorrow. good stuff. best of luck to you and to all of your colleagues. the technical phrase is it's been a scorcher in some parts of the uk. of the summer so far. most of us are enjoying the hot weather. but there's been caution too — as social distancing restrictions can mean longer periods queueing in the sun. our correspondentjon kay reports. from what a relief. son and fun on the river near bristol today. after week stuck at home on lockdown. what is it like to be out in the sun? really good, getting the tan on.
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is it like to be out in the sun? really good, getting the tan onm is socially distance but there's people around but that's quite nice. with pools closed and some features without lifeguards rivers are more popular than ever. but people are being warned to take care after a man is feared to have drowned last night. what's it like in there? it's a little chilly. ella is on a day off of herjob nursing covid—i9 patients. just to get away from all the bad ass. it's absolutely delightful. shoppers are being warned to take a bottle of water and sent on the ocean if they have to cue and the heat because of social distancing rules. it's not easy. no, if i'm sweating. be calm, just be calm. if anyone had ever told you you would be out in 30 plus degrees celsius with masks on, gloves on, no i wouldn't have believed it. people who are vulnerable especially those who are vulnerable especially those who have been shielding have been told to protect themselves. not all
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of the uk has had blue skies. on the la ke of the uk has had blue skies. on the lake district two north wales and the sussex coast today has been hot, tomorrow will be hotter. labour is raising questions about whether housing secretary robert jenrick has abused his powers. the row is about a controversial housing development in east london. mrjenrick approved the westferry scheme twelve days before the developer gave the conservatives twelve thousand pounds. labour want to know if it is a case of "cash for favours". mrjenrick denies this and says he will publish the relava nt documents. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. the ships of millwall docks are long gone, replaced by canoeists and sailors. but something big could be coming. the shortest of the towers is actually going to be taller than these two cranes. it'll go right here, a i,500—home development in one of britain's most crowded corners, opposed by some because of
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the pressure it will put on local services. you can't get on a bus in the morning, you can't get a gp appointment for weeks, people haven't got enough water pressure to turn their washing machines on and the roads are gridlocked. we have tiny little roads that are hundreds of years old. the site is owned by richard desmond, a former newspaper owner, now a property developer and conservative donor. now, he attended this party fundraiser. to get brexit done. with both the prime minister and robertjenrick, the housing secretary, the man who would end up deciding if his plans should go ahead. we found pictures of the dinner. now, they belong to the conservatives and they won't let us show them to you, but in the background of this one, there's robertjenrick, the minister, and in this one, there's richard desmond with a large glass of red wine. and some of his property colleagues were also on the table. but there's another picture. here's mr desmond again with the prime minister.
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borisjohnson has his arm around mr desmond's shoulder. at that dinner in november, richard desmond briefly showed the minister images of the planned development. two months later, robertjenrick gave it planning permission. the timing was crucial. the next day, a new levy was introduced to fund community improvements, but richard desmond already had planning permission, so avoided it. two weeks later, he donated £12,000 to the conservatives, payment for another table at another dinner. faced with a legal challenge, robertjenrick decided to quash his own decision because it looked biased. and at today's debate, that was labour's accusation. the suspicion arises, once again, that the secretary of state was bending over to do favours for his billionaire dinner date. robertjenrick said that was an outrageous suggestion — he had an open mind and a desire
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to build more housing. however, i'm not blind to the fact that things could and should have been done differently. on reflection, i should have handled the communication differently. some of the outstanding questions may be answered by the publication of all the relevant documents in the case, which is now going to happen. the minister maybe hopes it will calm the waters. tom symonds, bbc news, east london. well those papers have now been published and our political correspondent helen catt can tell us about the latest developments. there is a lot of those papers. but a couple of things which have come out of it this evening are that there are changes of text messages between general and the applicant. and these text messages from the 18th of november 2019 for list by mr janik suggest that he may contact to
