welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories: hong kong publishes details of its new security law, among them, the right of police to search homes without a warrant. brazil's coronavirus crisis continues but the worst affected city, sao paulo, gets back to business. parts of the us report record hospitalisations from covid—19, sparking fears some places could soon run out of beds. jeffrey epsteins ex—girlfriend ghislaine maxwell is moved to a jail in new york — to face charges she recruited girls for him to abuse.

within the hour, hong kong's chief executive carrie lam is scheduled to give her first weekly briefing since details were released of the sweeping security law imposed on the territory by beijing. and for many, it's more draconian than feared. the law allows security forces to search private properties or detain suspects without a warrant and they can order internet providers to remove any information which they claim harms national security. the law was passed behind closed doors in beijing, without approval in hong kong's partially—elected legislature. danny vincent reports, from hong kong. protesters gathered in malls across the city, armed with blank pieces of paper. for demonstrators, it's no longer clear what's legal to write in hong kong. it's no longer clear what's legal to say. according to

newly—released details of the national security law, police can now search homes without warrants. libraries and schools have been told to remove political books from their shelves. joshua wong was once the face of the hong kong protest movement. he's on bail for legal assembly. it's still not time to surrender. at least we're still here, and we'll stand and fight. your book could potentially be banned here in hong kong. self—censorship is a thing that happened in the previous state. but direct censorship, like what happened in china, is the thing we never imagined in the past. my book, published five years ago — or even seven years ago — when i was still in high school, and now seems to be banned in the public library of hong kong. but we still need to continue. pro—democracy campaigners say that hong kong has changed almost overnight. high—profile activists likejoshua wong and agnes chow say that they could soon be targets of this new national security law. the effect has been chilling.

protesters fear that even this silent demonstration could be classed as subversion and lead to life imprisonment. pro—democracy books likejoshua wong's have now been removed from public libraries. so for me, the most important thing is not to give up, is not to surrender, and not to give up our belief in protecting our hometown. outside the uk consulate, a small group of pro—beijing demonstrators gathered, angered at the british government's pledge to offer a path to citizenship to millions of hong kong residents. and in london, the ambassador to the uk was firm. hong kong affairs are china's internal affairs and brook no external interference. one important task of the national security law for hong kong as they are is to prevent,

suppress, and punish collusion with a foreign country, or with external elements to endanger national security. hong kong is now caught in the middle of a war of words. critics fear the former british colony is becoming just another chinese city — void of the political freedoms it was promised. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. ho fung hung, is professor of political economy atjohns hopkins university, in baltimore, in the us and hejoins me now. thank you very much for your time, good to talk to you again. to you see this as the end of any hope for democracy in hong kong? it is not only the end of hope for democracy, it isa the end of hope for democracy, it is a major significant attack on the freedom that hong kong has been enjoying since the british rule before 1997,

hong kong was not a democracy but at least people have the freedom to speak and write books and articles and criticise the government and i think now they are taking it away overnight. and how do you think hong kong will deal with this? is there any pushback possible or will they simply be, like 70 people in mainland china, just pretend they don't have any political opinions and certainly don't express them? what worries me is that the chinese government is giving no choice to the people in hong kong, except continue to fight, because hong kong people have been used to freedom of expression and protests and voting for the candidates they like in local election, but now they are being taken away, the rights are being taken away so that the hong kong people cannot do that and the frightening thing is that this national security law is not only going to affect dissidents and activists but also ordinary people, professional business

people, professional business people, later on when there is a medical doctor who wants to talk about a virus that the chinese government wants to cover up chinese government wants to cover up like the wuhan virus, not long ago, or a journalist oi’ not long ago, or a journalist ora not long ago, or a journalist or a financial analyst want to talk about accounting fraud, so they will be affected, so with they will be affected, so with the international business concentration of hong kong, it is not only an attack on the freedom of hong kong, but also the freedom of the whole world that what we have a democracy activists asking for people in the world stand with the in hong kong, is there much we can do internationally? china is such a powerful player in the world. i think hong kong's situation is different from tibet because hong kong has a high concentration of foreigners and international business journalist and ngos

present, and also the national security law also says the law applies to non—hong kong residents which means it has jurisdiction over basically everybody in the world that this attack on hong kong, civil society and business environment will force the whole world to react and to put sanctions on china and many countries are considering political refugees pathway for hong kong people. it is not sure how it works but definitely china has left all countries, responding strongly to this. professor, thank you so to this. professor, thank you so much. brazil is the epicentre of the pandemic in latin america, with more than 1.6 million infections. sao paulo is the worst affected area but even as the crisis worsens, the city is getting back to business. hair salons and restaurants have reopened. here's our south america

