china's new security law has come into force in hong kong, with subversion, terrorism and succession all now punishable by life in prison. nato and the eu have condemned the move. the changes took effect hours before the 23rd anniversary of the territory's reversion back to chinese sovereignty. american‘s top infectious disease expert, anthony fauci, has warned that coronavirus cases in the us could double to 100,000 a day if lockdown measures are not maintained. the surge has forced at least 16 mainly southern and western states to pause or reverse their reopening plans. president trump has denied reports that he or his close advisers were briefed on intelligence suggesting russia covertly offered taliban militants money to kill us troops in afghanistan last year. the white house says the fact that mr trump hadn't been briefed didn't mean such intelligence did not exist. here, a sharp rise in coronavirus

cases in leicester have led to a localised lockdown. some are considering whether this is the start of a pattern that could be repeated in towns and cities across the uk over the coming months. 0ur science editor david shukman has this analysis. a startling glimpse into a new phase in this crisis, as a city of 300,000 people has to go back into lockdown. so why is leicester seeing stricter measures than the rest of the country? well, testing has revealed a spike in cases. ministers say numbers are three times higher than anywhere else. the rise was detected more than a week ago. so was the response quick enough? i think, if we'd been able to identify early on there was an increased number of cases, potentially at odds with the downward national trend, then the contact tracing and isolating could have been done at a much more rapid rate,

and that would have prevented some of this retreat that we're seeing now in terms of the loosening up of restrictions. so what are the causes of the new infections? like any city, leicester is bound to have more social interaction than smaller places, more chances for the virus to spread. researchers are studying many different factors. the areas that have been affected much more so in leicester are inner—city areas. they have high levels of ethnic diversity, crowded housing, and pockets of deprivation. and when you put all those three things together, you're much more likely to get virus transmission. because the virus itself hasn't changed, and so what it wants is people to meet and to congregate, and for contact to happen. and what is the strategy behind this local lockdown? well, the aim is to focus on the outbreaks, like in leicester, and allow the rest of the country to relax the lockdown measures.

so last month, at western general hospital in somerset, there were a high number of cases and they stopped admissions. two weeks ago, more than 100 staff tested positive at a meat processing plant in west yorkshire, and there was another smaller outbreak at a meat plant in the west midlands. and then more than 200 people tested positive at a chicken processing factory in anglesey. the hope is to spot these outbreaks and intervene before they can spread any further. this is now the pattern in germany, and many other countries, with whole communities told to lock down whenever new cases are found. it's a difficult process, and takes constant vigilance. so what is happening in leicester is part of a new normality, and because the virus is still active, scenes like this are bound to be repeated in other towns and cities. david shukman, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. from one of the world's most exciting train rides to hurtling

downhill without brakes to moose tracking in the forests of canada. this week, we revisit some of our wildest adventures. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, carmen roberts, coming to you this week from my local park here in tokyo. we've not been travelling these past few months, which has been an odd change of pace for all of us here on the programme. but over the past few years, we've been to hundreds of incredible places and faced many unusual and occasionally uncomfortable situations.

i faced my fear of heights jumping off the sky tower in new zealand, ignored basic safety advice and danced with scissors in peru, and played real—life mario kart down some of the busiest roads in tokyo. but it's notjust me, though. all of us travel show regulars have had some pretty wild adventures and this week we're looking back at some of our favourites. first up, in 2018, we went tojordan to mark 100 years since the culmination of the arab revolt, the legendary campaign against the ottoman empire, which was famously led, it's claimed, by lawrence of arabia. we sent rajan tojordan to experience a battle re—enactment along one of the key 0ttoman supply lines. this is a reconstruction of one of the original trains on the hejaz railway, and it used to carry pilgrims and supplies

to the ottoman troops. and i'm going to take a trip now through the stunning landscape. it's baking hot out there. i hope it's cooler inside than out. this is a glorious feeling. huge, vast arid desert around me, these big granite mountains on either side. just how you imagined it. whoa. oh, my god! horses! go low.

whoa! that's a bomb, i think you'll find. that's a bomb. 0h! what the hell? that is loud. so, what i'm guessing is that this train is being hijacked and that a bomb has been exploded on the line. and we cannot move. we have been well and truly hijacked. i tell you what, for a re—enactment, it's pretty realistic. i'm actually scared! even though i know they're blanks. yeah, i'm coming. what the hell? hey! 0k. i'm going. i'm going, 0k! don't leave me here! i'm being abducted!