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say he hoped to see mr desmond soon. that was the morning after, the day after they sat together at that fundraiser. mr desmond then requested a site visit which then he asked a staffer to arrange it shows in e—mails. however the next day he sent by text that they should not meet a gun to avoid any appearance of being influence. along with these documents mr kendrick has released a letter as well and that he says that the transcripts he says demonstrate that he refused to discuss the matter and the message as played no pa rt matter and the message as played no part in his decision—making. it was labour who were pushing for these documents to be published. in particular this evening they are saying no they don't believe this a nswered saying no they don't believe this answered the question actually it raises more questions that it a nswe rs. raises more questions that it answers. in the shadow community secretary was in the commons earlier raising some of those points. has
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the speaker received notification from the secretary of state for communities that he wishes to give a statement on the documents he has re ce ntly statement on the documents he has recently released regarding the westberry decision? if there appears to be significant discrepancy between what the secretary of state told the house and what is revealed in the document. specifically that he did not immediately notify officials following his dinner with the applicant mr desmond. rather than closing discussing down with the development as the secretary of state implied he instead initiated contact with him the day via text. and the letters confirmed that he rushed through the decision deliberately to help the developer avoid a 30 to £50 million levy payable to hamlets counsel. there has also been a letter released this evening from the countries top civil servant a number of mps had written to him raising concerns in this letter he says
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that mrjenrick has released a lot of this information and that in light of this account the prime minister he says considers that the matter is closed. during the day, viewers have been sending in questions on the easing of the lockdown across england from the lithjuly. a little earlier my colleague simon mccoy was joined by two experts to answer some of them in your questions answered. with me our health correspondent maureen moss and linda bauld. thank you both forjoining us. professor, can ask you first? can you clarify the household bubbles? does that mean i can go to a different household whenever i like? and i stay over or do we still need to keep social distance? at the moment, we have this concept
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of a support bubble, which is primarily single people who can connect with another household. that might be a separated couple who don't live together orfor example, a grandparentjoining up with the family household. from 11th ofjuly, thatjust change and that means you can meet up with more people than that, including two households potentially coming together. so angela will be able to have more contact with others, including indoors. those roles are changing from the 11th ofjuly, and it's a bit like an extended support bubble after that point. lauren, this one from dudley. can you advise what happened if your housemate is shielding? does this mean it is safe or the person who isn't shielding to form a bubble or not? support bubbles are for people who are living alone, and if you don't live alone and you aren't eligible to form a support bubble or go into one. it is also for single
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parents with children under the age of 18. if you are living with someone who is shielding, you should also be extra careful as well because that person is potentially extremely vulnerable to the virus. at the beginning of august, those messages will change and be relaxed somewhat. but no, support bubbles are a know if you do not live alone. no bubbling. professor, another question about shielding. it says my 96—year—old mother is shielding. will her hairdresser be able to visit her after the 1st of august? hairdressers, that includes mobile units, will be able to operate and what i would say is if her mama shielding, probably not a good idea if you got people coming over to provide nonessential services —— if her mum is shielding. hairdressers are included
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in the businesses will be able to go up and running. that includes mobile units, but it's not advised that hairdressers go and visit people are shielding. lauren, lots of questions about pubs. who can i go to the pub with, not my question. another questions as if we attend pub is a indoors or outdoors only and will he have to wear masks? pubs will be able to reopen indoor areas, provided safety measures are in place so we can see protected screen coming up, minimising numbers of people allowed inside at a time, one systems, which way we can walk around the pub, staying at the table, not congregating at the bar. there is no strict rule on whether people will have to wear face coverings if they're customers. currently, the advice is if people choose to wear one, they can. it says face coverings can reduce the risk a person has in passing the virus on
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to other people. even when we speak as well, so they can reduce the risk. it is worth noting that from the 4th ofjuly, people mixing inside can only be two households at one time. if you go inside a pub, up to six people can be outside in pub gardens. still following guidelines. it will take me a while to take that all in. professor, this one from chloe. we are beginning to see the beginning of the ease. what guidance is being issued for weddings happening in september and beyond? i don't think she's asking if she could should go ahead, i think she's asking more about the health aspects of it. sure. i think the guidance is changing in england. the answers we've been given so far do relate to england. the rules are different elsewhere in the uk. good news for weddings.
