this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than 65,000 coronavirus cases are confirmed in a single day in the us — we report from the worst—hit state. arizona is now the coronavirus hotspot, not just for the united states, but the world. chanting celebrations in istanbul, as president recep tayyip erdogan signs a decree converting one of the world's most important historic buildings, the hagia sophia, into a mosque. travellers arriving in the uk from more than 70 countries and overseas territories are no longer required to quarantine for two weeks, making it

easier to go on holiday. in thejohnny depp libel trial, more allegations of arguments and violence with his ex—wife, amber heard. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the united states has once again breached a new daily record for confirmed coronavirus infections. cases were falling towards the end of last month, but they are now rising steeply again, exceeding 65,000, making these the greatest single—day tallies for any country since the global pandemic began. the spike in infections has been particularly bad in the south and west of the country, with the state of arizona recording the most cases. 0ur correspondent sophie long has been there.

loud music plays when the governor of arizona lifted the state's stay—at—home order, people partied, pre—pandemic style. it was a joke to us. we werejust like, "covid's fake news." days later, many woke up to what will probably be the worst hangover of their lives. never imagined in my life i'd be in a hospital, you know, on a breathing, oxygen tube. and i felt like i was going to die. the bars and nightclubs have now been shut down again. the pumping music replaced by an eerie silence. but the damage has been done. at the beginning of the pandemic, some hoped the summer heat might help slow the infection rate. well, if you want proof that that is not happening, it's here. it's currently around 44 celsius in phoenix. the temperature is rising, and so are the number of confirmed covid cases — at an alarming rate.

arizona is now the coronavirus hotspot, not just for the united states, but for the world. and yet people here are still queueing many hours for tests and waiting many days for the results. they're getting results back in eight days. well, eight days, that's not actionable information. you can't use that information any more. if the person was infected with covid—i9, you've missed your opportunity to intervene and get them into isolation so they don't infect their family members and co—workers. those who have lost loved ones in this sudden surge find ways to express their grief and their anger. i don't want my father to just be another number. the reason why people are getting sick and numbers are skyrocketing here, and we are number one not only in the entire country, but the entire world, is not because of lack of individual responsibility. it's because of lack of leadership. and it's the tired hearts of

medical staff that are breaking as they're forced to make decisions they hoped they never would. sometimes you just have to go into crisis mode, and what that means is basically having the triage, like, in a military setting, having a triage of who gets to get that resource and who doesn't. but you have very limited resources and you know a bunch of sick patients need it, you have to pick and choose who gets that life—saving intervention. that's a horrible situation to be in. i've never had to be in that situation. some hospitals here are now preparing to operate at up to 150% capacity, an indication that arizona is expected to continue to be the epicentre of this explosion of new cases, and the impact on people across the state could get even worse. sophie long, bbc news, phoenix, arizona. the world—famous hagia sophia museum in istanbul — originally founded as a cathedral — has been turned back into a mosque. the building is the one of the most

visited tourist attraction in turkey and has been a museum for over 80 years. today, turkey's highest court ruled that the building should never have been turned into a museum as at all. within an hour, president erdogan signed a decree declaring it would become a religious site, open to prayer once again. its the latest change of use for a place that has always reflected who rules the city. the unesco world heritage site was built in the 6th century as a greek orthodox cathedral, serving as the home of the eastern orthodox church for nearly 900 years. then, following the ottoman conquest in the 15th century, it was turned into a mosque, with spires and minarets added to the impressive structure. when the ottoman empire ended after world war i, turkey became a secular nation. a law was passed in 193a banning religious gatherings at hagia sophia, and the following year, it became a museum.