0k, 0k, yep, hands are up. ok, i'm good, 0k. the constant attacks on the 0ttomans‘ railway supply lines worked. the war ended and several new nations — syria, iraq, lebanon, and jordan — were then formed. the origins of the middle east that we know today can be traced back to these attacks on the hejaz railway and the subsequent carving up of the region by the brits and french. well, that was rajan there under bombardment in the blazing heat of the jordanian desert. well, it's a bit of a temperature change now and we head to the chilly austrian alps, where ben braved —30 degrees centigrade and a gathering storm for a spot of snow camping. and let'sjust say, it

didn't all go to plan. we have put up all of the tents now. when a say "we", i mean mostly these guys. but it's going well. it's a lot warmer than i thought. so, after some hard work, our camp is set and, i'll be honest, a hot drink has never been more satisfying. as the sun fell behind the mountains, little did we know that this would be our last chance to take in this amazing environment. it was most definitely the calm before the storm. although it's absolutely freezing and getting colder by the second, it really is beautiful and i've never seen anything like it in my life. we melt snow over camp stoves to make our dinners of rehydrated chicken noodles.

all right, let's eat some astronaut food. but then, the dramatically worsening weather was taking its toll. somewhere along the way, i took a wrong turn and now i'm in the deepest... oh, god. oh, god, it's so deep. that was difficult. 0k. here's my house for the night. oh, it's so cold! the ground feels like a freezer. ok, it's currently 2am and i really have not slept at all. i think we're right in the middle of the storm and the winds are so strong. but the worst was yet to come. we woke up early to a blizzard of snow.

with the wind hitting me this hard, i'm shocked at how drastically this amazing place can change overjust a few hours. but then, it was all hands on deck to pack down our tents. with visibility restricted to just a few metres in places, it was important we stick together. 0ur path was never too far from a sheer drop down the mountain. but getting down was going to be much harder than getting up. the storm had meant that the whole mountain had been shut down for safety reasons and we would essentially need to be evacuated. so, snow ploughs to the rescue. it's not really the morning i was hoping for, because you can't really see anything

because it's such a blizzard. but overall, it was a great experience, something that you don't do every day, but now it's time to get warm. next, we head to the state of hidalgo in central mexico, where mike endured one ecopark‘s notorious night walk where tourists can experience a brutal repression of an illegal border crossing into the united states. this reconstruction has been designed by locals to try and persuade migrants not to attempt the sometimes perilous journey, which claimed 300 lives last year. we're told to meet inside the main gate. this is the real deal. and even though these guys are playing a part, they really mean business. so, the guy yelling at the top of his lungs is our coyote, which is what you call somebody

who brings you across the border. he is taking his character extremely seriously. all: si. so, firstly, we're alljumping in the back of a pickup truck. i have no idea where we're going. he's not giving us any tips. we're going to all cross — or attempt to cross — the border they've created for us tonight. i have to watch my step. siren wails this is intense! there's gunshots, there's sirens, this bridge is totally not stable, and there's people crawling on the ground. i don't you know what's going on, but the group is slowly...

are you 0k? yeah. unsure footing i can kind of deal with. screaming but things get much scarier when you're forced to the ground by these very authentic looking armed bandits. solo. gunshots siren wails normally, you'd welcome the arrival of the police with open arms, but our coyote tells us to run. stop right there! don't move! stop right there! we have to go.

the whole point of this park is to show people the hardships and the work that goes into border crossing, and tonight's been a perfect example of that so far. this is the moment, this is the moment we can hopefully cross the border. el coyote is stressing out. we have to wait for the next truck.

as soon as it comes we're jumping in the back. siren wails they're coming! the sirens are off in the distance. here at the park they're hoping this experience will end up saving many lives. it's certainly given many of the guests here tonight pause for thought. sirens wail well, stay with us, because coming up: henry dodges obstacles on a downhill cart race in the philippines. and i hang from a waterfall in peru. oh my god! it's amazing! so don't go away. right, we're crossing continents now and heading to canada, in search of one of its most famous residents. and even though it's big and noisy, the canadian moose

is surprisingly elusive. but luckily, christa had the help of one of the country's top trackers. howls you must be pierre. yes, iam. lovely to meet you. what an amazing song. you really sounded like a wolf. thanks. i'm thoroughly impressed, although the wolves don't carry guitars usually. my friend called me peter the wolf. moose tracks, yes. normally you can see... pierre takes tourists around the foret montmorency, the world's biggest research forest. as ever, sunrise and sunset are the best times for spotting. in fact, he reckons over 80% chance. a big male with the big antlers just made this.

0n the moose safari we are trying to find the moose, we are trying to approach them with the ancestral technique and the wind and the noise and we are also doing different moose calls to attract them and sometimes we're very lucky. so with the moose calls that you make, can you explain the noises? what do they say? makes moose noises the female noise looks like this. makes moose noises and the male, they are short but deep, kind of right that look like. makes moose noises it is very deep because moose are very big. they are the biggest member of the deer family. pierre takes me off deep in the woods, chasing the very phone calls he can hear in the distance.

he's not above smearing himself in a moose bath which is basically a collection of unpleasant substances the animals left behind. the going is heavy, and i have a tough time in the boggy ground. but after a couple of hours with two soaking wet feet and daylight disappearing, we admit defeat, get back in the car and head for home. i see it! oh, my goodness! huge antlers on that one!

