hello, i'm ros atkins, welcome to outside source. china warns the uk over interference in hong kong — and over questions about huawei's role in uk telecoms. if you want to make china a hostile country, you have to bear the consequences. the americas remain the coronavirus pandemic epicentre — we'll be live in brazil. and why does president trump keep talking about postal voting? we'll look at why it's become a major political issue in the us. the composer behind some of cinema's most iconic theme tunes — ennio morricone — has died. we'll be live in new york. welcome. we're going to start in hong

kong. it's been a week since china imposed a controversial national security law — today we've got to see full details of the powers it gives hong kong's police. here's npr's emily fung's verdict... well, the authorities published details of these powers on monday night. as you can see, there's a lot of it. here are some of the main points — under what it calls ‘urgent circumstances‘ police can search a place without a warrant. people under investigation can be prevented from leaving hong kong. if police consider that what they call a ‘message on an electronic platform‘ is likely to ‘endanger national security‘, they can ask the platform to remove it and ban the user. they can also ask the service provider to provide identification records or decryption assistance. whatsapp, facebook, telegram, twitter and now google have said they have "paused" the processing of government requests for user data in

hong kong. facebook said... also, schools have been ordered to remove any books that don‘t comply with the national security law. here‘s our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell on what we‘re seeing here. in hong kong, pro—democracy activistjoshua wong made this plea today. with the risk of our personal safety, with the threat of life sentencing, we might be worried and also being targeted by beijing, but we also encourage the global community to let

our voice be heard in the world. once we still have any possibility, we still have to let the world know that now is the time to stand with hong kong, and now is the time for hong kongers to keep our momentum. we saw what happens when there is push—back from the international community today. last week, the uk offered several million hong kongers a path to british citizenship in direct to the new law. today, the chinese ambassador to britain said this. the uk government keeps making irresponsible remarks on hong kong affairs through its so—called six monthly report on hong kong, make unwarranted accusations against the national security law for hong kong as they are and even talks about changing the arrangement for british national overseas

passport holders in hong kong. this move constitutes gross interference in china‘s internal affairs, openly trampling on the basic norm governing international relations. and this is the uk foreign secretary‘s response to that. the real issue here is one of trust and whether china can be trusted to live up to its international obligations and responsibilities, and that is a message that we are telegraphing, along with many of our allies and indeed many international partners around the world to beijing particularly in relation to what we have seen in hong kong. hong kong isn‘t the only issue that might impact uk—china relations. the uk‘s decision to allow the chinese telecoms firm huawei to be involved in its 56 network is being reconsidered. here‘s the prime minister. i'm very, very determined to get broadband into every part of this country, you know, reaching out across the whole of the uk,

and we are convinced that we can do that, and i'm also determined that the uk should not be in any way vulnerable to high—risk state vendors, so we have to think carefully about how we will handle that, we will have to come up with the right technological solutions, but also we will have to make sure we continue to deliver the broadband that the uk needs. here‘s helen catt on the domestic political calculations for the prime minister. here‘s helen catt on the domestic political calculations for the prime minister. a lot of conservative backbenchers, there are a fair number of those who are still quite unhappy at the involvement of huawei in the uk‘s sg networks in telecoms infrastructure, so much so that even with the majority of 80 there have been some nerves about whether or not downing street can get this bill through, so what has changed?

that has been pretty consistent for several months. what has changed, though, is the us decision to impose sanctions on huawei, and what that has done is to affect how it is able to manufacture its chips, its processors, and there are concerns that may now be less safe and less secure, and that is the sort of report we understand is being considered by the government at the moment, and which could signal this shift and this change. of course this whole thing is bound up not only in the international disputes between china and the us, being pulled into that, and the political pressure in westminster, but of course the other thing to remember is if huawei were not to be involved, or have its kit taken out of some of the uk infrastructure, there could also be consequences on things like the speed of delivery of broadband, that was a key conservative manifesto pledge to roll out full fibre broadband everywhere by 2025, so there‘s quite a lot

going on here. the us remains the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. it has close to three million confirmed cases. and more than 52,000 new infections were reported on sunday. florida is one of the biggest areas of concern. the infection rate is escalating — and total infections are now past 200,000. 11,000 of them were reported on sunday. bear in mind there werejuly fourth celebrations at the weekend. this beach in miami would usually be packed. this year it was shut and a city—wide curfew was in place. this is why florida is taking this so seriously. another stark statistic is that its infections rose by 168% in june. its daily infection rate is above any recorded by a european country at the height of the pandemic there. so florida is right in the middle of this — so is texas. cases there have now passed 200,000. and more than 8,000 people were hospitalised on sunday. according to local media, hospitals

