police in hong kong make the first arrests under a draconian new anti—protest law. demonstrators have clashed with police in the territory. here, the prime minister said the new law was a clear violation of hong kong's autonomy. if china continue down this path we would introduce a new route for those with british international overseas status to enter the uk, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the uk and thereafter to apply for citizenship. we'll ask what happens now in hong kong. also this lunchtime: thousands more jobs are to go in the uk because of coronavirus — from sandwich chains, to high street stores to aerospace.

the us buys almost the entire worldwide stock of remdesivir, a drug shown to speed the recovery of covid patients. life under lockdown — how the residents of leicester are coping after shutting down a second time. and the man who should have been england's first black player — the campaign for a statue of jack leslie. someone came down to watch him. they weren't watching his football. they were looking at the colour of his skin, and because of that he was denied the chance of playing for his country. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, england play their only warm—up match ahead of next week's test series against the west indies — against each other.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. thousands of people have come out to demonstrate in hong kong in defiance of new anti—protest laws imposed by china. police used water cannon on the crowds and made more than 180 arrests, including seven under the new national security law imposed by beijing. in the last half an hour the prime minister described the law as a "serious and clear breach" of the agrement between britain and china and announced a new route to allow some people from hong kong the right to live and work in the uk. stephen mcdonnell reports. the first day of the state security law didn't stop clusters of demonstrators from gathering. the empowered police force was also out

early to clear them away. the 1st ofjuly anniversary of hong kong's handover usually means a huge street march. not in the year of the coronavirus. those who did turn out we re coronavirus. those who did turn out were using slogans which are now very dangerous. chanting a police banner warned that from this point on certain chants may be considered secession or subversion, punishable by prison time. then came the first arrests under the new law. a man was taken away for having a hong kong independence flag. a woman had a placard also calling for independence. i think very obviously the purpose of the law is to change hong kong from a rule of law to a roll of fear. i am protesting because i am very angry. i am angry at the breach of the basic law and

angry at the one country two systems breach, and angry at the disrespect for human rights that this national security legislation brings. they said this is a great day for the city. to the success of our motherland and the prosperity and stability of hong kong. cheers! they have described this as something of a second return of hong kong to the motherland, after the first one decades ago failed to do the job properly. "the legislation of the national security law is considered the most important development in relations between the central government and hong kong since the handover. " to mainland china, many can't understand what people in hong kong are going on about, as they live with such restrictions every day. however, in hong kong people for a long time have had special freedom and thought they would have it for decades to come and now there isa

it for decades to come and now there is a fear this is all collapsing. international critics have slammed the new law. with life imprisonment for fuelling hatred of the new law. with life imprisonment forfuelling hatred of the government, state security agents operating without any legal scrutiny. the chinese government has told other countries to mind their own business. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. as we said, in the last half an hour or so the prime minister had said in the commons that the new law breaches and agreement between the uk and china, and that the government would now give some people in hong kong the right to live here in the uk. the enactment and imposition of this national security law constitutes a clear and serious breach of the sino—british joint declaration. it violets hong kong's high degree of autonomy and is in direct conflict with hong kong basic law. the law also threatens the freedoms and rights protected by the joint declaration. we made clear, mr speaker, that if china continued down this path we would introduce a new route

for those with british international overseas status to enter the uk, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the uk and thereafter to apply for citizenship, and that is precisely what we will do now. that was the prime minister in the commons. the company which owns upper crust, the chain of sandwich shops at railway stations and airports, has announced it's cutting 5,000 jobs. it blamed the fall in passenger numbers caused by coronavirus. the firm joins a growing list of companies slashing jobs as a result of the pandemic — including john lewis, harrods, arcadia and airbus. nina warhurst reports. jobs lost at sandwich shops, department stores and luxury outlets. with those who fly planes, and those who make them. almost every area of a locked down economy is vulnerable. and more bad news in retail. 1800 jobs will go at the luxury department store harrods and john lewis today confirmed some of their stores will not reopen. upper crust‘s bread—and—butter used to be

