tonight at ten — a shift of government policy, borisjohnson boris johnson appeared in borisjohnson appeared in a mask for the first time in public today, hinting at a tightening of the rules. we need to be stricter in insisting that people wear face coverings in confined places where they are meeting people that they don't normally meet. the prime minister also wants people to go back to work, replacing the stay at home policy at the start of the pandemic. we will be assessing the pandemic. we will be assessing the government's change in tone. also tonight... more revelations about the hospital

trust at the centre of a baby deaths scandal in shropshire. hundreds more cases are now being investigated. celebrations with no social distancing followed the end of lockdown in arrows owner, but the price, lengthy use for coronavirus testing. a decision to turn one of the world's most famous buildings, hagia sophia, back into a mosque divides opinion. the forces' sweetheart, dame vera lynn, makes herfinal journey, as she's laid to rest in east sussex. and in the sport on bbc news — england are under pressure in the first test after west indies took a first—innings lead of 114 on day three in southampton. good evening. borisjohnson says he may have

to tighten the rules on face coverings in england, encouraging their use confined spaces, like shops. at the moment they're only mandatory on public transport, but the prime minister says the scientific advice on masks has shifted. speaking during an online question and answer session at downing street, he also urged people to go back to work if they can, instead of working from home. face coverings became mandatory in shops in scotland today, as well as on public transport, with the first minister, nicola sturgeon, saying it's an important public health inititative. our science editor, david shukman, reports. the message is obvious, when the prime minister is pictured in a mask. it means you can expect new rules in england for where you have to cover your face — no longerjust on public transport. we need to be stricter in insisting that people wear face coverings in confined places. we're looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings in shops, for instance, where, you know,

there is a risk of transmission. hello! the pressure has been building for a change. the chancellor, rishi sunak, was widely criticised for not covering his face earlier in the week at this photo opportunity. and scotland is already going further than the rest of the uk by requiring masks to be worn in shops right now. i think it reminds people that they need to be taking precautions. i think it's a good thing because it protects people. yeah, of course, yeah. anything that stops this virus is a good idea. the reason is that anyone infected can spread the virus with coughs, sneezes or even by speaking loudly. the risk is greatest indoors, especially in crowded spaces with bad ventilation. that's where scientists say that face coverings can make a difference. those clouds are caught by the mask,

and so, most of the clouds then don't go on to infect other people around me. now, some of the clouds might escape through the sides of the mask, now, some of the droplets might escape through the sides of the mask, but then they would fall down to the area around me. the latest figures show that masks now have to be worn everywhere in public in as many as 71 different countries. they are becoming more widely accepted. it's estimated that in italy, 80% of people now wear them, in the us, 70%, and in spain, 65%, while in the uk, the figure is 25%, though that may now be a bit higher since that data was gathered. and a new voice has entered the debate. with tourist destinations struggling, like the almost empty amalfi coast in italy, the travel industry now says that face coverings should be mandatory, whatever different governments may think about that. the use of facemasks

should not be political. there should not be stigma around it. it is just the way we go forward, to be able to move around freely while protecting others and also protecting ourselves. it's a big step to order face coverings to be worn beyond public transport, but as we learn more about how easily the virus can spread, masks are becoming part of the new normal in more aspects of our lives. david shukman, bbc news. the number of people reported to have died after testing positive for coronavirus was 48 in the past 24—hour period. that takes the total number of deaths across the uk to 4a,650. our political correspondent alex forsyth joins me from westminster. alex, forsyth joins me from westminster. there does sew marked alex, there does seem to have been a marked change in tone from the government and the prime minister today? yes, the public messaging has changed as we have moved through various phases of this pandemic and we did have that very clear

indication from government today that they were looking out much stricter rules about face covering in public. we also heard from boris johnson that he now wants people to start going back to work. the official guidance has been, and no 10 says it still remains, that people should work from home where they can, but during that public question and answer session recorded and broadcast by downing street, borisjohnson said, everyone has taken the stay at home if you can, i think we should now say go back to work if you can. he says people should start to try to live normally, to have the confidence to go to shops and restaurants, and i think that is what is behind all of this cover the deep—rooted fear about the toll this virus is taking on the economy. in the week we heard about the government's plans to protect jobs, we heard about the government's plans to protectjobs, we heard from boots and john lewis about significant cuts in those sectors, that's why we are hearing about a change a change in tone, about going out safely if you can, go back to work if you can. the government is stressing it wants people to follow guidelines but at this crucial point pandemic, the

messaging has to be not be not only clear, which is really important, but the danger for the government is that it becomes confused. alex forsyth, at westminster, thank you. pubs, cafes and restaurants in wales will re—open on 3rd august, but only if coronavirus infections remain low. a long list of changes to the country's lockdown measures have been announced by the first minister. outdoor hospitality venues and hairdressers will be allowed to open on monday. in northern ireland, gyms, cinemas and playgrounds reopened today, and indoor weddings can resume. northern ireland has recorded no deaths linked to coronavirus since last friday. meanwhile, travellers from dozens of countries are now able to enter many parts of the uk without quarantining for 14 days. the relaxation of the rules applies to more than 70 countries and territories, including france, italy, greece, australia and japan. 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 1,500 over a ao—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 they had an older sister. keeley was born in 2010, but died after 31 hours. staff at the royal shrewsbury hospitalfailed to spot she had pneumonia. carley‘s concerns about her daughter's greyish