may reach capacity within two weeks. and there‘s an ongoing political debate about whether the state needs a stay—at—home order. next, onto arizona. infections are rising rapidly 100,000. gyms, bars and cinemas have all been closed until the end of the month. and more than 5,000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday. there are concerns there too that hospitals may reach their limits. here‘s one emergency doctor. it is absolutely terrifying. we are having whole families who end up in the hospital. we had one family with three members who were actually on ventilators in the icu, and you see how it is devastating for the families, the community and for health care workers holding their hands in their moments of need. it is nothing short of devastating. it is challenging, because our workspaces in the hospitals are totally full,

our entire staff, ot takes entire staff, team, of respiratory doctors and nurses, even down to admin support, to really be able to take care of patients the way we typically can, and we‘re just not able to, both because the degree of sickness that the patients have, how much time it takes for each patient over and over again, and our exhausted workforce. we‘ve been on deployment essentially if you will since march, and it is simply exhausting, people are ending up with acute stress. let‘s go further south now. i‘ll have updates on brazil and el salvador — but first bolivia. compared to some of its neighbours, it had been faring well. but unfortunately, the numbers are now starting to move. infections have passed 39,000. and there have been over 1,300 deaths. also the health minister has tested positive, the mining minister and minister of the presidency have, too. these escalating numbers are a particular concern because bolivia is one of the poorest countries in

latin america. its health system is ill—equipped to cope with a pandemic. this is the city of cochabamba — it‘s been badly hit and crematoriums are overwhelmed. these are workers digging makeshift graves. and this footage illustrates the pressure on bolivia‘s resources. this coffin holds the body of a 62—year—old who died from covid—19 — it was left on the street for hours because cemeteries had to close their doors. next — el salvador. the chief of cabinet, mario duran is on the left here. in the past 24—hours he‘s tested positive for the virus. the salvadorean government has imposed some of the toughest measures in latin america — keeping cases below 8,000. a further reopening of the economy has been delayed by two weeks. brazil is the epicentre of the pandemic in latin america. cases have passed 1.6 million. and there have been more than 64,000 deaths. some experts believe brazil is on track to become the country with the highest death toll by late

july. this new york times graphic shows sao paulo is the worst affected state. it alone has more than 320,000 infections. but even as the crisis worsens — the city is getting back to business. in the past two hours, hair salons, bars a nd restau ra nts have all reopened. so, given the numbers, what is brazil‘s case for reopening? here‘s katy watson in sao paulo. well, simply that they think that they can cope. i mean, if you take the example of sao paulo, it is the wealthiest state in brazil. they have looked at issues such as occupation of intensive care beds, the death toll, and they've labelled, across the state, they have labelled municipalities in a series of five phases, so if you hit a certain phase you can reopen, if the situation gets worse, they have to go back to closing, so here in sao paulo city, they have been able to reopen, in fact i had just taken a walk around the block and for the last three months there have been restaurants and beauty salon is absolutely closed, it has been dead, butjust walking

around in the space of a couple blocks, several restaurants all getting ready, reopening, and it feels much more alive, but of course many experts are saying this is coming out completely the wrong time. and those businesses which are opening, presumably they are having to follow a range of rules? and those businesses which are opening, presumably they are having to follow a range of rules? absolutely, so when i walked by, there were yellow arrows painted on the floor to show which way to walk to collect your food in a restaurant. i saw another several restaurants with hand sanitiser waiting there, so people obviously have to use that when they come in the restaurant, and distance to tables as well, so those are the measures they are putting in. but of course a few days ago, rio reopened its bars and restaurants, and there were images and video coming out, showing people absolutely packed into these bars, not wearing masks as is mandatory across much of brazil, so that is the concern that people are now desperate to get back

into some sort of normality, though we are very far from that sense of normality here in brazil with the death toll still rising. through the programme we will be updating you on the pandemic and we will also look at the issue of postal voting in the us. it may sound like a dry subject but it is becoming a controversial political issue. we will explain why. the british government has announced emergency funding for theatres, galleries and museums. will gompertz reports. theatres, music venues, cinemas and museums across the country have been brought to their knees by the covid—19 pandemic, with many saying they would be bankrupt within weeks without emergency government support. that arrived today with 0liver dowden the culture secretary announcing a £1.75 billion rescue

package for the culture and heritage sector. the announcement has been warmly welcomed by many arts leaders, who say they can now see a way for their organisations to survive, at least until the spring. of the total amount, £270 million will be made available as loans, with the rest, the vast majority, coming in the form of grants. there are likely to be many winners, but the money has come too late for some venues, which have already been forced to close, while others onlyjust clinging on to the hope of a post—pandemic return. this is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. china warns the uk over interference in hong kong — and over fresh questions about huawei‘s role in uk telecoms. let‘s look at some of

the day‘s other news. china says it‘s reached an understanding with india to ease border tensions and disengage front—line troops along the disputed frontier. the decision follows talks on sunday. however, china says it would continue to safeguard its territorial sovereignty. the new president of malawi says he‘ll end corruption and donor dependency because they undermine taxes and dignity. lazarus chakwera delivered his inauguration speech two weeks after winning a re—run of last year‘s election. he said too many administrations had promised good governance but delivered poverty. ghislaine maxwell, the ex—girlfriend of disgraced financierjeffrey epstein has been moved to a prison in new york. she is facing six charges, including recruiting and grooming girls for charges, including recruiting and grooming girls foer charges, including recruiting and grooming girls for mr epstein. now — let me bring you coronavirus updates from around the world. first to india. it now has close to

