this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm aaron safir. the taj mahal stays shut as india's coronavirus cases reach a record high. galicia in the north—west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. in australia, restrictions return to melbourne as a breach of hotel quarantines is blamed for a spike in cases. and the show must go on — republicans say they will hold their annual convention in florida despite its infection rate.

india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest confirmed coronavirus infections, after the united states, and brazil. but experts warn the true scale of the outbreak in india could be far higher. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to nearly 700,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. alanna petroff reports. the taj mahal, a monument to love from the 17th century. a world—famous attraction with millions of visitors each year. one of the seven wonders of the modern world in the city of agra. it's been empty since mid—march. it was meant to reopen on monday. thousands were expected. at the last minute, plans were scrapped.

authorities extended local lockdown measures. there is no word on a new reopening date. just days earlier, a representative for local tour guides was feeling optimistic about the reopening. translation: it's great news and has brought cheer to guides. work that was closed for months will now start again. this will give a boost for the tourism sector. north of agra, in south delhi, officials focused on a different kind of opening, a vast new treatment centre with capacity for up to 10,000 beds. in a country of 1.3 billion people, authorities are struggling to balance urgent priorities. the number of confirmed cases keeps rising to hit daily record levels. the healthcare system is stretched. even so, experts say the true scale of the pandemic is unknown. the figures are underreported. the virus continues to spread

in a country that imposed of the most stringent high—profile lockdowns in the world. it hit migrant workers particularly hard. in a nation that's been humbled by the pandemic, it seems tourism, and the taj mahal, just can't be the priority right now. alanna petroff, bbc news. as we heard, judging the true scale of the problem in india is proving difficult, as our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan explains. many healthca re experts would point out the best way to contain the virus is test, trace and treat, and these three things should be done, but if you look at the number of tests being conducted in india at the moment, we are talking about around 200,000 tests per day and so far, they have done about 10 million tests but that is nothing compared to the size of the country and the population. we are talking about 1.3

billion people so it is basically only about 4,000 tests per million. whereas the world average is nearly 30,000 so testing is a big issue because when you look at how this pandemic started in india, the number of tests were very, very low and now they've increased it. that's why you are seeing more and more cases coming out but the challenge for the authorities, is what is happening in the rural areas of this country, because many people would hesitate to go to any hospital, saying, "i have coronavirus," because there is a stigma, many people would ostracise them, telling them not to come out of the house, that they fear they might be taken to one of these quarantine centres where they will be kept for 1h days, so what experts are pointing out that what is happening in india at the moment is the tip of the iceberg and the peak period is yet to come in india, probably the end ofjuly or even august or september. anbarasan, briefly,

you referenced there the scale of india, presumably we're seeing some states doing better than others and some local decisions being better than others as well. for example, if you take a state like kerala in the south, they have only 26 tests and about 5000 infections. but in neighbouring tamil nadu, there are more than 5000 cases. kerala was taking a very strict testing regime, as soon as they reached the state, they were able treatment to trace them immediately and give tbut treatment to trace them immediately and give treatment but in tamil nadu state, they relaxed the lock lockdown and people are going to the markets, the fish markets and vegetable markets and then it started again and that's why they had to reimpose lockdowns when a particular situation doesn't apply to one particular part of india however what the authorities in india are facing, convincing people they should come in test so we can

give you the proper treatment. the authorities in the north—western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions on about 70,000 people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. it's the second region in spain to introduce a local lockdown after restrictions came into force in parts of catalonia at the weekend. from spain, our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. the area of amarina on the atla ntic the area of amarina on the atlantic coast will be cut off from the rest of spain. movement will be allowed in the zone which has 70,000 inhabitants but police. people from entering or leaving without a specific region. 106 cases of virus in the area, authorities say this as a precautionary measure which is expected to last five days. translation: detecting these outbreaks early proves our health system is much readier than in march and it shows that we need to learn to live with the virus. we have to remain

vigilant and keep social distancing. over the weekend, the regional government of catalonia in the north—east of spain puta catalonia in the north—east of spain put a county in isolation due to a spike in coronavirus cases. two weeks ago, spain's government lifted a strict national lockdown on the grounds that the payment demick was under control but since then, there have been a number of new, mostly small outbreaks. some breaking news from australia and media there are reporting that the border between the states of new south wales and victoria are to close, as victoria struggles to contain new outbreaks of coronavirus. 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 1h 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. with 184 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—19 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—19, 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. kazakhstan has become the first country in the world to reimpose a nation—wide coronavirus lockdown after a steep rise in the number of cases. shopping centres, gyms, swimming pools and hair salons will close for at least two weeks. the country's first lockdown was in late march, with important sectors of the economy and travel grinding to a halt. here in the uk it's now four months since the first covid—19 deaths, with figures showing at least 44,000 people have lost their lives to the coronavirus — our medical correspondent fergus walsh can take 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 44,000 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 24 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, jumping forjoy: willa massive cash rescue package save theatres in the wake of the pandemic?

