this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. british tourists are set to be allowed to travel to european countries — including spain, france and greece — without having to quarantine on their return. as texas and florida reimpose virus restrictions, the us infectious disease chief says the nation has a "serious problem" in its handling of covid—19. india records its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases so far, surging to over half a million. praise for the actions of a glasgow police officer who was one of six people injured during a stabbing at a hotel in which the suspect was shot dead. ireland is set to get a new government today — as the country's two largest parties

— fianna fail and fine gael — form a coalition for the first time. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments in the uk and globally. the british government is set to announce a major change to its quarantine rules which will make it easier for tourists to go on holiday to much of europe this summer. from july 6th, anyone arriving in the uk from a country considered to be at low risk from coronavirus will no longer have to isolate for m days. the changes will pave the way for thousands of people to go on holiday to countries including france, spain, italy, greece and turkey.

america's top infectious disease expert, dr anthony fauci, has warned the country faces a "serious problem" after a record 40,000 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in 2a hours. the number of coronavirus cases in india has passed half a million — and the rate of infection is still accelerating. and president trump has signed an executive order to protect statues and monuments from attack — after dozens were toppled during anti—racism protests. more on all those stories to come, but first tom burridge reports on the opening of tourism between uk and europe. after a long lockdown, some people are desperate for a holiday abroad. we just want to get away from the familiarity of home, you know, being locked up together, as much as i love my family dearly! like others, john is relieved

that he and his family won't have to quarantine once they travel back from their holiday in spain. the self—isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday. when we get back, we haven't got 14 days before our little ones need to go back to school. you know, they've missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more. a series of travel corridors are planned from july 6th. it will mean that people from low risk countries like france, spain, italy, germany, the netherlands, greece, turkey, norway and finland will not have to self—isolate after they travel. a final list will be confirmed next week. portugal and sweden are expected to be given a red rating because of concerns about the prevalence of the virus. anyone travelling in from there and much of the rest of the world will still be subject to the quarantine rules. the republic of ireland

has always been exempt. we believe it can be safe to operate without the need for quarantine. for airlines, which have been battered by the pandemic, it's a move in the right direction. we really need to move quickly to establish some safe corridors, and we're not talking about throwing it open to the entire world, but where it's safe to operate we fundamentally believe that we are also safe to operate and we need to do that quickly. we will now begin boarding by seat rows... row—by—row boarding this summer should be a more orderly affair. there will be new rules on board. it is required of all passengers to wear your facemask or face covering. there is an exception for children under the age of six. and no trolley service, although you hopefully will get water. welcome, anybody else ? but with quarantine removed for many destinations,

travel companies hope they can land more bookings. tom burridge, bbc news. let's get some reaction from greece now — it's expected to be one of those countries on the uk government's list next week. the greek tourism minister says no firm date's been set to reopen its borders to travellers from britain but says the country is ready to do so. greece has had an excellent track record in dealing with this crisis. we have lifted most of our internal restrictions and we have also opened our two main airports and we still have the situation under control, so this gives us the confidence that as we move as well to lift further the restrictions that we are a safe destination for travellers, uk included, to have their vacations this year.

we have lifted for the past 15 days almost and the importing of cases has been minimum, so this is a very positive sign for us, to slowly, as i said, venture out. the important thing is to not necessarily rush things but what we do we do not take back, because i think the market, if you like, would like to have a clear signal of what is allowed and what is not allowed and, you know, doing two steps forward and one step back is actually creating more problems than it solves. the greek minister talking earlier. 0ur poltiical correspondent nick eardley is here. it nick eardley is here. is all over the papers. what d we it is all over the papers. what do we actually know? on the 6th of july, the uk, for the first time in four months, will say to us that we are not telling you not to travel abroad unless it is essential. that isa abroad unless it is essential. that

is a big change, a big lifting of another restriction. that has been the advice for months. exactly, since march. they are going to introduce a traffic light system, red, amber, green. if the country you are travelling to is green or amber when you return you will not have to quarantine for two weeks but with red you well. they are also planning to announce the so—called air bridges which will allow non—quarantine travel between a number of countries, but as you heard from greece's tourism minister they need to be agreed, so what we know for certain is that the uk is going to remove some of the quarantine restrictions but it brought in only two and a half weeks ago, but that doesn't necessarily mean that all the countries that are green or amber will be subject to these air bridges, although it is expected there will be a number of countries to which we will be allowed to travel. the spanish

announced last weekend they would allow uk visitors to come in without them requiring to be quarantined for two weeks before travelling within spain. 0ne suspects the spanish might have got a quiet indication from the british that things would be sorted out. the british tourist industry relies quite a lot on foreign visitors. yes, and there has been a lot of pressure on the government for that reason. in march some people were calling for quarantine when the virus was spreading in europe and the government didn't do it. when it announced it was going to do it in june some people said, why didn't you do it earlier and doesn't really need to be blanket? there are parts of europe where the rate of transmission is going down so quickly that is not really a big risk from allowing people to those countries then. for the last month oi’ countries then. for the last month or $0 countries then. for the last month or so borisjohnson countries then. for the last month or so boris johnson has