turkey's highest court has now ruled that conversion into a museum should never have happened. 0ur correspondent in istanbul, 0rla guerin, explained what the ruling means for president erdogan. it certainly is something he promised he would deliver to his supporters, and now he has. he reacted very a bru ptly supporters, and now he has. he reacted very abruptly this afternoon, issuing a decree transferring control over hagia sophia to turkey's foreign affairs directorate. we were told plans would begin as soon as possible. as soon as next week. the choreography is interesting. 0n the 15th ofjuly, it is the anniversary of the coup attempt against president erdogan, as there was always next vacation here this move was going to be made, prayers would be held on that day outside, very much a gesture of trying for him. we have had a very angry statement from greece, from

the culture minister, saying that this was an abuse of presidential power, that it was in affronts to the entire civilized world. of course, greece has been strongly opposed to any attempt to change the status of the church. it served for many, status of the church. it served for any status of the church. it served for many, many years as the seat of the greek orthodox religion. 0rthodox christians in general have been strongly opposed to any change in hagia sophia, the patriarch of the 0rthodox hagia sophia, the patriarch of the orthodox church, the spiritual leader of the church worldwide, he had been pleading before this decision for hagia sophia to continue as it was, to remain, as he said, a bridge between differing faiths, a place of coexisting, a place of mutual understanding, and that's very much the same kind of message coming from the us state department commotion also entreated president erdogan to not make any changes. but as we see, things have gonein changes. but as we see, things have gone ina changes. but as we see, things have gone in a different direction.

0ur correspondent 0rla guerin in istanbul. turkey's most famous writer, the nobel—prize winner 0rhan pamuk, has spoken exclusively to the bbc, opposing the change to the status of aya sophia. he said it was "a jewel of istanbul" and the change would be a great scar on the city. we are proud to be a unique nation, who believe both in islam and also secularism. and internationally, sophia is a sign of modern turkish muslim secularism. now, to convert it back into a mosque, into a regular mosque is to say to the rest of the world, "unfortunately, we are not secular any more. unfortunately, we don't want to be friendly with the west any more. that secular any more." there are millions of secular turks like me who are trying against this, but their voices are not heard because we don't have enough free speech and democracy in turkey,

unfortunately, any more. —— crying against this. let's stay with the story a little longer. soner cagaptay is director of the turkish research programme at the washington institute for near east policy and an author several books on erdogan's turkey. thank you very much for making time to talk to us today. earlier, president erdogan sent a tweet with his signature, backing this decision and said he hoped that it would be beneficial. how political a move is this for him? it is a significant political move. in fact, i would say the crowning moment of president erdogan's revolution. about 100 yea rs erdogan's revolution. about 100 years ago, mustapha, ataturk established turkey as a secular european western republic, and as

undersigned his commitment to secularism, ataturk on mosque the hagia sophia. since coming to power two decades ago, turkey's current president has done the opposite. he has flooded the country's government, public and has flooded the country's government, publicand erdogan is converting the building back into a mosque to underline his own revolution, a religious revolution in which erdogan has flooded the country with his brand of conservative islam. was the response been outside of turkey? we have heard from the orthodox church, for instance. not majorities, but around 44% support the move, about 37%

oppose it, so there's really not a majority one way or the other, and i think that is probably a take away of this conversion. mr erdogan's popularity is slipping, turkey's economy is not doing well, he has been doing well and pulls mainly due to economic growth but turkey had a recession, which led to losses in elections, and the country re—entered recession because of covid, and he is therefore returning toissues covid, and he is therefore returning to issues that will mobilise his right—wing base that any boost he gets from this conversion will be temporary and minor. turkey's image, global brand as a country, will be your reversible and sniffing the —— river irreversibly and significantly damaged. i would... i would say the broader picture, because of the way turkish view ties

with the european union, quite transactional eyes, expectancy state m e nts transactional eyes, expectancy statements from the european union but not a major breaking point with tu rkey‘s but not a major breaking point with turkey's ties at this stage. thank you very much, soner cagaptay. we will leave it there for now. travellers arriving in the uk from dozens of countries are no longer required to quarantine for two weeks. the rules are being relaxed for arrivals from more than 70 countries. travel agents says the easing has led to an an increase in demand for foreign holidays. john mcmanus has this report. spain's tourist industry is keen to say hola to british holiday—makers as soon as possible. one of them, paul, is heading there on saturday. now we don't have to quarantine coming back in, it's a big help, knowing we can just go out there, we can stay in the hotel, obviously taking all the precautions, social distancing and masks and everything, hand sanitiser and everything. the hotel seems to have it