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applause this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: india's tourist landmarks stay shut as the country overtakes russia to reach the world's third highest number of coronavirus infections. galicia in the north—west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. republican party officials say they are committed to holding their annual convention in florida at the end of next month despite a record spike in coronavirus cases there. latest figures from florida showed a rise of more than 11,000 cases of covid—19. julia manchester is political reporter for the hill, and she joins us now from florida. julia, thank you for your time. this convention has already moved once and it is not even

happening yet. can you just talk briefly through the first move, which i believe was from north carolina. yes, the first move was from charlotte, north carolina. president trump tweeted it would be moving, he didn't announce where, but it was because we saw the state parliament democratic governor cooper was very hesitant to hold the convention with all of its bells and whistles. we know president trump wanted to have a very normal rockstar like convention well he would receive the nomination to be re—elected, be the party's nominee. we saw the governor start to tell florida and then we saw jacksonville, florida, which is in the northern part of the state, was announced. now we are seeing plans for that convention, which is supposed to have all the bells and whistles according to president trump, that is up in the area because we are seeing severe spikes of coronavirus in the sunshine state. both els and whistles don't come cheap,

do they? there is a lot of money that goes into putting on a convention, a lot of sponsorship. what happens if this doesn't go ahead or it is moved or postponed 7 this doesn't go ahead or it is moved or postponed? what happens to the money given what happened to these political supporters? that is a question a lot of us are asking right 110w. a lot of us are asking right now. we saw that millions of dollars were from north carolina donors and other donors outside of the state that were hoping to have the convention in charlotte. however, now that has been moved to florida, we have seen the florida republican party is 110w the florida republican party is now working with president trump in the republican national committee to put on this convention. however, the issueis this convention. however, the issue is that we are actually seeing a lot of republican donors who are now very wary about giving to this convention, essentially saying, look, we don't want anybody to get sick, this is obviously in a hot spot and we don't know what this convention is going to look like. right now there is so much up in the air that a

lot of donors are being very cautious because they don't wa nt cautious because they don't want what happened in north carolina to happen once again. julie, we have got used to living without quite a few things over the past few months. ijust wonder things over the past few months. i just wonder what difference would it make if there wasn't a republican convention or there wasn't a republican convention 01’ even a there wasn't a republican convention or even a democratic convention or even a democratic convention this year? they are big events, but they matter? well, they are more formalities at this point. joe biden has amassed enough delegates to become the democratic nominee. so has president from on the republican side. there is no question that they will be the nominees at this point unless there is some 11th hour bid to make them not nominate, that will probably not happen. 99% sure. however, there is the question of what the convention will look like. i imagine on the democratic side at least the democratic side at least the need to be some formality where delegates vote and such, we know the democratic national convention is going to be much

more scaled—down, involve a lot more scaled—down, involve a lot more virtual. however, the republican national convention, president trump has said he wa nts a president trump has said he wants a full on convention, and we saw that from his rally in south dakota over the weekend where there was no social distancing, no mask wearing. he wa nts to distancing, no mask wearing. he wants to have one of his normal rockstar like rallies, so i don't think you are going to see the president backing down on this stop however, you can see very people that let other people very close to him pressuring him to make some concessions. ok, julia, we have to leave it there, but we will keep an eye on the story. thank you very much for your time. let's get some of the day's other news. 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 stand—off lasting more than a week. medics have already tested the migrants and staff aboard the ocean viking for covid—19. an american woman who claims she was brought to britain aged 17 to have sex with prince andrew has said he "should be panicking" following the arrest of ghislane maxwell. virginia giuffre, one of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein‘s accusers, says she was trafficked to london by epstein in 2001. she spoke to australia's channel 9 60 minutes programme following the arrest of epstein‘s former girlfriend on charges of helping epstein‘s sexual exploitation of girls and young women, and also perjury. prince andrew and ghislane

maxwell both deny allegations made against them. i really hope she comes forward and says, "a, b, c, d, ewas involved, this is how it ran." you know, just help us victims get some accountability. 0h! prince andrew should be panicking at the moment because ghislaine doesn't really care about anyone else but ghislaine. now, many theatres, orchestras and other arts organisations face a bleak future in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. after intensive campaigning by the arts sector, the uk government has announced a £1.5 billion rescue package — it's billed as the biggest ever one—off investment in uk culture. freelance theatre producer and director, adam lenson gives an idea of what kind of year it has been. very, very strange.