colour were ignored. she was told all was well and was 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 come, the... i seen her eyes roll, and... that was it. she wasjust... she was gone then. keeley mckee's death is now being examined as part of the largest ever inquiry into maternity care in the nhs. we've discovered around 300 new cases were recently identified by the trust, dating from 2000 to 2011, bringing the total under review to around 1,500. in april 2017, we revealed a cluster of 23 maternity cases

which would 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 far beyond its maternity services. what we found at the princess royal hospital, i can only describe as a sort of, you know, 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, that 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 amongst the worst in england. the trust was rated "inadequate" overall in 2018. and since then, care has deteriorated further. this nhs campaigner says a long—standing culture of secrecy and denial has left the trust in a critical condition. 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, 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. there has been an outpouring of gratitude over the past few months for the work the staff have done here in dealing with the pandemic, and indeed, you often hear praise for the work of frontline clinicians, but weak leadership over number of years and the difficulties of attracting new staff with new ideas to a rural part of the country have left the trust in a difficult position. tonight they told us... we are cooperating fully with the inquiry and a dedicated programme of work is underway to ensure that care is improved for all. michael buchanan, thank you. the world health organization has reported a record daily total of global coronavirus infections, and nowhere has been hit harder than america. the country's top health official for infectious diseases says some us states should now delay ending their lockdowns. this graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic. the number was falling towards the end of last month,

but now there's a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days — the highest single—day tallies for any country since the pandemic began. the states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people. louisiana with 321 and florida with 423. but the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent sophie long reports. 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—19, 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. this person's father died alone in hospital last week. 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. a group of mps is warning that pupils in england could miss out on the exam results they deserve because of the covid—19 pandemic. gcse and a—level exams have been cancelled and, instead, candidates will be awarded grades based on teacher assessments, but the fear is that could be "unfair" for disadvantaged students. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, is here. what exactly is the concern? well, they are worried that a system that sta rts they are worried that a system that starts with teachers estimating grades, calculating grades and ranking peoples, which is then

followed up by a process in which the exams regulator standardises it across the whole of england, may disadvantage some pupils. there is a very strongly birdied warning tonight that among the 800,000 teenagers who will be getting their results this time, that there is a risk that those who are poorer, in care, who have special needs or who are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds could be severely disadvantaged. why are they worried? well, we know that if you look at those applying to university, only around 16% of pupils end up getting the grades predicted for them. there isa the grades predicted for them. there is a lot of research to show that black boys in particular are very underestimated in the system. so they are calling tonight for the exams regulator to publish its workings out, to show transparency in how it gets to those results, to make sure it is collecting the data that shows that there is no discrimination or bias in the system. government says it is

confident it is a very robust system, is happy that there is going to be an appeal system and the chance to take exams again, but mps say that could further advantage what they describe as the sharp elbowed and very well healed. all right, we will leave it many thanks. 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," and he was shown photographs in court of alledged bruises to ms heard's face. david sillito reports. 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 that she was attacked, and which he says is an elaborate hoax. he was asked about an incident involving a phone in may, 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 reddened from crying, but there was no sign of any injury. it's part of a whole series of photos and texts 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 thatjohnny depp assaulted amber heard —

in a relationship that 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 3lb or alb dog. it was, he felt, a fitting end to their marriage. david sillito, bbc news. turkey's president erdogan has signed a decree designating one of the most iconic buildings in the world — the hagia sophia, in istanbul — as a mosque. 0riginally built as a cathedral, it was turned into a museum in the 1930s, but now a turkish court has ruled that should never have happened. several orthodox christian countries, including greece and russia, have strongly criticised the move. from istanbul, 0rla guerin reports. change is coming to hagia sophia — jewel of the byzantine empire, a great monument to christianity conquered by the ottomans, later a museum bearing testimony to layers of history. but president erdogan, who presents himself as a modern—day conqueror,

has announced a new chapter. "anyone who doesn't like it," he says — and plenty abroad don't — "is attacking turkey's sovereignty." under its soaring golden dome, hagia sophia will now become a mosque, as in 0ttoman days. but turkey says christian emblems, like mosaics of the virgin mary, will remain, and everyone will be welcome. making changes here is profoundly symbolic. it was kemal ataturk, founder of modern turkey, who decreed that hagia sophia should be a museum. now president erdogan is taking one more step to dismantle ataturk‘s secular legacy and remold turkey according to his vision. and that's a vision that alarms the turkish nobel laureate 0rhan pamuk, who has gazed lovingly at hagia sophia from his balcony for the past 25 years.