mostly under control. more britons are likely to venture abroad now that the uk's travel quarantine has been relaxed, but it's not straightforward. take europe. travellers arriving into the uk from most places now don't have to self—isolate for two weeks. but some of these countries have restrictions when british people go there. those travelling from anywhere else, including controversially portugal, do still have to follow the quarantine rules. and people arriving into scotland from spain will, too. if you fly to portugal at the moment, you will invalidate any travel insurance that you have. so the fco warning still applies. portugal, as we discussed earlier, is not on that exclusion list. so if you do travel, and you do have travel insurance and you are relying on that, you will invalidate it. liz's package holiday to croatia tomorrow is still booked, but her flight‘s been cancelled.

from what i understand, although some countries have opened up to tourists, a lot of flights are not currently running, so although the accommodation is available for tourists, there are no flights to get there. and i think that is where the confusion is. airports will become a bit busier again in the coming weeks. they and the airlines which use them are desperate to get paying passengers through their doors and into the air. but the return of international travel won't be plain sailing. the uk's foreign office is advising all britons not to travel on cruise ships at the moment. instructions which it says are based on advice from a government health body, public health england. john mcmanus, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the us supreme court rules that about half of oklahoma belongs to native americans.

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've pipped the favourite, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace to the downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then, he asked herfor us a cigarette and, on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman on duty who took the man away. screaming one child. 0ne teacher. 0ne book and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution.

this is bbc news. our top story this hour: the us records another record jump in coronavirus cases, with more than 65,000 confirmed in a single day. let's stay with that story — and the outbreak in the united states is growing fastest in the south and west of the country. large hispanic populations live in these areas and they're being disproportionately hit by coronavirus. we were hearing about arizona just a few minutes ago. hispanics and latinos make up nearly a third of the state's population but nearly half of confirmed coronavirus cases. it's a similar story in texas.

there's a large mexican community. california has the biggest outbreak outside of new york, and there, more than half of the confirmed cases are among hispanics. further east in florida, the numbers paint a similar picture. let's cross live to washington and speak to carlos rodriguez—diaz from the george washington university. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. help us understand why our latinos and people from the hispanic population so disproportionately affected. u nfortu nately, disproportionately affected. unfortunately, latinos are overrepresented among those who are being diagnosed with covid—19, in pa rt being diagnosed with covid—19, in part because they are an increased risk for infection due to occupational risk. they are front—line workers, working in the stores, restaurants that are reopening or have been reopened for several weeks now, and that increased their risk for infection.

that is one of the explanations. 0ther that is one of the explanations. other risks associated with the latino communities here in the united states has to do with their living conditions and the social context in which latinos are living here in the united states. when we look within this population, and the demographics, whether it is older or younger people, how is it affecting this population compared to more generally across the us?” this population compared to more generally across the us? i have to start by saying that we have not enough data to describe the implications or the impact of the covid pandemic in different ethnicity groups, in part because we are not collecting enough to know what is going on. i can say that overall, the latino population in the united states is younger and thatis the united states is younger and that is also being reflected in the data that we have. we have younger

latinos among those cases of people affected and infected with covid—19. that is when we compare to the general population. we should also knowledge that younger latinos are those who are working, and that's an increased risk because of theirjobs and the occupational risks. and what about the death rate the death rates, the data that we have so far kind of indicates allen we are seeing more death rate among african—americans. we are looking at the stated illustration might be a little different. 0ne the stated illustration might be a little different. one of the challenges to discover the impact of the mortality among latinos, again, is the data but also because we are seeing more younger people get infected, their likelihood to respond to treatment, it's better. we also know that we have more