0bviously, our entire industry is based on mass gatherings. so, you know, people being in a room together to share an experience and thatjust hasn't been possible since april. so it was one of the first things to go, and i think we all know that it is going to be one of the last things to come back. so, it has made what we do very, very difficult. how welcome, then, is this package? £1.5 billion right across the united kingdom and not just theatre, right across the arts sector? extremely welcome. i would say that people are extremely glad that this has happened. it could have happened a lot sooner, i think. i think, you know, people have been waiting for three months, knowing that theatre isn't going to be the same for the foreseeable future. i think theatres have already collapsed during this time, like the one in southampton.

we wished it would have come sooner, but that doesn't mean we aren't extremely happy. i would say until we know what the future looks like for the performing arts, it is still always going to be a bit of a bandage on a wound of unspecified scale. but, you know, relieved, i would say. the national history museum, national gallery, national theatre, royal shakespeare company all welcome this announcement. this sector relies on freelance individuals, on small theatre companies, small groups of people working together. how badly have they been hit compared to organisations that may have gas in the bank or reserves or other kinds of investments? i myself am a freelancer, as are a lot of my close colleagues, and we have been hit really badly because our work just stopped. but we weren't able to benefit

from the furlough scheme or existing salaried roles. i think, yeah, the trouble with the creative arts as they are not hierarchical, they are sort of like an interconnected ecosystem of scale and all of these people doing jobs that not everybody knows all about, that they are trained to do, that they are very good at, and they are just not able to do them. so i sincerely hope that this doesn'tjust help the andrew lloyd—webbers, but also the other smaller, innovative, upcoming artists who you might hear about one day, but maybe don't know their names yet. as the lockdown has eased, professional sport has made something of a comeback. formula 1 resumed with the austrian grand prix and many countries have seen the return of football. but in argentina, restrictions are still in place so people have had to improvise, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains.

the beautiful game probably seems even more beautiful. after such a long absence. across parts of europe and asia, matches have been played, goals have been scored, championships have been one. not here. not in argentina. a recent spike in cases means lock down measures have been reinforced, so they have come up reinforced, so they have come up with a suitable alternative. translation: this is for two teams of five players, for recreational activity. that tres passes recreational activity. that trespasses distancing with no contact. there are fixed positions just like a goalkeeper with the defence and the forwards. known locally, it works like this. the picture is separated into rectangular segments and each player has to

stay in their own zone. there is no tackling, no dribbling. it has been described as a life—sized version of table football. for some, it life—sized version of table football. forsome, it couldn't have come a moment too soon. translation: the truth is that i tried it and it is the first timei i tried it and it is the first time i have kicked a ball in months. i am telling you this truthfully, i am emotional. of course the hope is proper football will eventually be given the green light. in the meantime, socially distance football will have to do. tim allman, bbc news. just before we go, i want to show you these pictures of suspected drug traffickers in the mexican state of quintana. they have made an emergency landing on a public highway before setting the plane alight and fleeing the scene. this is how the plane was left. federal investigators are still trying to establish the exact details, but it is believed the plane was transporting drugs into

mexico from central america before running into difficulty and being forced to land on the stretch of public road. you can reach me twitter. 0n you can reach me twitter. on i will be back with the headlines shortly. hello. monday looks set to be a rather breezy day, but not quite as windy as it was on sunday, when we had scenes like this — gusts of 50mph or more across some parts of the uk, the sorts of winds we would expect during autumn, but are pretty unusual in summer. the area of low pressure responsible still not too far away, sliding towards scandinavia. high pressure trying to build in from the south—west, but it's not going to be quite as windy as it has been through monday. still pretty blustery out there, i have to say. fewer showers and still some showers. those particularly affecting parts of scotland, northern england, maybe clipping into 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 some spells of sunshine here. still, a noticeable north—westerly breeze. these are the wind gusts we are expecting. they are just a notch or two lower than the wind speeds we saw during sunday. it will still feel cool out there, i suspect, with top temperatures between 14 and 21 degrees and it will remain fairly cool and fresh as we head through monday night. many of the daytime showers will continue to fade. i think we will see showery rain drifting across the far north of scotland and cloud amounts increasing across northern ireland through the early hours of tuesday morning. temperature—wise, we start the day between 8 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 be working in very quickly into northern ireland. i showed you increasing amounts of cloud, and rain will set in through the morning and then spread eastwards. there is a bit of uncertainty aboutjust how far north

far south this wet weather will get. there is likely to be a swathe of dry weather through the southern counties of england and the channel islands, and dry conditions with just showers in the northern half of scotland, but still, those temperatures in a range of 14 to 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 never get particularly warm. we can expect 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 the north.

this is bbc news, the headlines: as its tourist attractions stay shut, india has overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest number of coronavirus infections. a sharp rise in new cases has taken the confirmed total to around 690,000. more than 19,000 people have died so far. the authorities in the north western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions on about seventy thousand people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. it comes a day after catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of covid 19. in the australian state of victoria, several breaches of hotel quarantine, are being blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases. in melbourne, over 30 suburbs have been locked down, and three—thousand residents living in public housing will not be able