correspondent katy watson in sao paulo. i went for a walk in my neighbourhood which, for the past three months, has been absolutely dead, a lot of restaurants that cater to businesses have had to shut, beauty salons as well, and the first time in months, you could see them reopening, you could see alcohol gel before they walked in, arrows on the ground where people need to walk when they go to pick up theirfood. a real feeling of life. there are huge concerns of course with this reopening because we had the numbers into this evening, 620 more deaths and more than 20,000 new cases and mondays are usually a very quiet day because of the weekend, numbers are usually much more suppressed than we see later on in the week but there are still big numbers, the country is still in the middle of the crisis and we see cities reopen. in the united states, texas,

florida and arizona are just a few of the latest covid hotspots, with infection numbers and hospitalisation soaring. and now that the country has just gone through thejuly fourth holiday weekend, there are concerns that many more cases could be on the horizon. from new york, laura trevelyan reports. americans celebrated independence day this weekend, as coronavirus infections went up in more than 30 states. on this lake in minnesota, there wasn't much social distancing going on, nor at this holiday gathering and colorado. in arizona, where people have been protesting against the restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the virus, there are now more than 100,000 coronavirus cases. in the most populated states in the us, florida, california and texas, cases are surging, with fears that hospitals could be overwhelmed. right now, the virus has the upper hand throughout much of america, most of america. we can regain the upper hand if we work together. but president trump, who celebrated

july the 11th in washington, insists the increase in cases is not about the virus spiralling out of control — it's because ramped—up testing is uncovering more infections. now we have tested almost a0 million people. by so doing, we show cases, 99% of which are totally harmless. as infectious disease experts poured scorn on that claim, the president's allies found themselves, not for the first time, explaining what their boss really meant. i don't think it was the president's intent to downplay that as much as saying, "let's look at the risk, and let's look at this in an appropriate way, based on facts and figures." new york was once the epicentre of the outbreak in the us. yet today, manhattan entered stage three of reopening, as the number of cases has dropped dramatically. but crowds gathering on beaches at the weekend prompted the governor to warn people not to get complacent.

andrew cuomo had this message for president trump. just wear the mask. i've been asking him to do it for weeks. just wear the mask. the president hasn't done so in public yet. 0n the defensive, his advisers point out that fewer people are dying from the virus in the us now, but as hospitalisations increase, that could change. the president, meanwhile, is planning a campaign rally in new hampshire for saturday — even as cases spike across america's sunbelt. laura trevelyan, bbc news, new york. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, associate and former girlfriend of the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein, has been moved to a prison in new york from new hampshire, where she was arrested. she faces six charges, including recruiting and grooming girls for epstein. she has previously denied any wrongdoing. here's our new york correspondent, nada tawfik.

authorities wasted no time after the holiday weekend, transferring ghislaine maxwell from new hampshire to new york on monday morning. and what's interesting is, even though her trial is taking place in manhattan, she is being held in the brooklyn metropolitan detention centre. so she won't be held at the same prison where jeffrey epstein took his own life in his prison cell. now the prosecutors in her defence lawyer have requested a bail hearing for this friday — that's still not confirmed, the judge has to set that in the calendar. but we already know that prosecutors will argue that ghislaine maxwell is a flight risk. they say she has three international passports, she's extremly wealthy, with one account having $20 million in it. and that she a lot of international ties, and every reason to flee because of the criminal charges against her. she's facing up to 35 years in prison.

so that will certainly be the main points to be discussed at the hearing on friday. i think many people will also be keeping an eye on what the defence strategy is going for. will ghislaine maxwell want to co—operate with federal prosecutors? they are looking into anyone who conspired withjeffrey epstein and, while victims have described maxwell as the chief enabler, she certainly may know who else may have been involved. so the big question is whether she plans to co—operate with investigators and what strategy she will take moving forward. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: bringing comfort from coronavirus in chile — the violinist who serenades the sick.