turks are proud to be a secular muslim nation. now, converting hagia sophia into a mosque will take away that pride from the nation. there are millions of secular turks like me who are crying against this, but their voices are not heard because we don't have enough free speech and democracy in turkey, unfortunately, any more. back at hagia sophia, british tourists visiting today were unconcerned by the change. that'sjust part of the history of turkey, and it's up to the turkish government, i think. i'd visit it whether it's a mosque or a museum. it doesn't bother me. and you think it's for the turks to decide? absolutely, absolutely. reclaiming hagia sophia plays well with the turkish leader's base and distracts from the economic damage done by covid—19. but many in the international

community say it belongs to humanity and should have been left unchanged. 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. one of the online retailer boohoo's largest shareholders is selling its stock in the fashion firm, afer saying the company had failed to address concerns about working conditions at a supplier in leicester. boohoo has announced an independent review of its supply chain. but standard life aberdeen has criticised the retailer's response to claims workers are exploited as "inadequate in scope, timeliness and gravity". ghislaine maxwell, the longtime associate of the late financier and convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, has today forcefully denied charges that she lured underage girls for him to sexually abuse. she also said she deserves bail, citing the risk she might contract coronavirus in the jail in brooklyn where she's been held since monday. other inmates and staff have tested positive. her next court appearance

is due on tuesday. now, tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of bosnian muslims by bosnian—serb forces in srebrenica. it was the largest mass murder in a conflict characterised by crimes against civilians. every year, the anniversary is marked by a mass gathering and dozens of funerals, as more bodies are identified and returned to their families. our special correspondent allan little, who reported extensively on the bosnian war for the bbc, has this report. it was the worst atrocity on european soil since the nazis — 8,000 men and boys separated from their families and, in the space of a few days, murdered and thrown into mass graves. a united nations peacekeeping force not only failed to stop it, it actively handed over thousands of bosnian muslims to their killers, led by the bosnian serb

commander ratko mladic. the shared international shame of that echoes down the decades. it is not as if we didn't know it would happen. many saw it coming, for mass murder had been part of the bosnian—serb military campaign for three years before srebrenica, a campaign they themselves called "ethnic cleansing". the crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to humankind... in the hague, mladic was one of several convicted of genocide. the yugoslavia tribunal was the first experiment in internationaljustice since leading nazis were tried at nuremberg. even with quite a considerable number of people who have been convicted — not only in the hague, but in the local courts as well — a considerable number of people who have been identified and found in these mass graves,

there is still something really big missing, and what's missing is the recognition of their suffering and their pain. but genocide denial persists. in our age of freely available alternative facts, many bosnian serbs refuse to acknowledge either the scale or the nature of what happened at srebrenica. that rewriting of history has already had deadly consequences. last year, a white supremacist murdered 51 muslims at friday prayers in new zealand. in the minutes before the murders, he'd been listening to a song glorifying the bosnian—serb leaders convicted of genocide — mass murderers, repurposed as heroic defenders of a white, christian, european heritage. emir suljagic survived the srebrenica genocide only because he worked as an interpreter for dutch peacekeepers there. the fate of the bosnian muslims is actually a rallying cry today, or a rallying point for extreme, right—wing, violent extremists.

these are some of the wider ramifications of the denial of bosnian genocide, and they have come home to roost. at srebrenica, they are still burying the dead. it has taken 25 years to find and identify some of the victims. about a thousand are still missing, and the survivors live in a world where some still say it's all been exaggerated, or never happened at all. allan little, bbc news. the funeral has taken place in east sussex of the forces' sweetheart, dame vera lynn, who died last month at the age of 103. two spitfires flew over the funeral cortege, as it made its way through her home village of ditchling. duncan kennedy was there. plane engines. it was a village that came to pay its respects, but this was a nation saying farewell. dame vera lynn's funeral cortege

navigated the narrow streets, lined with people she called friends. applause her daughter, virginia, walked behind the procession. traffic stopped on a day for reflection. we've lost one of our great, you know, nationaltreasures, really. and this is more of a celebration to show our respect for her, what she's done for our country. she was a heroine, absolute heroine, yeah. two spitfires from the battle of britain memorial flight soared over the village. symbol of dame vera's close bonds with the armed forces. # don't know where...# below, spontaneity, amid the solemnity. # but i know we'll meet again some sunny day.# applause # when the lights go on again...#

dame vera lynn's own rich tones gave solace to a nation at war, and joy to later generations, as her life arced across the decades. it's a day of sadness because we have lost dame vera. her death will leave a great gap in our community. of course, in the whole nation, she was loved and cherished by so many people. the cortege later moved to a private funeral service near brighton. dame vera's coffin borne by members of the air force, army and navy. along the coast, in dover, the famous white cliffs have become a canvas of remembrance. a tribute to dame vera lynn — emblem of resilience, voice of hope, inspiration for a grateful nation.

duncan kennedy reporting. today marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, when the raf defended the country against wave after wave of bombing raids from nazi germany. the young british pilots flew new fighter planes called spitfires and hurricanes, turning the aircraft into iconic symbols of resilience. but what's never been revealed is the role played by a schoolgirl from london in their success, as sophie raworth explains. newsreel: way up in the sky, there are messerschmitts, junkers, heinkels and dorniers, that are going to get the thrashing of their lives... july, 1940, and nazi germany is beginning the first of many bombing raids in what became known as the battle of britain. but the raf‘s pilots managed to fight off the luftwaffe and defend these shores in their spitfires and hurricanes.