feeding passengers at bus stops and train stations and today the company who owns them announced 5000 job cuts, nearly half of its workforce. broughton in north wales. here they make wings and have a proud tradition of aerospace going back more than 70 years. but today some workers returning from furlough for the first time, knowing 1,700 jobs are set to go between this site and at filton in bristol. for everyjob here, an estimated three more in the supply chain and local communities. it's a big part of the community. it is evident that one of the main sources of jobs is evident that one of the main sources ofjobs around here. so obviously if it goes it does have an impact on the community. it's going to bea impact on the community. it's going to be a great shame to a lot of people. i have family members who live here so everybody everywhere will be impacted. when planes don't fly, the ripples are wide — easyjet is one of the companies to have

stalled building contracts with airbus and last night they opened talks on closing bases at stansted, southend, and newcastle. airbus say it could be five years before passenger numbers return to pre—covid levels and unions have accused the government of allowing industrial vandalism by failing to step in. we know there will be a bounce back. what will it look like, filo three? these are high—paid, high skill jobs. there is a future here. the government says it has supported more than 9 million workers through the job retention scheme, already costing more than £25 billion. from today, employers can begin inviting furloughed workers back part—time while the government tops up their pay. but from august, things will get tougher. a tapered return to taking on their own wage bills. how many businesses will be able to cope then? there are many more covid casualties to come. nina warhurst, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster.

these figures again are just devastating, norman. they are, and i think there is a widespread a cce pta nce think there is a widespread acceptance at westminster that widespread job losses loom. the prime minister publicly conceding that there was, in his words, a very, very serious risk of significantjob very, very serious risk of significant job losses. but very, very serious risk of significantjob losses. but i think the assumption in government has been we have a bit of a breathing space before they are likely to happen when the furlough scheme is phased out after october. indeed, the prime minister and his big speech yesterday said we were between the lightning flash of the covid health crisis and the thunderstorm of the economic aftermath. the signs are, though, that thunderstorm is beginning to break now with a whole host ofjob losses announced by major companies over the past 2a hours, which is why the labour leader pressed today for mrjohnson to extend the filo scheme beyond 0ctober, mrjohnson to extend the filo scheme beyond october, but the difficulty

is it is hugely expensive, estimated ata is it is hugely expensive, estimated at a cost of around £100 billion, and means the state supporting around 9 million people injobs, and mrjohnson's preferred strategy seems to be to try and open up the economy, ease restrictions, get people back to work and get us spending and spending, but that of course is also with huge risks of the virus returning and more lockdowns. i think the brutal truth is there are no easy answers here, but the threat ofjob losses is now very immediate. norman, thank you. norman smith. the nationwide building society says uk house prices have seen their first annual fall since 2012. the value of properties was 0.1% lower injune than in the same month last year. the department of health says it's reached a data—sharing agreement with local authorities, which will allow them to access information about the number of people in their area testing positive for coronavirus. the move follows criticism about the length of time it took

to get information to officials in leicester, where there's been a big spike in infections. 0ur health correspondent, lauren moss, is here. there have reports of other cities seeing a spike. what does this actually mean?‘ broader area, not at the actual postcode for the area... we know the prime minister has spoken about tackling local flair ups where they p0p up tackling local flair ups where they pop up at the critical medical association, who represent doctors, have today said unless on authorities know where the virus as it is quite useless. they need to know where it is and where it is going. an agreement has been reached with local authorities to share that final detail of who is getting tested, where the positive cases are, down to a finer detail which will give an accurate picture, but questions will no doubt be asked about why it has taken so long to do this and there is a dispute, as we heard in prime minister's questions earlier, about what the scale of the