latino people showing... in part because they are afraid of deportation or do not know how to navigate the health care system. thank you very much, carlos rodriguez—diaz, forjoining thank you very much, carlos rodriguez—diaz, for joining us thank you very much, carlos rodriguez—diaz, forjoining us this evening. certainly highlights a need for more and richer data. thank you. the high court in london has been hearing details of arguments between the actorjohnny depp and his ex—wife amber heard. mr depp has been giving evidence for a fourth day in his libel trial. he's suing the sun newspaper, for calling him a "wife beater". david sillito was in court. johnny depp and a fourth day of questioning about his turbulent relationship with his former wife amber heard. this case for libel against the publishers of the sun was triggered by an article that described johnny depp as a wife beater. in court, johnny depp was questioned about those alleged assaults. he was shown photographs and texts, all of which amber heard says

is evidence she was attacked, and which he says is an elaborate hoax. he was asked about an incident involving a phone in may of 2016. it was put to him... he was shown this photograph and asked... a police officer who was called at the time said her face was, she felt, flushed and red and from crying but there was no sign of any injury. it is part of a whole series of photos and text that have been shown to the court. johnny depp describes the evidence as a choreographed hoax, but news group newspapers says there is overwhelming evidence johnny depp assaulted amber heard in a relationship we heard today ended with an incident when cleaners discovered a deposit in their bed.

the couple had yorkshire terriers, butjohnny depp said it wasn't left by a three or four lb dog. it was, he felt, a fitting end to their marriage. david sillito, bbc news. in the united states, the country's top court made a historic ruling seen as a major victory for native indigenous tribes relegated since the 1800s to parcels of land in oklahoma. the supreme court ruled that nearly half of the state, including its second—biggest city, tulsa, falls within native american jurisdiction. the ruling stems from a 1997 sentence by an oklahoma court ofjimcy mcgirt for sexual crimes. he challenged his conviction on the ground his crime took place on muscogee creek territory and therefore falls outside of oklahoma's jurisdiction. the 71—year—old argued successfully that only federal courts could rule on his criminal case as part of a treaty between native tribes and the us government. the justices ruled 5—4 in favour of mcgirt, upholding the muscogee creek nation

reservation located in the east of oklahoma. in issuing the verdict, justice neil gorsuch wrote the court was asked... the ruling reaffirmed the jurisdiction of native tribal reservations in nearly half of oklahoma. the muscogee creek nation reservation encompasses 1.8 million people and spans 3 million acres. i'm joined now by kevin washburn, dean of the university of iowa's law school and an expert in federal indian law. good to see you, nice to have you joining us. what does this really mean for the criminal justice joining us. what does this really mean for the criminaljustice system in oklahoma? this really means that the criminal justice in oklahoma? this really means that the criminaljustice system in a is more complicated than people realise before, so it means that the tribal courts have more authority than was

considered before and the federal government has a far greater role because it is the federal government that tends to have the role in indian country, that is in indian reservations. and with this, it started with one case, this particular rape case, but did it have more applications for other cases in the united states?m have more applications for other cases in the united states? it does, it absolutely does. the state has not treated this land as an indian reservation for many years, probably a century or so, and the fact is, what an a century or so, and the fact is, whatan indian a century or so, and the fact is, what an indian reservation is, it is not a place for the tribe owns all the land but is a place for the tribe has a sanctuary from state authority, so a state cannot, state government or a county government cannot prosecute a native american within the sanctuary, within the indian reservation, so any prosecutions the state has made against native americans presumably are invalid. we heard there that

there was one dissenting judge, and he said the decision would destabilise the state's courts. is it really going to get that serious? there were four dissenters. it was a 5-4 there were four dissenters. it was a 5—4 decision, so it was a close decision, actually. does it destabilise? there are many reservations and the united states manages to deal. many of those are within the boundaries of states, so we know how to handle this. the united states knows how to deal with indian reservations, so i don't think it destabilises the state courts. there are some tax implications, there are some revenue decisions in this decision. the state will have fewer revenues. and how did native american leader from other states react to this? euphoric lee, i guess is the right way to say it. tribes have that promise is broken to them, broken many times, and the federal courts sometimes fail to recognise it. congress has