700,000 confirmed cases — that‘s the third highest total after america and brazil. it‘s recorded more than 211,000 new infections in the last 2a hours — and its death toll is over 19,000. here‘s yogita limaya in mumbai. indian authorities have been repeatedly pointing out that even though the number of cases on the whole are rising, the mortality rate in india seems to be lower than other countries with a comparable number of cases. but over the past many weeks, we have spoken to front—line doctors who say that covid—19 deaths are not being properly counted. sometimes the co—morbidity that a person might haveis co—morbidity that a person might have is listed on the death certificate, rather than covid—19. in some places, they‘ve told us that people who are brought in dead, even if they had covid like symptoms are not tested, and therefore not counted among covid deaths. and finally, you know, of course, even before coronavirus hit india, the system of recording deaths sometimes is much delayed, and therefore there

are worries that the number of dead could actually be far lower than the actual mortality that we have seen in india because of coronavirus. israel has reimposed some restrictions after a spike in infections. bars, gyms and event halls have all been closed. this is why. this shows the numbers of new cases in israel since lockdown was eased just over a month ago. you can see that marked here — and the number of cases steadily climbing since then. these are the latest pictures from the intensive care unit in the country‘s largest hopsital, near tel aviv. we‘re looking at the impact of covid—19 in a range of countries around the world. next to australia and an extraordinary state of affairs. the border between victoria and new south wales is being closed for the first time since the spanish flu pandemic — over a century ago. this is because of what‘s happening in victorian‘s capital, melbourne. australia‘s national numbers remain very low, compared with many other countries — 106 people have died,

there have been around 8,500 cases. but on monday, there were 127 new infections recorded in victoria — that‘s the highest daily total since the pandemic began. nine public housing estates in melbourne are under a five—day lockdown after a cluster of cases was found. this means around 3,000 people being told to stay in their homes. and some of them are saying the government‘s been slow to provide essential supplies and information. here‘s more on that from abc‘s elias clure. the latest outbreaks have come from the council flats in the working class areas of melbourne‘s in a north—west. the government said as of sunday that 30 cases had come from several households at these residences, and effective immediately, it shut down those nine apartment buildings, encompassing 3000 residents. these residents had no notice that they would

be locked inside their homes. they also had no notice that 500 police officers would be roaming the halls of these buildings. that‘s effectively one officer to every six residents. i spoke to some people living in these buildings, who say the food they have been provided by the government is insufficient, saying things like they have been given serial with no milk, jam, a tin of tuna just to feed ten people in the household. they say they are being treated like prisoners. they have also said that it is racist. if this was happening ina more it is racist. if this was happening in a more affluent part of melbourne, police have this kind of magnitude would not be deployed. the government and the premier of victoria daniel andrews has pledged to offer more support, but the people living here just want these draconian measures eased. the government says they will be in place for five days, as they attempt to get the virus under control. and have a look at this

sign in a window at one of the tower blocks — "treat us as humans, not caged animals" it says. and here‘s one of the residents. i heard sirens outside, and when i looked down there were about 50 police cars just parked looked down there were about 50 police carsjust parked under our building, closing all the streets and every entrance and exit. when there is that much police presence, you begin to feel like you did something wrong, so it wasn't a safe feeling, there was no health representatives present at the time. people believe that these buildings are full of immigrants and people that, just lower class, and they don't treat them as normal citizens. europe next — for a time, it was the epicentre of the pandemic. now it‘s slowly re—opening. here‘s one example. the louvre in paris is back in business — albeit with limited visitor numbers, compulsory face masks and you have to book online in advance. big moment, notjust for the museum, but for paris as a toursist destination. the tourists are still not back

in france, so for now this is a treat mainly for parisians. the louvre with perhaps a fifth of its regular customers making enjoyment of the treasures here not a scramble but as it should be, a pleasure. for the next couple of months, a chance to see the mona lisa alike you have never seen her before in scenes of relative tranquillity. if you have been here before in normal times, you will know exactly what i mean. the health rules in place keep people moving mainly in the same direction, but because numbers are much lower than normal, there is no regimentation. it is perfectly possible to stop and enjoy. it's great, i‘ve been enjoying a lot, it‘s a pleasure. great, i‘ve been enjoying a lot, it's a pleasure. how long will the new system last? no one knows, it depends on covid, and also on money, the louvre has been losing millions. but if you are someone concerned by how crowds can ruin art, now is the time to go. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. one of the world‘s most influential film composers, ennio morricone, has died at the age of 91.