virus infection was known about in leicester to officials there. and we will hear more about leicester in a moment, but they have been reports that other parts of the uk may be seeing similar spikes? yes, public health england is now publishing the number of weekly cases for all types of positive tests by local authority area, and this shows leicester has a higher number per 100,000 people than other places, and it is that 100,000 number which is key. because you could have an —— have a higher number of cases but in a large town 01’ number of cases but in a large town or city that number would probably be expected, so it is the rate of infection that is really key. to give you an idea, the data shows that in leicester for every 100,000 people there are 140.2 coronavirus cases, and the next closest is bradford at 69.4 cases per 100,000 people, so much lower, but what this data doesn't show is whether that is increasing or decreasing. there will be another weekly report tomorrow,

andi be another weekly report tomorrow, and i think another question to answer, what is the tipping point? how many cases answer, what is the tipping point? how many cases are answer, what is the tipping point? how many cases are too many cases? what is the line before a local lockdown could be introduced? lauren moss, thank you very much for now. as promised, we will talk more about leicester. nonessential shops have shut there and schools will close to most pupils from tomorrow. local residents and businesses are wondering how long the measures will last. phil mackie has been speaking to people in the city about the return of lockdown. inside the lockdown zone it has all shut again. even businesses that were expecting to open now can't. it's only a short drive to a very different world, where the new restrictions haven't been imposed. if you live on the outskirts of leicester you'll have been studying the map very closely to work out where the red zone starts and begins. we think it's around here. that side, the lockdown is easing. but towards leicester, things are shutting down.

so if we take this one and then put that there... in braunston, inside the red zone, they had been trying to get ready for their regulars this weekend. saturday would've been the ideal time for us to start making our money again financially. we would have been more secure. whereas now we don't know exactly what help we're going to get, if there is any help. just outside the red zone, they are still getting ready to reopen. but so close to leicester, paul whayman doesn't know if it's the right thing to do. i keep changing my mind every few minutes, trying to do the right thing, i've got to balance the fact of can we open and make money, is it safe to do that, is it safe for my staff, is it going to be a good experience for our customers? i still don't know.

and it's notjust paul. other businesses that could have let people back in this weekend have reconsidered. a lot of them were due to be open. three orfour of them, from what i know. but now since the lockdown in leicester they are now not going to be open, which is fair enough because that is obviously up to them — it's their obligation. but they don't have to be open and they have decided to stay closed due to the lockdown in leicester city. it is not clear whether it is possible to stop people leaving the lockdown area and coming here. we still feel quite nervous, actually. when we opened a couple of weeks ago we did. but people are very good and we've got all the distance things in place, yeah. are you at all worried that, obviously so close to leicester, the lockdown might come back here? yes, we are. we said that this morning, you know, people might venture down this end and that worries us slightly, yes. it's still the new normal

here but policing the border between here and the city will determine whether it can stay this way. phil mackie, bbc news, leicestershire. we will talk a bit more about that announcement in the comments from the prime minister about health being given from some people in hong kong to enter the uk. let's get details from james robbins, a diplomatic correspondent. what could this mean for some people? the foreign secretary followed the prime minister outlining to the house of commons the precise detail of the government intention to offer places in britain to hundreds of thousands and potentially millions of hong kong citizens who may want to leave the territory and resettle here. it has gone further than i think many expected. dominic raab said he had depressing but necessary duty to report to the commons that

what beijing had done constituted a clear and serious breach of the joint declaration and in particular he went on to make clear what that would mean for the holders of so—called british national overseas passports, he said that those who held these passports would be entitled to five years limited leave to remain in the uk with the right to remain in the uk with the right to work or study and after those five years they would be able to apply for a settled status and then for citizenship. crucially he said that dependents of those who have these passports will also be covered and that would mean many people under 23, many of them activists would be able to come despite the fa ct would be able to come despite the fact that they were born after the handover. our top story this lunchtime: hong kong police have made their first arrests under a new security law imposed by beijing. here, the government says it will give some hong kong residents the right to move to britain.