countries then. for the last month or so borisjohnson has been under intense pressure from his backbenchers, from the tourism industry, to make a change to this. that is exactly what they are going to do next week, to try to find a compromise, and it is part of something happening more broadly in the economy and society. the government, governments across the uk, trying to find something that approaches a new normal that can last in the short to medium term to allow us to get back some elements of normal life, even if they are not the same as they were before the pandemic. thank you very much. if you have any questions as to what this will mean for your holiday, you can send them in. send them in to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk — and we'll aim to put them to our experts at a quarter past two this afternoon. the us has recorded an all—time daily high of 40,000 coronavirus infections, according to figures

from johns hopkins university. the white house coronavirus task force warned young people that their behaviour posed a risk to older people who are more vulnerable. 866,000 people aged between 18 and 44 have coronavirus. that's 200,000 more than the next age range. and four times more than those over 75, who are among the most vulnerable. the leading government advisor — dr anthony fauci — said the overwhelming majority of people being infected were the young, who are more likely to be socialising, and in crowds. two of the country's biggest states — texas and florida — have reimposed some lockdown restrictions, with the governor of texas ordering all bars to close. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. florida's decision to relax restrictions brought sun—worshippers flocking back to the beach. but just a few weeks later, the coronavirus has come surging back with a vengeance. nearly 9,000 new cases were reported in the sunshine state in the space ofjust 2a

hours, a record. hospitals in some parts of the country now fear they could be overwhelmed, and it's no longer mainly elderly patients that they are dealing with. we are seeing more younger patients than older patients. the older patients tend to be sicker, so we are seeing more younger patients who are getting admitted to the hospital, and that's a trend that is new. call it quarantine fatigue. young people in some parts of the country, bored after weeks indoors, are starting to socialise. understandably, no blame there. understandably. but the thing that you really need to realise is that when you do that, you are part of a process. so, if you get infected, you will infect someone else who clearly will infect someone else. we know that happens. closed again. in texas, another hotspot, bars that had onlyjust reopened are shutting their doors once more,

and sending back their beer. the staggering spike in daily infections has put the white house on the defensive. the trump administration claims to have flattened the curve, but the vice president conceded that infections are on the rise in 16 states, and he seemed uneasy. as we see new cases rising, and we're tracking them very carefully, there may be a tendency among the american people to think that we are back to that place that we were two months ago. that we're in a time of great losses and great hardship on the american people. the reality is we're in a much better place. medical experts are more cautious, however. they warn that, if the current outbreak isn't contained quickly, it could spread to states that are doing better, rendering the sacrifices of the last few months invalid. david willis, bbc news.

india now has half a million cases of the outbreak and the rate of infection appears to be rising. yesterday, more than 18,000 new cases were declared — the highest number so far. the western state of maharashtra is the worst—affected area. delhi has been hit hard too — with more than 77,000 cases in the city. india imposed a strict lockdown across the country in march, but many of the restrictions were eased this month. more than 15,000 people are known to have died as a result of contracting covid—19. india's prime minister narendra modi praised the results of what he called the "people—driven fight" against coronavirus — and called for people to continue wearing masks and to maintain social distancing. 0ur delhi correspondent zubair ahmed says state governments are very concerned about the rising number of infections. so some of the state governments have now extended the lockdown until the 31st ofjuly, and preparations are afoot

to increase the number of covid—19 patient beds in hospitals. and of course one of the reasons the government, the central government, is telling us that we need not worry so much, because these numbers are rising because the number of deaths is also increasing. you know, they are testing 100,000 people a day, which was not the case a few months earlier. so, that is why, they say, the number is rising. but there is no need to worry, as the economy is reopening, obviously the cases are going to go high, but the number of deaths is still not as high as some western countries. this is the argument of the government. a police officer that was seriously injured in a multiple stabbing in glasgow has been praised for his bravery. constable david whyte's condition has been described as critical but stable. he was one of six men injured in yesterday's knife attack, in a hotel housing asylum seekers.

the suspect was shot dead by armed police. let's talk to our correspondent in glasgow, g ra ha m stewart. we have been hearing from an eyewitness giving us a bit more information about the attacker. yes, this all happened at about 12:50pm yesterday afternoon when police received the initial call and reports of multiple stabbings at the park inn hotel which you can see behind me, the white building. five residents of that hotel were taken to hospital although they are not thought to be seriously injured, but the initial police response, pc david whyte, who is 42, he was stabbed and taken to hospital. the latest we have on him is that he is ina latest we have on him is that he is in a serious but stable condition. this hotel was housing asylum seekers during the coronavirus

pandemic and the bbc has spoken to an eyewitness in the hotel who says that he spoke to the attacker the day before and was told that he was planning the attack. of course, as we know, armed officers confronted the attacker and he was shot dead in yesterday's incident. the police have released no more details about the identity of the attacker but all of this comes in the context of growing concerns among asylum groups and also local politicians in glasgow about the treatment, as they see it, of asylum seekers, who were taken from their homes and the communities they were living in, into these hotels where it is claimed they were not given adequate support and adequate treatment in terms of food and supplies. i can also tell you that is a very heavy police presence in the city's george square, just a couple of blocks away. george square has been the scene in recent weeks of some pretty