central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then he asked herfor a cigarette, and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause

this is bbc news, our main headline: police in hong kong will be able to search homes without a warrant under china's new security law. people in south—west japan are bracing for more heavy rain, as rescue workers race to find those missing in the weekend's severe floods. at least 37 people have died in record rainfall, on the island of kyushu. the prefectures of kumamoto and kagoshima have been worst hit, but there's more to come. there are high—level warnings for many areas. flooding isn'tjust affecting japan —parts of china have been hammered by heavy rainfall. reged ahmad reports. mud and damage with cars casually flipped over. this is the aftermath of devastating flooding infected on parts of japan's southern island of kyushu.

unprecedented heavy rains over the weekend led to rivers bursting their banks, causing landslides and leaving a path of muddy destruction. dozens have died and there are others still missing as further mudslides and rain hamper rescue efforts. translation: over 40,000 members from units of the police, fire department, self—defense forces, and coast guard are putting all of their efforts into searching for and rescuing people. residents are keen to clean up the mess but their efforts may be premature, with strong warnings of more to come. translation: the municipalities where the heavy rain emergency warning has been issued have suffered torrential rain which is so severe that it's never been experienced before. damage from landslides, flooding and other disasters is highly likely to have been inflicted already. japan is not alone.

in the east of china, flash flooding caused by torrential rain in the province of hubei has hit crops and damaged roads. and further south in yunnan province homes have been inundated with no way out. residents had to be rescued from the flood waters. injapan the rain keep coming. people on the island of kyushu have been told to leave their homes. the country's meteorological agency says it might issue further emergency warnings for more areas. telling people to find safety wherever they can. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic has caused a critical shortage of hiv medicines in more than 70 countries. the un agency said about a third of all people reliant on the anti—retroviral drugs lived in countries now experiencing supply shortages.

the white woman filmed while calling the police about an african—american birdwatcher in new york's central park has been charged with filing a false report. in may, amy cooper was attacked online for her reaction to the man, who asked her to put her dog on a leash and keep her distance. prosecutors have accused cooper of falsely reporting the confrontation, which is a misdemeanor. she's due in court in october. this week singapore becomes only the second country in asia to hold an election during the pandemic. unsurprisingly, the disease and its impact is a key issue, and how to ensure safe elections. sharanjit leyl is there. empower your future! this is what singapore's election rallies normally look like for the country's opposition parties. and this is what they look like now. five years ago, tens of thousands of people filled this field. i was here then, in this exact same spot.

and as you can see, there's nothing of the sort this time. this election will mostly be fought online. we are stakeholders in this country... like this — political parties live streaming their campaign rallies, since large outdoor gatherings are banned. cedric tan has invited friends over. i do miss a good rally when you're there, and you can taste the air and you have a think about what will happen on polling day. of course, in singapore, nothing much is very surprising. but still, you indulge in that moment where you hear the speaker and you go, "great charisma." but some campaigning is still being done the old—fashioned way — only with masks on. heng swee keat has overseen much of the government's spending to help people overcome the economic hardships caused by the pandemic. we will have immediate health care in place, we must take care of our people. and at the same time, there will also be significant

social impact in the coming years. he belongs to the ruling party, the only party that's been in charge since singapore's independence. but despite singapore's usually predictable politics, this year there's one big surprise. hi! the prime minister's brother — only he's campaigning against his brother's party after a public spat over their late father's estate. he's not standing as a candidate, but he is lending singapore's most potent political family name to an opposition party. today, many see the pap as a party of the elite. that it's lost touch with what the common man wants. you know, they use the term natural aristocracy, and that term has really become a hot button in singapore. but for the analysts, the question is whether this will translate into votes

for the government's opponents. we are faced with the situation of a party that's tried and tested, a party that's governed singapore since 1959. but there are also concerns about them being rather arrogant, you know, if not at times tone deaf. and voters also recognise the need for a healthy, credible opposition, you know, for a system of checks and balances to properly operate. citizens head to the polls on 10 july. and while the pap will likely keep their grip on power, what will be scrutinised is whether they'll win big. sharanjit leyl, bbc news, singapore. the louvre museum in paris has opened its doors again for the first time since the start of the covid epidemic. strict health rules are in place. hugh schofield is there.

shut for three months for covid, the famous glass pyramid has opened again but the experience is not quite as before. masks are compulsory, you have to book a time slot, there are limits on numbers. what's not changed is the public appetite for art. translation: we thought people might not come because it is a closed space, but the louvre is an open space. we have large courtyards with statues, 200,000 square metres of galleries. it's easy to take a stroll here. the tourists are still not back in france, so for now this is a treat mainly for parisians. a 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. so for the next couple of months at least, a chance to see the mona lisa like you've never seen her before in scenes of relative tranquillity. if you've been before in normal times, you'll know exactly what i mean.