the power to... i am so sorry, we will have to leave it there, but thank you very much forjoining us. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. hello there. despite there being more sunshine around across the uk as a whole today, there were some pretty hefty showers across northern and eastern parts of the country. behind me, you can see the heavy shower clouds there in redcar and cleveland, some rumbles of thunder heard, but through tonight, most of the showers will fade away as the pressure continues to build. as the winds turn light with a cooler air mass under the clear skies, turning quite chilly. high pressure continues to build in. it kills off the showers, which will eventually fizzle away, leaving clear skies with barely any cloud. there will be a bit more cloud across the north and west of scotland. here, a bit more of a breeze, one or two showers at times,

but elsewhere it will be drier and much cooler as well. lows of six to nine degrees quite widely. pretty cool for the time of the year. so into the weekend, looks like high—pressure dominating so plenty of dry and sunny weather around, with light winds, and it will be dry for most but there will be a little bit of rain arriving across the northwest of the uk during sunday. the high—pressure really establishing itself across the country for saturday, so a fine start to the morning, lots of sunshine around, pretty much how it will stay apart from a bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up at times. around the edge of the high, we could see stronger westerly winds through the northern isles and the north west of scotland, so breezy here and a bit more cloud and perhaps a few showers pushing in here, but lighter winds for the south, pretty strong sunshine this time of the year. it will feel warmer with top temperatures, 21 or 22 degrees here. the mid to high teens further north. high pressure still with us into sunday. subtle changes. we see this low pressure system and the weather

front skirting towards the northwest of the uk. skies will turn cloudy for northern ireland and western scotland through the day, increasing breeze and outbreaks of rain arriving here later on. for the rest of scotland, for england and wales, another dry day, plenty of sunshine, light winds and a bit warmer across the board. high teens in the north, we could see 23, maybe 2a degrees in the southeast, so closer to the mid—20s there. that area of low pressure across the north and west starts to bring more rain and cloud across northern areas as we move into next week. the further south you are, it tends to stay drier, variable cloud, but it will be a bit warmer here too.

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the headlines: more than 65,000 coronavirus cases are confirmed in a single day in the us. we report from the worst hit state. celebrations in istanbul as the president signed a decree converting one of the world's most important distort buildings into a mosque. travellers arriving in the ukfor mosque. travellers arriving in the uk for more than 70 countries and overseas territories are no longer required the quarantine for two weeks. making it easier to go on holiday. in thejohnny depp libel trial, more allegations of violence with his ex—wife amber heard. you are watching bbc news...

there are new, disturbing revelations tonight concerning two troubled hospitals at the centre of a baby deaths scandal, potentially dating back several decades. an independent review into claims that children and mothers died, or were permanently harmed by care failures, at telford's princess royal and the royal shrewsbury hospital, is now looking at 300 more cases, taking the total to 1500 over a ito—year period. it comes after the care quality commission again raised concerns about wider hospital services at the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has this exclusive report. when you've got a child, you know what you've missed out on, you know what you've lost, their first word, their first tooth. you know what's been taken from you. carley mckee's two daughters are too young to fully appreciate that they had an older sister. keeley was born in 2010, but died after 31 hours.

staff at the royal shrewsbury hospitalfailed to spot that she had pneumonia. carley says her concerns about her daughter's greyish colour were ignored. she was told all was well and sent home. and it's still the best day of my life. i woke up with my husband and my daughter, and i had a family. and then the next day came... the... i saw her eyes roll, and that was it. she was just, that was... she was gone then. keeley mckee's death is now being examined as part of the largest ever inquiry into maternity care at the nhs. they've discovered that around 300 new cases were recently identified by the trust

dating from 2000—2011, bringing the total under review to around 1,500. in april 2017, we revealed that a cluster of 23 maternity cases were to be investigated by an independent inquiry. as more families came forward, in august 2018, the review was widened to cover a longer period of time. in november 2019, a leaked interim report found a catalogue of failings and a toxic culture at the trust between 1979 and 2017. last week, west mercia police said they'd started a criminal investigation into maternity care. but the trust's problems extend beyond its maternity services. what we found at the princess royal hospital, i can only describe as a sort of war zone. mark edwards took his fatherjoe, who has dementia, to a&e in telford last december. they were there for nine hours, most of the time on a trolley in a hospital corridor. the doctor assessed my dad, took his shirt off, 89—year—old man,