heated protests between loyalist groups, who say they are protecting statues, and also antiracist campaigners, who have been campaigning ona campaigners, who have been campaigning on a number of issues, not least the alleged treatment of asylu m not least the alleged treatment of asylum seekers in the city. police scotla nd asylum seekers in the city. police scotland and the first minister has warned people not to gather in groups weekend, both in respect of the current pandemic, but also out of respect for those who were injured at the scene here yesterday. thanks very much. the republic of ireland will have a new government today. the leader of fianna foil, micheal martin, will become prime minister. it's the result of an unprecedented coalition deal between his party and that of the outgoing taoiseach, leo varadkar. the green party will also get some cabinet posts. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has more. the republic of ireland is getting a new prime minister, or taoiseach. it is micheal martin, who has led his party, fianna fail, for nine years.

leo varadkar, the leader of fine gael, is standing down from the top job in government. but he'll still be in the cabinet, in the post known as tanaiste, the deputy prime minister. in december 2022, leo varadkar will swap places with micheal martin, meaning he will take over leadership of the coalition. the third party in power are the greens. their leader, eamon ryan, is also in line for a senior ministerial role. fianna fail and fine gael have dominated governments in dublin for almost a century, but never before have they gone into coalition with each other. they grew out of the two sides in the irish civil war in the 1920s, and the historical rivalry between them has been fierce. broadly speaking, they're both parties of the political centre, though fine gael has tended to be slightly to the right of fianna fail. their combined electoral strength has dropped in the last decade. there have been weeks of negotiation since the general election in early february. back then, the most first preference

votes went to the left—wing republican party sinn fein, led by mary lou mcdonald, and it will now lead the opposition for the first time. the green party's influence can be seen in the coalition's goals. a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7% a year, a cut by more than 50% by 2030. the government says it will spend twice as much on public transport as new roads. there will be a national economic plan to try to help businesses recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and because the uk is ireland's nearest neighbour the brexit trade negotiations will be incredibly important. to say the least, it's going to be a challenging few years. chris page. we can speak to bernard purcell — who is the editor of the irish world newspaper. how much is this coalition because the other two parties are worried about the prospect of a sinn fein

government? there is no love lost between them but if you look at the representation included in this coalition between them they represent more than half of the voters in ireland, about 51%. the problem sinn fein have, despite getting the most first preference votes, was it did not field enough candidates and after that it had more votes than seats essentially, and it was unable to persuade the left—wing parties to go into coalition. any party needs a minimum of 80 and they are just above the three party coalition of 84 seats and they can form a stable government. coalition is a new thing. it makes it a bit more european style rather than westminster uk style in terms of irish politics, but is there really much ideological difference between these two parties? i hate to use the analogy but perhaps i can get away with that because of my hair, but it

is the old joke about two bald men fighting over a comb. what is the philosophical gap? there hasn't been for many years. in 2011 after the crash fine gail implemented policies that they said they would oppose, but they broadly represent most political opinion in ireland although we did see at the last general election that people want a vote for change. they did not like the rather acute monetarist market led politics of fine gail. housing isa led politics of fine gail. housing is a major crisis and we will be running into the post covid crisis

there will be an economic crisis facing the government and the challenge of brexit. it is quite a challenge of brexit. it is quite a challenge that he is facing as he becomes prime minister today. he is a formerfinance becomes prime minister today. he is a former finance minister, becomes prime minister today. he is a formerfinance minister, a very astute political figure. a formerfinance minister, a very astute politicalfigure. he has held education, health and the foreign ministry. he has taken risks in a way that perhaps we varadkar hasn't. varadkar va radkar hasn't. va radkar was varadkar hasn't. varadkar was always more cautious, waiting to see how general sentiment went. that has put him at odds with his party a couple of times. there are those within his party who think he is driven by ambition and those who think he is

consolidating, in part because it was argued his party did not want sinn fein to become the official opposition at the time but also it was part of the rehabilitation of fianna foil after the economic colla pse fianna foil after the economic collapse of the decade before. fascinating times ahead in the politics of ireland. there are concerns that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation due to a drop in aid caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war that's already led to a humanitarian crisis. two million of yemen's children are malnourished, and 1.7 million have been forced to flee their homes. unicef says it needs almost half a billion dollars to save children. police in london have clashed with crowds of people attending an illegal street party. it was the third consecutive night that officers in the capital have had to break up large gatherings. in liverpool, police expressed concern about the number of people who gathered in the city for a second night to celebrate

winning the premier league title. jon donnison reports. for a second night, liverpool fans have been partying hard. but the message from the authorities — it's gone too far. the fire service had to be called out after a blaze at the famous liver building, apparently caused by fireworks. the city's mayor, joe anderson, tweeted that there were too many intoxicated people making it unsafe, saying covid—19 was still a real risk. merseyside police have now put a dispersal order in place until sunday to try to stop people gathering. and around maida vale in west london, there were clashes as police tried to break up a mass block party, one of several across the capital this week. but it ended up going

on into the night.