and here's a painting with a certain resonance, napoleon visiting victims of another epidemic — the plague. the health rules in place keep people moving mainly in the same direction, but because numbers are much lower than normal there's no regimentation. it's perfectly possible to stop and enjoy. today we have really, really... we have a chance. as soon as the louvre opened, the ticket, to buy the ticket, ijust got in and got my ticket for 10am and it's 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's been losing millions. but if you are someone who is concerned about how crowds can ruin art, now‘s the time to go. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. chile has been hard hit by the pandemic. there have been nearly 300,000 cases, and more than 6,000 deaths. as so often, the frontline is in hospitals across the country. and, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports, one nurse is trying to ease pressure on the

patients and her colleagues in an unusual way. violin plays even in a place full of fear... there can be the most beautiful sound of hope. at the intensive ca re sound of hope. at the intensive care unit of this hospital in san diego, this nurse plays her violin. she has already worked a full shift and as she walks the corridors for hours, trying to soothe and inspire. translation: i am delivering a little bit of love, a little bit of faith and a little hope with my violin. every time i do itido it with my violin. every time i do it i do it from my heart. twice a week she does her rounds,

playing mostly a mix of local favourites. some of these patients have spent weeks here but damaris silva is notjust helping them, she helps those who treat them as well. translation: it is great that she comes around and plays music. it is something really beautiful, honestly. as much for me as i imagine it is for the patients who are quite stressed from being sick in here. chile's health ministry says there are positive signs things are getting better full but ina things are getting better full but in a system that has come close to breaking point, spirit desperately need to be lifted. damaris silva is doing her best. one song at a time. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley.

hello. well, not much happening with the weather out there at the moment. a lot of dry weather, some clear spells. and, actually, tuesday morning isn't looking too bad at all across most of the uk. however, rain is expected, and once it arrives, it might stick around all through the day. and it will end up being grey, damp and cool at least for some of us — not everywhere. now, at the moment, you can see the gap in the weather across the uk — some clear spells here. but out in the atlantic is this daisy chain of weather fronts. you can see the clouds here, rain—bearing clouds. that is heading in our direction. once it reaches us, it will stick around, this whole sort of conveyor belt of cloud and rain, probably for a good 2—3 days. so, this is what it looks like through the early hours.

you can see quiet across much of england, wales, scotland, apart from a few showers there, dry just about to northern ireland, but here is that weather front, that daisy chain of cloud and rain that i've just been talking about. that's going to be reaching ireland very early in the morning and then spread into northern ireland. belfast is in for some rain certainly by mid—morning. then, basically, it's this central swathe of the uk that will turn grey and wet at times. so northern wales, merseyside, certainly lancashire into the lakes, not particularly pleasant, and that rain will spread into yorkshire too. either side of that, actually, the weather isn't too bad at all. some sunshine there in scotland and in the south of the country as well. but then, that weather front, that sort of conveyor belt is going to sink further southwards. so it's more southern parts of the country that gets the cloud and outbreaks of rain on wednesday — whereas areas to the north, will turn a little bit brighter. so, liverpool, perhaps some sunshine there come wednesday and 18 degrees. now, it's still with us on thursday, the remnants of it.

still cloud and some outbreaks of rain across the south, probably from liverpool northwards, the weather is looking better. some sunshine in belfast there on thursday, not a bad day, but cool, 16 degrees, this is airfrom the north atlantic. all of that warmth is still way to the south where it's heating up across spain, portugal and france. we're in the cool air right now. now, this is the outlook for the next few days. that warmer air from the southern climes willjust be about reaching us, but we'll have to wait, i think, until the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines: more details have been published of the powers now given to hong kong police under beijing's new security law. they include the right to search people's homes without a warrant, restrict suspects' movements, and force internet service providers to remove information. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, former girlfriend of the disgraced financier and convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, has been moved to prison in new york, from new hampshire, where she was arrested. she faces six charges, including recruiting and grooming girls for epstein. she has previously denied any wrongdoing. brazil's president jair bolsonaro is saying he's undergone another test for coronavirus. he told supporters that he had a lung exam which had shown them to be, as he put it, clean. there's been widespread criticism including from the world health organisation, that he was not taking the pandemic seriously enough, especially at the start.