and then realised that the heart monitor that he was using, there was no plug. there was no plug in the corridor. we were wheeled into the room where they mix up the plaster of paris. it was like a workshop. a&e performance here is regularly among the worst in england. the trust was rated inadequate overall in 2018 and since then, care has deteriorated further. there is a little group of very senior consultants in the trust, and they believe they run the show. and because of quite a weak leadership over very many years, the reality is that they probably have. 11 months after keeley mckee's death, her soldier father stephen died too, fighting in afghanistan. he died for a reason, fighting for his country, and that makes me so proud. why do you still fight for your daughter? because she deserves it, and it's

the only thing that i can do. throughout the pandemic, the work of the staff here has been widely praised, and indeed, when you speak to people throughout the year without a pandemic, they do often thank the work that front line commissions have done. however, they repeatedly say that for years, these conditions have been let down by your leaders, directors, and there isa your leaders, directors, and there is a cultural problem that stops it from improving. the trust told us they are fully cooperating with the review, and the wider criticism of the care they provided they say a programme of improvement is under way to try and ensure that the care im proves way to try and ensure that the care improves here. in scotland, face coverings are now compulsory in shops. people can now also catch up with friends, outdoors and indoors. but are you up to speed with who you can see and where you can see them?

catriona renton has been looking at the new social gathering rules in scotland. carine lost her hands and feet to sepsis in 2013. her successful hand transplant last year means she's been shielding and so have her mum and dad. yes, i've got these lovely new hands, or nearly new hand transplant so i am on immune suppressa nts for the rest of my life. those who are shielding no longer have to distance themselves from the people with whom they live and meet more people outside as long as they are from no more than two households. i've been afraid to get excited about anything but now i can have eight friends around at the weekend. it's unfortunate because i have nine and someone will have to go. since lockdown began funerals could only be attended by closest family members. small weddings and civil partnerships have been able to take place since the end ofjune. from wednesday, 20 people would be allowed to attend a wedding, civil partnership ceremony or funeral. from today, there are

other changes too. indoors, a household can meet up to two other households up to a maximum of eight people. this can include overnight stays. as long as people from different households stay two metres apart. 0utdoors, up to five different households to a maximum of 15 people can get together. people from different households should stay two metres apart. adults are advised not to meet people from more than four households in one day. people have got used to the strict rules but now some of these are changing, how will people react? there are people in the population, not necessarily those shielding, who don't want to or field uncomfortable engaging with the opportunity to be outside more or to be indoors with more people and they will naturally not choose to do that. there are others who are really if you stick about it and may take risks. we shouldn't assume that everyone in the population fits into one category. with the new rules are

we getting confused ? i think it's the one metre, two metre, i'm not sure if that's changed. i don't know! hopefully the coronavirus goes away so we can all go back to school. it's ok. you have to spend a bit of time, read it, take it safely. gradual changes as we continue to adapt to the new normal. catriona renton, bbc news. the taoiseach micheal martin has told the bbc he believes travel off the island of ireland is problematic and he's concerned about the spread of the virus with people travelling over the irish sea from britain and beyond. restrictions on people travelling to northern ireland from many other countries were relaxed today. but stormont‘s guidance is that people in northern ireland still should only travel abroad if it's essential. 0ur political correspondent stephen walker reports. nearly a fortnight into his newjob and micheal martin has been speaking to mark carruthers for this weekend's sunday politics

on bbc northern ireland. the issue of quarantine was raised and the taoiseach made it clear he has some worries. the disease knows no border, we have issues with the uk in terms of the leicester being closed down. it is notjust the uk, it is international travel altogether. our advice is against international travel because we believe it is problematic and the public health people are saying that to us. all this comes as travel rules have changed in northern ireland, with people arriving from more than 50 countries no longer having to self—isolate for 1h days. northern ireland's chief medical officer says he is happy with the changes. we need to become accustomed to living with this virus, living with the rest, mitigating the risk but no step that we take in terms of relaxing many of the regulations and restrictions that we have put in place in the last number of months of freeing up the travel restrictions is risk—free.