he composed memorable scores to hundreds of films including this. the iconic theme to the spaghetti western ‘the good, the bad and the ugly, starring clint eastwood. he continued working untiljust a few years ago — and became the oldest person ever to win a competitive oscar, for his score for quentin tarantino‘s ‘the hateful eight‘. well, let‘s go live to new york now to talk to canadian composer howard shore. he won three academy awards, four grammy awards, two golden globes for his scores for the lord of the rings and hobbit series. he wrote the music for many other major films, including the silence of the lambs and gangs of new york. thank you very much for your time today, we appreciate you joining us. how do you begin to assess the legacy of this extraordinary

man? how do you begin to assess the legacy of this extraordinary mamm isa legacy of this extraordinary mamm is a very sad day. we have lost the master, one of the great composers to write music, notjust for the cinema but for the concert stage as well. and why was he a master? he just embodied the spirit of music that was so, so influential to so many other composers and the audiences. he thrilled people the world over with his work. can you explain to us the particular skill of writing music for a film? well, it starts with the words, for me, and with the story is that we are telling, and to have good collaboration with all the film—making artists that work on films. with the composer to have a

very special relationship with a director, as ennio did with sergio leone, who had great trust in him, and that is what produced some of those great original scores. you mention them, it can be quite hard to whittle them down to a favourite, a particular moment that works for you as a viewer and a listener but what would you select? was there one moment when you thought, my goodness, this man has mastered what he is trying to do? he has written hundreds of stores that are unbelievable, and i urge everyone to listen to his great works and works that may be a little more obscure, but favourites for me that are very emotional of course are the mission, which is an incredible score, and scores like cinema paradiso, the untouchables, also very moving, great music for the cinema. and when you think of the lessons he has

taught you as a composer and also many others who write film scores, what would you pick out as being the lesson that you take with you as you go about your work? he was very inspiring to composers, and for me it was picked from your heart, be individual, you know, and create music that comes from your heart, from your soul. howard shore, thank you very much, one master of the skill of writing film scores talking about another, ennio morricone, who has died at the age of 91. if you would like to see more on his quite extraordinary career, you can find it on the bbc news website, just go to the front page, hit entertainment and arts and you will see the obituary. i will see you in a couple of minutes‘ time. hello there.

through the afternoon, we had quite a few showers across the north and east of the uk, but the north west of england had a fine with sunshine. i‘m told you pronounce this "broom" castle, it is near penrith in cumbria. sunny skies but quite a blustery day. you can see a shower cloud across eastern england, northern scotland as well. zooming out on the satellite picture, these next areas of cloud just to the west will be bringing outbreaks of rain to different parts of the uk, tuesday and wednesday, and further afield, this blob of cloud is tropical storm edouard. the remnants of this will bring some rain across the uk on thursday so no sign of it settling down, and showers will come overnight in north and western scotland. clearfora time in northern ireland but for thicker cloud by the end of the night, outbreaks knocking on the door. that rain is associated with that first blob of cloud i showed you on the satellite

picture a moment ago. it is this area of low pressure that will be steaming in quickly during tuesday morning. so a wet start to the morning quite quickly in northern ireland, the rain spreads in, becomes persistent and heavy, may be quite a nice sunrise in northern england before the thick cloud edges in and we get the persistent rain coming in through the afternoon, turning wet through the day across parts of wales and parts of the midlands. southern england, the far south of wales, a lot of cloud, feeling quite humid, maybe a few hill fog patches, so the north, sunshine and showers in scotland, some heavy even with the rumble of thunder. by wednesday, the area of rain will have rippled southwards, affecting southern parts of england and wales, where it will kind of come and go in bursts really. further north, we got the fresh air again, bright skies, and a few slow—moving showers, feeling humid in the south but still fresher airfor the north. on thursday, it is that the remains of what is left overfrom tropical storm edouard get tied up in this weather front. it will bring some very humid air to southern parts of the country

and some rain around as well but uncertainty where this rain band is going. yes, it could be going across these areas, or it could be much further north heading into northern ireland, northern england, southern scotland, we‘re not quite sure just yet, but it will be humid across southern areas, fresher air further north arguably a more pleasant feel to the weather. a more pleasant feel that a more pleasant feel is your latest forecast.

hello, welcome to outside source. china warns the uk over interference in hong kong — and over questions about huawei‘s role in uk telecoms. if you want to make china a hostile country, you have to bear the consequences. and why does president trump keep talking about postal voting? we‘ll look at why it‘s become a major political issue in the us. welcome. now we‘re going to take a detailed look at why the seemingly dry issue of postal voting has become a major political issue in the us. the presidential election is in november — and covid—19 means voting‘s going to take longer at polling booths. so many states are looking to expand postal voting — and the president doesn‘t like it.