and residents of the west bank wait to see if israel will press ahead with plans to annex parts of the territory. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. wigan's fight to stay in the championship could be futile as the club are put into administration. borisjohnson has written a newspaper article, urging israel not to annex large parts of the west bank, which it has occupied for decades. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, was due to begin discussing the process today, but the plans appear to have stalled, amid widespread international opposition. palestinians have warned it would kill the two—state solution pursued by governments in the west for decades. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. it could be a rural idyll,

a farmer and his family working the fields his grandfather bought, refreshed by tea, laced with wild sage, a palestinian delicacy. but persam halil jaba has a misfortune. his land is next to gush etzion, one of the settlement blocs that israel wants to annex. ten days ago, persam saw a notice pinned up. it was, he says, from the israeli army, telling him to vacate his property. translation: annexation is a dangerous thing, and establishing a palestinian state will become impossible. this will cause lots of problems, not just in palestine, but with our neighbors in the region. big chunks of the land palestinians want for a state have already been taken to build homes forjewish people, in defiance of international law.

annexation would finally bury the idea of making peace by granting palestinians independence alongside israel. if somebody wants to live here peacefully... like many settlers, nati rom believes israel should take all the land, because god gave it to thejewish people. if you believe in the right of thejewish people in the zionist movement to come to tel aviv, to come to ashkalon, you can not disconnect that from the heart of israel, in judea and samaria. so you mean 100% of the territory, including the palestinian cities and towns? there is no palestinian cities and towns. we are here in israel. the place that god promised to abraham and his seed, to israel. even the so—called palestinians, when you ask them, they really want to live under israeli regime. not all israelis believe that, or welcome annexation. combat veterans joined a protest

with former palestinian fighters nearjericho. the peace march ended in scuffles with israeli police. president trump encouraged prime minister netanyahu to annex land as part of his so—called "deal of the century" to end the conflict. but now, trump's eyes are on the us elections. israel's other allies, including britain, have condemned annexation. the politics are tangled. israel is hesitating. jeremy bowen, bbc news. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, is in the west bank. it is an announcement expected today? tonight the first... there is a coalition agreement that this process could at least begin and many to the right of mr netanyahu had been waiting for a big

announcement today about annexation. it would have been the process could begin at least. many have been looking for a big announcement about annexation today. political forces within and outside his own government largely to do with just how much of the territory of the west ba n k how much of the territory of the west bank should be annexed by israel in their view. political forces both within and outside his government largely to do with just how much of the territory of the west ba n k how much of the territory of the west bank should be annexed by israel in their view... i do apologise for the quality of their of that piece from tom bateman. the us government has bought almost all the world's upcoming supply of the drug remdesivir. the treatment has been shown to help people recover faster from covid—19. 0ur medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is here. what does this mean? it means that for the next three months virtually all stocks of remdesivir, the

antiviral drug proven to cut hospital stays for 15 to 11 days, so a proven treatment, will be in the us. the nhs has said they already have enough stock of remdesivir to treat patients here but the production coming out of gilead sciences, an american company, are going to be going to the us. fortu nately going to be going to the us. fortunately there is another drug, a steroid, dexamethasone, which is more effective and very cheap and widely available. so thankfully the old steroid drug dexamethasone is available worldwide and whereas remdesivir cost £1900 per patient, dexamethasone costs £5 per patient so we are very dexamethasone costs £5 per patient so we are very lucky and fortunate that there is another drug which is actually better. fergus walsh, thank you. the us democratic presidential candidatejoe biden has criticised donald trump's handling

of the coronavirus crisis — saying the sacrifices people have made shouldn't be wasted by a president who ignores the science. the country's top infectious disease expert has warned the infection rate could more than double — to 100,000 a day. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a nation on edge again. the coronavirus outbreak is worse than ever. the southern and western states of florida, arizona, texas and california account for about half of all new cases. some hospitals are running out of intensive care beds and experts are warning of a looming catastrophe if the outbreak isn't brought under control. testifying to a senate committee on the effort to reopen schools and businesses, the us government's leading expert on the virus, dr anthony fauci, said he feared the situation could get a lot worse. we are now having 40,000 plus new cases a day. i would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does