yeah! i tell you what, the boys are out tonight. look at that. there they were, distant but definitely there. incredible. makes moose noises and off pierre went, chasing moose into the sunset. christa there enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the canadian wilderness. next up, we're off to the philippines and the island of negros, made famous for a sport that's attracted thousands of thrill seekers from all over the world, including our very own henry golding. we don't recommend that you try this at home.

i saw him fly about 30ft! 0n something that's pretty much... that is one of the unique things here. it might look like a few bits of bamboo strung together with wheels, and that's pretty much what it is, but add a hill and a few obstacles and you've got a sport that will definitely get the adrenaline running. cheering and applause it all started when local environmentalist nicky decided to ramp up a children's game and turn it into a heart stopping adventurous sport. this would be described as an extreme sport. yeah. more of an insane sport, nicky. i think there's something wrong with you. cheering and applause nice! he's still alive! yeah. go straight down there,

by that corner. so missing about 15 trees on the way down. yeah. ok, that's important. ready? go! oh dear! oh dear. gaining speed. gaining speed! now, they make it look very easy but it's far from it! you've got to be careful of where you're heading because these tracks aren't straight lines. and your speed just picks up a crazy amount so you need to plant your feet down to slow you down. and watch out for those trees! close call! after a few attempts, i start to get the hang of things.

laughter but as for the big jumps? well, i think i'll leave that to the professionals. good job! and finally this week, one of my all—time favourite experiences here on the travel show back in 2016, i travelled to the andes in northern peru to the home of the yumbilla falls, one of the largest waterfalls in the world, and i was incredibly lucky to be one of the first people to try and abseil down it. your legs, carmen, 90 degrees. lean backwards. taking off is terrifying. it's hard to stay up with the constant pressure of the water pushing me backwards and i'm told this is the easy part!

we reach the tiny ledge overlooking the last 70m and prepare for our descent. oh my god! it's amazing! ok, here we go! the waterfall‘s so close! this is amazing! so far, so good. but halfway down, i'm in for a shock. slightly unnerving that we're going to lose the rock now and we're going to go into freefall. ok, i can do this. yep, this is good. without the rock face i'm literally hanging.

it's hard work on my hand. basically this rope is holding my body weight and i'm having to release the rope to get me down. this way of coming down is faster and scarier than before but a lot more exciting! —— the fall. we reach the last part of the descent and i'm so relieved to finally get to the bottom. i know it's crazy, i didn't expect quite so much water. oh, that was amazing! what a rush! yeah!

well, that's it for this week and our look back at some of our wildest adventures here on the travel show. and hopefully, we'll be on the road, pushing our limits again, very soon. but in the meantime you can keep up with us on social media where we will give you some inspiration for your future travel plans. just search bbc travel show on all of the main platforms and you will find us there. but until next time from me, carmen roberts, and the rest of the travel show team at home all around the world, it's goodbye.

hello there. the rest of this week is looking fairly unsettled with pressure always a little bit lower. that'll bring showers through today, and also thursday, and on friday, we'll see another area of low pressure bringing some wet and windy weather to many of us. now, this is the weak area of low pressure i was talking about. across the country today, it's a weather front bringing more persistent rain to start the day across parts of central southern scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. this tending to break up into showers, which could turn out to be heavy into the afternoon. england and wales may see the sunshine breaking through that cloud — all that'll do is set off some heavy, maybe thundery showers. temperatures reaching the high teens, low 20s in the south, but a chilly feel to things across northern and eastern scotland and northeast england with a northerly wind here, so, temperatures at best around the mid—teens celsius. looks like the showers will tend to merge together to create longer spells of rain across southern scotland, northern england, the midlands, and northern wales during wednesday night. it'll be milder in the south, further north with some clear

spells with single figure values. again, it'll be chilly where we have our northerly wind. 0n into thursday, this weather front continuing to bring further showers particularly towards england and wales, but a brief ridge of high pressure will be trying to nose into scotland and northern ireland. so, here through the day, it should turn drier with light winds and sunshine. so a better day here, but for england and wales, again the threat of heavy, it may be thundery showers developing through the midlands into east wales, and across into the south—east. temperatures reaching again below 20 in the south with sunshine, a little bit better further north—west, but still chilly near those north—east coasts. as we head on into friday, here it is, the next area of low pressure starts to push in off the atlantic. lots of isobars on the charts, so it'll turn windier initially across the west, then spreading its way eastwards through the day. the rain will be persistent — northern ireland, especially western scotland, into the cumbrian fells, perhaps north—west wales. but i think central and eastern areas should tend to stay dry with variable amounts of cloud and some sunshine. so here, we get 20—21 celsius, mid—to—high teens further north.

into the weekend, it remains unsettled with the pressure always lower, so it'll be quite windy at times and there will be rain around, particularly across the north and the west of the country. here, it will be windier and wetter, whereas further south and east you are, especially on sunday, it could be a bit brighter and feel a little bit warmer.

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