i think that mail—in voting is a terrible thing. i think if you vote, you should go. mail—in ballots are very dangerous, there is tremendous fraud involved and tremendous illegality. they want to send out thousands and thousands of ballots and then they're going to send them back. who knows who is signing the ballot? is anybody standing there acknowledging it as mr smith? this will be in my opinion the most corrupt election in the history of oui’ corrupt election in the history of our country and we cannot let this happen. of course just because donald trump says something repeatedly, doesn‘t make it true. there is no evidence of widespread fraud in postal voting. more on that in a moment. but first here‘s some background on postal voting in america. four years ago about one quarter of the ballots were posted. and the rate varies state to state. in some, you have to go to a polling station unless you have a valid excuse. being over 65 is considered one, living away from home is too. but then around half the states allow any registered voter to vote by post.

and then there are 11 states where you have to vote by post — and that number‘s doubled because of the pandemic. so postal voting is on the rise — and we‘re expecting states to further ease restrictions as we head towards november. now, like most things, the issue follows the political divide — in this case, democrats are keen, republicans definitely are not. and understanding the reasons why tells us plenty about the election. as we heard, president trump thinks postal voting results in fraud. the republican party is pushing that message too — for example with parodies in ads like this. are you tired of driving all the way to a polling location to vote? sick of always having to remember your idea to get a ballot? worry no more because the fix is in. introducing ballot harvest. get fresh ballots delivered right to your door. make your voice heard as many times as you want. we‘ve rigged up our system to churn

out ballots for every living thing in the country. millions a day. people who study elections say it‘s simply not the case that fraud is common. but there are individual stories. newjersey made its municipal elections in may postal—only because of the pandemic. since then, two democratic councilmen have been charged with fraud for allegedly approaching voters and collecting their ballots — that connected with the discovery of hundreds of ballots in one mailbox in the city of paterson. further south, two years ago, a congressional election had to be re—run after the republican campaign seemingly broke the law. a campaign consultant faces criminal charges relating to allegations that he hired people to collect postal ballots and fill them in. mark harris was the republican candidate in this case and was in the lead by 900 votes — but then the result was annulled. at the election board hearing he agreed the result shouldn‘t stand. i believe a new election should be called. it‘s become clear to me that

the public‘s confidence in the ninth district seat general election has been undermined to an extent that a new election is warranted. here‘s more on this issue from lonna atkeson at the university of new mexico. it is very hard to find fraud, i think there is very little fraud but when we do find it, it is systematic, and it is meant to overturn elections. what i'm most concerned about in this election is the perception of fraud, and how that might lead to feelings of the delegitimacy of people's votes, or a feeling that the election outcome itself is injeopardy, that maybe it is not honest if people don't feel that the election is free and fair, then sort of the whole enterprise of democracy becomes a lot more difficult. what president trump has been tweeting on the subject, prompted twitter to do something it hadn‘t done to him before it fact—checked and put a warning

sign on one of his tweets — saying the claims were unsubstantiated. so if the president‘s claim about widespread fraud is false, why does he keep making it? well, this may explain it. president trump thinks postal voting proposals will help the democrats. 0n fox news in march said "they had levels of voting that if you‘d ever agreed to it, you‘d never have a republican elected in this country again". and there‘s this interview president trump gave to politico— saying mail—in voting could cost him re—election — and that the "biggest risk" was losing the legal challenges his campaign has in various states to try to rein in postal voting. to be clear, what the president‘s saying about increased turnout hurting republicans is received wisdom in american politics. but the reality may be more complex. here‘s lonna atkeson again. there is no evidence we see, utah for example, and arizona are states that are vote by mail states, and they are republican states, and then you have the coast, california and washington,

and they are blue states, they can be vote by mail states, so we can‘t say it helps one party or another, so it helps whatever party is biggest your state. there‘s certainly concern among republicans that, in a close election, postal votes may tip the balance against them. mica mosbacher is on the trump national advisory board. while there has not been widespread fraud, you know, it is usually about 1%, according to an institution technology study for example, part of the issue is in a close election such as 2000, remember the florida recount? when it is a close election and you have this potential for individuals to take advantage of the system, it can make a big

difference. republicans have already tried to strike down postal voting in some states before the election. if things go against president trump in november, then the option of doing so after the vote may be one he‘ll pursue. his critics allege that by casting doubt on the process now, the president may be laying the ground to challenge the result later in the courts. his challengerjoe biden says "it‘s my greatest concern?. that this president is going to try to steal this election". president trump says if he loses, he‘ll leave office quietly. some worry he won‘t. peter nicholas, a reporter with the atlantic, asks here would the president honour the peaceful transfer of power if it meant admitting failure? anthony scaramucci was white house communications director — all be it for a few days only. he‘s since become a fierce opponent of the president. solam so i am actually the contrary in on that. i think if he loses there are