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from the 11th ofjuly, a wedding will be permitted with up to 30 people. i think what we's question was heading into september. i would anticipate we might even see some loosening up of the rules if we do well. chloe —— chloe's question. that means bigger gatherings but we still need to make sure we are following the other guidance around distancing. good hygiene and those types of things at those types of events will be very important. let's go now to the next. it says my daughter is a driving instructor. when will she be able to start teaching her students again? this is a really tricky one, especially for the driving instructor and people who are waiting to take tests. it was all stopped at the start of lockdown, except for critical workers who need to continue lessons or to take a test. yesterday, when all of these changes were announced,
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i spoke to the driving standards agency and the department for transport and they said currently, no changes. currently, as far as me know, driving lessons and tests can't resume because the rule is a one metre plus, but if you are an instructor, it's hard to stay a metre apart from someone in the seat next to you learning to drive. you can't sit in the back, you need to have access to the pedals. you need to be able to see the road. we make an update on this in the coming days and weeks, but currently no change. you are nodding while she was answering that. it looks until there's a vaccine, there are certain people who won't be able to go back to work. i mean, my oldest son has been waiting to continue his driving, which is trivial people waiting for business —— for people waiting for the businesses. there are high—risk settings and that no doubt that inside a vehicle in close proximity to someone else —— absolute no doubt, at the risks are higher.
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i think there are some things we might be able to do in the future to mitigate that. i think the government has been cautious in relation to those risky environments, and that's why we are not yet able to say how driving instructors and driving lessons. another example of that, jenny and nottingham says her daughter has a mobile beauty therapy business. salons can't open, but hairdressers can. no information for people about mobile businesses. mobile hairdressers are able to operate from the 11th ofjuly, but i know it's incredibly frustrating for the beauty industry and small business owners. it doesn't seem to make sense, but unfortunately, from a public health perspective, that is a higher risk for close proximity. clearly not all beauty treatments fall into that category. normal spas and beauty salons are providing a lot of services where there is very close proximity and close contact, and that's why they're sort of a blanket
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restriction at the moment on spas and beauty therapy. i do expect that to change. the crucial thing is that we need to get the numbers of people with a virus even lower than they are, and that's not the responsibility of the people running these businesses, it's all of this. also test trace, which will be crucial. lauren, i want to pick up on that. sam's message is very frustrated. he would like to know what's the difference between hairdressers and beauty salons. also there are separate —— bars are allowed as well. people are quite angry. i think understandably, these changes have left people quite frustrated about what they can and can't do. it's a very nature of the jobs that are different. hairdresser often around people. nail salons, they require more sustained face—to—face contact at times. the virus transmitted
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through sneezing, through droplets, so there is that face—to—face contact that puts the risk of transmission. and will be updated —— guidance. they could start putting procedures in place about what they will do when they can, but currently, it's still the same. linda, this is a difficult one. will more people be able to attend funerals from the 11th ofjuly onwards? i know it's an evolved issue, but there are changes coming. i was checking that, as you are saying, so much has changed that actually keeping up with this is really difficult. i did check a little while ago, i would have expected the rules on funerals to change because they often happen outdoors. but they haven't yet.
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so at the moment, the guidance remains the same as it has been for some weeks —— the guidance. restricted items for those who —— strict guidance for those in funerals directors. i think that will shift in the coming weeks and we will be able to have more people attend funerals, which will be hugely important for families across the country. hello again, temperatures made it the hottest day of the year so far. in the last 20 years, about a third of ourjunes get to 33 tomorrow about a third of ourjunes get to 33 if anything suns widespread tomorrow if anything sunshine more widespread across the uk it will be every bit as hot and humid. after that we will start to see some big thunderstorms moving their way in. at the moment things are pretty uncomfortable if you're heading to bed. 23 degrees at 11 o'clock. night—time for birmingham london and cardiff. england and wales and the towns and cities quite uncomfortable for getting off to sleep. northern island in scotland we got fresher
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air here. most of us will be a quiet nightjust a air here. most of us will be a quiet night just a few fog patches forming. tomorrow the sunshine is more widespread particular across northern ireland and scotland. for most of us that's the way the weather is going to stay. they could bea weather is going to stay. they could be a few storms to break out across a high ground in scotland drifting northward through the afternoon. for most it's hot, sunny and humid temperatures peaking at 33. will see thundering down his downpours between thursday between the south and the west.
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hello, i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source. scientists here in london have begun human trials of a revolutionary vaccine against the coronavirus. a team at imperial college are working at record speed. if it works, the vaccine could be mass produced. it means that we can make the equivalent of 2 million doses in the volume of a litre. imagine a litre bottle of lemonade, that would have 2 million doses in it. as india reports 16,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 2a hours, we get exclusive access to an intensive care unit in one of mumbai's top hospitals. more than 100,000 people have now died from covid—19 in latin america, with over half of those deaths, in brazil. a us appeals court orders a federal
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judge to drop the criminal case

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