this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a grim milestone for india as it overtakes russia to become the country with the world's third—highest confirmed coronavirus infections. a partial lockdown is reimposed in the australian city of melbourne as thousands of residents are told not to leave their homes for at least five days. how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions in the region. we have a special report. anger wants to be a key player in the future, whichever emerges from the future, whichever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it is

flexing its muscles across the middle east —— ankara. the british government announces over £1.5 billion in funding to protect the arts. the industry has been left devastated by the pandemic. the 72nd birthday of the nhs is marked across the uk with a nationwide clap to thank the health service and those who work in it. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third—highest confirmed coronavirus infections. a sharp rise in new cases

in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to about 690,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. ethirajan anbarasan has more. in the southern city of chen i, the numbers are going up. they relaxed restrictions for a few days, but what happened was people started going to markets like the kitchen market or the fish market in the numbers started going up. they reimpose lockdowns in the city of chennai and north—east of india. now they are talking about re— imposing these very, very strict measures in different cities across india, at what is now happening is the government needs to understand whether this is community transmission or it is happening in isolated places. there is one problem. it is the stigma attached to this. many people don't want to be tested because they think they will be isolated and taken to a government centre. any people in

many places like apartment blocks, the families are being isolated. there is a stigma attached to this coronavirus as well. even though the government has come out and given a lot of help to migrant workers and poor people in terms of economic assistance. they want to keep the whole thing locked up for nearly three orfour months. whole thing locked up for nearly three or four months. millions of people depend on this daily wages and that is why the government is very keen to divide the economy and remove the restrictions so that they can make people earn more money, but at the same time, the challenge is how they are going to control it. well, plans to reopen india's most iconic landmark, the taj mahal, on monday have been scrapped. local officials ordered the extension of lockdown curbs on monuments around the northern city of agra late on sunday. the shining marble mausoleum has been closed to the public since mid—march. in the australian state of victoria, several breaches of hotel quarantine have led to a spike

in coronavirus cases. in melbourne, over 30 suburbs have been locked down and 3,000 residents living in public housing will not be able to leave their flats for 14 days. sophia tran—thomson has this report. australia has so far weathered the coronavirus pandemic better than many other nations, with just 8,500 cases and 104 deaths. since the end of march, all inbound travellers arriving in australia have had to do a compulsory 14—day quarantine at a government—nominated hotel. the measures seemed to be working until reports emerged of security contractors in melbourne having sexual relations with guests, and several people tested positive to the virus after release. over the weekend, australia saw its biggest rise in coronavirus cases so far. with184 people testing positive in victoria, the government announced lockdown for over 30 melbourne suburbs and 3,000 residents living in housing estate tower blocks,

where dozens of cases have been confirmed, have been told to stay inside their homes for two weeks. residents say they had no notice and the arrival of hundreds of police enforcing the stay—at—home measures came as a complete surprise. there are a lot of people in these buildings that have, you know, pre—existing mental health issues. there's a lot of trauma that a lot of these people come from. a lot of them come from war—torn countries, so i think, definitely, there are a lot of vulnerable people that are going to be affected by this, and i really do hope that this doesn't extend to 14 days because there's going to be really harsh consequences on the mental health of a lot of people in these flats. epidemiologists say the measures are necessary to contain the virus and that isolating small communities is easier than forcing the whole state into lockdown. i think this has made it clear that, you know, covid—i9 is out there and it's just waiting, and so we really do need to crack down very hard when it seems like the epidemic

is starting to get out of control and starting to replicate very fast, to try to get it back to a point where we are able to — if there is a case of covid—i9, that we're able to find and contact and trace and test all of the possible contacts of that individual. while the authorities monitor cases and hope that the virus is still able to be contained, the government has announced a judicial inquiry investigating victoria's hotel quarantine management. sophia tran—thompson, bbc news. latin american countries are experiencing an explosion of new coronavirus cases. the region is home tojust 8% of the global population, but its deaths account for around 20% of all coronavirus deaths the world over. brazil and mexico have suffered the most. reged ahmad takes a closer look at what's going on in the region. lunchtime crowds in mexico city. these scenes belie the reality here

that mexico is in the grip of the covid—i9 pandemic. it's reached a terrible milestone, surpassing 30,000 deaths. social distancing is a challenge and because of a lack of testing, the numbers could be even higher. translation: it all depends on the area. in this area, you can see that people have theirface masks. they keep a healthy distance. but in more densely—populated areas, people don't respect the rules, unfortunately. many believe the virus doesn't exist, that it was made up by someone. the reality of the problem seems to, at times, run counter to the government response. mexico's president has been criticised for reopening the country's struggling economy too early after locking down too late. but the challenge in dealing with the pandemic is being echoed across many parts of latin america. brazil is the worst—hit country in the region. its case numbers and deaths are second only to the united states. over the weekend, it registered more than 1,000 deaths in a day. and like the united states,