these are all measured, balance, finely balanced risks. but some within the scientific community are urging caution as regulations are lifted. we can't be locked down forever and a day, that is for sure. we have to be very careful of the risks that are posed by the reintroduction of viruses from other countries, people travelling from other parts of the uk, where there is a lot of virus activity at the moment. yes, i would be concerned, it is one of the big things i have with the possibility of reintroduction of viruses within the community. —— big fears i have. the changes announced today will be welcomed right across northern ireland but they come with official warning. if the covid—19 pictured changes, certain restrictions will have to be put back in place. stephen walker, bbc news, at the department of health. in wales, the first minister has confirmed that from monday — as well as the planned reopening

of hairdressers and hospitality outdoors — exercise classes and team sports will be possible outdoors. from the 27th ofjuly, campsites, salons and museums can reopen. and from third of august, the return of indoors hospitality — that's pubs and restaurants — would be possible, if the number of cases continues to fall. also from monday, most indoor attractions will be able to welcome back visitors. it's a much needed boost for many, but some are still not able — or willing — to risk getting back to business. matthew richards reports. the tourism industry in wales is jumping into action to get to the next phase of reopening. rhyl sea aquarium is unusual because its outdoor section is already open to the public so spectators can enjoy the seal show. until now, the bigger indoor attraction has had to remain closed at great expense. it will now open its doors on monday. we are ecstatic. it's the news we have been waiting for since the end of march. throughout the entire thing, we have had very little confirmation, we have had no end date to work for. so, we've been working in the dark. tomorrow sees the reopening of self—contained holiday accommodation. at this caravan park,

they are making final preparations to open 60% of the business. they are in devils bridge in ceredigion where the number of covid cases is the lowest in mainland britain. mixed emotions, i think. looking forward to greeting our customers back. but yet again, we see the dangers of people coming back into ceredigion after things have been so bad with coronavirus. we have got customers here over 40 years. but they are also aware how the community feels, and we have sent guidelines to them, and to respect the community. they are sensible. we know our customers, we have all the information in the office. with track and trace, if we need to get hold of people, we know where they are and it is easy to get in contact. in the age of coronavirus, the arrival of thousands of visitors comes with a risk that is too great for these owners, their four holiday cottages will stay closed for now. keeping the area and the whole county with such low numbers has obviously been very hard work for everybody involved,

and we as a business want to support that fully as far as we possibly can. without doubt, we are going to feel the pinch of that in the coming months. but outweighing that in our minds is maintaining the public health locally. meanwhile, traders in newquay and cerediglion say several town centre road closures could restrict their ability to trade. people come down in their cars from several miles around the area, come in, get their pensions, do their postage, parcels, what have you. get in the car and off they go again. that will not be possible with the road closed. ceredigion council says closures are needed to create safe zones for visitors to keep two metres apart and ensure businesses can operate safely. for those able to reopen next week, things will feel very different to the way they did before lockdown. for many businesses, it's the difference between sinking and swimming.

railways have missed out on million of visitors, but a few are now reopening,. there's been plenty to do at kirkley‘s light railway for the past few months. but no passengers to move. all that changes tomorrow. it's been a while, and we've missed running through some rather decent weather as well when we would have had a lot of passengers here. so, it's been a bit bittersweet to be shut, but it's nice to be back open again. his mate sean hasn't been a slouch with the diffs the back. it's all pa rt with the diffs the back. it's all part of the changes visitors can expect when they book a ticket to ride. we might we are reduced to 50%

capacity. we would leave the department theirfree capacity. we would leave the department their free and then we would have another group in the next compartment. we are fortunate to have some wonderful heritage lines and are part of the world. this railway though is one of the first in the country to try and reopen after the pandemic. it's a bit like the return of football, and a lot of other people will be excited too. the railway has put a lot of thought into this. providing pleasurable trips by rail when there are a lot more rules to follow. we have a lot of people already gotten used to wearing facemask to go to this job, —— the shop, so we hope it won't be too imposing to take away too