other people that thinks if he doesn't lose he will stay. newsweek put out an article by two very smart guys talking about how he could use some of the executive powers to keep himself in the presidency. i don't think the american military would stand for that. i think he has the worst relationship as commander—in—chief in modern history with the american military. i think they will reject him like an austin powers villain from the white house if he loses, whether it is narrowly... he is not going to lose narrowly, he is going to get wiped out. what everyone can agree on is that the outcome should be peaceful. there were ugly scenes back in 2016 with riots in portland and other places — after hillary clinton lost. this time round, there are worries again — about how some of president trump‘s supporters might react. this heavily armed biker gang was filmed patrolling outside the recent trump rally in tulsa. they call themselves the cowboy militia and they said they were there to protect free speech.

but — elsewhere in the country — other militia groups have threatened violence if — as they see it — president trump is ‘cheated‘ out of office. anthony zurcher is in washington. first of all, given this is a federal election, why is there not a standardised approach to postal voting across the us? well, the bottom line is that is the way the constitution set it up. there is an election clause in the constitution that says states have the grounds to regulate the time and place and manner of elections. congress and the federal government can step in and supersede state laws but the states get first crack at it essentially. the civil rights was an department of motor vehicle legislation and congress is giving guidelines that states have to

respect but when push comes to shove it as the states that get the first crack. clearly it is in the interests of donald trump‘s opponents to present him as someone who may not accept the transfer of power, but when you look at what has actually happened either from power, but when you look at what has actually happened eitherfrom donald trump or his supporters, is there any evidence this is something people should be concerned about? there is not a whole lot of evidence. i heard the same sort of thing four years ago in october 2016. some donald trump supporters said they were not going to accept the results of the election if he lost to hillary clinton but that was just i think emotions running high at the time. and the constitution sets a timeline for when a president‘s term ends. it is january of the year following the election and it would be very difficult outside of these creative hypotheses that some people are advancing that donald trump would be able to stay

if he loses the election. we will leave it there so we may be in a situation where making these kinds of questions and allegations may suit donald trump‘s opponents. it may also suit him to suggest that in some way he is up against the system. of course the election is in early november. stay with us on 0utside source, still to come: we‘ll go to turkmenistan — the world‘s most secretive state — as it allows the world health 0rganisation into the country. people in scotland have been able to have a drink in a beer garden today or eat at pavement cafes, after they opened for the first time in 15 weeks. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. spraying disinfectant, wearing ppe wasn‘t previously in a barman‘s job description. after 15 long, dry weeks, pubs in scotland can now open as long as everyone is drinking outside. we are really excited for the customers to get in and use it.

it will be a big benefit to the business, especially in the good weather. if the sun is shining, we are expecting some good crowds in here. it may not quite be normal but it is very welcome. beautiful day, first time out, lovely pint of beer, magnificent. it's great to come out and see other people and people watch and socialise. ba rs a nd restau ra nts will be allowed to welcome customers indoors from the 15th of july. the first minister says the two metre rule will be relaxed if additional safety measures like perspex screens are in place but it could be difficult to enforce. whether you are going to a shop or coming to a beer garden if the staff there are asking you to behave in a way that is not normal, they are doing it for your protection so you must not be narky with them or show them any intolerance or abuse. 0pinion polls suggest voters believe nicola sturgeon has handled this crisis much better than boris johnson and that support for scottish independence is increasing to unprecedented

levels. the first minister is confident that the rate of coronavirus in scotland is now five times lower than in the rest of the uk. she says that shows it is right to move slowly and cautiously out of lockdown. a small group of protesters at the english border visitors are being encouraged back to outdoor attractions, like the gardens at falkland palace in fife. the tourist sector desperately needs them but the scottish government has not ruled out imposing a quarantine for people from other parts of the uk if infection levels rise. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. china warns the uk over interference in hong kong — and over questions about huawei‘s role in uk telecoms. before we go — let‘s go to turkmenistan. this is one of the most secretive and insular countries in the world — but it is now letting world health 0rganisation experts come in. officially, turkmenistan is coronavirus free — in reality that‘s highly unlikely.