mask—wearing has become politicised. the brazilian president this week watered down new mask laws aimed at stemming the wave of infections. some failures by governments in other countries has inevitably led to rising anger. just this week in bolivia, where case numbers are going up, a coffin with a coronavirus victim was left in the middle of the street in protest at burial delays. it's not all bad news, though. swift lockdown and contact tracing has helped cuba contain its outbreak. and uruguay is preparing to open its borders. its success has made it the only latin american country named on the eu list of safe travel destinations. but overall, the picture looks bleak. as the region struggles to reverse course, there are fears now for the long—term implications as the pandemic rages on. reged ahmad, bbc news. authorities in the north—western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions again

on about 70,000 people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. gatherings of more than ten people will be banned. it comes a day after catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of covid—19. here in the uk, the latest figures released by the government show another 22 deaths of people who'd tested positive for coronavirus recorded for the last 2a hours. total uk deaths now number more than 114,000. four months on from the first of those deaths, our medical correspondent fergus walsh takes us through the figures, both here and around the world. by any measure, the uk is one of the worst—affected countries in the world. official figures show there have been more than 114,000 covid—19 deaths in the uk, the third—highest death toll after the united states and brazil. if you look at excess deaths, the number above what you'd expect for the time of year, that rises to over 65,000.

that means, very roughly, one in 1,000 people in the uk have died due to the coronavirus pandemic. by far the biggest single risk factor is age. 85 in every 100 deaths has been among people aged 70 and over. the younger you are, the lower your risk. daily confirmed coronavirus cases have fallen from a peak of over 5,000 a day in april to fewer than 1,000 a day now. there are hot spots in areas like leicester, and there are thought to be about 1,000 to 2,000 cases a day that are never identified. but although coronavirus cases are falling across most of europe, globally, the pandemic is accelerating. it took more than three months to reach a million cases worldwide. by mid—may, it had topped 5 million, and it now stands at over 11 million,

with a million new cases being added every week. the global death toll is now over 500,000. in the united states, the world's worst—affected country, there have been record numbers of new daily cases, with 50,000 being added every 2a hours, driven by outbreaks in states in florida, arizona and texas. many other countries are also seeing a surge in cases, with major outbreaks in brazil, mexico, india, south africa and russia. little wonder that the world health organization has said the pandemic is not even close to being over. the british government has tonight announced a £1.57 billion support package to protect the future of the arts. it comes after some theatres, which are not yet able to stage live performances, closed down, making staff redundant. museums, galleries, as well as independent cinemas,

heritage sites and music venues are also eligible for the emergency grants and loans. it is a month since the internationally recognised government of libya finally managed to take back full control of the capital tripoli with extensive help from turkey, defeating a long offensive by a rival force. the battle between the two drew in other countries, taking different sides, marking the most recent stage in a long battle for control of libya ever since colonel gadaffi was deposed in 2011. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin and her team have had rare access to libya. they sent this report from tripoli. flying into libya, where there has been a shift in the oil—rich landscape, thanks to intervention from turkey. its presence here has been largely unseen. but we gained rare access.

0n the red carpet, up close and masked, the turkish defence minister hulusi akar, seen as the new power in town. and here's why — victory celebrations by fighters loyal to the un—backed government. without ankara's support, they could have lost the capital. so, corona bumps and gratitude from fayez al—sarraj, libya's internationally recognised prime minister. but is turkey planning a permanent stay on this foreign soil? i put that question to the defence minister. translation: saying that would be incorrect. 0ur presence here is based on bilateral agreements with the legitimate libyan government, recognised by the un, and this is in line with international law. 0ur presence will continue.

we are trying to help our libyan brothers by consulting on military training and cooperation. turkish forces are now on the ground in libya, northern iraq and northern syria. one of nato‘s most powerful armies often seems to be going its own way. turkey's presence here is part of an expanded footprint across the middle east. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya. and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east. and it's creating waves in the eastern mediterranean, where there's a lot at stake, not least important gas reserves. the minister made a flying visit to this turkish warship off the coast of libya. he strongly denied claims

from france that turkey harassed one of its vessels in the area. but with its deepening involvement here, one is sailing in choppy waters. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tripoli. partial results in croatia's parliamentary election predict a strong victory for the governing right—wing hdz party. pre—election polls had suggested a tight race with the centre—left social democrats. but it seems that the prime minister, andrej plenkovic, is set to extend his term in office. austrian police have arrested two russian citizens — both from chechnya — over saturday's murder of a chechen dissident in a suburb of vienna. media reports have named the victim as mamikhan umarov, a blogger and an outspoken critic of chechnya's autocratic ruler, ramzan kadyrov. italy has given permission for 180 migrants to disembark from a charity—run ship at a port in sicily, after a standoff lasting