not turn around. stepping up his campaign for the presidency, joe biden has launched a blistering attack on donald trump's handling of the pandemic. the promises and predictions and wishful thinking pulled out of thin air are not only doing the country no good, they're making them lose more faith in their government. america knows this crisis isn't behind us, even if you don't. without responding directly to the former vice—president, mr trump once again blamed china. with no end in sight to the covid crisis and a holiday weekend approaching, the worst affected states are now renewing some lockdown measures. in texas, the closure of bars has provoked a backlash from some but weary acceptance from others. it's obviously spreading in bars, so if we've got to shut it down for the better of the community, that's what we've got to do. right now we are the first

guys to get shut down, the last to open and they're not hearing us and if we've got to scream as loud as can be, we want to be heard. in california, the beaches have been shut down again and people urged to stay at home. there will be little to celebrate this independence day. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. an 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two sisters in a park in london. the bodies of nicole smallman and bibaa henry were found in fryent gardens in wembley after a birthday party last month. postmortem tests revealed they died from multiple stab wounds. a man has appeared at the old bailey, charged with the murders of three men in a park in reading last month, in what police described as a terrorist incident. khairi saadallah who is 25 and from libya appeared via video link from belmarsh prison. no date has been set for his trial. jack leslie is a footballer you've

probably never heard of. but fans of plymouth argyle are starting a campaign to have a statue of him erected in the city. leslie was chosen to play for england in 1925 — but was dropped when selectors realised he was black. clive coleman has the story. jack leslie, a phenomenalfootballer. but was he denied his place in sporting history because of the colour of his skin? afine team... jack played for plymouth argyle, then in the third division in the 1920s. he's believed to be the first black player to captain a league side. here at plymouth, jack leslie scored 137 goals, at times suffering racial abuse from both crowds and opponents. but in 1925, the club manager called him into his office and gave him some thrilling news. jack leslie had been picked to play for england. it was the talk of the town. but when the papers came

out some days later, billy walker of aston villa was in the team. jack was named as a travelling reserve. he never travelled. england struggled to a 0—0 draw in belfast, while jack scored twice in plymouth‘s 7—2 victory at home to bournemouth. what happened to jack has passed into family history. and then you've got the wedding picture there, which isjust lovely, isn't it? they looked so happy, didn't they? they certainly did. lovely picture. well, in those days you didn't have the television. someone came down to watch him. they weren't watching his football. they were looking at the colour of his skin. and because of that, he was denied the chance of playing for his country. plymouth argyle has already honoured one of its greatest players in this mural and has renamed its boardroom after him. but fans want a statue of jack

and a campaign is underway. we think that at a time when some statues are coming down, we want to campaign to put a statue up to celebrate jack leslie, his incredible achievements, but also to remember that historic injustice where he was denied his england cap. the last thing on my mind was me being the first black player to play for england. 53 years afterjack leslie's selection for the national side, viv anderson became the first black player to win a full england cap. it's incredible to get the euphoria of getting the call from the manager and saying you'd been picked for england, and then within a few days the letdown of being dismissed from the squad for the coluor of his skin. it's abhorent, really. you know, i'd never heard ofjack leslie till up to two weeks ago. and that's a crying shame, because what he achieved and what he did should be paramount in every black person's mind, you know. but hopefully the statue that we're trying to get erected will carry on his legacy. after his playing days, jack returned to his trade

as a boilermaker before ending his working life in the boot room at west ham, where he cleaned mud from the boots of england stars bobby moore and jeff hurst. hardly fitting for a man who should have been remembered alongside them. and now, perhaps, will be. clive coleman, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. the satellite picture shows the extent of today's cloud, but amongst this there are several weather fronts and they will bring thicker cloud and rain. the wettest areas of this afternoon are the central belt of scotla nd this afternoon are the central belt of scotland and southern scotland. rain running along the border between ireland and northern ireland. there will be rain in the north, but swear in and wales it is

a showery picture. nowhere is immune but perhaps southern wales will get away with staying dry