there are high case numbers in all of its neighbours including iran and afghanistan. and independent media reports claim there is a surge in cases of acute pneumonia — something that can be connected to covid—19. the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie reports. there are no reports about coronavirus in turkmenistan. because officially it doesn‘t exist here. the only information about health ca re the only information about health care is what gets shown on state television, like the opening of this hospital by the president‘s sun. now the world health organization will get a chance to assess whether the country is really coronavirus free. after weeks of waiting, a team of medical experts has finally been allowed into the

country. we would have very much liked to have gone earlier. indeed, end of may was when we initially talked about going and when we had the initial discussions with the government of turkmenistan, and the invitation to travel. the logistics issues have been the main issue hampering our movement. turkmenistan closed its borders back in february and quarantined people entering the country, but independent information about how effective these measures have been as limited. this mobile footage shows cramped and unsanitary living conditions inside quarantined tents. more and more independent news sources report of these cases of death of people, and cases when whole hospitals are being closed for quarantine. with people and

with doctors inside the hospitals. and a quick reminder that you can see clips from outside source on the bbc news youtube channel which contains over coverage of the coronavirus as well as much else besides. that is it for this edition of the programme. thank you for watching. hello i‘m jane dougall with your latest sports news. just one match in the english premier league where everton got off to a bad start with an own goal after 2a minutes. it was a shot from giovani lo celso which ricocheted off everton‘s michael keane and into the goal to give tottenham the lead. there‘s now 85 minutes gone and it‘s still 1—0 in north london. tottenham are 10th in the table, everton just below them in 11th. two matches in la liga to tell you about. it finished 1—1 between

leva nte and real sociedad. both goals coming in the first 16 minutes. just coming up to half time in the other match between sevilla and eibar — no goals yet, still 0—0. and in the bundesliga, a goal in extra time secured werder bremen another season in the top flight. they drew 2—2 in their second leg play off match against fc heidenheim and win on the away goals rule, narrowly escaping relegation. the test series between england and the west indies starts on wednesday. and on monday, it was also confirmed that england will face ireland in three one day internationals starting at the end of the month. they‘ll take place at the ageas bowl in southampton where england are currently preparing to face the windies. that will be followed by three tests against pakistan. the first at old trafford, the second and third will be back down in southampton, before they return to old trafford for three t20‘s. these are the only grounds being used because they are bio—secure, with hotels

on site. the one day matches against ireland will count towards qualification for the next world cup in 2023. the irish players should be well prepared, despite not having played since february. fortu nately, fortunately, we sort of came off the lockdown here fairly early. the irish government and in fact the northern ireland executive in northern ireland executive in northern ireland, obviously we work out of two jurisdictions. they both allowed elite training to get back up allowed elite training to get back up and running so we managed to get our guys out to the high performance centre down in dublin and two venues up centre down in dublin and two venues up in the north and north—west of ireland. mainly one—to—one coaching, a lot of small groups to. obviously we can‘t yet play matches. so we haven‘t had any middle practice yet but hopefully that will come in the next week or two and then we will

get to southampton early. we will have effectively a ten or 11 day camp before the series starts. we have been in touch with ecb throughout the whole of this pandemic and they worked incredibly ha rd to pandemic and they worked incredibly hard to get these games are on. they did a tremendousjob in the hard to get these games are on. they did a tremendous job in the ags bowl and an old trafford and we are very confident that our players will be safe and secure around these three games will go off without any problems at all. the world snooker championship, which starts at the end of the month, could take place in front of a limited number of spectators. those with tickets for the tournament, which had been due to take place in april, have been asked to register their interest to attend if regulations allow. sheffield‘s crucible theatre usually seatsjust under 1,000. you are probably talking around about one third, i would think, as the first crack at a live audience, and obviously the trick is to make

it as safe as everybody can be within today's world, and we have got quite a lot of experience of that behind closed doors. we have created the safest environments in british sport, everyone would acknowledge that, i know we are looking to create the same safe environment for a live audience watching live sport. here‘s a few more stories that have made the headlines today... nemanja matic has signed a new deal at manchester united keeping him at the club until 2023. the 31—year—old serbian international, whojoined from chelsea three years ago, says he still has a lot more to give the club. liverpool have given harvey elliott his first professional contract. the 17—year—old has signed a three year deal. he‘s made eight appearances since joining from fulham last year. the english rugby football union are cutting a quarter of its workforce to help cope with a potential $125 million financial hole due to the coronavirus pandemic.

they will make 139 positions redundant. the american bryson dechambeau won golf‘s latest tour event in detroit. he‘s the form player since the sport resumed, finishing in the top 10 at all five tournaments. so, why is that? well it‘s partly down to how how far he‘s been hitting the ball. ben croucher has been taking a look. let‘s play spot the difference. lets ta ke let‘s play spot the difference. lets take him in 2018 and compare him to 2020. what's the take him in 2018 and compare him to 2020. what‘s the difference? about three stones and most of it muscle. 25 years ago we were talking about tiger woods and how his pie was changing the game and bryson could be doing exactly the same. up to three workouts a day during lockdown and what does all this bulk mean? it has increased his power of the tea. backin has increased his power of the tea.