more than a week. medics have already tested the migrants and staff aboard the ocean viking for covid—19. the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the uk's national health service has been marked across the country with a nationwide round of applause. with echoes of the weekly claps for carers around the peak of the covid—19 pandemic, there was appreciation for the work of nhs staff at a time of challenges unprecedented in its history. mark easton has this report. this evening, the nation came together in gratitude, communities clapping their appreciation in every corner of the united kingdom, on pavements on doorsteps, mighty and humble, to say thank you to the nhs and all those who did their bit to save lives during the pandemic. the hope is that everyjuly the fifth, the health service's birthday, the country will find a moment to remember britain's key

workers, embedding what began as a social media post into the national calendar. what we have proven is that we can be there for each other in the last months, whether it is volunteering and looking outreach other, so if we can hold onto that, then we are just stronger as a nation to go through any crisis that we're going to face. the clap for carers has invigorated neighbourhoods, including streets like this one in bristol, where12—year—old harry has become something of a local star. it's been a weird time, but it's amazing how we can all pull together and achieve something like this. i think it's valuable for the country, personally, to see it follow on, because i think it's something that we've lost and actually it's nice to see it coming back again. we've lived here for 11 years and we didn't know a lot of our neighbours. so this has drawn everybody out, and it's been lovely. # lean on me... in glasgow, a lockdown band has

formed on the city's dumbarton road, local musicians turning up to perform together alongside the clapping. going from maybe ten gigs a week, seven gigs a week, to nothing, was quite severe, so, to bring it onto the street and just do something different other than looking at the four walls during lockdown has been a great experience. someone who lives by themself, it's lovely to come together and i'm a musician, so it's lovely to play live, it's a definite boost. this afternoon, a spitfire took to the skies over east anglia to tip its wings above the region's hospitals, a message of thanks painted on its underside. it also flew over the cambridge village of witchford to acknowledge the efforts of local women who spent lockdown sewing scrubs for doctors and nurses. we've brought everybody out who's been making the scrubs, and we're really excited and honoured to see them flying over. in nearby king's lynn...

how is everyone? thank you for coming. not at all, we've come to say thank you to you guys. ..the duke and duchess of cambridge turned up for tea at the queen elizabeth hospital. the prince of wales also paid his own personal tribute to health workers. 0ur remarkably selfless nurses, doctors, paramedics and countless other staff have made costly sacrifices to provide treatment, and in tribute to them, we have come together as a nation to thank them for their skill, professionalism and dedication. in the garden of number 10, borisjohnson hosted a tea party for the nhs workers who helped save his life from coronavirus, as the country was invited to share a cuppa or a glass with their neighbours, nourishing lockdown spirit for the challenges to come. mark easton, bbc news. something quite different. scientists and brewers have hooked up in australia, hoping algae can help solve

the looming climate crisis. the green stuff certainly helped create the world's atmosphere many millions of years ago and in a first for australia, a sydney craft brewery is pumping its waste c02 through algae to convert it to oxygen. let's talk to one of the scientists involved — dr alex thomson, manager of deep green biotech hub at the university of technology sydney. it sounds fascinating. how exactly do you do this? it is utilising one of the oldest technologies we have on the planet and that is photosynthesis to algae was the thing that gave our planet and atmosphere and what we are doing here is capturing that carbon dioxide that comes off when the beer is fermented, piping it through tubes and feeding it to algae which sucks off the carbon dioxide and produces oxygen and then we have a

useful stuff that we can turn into other things. so it absorbs... what quantities? because it is a microbrewery. as doesn't produce billions of pints? what we have at the moment is a prototype system and it is incredibly effective. what goes to prove is that we are able to utilise these types of systems in many different industries. this brewery being one of them, and we are able to make that. mount henry is the name of the brewery. so we have name that. this is a prototype which could be rolled out, could it? how easyis could be rolled out, could it? how easy is it to extract that and put it into the algae? is the technology up it into the algae? is the technology up to it into the algae? is the technology d? it into the algae? is the technology up to speed? absolutely. a brewery isa

up to speed? absolutely. a brewery is a perfect candidate because when they bubble away make a beer the carbon dioxide comes straight out of the vat and if it is not captured it goes into the atmosphere. we already have that system in place that the carbon dioxide coming out is ca ptu red carbon dioxide coming out is captured easily and fed to algae in these big bubbling green tanks that mean it is effective and able to process quickly. and then what happens to the algae? we are able to collect the algae had harvested and then we are looking at ways we can use that algae to make a product and supplement something that may be a little less sustainable. algae can be used to make different things from animalfood be used to make different things from animal food to buy a plastic and in some instances medicine. but something that will always taste of beer? she laughs that is not necessarily a bad thing.

a robotic helper that could increase the pace of discovery has been developed at the university of liverpool. it's part of what's being called a new digital age for science, with artificial intelligence and robotics keeping research moving at a time when social distancing means fewer human scientists in their labs. victoria gill has more. keeping the experiments going, single—handedly. in a chemistry lab that has been closed to most human researchers since the beginning of lockdown, this robotic scientist has been working 2a hours a day, all alone. just occasionally, its designers are able to check in on their intelligent machine. doesn't get bored, doesn't get tired, it works around the clock. doesn't need holidays. it frees up my time to focus on innovation and new solutions, rather than doing the same action over and over again. because it would easily go to thousands of samples,

which would take me a very long time to do by hand. in the age of social distancing, this £100,000 robot has taken on a whole new role. so many of us are going to have to get used to keeping our distance from each other and just not coming in to workspaces that we used to share with other people. and this robot scientist can keep experimenting 2a hours a day, so that the human scientists can work from home. in manufacturing, robots a re often used, programmed to repeat one task. but this new generation of robotic researcher actually learns as it works. it can record its results and use them to fine—tune the next set of experiments. so, could these machines do all of the science? absolutely not. this is about human beings harnessing all of these digital technologies so that they can explore bigger and tackle much more complex problems, like decarbonisation, preventing and treating disease, making the quality of our air cleaner.

but we will always need people. so, with time—consuming tasks increasingly done by robotic collaborators, the next generation of human scientists could be trying to solve some of the world's most pressing problems from home. victoria gill, bbc news. we have another algae story for you. no... not at the moment. this is about pink snow. it is linked to algae because scientists in italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of ink lesional ice in the alps. the phenomenon is commonly known as watermelon snow although i do not see any pink or watermelon at the moment stop well... not really pink, is it? slightly pink. that is because i algae that develops when snow melts, simultaneously colouring

the eyes. the watermelon snow comes not only from the pink colour but it is also said to smell slightly sweet. so there you go. you are watching bbc news to in a moment we will look at the papers with our reviewers who are back with us again. that is coming upjust after the headlines and a look at the weather. monday looks set to be a rather easy day but not quite as windy as it was on sunday when we had seems like this with gusts the 50 mile an hour 01’ more across parts this with gusts the 50 mile an hour or more across parts of the uk and the thought of when we would expect during autumn but are unusual in summer. the area of low pressure responsible not too far away, slightly towards scandinavia, high pressure trying to build towards the

south—west but not as windy as it has been through monday. still blustery out there with fewer showers and still some showers, those particularly affecting parts of scotland, northern england may be entered in east wales and the midlands, certainly the eastern side of england and some for northern ireland as well. the further south and west you are not as many showers, more dry weather and spells of sunshine here. still noticeable north—westerly breeze, these wind gusts we are expecting, just a notch 01’ gusts we are expecting, just a notch or two lower than the windspeed we saw during sunday. it was still feel cool out there, i suspect with top temperatures between 1a and 21 degrees and it will remain cool and fresh as we had through monday night. many daytime showers will continue to fade and we will see showery rain drift across the far north of scotland and cloud amount increasing across northern ireland through the early hours of tuesday morning. we start the day between eight and 12 degrees. high pressure just about in charge as we begin

tuesday. you can see this bump in the isobars here. however there is a frontal system that will work quickly into northern ireland. i show you live increasing cloud, and said in through the morning and then spread eastwards. there is uncertainty about just how far north 01’ uncertainty about just how far north or south the wet weather will get and there is likely to be a swathe of dry weather through the southern counties of england and the channel islands in dry conditions with just showers in the northern half of scotla nd showers in the northern half of scotland but those temperatures still around 14— 21 degrees. that frontal system is not finished as we head towards wednesday another pulse of energy, another wave holding it in place with more rain across southern counties and to the north of that frontal system, the air will not get warm with temperatures staying a touch below the average for the time of year. some rain at times through the middle part of the week and the driest of the weather is likely to be across north.

hello. this is bbc news with tim willcox. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. celebrating the nhs as it deals with the covid pandemic: nationwide applause for the health service's 72nd birthday.

in edinburgh, there was music, and in county down in northern ireland, even some fancy dress as people showed their appreciation on this anniversary. this has taught us all together, actually. i know it has not been good, but for the community, actually. i know it has not been good, but forthe community, it actually. i know it has not been good, but for the community, it has. a call for urgent action to resolve the problems in social care once and for all. ministers say a plan will be brought forward. thousands more staff are to be sent into job centres amid fears of a sharp increase in unemployment. and lewis hamilton and 13 fellow drivers begin the formula 1 season in austria by taking the knee. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.