back in 2017 hitting the ball around 300 yards and ranked 45th. up to twe nty20 300 yards and ranked 45th. up to twenty20 he has added over 20 yards and ranked number one forjust how far he hits it with the driver. and his when in the detroit classic, he was hitting it on average over 350 yards. so how does he do it? we have enlisted the help of a fitness trainerjames thomson who works with professional golfers, to tell us. the move that he makes for the speed, he loads up on the right side and he squats down and fully flips his body. the lower half kind of spins out which creates that slingshot. i reckon he has gone let‘s ta ke slingshot. i reckon he has gone let‘s take this golf swing and make ita let‘s take this golf swing and make it a weapon and blow people out of the water. if you think of what he does, it is great mobility and strength. i don‘t see how people can be competing with that. he is talking about sorting his wedges out at the moment. if he gets that right i can‘t see anyone

touching him. at the moment. if he gets that right i can't see anyone touching him. the question, is it good for the game? it is dividing opinions. and what about andrewjohnston? plays in the european tour. he says well, there is plenty of controversy, plenty of opinion and rather ominously, bryson having become a favourite for the masters and having won his seventh pga tour title says he plans on getting even stronger. tomorrow i title says he plans on getting even stronger. tomorrowl am title says he plans on getting even stronger. tomorrow i am going to denver to work again and i will be doing some brain training staff to see how much stronger i can get before i come back to memorial. sol am going, i am full sailing going as farasi am going, i am full sailing going as faras i can am going, i am full sailing going as far as i can to get a strong and as big as i can. sounds ominous! we

will give the last word to a former major winner who says, we could be looking right here at the next tiger woods. high praise indeed. the president of the tokyo organising committee says he‘s not sure how social distancing could impact the olympics and paralympics next summer. yoshiro mori says he‘s confident the games will be safe but admits new challenges lie ahead. what we are most worried about now is if we decide to limit people, how do you separate the tickets of those who have already bought them. if you‘re not a professional you cannot do anything. we need to avoid separating couples who bought tickets as a pair, with the government and tokyo organising committee i would like to organise a coronavirus counter meeting soon. just time to update you on the football and tottenham against everton a re football and tottenham against everton are still 1—0, well into extra time. all the details on the website but that is

all for now. well, we had quite a bit of cloud to start of the new week with a mixture of sunshine and passing showers. showers most frequent across the north and east of the united kingdom and that was one of those crossing the sky is thatjed bra. you get a sense of the cloud developing through the day, showers most widespread across eastern england, nor and eastern scotland but into the atlantic, we are now looking at the atlantic, we are now looking at the next two areas of cloud, both going to bring spells of rain across the uk and if we headed further west, we a re the uk and if we headed further west, we are looking at this area of cloud, the tropical storm bringing very humid airand cloud, the tropical storm bringing very humid air and the potential for heavy rain by thursday. tuesday‘s weather, the first of the low pressure system is steaming its way and so quite quickly we see rain spreading into northern ireland and this looks likely to be one of the wettest places in the country

because once the rain has started it will be reluctant to clear out of the way. further east, quite a nice sunrise to start the day before the cloud thickens and the rain spread across northern england and the midlands and wales. humid air to the south but a lot of cloud and for scotla nd south but a lot of cloud and for scotland a day of sunshine and showers. some of those showers could be quite slow moving and heavy in nature. that rain continues to come down through tuesday night into the early pa rt down through tuesday night into the early part of wednesday. perhaps slowly sliding further southwards with time but it looks like it will be quite a wet night with hill fog patches around and further north fresher air with the temperature around seven celsius. on wednesday we start off with the rain and we see it tend to weaken and re—strengthen so coming in pulses but some could be quite heavy across wales and south—west england as we end the day. further north, brighter skies and sunshine and showers for scotla nd skies and sunshine and showers for scotland in the far north of england but a scotland in the far north of england

buta humid scotland in the far north of england but a humid field for southern wales and southern england. thursday, the remains of the tropical storm head along this frontal zone so we see a zone of heavy rain working in across the uk, but there is a lot of uncertainty about the north or south position of this area of rain so at the moment moving in across southern wales and the southern counties of england but the whole area of rain could end up much further north across northern england and even southern scotland and northern ireland, so uncertainty over whether they rain band is. so the south very humid in the north fresher, sunshine and showers for scotland, likely one of the brightest spots. uncertainty for thursday ebbs away on friday and the models become better aligned. sunshine and showers but the showers will be frequent and heavy with thunder running down the eastern side of scotland and the further south—west you are the better the chance of dry weather was sunshine and where the sunshine comes out in july it will feel

warm. and into the weekend, a break to what we have seen over recent weekends where low pressure has been in charge and it is wet and windy. this coming weekend, high—pressure look set to dominate and it will be bringing as a dry weekend with spells of sunshine, the temperature generally lifting a little bit, 23 in cardiff and london but where the sunshine comes out of will feel pleasantly warm. into next week, thejet stream starting to target the north—west of the country, bringing low pressure into the north—west. as the range is limited to the north—west does become more widespread again?

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